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Show .ji ;. , .;. .;. .;, .;. .;, .j. .;. .;. , j. .j. .;. ,j .;. .j. .;. .j. .;. , .. .;. f .j. a a .j. .j. .j. .. f, s. .j. .5. .;. .;. Coach Zuppke Again Wins Title OACII Cm;; '.Vl'VKK of ll.innis has tunc into re! iroment for the J winter with another P.ig 'I'cn 1 1 ! 1 j: 1 1 1 title dangling from his belt. -" Zuppke is ii)tf (if Hit mii.-.i unusual coaches In the game. Never H Ki' n t player In his college days, lie has become one uf Hie outstanding X coaches of the co;:nlry. Zuppke Is of an inventive turn ! mind, lie thinks, dreams football J 1 1 ; i s I of I In- year. The Illinois coach is credited with having invented ; : lh huddle. However, when II became Iho coiiiinori form for giving .j. X si'-'nais. Zuppk', Just in he different, went back to I lie oh method of having the iiiarl ei hack yell llieiu. It was Zuppke who first seal his learns on the Held minus football blockings because of iniiisiiall.y warm weather. With a fast back Meld he ., didn't wanl In slow il u;i with heavy woolen nose, wet will perspiration. t Among coaclies It wouli. lie proper to refer to Zuppke as unique and original, lb- has lixcil ideas only alioul the fundamentals. , ! After liirt taking the reins at Illinois, Zii pke had several jears of ' extraordinary sm cess. ihen, losing a number of his slurs and having .;. only ordinary reiilacenii t;t mtileiial, the breaks for several years went X ; against him ami the records of llli- ! nois weie nothing to drug about 'uppke. Just aho'il the time most : of the :ig Ten teams were mak Ing merry at his expense, made some remarks : . ,. , ,;, "Only one team can win, he said. "My team unfortunately had In ho the loser. Those things mast "J" happen. Wait until next year. We 4- will get plenty of revenge for a lot of I rimming.-) we have taken lately." ; ''(lot something up your sleeve?' "Several somethings." he an swercd. "I have the fastest back , , Held mil ii I have ever coached on J : the freshman squad, also a great i punier, who Is as good an Interfer Ing back as I have ever seen. ,;. "The oilier day In brushing up my regulars on n certain play I knew the opposition would use, I gave this player the ball and tipped the varsity off a- to the play. He i' ran IhrouL'h mv first team for a V ''"' ' I " i ' r'l t I l ' ;-' - ? i t r : ! t ' A'i;.;ei I ' touchdown. Bob Zuppke. "I was sore, so I called the t team back to the same spot and started the same play all over again. ? (.Jetting the ball on a direct pass from center, be repeated for another touchdown. ?! "That player Is going to make me a great coach for several years," concluded Zuppke with a smile. The two players Zuppke referred to & at the time were Red Orange and Earl Britton. For three years Grange T made fame for himself and Zuppke. t With the passing of so great a star as Grange, as well as a half J dozen other mighty good players, lean years again set in for Zuppke. He accepted them as a break of the gnme. In early September of last year Zuppke expressed himself much ' after this fashion : "1 expect to have a mighty good team. It will have .j. no stars like Gn.nge, but it will have a number of back-field players $ not so far behind him. I look for a good line. "I am glad none of the experts are touting us. That will make It 4 easier if we fall, but I expect to have considerable to say about who f, will win the Big Ten title." J Those were true words Zuppke .poke, for all he did was win another western conference championship atie with such a team as 5, the critics termed a "starless" eleven. Zuppke's was a good prediction. ! |