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JRTON PRINCETON DOWNS CHICAGO 21 18 ARMY TIES YALE 7 7 Sport inancial News Sport News inancial News VOL NO 32 DETROIT MICHIGAN SUNDAY OjCTOBEB' 29 1 922 £RTCE: TEN CENTS Michigan Runs Rings Around Illinois and Piles Up 24 0 Victory on Suckers Springfield Humbles University of Detroit in Tight Contest 6 to 0 RUN OE 1 Him NETS VICTORY MICHIGAN TOO SMART BREAKS GO THEIR WAY 1 CADETS SPURT AILURES TO KICK 5 TO CATCH YALE LOSE OR CHICAGO 0 Stoner failed ugainnt the line and downs by each aide gave a touch of Ml nn) 1 nnli Sucker Back Stopped After Making Short Gain uancm wMuruuvis was lorrea MacDonald hick Barrett coming down th field Schjoli fast downed King the receiver on 20 yard line Clviletto in turn and PIa returned to Detroit ARM 7 7 0 0 may two fr I Jimmy was as RQ un Ci was OOTBALL RESULTS i 0 i 3 LANSING DROPS TO UNION HIGH territory th ball being on the S5 yard line Here the first penalty of Ontlnoed on Page Twenty alx New Haven Conn Oct or ward passing as a means to touch a yard line when tackled a foot from taking a short pass the fourth down Stands Are Pecked Thomas of Jamestown was mainly responsible for Pedrson 0 defeat Come Late scored in the the' Army brought 0 0 Point after ORWARD PASS IN IRST HAL Army 7 Yale 7 Harvard 12 Dartmouth 8 Curnrale Tech 2K Grove Plttnbureh 7 Ituckneil 0 Holy CroM Gt Vermont OMaine 14 Colby 0 0 La ii He 42 vard A pas Goebel to Kirk car tne oan EIGHTY YARDS THRILLS CROWD Crowd of 22000 Second Defeat Wilcemen GOPHERDRIVE BEATS OHIOANS Dawson punted to Uteritz was inrow on Illinois line rled the bail to Illinois 14 yard stripe Kirk was injured but re sumed play Cappon plunged over left tackle for three yards Cappoj fumbled on next play and Illinois recovered the on its own 12 yard line Dawson kicked to Uteritz who signalled for a fair Continued on Page Twenty Three showed one frnm the 4O line two from the 30 yard line and one from the 33 ywrd line Officials who presided at the: teat roast it ted 3 Chicago Oct 28 Princeton tri umphed over Chicago here today In the most thrilling football game seen on Stagg field In years Th" score was 21 to 18 the margin be ing three points scored after touch downs Each team crossed the other goal line three times but the westerners had no one who could hoot the bait over the crossbar in the face of the charging Princeton team and the fact gave Princeton the winning edge Probably every known play that would bring the supreme thrill into the hearts of the spectators was fur nished In today's contest orward passes dashing end runs spiraling punts fierce line smashing and re covered fumbles all entered Into the spectacle Added to this were two desperate stands inside the three yard lines one In which Chicago flanlly yielded the winning touch down and the other in which the Tigers staved oft defeat bv inches with only seconds of playing time left Minneapolis Hinn uct A powertul nne attack in the opening period gave Minnesota lighting Gophers a to victory over Onio rttuts on Northrop field here tnl afternoon A i ord crowd of 2201)0 persons witnessed th Buckeyes' secund consecutive deff a A touchdown by McCreery half back In ths first quarter and drop kick from the yard hue In the second period by Bav Ecktund the Gopher end accounted for tin winning total Th Buckeyes fought back hard In the last half calling Into use a varied forward pass attack bu they were unable to penetrate theHit Minnesota defense In the third period they lost the ball on downs inside the Minnesota five workman was the goal after from Blair on John Ti whn defeat 9 to 0 in 19 2 was again the hero of the Maroons He scored all three of the western touchdowns but was stopped at the close of the game The first half was a see saw fight between two highly developed of fensives Chicago ahowedjthe great er power through the but Princeton had an edge on aerial tac tics Neither team could turn the ends The Maroons enjoyed an unex pected advantage at the start gain ing ground steadily under Stroh and punts The lat ter drove the ball upwards of 50 yards but punters lack ed full opportunity to display their wares as the home team tackles went through and forced hurried work on every attempt Chicago had one of few chances to score when one these hurried punts gave them the ball Colombia IO Botfon College 0 13 Vnvy 7 efforts in thU direction trickled out the last hope Duffy team for tied score lory It was the first defeat of mun this aeajinn It astonishing to the few Detroit fel lows on hand and equally stunning to the players Prior to the game win Tigers Come rom Behind in See Saw Game and Wifi Big Inter Sectional Gridiron Battle Maroons Just ail to Win Contest as inal Whistle Brings End to Hostilities another first down bringing prolate spheroid to yard strip Looiubt on Jeb Loomis stepped out from an expected place and intercepted long forward pass It SOUTH irgiuia 19 John Hopkins 0 Continued on Page A Record Watches for umble Breaks Up Red and White Rally in Third Period Omaha Neb Oct 28 With Inwa refusing a post season football gam with Nebraska officials of Ak Sar Ben a festival turned their at tention today to Pittsburgh and Centre both of which will be in vited to meet the Nebraska tedm in Omaha on Dec 9 Bay Staten Show Great De Jense in Pinch After Scoring Early IN DETItOIT Eastern 3 Northwestern 0 University of Detroit High School ft Ignnilus (Cletrlandi (L STATB ITEH OLLEGIATE Detroit Jtanlor College 0 Michi gan Mate Normal WESTEllV COBREXCB Mlrhlgnn 21 Illinois Mlnneintn 9 Ohio loun Purdue A STATE IATEK8C1I0LASTIC Ann Arbor 40 Marshall 0 Detroit Central 13 Port Ifurua Cass Tech 19 Huintrnnick 0 Saginaw Eastern 40 Pont lac hriinu Hliplus Inion 13Ing 7 Soldiers Outplay Eli Warriors irst Half But Blue Team Scores irst Thus turned erners kick that barely failed giving De troit the ball for the first time on its 39 yard line After Detroit was unable' to iraln through tho line Sonnenberg booted from behind his own goal line and play was resumed In great plunging was good for tne So BY'LLOYD NOTHARD NN ARBOR Oct Superior all round play accounted for Michigan's victory over Illi nois this afternoon In every department the Wolver ines excelled their opponents Eight first downs by rushing tlie ball were made by the Maize and Blue while the Suckers totaled five A sixth first down came to the mini by a penalty Michigan launched eight forward passes four of which were com pleted three grounded and one Intercepted Illinois tried the aerial attack four times completing two passes one for a loss ol 10 yards grounding one and the fourth was caught by Blott Michigan's center Knode Bent Kicker Knodo outpunted both Dawson and McIlwain an Uteritz and Knode excelled Dawson at running back kicks The Wolverines tackled hard and blocked cleanly But 12 players curried colors in the fray but those 12 played Yost's style of football per fectly Every man was always alert ready to take advantage of opportunities and this factor led to tho first 10 points counted by the Wolverines Today's victory unlike that at Ohio State last Saturday was achieved without any loss to the Maize and Blue Not a single Michigan man received an Injury of any importance the only substi tution being Efton Slaughter for Eddie Johns late in tho fourth per iod when the latter was almost ex hausted Dawson kicked off for Illinois his first boot going out of bounds He kicked again to Steger who was downed on Michigan's 25 yard line A line play failed and Knode punt ed to Dawson on the Illinois 33 yard line Tfappenney and Woodward mfide four yards In two line plunges and Dawson punted to Uteritz on Michigan's 33 yard line Knode punted out of bounds on Illinois' 27 yard mark BY SAM GREENE SPRINGIELD MASS Oct 2 by ths masterly forward passing attack of the opposition the University of De troit sustained a decisive and snr prising defeat at the hands Springfield college at Pratt field Saturday afternoon The final score of 6 to 0 only partly Indicates the superiority shown by the Springfield machine In every department of the sport the Easterners excelled gaining far' more ground from scrimmage and succeeding far more often with the overhead game On defense the line outplayed that of the Invaders from the west But In the last analysis It wa th touted passing ability of th New Englanders that told It was a pas that developed the only touchdown at the afternoon occurring 'In the second quarter rom Detroit's 25 ynrd line rank Clviletto of Cleveland sterling veteran of the Springfield backfield hurled to Dutch King a Binghamp ton boy who charged over the goal with the oval Clviletto' drop kicking effort tor extra point failed by a matter of Inch Detroit's beat chance to eeor came In the third period and the traditional "break" that decides most gridiron contests between evenly matched teams went against the visitors Thea Comas Break Taking th ball 'in mtd field Larry Welsh the Plunging fullback made Detroit's only first down from scrimmage On the next manoeu ver this same Welsh gained eight yards Then came the break' When tossed into a heap Welsh fumbled and the ball slipped from his hands Into th eager paws of a Springfield watchman In the fourth period Detroit des perately resorted to the passing game But Springfield proved as efficient In Its defense 'against the pas as In offense with that Instru ment TMie result was that Detroit only rarely aueceeded in repeated Lhtia of the or vtc Minnesota Stingi Scarlet Gray by Powerful Line At tack 9 to 0 Pixley (a) I''' A Klein Kuth reu off Honaker GJ Voncman Kte Michaels Mcore bv periods: blate Minneaota Scoidnc Minnesota: Mcroecv Dmp Krklrmdg Time of minutes each Maeidron (Mlchb Kun) Schommer fChieeeo) prre Crdncr fUlinofej ield (lAPlMuw) Head linemnan Gophers Take Defensive In the tlrat half the Buckeye linemen were unable to lialt the plunxinjr attack of the Minnesota backs McCreery Martineau unft Pederson The Gophers started from their own £0 yanl line short ly after the opening uf the game and worked through tbe Ohio line for their touchdown on 12 plays A 10 yard run by Martineau and brillfans 21 yard gain off tackle McCreery aided the drive McCreery plunged over from the five yard line for tbe counter Ecklund miss ed coal Mlnesrtta played a defensive grame throughout the second half Ohio was unable to penetrate their 30 yard line but after that they ere forced to rely on drop kicks which were unsuccessful Workman mbs ing three attempts Glee Ohio feft half returned points Id brlUiant style and ran by the Minnesota rlKht end for several long gains Only Pawv nlla Minnesota used no open footballattempting one forward pass which was grounded Ohfrt made tempu nine of which were suc cessful Some of them however S5res and neUed no gains Ine Ohioan? made first down five tims to eight fo theGopners VL Eckhind Yost? Resourceful Team Plays Tricky Game and Makes Its Breaks Bernie Takes Kick off in Second Half and Sprints to Touchdown Gay HiioriMi forward pass It was (c) As i ball on the 30 yard mark Larkin i Ronnenberg again was forrH tn Ihitllo Creek 19 Arthur Jill! 12Muskegon IN Kalnrnnsov tdrlnn 32 llndlu nninntnxuo ettn 0 Holland Grand Rapid Mouth 3 itoyne CH 13 Elint Central 13 Highland Sy on their own 43 yard Uno The Thomas brothers sturdy North Day Kota products carried the ball al tematcly and finally John pushed It over Advance 37 Yards In this march the Maroons went57 yards without loflfng the pigskin The plays Tvere mostly plunges off tackle with a sharp cut back in di rection These were varied by a fast forward pass threat in which the ball was snapped Strohhtelcr jumped back but It went to a half back for a plunge through guard Baker was the only Prinpeton line man who could do much with this attack and he u'its pulled out of po sition several times short lead was gained quickly after the first Chicago touchdown Cleaves 1 ran a punt back to 23 yard line and after he had missed a drop kick from 35 yards a short punt gave the Tigers another chance Sniveley shot a gorgeous forward pass which Gray caught nn five yard line The Maroons fought desper ately but the period ended only two plays Starting from the three yard line Crum carried the ball over after three shots at guard and Tackle Smith put Princeton In the lead 7 to 6 with a drop kick for the point after touchdown Almost as quickly ag the tide had turned Prlncetontvard It shifted back again Itohrke partly blocked a punt by Vangerbig and Chicago had first down only yards front the line Again the Thomas brothers started hitting the Tiger forwards and with six yards to go John Thomas shot across on formation which Included a forward pass threat coupled with a fake quarter back sneak Almost the whole Princeton team was put out of posi tion or off balance by this playCa ruao was Into the lineup to add the extra point but was alow in starting his drop kick and it was partly blocked by Baker This left th count Chicago 12 Princeton 7 The Tigers threatened again after Continued on Page Tweut tvot jNew Drop Kick I Record Is Made Danville Ky Ort Herbert Covington qnarterbaek on football team In fa game here today with the lab vrrlty of Loulv1He made a lx drop ktckv ffcr oeoren in the flmt period three In the second and two la third peeled Albion 40 Adrian Mt Ilrannt 2: Greenville Marquette lit rgnuee Menominee 33 ferunnba Ironwood 0 Ashland Calumet 45 Houghton STATE INTEHCOLLEGITE orlhern Normal Michigan School of Mine EAST Springfield 0 University ot De troit Penn State 0 Syracuse Hohnrt 21 City College of Arw lone Williams 13 the spectacular to the Yale Army 7 to 7 game In the bowl this after noon and brought to Its feet the crowd of 76000 spectators It was these forward passes ex ecuted after a slow first half which put life Into a seemingly listless game Aftera kicking due! in which Wood of the Army battled more successfully than Neale of Yale against the stiff north wind in the first two periods both teams opened upland put across touch downs Although Yale made seven first downs to five Wood by his marvelous punting and re ceiving of forward passes saved nis team irom Scures Neither team linn aiuiuusn me the ball to tho Yale nine yard line before being stopped ny tne early in the Second period once' did Yale bring the ball the Army territory in this when their march down the Grand Rapids Oct Union high school this afternoon defeat ed Lansing 13 to ulconi following a big gain on a forward pasa plunged over Lan line In the first quarter and Douglas dropklcked goal In the fourth quarter erguson went over tho visitors' goal after a series oi gains tproun tne nne cnme the Lansing score came tn the first 1' ord" reev quarter worn Bougnton intercepted a forward pass and ran 2fYrds for 5 a touchdown Brown dropklcked to the plavers I Detroit confidently expected to by two touebdowps Ruinpua Over Omell It I hinted tonight that this be the last game between the Institutions because of a ritv officials Conch Duffy objected so strenuously to the employment of A Dorman of Columbia aa um pire that the game finally was started with only throe officials High class competition kept th attendance down to a meager 6000 persons With the Army Yale con test In New Haven the' Harvard Dartmouth clash in Cambridge and th Boston college Lafayette mill In Boston only a few hours distant It Is no wonder that the local football following turned Its collective face In other directions There was little color to the pre game demonstrations In face aside from the playtng talent the only thing with snap to It was weather It was eold with a light wind blowing as the rtal captains went forward for the toss beneath clear October skies Sonnenberg kicked of and Clvl ietto brought the bail from the five to the 4v yard lines Merriman slipped and lost three yards Three line plays and a forward pass Civt letto to Merriman carried the ball to Detroit's 25 yard line Mis ield GottL pressed th Detroit defense back the rush of the east and Clviletto tried a drop BY HARRY BULLION ANN ARBOR MICH Oct 3 glory wits reflected 'on the skillful powerful and resourceful Wolverines this after noon wheji slaughtering Illinois by the overw helming score of 24 to 0 they virtually threw them selves onto the pedestal of the Western Conference championship Like an avalanche slow to start but a blizzard when it gained mo mentum the Maize and Blue eleven literally crushed the Suck ers buried them as it were umler a decisive defeat Illinois alls Latg Lats In the final quarter Qie Illlnl made a gallant stand in a steady march from her five yard line to Michigan's 15 yard stripe But In the very shadow of thetr goal the Yostmsn braced held for down and had started tho play the other way when the signal terminating Hos tilities was sounded Three touchdowns and a goal from the field were embraced In tho Wolverines' great victory One of the touchdowns followed a run of 80 yards from the kick off to open the second half by Bernie Kirk that will take rank with the most bril liant football achievements of any of Michigan's illustrious sons of the gridiron Taking Dawson's opening kick on his own 20 yard line Kirk sped with the: speed of 'the wind over the blurred chalk marks stopping only temporarily when Dawson follow Ing Kirk when ho left his Interfer ence In mid field mode a wild clutch at tho speeding' Wolverine's ankles on the 12 yard line Illlnl Quarter alls It looked for a minute ks though the pursuing Illinois 'quarterback had overhauled Bernie but an extra spurt together with mo 8 mentum threw the tackler off and with the ball securely fastened in th? crook of tils left arm the spec tacular Maize and Blue end fell across the goal line Haul Gbebel paved the way to the Suckers' defeat when he recovered a tumbled punt on Illinois's 2u yard line and squirmed td the 12 yard lino from which point Cappon took the ball over In three plunges into the thickest part of the ponderous 'llliivols Hue Alertness set the stage for the next Michigan score Blott Inter cepted a forward pas on Illinois a 27 yard line Steger to Kirk put tho ball on Illinois's 12 yard Ivno Cappon cut the distance to five yards with tv plunge for seven but Goebel kicked a goal from the lo yard line They were both in the second period nfter the Suckers fresh and benefited by the weight In th4r line made the going rough incidentally even for tho Yostmcn Kirk Hum 0 Yards Then came remarkable run for UO yards from thu kick off to open tho second half Dine plays pushed the bunkers back Into their own sector shortly after this and a forward pass Knode to Steger de posited the iali on 12 yard line Cappon Jn three plunges made nine yards Rather than take the chance of getting th0 required yard for first down on the fourth down Knode threw a pass to Steger back uf the goal line where he stood as clean a a hound's tooth unguard ed Two breaks coming in rapid suc cession altered tho whole aspect of the game They measured Illinois for their victim and giving the Wolverines the desired Impetus turned what for almost the first half of the combat appeared to bo any body's frplic into a rout of the Tellow and Blue Through all of tho first period and for mn of the next the duck era played football met each thrust Of the Yostmen with a largo measure of success and asked no quarter of the enemy on the offense themselves Save for a few fleeting moments in the first quarter when a long pass from Knode to Kirk penetrated deep into terri tory? tbe play for the most part was between the JlD yard lines Illlnl ight Back Illlnoti fought back that threat ened danger and seemed to be in a fair way to worry the Wolverines when a fumbled kick by DAwsun on his own 2u yard lipe set the stage for the first Michigan touchdown Muick to accept thaf opportunity to admlnlster a blow IB the enemy the Yostmen pressed their advantage continuously until the score mount ed to a point beyond reach of the thoroughly whipped athletes bearing the colors of the Illlnl On the campus In Ann Arbor thev'll bo talking of Bernie Kirk's sparkling run of 80 yards long after the hero of the spectacular dash through the whole Illinois eleven turns hla back on his alma mater to begin bls battle with the world Sudden aS It was Kirk held the thronged stands breathless while bo sped a though his life de pended upon the fulfillment of that single mission Then as he threw himself free of the last frantic would be tackler across the goal line the mammoth structure though built of steel and concrete? seemed to vibrate with the vociferousness Continued on Page 2 1 Colgate st Susquehanun Bates 7 1 Lelilgh 211 Muhlenberg 7 West Virginia 2St Kutgera 0Middlebury 41 1 or with II MaaaaehuseU Aggies 12 1 Hampshire State ordham 12 Westminster 0 Holy Cross 0 Vermont Hardings Mare the Samej Washington Oct It seems: slhat President little jmare Harbel what she: to The high Mrpphtg little bay: failed to get even a place in the: horse ihw here She won first prise In a show: here earlier thia year lyMHiiititiHitHtHtHfHunHiHinnHHKtntmutnttimiQ Late in Game Soldiers Smash Down ield for Tying Touchdown MS'? Mulligan (c) RreMster Garbisnh GoMmen Whitej mruie Timberlake ljawitK Wood only Into half field was cut abort by a 28 yard penalty for roughness The Ells came back strong in the third quarter when Captain Jordan" and Widdy Neale took the ball down for consistent 'gains from Yale's 40 yard line to 34 yard line Here Yale completed one of its three successful passes the longest of the game Neale to Mallory substitute for Scott who raced to the four yard line before being stopped 'Neale took the ball over on a spread off tackle play Early in the last period on an exchange of punts ood of the Army' again with the advantage of the north wind on his back ad vanced the ball Into Yale territory on tbe 45 yard line Pusue Help Arniy Then the Army opened up with a series of four forward passes two of which were incomplete A nass Smythe to Wood was good for 20 yards two line plays gaineu five yards and then Wood saved his team by completing another pass off the same formation going 17 yards to the three yard lino be fore being downed On two line plays Wood finally plunged over foi the touchdown which gaye his team the ntucn aeserven no The line up and summary YALE Eddy JO33 Cruikshank Jxivejoy Grng Miller Holman Neldlftiger e1 Nale Jordan (c) Scott Score by periods Yale Army A 1 A A 9 JK tv ZN "v' 4 3 When Cappon Plunged Through Illinois for irst Touchdown QlltMIMHMnMHtKtMHIMIOIIHtHimtNHMHIHtHHHmQ i of Game in Detail 0 Neale x'aaIzx Armv Wood Point from try after touchdown Smythe Crowley Bowdol Vm Colby Princeton Head Watkeya byra cuse Time of 15 minutes IOWA REUSES GAME i rrri SsGHik ML ifAl WW vile A i s' "Az rxi wwv iri i ai A A ZV A 'WAV'' I Ur W'WWrg JV VKVW I iMMHMtQ IMIHHHmillH') 1 1 IM IIMMHIMMMIIIIIMiMHHMHpUHMMMMmMMniMMMHMiMMMMMIHIMMMMMMMrtMQ 'Z 1 ka Win.