OCR Text |
Show ! FINDS CRACK TEAM 1 ALL SHOT TO PIECES 1 Take nothing for granted In baseball applies as well to the colleges as the professional game. Carl Lundgron. former 9tar of tho ChlcuM i'il'-. is now baseball coach at the University of Illinois. At the close of the 1921 season, it seemed certain thul Lundgren IfOUld have a great chance to win the conference con-ference title In 1922. Injuries sustained by number of his stars in football, plus an added handlcnp because some of his players I have been barred on account of professionalism, pro-fessionalism, has made his task a most .difficult one. Crangle. one of his stars, has been ' disqualified as a result of the football scandal. This would have been his lust year on the 'varsity. Football greatly upset Lundgrc-n's calculations. MrCann, one of his beerf pitchers, received a broken shoulder I Durant. who was expected to go big at shortstop, also suffered a broken shoulder. Vogel. tho team's best hit-ter hit-ter and star outfielder, received a mus-ele mus-ele bruise on his throwing arm In the Chicago game that refuses to responu to treatment. Roetlger. another "varsity pitcher. felt last week and broke a big bone In H the wrist, of his throwing arm. Last summer. Swede Hellstrom broke his leg. Ilellatrom waa counted lo be one of Luiulgrtn's stars for the coming season. |