Illinois at Indiana

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  The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram, Richmond, Ind., October 27, 1913, page 6

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  LOSERS HOLD |LL|N| ON FOUR INCH LINE Although Indiana Loses 10 to 0, Team Showed Won derful Defense. GOVERNORS ATTEND Illinois Backs Light to Vic tory Using Old Style Formations. GOVERNORS ATTEND INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Oct. 27.-Before a crowd of $500 people and the governors of the two states, the Uni versity of Illinois defeated Indiana University in one of the best games of football ever seen in this city, by a score of 10 to 0, Saturday afternoon. Although defeated the Crimson eleven put up a wonderful fighting game, holding the Suckers six times for downs when touchdowns seemed inevitable, once holding the charging backs of that powerful machine of Coach Zuppke, when the Illini men took first down just four inches from the last white line in the Indiana ter ritOry. Wins by Touchdown. Illinois won the game by a touch down, a kicked goal and a goal from placement. In straight football, ILL nois surpassed the Indiana eleven, but the latter team was much more eff fective with forward passes, success fully completing five out of ten at tempts for total gain of “a yards, while Illinois made six failures out of as many attempts. 1t was a scoreless battle up to the third quarter. In that session Soho binger carried the ball around on In diana’s end for the only Illinois touch down. In the final period Pogue reg istered a place kick from the twelve yard line, adding three points to the Zuppke total. Trout Gets in Game. Fleming replaced Scott at full back in the third quarter and Trout went in at left half for Indiana. Fleming kicked off to Rue on the Illinois If teen yard line. Schobinger made or1c .qr to1 Nd through for two yards. Rowe punted to Whitaker on Indiana’s twenty yard line. Erehart made fifteen yards around Armstrong. Whitaker gained eight around Wilson. Erehart gained six yards on line plunge, and Trout added fifteen more, going around Arm strong. On fake punt Erehart gain ed five yards forward pass, Whit aker to Erehart, netted twelve yards Erehart fumbled the ball on Indiana’s twenty yard line and Rowe recovered. Illinoi was penalized ten yards for offside. Rowe punted to Erehart on the Illinois forty yard line. A forward pass, Whitaker to Barn hart, Melted the Hoosiers twenty-five yards, and Indiana had the ball on the Illinois eight yard line Forward Pass Fails. Fleming gained two yards through center. A forward pass over the goal line, Whitaker to Krause, was not completed. and the ball was brought back to Illinois twenty yard line. On a fake kick Pogue gained twenty yards, Schobinger added five through center. Pogue was thrown for a one yard loss, then Rowe punted to Whit aker, who returned ten yards. Ere hart punted to Pogue in the center of the field. Rue gained seven yards through center and Rowe found hole in the line for seven more. Conrad replaced Worsey and Barnhart went In for Decker. Pogue caught Erehart’s punt and returned twenty-five yards to Indiana ten yard line. Pogue net ted two yards around Barnhart, then Rowe booted a goal from placement, from the twelve yard line. Fleming kicked to Pogue, who returned ten yards. Schobinger made five through the line and Rowe added two more as the whistle sounded.

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  The daily Gate City, Keokuk, Iowa, October 26, 1913, page 1

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  DEFEATS HOLSTERS 10 TO 0 contenders for Western Confer enee Foot Ball Cham pionshlp. MAKES BRILLIANT RUN Posue Receives Punt and Carries the Ball Through Entire Indiana Team for Touch down. UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. j INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Oct. 25-Illinois stepped into the rank of contenders for the western college conference foot ball championship by defeating In diana this afternoon 10 to O. Brilliant work by Quarter Back Pogue together with the superior playing of the entire Illinois eleven. and especially the back. field, was responsible for In diaha’s defeat although injuries to three Hoosier varsity men kept them out Of the game. Except for the reliance on straight foot ball, and the failure of occasional efforts at the new open game” the first quarter was featurelass. In the next quarter Indiana twice held Him OILS on downs within IS inches OF a touchdown. Refreshed by the rest between halves. Indiana came bach in the third quarter and on line plunges and two successful trick formations. ali by Echart. the HOLSTERS planted the ball On Illinois quarter yard line. This was as close as Indiana came to scoring during the game. The ball was lost here by Indiana on n attempted forward pass on the last down.

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 26, 1913, page 13

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  ILLINOIS BESTS INDIANA. Injury to Capt. Davis Proves Big Handicap for Defeated Team. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, October 25.- Quarterback Pogue and his associates from the University OF Illinois defeat ed the foot ball eleven from Indiana University here this afternoon. The score, which was 10 to 0. hardly represents the fierceness with which the game was played. Twice Indiana held Illinois on her own 1-yard line. and once carried the ball to Illinois 4-yard, only to lose it on downs. Indiana showed the loss of Capt. Davis, who was injured in the Chicago game, in the defensive work of the line. Indiana executed two forward passes which netted 30 yards each. while I’LL nois failed on all attempts to use It, Summary: Touchdown-Pogue. Goal-Rowe Field goal-Rowe. Subsidiaries: Ilnois-Carpenter for Wilson, Wilson for Carpenter Siebens for Lanche Indianacpeckef =, for Barnhart Barn hart for Decker. conrad TOT Morsey. Walker for Time Of periods-15 minutes each.

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  Atlanta Georgian, Atlanta, Ga., October 26, 1913, page 1

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  Illinois Wins Hard Game From Indiana INDIANAPOLIS, Dot 26-Ilr1nois won q hard-fought game from the Indiana eleven here this afternoon. 10 to 0, a touchdown, kicked goal and a place kick from the field accounting for the points. During the first two quarters neither was able to score, although dur ing the latter part of il it was evident that the Illinois team was gradually wearing the Hoosiers down by their consistent bucking and general aggressive ness. In the third quarter Pogue, on a fake formation, went through Indiana’s line for 80 yards and Schinger followed with a slight gain Pogue made another run around the HOLSTERS end for 20 yards and on fake attempt at drop kick again circled the Indiana right end for the first touchdown. Rowe then kicked goal. Play was fast and furious in the final quarter. but Illinois advanced the bail to the 20-yard line, whence Rose made a place kick square over the bar

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Illinois leads 46–⁠26–⁠2 in 74 meetings, counting the 61 since this game.