Purdue at Chicago

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  The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., October 9, 1904, page 16

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  CHICAGO PLAYS HARD TO DEFEAT PURDUE Stages Team Meets Fierce Opposition on Part of HOLSTERS CHICAGO, Oct. S.-Chicago university defeated Purdue university by a score of 20 to in a fiercely contested game of football on Marshall field today The score at the end of the first half was: Chicago 9, Purdue 0. The game was the second of the “big nine series. Both teams were in good condition. There was scarcely ten pounds difference in their aggregate weights, but, while Chicago was lighter in the line, 1t had the advantage of weight in the back field. Chicago was thrice penalized for fifteen yards in the first half for holding, and Purdue paid a penalty of five yards for yards on the quarterback kick. Mowery carrying the ball. KruH, Thomas ana Mowery played the star game for Purdue Most of Chicago’s gains were made by playing backs through the tackles and around the ends Chicago’s first score was a goal from the field by Eckersau, MADE in thirteen minutes after the ball was put in play. BeZuek made the hrst toucndown. Eckersail tried for goal. but the ball struck one of the posts. The first half ended with the ball in Chicago ter ritory, on the 45-yard line. Up to the beginning of the second half no substitutes were used, but the ball was hardly in play before Parry relieved Badenoch at left tackle for Chicago. From then until the end of the game there were frequent changes in both elevens. De Tray scored two touchdowns and Parry kicked one goal. The half ended with the ball in Purdue’s possession on its own five-yard line. Just before the whistle blew Yarnell got twisted ankle and was carried from the field. Coach Stage said the injury might disable VarneI for sew eral weeks. Weather, fair; attendance. 1900. The lineup: Chicago Position. Purdue. Kennedy Yates R E.. Mccormick Boone Watson ....R T -. Allen (Capt.) Terry-Parry-Noll R. G.............. King Hill ...............C.... 1890. Wellington Tobin ............ L. G.. L. Long-F Fleming Badenoch-Parry L. T ............ Emeis Speik (Capt.}. IL. E. Krull Schackelton Eckersall ;.-... .Q........... Johnston Catlin- Hitchcock HogenSon-Var- nell ............R. H.......... Mowery De Tray ......... L. H ..Forsham- Adams Bezdek- Walker .....F..... Thomas-Taylor Touchdowns, BeZdek l, De Tray 2; goals from tOuchdowns, Parr 1; goals from field Eckersall 1; referee, Walbridge, of Cor nell; umpire, MADDEN, Of Michigan; time of halves, % minutes.

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  The daily palladium, Richmond, Ind., October 9, 1904, page 1

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  PURDUE DEFEATED DID NOT MAKE A TOUCH DOWN IN THE GAME WITH CHICAGO TEAM IS UNABLE To Withstand the Terrible onslaugi. of Slagg’s Youngsters-Ma Interesting Features. SCORES OF Different GAMES Furnished to the Palladium by tie Associated Press-Wiles Elder in the Game. SCORES OF Different GAMES (By Associated Press.) Chicago, Ill.,, October 9.-Great was the surprise of the Purdue root ers when their team went down in defeat against Chicago without even making touchdown. Even “Old Man” Stagg had not expected his team to run up the score on the boilermakers that they did and he was as much surprised as any of the., when it stood 20 to 0. The Purdue rooters came here 500 strong ana they gave their team fine support, but the boilermakers did not sff6h fH6ihs 6siihfs 3 hif The first big game Of tie season Marshall Field was crowded with people. Last night the Midway students held big celebration over the showing of their team, while the Boilermakers were at the Chicago Beach Hotel and refused to leave their rooms. The men are very down hearted over their defeat. Before the game Coach Cults said that his team was very green and that he only had four veterans. but that lie thought that he would be able 70 make the Maroons work for every tally they made. Stagg, previous 70 the game said that he did not expect to have an easy thing and did not think that his team would run I’D near the score that it did on Indiara. The line up:

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  The Cairo bulletin, Cairo, Ill., October 9, 1904, page 6

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  GR|D|RON BATTLES CHICAGO TAKES A HARD FOUGHT GAME FROM PURDUE BY A SCORE OF 20 TO DOTH ER STRUGGLES. BY the Associated Press. BY the Associated Press. Chicago, Oct s.-Chicago UNIVERSE ty defeated Purdue University by . score of 20 10 in a fiercely contested game OF football today. The score al the end Of the first half was Chicago nine. Purdue nothing. The feature OF the half was a short punt by Johnson Mowery getting the ball and making ten yards. Chicago’s first score was a goal from the field by Eckersall. Varnell had an ankle twisted in the second half and will probably be dis ablcd for several weeks.

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Chicago leads 27–⁠14–⁠1 in 42 meetings, counting the 32 since this game.