Purdue at Chicago

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  Norwich bulletin, Connecticut, October 22, 1917, page 3

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  FOUR ELEVENs IN RACE FOR BIG TEN HONoRS. Wisconsin, Purdue and Indiana Elin1- mated in Saturdays Play. Chicago, Oct. 21.-Four teams-ohio State, Illinois, Minnesota and Chicago remain in the race tonight for the Big Ten football cha mpionship as result of games played Saturday. The defeat of Wisconsin, Purdue and In diana eliminate them. Neither Michi- gan nor Iowa is considered in the run ming. Michigan has only one confer ence game this season, and Iowa. which has suffered two upsets, has not displayed conference colibre. Favorites came through Saturdays games on the winning end of the score Illinois outp1ayed Wisconsin fin every department of the game, winning to Q. Chicago overwhelmed Purdue, 27 to O. After playing Minnesota almost on even terms for two periods. Indiana gave way before a series of baffling plays and lost B to 0. Notre Dame gave the Nebraska eleven one of the closest contests in years and succeeded in holding the Cornhuskers to a sinsl touchdown Iowa suffered another setback losing 10 to to Grinne11. Michigan was given only a mild fight by the MIchi- gan Aggies, who played a defensive game, losing 27 to 0.

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 21, 1917, page 22

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  Chicago Wins Sixteenth Straight From Purdue CHICAGO. Oct 2O.-The University of Chicago opened its Western Confer ence season to-day with a 27 TO 0 triumph over Purdue. It was the six teenth consecutive victory Chicago had scored over the boilermakers. Higgins, the big Chicago fullback was the star of the game. He scored three of the four touchdowns and hurled a twenty-fiye-yard forward pass that enabled Brelos TO race across Purdues goal. In the final quarter Higgins inter cepted forward pass and ran fifty wards for a touchdown.

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Chicago leads 27–⁠14–⁠1 in 42 meetings, counting the 19 since this game.