St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-18
IT WAS SKI-U-MAH.
Minnesota Wins a Fine Foot
Ball Game From the
Michiganders.
Hard Work From Beginning
to End CharactepiZeS the
Struggle.
Superior Science Of Play in
Favor Of the Home
Boys.
Both Teams Weak at Tack
ling and Poor at the
Kick.

saw the best game of football ever
played in the Northwest. The elevens
from the University of Minnesota and
the University OF Michigan were the
opposing forces. Each team fought
hard for the victory and the Ann Ar Dor
boys have the satisfaction of knowing
that they made the Minnesotas play
football as they never played it before.
Both sides had a number of followers on
the grounds, carrying banners, and the
''Ski-u mah'' yell was met by good,
round yell of Michigan Michigan 'rah,
'rah. 'rah"
The rain of the morning and early
afternoon made the grounds look like
the bottom of an old mill pond. This
condition of the ground soon wiped out
all distinctions as to color and dress be,
tween the opposing teams. The Michi-
gan team numbered a colOred man
among its players, but before the game
was half over he was as white as any
man OH the field. Two halves of forty
i've minutes each were played. The
teams lined up as follows:
Minnesota-Bisbee, left end; Larson, left
tackle; II. S. Larson, left guard: Madigan,
center; Harding. right guard; Skies, right
v,
quarterback; Leary and Patterson, half
backs; Folwell, full back.
Michigan-Woodruff, left end; Decke. left
tackle; Topper. left guard; Heninger center;
Thomas, right guard; Griffin, right tackle;
Hayes. right end: McAllister. quarter back
Jewett and Grorsck, half-backs; Deygert.
full back.
Leary was knocked out by stomac h
punishment. and White took his place
In the Minnesota eleven in the last half.
In the second half, Woodruff. of Mich
igan, was disqualified for smuggling, and
South worth took his place. Grosh was
also disqualified, and McAllester took
his place as short back, SanderSon going
Id as quarter back. Louis Bigelow, of
st. Paul, was umpire, and Stiles p.
Jones, of Minneapolis, referee.
Michigan played fast game right
from the start. A little ground was
gained, and Minnesota secured the ball.
The Minnesota boys began the play
which won them the game. They
attacked the center and broke big holes
in the Michigan line. On every
play the Minnesota men gain from two
to five yards, but the Michigan players
contested every inch of it. In about
twenty minutes the Minnesotas scored
a touchdown by Patterson. The try
for the goal was failure. The Mime
sofas continued the same sort of play,
and again was it successful. They
scored another touchdown, this time by
Leary, just before time was called, and
PillSbury kicked the goal. This ended
the first half, the score being 10 to in
favor of the Mmnesotas.
The first half had been characterized
by hard work, but the second was hard
er. The MichiganS fought for victory,
and the MinnesOtaS were just as deter
mined that the advantage gained should
not be lost. The Michigan boys made
phenomenal squirt and carried the
ball down toward the Minnesota goal.
Jewett, the colored boy, who, by the
way, is fine foot ball player, was
brought into play in this half Of the
game. He Sprinted nearly half the
length Of the field, and in three plays
Michigan had scored touchdown. The
Minnesotas continued their old tactics
of attacking the center, and made it
pay. They bore down all opposition,
aud in fifteen minutes had scored a
touchdown. A try for goal failed.
These advantages to Minnesota did not
seem to discourage the Ann ArbOr boys.
They went to work with their accus-
toned vim. and, aided by the wonderful
running of Jewett, twice landed the
ball on the MinnesOtas' five-yard line.
But they could not win. The local
men were too heavy and strong for
them. The game closed with the score
at IA to in favor of the Minnesota
eleven.
Both teams displayed weakness in
tackllng. their fault being tackling too
high. The MinneSotas had the better
rush line. Their men were heavier and
stronger, and they worked with greater
precision. Repeatedly they knocked
holes in the Michigan line, and when
they concentrated for supreme effort
they never failed to gain. The Mime
sofa backs also did the better work. In
kicking both teams were weak. Only
about three kicks were made by either
side. For the Minnesota team Harding
played the best game. Leary and Pat
terSon also did good work and PillSbury.
Dalrymple, of the Minnesotas, played
remarkable game, considering that he
is freshman and that yesterday was
his first appearance in a regular game.
Jewett, the colored boy. was the star of
the Michigan aggregation. He did some
telling work, especially in the last half.
In fact he played a more brilliant game
than did any other man in either team.
The Michigan men played foul often in
the second half.
The next game played here will be
between the MIhnesotaS and the team
from Grinnell college. Iowa. Last year
the Minnesota boys went down to Grin
nell and played tie game and won on
the return in Minneapolis.