The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-27
MICHIGAN BEATEN I'm A FTER CELY
CONTESTED GAME BY CHI
CAGO UNIVERSITY. t
HERSCHBERGER THE HERO.
YARD LINE WON THE VIC
TORY.
FOOTBALL BY ELECTRIC LIGHT
Indoor Experiment Both Literally
and Figurativeiy Proved to
he u HowIing Success.

CHICAGO, Nov. 26.-In the big build
ing in which. five months ago, w. j..
Bryan was nominated for the preSt-
dency, $4,000 cheering football enthus-
lasts saw the eleven of the University
of Chicago defeat the strong eleven
from the University of Michigan by a
score of to in one Of the most des-
perately contested games ever played
in Chicago. The result was a surprise
to everybody for, although the Chi
cago eleven professed the utmost con-
fidence of winning, the feeling was not
shared by their supporters who at best
looked for them to hold their opponents
down to q small score.
To Herschberger, Chicag go's fullback.
belongs the honor of winning the
game. His punting was one Of the
features and his goal from the field.
kicked from the forty yard line, went
cleanly between the goal posts. He
easily outclassed Hogg, the Ann Arbor
fullback, and time and again his long
kicks saved his team. Chicago could
do but little with Michigan's line. most
OF her gains being on end plays in
which she displayed splendid inter
|
berger, Hamill and Firth, the Chicago
ends, both distinguished themselves by
some very pretty tackles. On the
Michigan side, Pingree in the first half
was the whole thing, the plucky little
fellow seldom failing to make the re-
quired distance. He was forced to re-
tire in the second half, his place being
taken by Ferbert, who was equally
effective. Michigan made frequent use
of the famous Princeton tackle and
| guard back plays which were very eff
| fective. But few tricks, however, were
resorted to by either side, both relying
on straight hard football.
One thing, at least, was settled by
| the game and that is that an indoor
football game is literally and igura-
lively speaking, a bowling success. The
! men had no trouble in catching punts
! and football was played on its merits
without the handicaps of a wet field or
a strong wind. Toward the end Of the
second half, it got very dark and the
spectators were treated to a novelty
in the shape of football by electric
! light. The elements seemed all in favor
! Of the game. The frequent squalls Of
rain made outdoor football almost
| swimming match and the strong south
| wind rendered punting one of the
/ y
| derstands and appreciates, out Of the
! question. The Sheltering walls Of the
| Coliseum obviated all this and the
game was played on field that was
ideal in its springiness.
The scene was a brilliant one. On
all sides Of the field were the waving
colors of the rival colleges, with here
and there a sprinkling of the cardinal
of Wisconsin and the blue Of Yale, the
red and white Of Cornell and the yel-
! low and black Of Champaign. In the
! boxes, along the side lines, were many
| groups of gaily attired women with
| their escorts. The box parties, in fact,
| were not the least interesting feature
of the game, replacing, as they did,
| to a certain extent, the coaching par
ties, which, of course, were impossi-
BILE. The noise was simply terrific
| Everybody seemed to be possessed Of
a tin horn and determination to blow
it longer and louder than his neigh
| bor Class and college yells and songs
| Of all kinds were started up without
proVocation, and at times the play had
to be stopped on account Of inability
of the players to hear the signals.
The result decidedly cOmplicates the
situation as regards the Western
championship. Every team. with the
exception of Wisconsin, has now suf-
| fered at least one defeat, and their tie
| with Northwestern today gives them
out little LOT the
| championship. Following as a detailed
description of the game:
GAME IN DETAIL.
Michigan won the toss and chose the
south goal. Herschberger kicked off
for Chicago to Mfchigan's fiye-yard
! line, Pingree bringing the ball back
FIVE yards. Carr gained three yards
through tackle. Ferbert was unable
to gain, and Michigan was given ten
yards for off-side playing. Plngree
carried the ball two yards and five
| yards on tackle plays, and Haley five
! yards by the same means. Hogg then
tried the center, but Firth broke
| through and tackled him for no gain.
Two more tries at the line were pro-
ductive of no result and Chicago was
given the ball on downs on Michigans s
| thirty-three-yard line.
Hamill was unable to gain. Hersch-
! berger tried for goal, but failed, and
the ball was brought out to the TWEEN
ty-five-yard line and punted. Hersch-
1 berger gained ten yards around left
! end. Three attempts on the line failed,
and Michigan got the ball on downs.
| Pingree made two yards around left
end. Hogg punted to Herschberger on
the fifty-yard line. A moment after
| Clarke fumbled and Carr fell on the
ball. Galley gained two yards, and
then Chicago was given the ball for
| holding. HerSchberSer failed to gain
He then kicked to Michigan's fifteen
yard line, ,Hogg advancing it five yards
before being downed. Henninger and
Villa advanced it five yards ON tackle
plays. Hogg kicked to the forty-yard
line. Herschberger advanced it five
yards. Gardner gained fifteen yards
around right end. On an exchange of
punts Chicago gained five yards. Carr
was hurt, but resumed. Herschberger
then punted to Michigan's flve-yard
line. Hogg tried to return the COM
pliment, but Roby broke through and
blocked the kick, the ball bounding
back into the benches, and Hogg was
forced to make a safety touchdown,
scoring two for Chicago.
The ball was brought out punted to
Clarke on the forty-five-yard line
Hamill gained five yards through right
tackle. The ball was then passed back
to Herschberger for a try at goal. He
succeeded, the ball going squarely be-
tween the posts. Score, to in favor
of Chicago.
Galley kicked off to Herschberger.
who caught it on the ten-yard line and
advanced it fifteen yards. Just as he
was tackled he kicked to Hogg on by
Clark Pingree advanced two yards on
a criss cross. Three attempts at the
line failed and Chicago secured the ball
on downs on her 27-yard line. Hersch-
berger kicked to the f1fty-five-yard
line Pingree made twenty-five yards
around right end. Hogg made yard
through the center. Greenleaf ad-
vanced the ball i've yards around right
end and again five yards on the same