Star Tribune from Minneapolis, Minnesota • Page 53

it if A A it ill VI I vl tuy ty Lt i II i i i i 4 4 if Vy uj? Sag'? Ay 1 'X SPORTING SECTION. MINNEAPOLIS, MfXNKSOTA, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 11)11. SPOUTING SECTION. RAWSON THOUGHT DANDY HUVY.rtORWU vrt Tta FOR 3(0tkt THE GAME WAS A COACH TIEHM citrirr tu Dfx vmuftnS -v. j.

ry i a UONAPD PAWK tifir. iur 4lftN ON ftfMK lVLf AflTA MfcOOT K.t)glT luurLHUHftyt Football Jlcsulls. Minnesota Players Find Themselves Chicago Surpasses Expectations; Force Sees Stagg's Eleven Play and Defeat Nebraskans bv 2 1 to 3 Will Believes Is Slightly 'Better Now, but Have to Keep on Hustling During the Next Two Weeks Before Big Game With Maroons on November 1. Gophers Excel in the Third I Quarter and Get Two Touchdowns. I Nebraska Struggles Bravely and Holds Minnesota at Sjtart.

CflPr I I (I flKOtt ft HI PldW-VfRf ttl IFHC1 Saucr Is One- Chicago of the 1 earns Star of Victory Over Illinois and West's Best Halfbacks Three Race for the Conference Title. Captain Pickering Also Boots! a Field Goal in This Period. Cornhuskers Unequal to the Task, However, and Give Wav. Big Capron After Scores First Count Sensational Dodg- THE LINE-UP AND SUMMARY Minnesota. Pos.

Nebraska. Tcbm LE Cliauner Elder Shonka(C) Smith LO Elliott Morrell Hornberger Powers EG Pearson L. Frank ET Harmon Wailcuder EE Lofgren Cr.pron QB Warner McAlmon LH O. Frank Stevens EH E. Frank Pickering C) FB Purdy Substitutes Minnesota, Aid-worth tor Wallender; Nebraska Eacely tor E.

Frank. E. Frank lor Eacely, Potter tor Wamcr, Gibson for Purdy, Eussell for O. Frank, Eacely for E. Frank, E.

Frank for Eacely, O. Frank for Russell. Touchdowns, Capron, Pickering, McAlmon. Goals from touchdowns, Morrell 3. Goals from field, Pickering 1, O.

Frank 1. Time of quarters, 15 minutes. Ofticials Eeferee, Mr. Haines of Yale; umpire, Mr. Whitemore of Erown; held judee, Mr.

Allen of Dartmouth; head linesman, Mr. Ver Weibe of Harvard. Crowd Sees the Battle and Enthusiasm Is on Tap. WEST, i Minnesota, 21; Nebraska, 3. Chicago, 2i; Illinois, 0.

Wisconsin, 26; Colorado, 0. Michigan, 19; Ohio. 0. St. Louis, Depauw, 0.

Ames, 6: Missouri. 3. Marquette, 11; Wabash, 9. Drake, 65; Ceo, 6. Cornell.

Wash 0. Case, 26; Kenyon, 5. Northwestern, Indiana, 0. Obcrlin, Denison, 0. Lawrence, Beloit, 0.

Earlham, Eose, 0. Kansas, Kansas Aggies, 0. Notre Dame, 27; Butler, 0. Dakota, Wesleyan. 19; Fargo, 0.

North Dakota Aggies, 59; Aberdeen, O.Washburn, 28; Haskell, 3. Fairmount, Emporia Normal, 5. College of Emporia, 18; St. Mary's, 0. Hiram, Butchtel, 0.

Denver. Baker. 0. Wesleyan, Western Ee-B6rvc 0. Mount Union, 23; Allegheny, 0.

Ohio Northern, 11; Heidelberg, 0. EAST. Army, Yale, 0. Harvard. 11: Amherst, 0.

Dartmouth, 23; Williams, 5. Lafayette, 10; Syracuse, 0. Carlisle 17; Pittsburg, 3. Lehigh, Ursinus, 0. Erown, Pennsylvania, 0.

Cornell, Wash. Jeff, 0. Navy, Princeton, 0. Penn State, 18; Vilianova, 0. Virginia, St.

John's, 0. STATE. St. Paul Mechanic Arts, Pillsbury, 6. Fergus Falls, Moortiead, 3.

Minneapolis West, Shat-tuck, 8. Ked Wing, 15; Hastings, 0. Sprint. ing thick of the fray and was soon dashing off tackle for his usual consistent gains. On the defense he did royally.

Alinon was a new man in the backfield. Itiihe Rosenwald, because of injuries received in the South Dakota game tvo weeks ago. was not able to get into the game, 'but McAlmon filled his shoes to the satisfaction of everybody, lie played his best game ou tlio defense aud many and many a time brought down Cornhusker backs by deadly tackles. Morrell added great strength to the Minnesota line and his kicking of goals was a feature. Probably the star lineman on the Minnesota team was Leonard Frank, right tackle.

On the defense Frank shone with especial- excellence. He killed aily number of Nebraska plays. Ho tackled hard and Coburn. By Fred E. Atni'l whoops anil Circn veils, the Warp of brae anl he full power nt By FRANK E.

FORCE. f'hiengo. 111., Oct. 22. (Spft-ial) Ou a slippery marsh of mud and in driing rain that drenched not only the field and players, but all ot" the fil'teen thousand spectators at Marshall Field, Alonzo Staprs's versatile Maroons yesterday furnished one' of the surprises of the football season by rnnnine away with Illinois to the tune of 2-1 to 0.

Three touchdowns and two kicks from placement tell the slory of the Chicago score, while Illinois, unable to pain any eon-sistant ground, also failed completely in the two or three tries she diil make from the Held. Forced by tlie terrible weather conditions to abondon all idea of fast and tricky play, the two elevens settled down early in the first period to one of the old pluvririnpr and kicking games and Chicago proved far the better, gaining good ground at times, while at others she took every advantage of the long punts which Scruby continued to send down the held. She was lnlped in her play by many Illinois mistakes while her forwards charged through time and again on top of Seib mid his punts, often blocking them for which resulted fore, but evidently the huskv leader ot the Maroon and Gold has been doing some kicking stunts in secret. Anyway, there wasn't anv doubt about the legitimacy the kick. Stevens held the ball and Pickering's boot caught it squarely.

The goal added three points to the Minnesota score and Nebraska rooters gave up what small hope thev might previously have had ot a sudden reversH of form. There wasn't any more scoring in the third period and when it eude the Gopher rooters indulged in another brief exhibition ot their thoughts. The third and last Minnesota touchdown, came in the final quarter. The (iophers worked the ball to the Nebraska 10-yard line. Then they shot McAlmon through the wenk Nebraska right wing and the deed was done.

The new hall back went over with all the speed of a Manser bullet. Morrell, of course, kicked the jjoal, a little morn pair ul nine Dr. illianis' t.o-pliers fomi'l tlx'iiisplvf aft rrimon. Thcv (letVat'l "Nebraska, L'l to on Nortbrop tiohl idiJ ynve an exhibition of a varied an pnzzlint; of-fi-nca and a sturily, anl adamant detail sa in times of htni t.liat vannui.6lied 1ho glooms and brought tlio joys into everv loyal Minnesota heart. Minnesota mado three Bd kicked every yoal and t'aptain Karle I'iekerin booted a tieid treal from the L'7-yard lino for the additional three, Nebraska was aved from a shutout when Owen Frank drop-kicked a coal from the liuo -with only threo minutes left to tro.

Jiiot outil the second half could the Gophers tret a man across that hint mei white line for a aeor. -ITbe 'ornhuker! 'buttled so utrt'nuously tho first two tpiarterii tliak tha intor-missiou eaine without either team hav-inif seored. ulthousli the Gopliers were heart-breakiuKlv near the desired touch-iown -upon three diflereut occasion arly in the play. But Minnesota lookeij, and acted differently when they utartcd for the thinly quarter. Then it was rip.

mash and tear. Line plunges through wide openings made on tho rieht side of the line by Elder and Smith were picked with unerring accuracy by the Gopher back-ielil. Th Maroon and Gold men ran Mire and was down the field with tho on punts. Powers and Klder opened gaps in the Nebraska line nnd Smith played his usual steady consistent reliable game. seems more at home at guard than nt end and his work yesterday was of the highest order.

It was between him and Klder that most, of the big Minnesota gains were, made. Wallender played hard, fast ball at Tight end. Me" played so hard that time was takeu out for him several times, but when he was finally removed from the game it was not because of injuries but because of the desire to give Aldworth a chance. The latter acquitted himself with credit, spilling the. first Cnruhusker play that was directed at his wing.

Tobin played a reliable, steady game. As a defensive halfback he had several opportunities to bring down a runner and he diiln 't miss. CTiauner Nebraska Star. On the Nebraska team Chauuer and Owen Frank took the eye of the Minnesota fan. The former appears to be one of the best ends in the West.

He was in every play ami there was nothing much doing around his end. Onlv and their ends hail proved themselves worthy a name in the football ball of fame by their ability to check attacks directed at the fiauks, but the weak spot of the Nebraska line at center, right guard and right tackle had been unerringly u.i'onoed by tho Minnesota coaches and Captain Pickering and they made the most of what they found. Elder, Frank and Mot-rell tore gaps in the Nebraska lino and Stevens, Pickering, Caprou ami McAlmon found them. With Uie ball on the 20 yard line Pickering called forth some mystic, numbers and then ran out toward the left end. and McAlmon stood back of the Hue and Morrell passed the oval to Capron.

Capron handed it to McAlmon and McAlmon. bv an accurate and clever toss, hurled the leather straight into the waiting arms of tho Gopher leader. It was a fooler and it worked. Tiie Nebraska players didn't have a chance to get Pickering Brown Beats Pennsylvania klincr's Men Scurc Touch Snrac down With but Five Minutes to t'lav. oireeuy two or tne Maroon touchdowns, ine nrst Illinois mis-play came at the very jump, when Merriman, playing the backfield defense for the lllini, misjudged one of Scruby 'a long rolling punts and allowed Saucr tw get it well up in Illinois territory.

A couple of rushes netted by small gains and then Scruby gave the Maroon rooters their first chance to yell, by sending the ball squarely between the goal posts for a kick from placement from the thirty-five yard line. Almost before the lllini rooters had recovered, an attempted drop kick by Seller was blocked and Saner, who seemed to be all over the field, grabbed the ball, and went tearing along past all of the Illinois chasers for a fifty-yard run, and a touchdown. This was all for the first fpiarler which ended with the ball in Chicago's possession on Illinois thirty-yard line and at the very start of the second period Scruby again made a place kick from the thirty-live yard line and ran the score up to twelve. Illinois here fought most desperately to turn the tide, which had turned so unexpectedly against her, but her offensive play was very weak, against tte magnificent stand of the Maroon forwards and backs. Not only did the Chicago line hold beautifully, but the backfield men also did great work on the defense and the ubiquitous Sauer seemed to be in every play.

"Whenever a ball was fumbled Sauer was on it. whenever a tackle was to be made, Sauer was in the midst of the mud and whenever there appeared to he the slightest chance for an increase of the Chicago score it was Sauer who put the play across. enrli with fair iceess. but it wa't i nnd he dashed over the goal line, head lmir ii unr'es throiiL'i! tne line tinu uirticuit than any he liad previously tried. Owen Frank's kick of a goal, saving the Cornhuskers from an absolute blank, featured the last' few minutes of play; The Nebraska star dropped the ball over the bar from a diflnitlt angle.

The oval seemed to waver and hang in the air, but it finally squeezed over, and just over. Thereupon the Scarlot and Cream folks did some yelling. It saved them from some financial losses, a number of bets having been made on the supposition that Nebraska would not score, tho small band of Cornhusker rooters cutting in on the Nebraska end, of cour-e. it would bo a difficult thing, nnd Dossibly not at all fair to all members of the Minnesota eleven, to try and pick any individual stars of the game from the Maroon anil Gold side. Let it be enough, therefore, to say that Captain Pickering has never played such a good game of football since' he has been decked out in the colors of Minnesota.

His Work at all times, with the exception of a portion of the first quarter, was of wonderful excellence, lie displayed good judgment in choosing plays after that period, did some great linn-plunging himself and kicked better than any punter of recent years. Plaving lett end en the defense. 'Pickering put up some stonewall stuff. He smashed into the Nebraska plays like a young battering ram, and broke up a number of them before they were fully started. Stevens Another Star.

Capron 's great run entitles him to honorable mention in the list of stars. Capron great dodging ability enabled him to get by Chauner and Capron was the only man who did it. Lofgren also played good football at the other end but Chauner was the more classy of the two. Owen Frank was tho backfield star, but his brother ran him a close second. Kacely, too, made quite a hit with the Minnesota rooters because of his sprinting ability.

Once he nearly got away, but Stevens downed him after a twenty-yard run. Shonka, the Nebraska captain, also played well at his tackle, but Leonard Frank gave him all he could handle. The other Nebraska men did not shine with anv individual excellency. Philadelphia, Oct. Brown university defeated Pennsylvania yesterday 6 to (J.

The winning touchdown was not scored until the fourth period. With only five minutes left to play. Brown crossed Pennsylvania's line. Brown got the ball on Pennsylvania's it yard line and from there 'marched down the field for the touchdown. Lineup: Pennsylvania.

Position. Brown. Fisher LF Adams Dillon Krata Wolfert LG Kulp Morris Mitchell Findeisen HO Goldberg Bell HT (lelii Young HE Ashbiiugh Barr OR Spraekling Marshall LllM Crowther Mercer i'B Jones Harrington HUB Marble Substitutions: Pennsylvania Minds for Barr, Thayer for Harrington. Brown Gottstein and Bartlett for Kuln; Bean and Tenney for Marble. Touchdowns Tennev.

Coal from touchdown. Ashbaugli. Time of periods, Pi minutes each. Keferee, Dr. A.

II. Sharpe, Yale; umpire, Carl Marshall, Harvard; field judge. J. ('. McCarthy, Germantiiwn Academy; head linesman, A.

A. Howell, Princeton. down aud determination in every movement. The touchdown was again converted into a goal by the accurate right toe of tho ehubbv Mr. Morrell.

It was right here hat Nebraska rooters showed of what stuff they are made in the Cornhusker state. They cheered just as loudly for their defeated athletes as before the pame. Tho Nebraska band played the Cornhusker air with spirit and one on the outside might have imagined that Nebraska had just scored a touchdown instead of Minnesota. On the side of the field the Miunnesota enthusiasm had no bounds. The second touchdown practically cinched the game in the minds of every one and it made Minnesota rooters look forward to a possible conference championship once again.

Pickering Kicus a Goal. The Gopher got anotner score in this prolific third period and Captain Pickering was again the man who produced it. This time is was Pick's largo right foot that counted for Minnesota, lie dropped back for a place kick on the S.Vvard line. Now nobodv ever saw Pickering try for a field goal be- "brought home the bacon' Two forward passes worked like well-oiled machinery, a touchdown coming on each one. One of tbet-e passes, the one that cave Minnesota its first score really broke tho hearts of the struggling Nf-brnskans.

l'ickering flipped the call to Knlpli Capron out on the right end when Minnesota had the ball on the Scarlet ami Cream M-yard Capron wriggled and dodged, he squirmed and writhed, stiff -armed and ducked, eluding tackier after tackier in one or the nnvt spoetaeular runs ceeu on Northrop field for many a day and one of the most wekonie. Capron Gets Touchdown. Aided tdightlv by some quicklv interference Capron swerved and plunged along until ho planted the oval squarely behind the goal posts for the first five points of the alter- Not in vears has there been such a demonstration at. Northrop field. Some outbreaks mav have surpassed that of yesterday afternoon in noise and some, perhaps, in enthusiasm, but not one in whole-hearted rejoicing.

The beautiful run indicated to Minnesota supporters that the Gophers were the Gophers of old; not the eleven that performed against South Dakota, but rather the fiery, fighting, tipirited bunch of true Minnesotuns. Minesota stands went wild with joy. Maroon and Gold were in the air with hats, canes and a great blend-ine of hoarse voices. For five minutes .1 Lent. nil.

The 1101S6 Of This great halfback made the one great play of the day late in the second ouarter, when taking the ball for a play into the line from the 49-vard mark, he broke through the Illinois lino standing up ami then dodged the back-field plavers for a dadi down tho field for another touchdown. The last touchdown came in the hist quarter, when h'ademaeher blocked an attempted punt by Roberts from behind the Illinois goal and fell on the ball himself for the points which made the total 21 Illinois' attempts to gain were not spectacular or successful in the least, Jack Marks' Charges Victorious. South Bend, Oct. '22 Notre Dame defeated Butler College iu a drizzling rain today by the score of 27 to 0. Captain Thomas' puntiug aud the tackling of Summei'lin and Morgan stopped the best efforts of Coaen Marks' stars.

The visitors weaKened in the final period and a series of line plunges by the heavy Notre Dame backfield resulted in four touchdowns. Louis Stevens made as much ground as I i INI i i 1 1 t.t.it. He was dazed for a time because of a blow on the head, but stayed in the THE MINNESOTA LINE WAS A VERITABLE STONE WALL and ome or twice during the entire game did the down-staters succeed in making their first down. 'fhev evidently had expected to excel at the kicking game, but Seiler was no match for Scrubv at 'the punting business, although it must be admitted that the Illinois star had almost, no chance whatever to get a wav his kicks. The Chicago linemen and backfield men were terribly aggressive in getting through the linn ami on nearly every attempt Seiler had two or three Maroons on top of him as he was trying to punt the ball.

Scruby, on the other hand, had magnificent protection iu nearly everv instance, for the Maroons blocked beautifully and the kicking of the Maroon end was the one great feature of the game. Only once in tho game did Illinois seem to be on the vere of a spurt aud this was when the injured Roberts had been called from the sidelines to take his regular place in the bncklield. The Illinois captain played like a demon, taking the ball for ono short gain after another and, although at times he appeared to be on the start, of a long-run, ho never could quite get away from Sauer and his tackling mates. Had runs ami line plunges, forward passes, side kicks and low rolling punts were all tried bv the Illinois attack in the desperate hope that some of the plays n-ight go, but tho gams could iiot be made through the spirited defense whic Stagg's men made, until the very huish. When Chicago made tne first place kick, the thousands of Illinois rooters believed that this was simply a short piece of luck for the Maroous, for their team had gone to tho field strong fe.vorites, but as the Chicago men continued to increase, tho score, these rooters knew that, the conference championship was gone for the year.

They could not believe that remnants of the great team of 1910 could possibly lie 1 eaten by Chicago aud, true to their traditional ganjencss in pluck and per-verenee, their rooter brigade stuck to the veiling until the sad tale was, finally told. It wns in this yellini' department that the I li'eis men excelled ami they made the Mareou rooters turn green villi envy, even though did have the big end of the score. Illinois' band. too. wh another feature of her nppearauce, for this musical organization, one iMindrcd pieces in action, mas probably not only the largest, but also one of the best college bauds that ever appeared ou a football field.

Comparison Is Impossible. The weather was so bud and fast play so utterly impossible that anv nt-Ic'iiid to compare Chicago's strength with that of ihnnesoiH is ahnof.t impossible. The Maroon team was suppose, lie fast and tricky, with onlv indifferent line, but yesterday Stags' t'orvvards showed themselves to be f.li best he has hud in They celled not through any surrender of the opposing lllini, for the Illinois forwards jumped in hard all the way, bo the Maroons would not topped, nd at times it seemed as if tiie whole htm the baud could be distinguished faintly at intervals but it was drowned out, for all its brass throated instruments, when the human orchestra set itself to ulaviu" the time of thankfulness. On the other side of the field the handful of Nebraska rooters huddled motionless. Thcv were stunned; tho great apron stunt "struck them like a bombshell.

Until that time Nebraska had held the Gophers on fairlv even terms, but Capron 's remarkable dodging performance, during the course of which he completely eluded three waiting Nebraska tacklers, caused consternation in the Nebraska stands. They didn't know what to make of it. But Maine-nota did and the outburst was real. Morrell 's attempt at goal was awaited with some anxiety, in the games against Ames and South Dakota, Minnesota had been unable to convert a touchdown. Morrell played his first game of the season yesterday and the fat boy, who proved his worth bv his performance at center, made himself lloibly valuable to the team by his work in kicking goals.

lie landed that first one fair and true over the bar nnd Minnesota ran up tho field to take the next kiekofl'. Pickering Doea Some Punting. It wasn't long until the Gophers again hod the ball within striking distance. Pickering's great punting was responsible for this. Old Minnesota-rontars enthusiastically asserted that no such exhibition of punting has been seon Northrop field since, the days of Goorge Capron, the kin of all kickers of recent years.

Pickering shut anav ono kick that went, something morn than vnvds and cleared Owen X) ftp CJ 1 vs. lv rv 5fcyA -r "-v-'-ll I Willi I I II II III Ml) I ll 'Frank's 'The Nebraska team lost yards and vards every time dickering tha' ball and the Gopher Cfiu- iiun showed rare judgment with his kicks, invariably doing the long distance at the right time. 1'Snollv Minnesota had tho bail within striking distance. Nebraska had fought and struggled valiantly on rrry play. They had stopped somo.