Purdue at Chicago

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  The daily Gate City, Keokuk, Iowa, October 24, 1915, page 6

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  MAROONS IN THIRD CONSECUTIVE WIN Purdue Falls Before Chicago Football Warriors on Staea Field, 7 TO o. UNITED Press Leased Wire Service1 CHICAGO, Oct. 23.-The Maroons made 1t their third consecutive confer ence win today when they edged out a Z to victory over Purdue football ers on Stagg field. The boiler makers put up flashy game. The Maroons were held to blank in the first half, the Indiana colleg. ians keeping the ball between the posts with the aid of Pultz’ toe. TIC Chicagoans showed a burst OF speed in the third quarter, and after Russell. had returned the kickoff to Purdues 80 yard line, Stages men got thelr machinery into play and line plunges by Flood and Russell took the ball 10 the enemy’s one yard line, from wnefe Gordon was rushed over for the ions touchdown. Shull kicked goal The Maroons then proceeded to pia! safe, with Russell and Pultz engasms in a punting duel the balance OF ‘he game. In the last few minutes PuIaIe rooters’ hopes were raised when “a!S ers caught forward pass and ran yards to the Chicago’s IS yard hne. The whistle drowned out their hopes as a play was started. The l}ne-lIp.

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Chicago leads 27–⁠14–⁠1 in 42 meetings, counting the 21 since this game.