Chicago at Northwestern

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  The daily Gate City, Keokuk, Iowa, November 9, 1913, page 6

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  Northwestern University Plays FIr,t Real Football o. the season in Chicago Game Il Evanston. SECOND SCORE FLUKY Northwestern Players Claimed Run nsr Went Out Of Bounds- Referee Allows IN. Score. UNITED Press Leased Wire Service1 EVANSTON, Ill, Nov. s.-North. western University for the first time this year, played like real foot ball team this afternoon and before small crowd that gathered In the expect,. ton Of seeing Stages warriors win il romp, held the Maroons to tive touchdowns. Tho Anal score was Il to O. The crippled Purple eleven with only four regulars in the lineup, held the Maroons for downs repeatedly, and in the second quarter astonished the Chicago roofing contingent by taking the ball from the Maroons on downs when they were on Northwostern’s al teen yard line. Hightower. purple quar-. ter back. was the best ground game, for the Evanston lads. Stagg started tho game with two second-string backield men-Moulton and Kennedy. Both were strong on the offensive, but Moulton’s ffequen, fumbling proved costly to the Maroons, The regular Maroon line started the game. Captain Norgren scored Chicagos first touchdown In the first quarter, travelling rs yards in an of tackle play. The second touchdown. scored in the second period. was decidedly fluky. After Northwestern had taken the ball on downs on her own 80 yard line, Hightower fumbled. DesJardien recovered and carried the oval behind the posts. Northwestern players claim. ed he ran outside but the referee al lowed the score. i The remainder Of the game was d punting duel with Captain Norgren at tempting to speed up the Maroon scor. ing machine by sending long spirals into Purple territory. Northwestern adopted the same tactics and stopped further scoring in the second half.

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], November 9, 1913, page 1

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  CHICAGO ELEVEN WINS Beats Northwestern in First Half of Easy Contest. Evanston. ILL.,. Nov. s.-The Chicago eleven downed the Northwestern University team by a score of IA 10 to-day squad OF substitutes falling to score for the Maroons in the second half AFTER Stages men had made two touchdowns In the first part Of the game. Straight football put Norgren in positon 10 drive through the Purple line IN The first quarter and a tumble gave Des Jardiens the chance he turned ih’o !” score in the second period. Up 10 the sec ond half the Maroon team was fesuiai, except that Pierce and Gray oacKheiu stars. were on the side lines, ana IN ‘he last half the Midway second string men did practically all the work. A dozen iorward passes attempted by Northwestern failed TO gain.

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 9, 1913, page 16

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  Chicago Downs Northwestern. EVANSTON, H., November S.-Chicago downed Northwestern Ii to 0 today, squad of substitutes failing to score for the Maroons in the second half after Stages men had made two touchdowns in the first part of tho game. Straight foot ball put Norgrcn in position TO drive through the Purple line in the first quarter, and a tumble gave Des Jardiens the chance lie turned into score in the second period. Up 10 the second half the Maroon team was regular, except that Pierce and Gray, backfieid stars, were the sidelines. and in the last half the midway second string men did practically all the work. a dozen forward passes attempted by Northwestern failed to gain.

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Chicago leads 26–⁠8–⁠3 in 37 meetings, counting the 12 since this game.