Minnesota at Chicago

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  The Mankato free press, Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn., November 6, 1908, page 4

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  Contest On Gridiron at Chicago; Big Game Draws Crowd. MINNESOTA BOYS IN THE PLAY Windy City Lads Walk Away With the First Half BY a Score Of Eleven to Nothing. From Saturdays Daily. Inc teams OF Chicago and Minnie sofa universities met in their annual football contest at Marshall field, Chi, cago, this afternoon. The game com. menced at two o’clock Chicago kicked off to Minnesota The play was mostly in the center of the field for the first ten minutes After an exchange of punts Chicago by two forward passes and some start, ling end runs brought the ball tc Mmnesota’s 10 yard line, from where they worked it over in three plays for touchdown. Schomness kicked the goal. Score, Chicago 6, Mime, sofa 0. Chicago punts to Minnesota goal line. Minnesota’s ball on her own 10 yard line. o. ...,..... II Minnesota punts Chicago’s ball on Minnesota’s 40 yard line. Chicago makes Is yards ChicaS jog ball on Minnesota’s 80 yard line. Min, nesota penalties S yards. Chicago penalties IS yards. Minnesota’s ball on her own 30 yard line. Chicago penalties Is yards more. Chicago gets the ball on downs, but loses it to Minnesota on their 20 yard line. Minnesota makes ID yards; Minnesota makes Ii yards; Minnesota makes yards; Min nesota’ss ball on Chicago’s 45 yard line. Minnesota loses ball on fumble-Chicago’s ball on her AZ yard line. Chicago fumbles and Minnesota gets tn ball on Chicagos 80 yard line Min nesota makes yards. Man hurt. Minnesota makes 5 yards. Minnesota’s ball on Chicago’s 20 yard line Mime sofa makes 10 yards. Minnesota pen allies 10 yards. Minnesota’s ball on Chicago’s 20 yard line. Minnesota man fumbled the ball on Chicago’s yard line, Chicago man got the ball, ran almost the entire length of the field and scored the second touchdown for Chicago. Chicago gets the ball Minnesota s 10 yard line. Chicago penalized Is yards. Minnesota gets the ball and carries it to Chicago’s 40 yard line Minnesota makes 5 yards on a for ward pass. Minnesota makes u yards Minnesota fumbles. but regains the ball and makes 10 yards on for ward pass. Minnesota’s ball on Chi cago’s 5 yard line. Minnesota loses ball. Chicago punts to Minnesota on Chicago’s 30 yard line. Minnesota makes 5 yards. The first half ended with the ball in Minnesota’s possession on Chicagos 25 yard line. Score at end of first half, Chicago IL, Minnesota O. Second Half. Minnesota kicks off to Chicago on her own Is yard line. Chicago returns ball to her own 40 yard line. Chicago loses ball on tumble Min nesota gets the ball in the center of the field. Minnesota tries a punt and fails; Chicago’s ball on Minnesota S so yard line. Chicago punts to Min nesota’s 20 yard line. Minnesota loses the ball on a tumble. Chicago makes 5 yards. : Chicago loses the ball on downs. Min nesota’s ball on her own Is yard line. Minnesota advances the ball to her own 40 yard line. Minnesota makes 5 yards. Minnesota punts. Chicago’s ball on her own 80 yard line Chicago makes 10 yards on a forward pass. Chicago fails to gain. Chicago loses ball to Minnesota in center of the field. Minnesota makes 5 yards. Chi cago gets the ball on a tumble. Chi cago makes 10 yards in two downs. Chicago penalties Is yards. Minnesota’s ball on Chicago’s AZ yard line. Minnesota makes yards. Min nesota gains 20 yards. Minnesota ball on Chicago’s 25 yard line. Mime sofa makes yards. Chicago gets the ball on downs. Chicago punts to Minnesota i’m center of the field Mnnesota’s ball. Chicago penalties Is yards. Chicago on a forward pass car cies the ball to Minnesota’s 80 yard line. Chicago makes 10 yards. Man hurt. Chicago makes 10 yards. Chicago’s bali on Minnesota’s 10 yard line. Min nesota gets the ball on her own 5 yard line. Minnesota advances the

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  Warren sheaf. (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, Minnesota, November 5, 1908, page 4

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  GOPhERS ARE BADLY BEATEN CHICAGO WINS FOOTBALL GAME BY SCORE 20 TO O.. USES FORWARD PASS. Minnesota’s Downfall IS Caused BY Inexperiance Of Eleven. Walter Steffens, Chicago’s Star Puts Up Wonderful Game. 81 Fl Chicago, Nov. 2. Playing the best game of ball that they knew, but fighting under the big handicap Of inexperience, the University Of Min nesota players went down before the fast Chicago team at Marshall Field Saturday afternoon by the heart breaking score Of 90 too ss 81 5.a1 4 It was case of green players against bunch Of veterans and the older students of the game Of football won. EEs As individuals the gophers played brilliantly but their crudeness told against them as far as their work was concerned and this brought about the large score. The Minnesota men were brave enough before the game and even I’M til battle started, but soon after the maroons began to get in their work, the gophers became bewildered and for time it looked as though the teamwork would go to pieces Every man supporting the maroon and gold was out to put forth the best that was in him but it was apparent from the start that the Chicago veterans had it on DR.. Williams youngsters. While the gophers played we’ll together in the offense, the defense proved ahard nut to crack. In car rying the ball, the gophers shone as stars at times and on several occasions march was started for the maroon’s goal only to be stopped by a firm stand on the part of Stages men or a bad piece of work on the part of the Minnesota man who was carrying the ball. On the third touchdown Chicago made seventy yards on four passes perfectly made. ~ - Chicago’s offense was brilliant, fast and certain. Potentially Minnesota has the better players but the Go piers were undeveloped and crude. Minnesota’s play was haphazrd and spasmOdic. a.-.. ~,

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  The Hope pioneer, Hope, N.D., November 5, 1908, page 1

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  ARE BADLY BEATEN tcHlcAGo WINS FOOTBALL GAME BYtsCoRE 2erTo.o. USES FORWARD PASS. Minnesota’s Downfall is Caused by Inexperiance- Of Eleven. Walter steffens, chicago’s Star Puts Up, Wonderful Game. Chicago, Nov. 2.-Playing thesbest game of ball that they knew, but fighting under the big handicap OF inexperience, the University Of Min nesota players went down before the, fast Chicago team at Marshall Field Saturday afternoon by the heart breaking of 20 to 1t was a case Of green players against a bunch Of veterans and the older students Of the game Of football won. AS individuals the gophers played brilliantly but their crudeness told against them as far as their work was concerned:and this brought aboutthe large score. The Minnesota men were brave enough before the game and even until battle started, but soon after the maroons began to get in their. work, the gophers became bewildered and for a time it looked as though the teamwork would 60 to pieces Every man supporting the maroon and gold was out to put forth the best that was in him but it was apparent from the start that the Chicago veterans habit on DR.. Williams’ youngsters. While the gophers played well together in the offense, the defense proved ahard nut to crack. In car rying the ball, the gophers shone IS stars at times and on several occasions a march was started for the maroon’s goal only to be stopped by a firm stand on the part of Stagg’s men or a bad piece OF work on the part of the Minnesota man who was carrying the ball. On the third touchdown Chicago made seventy yards on four passes perfectly made. Chicago’s offense was brilliant, fast and certain. Potentially Minnesota. has the better players but the Go pliers were undeveloped and crude. Minnesota’s play was haphazrd and spasmodic.

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  The Birmingham age-herald, November 1, 1908, page 11

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  WEST POINT HOLDS PRINCETON ID TIE Navy Loses to the Carlisle h. dianS 16–⁠6 BELOITS GOAL KICKING Chicago Beats Minnesota ConcIusively, While Illinois Trims lndiana-Har- ward Wins Hard Fight From BroWn-The Results. West Point, N. r., October a.-Prince- ton met the Military academy cadets at football here this afternoon for the first time in two years, and the result was a tie In the first half honors were about even, but in the second the visitors threatened to score repeatedly almost from the time the whistle blew. Four times they carried the ball to within the cadets five-yard line, only to lose it on downs. Once they brought 1t to the four yard line on first down, but were un- able to cross the coveted goal line because of the cadets determined defense. Creole twice saved the game for the cadets by taekling Tibbott behind the line, while Johnson and Brown also broke up sev- eral plays at critical periods. West Point was dangerous only once, in the first half, when by a series of 1ushes and fake kicks the ball was put on Princeton’s 3O-yard line. Dean then tried a drop kick, but the ball went wild. In this half Princeton twice carried the leather to their opponents 15-yard line, but there West Points defense stiffened, and the visitors lost the ball. Tibbott Read and McCrohan were Princeton’s most effective ground gathers, while only Creole and Kern were able to advance the pigskin for the cadets.

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Minnesota leads 12–⁠5–⁠1 in 18 meetings, counting the 12 since this game.