The New York herald., 1922-10-23
Chicago All Attention
to Coming of Princeton
Stagg Followers Expect Hard
Fight, but Look for De-
cisive Victory.
by WALTER TRUMBULL.

thusiasts in this city are at a high
between Stages eleven and the Prince
ton Tigers. Local enthusiasts firmly
believe that Chicago should win next
Saturday by a fairly substantial score
but they are not blind to the fact that
Princeton will make every effort to
avenge the defeat of last season and
they have a feeling that the warriors OF
Nassau may be more formidable than
they appear.
The East is famous for its ability to
work out strong defense and there
is no doubt that this time the Princeton
scouts have studied the methods of at
tack used by their coming opponents
with infinite care. The shift cannot be
expected to cause them the same
amount of trouble it did last year. when
the Princeton line frequently per-
mitted itself to be outflanked.
Moreover. the showing Of the Tigers
against Maryland is taken into account.
1t would at least argue that the Orange
and Black eleven is rapidly increasing
the power of it's attack. Chicagos
showing against Purdue means little.
Stage made full use of his second
string men and probably could have
won by a considerably larger score had
he so desired. He was not giving any
more information to visitors. than was
necessary.
Conference Situation Intense.
But while chicago is looking in the
direction of Princeton, the football fol-
lowers of the middle West In general
have plenty to occupy their minds aside
from speculation as to what the teams
of Stagg and Roper may do to each
other. The Conference situation Is
growing intense.
In the first place Northwestern and
Minnesota are showing decided signs of
life, and in the second place there is
Mr.. Robert Zuppke. In the last nine
years Zuppke has won the Conference
championship three times, and tied for
1t once. On other occasions his team
was the runnerup A game with his
eleven has been just as welcome to other
coaches as ptomaine poisoning.
But this year they thought that they
had him stopped Some Of his last
years team got into a jam throug!,
playing an outside game, while others
were thrown for loss by the faculty.
When he came to total his assets he had
Just one regular left, and that one
hadn't been so very regular This might
not have seemed very promising stua-
ton to some. but Zuppke was undis-
mayed He had ten football suits on
bis hands and he set cheerfully about
filling them.
The result to the present time Is that
he played Iowa, last years champion
and conqueror of Yale, to standstill.
Chicago, Wisconsin and Michigan all
have games scheduled with Illinois, and
there isn't one of them that is looking
forward to the meeting with unmXed
joy.
Ohio Ont of the Running.
When Illinois hasn't been winning
championships in recent years. ONO
State has been on the job. Wilce's team
also has won three titles In the last nine
seasons. Michigan appears to have put
Ohio out of the running. but that VIII
not prevent the owners of the finest
stadium in the West from taking out
their disappointment OH somebody else.
Ohio has games scheduled with both
Chicago and Iowa. And Chicago Is FUR
ther due to play Wisconsin. as Is also
Michigan So it may be seen that there
Is plenty of cause for football interest
in Conference circles.
Michigan's chances may be affected
bv the loss of Roby and NanderVoort.
Roby has been Yost's most reliable for-
ward passer. His leg was not broken
az was first reported. but his Knee was
dislocated. Vandervoort is some hne
tackle. and any team would miss a
player of his caliber. But the Wolver-
ines still have ISipke. uteritz. Cappon,
Gobel and Kirk There are three great
backs and pair of superlative ends.
Kirk Is as good an end as there is IN
football. And It looks as If Yost had
lot of reserve strength, so he can STAND
some losses.
The present Michigan eleven is
smart. alert, hard playing outfit. Pos
sibly II is not so powerful as Iowa be-
tween tackle and tackle. but 1t Is bet
ter at the ends and In the backfeid--
and that doesn't mean that Iowa isn't
strong in those positions. But as we
saw the two teams play the wolverines
are more versatile and dangerous.
ISipke Is really a wonderful bacSfield
man. On attack and defense he Is
star. His running with the ball Is
thing TO warm the heart and his punt
ing Is n treat to the eye. Not only did
he punt half the length of the field from
behind and in front Of his own goal
line. but his kicks were so well directed
that. as we remember, Ohio never once
caught a punt.
A large part OF Yosts defense against
the passing game consisted in con-
stantly marrying and hurrying the pass
er. Michigan always was crowding inc
passer and the kicker, and on the de-
fense Kipke played n pass with the un-
carny judgment of Iris Speaker play
ing a fly ball. II he had not cut In. IN
place OF sticking to the side line. he
probably would have run an intercepted