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Caption: Booklet - Articles and Letters about UI Coaching (1922 Selections)
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ORMTs THK'*»\V01 OkKATI NF-WM'A ftrilnme* U ILLINI AND HARVARD HOLD HONORS OF STIRRING GRID YEAR ZUPPKB ELEVEN DESERVES TITLE AMONG BIG TEN xcmUr SLtl<)19"E MOST successful football year since the adoption of the forward pass and ten yard line rule thirteen years ago came to a _ ^ ^ successful close Saturday, when I Hingis won the western conference championshipby defcatinfrOliio State, 9 to 7, and Harvard triumphed over Yale by a score of 10 to 3. In winning from Ohio State, Illinois deserves all the credit which possibly can be bestowed on the coaches and players. It developed into a team of remarkable strength in less than a month's time. Although beaten by Wisconsin in the middle of the year, It showed the proper football stuff by going into succeeding battles with renewed fight, which resulted in winning the title. Crippled, But Still in Game. Illinois is one of the gamest elevens which has appeared on a tern gridiron in years. Some of the players were hurt in the early part of the year; yet few of them were laid off long enough to recover entirely. They were sent into games when 'they should have been in the stands. They did not complain or protest. They simply did what they were told, no matter how painful, and this accounts for the championship. Like the team of the last two years, Illinois was improving as the season grew older, while Ohio did not show a marked advancement since its game with Michigan in mid-season. Coach Zuppke" knew the Buckeye attack and he knew how to stop Hurley. That he accomplished his purpose was shown all through the championship battle. It was a great victory for the Orange and Blue eleven, Dut a bitter disappointment to the Scarlet and Gray. ! h C'
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