New-York tribune., 1922-10-25

Coach John Richards, who is built
along the lines Of his inen and who
looks as II he could still take his turn
on the gridiron If he had to, went over
the situation regarding his team before
nc began practice. Then he gave the
signal and his beauties popped out
from under the stand en- masse. The
sight was imposing. Say" we eJacu-
lated, "any coach In the East would
give years salary Il he could have
about six OF those fellows"
Yes; they're pretty good" admitted
the Badger mentor. "I'll put them
through short workout soon and let
you have look at them"
Well, you should have seen that
crowd step when turned loose! Good
ness knows, it would be treat to see
that battle between this eleven and
Michigan. There won't be any better
this fall.
Richards Has Fine Pair of Ends
Richards appears to have everything
Yost has, and then some. He has d
pair Of ends In Tebe!l, veteran, who
was picked for all-star teams last year,
and Irish. Tebell in particular is great
and quite the equal Of either Of Michi-
ean's pair. He and Irish can 60 down
field like couple of greyhounds.
They're nifty on receiving passes ard
deadly in tackling. Tebell also is ex-
ceptionally smart.
The Wise onsin coach has three back
fields and one is as good as another.
Standing out head and shoulders above
them ell, though, is Williams, .aSlad
built like Tommy Davies, formerly Of
Pitt. Williams is streak. He runs
like frightened deer and is as easy
to bring down as was Eddie Mahan. He
can sidestep, straight-arm, stop, twist
or turn and do all of the other latest
steps good modern back is supposed
to be able TO perform.
The above named trio are the real
stars Of this cast. But there are lot
of other good ones. Gibson Is II
splendid back and Taft is a raneier
fellow than the rest and is classy
puEter. He is even a better kicker
than either Workman, Of Ohio, or
Kipke. of Michigan.
Barr is the quarterback and the
brains Of the outfit. He is the only
really short man on the team. but he is
very chunky and so constituted he can
take the, gaff easily. He has fine
voice and runs his plays with speed and
pep into the gang. And especially is
ne able to pass. Drummer, of Lafayette.
nes nothing on him. nor has Workman
when it comes to throwing football.
Line Is Slightly Weak
Taft does the kicking, most Of it,;
Barr the passing and Williams and
Gibson the running. The line is slight
y weak IN spots although Murray,
formerly OF Nosre Dame. and Smith
are capable pair of tackles. Pearse
at center. and Christensen and Hop
ileld at guards complete the VARSITY
lne-up. Benverstein ard Scheneck er
are the line substitutes and Whitten.
Saari, Nichols. Harris and Carlson arc
other first string backs.
ne pass is big. part of Wisconsin's
onense. 1t is designed 10 succeed if
put on and is not used as last resort.
Ihe last time-and the only time Wis. j.
cons'n won the Conference champion
ship was in 1912. But it has never had
what could be called bad season and
several times it might have won the
title but for the breaks. Take last fall
tor .. instance; the Badgers had gone
through bowling over all OF the top
no.chers only to lose out in the last
game of the year. Chicago got close
decision over the locals.
This year the local students again
nave nave, visions of winning the. tisle, al
though Richards knows that Minnesota
michigan and Chicago will be hard to
peat. y only hope we are able to
duck injuries" the Wisconsin coacf
sad a; IN parting, "and well give them
al battle In any event nobody is
gong TO give US much of a beating, >,
ne said with confident smile.