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ift burnt 0te (14) MINNEAPOLIS, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1920 Steketee Kick From Placement Defeats Gophers, 3 to 0 Ohio Wins 'Big 10' Title on Last-Minute Pass Michigan's Only Score Result of Bad Fumble Maroon and Gold Warriors Twice Have Ball Within Striking Distance of Goal, But Are Baffled in Touchdown Attempts. Crimson Backs Boot Three Goals From Field and Humble Yale Bulldog, 9 to 0 Myers Gets Long Throw, Races Across Goal Line tt 't i Illinois, Weakened and Crippled, Fights Stubbornly to Check Onslaughts of Buckeye Backfield Stinch-" comb Best Ground Gainer. Urbana, 111., Nov. 20. Ohio State carried the 1920 football championship of the Westenr conference back to the presidential By EARL ARNOLD.

Outplaying the highly-touted Michigan team, fresh from its brilliant victory over Chicago a week ago, Minnesota's Gophers went down to glorious defeat on Northrop field yesterday glorious because the team that was best yesterday lost lost by a fumble, before 25,000 Minnesota homecomers. The score was 3 to 0, Steketee's famous toe sending the ball over the Maroon and Gold decorated cross-bar in the second quarter after the Wolverines had recovered the ball on a fumble on Minnesota's 20-yard line. By its victory the Maize and Blue team carried the famous Minnesota-Michigan "Little Brown Jug" back to Ann Arbor last night. The Michigan eleven went away rejoicing, Coach Yost declaring himself glad to win by any margin, after it had been entertained by the Minnesota team at a "purity" banquet following the game. state tonight.

In the most spectacular finish years, the Ohioans triumphed over Illinois 7 to 0 in the deciding game of the "Big Ten" rate today when Myers in the last ten seconds of play snatched a 37-yard forward pass from Workman and dashed across the Orange and Blue line for the only touchdown of the game. Pete Stinchcomb, the brilliant Ohio left half kicked the ball squarely between the Illinois goal for the extra By winning today's game Ohio remained undefeated this season and ha3 undisputed claim to the title. f. Liberties Meet Marine Eleven in Title Tilt Game Feature of Independent Season Oaks Meet Triangles in Preliminary. There will be a double gridiron program at Nicollet park this afternoon for followers of the amateur and independent game in this city.

The unbeaten Liberties of South Minneapolis and the Marines, the All Stars foe Thanksgiving day, will furnish the main attraction, while In the preliminary battle the Oaka will do battle with the Triangles. The preliminary game today promises to be a hummer. The Triangles are unbeaten this year in the senior division of the Park league. So is the Oak eleven which has four victories and two ties. If the Oaks can overthrow their opponents this afternoon, they will be in line for the championship.

It will necessitate another game between the Arrows and Oaks. riaycrs Numbered. Players in the big game all will be numbered, the two managers agreed last night. This numbering plan made quite a hit last Sunday In the Staley game and probably will be continued for the rest of the season. The Marine-Liberty clash is arousing considerable- The Liberties have a 7-6 victory over the Ascensions to boast about as well as wins over the St.

Louis Parks and Federals. The Marines took the game In order to make their claims to the Northwest independent championship clean cut and so that there would be no dispute about their rights to battle the All Stars in the annual Turkey Day event. Have Strong Kicker. The Liberties are credited with a strong eleven and the Marines are not underrating them a bit. The Southtown athletes have an excellent punter In Louie Larson, halfback.

His kicking In games this season has been remarkable. A great toe duel between him and Sampson of the Marines Is expected. The IJberties will compare well in weight with the Marines. The officials will be: Conrad Ekhlund, referee; Henry Lund, umpire, and Hubert Dustin, head linesman. Tba llnann and nntnSars follow: Marlnaa No.

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Said: Kelley Turns Down Position With Phillies St Paul Manager Decides to Stake Fortunes With Saints Again. Mike Kelly, manager of the Champion St. Paul team of the American Association, yesterday declined offers extended him by the Philadelphia club of the National league to become pilot of the Eastern outfit. The salary offered Kelly to switch Jobs was declared the largest ever held out to a manager without experience In the big leagues, but Mike, after a conference with the owners of the Saints, decided to "sit tight" and stake his fortunes with the Saints another year. Manager Mike was sought by the Phillies to replace "Gawy" Cravath, former A.

A. star, whose leadership was found very unsatisfactory during the past season. Winona, Stillwater in 0-0 Battle at Winona Winona. Nov. 20.

Winona and Stillwater high schools battled to a scoreless tie here ln their football contest this afternoon. This was the final game of the local school's schedule. Neither team possessed punch enough to make headway when a slight gain would have meant a touchdown. A fumble in the second period cost the visitors a chance to score sfter they had brought the ball to the local's 10-yard line by a series tf end runs and line smashes. Stillwater, claiming the championship of Its district, will end Its season with a game Thanksgiving Day against Humbolt high school of St.

Paul, the champion high school team of that city. Dartmouth Team Leaves for Washington Game Boston, Kov. 10. Less than two hours after it had defeated Brown here today, the Dartmouth College football team was on its way to Seattle, to meet the University of Washington eleven In a game to be played next Saturday. St.

Paul, is the first stop scheduled for the party, which numbers 21 players and coaches. There they will be entertained by the St. Paul-Dartmouth alumni assocla The team Is due In Seattle on Wednesday plght. Wkat Toe of Davey Again Brings Badger Victory Quarterback's 37 Drop Kick Defeats Maroons in Fierce Struggle. Stagg Field, Nov.

20. Allan Davy sent a drop kick spinning through the uprights In the final quarter today and gave Wisconsin threo points to none for Chicago In a game In which Chi cago gained honors for Its valiant fighting, although forced to surrender the victory to the Badger. The Maroons, apparently facing an overwhelming defeat at the hands' of the eleven which a week ago conquer ed Illinois, rushed Into the contest with an aggressive spirit which kept Wisconsin on the defensive throughout the first quarter. Maroon TUy Dazzling. Every Maroon play was characteriz ed by daring and determination which brought cheers from the 80,000 specta tors In appreciation of the efforts of Coach Sugg's men to close their un successful season with a comeback which would have been unparalleled In recent Western Conference annals, The latent superiority of Wisconsin began to show In the second half, bow ever.

Forward passes which Chicago previously had broken up easily began to nestle safely In the arms of Crimson sweatered athletes and the slashing off tackle dashes of the Badger half backs brought additional yardage. About the middle of the final period Wisconsin recovered the ball on Its own 45-yard line. Williams, whose leaping runs had brought many gains to Coach Richard's team, dodged and twisted around end for 30 yards and after forward passes had failed, Davey dropped back to the 37-yard line for a kick. line Holds. The forwards held beautifully and Davey took several seconds to get the ball In position In his hands.

Just as' McQulre. the Chicago tackle, leaped high to block, Davey's toe met the ball and sent It end over end squarely between the uprights for ths only points of the game. It was the second victory he had brought Wisconsin this season, his kick beating Minnesota 3 to 0 a few weeks ago. The lineup: wlactmitn tTilcain T.lll It. K.

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New Haven, Nov, 20. Repulsed repeatedly in their attacks at the Tale goal line today, Harvard resorted to a kicking offense and with three field goals defeated the Ells by 9 to 0 in the annual football combat In the Yale bowl. The contest, witnessed by -elose' to 80,000 spectators, and tho thlrty-nlnth between the two universities since 1875, was a remarkable exhibition of the comparatively modern opti and aerial game. While loosely played at times, it fairly bristled with thrilling forward passes and sweeping runs which repeatedly brought the thousands of Blue and Crimson adherents to their feet as though the occupants of the vast bowl were being manipulated by a system of wires such as are used In puppet shows. i Defeat Not Unexpected.

Thd defeat of Yale, while not unexpected, took a roost unusual turn, due to the ragged but savage defense of the Ells, who, facing a far more finished football machine, refused to be awed by the gridiron Juggernaut of Harvard. Hurling their bodies In front of the Crimson charges or leaping upon, dodging and squirming runners, the Yale players battled so savagely that although the Cambridge clan several times drove the Ells back to the shadow of their own goal posts, a touchdown was beyond the physical ability of the Crimson eleven, led by Arnold Horween. In this crisis Harvard fell back upon the kick for field goal and three times out of five tries Buell tooted the ball between the uprights, while Yale, de-feeten but not disgraced, left the field with the satisfaction of having partially checked its greatest rival In a triumph that was considered such a foregone conclusion that Harvard cohorts were offering odds of 3 to 1 before the game with few takers. Defense Is Strong. Both teams showed a stronger defense than attack and this was particularly noticeable in the case of Yale, which apparently had assimilated the lesson of.

the Princeton defeat and fol lowed the ball with commendable seal Harvard found it reasonably easy to gain ground between the 25-yard lines but once within striking distance of a touchdown the Yale line and secondary defense stiffened and held their rivals' charges to small gains, which necessitated kicking. The Blue, however, failed to develop anything in the way of a deceptive attack, and almost all its line plunges, end runs and pass-en were diagnosed and held to a failure or small gains. The very intensity with which the Yale eleven made its last stand added Immensely to the thrill and excitement of the play. So keen did the rival players struggle for scores that (Continued on Page 3, Col. 7.) tlie Coackes 4 I "The final to in kicking occasion when while Minnesota, but just missed having the ball line.

"The game and spectacular very evenly work of each and seen on historic Illinois field in I Both teams were keyed to a high. fighting pitch and fought virtually on even terms until the final few minutes of play. Illinois, weakened through the loss of Captain John Depler, All. Western center, and further crippled by Injuries to Carney, the brilliant re ceiving end of the spectacular Valquit Carney aerial combination, and Ralph Fletcher, star kicker and halfback, fought stubbornly to check the smash Ing attack of Ohio's suierb back-field. The Ohioans carried the fight into Illinois territory during most of the game, although each eleven marched the ball to within inches of the opposing goal, but lacked the drive to put the oval across.

Stinchcomb Best Bet. To Stinchcomb fell the main task of carrying the ball for Ohio. In tha second period he ran Si yards for a gain that placed the ball on Illinois' 17-yard line. From there It was dance to Illinois' one-yard line whera the Illini stiffened and held stubbornly for down. Again, at the opening of tho second half, Stinchcomb returned the ball from the Illinois' kick-off fur 52 yards, but until the last few seconds of play Illinois kept the driving Ohioans from the shadow of Us goal.

Subs Ruhlied into Fray. Unable to make consistent gr.tns and with time shrinking fast, Coach Wik-e sent several fresh Ohio players lnta the game In a desperate attempt to score. "Hogo" Workman, the Ohio quarterback, decided on an aerial attack lo achieve victory and the famed Ohio forward pass was brought Into play. Workman heaved four passes In cession, but two of them were Incom plete. On the first pass to StinchcomU the ball was placed-on Illinois' 43-yard line." The next two missed their mark.

On the fourth attempt Workman shot the ball 37 yards Into the waiting hands of Myers who grabbed it out of the air and raced across the goal. Fans Pour Onto Field. Mad with delight, the 5,000 Ohio fai.s p.ured out of the stands and on the field as Stlnchcomb's try for goal went sailing between the Illinois' posts. The Ohioans followed their 100-plece band in a wild snake dance around the field while the Illini rooters thunderstruck by the sudden finish of the game remained in their seats singing "Illinois loyalty." The lineup: OHIO roalMmi. Illlnnlw .1.

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Krboininar, I htrag Klel.l lu.ga Snulaf, California Has Easy-Time for Coast Tills Berkeley, Nov. 20. University of California's undefeated football 1uk gernaut rumbled over the Stanford university team today to a 38 to 0 victory and the championship of the Pacide coast conference. Football Scores West. Mlrhican, Minnesota.

0. Ohio Stale, Illinois. 0. Whcoiiiln. 0.

Notre Dame, 33: Northwestern, 0. NeliraMis, 33; MIcliiKfln Agtlis, 7. Carleton, 17; Maralester, 0. Indians, 10; riir'due, 7. lows, It; Ames, 10.

Oklahoma, Kansas Agnlcs, 7. Idaho, 20; Montana, 7. lialdwin Wallace. 20; (ane. 0.

Oregon, Oregnn Agfe, 0. -California. 38; Stanford, 0. Colorado, Colorado grlri, 0. MnrnlnK'Idr, II; Drake, 8.

firlnnell, 17; Cornell. 8. Heidelberg, estern Reserve, 0, East. Harvard, Yale, It. IVnn)lvsnls, 27; Columbia, 0.

Dartmouth, II: Brown, 0. Hyracuse, Colsafe, 0. Ijifayette. 27; I-hlgh. 7.

Kpruigfleld Y.M.C.A.. 7: Detroit, 3. West Virginia. ft-thany, 0. Amherst, 14; William.

7. Holy Cross, 32; New H.wipihlre State, 0. Mass. Aggie. 21; Tufts, 0.

Stevens, 21; New York, 14. SvTsrthmnre, 2fl; Harerford, t. South. Centre College, Vlrjlnla Polly, 0. ('arnecfe Tech, YVaslilnstn snil Jefferson, 0.

Washington and Lee, 17; Ceorie- 'own, 7. Alubams, Jl; Ceort's, II. Northwestern Snowed Under By Notre Dame Rockne First-Stringers Are Rushed to Rescue in Sec-Triangles in Prelim. Evanstoni 111., Nov. 20.

-After Northwestern university's football team had held the Notre Datne eleven scoreless for the first quarter, the visitors threw in the first string men and later added Glpp, the sensational halfback to the lineup, whipping the Western conference aggregation by 33 to 7. Northwestern started the battle with a perplexing array of forward passes, in addition to trying two goals, which were failures. Notre Dame was somewhat dazed by the speedy introduction but toward the end of the first quarter, the machine that succeeded In beating the Army began to hold and show Improvement. After the reg ulars were sent In Notre Dame sent two men across for touchdowns In the second period, making another in the third and two In the" fourth. Notre Dame put in all of Its first string men, except Gipp, at the start of the second quarter.

Notre Dame scored a touchdown by a forward pass, Mohardt to E. Anderson, from North-western's five-yard line. Brandy kicked goal. A succession of successful forward passes and line plunges. Barry, substitute for Coughlin went over for Notre Dame's second touchdown.

Shaw kicked goal, More than 18,000 peoplo witnessed the contest, every available space being taken in the two grandstands and three bleachers, in addition to boxes in front of the stands. Excellent Passes, McMillin's Gain, Win for Centre Louisville, Nov. 20. Excellent forward passing, aided by the line smashing of Capt. B.

McMlllln gave the Centre college football eleven of Danville, a 28 to 0 victory over Virginia Polytechnic Institute here today. Although just out of a sick bed Quarterback McMlllln hit the Gobbler line for long gains and two touchdowns, besides doing much forward passing, one pass going 23 yards for a touchdown. Weaver completed the four touchdowns by kicking goal, bringing his consecutive goal kicks to 86 in tho last two seasons, which Is believed to be an American record. The Virginians twice threatened the Centre goal, but plunging power at the zero hour failed them. A a.

4a 4 I JL II ti 'rrj Ay ly Kit V- -v. 5 I .11 II I me gams was a heart-breaker to very true Mlnneiiotan. Twice the gold-Jerseyed team had the tall within triklnff distance, due to sensational forward passes and clever open field running, but couldn't muster the necessary punch to put It over for the one touchdown that would have won. Once the tall was on the Michigan Iyard line wlih four downs to make the distance. Three smaHhes took It to the six-inch line.

Then the Minnesota team conferred to plan the final The conference was costly. The team had taken time out once too often In that quarter. It wan justly penalized two yards because some Minnesota player caned time out. Ok made a final effort, lie fell short and Minnesota's chance was Oss Again a Star, Arnold Cms yeaterday again stamped himself as one of the greatest half-backs In Minnesota football history. II played a wonderful defensive game, was In every play, and It was Oas that made the almoet Impossible eatches of forward pa.ws.

sometimes pressed by three and four Michigan men, that put Minnesota in a position to score. By Its defeat the 1920 Minnesota football team will go down In history as the (cam that lost six straight Conference games. Cut there was no disgrace Id yesterday's game. It was a wonderful game, from every angle. Minnesota's hopes (if victory went glimmering when the boys, tired by their constant Uttering, failed to seors when a score seemed certain, to be sure, but It was a football game very minute.

Kicker Sadly Needed. Had Etekete happened to be wearing the Maroon-and Gold the result would have been reversed. Minnesota, just a few minutes after the fatal three-point game-winning field goal iad been kicked, had the ball la almost the same position on Michigan's line. But Minnesota didn't have a Bteketee, or a Capron, or a Mc-Govern. Harry Brown, stellar little halfback, did his best but his drop-kick fell short.

It took Minnesota the first quarter to find Itself. Vnllke the Iowa and Illinois gKrtfoi. when the team's greatest strength was shown in the first quarter or first half. Minnesota yesterday didn't really get started until the third period. But she was not badly outplayed even In the first.

The quarter ended scoreless, although the ball was In Minnesota territory most of the. time. All GoplterV Second Half. In spite of the fact that Michigan cored hs place kick: in the second period, the period belonged to the Gopher on actual play. The score come after Captain Arnlson had been tackled when he attempted to skirt the Michigan right end.

There was no ex cuse for the fumble and Arntson played it badly after he dropped it. attempting a recovery by crawling on Ills hands and knees while a Michigan man leaped and recovered the ball. The second half was all Minnesota's. the ball being In Michigan territory tactically all the time, the Michigan team being forced to fight on Its goal Mne once, and on Its 12-yard line at another time. What Minnesota needed yesterday was an Eddie Ruben, a charging back who could scatter the opposition and go those few yards and, on the third down.

Inches, for a touchdown. But Ruben wasn't there and there 1 no use crying over spilled tnllk. Mk-hlfsn Wonder Team, Minnesota congratulates Michigan. She has a wonder team. The Gophers can readily realise why Illinois won only because of a kicked goal and why Ohio won only because she was lucky enough to tie the score by a long for ward pass and then win it by falling on a blocked punt But 'the Gophers yesterday were better than the Wol yerlnes.

They deserved to win and the worst they should have got was a scoreless tie. A feature of the frame was the re markable game put tip by Gllstad. Dr. Williams' new find. He outpunted the treat Steketee by ft considerable mar gin in the last three quarters ana ran the ball well whenever canea on Gruye.

right end, was another star. He reovered a fumble once In the center of field and he played his po-anion well. Ekberg's. play, while pot as brilliant as against Iowa, was steady and sure. The entire Minnesota line deserved congratulations.

It dldn look like the same line of a week ago. Drown and Grave Star. Oss had a capahle running mate in Brown. Brown fought like a tiger, He played the best game he has show-ed this year. The llttlir fellow was carried off.

the field In the third quar ter. He was deathly sick and had not recovered I est nlffht. Gruye was the last few minutes In a trance, due to a head Injury, but his training car- tied blm through. The entire team showed that It got fuot what it needed last week rest. It was overtrained at Iowa.

It was "all In in the last half there, but it Coach Yost "I am glad to take this game by a 3 to 0 score. It was a great game of football. Minnesota showed wonderful fight and surprised us. We were fortunate to get the ball in a position where a place kick was possible. I lost two of my men early -m the game.

Nelson, the fullback, went out, a very sick boy, and Cappon, end, also was ill 'e were forced to use a green substitute in Cohn, but he played remarkably well, as did Perrin, after he took up the fullback burden and Cohn went to end for Cappon. Nelson's fever was 101 when he reached the gymnasium. We congratulate Minnesota for clean sportsmanship and an excellent team." Dr. Williams result of the game was a keen disappointment the whole team. Michigan succeeded a goal from the field on the only they were within scoring distance, three times had a nopportunity, each time once in the final quarter two feet from the Michigan goal was hard fought, cleanly played from start to finish, andthe teams matched.

We have only priase for the for the game that they put up." Breaks Through Mickian Line for Eiht Yard Gain (' iV jtv 'V. A 4. ft. K-i -l Th Tribune cameraman, Drew Blymer, caught Neal Arntson, captain and quarterback of the Minnesota team, yesterday as he broke through the Wolverine line for an eight-yard run In the first quarter. Considering the day, th picture is remarkable for action.

It shows the Minnesota team, on tha run, with the captain gettinif away practically alone. It was plays of his kind that gave Minnesota the decided cdpe on ground gained, both on first downs and on forward passes. Minnesota completed six passes for good gains while Michigan failed to make- on good, attempting htree. It was a trick fate that gave Michigan it tare pointa on a fumblo by Arataon, tho only acoro of tho garao, ff HCmfomti Pact 8, Col. I A.