Vanderbilt at Michigan

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  The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., November 4, 1906, page 34

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  MICHIGAN ] | c AN KNOWS ! THERE WAS 1 FIGHT Saucy Southerners Make 4 While Ann Arbor Works Like ..., Blazes for 10. Special to The Journal. Ann Arbor, Mich, Nov. 3-Michigan defeated Vanderbilt by score of 10 to 4 today in one of the most stub. born contests ever Waged on Ferry tield. 1t was a brilliant game full of dashing plays. In the first half Van. derbilt really out-played Michigan. = - The running back Of punts by both Costen and Bishop was phenomenal. Bob mlodores were full Of tricks. They a fake run, on which a straight buck was made for great gains. -” John Garrels was the hero Of the day. With the score a tie, 4 to 4, at the end Of the first half, Garrels, in the middle Of the second half, brought the 5000 people to their feet by a sen: sational run. On a fake kick he start ed to the left, then turned to the right and while his team mates were buttine Vanderbilt right and left, he went sixty yards for touchdown on long, sweep Blake at the, two-yard line, but he rolled over the line and won the game Curtis and Loell did some fierce tack. ling and starred with Garrels and Bish op. On the whole, Michigan was played to standstill by the lively sOutherners. - ~. =” - With Michigan IS luck, Vanderbilt would. surely. have scored in the open. ing ten minutes Of play. The ball was worked back and forth during the first ten minutes, and on short wins and fakes by Bishop, !Garrels and Magoffn Michigan worked the ball to Wander. . The ball was lost on a tumble and Vanderbilt kicked to Magoffn on Vanderbilt’s 35-yard line. Magoffn signaled for a free catch and Garrels set the, rooters wild by beautiful place kick, =. score-Michigan, 4; Vanderbilt, 0. -” Second Half. - Both came on the field in the second half determined to do the hardest play ing of, their lives. Both teams had been called to a standstil by their respective coaches. e. --,’s r.. 80 BY some of, the greatest -plunging and trick plays ever seen on Ferry field, Vanderbilt worked the ball to Michigan’s ao-yard line, where, amidst vailed on a football gridiron, Bob Blake dropped, back for a place kick. The: ball sailed high and straight, way the, goal posts for the score that tied the game, p. IT ~ d., -” Seore-Michigap, 4; Vanderbilt, 4. The second half was nearly all played in Michigan territory, and the Mich gan goal was only saved by the work Of Bishop in running back Vanderbilt IS punts. just before the close Of the SECOND half, .Garrels grabbed the ball on a fake kick, after a brilliant run by Bishop, and with great interference By M.agoffn, ran from Michigan s 50-yard down o the game W os na9 p 61aen out and Curtis made it. ‘ : :, >. Score-,Michigan, TO-. Vanderbilt, 4. Garrels great run seemed to take the heart out Of Vanderbilt, and Michigan easily kept the ball in the center Of the field fiH, ,’‘L 80 >::‘‘i’‘ = The fline-up: 80 .....

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  The Richmond palladium, Richmond, Ind., November 4, 1906, page 2

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  Gotre Dame Gets Only Score in Game With Boiler Max .erS by Touch Back. OTHER WESTERN CONTESTS MICHIGAN WINS FROM WANDER BILT IN GREAT BATTLE WHILE MINNESOTA SHOWS STRONG AGAINST NEBRASKA. IPublishers’ PressI Lafayette, Ind, Nov. 3s-In one OF the greatest gridiron battles ever Witnessed in this city Purdue was once more forced to lower her colors this time to Notre Dame. The score was to 0, the only points being made in the first half on a touch back. 1t was a sorry day for the Boiler Makers. They fought desperately but to no avail and with the defeat Purdue sinks into fourth place in Indiana football as the season now stands. All eyes are now on indianapolis where Notre Dame and Indiana meet next Saturday. Indiana looks certain TO win the game but the Catholics should give them a hard fight. FURIOUS GAME AT ANN ARBOR. Ann Arbor, Mich, Nov 3.-In a fast, furiously fought football game, Michigan defeated Vanderbilt this afternoon by a score of 10 to 4. Michigan was consistently outplayed in the first half. The Southerners excelled the Wolverines in team work and only a tumble at the one yard line saved the latters goal Michigan scored by a drop kick and The half closed to 0 in Michigans favor. The Commodores made their goal early in the second half, also on a drop kick, tieing the score. A few minutes later, however, Garrels made q wonderful seventy yard run for touchdown The play was made on . fake kick. The Vanderbilt halves, Craig and Blake, frightened Michigan nearly to death by their speedy end runs. Fin ally Blake outkicked Garrels in a. rapid exchange, getting the ball on Michigans 80 yard line. 1t looked like another tie when, with the pix skin in Michigan territory, Garrels broke loose for seventy yard run on a fake kick, pushing the ball over the line just as he was tackled Cur tbs goaled.

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 4, 1906, page 60

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  aARRELs SCORED ALL POINTS. Michigan Defeated Vanderbilt by the Score of 10 to 4. ANN ARBOR, Mich, November 3.-Although matched against an eleven which showed superior team work, the University of Michigan this afternoon, on Ferry Field. defeated Vanderbilt University by the score OF 10 to 4. Garrels. the Michigan full back. scored all of the points against the south ern team. In the first half he kicked a field goal and in the second half, after the Vanderbilt eleven had tied the score with a field goal Garrels broke the tie and won the game by a wonderful seventy-ive yard run for a touchdown. The southerners had more dash than the Michigan team, but luck favored the northern eleven. In the first half Vanderbilt worked the ball to Michigan’s two-yard line. only to lose it on a tumble. Garre1s, Curtis and Bishop were the stars of the Michigan team. and Bish- OPS splendid work in running back punts partially made up for the superiority of the Vanderbilt ends. game to be in perfect condition. Partisans of both teams expected a close. hard game. Coach Yost of Michigan said If we win by a single score l shall be happy Coach McGugin of Vanderbilt said: I’VE shall do our best, and | do not think Mich igan can make more than TWO touchdoWnS at the most” The weather was clear and bright Splendid feeling was shown, between the two coaches and teams McGugin, an old Michigan foot ball player. was given the use of Ferry Field yesterday afternoon for his teams practice, and the Vanderbilt squad were guests last night at meeting of students in University Hall, and Capt Blake of the southern team made short address.

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  The Washington times, November 4, 1906, page 16

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  MICHIGAN TRIMS VANDERBILT TEAM ANN ARBOR. Mich. Nov. S.-By a magnificent seventy-hve-yard run just f1ve minutes before the final call of time. Carrots made the only touchdown OF the Michigan–Vanderbilt game, and turned a tied score into a victory. the final score being 10 TO 4. with Michigan on the long end. A hard fight had been expected with the Southerners, but nothing like the fight that McGuigins’ commodores put up, WAS looked for

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Michigan leads 10–⁠0–⁠1 in 11 meetings, counting the nine since this game.