Illinois at Indiana

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  Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Ill., November 23, 1907, page 1

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  YALE BEATS HARVARD 1910: INDIANS LEADING CHICAGO the gray walls of the Stadium, the scene of the days contest. Additional temporary stands have been erected at the open end along the side lines and on top of the great structure. The turf was well rolled and entirely free from frost. Despite the swarm of Yale enthusiasts all sanguine of victory the undergraduates of Harvard are still confident their team will win. What little betting was done was almost entirely on the matter of the size of the score or Har. wards chances of crossing the Yale goal line. The players are in excellent shape. Illinois Defeats Indiana. Bloomington, Ind, Nov. 23.-Straish hit football won for Illinois today over Indiana by score of 10 to 6. AL though both Illinois touchdowns were made on, a forward pass. the visitors made their only consistent gains on line plunges and short end runs. Indiana’s score came when Cart wright raced 80 yards for a touch down after he caught Sinnock’s for ward pass. 1t was the most spectacu lar run ever made on Jordan field. The contest was a battle royal in the sec ond half. crowned by Cartwright’s brilliant run. The gains of Gardiner and Pettigrew were effective in the first half ant netted repeated first downs for Illinois A punting duel between Gardiner ant McGaughey resulted in a narrow mar | gin for Illinois. the Illini gaining b, long sidewise kicks. Indiana exeellet in the forward pass, Talbot’s quarter back runs and Scott Paddock’s Ions lend runs netting the best gains.

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  The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram, Richmond, Ind., November 23, 1907, page 2

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  Deadly Forward Passes and P0nderous Line Reasons For HOLSTERS Undoing. FINAL SCORE WAS 10 TO 6. THERE is LITTLE REJOICING AT INDIANA ALTHOUGH THE SUP PORTERS FEEL THE SHOWING VANS CREDITABLE. Bloomington, Ind, Nov. 23.-Illinois won. Between the deadly forward passing of Sinnock and the ponderous line plunging Of the giants. Van Hook, Indiana’s defense was riddled and its offense crumbled on Jordan Field Fri day afternoon. Twice in the first half when the crimson goal line was in dan ger Sinnock hurled the ball over the struggling mass OF athletes and there was an Illinois player there to grab it and carry 1t over. Both goals were missed, but they were not needed, for Indiana’s only score came in the sec. ond half when Cartwright intercepted forward pass from the crimson TWEEN ty-five yard line and raced eighty-five yards for touchdown with the whole Illinois team on his heels. A goal was kicked. but neither team could score again and the final count was 10 to 6. There is little rejoicing here, al though the Indiana supporters feel that their team made creditable SOW ing. With Hoover, their biggest guard, out OF the game, and mere novice pitted against Van Hook a weak spot was unavoidable. This and the failure to solve the forward pass in the first half determined the result, al though Illinois showed it’s superiority in many ways and the play was in In dtanas territory three fOurthS of the time

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  Bismarck daily tribune, Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.], November 23, 1907, page 1

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  ILLINOIS Won BEAT INDIANA AT FOOTBALL TEN TO SIX IN ANNUAL s GAME 81. s. h Bloomington, Ind, Nov. 22-Illinois won, 10 to s, from Indiana in the an nual football game today. Between the deadly forward pass and ponder Gus line plunging of giant Van Hook, thet Indiana’s defense was riddled and crumbled. There is little rejoicing here tonight, although Indiana support. ers feel they made a creditable show. ing. *s ss5s. .s5s q.

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Illinois leads 46–⁠26–⁠2 in 74 meetings, counting the 67 since this game.