Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-18
New Badger Coach
Starts Football Practice

Madison. Wis, April 17-(By A. P.)
Favored by q nucleus of veteran
gridiron stars and the confidence of
the university student body, Coach
John j. (Jack) Ryan, Wisconsin's
new football mentor, is entering upon
the spring training season with the
assurance that he has the basis for
strong team next season.
Ryan has come to Wisconsin as the
Badgers first full time football
coach, after rapid turnover of
part time coaches had convinced the
athletic authorities that the task of
developing an eleven was an all-year
job. Fifty men have responded TO his
call for spring training activities.
Ryan came here to fill the vacancy
made by the resignation of John r.
Richards, who developed successful
teams during the last six years. Ryan
is q former Dartmouth backfield star
and had for the last year been assist
ant coach at Dartmouth. Formerly
he coached at Marquette University.
Milwaukee and st. Thomas college.
ST. Paul.
TO build up a strong Wisconsin
team in o23. Ryan, has five veterans
Of the line and two of the back field.
After Bill Juneau spent three years.
from 1912 to 1915. attempting to build
up the football standing of Wiscon-
sin. he was replaced by DR.. Paul
Wilmington. Harvard star. who came
here with four all-American players
to implant the Harvard system at
Wisconsin. The result was disas-
trous and was climaXed by 50 to
defeat at the hands of Minnesota.
io1,o I'd hack
He had left in 1911 after developing
material from which a championship
team was turned out the next year.
Wisconsin's last championship.
Through six years Richards devel-
oped strong teams. but TREY always
lost a deciding game that kept the
Badgers from the championship.
Reach's Official Guide for 1923
With the advent of spring there
comes to hand the annual harbinger
of the new base ball season. the
Reach Official American League
Guide for 1928. This annual number
is equal in all respects to the long
list of preceding annual publications,
and this means supreme excellence,
as everything of moment in the
major league and minor league fields,
both statistically and historically. is
completely narrated. AS usual the
volume is divided into parts. each
covering fully the matter assigned
thereto. Part | is devoted to eX-
haustive editorial review of the base
ball of 1922. and to the luminous
discussion of the legislation and
prospects for 1928. Part ii is de-
voted to special articles. such as the
End of Gambling on Base Ball, End
of the Baltimore Federal Clubs Suit
Against Organized Ball. Proposed
Players Union. and eight other ar
ticles of cOntemporaneOus interest
Part Ill contains the complete Of
fetal averages of the American
League and National League, and
tributes to the late President Dunn.
of Cleveland and of Morgan G.
Bu,keley, first President of the Ma
tional League. Part w contains an
Editorial Review of the 1922 Worlds
Series. details and scores of the
games. and a mass of reliable
complete record of other inter-
league series. Part V contains the
complete Records of the 1922 Sea-
son, the Death Roll of 1922. the EX-
tra-Long Games of 1922, and the
No-Hit Games of 1922. Part VI
contains the Directory of the Ma
tional Association. Editorial Re-
view of the Season, the National
Association Annual Meeting, the
Major League Worlds Series, and
the records and averages of three
Class IA leagues. four Glass A
league. six Glass p. leagues. four
Glass c leagues and twelve Glass d
leagues. Part VII contains reports
of the American League and Ma
>tional League annual meetings; the
joint major league meeting, with its
very important legislation: with six
important special articles: the
the American League and National
League schedules for 1923: Winding
up with the Official Playing Rules
for 1898, as adopted by the Joint
Rules Committee. The Reach Guide
for 1923 is thus an invaluable refer
once both for the present and for the
future. which is we'll worth the
modest price Of % cents the copy.
and Which no lover of base ball can
afford TO dispense with