Northwestern at Chicago

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  The sun, New York, October 22, 1916, page 1

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  CHICAGO ELEVEN GETS Big SURPRISE candidate for Conference Title Is Defeated by North western by 10 to 0. FIRST N IN IS YEARS rr,cAoo, Oct 21.-Playing a smash ~ rame. Northwestern University msrs on. Of the biggest surprises In -. pig Nine football championship ..s. to-day by defeating Chicago. 10 to =, xas Northwestern’s first victory aver Chicago in fifteen years. prIscoll. left halfback OF the Evans IAN eleven. was the star Of the game. q, scored a touchdown near tho M OF n. arst period, going over from Chi e,sc’, four yard line. and In the last ,eriod booted a drop kick between Chi .,,o’s goal from the forty-ive yard line. ne lineup:

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 22, 1916, page 20

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  NORTHWESTERN TEAM BEATS CHICAGO ELEVEN Chicago, Oct. 2l.-Playing smash ing game. Northwestern University sprang one Of the biggest surprises in the “Big Nine” football champion ship race to-day by defeating Chicago, 10 to 0. It was Northwestern’s first victory over Chicago in fifteen years. Driscoll, left halfback of the Evan ston eleven. was the star of the game. He scored a touchdown near the end of the first period, going over from Chicsgo’s courtyard line, and IN the last Period booted drop kick from the 45-yard line.

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  Arizona republican, Arizona, October 22, 1916, page 11

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  SpRING SURPRISE CHICAGO, Oct 21.-Playing a sparkling game. Northwestern Univer- sitv sprung one of the biggest sur prises in the big nine football cham pionship race today by defeating Chi cago 10 to 0. It was Northwestern’s first victory over Chicago in fifteen years. Driscoll, left half of the Evan ston team, was the star of the game. He scored touchdown near the end of the first period and in the last per iod brought the crowd to it’s feet by Dooting a drop kick squarely between Chicago’s goal osts from the 45 yard line.

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  The Birmingham age-herald, October 22, 1916, page 15

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  CHICAGO SURPRISED Chicago, october 21.-Northwester uni versity sprang one of the biggest sur prises in the “big nine’ football cham pionship race today by defeating Chicago 10 to 0. It was Northwestern’s first vic tory over Chicago in 15 years. Driscoll scored a touchdown near the end of the first period, going over from Chicago’s 40-yard line, and the last pe- riod booted drop kick between Chicago goal from the 45-yard line.

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