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fi BRILLIANT CLOSE OF THE FOOTBALL SEASON MINNESOTA'S GREAT 1901 TEAM A Review of the Season With Its Nine Victories and Its One Defeat. THE SEASON'S RECORD Minnesota 16 High Schools 0 Minnesota " 35 Carleton 0 Minnesota 27 Physicians and Surgeons.... 0 Minnesota 19 Nebraska 0 Minnesota 16 lowa 0 Minnesota 28 Haskell Indians 0 Minnesota (second team) .... 10 North Dakota 0 Minnesota 0 Wisconsin 18 Minnesota In Northwestern 0 Minnesota 16 Illinois 0 Minnesota 183 All opponents 18 The Minnesota football team of 1901 has passed into history as one of the greatest that ever battled for the Maroon and Gold. Its record is one long string of victories, broken only by the unfortunate slump at Madison. To the badgers belongs the honor of being the only gridiron warriors to score on Minnesota in 1901. * The chief fault of the varsity this year has been a lack of that unconquerable, never-say-die spirit which wins battles. In most of the games she played Minneso tah as lost the ball on downs when within easy striking distance of the enemy's goal line. In some games this happened sev eral times. The fact is eloquent. And yet the Minnesota men were not "quit ters." Witness their fine "brace" in the second half at Wisconsin when they pre vented their opponents from scoring. Wit ness their two victories at Bvanston and Champaign after the disheartening defeat at Madison had wrecked their champion ship hopes. All through the season the varsity has figured in the "dope books" of the critics as "the Gopher giants." This has been partly due to Coach Williams' policy of keeping the weight of his men secret. -hey are big fellows—but not as big as the Imaginations of their opponents and the critics painted them. The average weight of Minnesota is just 178 pounds. So declares Dr. Williams. While Wisconsin and Michigan will di vide honors of leadership in the west, Min nesota's place alongside these two cannot he disputed. She had a harder, much harder schedule than either Wisconsin or Michigan, and permitted but one of her many strong opponents to cross her goal line. Besides Minnesota played football yesterday of a kind that demonstrated her right to a place among the leaders. When the veteran players of great teams go into ecstasies over a team's work, it must have done something of real merit. To play two schedules such as Minnesota's for 1900 and 1901, and lose but one game is a proud record and Minnesota will do still better. . Some Changes Inevitable. Next year promises much. Lafans, who has been Minnesota's great half back this year, will not be in the game next year: nor Aune and Hoyt, the great right ends; nor Page, the unconquerable center. Pos sibly even Rogers^ won't play, but there will be ample material left, on which to ■work. Strathern, Schact, Fee, Flynn, Do bie, Knowlton, Thorpe, Evans, Bidlake, 3>avies, Rlcker, Harris, Tift, Liggett, O'Brien end others will be in the squad. If Rogers is out it will be because the "big nine" makes a rule aginst Carlisle men, classing that school as a college, in athletics, at least. There ia much talk of doing bo. But this is not place for forecast, It Is the place for retrospect. The Early- Outlook. The football season approached with the available material a matter of doubt. Some of the heroes of 1900 were expected back, but just how many could not be told. • Aune, the stalwart left end, was running a fancy farm for some one up in the country and it was said it would be bard to get him away. Fee, left tackle, was digging gold or other precious min erals out of the Washington mountains end might not return. Flynn, left guard, bad had a slight difference of opinion with the head of the school of mines and it was rumored that he would not be allowed to register, in which case he would not be ■een on the campus this year. Page was expected back, but It was announced au thoritatively that he would not play. Mueller, right guard, was pretty certain to return, still there was room for doubt. (Tweet, right tackle, was certain not to Return. Hoyt, right end, was coming back, but his work was so arranged that It was feared that he would be unable to play. Lafans, left halfback, was regarded as a certainty, but Van Valkenburg, right half, It was known, would not be back. Dobie and Knowlton, quarterback and ' fulback respectively, were sure to be in the game. There was a reasonable cer tainty" that there would be back several Of the best of the substitutes of the previ ous year, however, and along with them tome of the best of the men who had played on the teams of the preparatory schools ln Thorpe of Pillsbury acad emy. Bidlake, Ricker and "Sig" Harris Of the Central High School, and Liggett and O'Brien of the St. Paul high schools. The elements of uncertainty, It will be teen, were numerous. However, Dr. H. J_ Williams, athletic director of the uni versity, with a small squad of me, short ly before the opening of the fall term of school. Bet out for Grand Marias, Minn., on the north short of Lake Superior, there to take preliminary steps toward the shap ing of a football team for 1901. Early In September the doctor and his men returned. In the squad was a man who has since demonstrated his ability to play football of a superior quality; that was Rogers, who last year captained the Carlisle Indian team, and before the resent season had gone far had won the right to wear the "M." Soon after school opened the squad got down to work. Among the men who were out every evening for practice were Clarke Evans, who has also won the "M"; Sehacht, another man who has been 1901 RECORD OF THE BIG NINE J |Mich.| Wis. |Minn.|N. W.| 111. | Chi. |lowa.| Ind. |P'duo .Won I _? Michigan .. ..I • ......|.. .....| |22— 0(50— olss— 0 3<. * MicW«an .. ..| • | | | | |22-OJSO-0|33-0 3.> * Wisconsin | | • |18 — 0 | |S5 — 0| '. .... 2<. «$> Minnesota | (0 18| • 16— OJI6 — 0| |16—0 ' | "*"' 3 <$> «8> Northwestern. j | j o—l6| • |17—11| 6— 5|......|!"!" _o^-_ 3<_ Z "„f° ! I I 0-1611-17| * 124 — OJ27— 0 18— 0 27- 6 4 <$> <-> Chioago I 0—22 o—3s] |5 — 6| 0— * X 5—5 14 <*, * 10wa... I o—so | o—l6l | 0—271 | • .. *•" , - 0 <*> <. Indiana. j 0—33 j... | j o—lß ....... | ..... I ''• ',""" 05 a ♦ Purdue I j...... I 5-10|......| 5— 51 1 '"." % <*> ♦ j [._____* X % °St ... ....j 0' j 0 I 1 j 1-| 2: |4* |"T"|. 2|2% j • _> _f I I I " <$> l__>_X•fc_«sX-<Sy_<___^__^v___^_^__^ ______ ______ _ _ . decorated; Boeckmann, Strathern, who succeeded to Mueller's place at right guard in the game with Wisconsin, and after, and many others, including Tift, who has been a faithful worker, and Allen, formerly of Chicago university. First Game of Season. The first opportunity the public had to get a line on the men was Sept. 21, when the varsity played a "half" each with the teams of Minneapolis Central and St. Paul Central high schools. With the Minneapolis boys the best the universi ty boys could do was a tie —0 to 0 — though they outplayed the high school boys, gaining ground at will amost and putting up a defense that their younger opponents could not break down. Their failure to score was due to fumbles and flukes. Against the St Paul boys they ran up a score of 16 to 0. In the team that played for the university there were only five of the team of 1900. They were Fee, Mueller, Aune, Dobie and Knowlton. In the first half, the new men were Rogers, left end; Van Camp, left guard; Strathern, center; Thorpe, right tackle; Boeckmann and Allen, left half; Irsfield, right half; in the second half Ricker took Van Camp's place at left guard and Boeckr'ann continued at left half. There was some disposition on the part of the rooters to be dissatisfied with the showing,but it was generally felt to be too early in the season to condemn. Game With Carleton. Sept. 28 came the second chance to see what the big men could do. Results were generally satisfactory. Carleton was de feated 35 to 0. In the game appeared Rogers at left end. Fee at tackle, Flynn at his old place at left guard, Page at his place at center, Muelelr at right guard, Sehacht at right tackle, a position to which he soon estab lished his title; Tift at right end, Dobie at quarter, Boeckmann at left half, Lafans at his place of the year before at right half, and Knowlton at fullback. In the second half there was ; a general switch, many of the so-called substitutes going In and making the line up for the university as follows: , ■-;■ *;: Boeckman, left end; Waist, left tackle; Ricker, left guard; Strathern, center; Nel son, right guard; Freeman, right tackle; Ev ans, right end; Dobie, quarter; Allen, left half; Thorpe, right half; Bidlake, fullback. Faults Pointed Oat. The possibilities of the team were seen ln the play of the men against Carleton, but there were faults painfully apparent. While the offense appeared strong, it was not' so effective as the light Carleton line made it appear. On drives into the line something could always be gained on ac count of the superior weight and strength of Minnesota. But in plays around the ends and outside of tackle, the gains were comparatively small and often the runner was caught well behind the line. This was due to the fact that the backs started so slowly that they did not reach the line in time to furnish interference of value. When running with the ball i Lafans and Boecvkman showed excellent speed, but when forming interference they were often so slow that the runner was obliged either to dash in ahead of them, without protection, or to lag behind and have small chance of making a run, inasmuch as the opponents were already through the line. Game With Chicago Doctors. Saturday, Oct. 5, the game was against the Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago, who were reported to be stars and fast. The score was 27 to 0; the doctors were "easy"; they had not lined up before for the season, so could not be counted upon to do much in spite of the fact that they were all veteran players. The Minnesota team had begun to work into shape and was made up of the fol lowing men: Rogers, left end; Fee, left tackle: Flynn, left guard; Page, center; Mueller, right guard; Waist, Thorpe, right tackle; Aune, right end; Dobie, quarterback; Allen and Boeckman, left halfback; Lafans, right half back; Knowlton, fullback. The game was little better than prac tice for the gophers. There was much to admdre in the individual work of the men. - Fee was wildly cheered. Boeck man was also the object of a noisy out burst. Dobie distinguished himself time and again; so did Rogers, Aune, Allen, little Johnny Flynn and Knowlton, but it was all in grandstand work. When the runner was trying to make ground he was almost Invariably alone. The ball was not handled cleanly. It was lost several times on fumbles and on the kick offs and punts all the players who tried to catch the ball bungled. Dobie, how ever, got a sure grip on any pigskin with in leaping distance. The Sturdy Cornhnskers. What the team would do against a well trained team was still problematical. Saturday, Oct. 12, brought the Nebraskans, who had loudly boasted of what they were going to do with the gopher giants. They came, saw and were conquered. Minne sota won 19 to 0. The score at the end of the first half was 7 to 0. Despite the fact that the game was won with com paratively ease the varsity had not seemed to put Its full power into every play. The boys seemed willing to play hard enough to win, but not as hard as they could. Had they thrown themselves into every play with complete abandonment of any der.ire to save themselves, and with the one thought to make ground or to prevent the Nebraskans from making ground, the score wculd have been far larger and the boys would have been playing a style of football that might have prevented the defeat by Wisconsin. The habit of such playing is a good thing to get into when a hard row of games is ahead. The fault was pointed out at the time, but profit was not taken by it.. A veteran player who saw the game said; ...'. •"_>, >'■'•.'.*■ In watching Minnesota play one cannot but feel that the whole power of the team is not always ln every play; that the men have not yet awakened to the knowledge of their full power and the possibilities before them of doing more than they do do. No man shirks; every man tries to do his best, but there is a sleeping lion that must yet be awakened before Minnesota can reach the full tide of her, power. The line-up for the Nebraska game was as follows: Rogers, left end; Fee, left tackle; Flynn. left guard; Page, center; Mueller, right guard; Sehacht, right tackle; Aune, right end; Dobie, quarter; Evans and Thorpe, left half; Lafans, right half; Knowlton (captain), fullback. A Period of "Protests." Oct. 21 was the day set for the game with Grinnell. The game was not played owing to the death of Governor J. S. Pillsbury. A week later came the game with the lowans who in 1900 had so loud ly asserted their claims to the western championship. With it also began the "protesting business" that marred the pleasure of the season. Nevertheless, the protesting business was well and properly begun. There was in reality no protest. Three weeks before the game Minnesota had courteously notified the lowa authorities that Clyde Williams, lowa's team captain, seemed from reports received to have been guilty of profession alism and asked that an investigation be made. lowa made an investigation and her committee came to Minneapolis the day of the game determined to play Wil liams. In the meantime Minnesota had received other evidence of Williams' vio lation of the conference rules and felt in duty bound to take a positive stand even though at the last moment. lowa had failed to signify her intentions until it was too late for Minnesota to take such a stand earlier. Williams did not play and later on the Big Nine conference in special session voted that Williams was not eligible. lowa's Mistaken Hunch. McCutcheon, manager of the lowa team, had a "hunch" which deserves to be re corded. He was informed by some occult means that the score was to be 16 to 0 in lowa's favor. The score was 16 to — but it was in Minnesota's favor. The game was a beautiful one as viewed from the side lines. In its course two plays were made that sent the thrills up and down the spines of the Minnesotans. Lafans was given the ball at the center of the field. Breaking through lowa's right, with Rogers' interference he ran fifty-five yards to the lowa goal line for a touchdown. It was one of the pretti est plays ever made by Minnesota on Northrop field. The other play was made by Hoyt, who had taken Aune's place at right end almost at the end of the game. On a quick pass he was given the ball at lowa's fifteen-yard line and dashing around lowa's right end made a touch down, the last of the game. Spirit Was Lacking. In The Journal the Monday fol lowing the game "Jason" had this to say of the way in which the Minnesotans played the game and he hit the nail squarely on the head: At times the team played with a dash and unanimity which swept all before it, and then relapsed into a style of play in which the desperate, unconquerable determination was entirely lacking. This was the team's, great est and most serious fault. Unless the team acquires by constant practice in contests the ability to drive itself to the limit through out the whole game, when the crucial test with Wisconsin comes it will find that it is not able to push itself in the time of need. The men who played the game for Min nesota were: Rogers, left end; Fee, left tackle; Flynn, left guard; Page, center; Mueller, right guard; Sehacht, right tackle; Aune and Hoyt, right end; Dobie, quarterback; Boeckmann and Evans, left halfback; Lafans, right half back; Knowlton, fullback. Looking Ahead. After the lowa game the attention of the Minnesotans centered on the great game of the season—that with. Wisconsin to be played Nov. 16. The question was, would Minnesota be equal to the emergency? A partial answer seemd to come In the Wis consin-Nebraska game at Milwaukee, Nov. 2, when the badgers beat the Nebraskans by a score of 18 to 0, the cornhuskers for the first twenty-five minutes of play keep ing the ball in, Wisconsin territory and twice threatening the Wisconsin goal. Developments since would seem to indi cate that the badgers were "playing 'pos sum," or else that they made wonderfully rapid progress between the Nebraska game and the Minnesota game. Their play Nov. 16 was certainly far superior to that of Nov. 2. Eat then ther is another side to the story. Game With the Indians. November 4 the Minnesotans played the Haskell Indians in about two inches of snow. It was a hard game, the snow making it difficult for the boys to hold the attacks of the dashing red men. But they did hold them and themselves succeeded in running up a score of 28, doing some very fast work in the effort. But there was lacking that top-notch speed which alone wins great games. Victory for Scrubs. They were given no chance to show what improvement they had made in the next week, for on Nov. 11 the scrubs were sent against the North Dakota boys winning by a score of 10 to 0. However, North Dako ta remained over until Monday to give the varsity eleven practice, and from the stories that leaked out as to that practice the speed of the varsity was all that could be asked. Rooter's Were Confident. As a result the rooters who went with the team to MatMson were confident; they already had the victory ln their pockets, or thought they had. But in the great crowd they forgot to j Who Claim the Independent Championship of the State, Having Won Seven Games, Lost None, and Been Scored on but Once. ..'"" '-s.^"T'""" jo"". 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HisLVanager'f SSft." follows: *"* left'to right:. Btandlng^Coach-Flttgibbons. D*. .Sitting-Keating (substitute), McNulty, X ©risen, My rick. •Speck! ■ THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL. keep their hands on their pockets and the game was stolen away. To Minnesota the loss was little short of a catastrophe. In the fall of .1900 Minnesota had won a close game from the badgers. In It the gophers had shown J great strength and skill as football players, and the badgers could honestly only admit defeat without excuses; yet they contended, or some of them did, that Wisconsin had outplayed Minnesota. Consequently, there was the desire in the hearts of many who went to Madison that Minnesota should not only win but should win by such margin as to leave Wisconsin no claim of any sort for the fall of 1901. What woe, then, to be beaten by the decisive score of 18 to 0! But that was what happened. Minnesota's Real Strength. Yet there is not a loyal Minnesotan who does not believe that the potential strength of the Minnesota team was in excess of the badger team, great as that was. Why it was not given full play working out a victory for Minnesota will never be fully told, probably. But that it did not work out a victory will be told, over and over again—in Wisconsin at least. A number of elements, no doubt, entered in to compass Minnesota's defeat. There was the cold and long wait in a dirty, un inviting room just before the game, the fighting of a battle on strange grounds, the demoralization brought about by the fail ure of some one to do his part in the de fense, and, perhaps, a dozen other ele ments. But after all is said, it was defeat and the boys had nothing to say of it ex cept that they did not play their game. But there is some comfort in the thought that Cochems, one of Wisconsin's half backs, paid the team a fine compliment after the fight was over. Cochem'g Compliment. "You have a great team," he %aid, "stand by it." Then he added, that had Minnesota made a touchdown early in the game when she got the ball so near Wis consin's goal, the game would probably have gone to the gophers. Cochems spoke the truth. Game With the Purple. A week after the game with Wisconsin, Minnesota met and defeated by a some what lower score to —than had been expected the team of the Northwestern university. The game was played at Mar shall field, Chicago, on a raw, cloudy and foggy afternoon. It was long drawn-out, owing to the time taken by. injured purple players and to the slowness with which plays were started. As a result game was called on account of darkness just when Minnesota, was increasing the length of her gains and the frequency with which they were made. The game opened with Boeckmann at left half, Bidlake at right half and "Sig" Harris at quarter. The members of the trio were' not accustomed to playing the places together, but for all that, they worked together well and the team gained ground consistently, getting dan gerously near the purple line without great difficulty. The trouble was they did not get over it but once. Davis was given Boeckmann's place and O'Brien that of Bidlake, and the game went forward as merrily as ever, O'Brien making one of the long runs of the day. Still there was that halting near the enemy's goal line. In the second half Thorpe took the left half position, Lafans his place at right half and Dobie went in at quarter. There was more spirit in the play and the ham mering the purple had received in the first half and was receiving in the second began to tell, so that the half, or that part of it played before darkness came, yielded two touchdowns. The team was more in its old-time form than "might have been expected after the defeat of a week before at Madison. It played a consistent game, except for the faltering at crucial moments. Still the strength of the purple defense was not to be regarded lightly' and doubtless had much to .do with the faltering. It would have made even heavier men than the Minnesotans falter. There was glory for Minnesota in the victory. The men who played were: Aune and Hoyt, right end: Sehacht, right taokle; Strathern, right guard; Page, center; Flynn, left guard; Fee, left tackle; Rogers, left end; Harris and Dobie, quarter; Bidlake, O'Brien and .Lafans, right half; Boeckmann, Davis and Thorpe, left half; Knowlton, full back. - -'? The story of the final and crowning vic tory, over Illinois at Champaign is told elsewhere. It was the old score of 16 to 0 again and the fastest and best play of the season for Minnesota under discourag ing conditions. | And thus the Minnesota team of 1901 ; passes into history. MAIL TO NOME Contract Made That Will Effect a Savins of Time. Washington, Nov. 29. —The time of tran-„ sit of winter mails between Seattle, Wash., and Nome, Alaska, is cut from sixty to sixty-five days each way to twen ty-four days, with similar expedition for both ways, by a contract which has just been made by Assistant Postmaster Gen eral Shellenberger. This service will be performed by a new western route, avoid ing the usual winter route via the upper Yukon region.. In summer, however, there Is ample opportunity for comparatively quick dispatch of mails to the Nome re gion. The new service is via Valdez, Alaska, Illiamna Bay on Cook's Inlet, St. Michael and Golovlna, to Nome, 2,567 miles, with two round trips a month during the win ter. Steamers will sail from Seattle about the 7th and 25th of each month, beginning with December. The contract compensa tion is $3,000 per round trip, the contract ors being the Northern Commercial com pany for the ocean part and the Trans- Alaska company for the overland part of the route. Preference will be given first to letter mall and second to separately ad dressed newspapers. Northern Paclflo Service Always means the best that can be con structed by car builders. The ."Duluth Short Line" is now equipped with such service. Every one of the old St. Paul & Duluth coaches and sleeping cars have now disappeared. The morning, afternoon and evening trains are now provided with the newest style coaches, magnificent ob servation-buffet cars and parlor cars and Pullman sleeping cars. Try the "Duluth Short Line" once; thereafter nothing else will satisfy you. THE GOPHER ATHLETICS WOUND IT UP RIGHT Minnesota Ends the Season With Victory Over Illinois. GOPHER TEA_( WAS INVINCIBLE Though the Field Was Slippery, They Played a Speedy, -- . Snappy Game. . From a Staff Correspondent. Champaign, 111., Nov. 29.Minnesota and Illinois football men played the best foot ball in the west, if not in the entire coun try, yesterday, when Minnesota defeated Illinois 16 to 0. Experts and veterans at the game were enthusiastic at having had opportunity to witness such a splendid ex hibition of the great sport.' Phil Allen, who perhaps sees more football than any other man In the west and is the most sought after man in the west as an offi cial, after speaking in glowing, terms of the game, as an exhibition of football, said: o o : I never saw Minnesota play bet- : : ter football and this is the sixth : : game I have seen her play in two : : years. Her offense was irreslst- : : ible, her defense little short of : : perfect. : : As between Minnesota and Wis- : : consin against Michigan, I believe : : Minnesota would be more likely to : : win than Wisconsin, because of : : Minnesota's stonewall defense and : : her surer though slower offense. : : Illinois played what would have : : been a winning game against any : : team in the west, excepting Mm- : : nesota, Wisconsin and Michigan. : : Had Minnesota won against : . : Wisconsin, she would probably : : have lost to Illinois. It is a great : : team that can win all its games : : against teams that play such foot- : . : ball as Minnesota has met ln the : : last two weeks, Wisconsin, : : Northwestern and Illinois. The : : Minnesota boys are great football •: : players and a fine lot of young : : men. . : o o Dr. H. L. Williams was delighted at the outcome. Minnesota's goal line was un crossed by Illinois and therefore has been crossed by only one team, Wiscon sin, this year. Said he: o o : . Had Minnesota played such foot- : : ball against Wisconsin, she would : : have won at Madison, too. There : : wasn't a moment in which I was : : afraid Illinois would make a : : touchdown, though she might have : : scored a goal from a drop kick. : o — ;. o Pages' calls to Minnesota: "Quick, boys, into your places." and "Faster, Minneso ta, faster," were responded to by every man on the team and had it not been for the soapy-surfaced field, the speed of Min nesota's attack would have almost swept Illinois off the Sell, in spite of her superb defence. The sensation of the game was Aune's 63-yard run to Illinois' 2-yard line with Lafans' interference. Hoyt, or a little faster man than Aune would have made a touchdown outright. Lafans earned his title to a laurel wreath by making two touchdowns early in the first half. Minnesota showed her speed by breaking through in every case, except perhaps one, and blocking Illinois' attempted quarter back kicks: again, in frequently tackling for losses Illinois' swiftest men in their attempts at. end runs. Once, Illinois hoped for a speedy reali zation of her dreams of a touchdown. S'.ahl broke through and was going fast for the Minnesota goal me, but Hoyt was .on. his .tracks and downed him before he could make a dozen yards. Dobie also did some star tackling of men who seemed about to got through. Minnesota again played numerous half banks, Evans, _oe»kman, Davies and Thorpe at left and Lafans and Bidlake at right. ./,;-; A. Minnesota came very near two more touchdowns. At the close of the first half when the whistle sounded the ball was al most on Illinois' goal line and again when ball was lost for downs, through the fail ure of the interference to help Bidlake across the Illinois line. But the north star boys had nothing to complain of. They knew they had wen a great game and closed the season with glory for the maroon and gold, which bJt added zest to the pleasure of breaking training. Most of the team remained in Cham paign to attend the theater by invitation, and will arrive in Minneapolis Saturday morning. THE GAME IN DETAIL The Field Was Slow, but the Contest "Was Spectacular. All reports from Champaign agree" that the Minnesota gophers played the best game of the season yesterday, a game which, if played at Madison, would have given the Minnesota team an unbroken string of victories. The wonder is that the gophers did not roll up a big score against the lighter Illini, but when it is remembered that the ball was slippery, the footing insecure, the field muddy and very slow, all combining against fast and accurate work, the score is more than sat isfactory, especially as all agree that the gophers played a gallant and splendid game. The Illini proved themselves one of the very few teams which the Minneso tas have met this year which has been in physical condition to put up as stiff a resistance in the second half as in the first. From a spectators' standpoint very few gridiron contests could be more interest ing. There were many runs, many punts and more open work generally than is usually found in western football. Stahl, in opening the game, kicked off forty-five yards. Sehacht, Lafans and Flynn did some running and bucking, Flynn covering fifteen yards in one plunge. The .all was lost on the Illinois thirty yard line on a fumble, but was almost immediately recovered for balding. Both teams were penalized for off-side play, leaving the 'ball in possession of the goph- FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 29, 1901. We believe that the goods we advertise will themselves prove the best advertisement. a. >**^V Established 1882. 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Evans and Lafans were crowded through the men of the sucker state until near the danger place when Lafans made a plunge which landed him inside the breastworks. The ball was punted out by Knowlton and Dobie made a good catch, but Knowlton missed goal. The score then was 5 to 0 for the gophers. Aune then held the center of the stage for a time. He caught the kick-off on the twenty-yard line and brought it five yards up the field" before being stopped. The Illini held like a stone wall and Knowl ton punted, the ball going out of bounds at the enemy's fifty-yard line. They moved the ball backward, secured ten yards on a penalty and looked bad, but they slipped up. Stahl fumbled and big Aune, grabbing the ball, started for the Illinois goal with twenty-one men racing after him. When he had plowed through sixty-three yards of Illinois soil fleet Mr. Cook, with a spectacular tackle, nailed him Just two yards from the goal. The run and the tackle were the events of the afternoon. Lafans carried the ball over for the second touchdown, the punt-out failed and the score remained 10 to 0. The remainder of the first half was in teresting but barren of results. Fee snatched the third kick-off out of the air, but the ovoid was soon lost on a fumble. The Illini worked the ball down the wrong way by small gains and with the aid of 10-yard penalty reached the 6-yard line, but there the ball stuck and changed hands. In a jiffy the goal was out of danger through the efforts of Evans, La fans and others. The opposition line held once but lost the ball on downs. Knowl ton punted into Illini territory but Stahl sent it right-back. A fumble transferred the possession of the ball. A quarterback kick did not help the Illini. Fumbling was the order of the day at this stage of the game, but the "suckers" took a brace and worked the ball down to the gopher 10 --yard stripe. Cook dropped back 10 yards for a try at goal. His attempt was not successful. Knowlton's punt sent the ball to the center of the field. Fee and Flynn spoiled another quarterback kick. Rogers did some nice end work and the ball went steadily toward the Illinois goal, but at the 10-yard line the whistle, blew. An other minute would surely have earned another touchdown for the big gophers. Fierce play characterized the second half, but the visiting team was able, to dig | out only one more touchdown. Knowlton I opened with a beautiful 50-yard kick-off. j The ball was carried back 20 yards. Hun | toon made 30 more through the line, but ' Dobie met him at the center of the field | and flopped him. Aune sent the ball 40 j yards. Plunges by Strathern, Lafans, Davis, who had succeeded Evans and j Boeckman at right half, Rogers and Fee and a penalty sent the ball to within 5 ' yards of the prize. But here the big fel lows were stopped and the ball was punted far from the Illini home. For a long timo the ball shifted back and forth near the center of the field. Lafans gave way to Bidlake. . _:* Minnesota beef began to tell again. Dobie rushed the ball back on a weak punt. Davis made two good rushes. Strathern and Rogers also helped, and then Aune scored a touchdown from the 3-yard line. Knowlton found the place between the uprights and the score stood: Minnesota 16, Illinois 0. Aune stoppe d the progress of the kick off on the 15-yard line and minimized its effect by going back 20 yards. The ball went toward the Illinois goal again, but changed hands for holding. The re mainder of the game was full of kicking. Illinois tried two goals from the field, one of which Flynn blocked. Hoyt succeed Aune and made some good gains. Davis was succeeded. The strug gle was largely in the center of the field and when the game ended Minnesota had the ball just barely within Illinois terri tory. I The line-up: i Illinois— Minnesota- Cook left—end—right ..Aune, Hoyt Bundy left—tackle—right Sehacht Stahl left—guard—right Strathern Lowenthal. J center Page Fairweather.. right— guard— left Flynn Silver right—end— Rogers Lingren (capt.).. right—tackle— Fee McKinley, Stevenson., quarter Dobie Huntoon... left— half—right ..Lafans. Bidlake Lungren, Evans, Boeckman, Brundage right—half—left. .Davis, Thorp Parker, McKnight. fullback. .Knowlton, (capt.) • Score—Minnesota 16, Illinois 0. Touchdowns, Lafans, Sehacht, Auue. Goal from touchdown, Knowlton. Umpire, Phil Allen. Referee, Sabin, Purdue. Linesmen, Harris of Yale and Liggett of Minnesota. Time of halves, 85 minutes. Timekeepers, "Artie" Johnson of Illinois and Professor Jones of Minnesota. WOW NOW STAGG? The Chicago Team Overwhelmingly Knocked Out by Wisconsin. Wisconsin yesterday made good her boast to defeat the demoralized University of Chicago football team by a good round number over the score of 22 to 0 to the credit of her rival for the western cham pionship, Michigan. Wisconsin won by a score of 35 to 0. "' Straight football won the day and the team work on .the part of the victors was clever, though in nearly every case the scores were made by star plays. Chicago, throughout the game, put up a manful, though unavailing defense. The line-up: Chicago— Wisconsin— Speik end—right Juneau Flannagan ...left—tackle—right Curtis Knapp left—guard—right Holstein Ellsworth center Ekow Bedall right—guard—left Lerum Kennedy right—tackle—left.. Haumerson McNabb right—end—left Abbott Garrey quarterback . .Marshall, Fogg Horton left—half—right Larson Perkins right—half—left Cochems Strauss fullback Driver Referee, McLean. Umpire, Walbridge. PURDUE'S BAD SLUMP Won Game in First Half; Lost in Second. Lafayette, Ind., Nov. 29.1n the first half of the game with Northwestern uni versity yesterday Purdue put up a splen did game, the score standing Purdue 5, Northwestern 0. In the second half, however, Purdue did not make 60 good a showing. Final score: Northwestern 10, Purdue 5. NEBRASKA GOT THE DECISION Bnt Indians Played Them Off Their Feet at First. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 29.—Nebraska de feated the Haskell Indians of Lawrence, Kan., yesterday, in the hardest fought game seen on the local grounds this sea son. The score was Nebraska 18, Has kell 10. The ten points made by the vis itors came in the first half on two goals from the field, both by Right Tackle Baine, from the twenty-five and thirty-flve-yard lines. Nebraska braced up wonderfully in the second half, two sensational end runs, one for thirty-five yards by Draine, another for eighty-five yards by Bender, being the star features. The Indians showed the effects of the strain, being on the defensive throughout the half. Three touchdowns at ten min ute intervals followed each time by a goal kick, made the final score stand: Nebraska 18. Haskell 10. Four thousand people saw the game. The line-up: Haskell— Nebraska— Hauser and Tomahawk ....right—end—left.. Shedd j Blame right—tackle—left.... Kingsbury Dubois ..right—guard—left Maloney Carl center Koehler Redwater left—guard—right Brew Oliver left—tackle—right Westover Felix left—end—right.. and Stringer. Archquette quarterback Drain Fallis, Hauser. .right—half—left Bell Dugan, Haas . half—right BendeT McCuell fullback Pillsbury Referee, Kennedy of Chicago. Umpire, Mc- Donald of Omaha. MISSOURI BEAT KANSAS The Score Was Tied in the First Half. Kansas City, Nov. —Missouri univer sity eleven yesterday won a valiant vic tory from their old-time victors, the jay hawkers. The final score: Missouri 18, Kansas 12. The first half ended in a tie of 6 to 6. Forester of Kansas City made all three touchdowns for the Missourians. It was Missouri's first victory over Kansas since 1895, and their third in ten years. The weather was ideal, and the crowd the greatest sice the annual contests between the two colleges began in 1891. DEFEAT WAS CRUSHING Cornell Celebrates Its First Victory Over Pennsylvania Team. Philadelphia, Nov. 29.—The University of Pennsylvania football team ended Its disastrous season yesterday with a crush ing defeat at the hands of the Cornell eleven, the Ithaca boys scoring 24 points to the quakers' 6. It was the first time The Leading Brand -OF NICKEL CIGARS. gmm m Gringo Porto Reg an sc. As Good as HAVJkMA. Lyman-Eliol Drag Co.