Chicago at Wisconsin

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 11, 1928, page 1

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  WISCONSIN EASILY TOPPLES CHICAGO $4,000 See Badgers Roll Up 25-to-0 Victory Over Weak Maroon. “A K ADISON, Wis. November 10 mn The Big Ten championship M for 1928 tonight rested be- 4 4 tweer Iowa and Wisconsin. While Iowa zoomed to the top of the conference race by defeat ing Ohio State at Columbus, Wisconsir’G big cardinal team went into a virtual tie for leadership by routing its traditional enemy, Chicago IS to 0, at Camp Randall. The two undefeated elevens clash at Iowa City next Saturday end barring upsets in their renaming games, the combat should deeide the championship. 1t was the INSTALLATION of a chance which hasn’t appeared On Wisconsin, campus since 1912. when the Badgers last annexed the Western Conference title. And today’s lop-3ided triumph was cheered by $4,000 spectators, the greatest homecoming crowd in Wis consir’s history. Chicago POwerless. Battered and worn by defeat after defeat all year. Chicago had nothing but fighting instinct to combat Wis consin’s bruising and dashing offensive today. Coach Gloomy” Glen Thistle thwaite’s Wisconsin boys charged with effectiveness and unison. The Badgers first score came eight minutes after the game had started From the A yard line Lusby tossed beautiful pass to Gantebein, who ran Is yards to Chicago’s 10-yard stripe. Rebholz carried 1t over on three straight line smashes. Lusby failed to kick goal. Chicago had fought the Badgers to a standstill through the rest of the first and second periods. On the first play Of the third period. Sammy Behr slipped through his right tackle and raced 65 yards for touchdown. Drop Kick smothered. Cuisinier attempted drop-kicking, but his kick was smothered. Two minutes later Mendenhalls poor kick from behind his goal line, which went out of bounds on Chicago’s 27-yard line resuited in another score. Hal Smith and Lusby drove through to the 1eyard line from which point Smith pounded the line. finally going over from the two-yard line for a touch down. Smiths kick from placement was successful The final Wisconsin touchdown came in the fourth period when Lusby heaved to Casey, a substitute end, for 20 yards and touchdown. The try for extra point was low Wisconsin. although undefeated, has blemshed record, because of its 10 to-l9 tie with Purdue. 1t has now defeated Michigan and Chicago, among its Big Ten rivals. and Alabama and Notre Dame. It’s remaining games are with Iowa next Saturday and Mime sofa week hence. Iowas rivals are Wisconsin and Michigan.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, November 12, 1928, page 5 (results column)

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  GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY The following are the scores of the principal football games played in various parts of the country last Saturday afternoon: California 6; Washington O. Stanford 31; Santa Clara 0. S. California 78; Arizona z. Pennsylvania [; Harvard 0. Pittsburgh 25; Washington and Jefferson o. Washington State 3s; California at Los Angeles 0. Wisconsin 25; Chicago 0. Nebraska A, Oklahoma 6. Notre Dame 12; Army 6. Carnegie Tech 13; Georgetown Michigan 6; Navy 6. Minnesota 21; Indiana 12. Northwestern ‘; Purdue G. Marquette ‘; Kansas O. Georgia Tech 19: Vanderbilt ‘. Montana State IA; Wyoming ‘. North Dakota 6; South Dakota O. South Dakota State 27; North Dakota State 6. Knox IA: Cornell ‘. Illinois If; Butler 0. Center [: Louisville o. Drake 20; Washington Ja.ver sity o. Florida 26: Georgia 6. North Carolina 0; South Caro lima 0. Detroit 39, Michigan State 0.

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