Michigan at Northwestern

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  The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., November 6, 1898, page 6

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  BY A CLOSE SCORE. Michigan’s Heavy Team Defeated Northwestern University Northwestern University EVANSTON, ILL.,, Nov. 5.-Michigan’s heavy team defeated the Northwestern university eleven this afternoon by a score of to 5. The result was in many respects surprise, as the game was expected to be an easy one for Michigan. The contrary, however, proved true. Northwestern presented a vastly dlfterent team from the one that lined up against Chicago, and showed remarkable Improvement In every way. The team handled the ball better and got the plays off quicker The tack ling, however, especially in a broken up field, was poor. Michigan’s guards and the tackles did fine work Sickle was used great deal in line bucking, and almost invariably made his dis lance. Play on the tackle was used a great deal and proved very effective. Barabee, Widman and Galley all ran we’ll with the ball, Cayley making the longest run for the maize and blue, forty yards. Four different times Michigan had the ball on Northwest ern’s f1ve-yard line, but were unable to push it over, losing the ball only for holding, while three times the purple held for downs. For Northwestern, Bothne, Thorne and Johnson, the little 13S-pounds back, were the stars. John son twice saved double touchdowns by magnificent tackles, while Bothne’s fifty-yard run after breaking through the line resulted in Northwestern’s touch down. All the scoring was done in the first half. In the second half the ball was IN Northwestern territory a. great deal. The purple players exhibtied fatal tendency to hold in the line, and this may have cost the game as twice they lost the ball on this account when within easy striking dis lance of Michigan’s goal line Leftguard Thorne, Of Northwestern, had his neck badly sprained In scrimmage in the second half and was carried off the field.

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Michigan leads 61–⁠15–⁠2 in 78 meetings, counting the 75 since this game.