Northwestern at Chicago

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  The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., November 12, 1899, page 10

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  NORTHWESTERN INUNDATED. Defeated by Chicago University by q Score of 20 to o. Defeated by Chicago University by a Score of 20 to o. CHICAGO, Nov. T.-Northwestern uni Versity was Inundated by Chicago uni versity today on Marshall field, by the score of rs to 0. The Chicago team prov ed itself very strong and its superiority over Northwestern was not SO much the fault of the latter as 1t was due to tho improvement of Chicago in heady work and trick plays, which enabled it to roll up score after score. Capt. Kennedy won the toss-up for Chicago. Hunter kicked the ball to Chi Cages twenty-yard line, from which 1t was steadily advanced to the center Of the gridiron. Webb broke through for ten yards and fumbled the ball, North western getting 1t and bringing 1t back fifteen yards, where the maroons held them on the third down, and Immediately Henry, left half-back for Chicago, made beautiful run through almost the entire Northwestern line for the first touch down, from which Kennedy kicked an easy goal; score, to O.. Hunter again kicked off, this time to the fifteen-yard line, where Hanill brought 1t back twenty yards, and on the next play Cassels carried 1t seven yards, after which Fell circled Northwestern’s left end for another touchdown. Chicago’s interference was remarkable. After the next kickoff they carried the ball repeatedly steadily towards North. Westerns goal, but Chicago was off side and lost 1t. when Johnson, who relieved Pinneo, kicked out of bounds. The ball was taken in fifteen yards, and Fell went around Northwestern’s left end for twenty yards, but fumbled, and in the scram- BILE fell on the ball. retaining it for his side only five yards from Northwestern’s goal. On the next play Hamill went over for another touchdown. Hunters rough tackling was the feature Of Northwestern’s play in the first half. Although suffering from an injury received early in the season, he was in many Of the scrimmages, and downed his man time and again. The second half was almost repetition of the first. Northwestern seemed very much weaker, and could not withstand the fierce onslaughts directed at their line, Chicago scoring almost at will Slaker, full-back for Chicago, was the star of the latter portion of the game, and the score In the last half was mainly on &C count of his brilliant work. The team lined m aC follows.

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  River Falls journal, River Falls, Pierce County, Wis., November 16, 1899, page 2 (results column)

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  Yictors at Football. Chicago, Nov. 13.-Results of the lead Ing football games played Saturday: Pennsylvania, IL; Michigan, 10. Wis cousin, %; Illinois, 0. Chicago, 76; Northwestern, 0. Harvard, II; Dart mouth, o. Yale, ~; Pennsylvania State, o. Princeton. 70; Carlisle, 0. Columbia, 16; West Point, 0. Lafayette, c; Cor nell, s. Beloit, 5; Minnesota, 5. Brown, IS; Massachusetts, 0.

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Chicago leads 26–⁠8–⁠3 in 37 meetings, counting the 23 since this game.