Minnesota at Michigan

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 14, 1939, page 48

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  Skins Prompted by Dodgers Game With Giants Not Mercy SOARING Parker From the Press Box Harmon Still Big Stor, Despite Teams Defect NEW YORK, Nov. IA (N.A.NA).- , Though this department has gone on record as defying Thomas Harmon, Michigan’s all-everything, to match the feats of the great Red Grange. we want no part of the cur rent campaign to belittle Mr. Hermon, just because his team has been plastered twice in row. The standard gag line of the moment is, Whatever became of Tom Harmon” Well. you easily can find out what’s become of Harmon by studying the box score of Saturdays Michigan Minnesota game. Minnesota, strong team bursting into late flower. walloped Michigan in hearty fashion, against the odds, by score of 20 to 7. But Harmon, the all-everything, put on sterling one-man show just the same, escort ing the ball down the field on two long marches, one of which brought touchdown and the other of which fell just short. In other words. there is no percentage in knocking the young all everything. He really has it. His team is overrated, not Thos. Penn Had Better Wotch Harmon Saturday BY powerful coincidence, such as used to feature the work of Will liam Shakespeare, the late 18th GEN. tury playwright, Harmon is going to parade his stuff in the East this week under much the same circumstances that accompanied Red Grange to the seaboard in 1925. Oranges light was under bushel, momentarily, when the Illinois team stalked out of the midlands to meet Pennsylvania in Philadelphia IA years ago. He hadn’t done so well the week before. In fact. Michigan, In revenge for the redhead’s raid Of 1924, had corked I’m up in bottle, winning the ball game by 3 to O. There was theory that any good team, by concentrating on Grange, could hobble him. His reputation worked against him. I’ve mentioned before what hap pened in the mud of Franklin Field on the day of Oranges Eastern debut. Pennsylvania concentrated on the iceman, all right, but, in order to do so, she had to follow him up and down the field at high speed, because that’s where he went all day long, for three touchdowns. 1t was a great personal triumph, the vindication of Western legend before the very eyes of the skeptical East, and Tom Harmon, the modern all-everything, has fair chance to duplicate Oranges adventure on the same field where Grange ran wild. Michigan visits Philadelphia this coming Saturday. Harmons light is under a bushel, and Michigan is determined to break him loose as of yore. Old Chinese Soee Knew All About Football The early Chinese philosopher, Some Yung, used to say, Football is funny game The observation is written on jade and retails for IS cents. Yung never spoke truer word. When Illinois beat Michigan week before last, it was considered the most staggering upset of the season. The Monday morning quarterbacks and football experts union held a hasty meeting, with your correspondent at the gavel. What do you make of it, Lardy?” demanded one of the boys, beside himself with excitement. When a man can get beside himself at one of our meetings, he is entitled to two votes. “It’s as plain as the nose on your face” told him. Maybe not quite that plain, but, anyway, very plain Michigan was taken by surprise Zuppke pulled one of his specials 1t never will happen again. Bouncing back with savage fury, the peer less Wolverines will wreak havoc on Minnesota, which is obviously one Of the Nations outstanding stumble buns. Mark my words” Second Thought Deemed Greet Institution The assembled experts surged for ward to shake me by the hand. ! had solved their difficulty. Every thing was clear now With great unanimity, the experts picked Mich igan to wallop Minnesota last week. Something went wrong, that’s all and today, in my capacity of second guesser emeritus and grand exalted Monday morning quarterback, can tell you what it was. Michigan is not quite the ball club that every one thought she was. Looking back, you can clearly perceive that she got every break against Iowa and beat very bad Yale team by no staggering score I do not claim that l knew it all along, but I shrewdly suspected it Watson, I shrewdly suspected il (the HI did. Minnesota. on the other hand had the stuff all along, but developed late. She’ll be hard to stop from here IN. That’s the catch in the record. Many teams tied or beaten earlier in the season are now among the best-Southern California, Holy Cross. Duke. Missouri, Ohio State Minnesota, Santa Clara, Princeton Gin her own league) and Georgia Tech. Second thought is a great instisutton.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, November 13, 1939, page 2

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  MINNESOTA IS WINNER ,EiiI ‘ G {i77E5a e4cf Finally Wins Game Crush es Michigan by 20 4a flo Seven ANN ARBOR, Mich, Nov. IS. = Thrice defeated Minnesota, which has taken a gridiron cuffing most of the season, displayed its old time power to crush Michigan 20 to T before 65,OO0 spectators last Sat- urday afternoon.

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  Imperial Valley press, California, November 13, 1939, page 4 (results column)

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  SPORTS PARADE NEW YORK, Nov. 13. CUP)- Mondays grid-irony: In leading Missouri to a 20 to 7 victory over NYU, Paul ChriStman pitched the best game the Yankee stadium has seen since Monte Pearson let down the Reds with two hits in the World Series After this per- Torrance all the All-America pick erS need to know about ChriStman is his sweater size Iowa is one state that’s grateful for the two Thanksgivings this month The HaWkeyeS of that state licked Notre Dame 7 TO 6 and the citizens will need two helpings of everything to show their gratitude to Nile Kin nick and Co. Speaking of Kim nick, someone should take out a patent on him because he may be the long-sought perpetual motion machine :. . He has played in five straight games now without relief. The, best mousetrap of the year was sprung by Fordham in shaking loose Len Eshmont on a “a ward run against hapless Indiana !. Judging by the speed with which the Indiana guard sprang forward TO be trapped, Fordham must have balted the play with Camembert. Roquefort, Stilton, Cheddar or plain American rat cheese Some one must have forgotten to wind the watches for Michigans so called Z a – The Wolverines have scored lust IA points in l20 minutes of losing football to Illinois and Minnesota. MlnneSota’s victory gave it the little brown jug and Michigan the little brown taste of defeat for the sixth year in succession Coach Francis Schmidt of Ohio State. who has been called “Shut the Gates OF Mercy Schmidt because of his Willingness TO slaughter helpless teams, proved the nickname was wrong by beating Chicago only 61 TO 0 When a team beats Chi cago by that small score it runs the risk Of being penalized for stalling Inc army and Navy forever-loSing That’s the way they are singing the song these days Navy was scuttled by Columbia and Harvard outflanked the Soldiers :. Another Saturday like this and some one will have to call in the marines Tulane stayed undefeated as its fast backs went SWIM ming through the crimson tide of Alabama, and SO did North Carolina as StirnWeiss and Lalanne took lit tie Davidson apart TO see why it didn’t tick A back who prob ably won’t make many All-Americas- but should, Banks McFadden, did everything but play the Piccolo in the band as Clemson pasted Wake Forest

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Michigan leads 78–⁠26–⁠3 in 107 meetings, counting the 77 since this game.