Northwestern at Chicago

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  The Cairo bulletin, Illinois, October 23, 1904, page 1

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  LIVELY TIMES ON GR|D|RON FIELDS Stages Chicago Administer De. feat TO the Northwestern ARMY DOWNS OLD ELI THE FIRST TIME THAT THE WEST POINTERS HAVE WON FROM THE YALE 5LUEs-GAMEs ELSEWHERE. By the Associated Press. Chicago, oc’ 22.-chicago, 81. Northwestern. o. These are the figures which tell of 4 decisive foot ball victory for Coach Stagg and his men. and discouraging defeat for Coach McCoranck snd the Northwestern elev. en-. The score at the end OF the first half was Chicago 4. North. wes.ern @. BY this victory Chicago secures a decided lead in the race for he football championship Of 1904. Fifteen thousand enthusiastic pariisans OF the conterdirg cleyens saw the game. In the first half both teams PLAYED q kicking game The two were pitied against each other ana honOrs were with EckersaH though Johnson did some pretty work. IN This half the ban was never i’m Chicago territory. In the second half line playing was resorted 20 and Chi. Cages men clearly proved their su. periority Northwestem’s champions exhausted themselves in the first half and IN the second half were PLAYED IN their feet Neither team used an. substitutes in the first half. bnt both made liberal Hse Of them in the sec. oHd thicago won The toss and chose the north goal Reuber kicked on Tor Northwestern to Chicago’s 2o.vard line. Chicago returned the bali IT, teen ysfls in The first shrec scrim- . images. Northwestern neld them ard Eekersail puntcd past the goal line Northwestern kicked The hall out he ffiyyard line and Eckersal re-. urned j. 10 the 25-yard line. wnere Do ‘umbled. b’n CHICAGO held the BAN after several line smashes IL was N the 1o-yard line where Eckersau RED – kick goal from field. He faiI- ID. Northwestern again kicked tho all ont +. There was faDii EXCHANGE a .Hais with feE intervening atfomnle i line play Hntl Chicago got teh bal = Northwestern sayard line ana .ekenaii kicked ensi. Northwestern hen gave a spirited exhibition Of ! iiaifhi football They succeeded in

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  The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, October 24, 1904, page 1

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  CHICAGO WON DEC1sIvELY. Piled Up Overwhelming Score on Northwestern Eleven Chicago, Oct. 24.-Northwestern o. Chicago 80. These are the figures which tell of a decisive football vic tory for Coach Stagg and his men and a discouraging defeat Saturday for Coach Mccormack and the Northwest ern eleven. The score at the end of the first half was Chicago 4, North western 0. By this victory Chicago Sc cures a decided lead in the race for the western football championship for 1904. The game was played on Marshall field before $1,000 enthusiastic partisans of the contending elevens. In the first half both teams played a kicking game. The score in the first half was a goal from Northwesterns 20-yard line by Eckersall near the end of the half. after both sides had made sew eral Intellectual attempts in that line. In the second half Stage made some judicious subStitutions and put a practically fresh team in the field. On the contrary Coach McCormack’s men gave palpable evidence of exhaustion.

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Chicago leads 26–⁠8–⁠3 in 37 meetings, counting the 18 since this game.