Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-11-28
WOODWARD GIVEN
SECOND "T FOR HIS
WORK WITH |LL|N|.
NOW COMES "NIGGER' DAuGHsR.
TY TO TAKE A PLACE WITH
BATTLING ARRAY OF ZuPPMEN
WOODY POPULAR WITH STU.
DENTS.

Two La Sale county athletes
made the grade at the University Of
Illinois this year on the gridiron.
Harold Chris Woodward made a
name for himself on Bob" Zuppke's
varsity team for his second year.
"Woodie" had a bad season this year
In the number OF games he perform.
Cd in boinr handicapped with bad
~ Injured hand which came early I'm
the season but the Illinois students
are strong for the Ottawa lad and
he is quite a hero at the big state
school.
Last Saturday he played the first
three quarters of the game and his
work won much applause from the
stands Time and again the ottawa
lad made good gains through the
strong Ohio forward wall and it was
the work of Woodie and Sam Hill
that time and again put the bail in
the Ohio land for the Illini but poor
Judgment prevented scores.
When he played against the Chica-
go university team a week ago he
was one of the best ground gamers
for Illinois while in the lineup.
1t was in that terribel Michigan
game that the Ottawa lad got hurt
but he made some good gains he
fore carried from the field He hit
Yosts line with a lot Of punch and
it was that punch that enabled Illi-
nj to hold the wonderful Yost ma
chine to the score it did.
At the beginning of the season he
was picked by Walter Eckersall pre-
mier criterion Of this section on foot
ball to fill Jack Crangle's shoes and
it might be remarked that Woodie's
filled them when ever he could stand
up in his own.
Last night the big annual banquet
was held and the Ottawa lad got his
second coveted 'I' and there is moth
ing to stop him from getting his third
one.
The Ottawa lad is due to graduate
in 1924, but there will still be La
Sale county man there to take his
place The successor of Woodward
to hold up the honors Of the county
will be no other than Russell Daugh-
erty of Streator, 1921 football fame.
"Nigger" as he was called back here
was awarded his numeral last night
for work on the freshmen team and
looks to have a good chance to make
the varsity emblem next year. So
when Woodie goes out Niger will
be there for two more years and it is
hoped that some other county man
will drop in before Daugherty drops
out and keep up the chain of good
work.
Others Making Good.
This county is certainly developing
into wonder football section and
many stellar players are coming from
it's high schools to take places on
higher teams about the country. One
of the latest men to take a step up
the ladders to a little higher place is
Art Roach Of the 1921 La Sale team.
Art is a student at Notre Dame uni
versity and the La Sale youngster
according to letters received from
him is holding down the post Of CEN
ter on the Irish freshman team pretty
regularly. In fact Art is first sub and
because of the illness of the regular
man has held the post pretty much
himself of late.
The La Sale lad says that down at
the big Catholic university there is
always about four or five men out
for every position and that he never
saw such a good bunch of players as
he does down there.
Well he can certainly get agreed
with on the large number of good
PLAYERS attending the South Bend
school for Coach Rockne must have
something there, to be able 10 turn
out a team that loses one game in
five years and plays lust one tie
game, while meeting some Of the best
teams in the country.