Indiana at Northwestern

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  The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, November 18, 1929, page 1

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  !: q: ::::::::!LERMAKERS BEAT |. ~ bbORN HAWKEYE Stub BY TOUCHDOWN weeach Jimmy Phelan’s Boys Wcel Represent Charter Member School Of Circuit IN “ iog SIS WON’T AFFECT THEM local right also mesota and Northwestern licked Out Of the Race by Michigan and Indiana o. SIS WON’T AFFECT THEM -hicago, Nov. 18.-{Fi-lnlTty-t”o rs of weary waiting and disap- ,tnents have been forgotten down “.afayette, Ind, for Purdue. one OF charter members Of the Western ference, has won its flrst Big len Of.ball championship. cpoc mmy Phelan’s Bollermakers must ,na-et Indiana, its Hoosier rival, sat ....,.ay. but no amount of sweating n ‘aiu lpgling OIL the gridiron at Bloom IL ison or on any other Big Ten field. otr keep Purdue’s black and OLD golo the tncr from the championship nag Superiority Is Demonstrated ~ ttirdue demonstrated its right 10 ricat 1929 title in no uncertain manner possurday by defeating IoWa’s power ~. eleven Z to O. Minnesota and .thvestern, each Of which had q 1slc’ nee to tie for the championship, toure definitely put cut Of the running acaisuffering upset defeats. Michigan TX the little brown jug back to Ann Tor by oycr.nrning Minnesota Z 70 ton shile Northwestern went tumbllne indie Of consideration because OF q ~ fAY Ii QGlCuG 10y AjlaAAAlo. =. ted Chicago 20 to 6 in a game OF ,ortance only TO the two schools. tHrcyhile Purdue is playing lis amman tclittest with Indiana for possession OF linn ..old oaken bucket Saturday, IL ...,Sis and Ohio State viii battle II OUT -. Columbus for second place IN the INC e. Each team has won two games, to r one and been tied once. and the 1t wner-up position will go TO the win n y. Michigan will attempt to oeas “a at Ann Arbor Saturday. and AH’a scousin and Minnesota will work sour another installment Of their ira istclonal rivalry at Minneapolis. r}amed for the versatility OF its al =. Purdue used some of everything SOUTH it found q scoring play. Aftel Norsa,s splendid line had thrust oac’ } istic assaults Of Pest WEIGH. Glef ,,,orrneson and Alex Yunevtch tn 4.uermakers switched to forward W’tlses. Two heaves, both from HarTne hcda to Bill Woerner, sophomore enc cnli,duced the only score Of the gam r,ead d championship for old PURDUE driv Ross Was Dynamite 10 IA l55-pound halfback. George Ros’ IS the dynamite that blasted North nstern apart Saturday. The Hoosie to tex, with Northwestern leading by ] pas:6 Is the final period started. helpe err,ash over q touchdown, and q fe s. ,ments later he got loose an ~ nped % yards for q touchdown an 70 story. So,r6ichiran’s triumph over Minnesot

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  Evening star, November 17, 1929, page 86

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  INDIANA SURPRISES WILDCATS, 1914 Ross, 155-Pound Hoosier Back, Runs Wild in Defeat of Northwestern. “ VANSTON, Ill, November 10 The Battlin’ HooSierS from In diana, led by a winged-foot, l55- IL pound halfback named George Ross, emerged from foot balIs wilderness dramatically and suooenly today TO defeat Northwestern ~ 70 ~; In one of the most stunning upseCs OF the Big Ten campaign. Trailing by the ominous margin OF points, with only 10 minutes OF the Dat tie left to play. Ross turned de1eat lnto victory with as brilliant a performance as any foot ball crowd ever witnessed, racing IS and 80 yards. respectively, 1or touchdowns. and adding one point from placement for good measure-a totai OF l3 points. or better than point a minute. The Hoosier triumph, its first OF the 1929 race, stunned not only the throng of $4,000 Northwestern homecoming fans, but amazed even the handful OF Indiana rooters. many of them members of the Indiana Anti-Shave Club, a Hoosier campus organization pledged not to shave until its team won conference game. They stormed the play ing field after the final shot. wild with jubilation and waving shaving mugs. Old Jinx Sticks Around. IndianaS surprising triumph blasted Northwestern’s dream OF sharing at least second place in the conference pennant scramble. 1t was the second loss for the Wildcats, as they had previously succunibed to Minnesota. The result also continued the ink the Hoosiers hold over Northwestern. In three straight games they have entered the game as underdogs and emerged as victor. Taking advantage of Northwestern’s touchdown of the game in the initial period. Bill Calderwood fumbled on his own 40-yard line and Art Thomas recovered for the Hoosiers. After three smashes at the line. Joe Scully. another lightweight halfback. swept around left end II yards for touchdown. Frank Baker blocked Paul Baylay’s try for extra point from placement. Bergherm Changes Tide. Russ Bergherm. Northwestern’ss hustar, came into the battle at this point and changed the advantage in the sec ond period Shortly after the second quarter opened, he heaved q 27-yard pass to Al Moore, who caught 1t on Indiana’s goal line and toppled over for touchdown. Bergherm kicked from placement for the extra point. Three minutes later Bergherm’s plunRes and passes to Burnstein and Oliphant placed the ball on Indiana’s 6.yard stripe. He took matters in his own hands there and crashed over on three tries for the second and last Wildcat touchdown. adding another point from placement.

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Northwestern leads 47–⁠37–⁠1 in 85 meetings, counting the 67 since this game.