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  The Bismarck tribune, November 11, 1924, page 6

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  |Sports CHICAGO WILL CLAIM TIE IN BIG 10 FIGHT Ready to Dispute Claim OF Illinois # Both Remain Undefeated Chicago. Nov. ll.--At the close Of the Western conference football sea son, if either Illinois nor Chicago has met defeat an Illinois–C Chicago tie for the Western conference championships will be claimed by the University Of Chicago and gold footballs, emblcmatic of champion ship honors. Will be awarded the players. This was learned today from the Chicago athletic depart ment, where A. A. Stagg, veteran coach, was in high clation over the gripping battle in which his men carried their offense through the Illinois team. scoring the first touch downs of the game. In case Chicago wins from North western and Wisconsin in the remanning games, and Illinois wins from Minnesota and Ohio, the Mid way team will claim championship tie between Chicago and Illinois. The Chicago leaders say the sltuaton, in case neither Chicago nor Illinois meets defeat. will parallel the conference race Of 1913, when Minnesota and Illinois escaped defcats and ended the season with vic tories, the nnesota-lllinois tie and an lllinois-Ohio tie. With no defeats this year for the two leaders. the season will end with three victories each for Illinois and Chicago. one tie for Illinois and two for Chicago.

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  The Birmingham age-herald, November 11, 1924, page 10

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  .MAROONS WILL CLAIM HONORS Unless Defeated, Chicago Will Claim Tie With Illinois CHICAGO, Nov. 10.-At the cdose of the football season, if neither Hi nois nor Chicago has met defeat, an Illinois Chicago tie for the western con- ference championship will be asserted by the University of Chicago and gold footballs, emblematic of championship honors, will be awarded the players. This was learned today from the Chi cago athletic department where A. A. Stagg, veteran coach, was in high elation over the gripping battle in which his men carried their offense through the Illinois team scoring the first touchodwns of the game. In case Chicago wins from North western and Wisconsin in the remaining games and Illinois wins from Minnesota and Ohio, the Midway will claim a championship tie between Chicago and Illinois. The Chicago leaders say the situation, in, case neither Chicago nor Illinois meets defeat, will parallel the confer ence race of 1915, when Minnesota and Illinois escaped defeats and ended the season with three victories each, and Minnesota Illinois tie, and an Hi nois-Ohio tie. With no defeats this year for the two leaders, the season will end with 4 victories each for Illinois and Chi cago, one tie for Illinois and 2 for Chicago.

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  New Britain herald, November 14, 1924, page 21

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  ‘. OF P.’S SCHEDULE Will Play Both Chicago and Illinois Next Fall Philadelphia, Nov. 14.-With ar- engagements virtually completed for gridiron contests with the universi- ties of Chicago and Illinois, the Uni Nersity Of Pennsylvania football eleV- eu next fall will face one of the hardest schedules in many years, If not in its history. Home and home agreements with the two middle western institutions are expected to be sanctioned today by the Pennsylvania council on ath- lctics, under their terms both Chi cago and Illinois woud come 10 Franklin Field next fall, the tenta- tive dates being fixed, respectively, for October 24 and S1. The return game with Illinois woud be played in the Illinois sta dium in 1926, and that with Chicago in 1927 in the Chicago municipal stadium. In addition to these intersectional contests and home and home series with Brown university. the tentative schedule being arranged for the Red and Blue eleven includes games with Penn State or Pittsburgh, Cor nell and possibly Columbia. The Pennsylvania team, the only eleven in the east to win all its games this season, will go to the Pacific coast on January to play the University of California.

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Illinois leads 22–⁠18–⁠3 in 43 meetings, counting the 15 since this game.