Michigan at Chicago

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  New Britain herald, Connecticut, November 9, 1927, page 8

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  CoACH S7AGG NOW ON HOSPITAL LIST Veteran Mentor Of Chicago Team Added to List Of Cripples Chicago. Nov. 3 P}-The Chicago football squad. one of the worst sui fercrs from gridiron casualties in the western conference this fall, has q very important patient on it’s hos pltal list today. Amos Alonzo Stagg, the 64-ycar- coach, who is suf- ferlng from severe cold contracted the day Michigan defeated his team 14–⁠0 last Saturday. Stasg pulled himself out of bed to direct prac- tice last night but went back at once with paper and pencil. 10 devise some new strategy for the heredi- tary foe of the Maroons, Coach Zuppke’s University of Illinois eleven. The rest Of the Chicago cripples are rounding into shape, giving the Maroons the advantage U nearly null strength for the first time since the early reason contests. The un- beaten Iliinl squad are devoting strenuous efforts to defense prepar- ations, with Coach Zuppkc scorching his linemen for failure to stop Chi cago plays. The Ilini arc top heavy favoriteS to win from Chicago. The Minnesota team preparing for Drake

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  Douglas daily dispatch, November 6, 1927, page 7

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  MAROONS FALL BEFORE ATTACK OF WOLVERINES CHICAGO, Nov. 5 CP9-With their backfield ace, Louis Gilbert, returned to the lineup and furnishing the fireworks, the Wolverines came back today to serve notice on the football world that they still must be considercd as a championship possibility of the western conference. The fighting Michigan eleven, beat en- week ago by illinois, with Gill; bert wrapped in gloom and blankets on the sidelines, crushed “Old Man” Stages Mafbons IA to 0, before a record smashing crowd Of $1,000

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Michigan leads 19–⁠7 in 26 meetings, counting the eight since this game.