Michigan at Vanderbilt

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  The Washington herald, District of Columbia, November 8, 1907, page 8

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  PENN MUST WAKE up No Hope to Beat Michigan With Old Football. VANDERBILT GAME FARCICAL When HOst Learned of Presence of Quaker scouts He Refused to show HIS Plays and Depended Upon Place Kicks TO win-Penn Has Hard Battle Ahead with State. What Michigan will do TO Penn this year will be sad for Philadelphians TO chronicle unless the Penn students come out Of their trance and play up-to-date football With every big team in the country. and even the schoolboy elevens practicing the forward pass and the innumerable tricks worked in connection with the play, Penn is sticking TO the old style rush ing tactics. says George Sands. Even the awful trOUncing they received at the hands of the Indians. who had Penn grog- ~ at the end OF the first half. failed TO teach the Broadbrims anything. Penn is certainly doing their best to sustain Philadelphia’s reputation Of being a slow burg. The coaches, instead of developing every style OF Offense possible under the new rules. are working 10 md a way to break up the passes Of their opponents and develop a strong oHense in rushing and end running This looks serious mistake. and the coaches OF Penn will probably realize it in the games with Michigan and Cornell. In order to get a line on the Michigan method Of handling passes. Penn sent a couple OF scouts to the Vanderbilt -Michigan game at Nashville. The scouts only saw a punting contest. which the West erners Won by two field goals from place ment IL is said the Wolverines knew of the presence OF the scouts and fixed up deal with the lightweight Southern team whereby the visitors would see moth ing worth seeing. II this was the case Il was a pretty rough deal for the spec tators. According 10 report the South erners saw pretty contest, With several near touchdowns as features, and they probably now have d high opinion OF the Vanderbilt team for holding YOst’s great football machine to such a small score. Hurts the Game. II report is true. those spectators were cheated. and the Michigan and Vanderbilt teams have injured the great college sport Various colleges have often been accused Of using semiprofessionaI players on the gridiron. but the public has never doNbted the genuineness of the contests. The Wolverines may now have the laugh on the Penn scouts. but their little trick Will start people questioning the serious ness Of other preliminary battles Of the big colleges 1t is safe 10 say that none Of the big five teams of the East have ever used the taking tactics of the prize ring; that il 10 say make an agreement 20 give spectators. who pay money TO see the sport. an exhibition instead Of a contest On Saturday Penn Will meet a team that is likely 10 worry her from start to finish. This is the eleven OF Penn State. which beat Cornell 10 the week before the IthaCans met and conquered Prince ton. Penn’s heavy backs will probably be able TO plough through the Penn State line for constant gains. but il won’t be easy ploughing Cornell can testify TO this What the Quakers have TO fear, however. is Voorhis. the Penn State quarter back. who is drop kicker Of renown. He kicked two field goals in the Cornell game. one from the 12-yard line and the other from the 42-yard line. Noorhis is apt TO have the Red and Blue IN a nervous perspiratioE whenever the ball is near their half Of the field. week later, Penn viii go 10 Ann Ar Dor for the game with Michigan Yost’s $ team is stronger than ii was last year. when Penn beat them Il 10 on Franklin Field. an1 there seems 10 be little chance OF her repeating that success. However the Quakers downed Lafayette Is 10 Q last Saturday, and are sure tC fight with their usual spirit.

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  The Montgomery advertiser, Alabama, November 3, 1907, page 10

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  DOWNS VANDERBILT MICHIGAN WINS GREAT FOOTBALL VICTORY. The Western Boys Outweighed Their Opponents By An Average Of Tea Or Twelve Pounds Per Man. Z Nashville, Tenn, Nov, 2.--University of Michigan, 8: Vanderbilt University, o, tells the story of gallant football contest on Dudley field today. The teams were we’ll matched and there was no touchdowns. Graharn’s two lucky place kicks. followed fum- bles by Vanderbilt. Both occurred in the first half. Vanderbilt had almost precisely the same chances but in each Instance Blake missed the goal. un- like Michigan’s, however Vanderbilt’s s chances followed straight hard plays with gains on Michigan,s territory, tory times and each succeeded once. Michigan outweighed her. opponents by an average of ten or twelve pounds at all times magniffcently effective Michiganss gains we’re made on Van derbilt’s left side line. Early in the play, Ailerdice repla eed RosssTsss 1s Tse as weather sEaI Ra Mas beantfu but the field hit heavy and the ball after being in play, was slippery. An ini- mense crowd saw the game and enthu- 1 VandsrbiitMstone, center: sherrill left guard; McLain, left tackle; VI Blake. left end; King. right guard Hasslock, right tackle; B. Blake, right end Eosfen Fquarter-back; Craig, right half; Campbell. left half; Morton, full back. left guard; Embs, left tackle; Rumney childs, right tackle; Hammond, right end; Wasmund Qilarter-back; Doug -Allerdice. right half; Magottin, Jeff half; Loell, full back. Referee Walker, of Virginia. Umpire Snow, of Michigan. Head linesman ana timer, Elder, of Pennsylvania. Time oi halves, thirty-five minutes.

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  The Greenville times, Greenville, Miss., November 3, 1907, page 1

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  MICHIGAN DEFEATS VANDERBILT In the Greatest Game Ever PLAYED In the South-Score to O. Thousands Attend. Morning Times Special. Morning Times Special Nashville, Tenn, Nov. 2-In great est game ever played i’ll the South, Michigan defeated Vanderbilt this afternoon 8 to o, superior weight of Michigan told against Southern boys who averaged II pounds less and in the first half the Wolver mes wen. through the Vanderbilt’s line for 4 touch down after the hardest sort of playing and later made safety. second half neither side coud make any gains and critics say Vanderbilt put up the best defensive game they ever saw. Graham, the Michigan giant guard, made both scores by drop kicks from field Vanderbilt’s good inc was never | ing game throughout Costens cost | ly furnbles was the direct cause oi crossed and both teams played punt Michigan scores. This was the feature of the game Ten thousand people paid to see the contest and other thousands watched from the tree tops and houses.

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  New-York tribune, New York, November 3, 1907, page 11

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  MICHIGAN LUCKY TO YIN. Vanderbilt Defence Strong-GoaIs from Placement GiUe Victory. Nashville, Tenn. Nov. 2.-The University Of Michigan defeated Vanderbilt University here today in hard fought game, 10 O. The teams were well matched and there touchdoWns. Grahams two lucky place kicks following fumbles by Vanderbilt in the first half. winning for the West erners. Vanderbilt had two similar chances, but IN each instance Blake missed the goal. Nanderbilts chances followed straight hard play with gains in Michigan’s territory. Each team tried the forward pass three times and each ceeded once. Michigan outweighed her opponents by an average Of ten or twelve Junds a man, but NanderbilJ’s defence at ali times effective The weather fine. but the field bit heavy. An immense crowd saw the game. and enthusiasm was intense

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