The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-27
Bv LEO FISCHER

By LEO FISCHER
MADISON, Wis, Sept. 27
ONSD.-"Everyone expects a
coaching staff to be optimistic
and say that there's nothing to
1.-THE championship is in the
bag. I wish it we're as easy as
that"
Harry Stuhldreher, dynamic
coach of the Wisconsin football
team, is speaking. The scene is
the locker room, where he is fin
fishing the job of putting on his
grid toys to start the afternoon S
practice. Frank Jordan, his back
field coach, and Paul Regain, who
handles the line, nod assent, as
they draw on their pads and other
protective equipment.
Harry continues:
Many people think that be-
cause a coach is in on what you
might call the ground floor, he
can tell you to an exact degree
just what will take place during
the season. But that is not the
case. There are too many fac
tors to consider, and just when
you think everything looks rosy,
the bottom drops out.
BETTER TEAM
"I can saw this, though-that
we will definitely have a better
team. Last year, we had to
change over a coaching system
in a hurry and do lot Of ex-
perimenting.
"Our big trouble again will be
in the line. We graduated
Golomgeske, Paul Jensen and
Ed Christensen and Bob Grinde
dropped out of school, which
leaves us without much expert
ence at tackle. But the young
sterS coming up look pretty
good.
1.-The backfield has its work
cut out trying to fill the gaps
left by the loss of Ed Jankowski
and Clarence TommerSon.
And the Saskatchewan, it's
going to give us a chance to see
a lot of good teams. South Da-
kota State, Marquette, Chicago,
Iowa. Pittsburgh, Purdue, North
western and Minnesota, you
can't find much breathing space
there.
FAST FOOTBALL
1.-THE only thing I'm sure of is
that the team will play fast, in
teresting football, and will play
for keeps. And the boys will have
q lot of fun doing it, too"
Four seniors, five juniors and a
pair Of sophomoreS make up the
group tentatively designated as
the first team.
Neil Pohl, senior, may have to
share the center job with John
Murray, 212-pounder from Penn
sylvania. Clement Eden, Evan
Ston, and John Doyle, another
Pennsylvania, both 190-pound
sophomores, also have made a
good impression at the guards. So
might Bob Eckl, a 209-pound
tackle from Milwaukee.
Erwin Woodward, senior quarter
back, is getting a real battle from
Ed Hartman, a 192-pounder from
pOffcui1lo Do Tho 1offar SC a cYroat
paSSer and splendid kicker.
BELLIN BACK
Roy Bellin, who won his letter
last year, shares the halfback spot
with sophomore Bill Schmitz, of
Madison. Tony GradiSnik, another
newcomer and Ed Misiak, who
played last season, are other backs
who should see plenty of action.
Both are from Milwaukee.
The job of replacing Ed Jan
kowSH at center seems to lie be-
tween veteran HOWE Weiss and
Roland Nelson, a sophomore.
Both scale around 200.
1t requires too much optimism
to figure the Badgers as a pos
Sible champion. You can. how.
ever, consider Wisconsin as the
"dark horse" with a good long
shot chance.
Stranger things than that have
happened in this game of foot
ball.
The schedule follows:
October 2. Marquette. at Madison
.. Chicago, at Chicago; IT, Iowa. al
Madison: 20, Pittsburgh, at Pittsburgh
30, Northwestern, at Madison.
November Is, Purdue, at Madison
%, Minnesota, at Minneapolis.
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