Purdue at Chicago

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  The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], November 6, 1898, page 1

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  HELD DOWN BY PURDUE CHICAGO UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL TEAM SCORED BUT II POINTS. Louisville Drubbed by Rose Poly technic-University of Indianap- oils Defeated by EarIham. ;pec,aI to the 1ndianapolis JournDal. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CHICAGO, Nov. notwithstanding the raw disagreeable weather, one thousand people went to Marshall Field to-day to wit ness the game be zen the University of Chicago and Pun Chicago won the game by score to o. but 1t was the worst exhibition TIN Maroons have given this season. They should have had at least three more touchdowns, but lost the opportunity trying to execute trick plays and by frequent fumbling In team work the Purdue eleven excelled the visitors putting up a game that about equaled that played by Beloit few weeks ago. The Purdue men are the best aggregation of tacklers that has been on Marshall Field this season. Their ends are good, and by few little lodges they managed to fool the Chicago ends every time. They got around behind the line quickly, and aided by Chicago’s slow work, grabbed the man with the ball. Three times Chicago had the ball up to the ten-yard line, only to lose it on downs, the smaller Purdue players holding like a stone wall. Quinn and Sample managed frequent ly to advance the ball for first downs. Purdue would have scored had it not been I’M lucky and the score at the end of the first half, to 0, shows how well Indianas team played. In the second half Purdue again had a good chance to score, but lost the ball on downs, after which Chicago had little trouble in getting over the line for two touchdowns. Hershberger. Chicago’s great kicker, did not play, being reserved for next Saturdays game with Wisconsin. Chicago made its first touchdown after about three minutes of real play, and it looked as If the locals would tear the Purdue team to pieces, but when the Indiana men got the ball they changed calculations and held the Maroong every time. Shaker, after repeated rushes, was rolled across the line for the first touchdown. The goal was not kicked. Shaker made the other two touchdowns towards the last part Of the second half, both goals being kicked by Kennedy. For Purdue Sears did we’ll and tackled strongly. Quinn and Robertson also did good work and broke up the Chicago Interference. The fra

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Chicago leads 27–⁠14–⁠1 in 42 meetings, counting the 38 since this game.