Evening star., 1927-11-21


~HICAGo, November ot.--Illnois
has uverthrown the Michigan
dynasty ruling the Western
Conference foot ball world
and the fighting lllini" today
are sole champions Of the Rlg Ten
with five scalps drying on the lodge
pole
Coach Zuppke seasoned his team
with three preliminary games ana
then swept through the conference
schedule without a defeat or tie. Iowa
State tied the new champions in the
last pre-conferenCc game. 12-l2. with
Zuppke hiding some Of has strategy
for the big games To come.
The start was inauspicious. for
Northwestern was beaten by only one
point, 7-6, but only one Big Ten team
scored or the Illini after that hlca-
go-while Illinois each time made two
tnuchdowns and then sat tight. ONO
State gave them a desperate ha'tie
SATURDAY.. threatening twice to score
in the first half. but luck and power
were on the side OF Illinois. and ONO
was added TO the conquered list, is-o'
Minnesota also finished its confer
ence season without defeat, but won
only three games TO five Tor lHlhoiS
and the Minnesotans were held To
debut. Minnesota fought Notre Dame
to TT tie in n snowstorm. and wound
up ,ts season riotously happy over the
first victory over Michigan since 1919.
Minnesota. Michigan. Northwestern
and Chicago are among the hafdeSt
hit by the three.year rule which
sweeps away a great part of their ~
teams. The first three teams VIII
lose both their great stars. JoesthS
and Almquist are through at Mime
sofa: Oosterbaan and Gilbert have
rlayed their last game at Michigan;
Lewis and Gustafson both are ready
to graduate at Northwestern.
Developed New Players.
Illinois. Indiana. Purdue and Iowa
are among the teams fortunate IN
sophomore material this year. the nfst
two having nearly enough good
youngsters to make a varsity eleven
Harold c'ShortyO Almquist of Min
nesota was easily the leading scorer
Of the conference this year, going
over for II touchdowns, with Louis
Gilbert of Michigan eleven points be-
hind. Ralph Welch of Purdue. one OF
the most brilliant sophomore pros
pects of the Big Ten this year. climb
ed to third place in the closing game
The Big Tens two all-America
stars, Capt Rennie 0osterbaan OF
Michigan and Can't. Herb Joestlng OF
Minnesota. again showed ability
which made them leading candidates
of the conference for national recoc-
milton again this year Oosterbaan
failed to reach as near the top in
scoring honors as he did last year,
because this year he was on the
throwing end of many passes, ana
also dropped back from end to buck
the line. .Toesting mixed passes with
his line plunges this year, and this
held down his scoring.
Three Big Ten teams had new
coaches this year and all met with
more or less disaster. Dick Hanley.
the conference newcomer at North
western, won his first Big Ten game,
hut dropped the next three when his
backfield went sma sh. recovering only
in time to capture the finale. Glenn
Thistlethwaite. who transferred from
Northwestern to Wisconsin, won only
one ot his five conference games.
beating Purdue. Tad Weiman of
Michigan, taking over the burden
from Hurry Up" Yost, seemed head-
ed for title until he bumped into
the all-conuuering Illini. Then, in the
last game, the victorymad Mime
sotans swept over Michigan in the
last half to 1877 victory.
Three Teams Improved.
Indiana. Purdue and Iowa, after
two or more depressing seasons, gave
Indications of turning over new
leaf, with better material coming to