Wisconsin at Chicago

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  The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, November 25, 1923, page 16

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  CHICAGO DEFEATS WISCONSIN I3 TO 6 CHICAGO, Nov. 24.-(By Associated Press. .)-Capt Jimmy Pyott of the University of Chicago eleven wound up his intercollegiate football career in a blaze of glory today by crashing over with two touchdowns that gave Chicago a 13 to victory over Wise sin in the final game of the western conference season today. The desper- ately fought contest was witnessed by 34.000 spectators. Captain Pyott scored his first touchdown in the second period after a thrilling 17-yard dash through tho Wisconsin team and repeated the achievement in the fourth with all most the identical play. Throwing the Badgers into confusion on a fake pass, Pyott zip-zagged through a broken Wisconsin field for Chicago’s first score, lodging a pack os Wisconsin tacklers and racing across the goal after a sprint around left end. The game was fairly even until the start of the fourth period when the Maroons opened up with a bewild- ering trick passing attack that kep the Badgers guessing.

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  New Britain herald, Connecticut, November 26, 1923, page 8 (results column)

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  MICHIGAN IS TIED WITH ILLINOIS BOYS Minnesota Drops Back Into Fourth Place in Big Ten Chicago. Nov. 26. Illinois and Michigan, each with an unmarred’ seasons record, are sharing heners for the 1923 western conference foot hall championship. The Wolverines are on top of the big ten for the second consecutive time. having di- vided honors with Iowa in 1922. Disputants advance claims to show that one or the other of the cham pionship elevens has better record. but in adbsence of any officially designated champion, the percentage record leaves the two elevens on a par. Michigan earned her place by de- feating Minnesota Saturday, 10 to 0. while Illinois lifted herself to the championship pedestal with a to win from Ohio State. giving Illinois a string of five wins from conference teams, and Michigan a list of four straight conference decisions. Chicago by overcoming the strong Wisconsin team, 13 to 6. in hard fought final game, earned an undis- pultu to tItto VI pioNS ii sAN NoA’ ference, with only the to defeat by Illinois to mar its record. Minnesota found herself fin fourth place with victories from Northwest ern and Iowa. a tie with Wisconsin, and a loss to Michigan Iowa won half and lost half of its six games with victories from Purdue, Ohio State and Northwestern, and defeats by Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota. Thus fifth place was shared with h. diana, which defeated Northwestern and Purdue, and lost to Chicago and Wisconsin. The Badgers dropped into seventh position Ohio State finished eighth, winning only from Purdue; Purdue placed ninth by defeating Northwest ern. while Northwestern was without a victory, Harold Grange of Illinois stood out as the spectacular backfeld man Of the season. He led scorers with 72 points. tie with Gordon Locke of towas championship 1922 team. for high point honors in the conference for all time. Almost all of the Illi- nois victories were attributable to Grange. Martineau Of Minnesota was his closest competitor. with seven touch- downs and one field goal, for a total of iS points. Fry. Iowa. scored seven iouchdowns and workman, Ohio State, two tonchdowns, lo goals after touchdown and five gonls from the field. The season was regarded as the most successful in conference history

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  Imperial Valley press, California, November 24, 1923, page 1 (results column)

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  Football Finals Albion 81; Kalamazoo O. Maryland 40; Catholic Uni vcrsity 6. University Of Detroit O; Car roll 0. Lehigh 8; Lafayette 13. Holy Cross 81; Buffalo o.. Notre Dame 26; Carnegie o. Georgetown 26; Tulsa University 0. Chicago 13; Wisconsin 6. Syracuse Z; Nebraska 0. Illinois 9; Ohio State 0. Galcaburg Krox 18; Lake Forest O. Iowa II; Northwestern IA. Indiana 8; Purdue o. Wabash Il; Depauw D. =. Butler 10; Haskell 13.

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  The daily star-mirror, Moscow, Idaho, November 24, 1923, page 1 (results column)

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  TOday’s Football Results Army, 0; Navy, 0. Washington, 27; w. S. c., 7. Yale, 13; Harvard, 0. Illinois. g; Ohio State, O. Michigan, 10; Minnesota, 0. Syracuse, z: Nebraska, 0. Chicago, 13; Wisconsin, 6. o. A. c., 6; u. of o., 0, at end of .hird quarter. Idaho, O; U. S. c., 8. California, 8; Stanford, 0.

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Wisconsin leads 19–⁠16–⁠5 in 40 meetings, counting the 13 since this game.