Northwestern at Chicago

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  The St. Louis Republic, October 19, 1903, page 3

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  NORTHWESTERN’S SCORE DOES WASHINGTON CREDIT. Local Colleges Showing Against EvanStOn Team Improves After Chicago Game Saturday. | Northwestern tied score with Chicago ! last Saturday shows Wen FOR Washington I Uuiversity’s eleven. which held the Evans 1 ton team down 10 a fairly small score. | considering the respective weights and con- / ditiOus OF The teams. Il appears as Il ! washington would not be so Ear out | Ciassed with Z fair chance among the ! larger elevegs- WashiuEton’S team at present would 4 have NO Chsnce- But the game may in uicate that an eleven. properly worked I mp. with q reasonable amount Of luck and with careful handling. can be developed | in This city capable OF holding its own [ with Ile big teams or this section. Such an outcome j. devOutlv 10 Re hoped I FOR Football has lauguisbed here simply through inauIuon. No attention has been | paid 10 its nOurishment- Tn. collegiate I eleVenS have been COntented with ~rhed- ! uies containing games with minor teams. | and general apathy has Dervaded the whole Pridircn situation. The result was inevitable. Attendance dropped of. except at the scholastic EssucS. whore JHe sport still was lively ! The men have refused to turn out for practice ard the game has suffered gen erally- AL this can De remedied by a new line OF action. necessity il local interest is TO be kept Up 50 are games with teams big enough u attract interest Carding the match with direction. II followed UP. il will result in 2 good team At every local college. OF course the local teams would be deieeted the -nrSt season or two against the hiE cieVens. But once let games or prominence be Carded. and the best class q players viii turn out. In two seasons tine local eleve1s would likely be able TO hold their own pretty well in big com rany. Candidates on a football team 10 not ! Ike TO get out and work day after day ( for game with some minor college. | PLAYED before q handful OF persons and ! with team tEere IS no glory in beat ing Hang w an incentive IN the shape OF opponents that 1t would mean credit 10 defeat and no disgrace 10 be beaten by and the candidates viii turn out rapidly enough Manager Sl.inker or Washington Uni versity states that efforts will be made next year TO bring more Of the large teams the team viii be on rs own campus. the best cleveEs ia the West wili be asked to play here. High Schools game OF last Saturday. while satisfactory enough 10 followers OF the team. failed in one thing IL was hoped TO eNemplify- And that was the respective merits OF Smith Academy and the High School. Az both the scholastic elevens won by the same score and by much the same styles OF play. there Is little to be said concerning the victory OF either But IL appears as II High School won in slightly Rsder’s work was irst-cIass. Fe easily ! shook on the Washington men who tried I TO hold him. carried some Of them sew | eral Yards when he was tackled, and | played havoc with the opposing lines all through He was ably seconded by his 1 lire. “owever. obear and MsUchetti are running a / close race for quarter Each hov is hold / ing the post down nicely and each seems I TO have a good head in critical Situatons There Is little TO choose between them Salisbury IS doing rather well at end and his punune II feature. He hardly does as well-at least ne hardly appears TO have such command over the ball-as I does Curby OF Smith Academy But he has plenty OF time TO get on a level with / the man he VIII oppose Thanksgiving / Day. / Manuals defeat by AIcKsndree was ex- | pected and was the result OF facing a / team Immensely heavier and stronger | The average advantage in weight. per I man. on Mckendree’s part was close 10 / twenty or twenty-five pounds and this mere avoIrdpOis moved down the Manual ] line when il struck. / Manual will make its local appearance ! next Saturday in the opening game OF the / inter5cholaEtiC series znd the eleven will / then have a chance to show its merits. II ! appears as IL High School. Its opponent OF that day. has distinct edge over il, how ! ever.

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  The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], October 18, 1903, page 1

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  Though Beaten 81 to o, the Hoosier Eleven Forced Yost’s Men to Show Their Mettle. BIG SURPRISE FOR CHICAGO UNABLE TO SCORE AGAINST THE NORTHWESTERN ELEVEN. Deloit Defeated by wisconsin 81 to o, and Iowa Trounced by Minnesota to- the Tune Of 20 to o. snecIsI to tl,a InAiananolis IournaI. Special 70 the Indianapolis Journal. ANN ARBOR, Mich, Oct. 17.-Fighting heroicany to the end, the Indiana University football eleven this afternoon met defeat at the hands OF Michigans ‘‘Whirlwinds” by q score of 81 to O. Yost’s men found the Hoosiers the hardest proposition so far this season. but terrific line plunging. long runs and tackle plays were too much for the visitors. who allowed the Wolverines TO run UP seventeen more points than Chicago was able to make against the same team two weeks ago. Only once did Indiana give Michigan anxiety. and that was just before the close of the game The Hoosiers secured the ball and revived wonderfully. Clevenger and Knight broke through successfully for twenty and ten-yard runs. The whole team plunged heavily into Michigans line. and it looked for few moments as IL Indiana would score. The ball was now near the center OF the field. Michigan became mixed in signals and Indiana’s chances broadened tenfold. But the wolverines rescued them selves at the critical moment and the Wis itors lost the ball. Soon afterward time was called and Michigan’s goal was safe. The game was played in the presence of 1000 spectators. Indiana kicked off and Grave returned the ball twenty yards. Michigan gained rapidly, Norcross and Grayer carrying the ball, the latter finally going over for the first touchdown after four minutes OF play. Hammond kicked goal Michigan made costly fumbles. COval gained ten yards for the visitors, but In diana was forced TO punt. In five minutes more Hammond made Michigans second touchdown. Redeem made the third touch down, after a peculiar run Of ffty-five yards. Indiana took q surprisingly strong brace In the next few moments and pushed Michigan back five yards Hammond redeemed the play by kicking a goal from field. The rest of the game was full Of in terest, Maddook’s hurdling. Curtiss’s line plunging and Indiana’s plucky resistance after being hard hit being the features.

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  The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., October 18, 1903, page 1

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  SURPRISE FOR THE MARooNs. Northwestern Plays Chicago to a Stand still and Almost Wins CHICAGO, Oct. 17.-By a score of 0 to 0 the confident hopes of the University of Chicago were shattered by the Northwest ern university on Marshall field today Northwestern ‘‘ outplayed Chicago from start to finish, and her goal was at no time in danger. On the other hand Chi cago was saved on her own four-yard line by Northwestern tumble. A little later Cotton narrowly missed field goal from the Chicago twenty-yard line Chicago’s desperate attempt to count on goal from field, EckersnH furnishing the motive power, failed. At no other time did NorthwesternS supporters have cause for anxiety. Both teams played straight football throughout, Northwestern making first downs Repeatedly through Chicago’s center trio Eckerso1, Chicago’s speedy quarter, had no quarter to show the brillance expected of him on end runs. as the Northwestern ends had no difficulty in Sitting through Chicago’s lines Fun bles were frequent and both sides were repeatedly penalized for off side play. The weather was perfect and about 5000 peopie witnessed the struggle. The line-l1n.

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  The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, October 19, 1903, page 2 (results column)

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  Other Football Games. At Columbus, O.-Ohio State university SO. Kenyon 0. At Galesburg, Ill.-Knox college 80, Chicago College of Physicians and Sur geons O.. AT Annapolis-Navy 5, Dickinson o. At Lexington, Ky.-Kentucky State | college IS, Kentucky Military institute At Lafayette, Ind-University of ILL | nois “a, Purdue 0. At Cincinnati-Miami Is, University of Cincinnati 0. AT Terre Haute, Ind.-Rose Poly technic s. Eastern Illinois Normal 0. At Ames. Ia.-Ames college sc, Coe college 0. At South Bend-Notre Dame Sc, Depaw 0. At Fort scott-Kansas City Centrals 10, Fort Scott High school %. AT Lawrence-Haskell second team 81, Manual Training high school o. At Wellington-Sumner county high school Is, Chilocco Indian school 5. At AUTHORIZATION p, Kingfsher 0. At Winfield-Friends university OF Wichita SO, Southwest Kansas college At Omaha-University of South Dakota 2, Creighton university 10. COLUMBIA-AMHER Amherst was defeated by Columbia Saturday at the Polo grounds by q splendid game. The whole team was q unit in offensive play, getting behind the ball and forcing it at will through the entire Amherst team. There was considerable fumbling, due to the rain. During the entire ninety minutes of play, Amherst gained her distance only four times. PENNSYLVANIA In a game the main feature of which was fumb1es, the University of Pennsy1- I university by a score of 80 to 0. Pennsylvania scored eleven points in the first half and nineteen in the second. COLUMBIA-DRAKE The giant team from Drake universe | ty. outweighing Missouri about twenty pounds to the man, Saturday defeated the Tigers in a hard, but clean, game { by a score of II to at Columbia The game was much closer than the score indicates. as Missouri was held first part of the game, after carrying the ball ninety-five yards on straight line bucks. and was again held in the second half with the ball only a few ! inches from the Drake goal During the entire game, Drake gained 100 yards while Missouri gained 155. Many sub | stitutes were in the Missouri lineup, as | Myers had a sprained ankle: Coons | the crack right half, case of water or his right elbow. and Jesse. the best / was in wretched shape for a game, but played clear through and did fine work | On account of the number of subs, the ! lineup on defense was different from that on offense. Haggard played CEN ter on offense, but tackle on defense Wulff was brought in from end where Missouri had the ball and played righf half That “a team composed of so many | subs and weighing much under III pounds could make such a showing / against one of the heaviest teams ii ! the west is proof that the Tigers viii vet be able to make good. Drake gained q great deal in the exchange O punts Stewart, the Drake punter, i: | the best one seen here in wears. GO-NORTHWEST / The University of Chicago and North / west university played a tie game OF Marshall field Saturday the score be ] ing 0 to 0. Northwestern outplayet Chicago from start to finish and hel I goal was at no time in danger. On the other hand Chicago was saved or Eher own four-yard line by Northwest tern’s tumble. Eckersoll, Chicago’i speedy quarter, had no chance to SHOW

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Chicago leads 26–⁠8–⁠3 in 37 meetings, counting the 19 since this game.