Illinois at Michigan

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  New-York tribune, October 29, 1922, page 19

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  Michigan Downs Illinois “a to O, and Minnesota Vanquishes Ohio State IOWA CITY. Ia, Oct. Is (By The Associated Press). - Tearing great holes in Purdue’s line with their smashing interference and hard hit ting backs, Iowa’s big ten champions scored almost at will on the Boiler makers, swamping them under 5s to game Of the season played on Iowa field here to-day. Captain Gordon Locke, playing Par kins’s quarterback position, starred for the Hawkeyes in the first two periods, crumbling the Purdue line for gain after gain. Locke was given q rest late in the second period and remained out for the rest of the game. Parkin, who took the pilots position in the third quarter and part Of the fourth, played up to the form he showed at Yale and reeled off run after run for gains Of from five to thirty yards. ANN ARBoR, Mich, Oct. 2s (By The Associated Press)...Beating down the stubborn defense Of Bob Zuppkes men, Michigan won it’s second Western con ference football game of the season here to-day, downing Illinois “a to 0. M1NNEAPOLIS, Oct. s.-Minnesota upset the dope at Northrup Field here to-day, defeating Ohio State to 0. BLOOMINGTON. Ind, Oct. 2s.-Indiana University won its first game of the season to-day when it downed the Michigan Aggies, IA to 6. Captain Hanny, of the Crimson, was tower of strength and his kicking featured. Indiana made her first touchdown near the opening OF the game when q costly tumble of the Aggies left Indiana with the ball on the IT, yard line. The rest Of the scoring was done in the last two periods. A brill liant thirty-five yard pass, Richards to Huffman, netted the score fox the Michigan Aggies when thirty-fve yards were gained.

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  Albuquerque morning journal, Albuquerque, N.M., October 29, 1922, page 1

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  ILLINOIS TEAM DEFEATED, 24–⁠0, BY WOLvE R|NES Michigan Beats Down the Stubborn Defense of Bob Zuppke’s Men and Wins Second Game of Season. Ann Arbor, Mich. Oct. % (by the Associated Press) Beating down the stubborn defense Of Bob Zuppkes men, Michigan won its second western conference football game of the season here today, downing Illinois, “a to 0. Although baked at many stages in the game by the Illinois line, Yost’s machine. took advantage of every opportunity. carrying the battle into Illinois territory repeat eddy during the second and third periods. The visitors threatened the Michigan goal but once. That was in the final period when Zuppke’s men smashed their way from mid field to within eighteen yards of the Wolverine goal on line plunges and end runs by Happeney and McIlwain. Here the Michigan defense held. In the opening period the Yost men were almost helpless before the Illini, the Wolverines revamped line not being able to clear the path for the backs. Illinois failed to make first down until the final period when six were registered. Michigan made eight first downs during the game.

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  The Washington times, District of Columbia, October 29, 1922, page 16

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  Michigan Defeats Illinois BY “a to O FERRY FIELD, ANN ARBOR. MICH, Oct. 2s.-Michigan’s foot. bali team continued its march toward the conference championship By soundiy defeating Illinois ~ to Q. in the opening game Of the home season this afternoon. Cappon and Kirk were the domi. mating figures In the victory for Hurry. Up” Yost’s men. Cappon gave an exhibition OF line plungins that tore the Illinois line to shreds. In the second quarter alone. when Michigan scored ten points. Cappon carried the ball ten times for gain OF over sixty yards. Kirk gave even a more spectacular exhibition when he made an eighty-five-yard run from q kickoff that was the great piece Of Individual running all after noon. carrying the ball over the line for q touchdown. In the final quarter the rlini made o great march down the field through straight football. car rying the ball from Michigan’s forty-yard line on the Wolverines fourteen-yard line, but the Michigan defense stiffened and the Iilini was held for downs.

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Michigan leads 72–⁠24–⁠2 in 98 meetings, counting the 89 since this game.