Wisconsin at Illinois

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  The Lake County times, Hammond, Ind., November 12, 1906, page 1

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  LUCK FAVORS BADGERS; ILLINOIS IS DEFEATED. In a Desperately Fought GridirOn Com test at Champaign, Wisconsin Wins BY the Score of 16 to 6. Wisconsin defeated Illinois, 6 to c. Saturday in an exciting and sensational contest that was far more close than the score indicated. The tide of bat tie wavered from the Badgers to the Illini, but turned in the last half. Predictions that the elevens would be evenly matched We’re more than borne out by the battle, which was tight from the kickoff to the finish, when the car dinal rooters clustered about their vic torious warriors and sang them off the field with the Wisconsin hymn. The first half promised to be a score less battle, until fate dealt four aces to the Badgers when Rogers crossed the local goal in triumph. From the start Illinois easily had the better of it. The Illini had carried the war within the cardinal lines, and the Badgers were forced to punt time and time again, without essaying an attack on the local line. The half was well nigh over when Rogers, scurrying down the field on a punt by Clark, got his chance when Pettigrew failed to catch the oval which bounded to the ground. The car mine CARRIED warrior, scarcely stopping ! in his gait, bent over, snatched the ball and made like mad for the local goal while Clark and others of his comrades warded of the diminutive Sinnock, who vainly tried to stop the feeting Badger Rogers sped over forty white chalk lines and scored. Aghast at the touchdown, the Illinois fought desperately, but the Badgers We’re hard to buck, and their ends eff fectively stopped plays directed at them. The half ended with the Badgers delirious with delight, but chary of the outcome, while the Illini We’re determined TO turn the tables in the sec ond half. The second half, however, except fola brief interval when Hodge carried the oval across the cardinal goal amid the wild cheers of the orange and blue partisans, was tame. But for Hodges feat there was nothing doing for the Illini. for the Badgers managed to keer the ball almost wholly in Illini terri. tory. Soon after the KICKOFF Messmer add ed four more points to Rogers six By a clever place kick from an easy poin of vantage fronting the local goa

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  Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Ill., November 12, 1906, page 3

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  COPHERS WIN OUT Minnesota Lays Chicago Low il Football Contest on Mar shall Field. CHAMPIONS OF THE WES1 Game is Played on Heavy Field Was Real Battle Though. Chicago, Nov. 12.-Minnesota defeated Chicago by the nightmare score of 4 to 2 on Marshall field Saturday afternoon, and is vociferously claiming the championship of the west. A place kick by Marshall scored the gophers’ 4 points. and Chicago profited to the extent of 2 when Larkin presented the maroons with a safety. ON SwamPy Field. The outcome of the contest adequate ly represents the comparative ability of the two teams to play open-work football on a swampy field in a persistent downpour of chilling rain The fast maroon back field could do but lit tie in the bog, and the water-soaked bail did not respond to the golden days The gophers were, on the other hand anchored more safely on their pins. by their superior weight, and proved rap id travellers through the mire. But at that it was almost toss-up. and neither side was able to cross its OPP ponents goal line for a touchdown. A Real Battle. The opposing eleyens. each CARRIED III hioAOOl JCtSNS . q idGls WHICH, Will the stains of watery war, made it diff cult for the spectators to tell friends from foe-fought each other to a stand still 1t was a bitter combat. though not married by unnecessary roughness. in accordance with the terms of the contract for ‘gentleman’s game” and the victory was poised in the bal ance until almost the last minute of play. Illinois Routed by Badgers. Urbana, H.. Nov. 12-The cardinal of Wisconsin waves over Illinois. The football team from the badger capital raised their colors after mighty struggle, in which the IIIini went down valiant in defeat. Seven thousand people who saw the battle acknowledged the supremacy of the visitors. The score was 16 to 6. Although the Him made a game fight, there is little satisfaction to be CLEANED from this fact by their adher-

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  The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., November 11, 1906, page 1

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  Wisconsin Team Wins Spectacular Game Thru Weight and T. - ‘ 81 80 8 B, o. = :~” Superior Playing. Urbana, ILL.,, Nov. 10.-The cardinal night. Seven thousand people who saw the battle acknowledge the supremacy Of the victors.s The score was 16 to 6. : The game abounded in spectacular plays. The ball was kept in the air a large part Of the time, sailing from end to end Of the field. Attic most of these punts were well handled by the backs, there were a few disastrous fumbles, which gave the opposing teams their chance to score. - -. Each of the three touchdowns made by Wisconsin and the one made by Hi nois followed a tumble near the goal line. Rogers took the ball on a muff in the first half with practically an open field to the Illinois goal. -. Both teams showed that they have much to do before the can engineer the forward pass effectively. It was tried frequently, but ii usually resulted in loss Of ground and sometimes in the loss Of the ball., An exception to this was long forward pass by Springer in the second half to Rogers, the badger end, which lessened the distance to the Illinois goal by ten yards and enabled the badgers to score. =. &.>-‘EE - ~1-.. ~ Tackle Too High. ..-~.. Too strong a tendency appeared to play. high and more particularly to tackle high. johnson and Moynihan got their men low and hard. Rogers PLAYED dashing game for. the badgers, and Clark was also a star in his offensive work. Wisconsin scored first when Rogers picked the ball upon the run after a tumble by Pettigrew and ran forty yards for a touchdown. There was | no more scoring in the first half. ! Messmer made a kick from placement in the second, and aroused to despera- | ton, Illinois followed that by touch down, its first and only score in the contest, taking the ball on a: tumble, the badgers again scored, largely thru the forward pass.

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Wisconsin leads 46–⁠38–⁠7 in 91 meetings, counting the 87 since this game.