The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-14
'Swede' Hogberg United Press Coach of Week
By CARL LUNDQUIST

NtW LII A, 1NOhs NOA AAANy called his players "fumblebums', {, showing fine disdain for an un- beaten football team that had con- quered some of the best squads in the land.
 It didn't disturb him, he just shouldered the caustic comments as if he personally were to blame for every tumble of a club that was working from the tricky 'T' form ation for the first season.
 Finally, as he had hoped they would. the boys worked in perfe 2t coordination to hand one of the mid-wests most highly regarded teams it's worst licking of the sea- son.
 Today he's the United Press coach of the week, Comdr. Oscar E. (Swede) Hagberg, the handsome fortnight boss of Navy's mighty Midshipmen.
 Would Not Take Bow
 And now that the boys are click ing, hitting their high mark by beat ing Michigan, B to which topped Army's 28 to margin over the same club, Hagberg might well be expected to take a bow, but he isn't built that way. ShOuldering the blame for deficiencies, he passed the credit for that great triumph on to his players and assistant coaches.
 His legion of friends, whether they are ex-shipmates from the sub- marine he commanded in the Paci- fic war or his football players, know him best for his straight from the shoulder method of doing business and that is the way he plays the game
 There isn't a player on the squad who doesn't know exactly how he stands with "the boss" and though he may be evasiye about the out come of forthcoming games, he never is guilty of the double talk" device of some of his coaching col leagues. About Wisconsin, Nayy's opponent for Saturday, he says that If we lose it will not be because we are overly self-confident."
 Peak For Army Game
 Since Navy is rated about four touchdown favorite over the Bodg- CTS there has been a feeling that the Midshipmen might suffer let down after their peak performance against Michigan. But Hagberg doesn't think so. He thinks the team is improving week by week and that it will be at its peak for the game of the century" with the Army Cadets. And that's the one that he wants to win most of all, because it will be his last as skipper of the Middies.
 As much as he loves football he wants to return to sea duty and his next assignment rests with the chief of naval personnel. He expects to leave the academy early in Decem- Der, leaving two big jobs to be filled. Tn addition to a new football coach, his post as executive officer of the department of languages will have to be filled.
 Hagberg, who finds it easier to coach this year than last, when with the war on he received fre- quent reports of the deaths of good friends, thinks that the gridiron is an important spot for the training of naval officers for the future.
 By-Passes Army Talks
 A former Navy star as end, tackle and fullback from 1928 through 1880, Hagberg is players coach" in his workouts on the practice field. He always is the first on hand and the last to leave and he superyises the drilling of every player individually. The assistant coaches, however, get plenty of leeway in working with whatever section of the team they are assigned to handle and Hagberg takes their word as absolute" in judgment of players,
 It's long day that he puts in on the academy campus at "Old Crab town" His mornings are devoted to administrative work, at noon he has lunch with the coaches and makes plans for the afternoon workouts.
 The practice goes on until dark and after that he deyotes long hours of study to reports of his scouts and to deyising new plays for the teams that the sleuths have followed in action.
 Straightforward as Hagberg is and much as he wants to beat Army. that's one question on which he by- passes a direct answer.
 "The only statement that I would like to make about that game is that We will show up in Philadelphia on