Michigan at Illinois

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  The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., October 28, 1900, page 1

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  ILLINOIS IEtN SHUI OUT FAILED TO SCORE AGAINST THE. HEAVY MEN FROM MICHIGAN --- TRICKS DIDN’T SUCCEED Both Teams Settled Down to a Game 3 OF. Main Strength and Ignorance, Michigan ScOr- ing Twice. CHICAGO. Oct. 27.-In a game repIete with kicking and hard line bucking, the University Of Michigan football eleven defeated Illinois university on Marshall field this afternoon by a score of 70 to 0. Both touchGoWnS were scored in the first half The first resulted from constant hammering at the Illinois line, which carried the ball from the forty-five-yard line across the goal. The other came soon after, but in this the line bucl1ing was relieved by a brilliant run of TWEEN ty-fiYe yards by Woodward. who took Hernsteins place and who tore through Illinois left tackle for that distance During the second half Illinois braced beautifully and seVecaf times held for downs but was unable to gain much dis lance against the heavy Michigan line and none at all in runs around the end Here Illinois with her fast backs hoped to win, but Snow and Redden, the Mich igan ends, as a rule, broke up the Hi nois i. reference almost before the plays were fairly started ana Illinois time and again was forced to kick. = ILLINOIS OUT OF IT. Illinois was sadly Handicapped by lack of condition. Even during the first half much time was taken cut on account Of injuries TO the Illinois players and in the second half so many changes We’re made that when time was finally called almost an entire substitute team was facing the husky Michigan players. The superior weight of the Michigan forwards also told heavily throughout the game The -WolverireS used their heavy guards and tackles frequently to advance the ball and Illinois was unable to solve the heavy mass plays until the game had been lost to them. Few tricks were tried and even when attempted By eithsr side invariably resulted diSastrousiy ana both teams finally settled down to punting and straight line bUcking. The most brilliant Play of the day was made by Lindgren. Illinois right tackle. who, after catching q punt. ran the ball back over fifty yards through almost the entire Michigan eleven Here Illinois haa a possible chance to score as the ball was 4uq ’9u!i pIGA-9Ay-NlI!ql s.uG@!q0IN 10 the Michigan line held, and after two exchanges of punts, Michigan got the ball in Illinois territory. The lineup: Michigan Posi- tier ....... Illinois Snow .......... Right end ............Adsit Boggs Right pclfle 80. .Lindgren Kelly Right guard ..........S tahl Wilson ...........Cen ter .LoWenthal Marks .........Left guard ..... Hanson White Left tackle ........ Pollard AIledden ....,.....left end ........ ROthgeb McGinnis .-..Quarte back 49,. Mathews Beaglear........r right half ............C Cook Hcrnstein .......laft half .............HaIf Sweeley .........fuH back .Lindgren TouchGowTs. Woodland, White; goals kicked, Sweeley 2; referee. Wrenn; UNI pire. Hoagland.

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Michigan leads 72–⁠24–⁠2 in 98 meetings, counting the 95 since this game.