Wisconsin at Minnesota

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  Iowa County democrat, Mineral Point, Wis., November 21, 1901, page 7

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  STORIES OF FRAY SIDE LIGHTS on SATURDAYS BIG GAME OVER CONFIDENT VISITORS Predicted Wisconsin Would be Para iyzed at Score Set Against BADGERS King Makes Personal Appeal Guesses Of Gophers and Explsnztions of Press. Madison. Nov. -. Madison, Nov I9 With the big game over it il nov time for stories of little incidents tina took place before and at the game Among the football squad Eddie Coch ems is regarded as a sage prophet Time after time this season he ha, ! guessed the scores of the games So / closely as to seem of the spOoky ordel / Of events. Some two weeks before the Minnesota game he announced / graVely at the training table that tn score would be II to in favor of Wis cOnsin. Strangest of ali, this prOphec~ gave the badger players confidence as no reasoning or speeches of other PEG pie did. They went into the game with the idea that the gophers wouI.. be defeated close TO il to 0. Coach King broke all records h. roofing at a game in which Wisconsin played. Never before in the history of football has this happened. But when the safety was made, he hoped about and shouted in high gleo When the first half was ended he grasped Larson by the arm and per, formed something closely akin to q cakewalk Before the game started King grouped the men in the tent back OF the west bleachers and gave them q little talk Boys” he said, Il want each one Of you to go into that game and play the hardest you ever played l ask it as a personal favor that each one of you play 50 that if we are beau en- you can never feel that it was due to your individual carelessness. If we win I will leave football with a good record. If we lose l go back to public life with failure after my name. AS a personal matter | ask you to win” And it is said the big men gritted their teeth and filed out of the tent with tears in their eyes, Some Wild Guesses. Last Friday afternoon the Mimi apolis Journal published guesses on the game from residents in that city who were for one side or the other. The Wisconsin men, all old badger students, made these prophesies; Judge d. F. Simpson, Wis. IL; Mimi 0. Judge T. G. BrOOks-Wis. 5, MINI. 0. ] A. Peterson-Wis 6; Mimi Q, A. II. Bright-Wis. 5; MINI. 0. John Jones-Wis. Il; Mimi. 6. Minnesota partisans guessed thus r. P. Harding-Minn. IL; Wis. 0. G. K. Belden-Minn. to II; Wis. 0. w. c. Leary-Minn. 6 to II; Wis. O. Al J Smith-Minn. II; Wis. 0. T. Kaufmann-Minn. Il; Wis. 0. r. w Munzer-Minn. 1G; Wis. 6. Prof F. s. Jones-Minn. II; Wis g. Some Press Comments. Pioneer Press-To the spectators it seemed that Minnesota might we’ll put Overconf1dence among the potent reasons for her defeat. That the gophers were not entirely outclassed was shown by their steady stand after the severe eye-Opener administered in the first half. They realized when too late that they had met worthy fOemen. Milwaukee SentineI-The season seems now practically certain to end in an undecided championship, as al ready predicted, owing to Michigan’s refusal to consider post-seasCn game Why there should be this faculty OBJ lection to a pOst-season game is NOT exactly apparent. It is quite true that it would mean another week of train, ing and consequent distraction from class work, but if a weeks additional work is so very serious, then the whole thing is wrong. Prof. Richard Burton Of the Univer. sity of Minnesota–Ou tplayed-that’s the whole story. Chicago American-Powerful but | slow to score possibly might be 2 characterization of the Minnesota team. With the plays it used Satur | day against Wisconsin the gopher: would need a long time to move ia, | enough to count. They were slow AM ! failed utterly in any concentrated at ! tack. While Wisconsin cleverly side stepped and directed nearly ali play | outside tackle and around – ends Minnesota seemed TO have no concen trated attack on any point and sent it

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  Wood County reporter, Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis., November 21, 1901, page 6

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  STORIES OF FRAY SIDE LIGHTS On SATURDAYS BIG GAME OVER-COkFlDENT VISITORS Predicted Wisconsin Would be Para Iyzed at Score Set Against Badgers King Makes Personal Appeal Guesses Of Gophers and Explanztions of Press. Madison, Nov. IS. With the big game over it is now time for stories Of little incidents that took place before and at the game Among the football squad Eddie Cochems is regarded as a sage prophet. Time after time this season he has guessed the scores Of the games so closely as TO seem of the spooky order of events. Some two weeks before the Minnesota game he announced gravely at the training table that the score would be II to in favor Of Wis consin. Strangest of all, this prophecy gave the badger players confidence as no reasoning or speeches of other PEG pie did. They went into the game with the idea that the gophers Womb be defeated close to II to 0. Coach King broke all records by roofing at q game in which Wisconsin played. Never before in the history of football has this happened. But when the safety was made, he hoped about and shouted in high glee When the first half was ended he grasped Larson by the arm and per formed something closely akin to 9 | cakewalk. Before the game started King | grouped the mer in the tent back Of the west bleachers and gave them q | little talk. Boys” he said, Il want each one Of you to go into that game and play the hardest you ever played I ask it as personal favor that each ! one of you play 50 that if we are beat en- you can never feel that it was due | to your individual carelessness. If we win I will leave football with good record. If we lose go back to public ! life with a failure after my name. AS a personal matter ask you to win” And it is said the big men gritted ! their teeth and filed out of the tent with tears in their eyes. Some Wild Guesses. | Last Friday afternoon the Mime. apolis Journal published guesses on the game from residents in that city who were for one side Or the other. | The Wisconsin men, all old badger students, made these prophesies: Judge D.. F. Simpson, Wis. 10; MINI. O. Judge F. c.. Brooks-Wis. 5; Mimi. J. A. Peterson-Wis. 6; Mimi. 0. A. H. Bright-Wis. 5; Mimi, 0. John Jones--Wis. II; Mimi. o. Minnesota partisans guessed thus: f. P. Harding-Minn. II; Wis. 0. G. K. Belden-Minn 5 to IL; Wis. 0 W. G. Leary-Minn. to Il; Wis. 0 Al. J. Smith-Minn. II; Wis. 0. I. Kaufmann-Minn.1 IL; Wis. 0. r. w. Munzer-Minn. 16; Wis. 6. Prof. F. s. .Jones-Minn. II; Wis. 6 Some Press Comments. Pioneer Press-TO the spectators Z seemed that Minnesota might we’ll pu overconfidence among the potent rea sons for her defeat. That the gopherj were not entirely outclassed wa shown by their steady stand after the severe eye-Opener administered in tn first half. They realized when too lat that they had met worthy foemen. Milwaukee Sentinel-The seaso, | 1CS1l1S I1CN pA SlSLASobly CSl LcIAii “ Cjll in an undecided championship, as al ready predicted, owing to Michigan: refusal to consider a pOst-season game , Why there should be this faculty Oh lection to a post-season game is no exactly apparent. It is quite true tina it would mean another week of train ing and consequent distraction from class work, but if a weeks additiona work is so very serious, then the Who’ll, thing is wrong. Prof. Richard Burton of the Univer sity Of -Outplayed-that’: the whole story. Chicago American-PoWerful but slow to score possibly might be { Characterization Of the Minnesota team. With the plays it used Satur day against Wisconsin the gophers would need a long time to move fa1 enough to count. They were slow an( failed utterly in any concentrated at tack. While Wisconsin cleverly side stepped and directed nearly all plays outside tackle and around the ends Minnesota seemed to have no concen trated attack on any point and sent its

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  The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], November 17, 1901, page 1

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  Beloit. wISCONSIN’s VICTORY. Speedy Badgers Force the Gophers to Their HoIes-Fast Game Played. MADISON, Wis, Nov. 16.-Minnesota, the to 1 favorite in the betting, went down before the aggressive Wisconsin team on Randall Field to-day and now Michigan alone may dispute Wisconsin’s supremacy in Western football. The score was: Wisconsin, is; Minnesota, o. The Minnesota team braced wonderfully in the second half and preserved its goal line from the attacks which gave the Wisconsin players their eighteen points during the first period of play. Wisconsin’s goal was in danger but once. The features of the game were the failure of Minnesotas mass plays to make material gains, the costli ness of her fumbles the snappy team work of Wisconsin, the sensational work of the veterans Curtis, Larson and Cochems and the frequency with which punting was resorted TO. 1t was largely a punting game, in fact, and in this department Wisconsin plainly eXcelled. l.ine-up:

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  The Topeka state journal, Kansas, November 18, 1901, page 2 (results column)

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  Saturdays Football Games. Yale, 12; Princeton, 0. Wisconsin, 18; Minnesota. 0. Pennsylvania. 16; Carlisle. IA. Harvard, q; Dartmouth, r. Michigan. %; Chicago. o. Manhattan, II; Junction City, 0. Iowa, Il; Grinnell, IL Notre Dame. IS; Indiana, 5. Texas, IL; Missouri, 0. Nebraska, %. Kansas, 5. Medics, o: Washburn, 0.

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Officially, Minnesota leads 64–⁠63–⁠8; as played, 63–⁠62–⁠8 in the 133 games on file; the official count covers all 135 meetings, counting the 123 since this game.