Northwestern at Chicago

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  The daily Gate City, Keokuk, Iowa, November 7, 1909, page 1

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  swamped Northwestern by the Score Of 81 to Q, Playing great Foot ball During the Contest. NEVER HAD A CHANCE Purple Never a Match for Chicago and Maroons Romp Around ends and Buck Line in Great style. [Gate City Leased Wire Service.1 CHICAGO, H., Nov. 6.--Chicago slaughtered Northwestern oh Mar. shall Field this afternoon when the two elevens met in their first football contest in several years. The final score was Chicago “a, Northwestern, 10. The purple was never match for Coach Stages team, and the latter had no difficulty in piling UP big score. Chicago divided its scoring equally between the two halves, MAX ing seventeen in each Worthwine and Cowley starred for the Maroons. the former contributing for all but one of Chicago’s points. He scored four touchdowns and kicked four goals from touchdowns Chicago scored the first IL minues of play, worthwhile carrying the ball over. Five minutes later Worthwine bucked the line again for another touchdown and kicked goal A fine % YARD run by Crowley scored the third touchdown for the Maroon, Worthwine kicking goal. Braced In Second. In the second half Northwestern braced but it was not for long and Captain Page Of Chicago reeled off series of line plunges, and Menaul, Crawley and Worthwine carrying the ball for long gains. ‘y.’orthwine quick ly scored two touchdowns and Page began to use side kicks and forward passes with brilliant effect. Sundeiland grabbed an onside kick and dash ed 40 yards for the final touchdown. Touchdowns- Worthwine, 4; Craw- | ley, Sunderland. Goals from touchdown, Worthwine, a.

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 7, 1909, page 1

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  EASY FOR CHICAGO. Northwestern Boys Outplayed by the Windy City Team. CHICAGO. H., November 6.-The Uni versity Of Chicago foot ball team over whelmed their old-time rivals from North western by the score of “a to on Mar shall Field today. At no time did the Northwestern players have a favorable opportunity to score The speedy and varied attacks Of Chicago proved too much for them. The Chicago backs were far superior to the backfield of the Northwestern team Long end runs by Rogers, Menaul. Davenport and Sauer. combined with the ter rife line smashing of Worthwine and the brilliant generalship and kicking of Capt Page. proved too formidable a combnaton for Northwestern. Chicago scored it’s first touchdown after about ten minutes of play. and after that 1t was only question of how large the Chicago score would be. Chicago scored seventeen points In the first half, and after gathering seventeen more In the second half began to play a defensive game and made no more attempts to score. Northwestern depended largely upon the old-fashiOned smashing game, using the tandem formation as the basis of a ma jority Of their offensive plays. The line.lD.

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Chicago leads 26–⁠8–⁠3 in 37 meetings, counting the 16 since this game.