The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-27
From a Staff Correspondent.

I. From a Staff Correspondent %S -.
( Madison Wis, Nov 27.--Minnesota
{ defeated Wisconsin yesterday by the
3 decisive score of IT to 0, after playing
+ the strongest game it has shown TINS
u year. The play of the gophers in the
8 second half was a magnificent exhi-
{ bition of hard, fast, scientific foot
ball. Wisconsin was utterly unable to
n stop the fierce plunges of Current and
4 Schacht at the center and guards, and
Z Davies, Irsfield, Thorpe and Burdick
u made ground freely in masses off
Z tackle. a.. 49,.
/, In the first half, altho Minnesota's
= goal was several times in danger from
: place kicks, the gophers had all the
! best of it. Taking the kickoff at the
five-yard line, Minnesota worked the
&. ball down into Wisconsin territory
i line they were held, and during the
Is greater part Of the half the game was
! q. succession Of punts by the badgers,
3 followed by steady ground gaining by
& Minnesota. Fumbles and penalties
{ cost the gophers considerable ground,
x but not until near the end Of the
+ period did the badgers get the ball
Y into Minnesota territory. Once they
3 advanced the pigskin to the twenty
s five-yard line, but there they were
4 held and forced to try a place kick.
+ They repeated this twice before the
l& Ildll euuGu, anu ONCE III lile SeCOllu
4 period, but the big Indian, Balm, did
4 not live up to his recently acquired
Z reputation. Only one of his kicks
q came dangerously near the goal posts.
Il The others went wide, or fell far short
y of the mark. A mistake in Judgment
I by Harris, in signaling buck on the
\ third down instead of punting, gave
u Wisconsin the ball on the gophers'
1, twenty-fve-yard line. Balm tried a
= place kick from here, but failed as he
s. had failed before.
Minnesota Scores Early.
& When the second half opened, Min
y nesota adherents predicted a good
i sized score for their favorites. Min
2 nesota had clearly outplayed the bad
Y that their superior nerve and endur-
4 ance alone would win the day. The
s. prediction was fulfilled. Wisconsin
tailed to advance the ball after the
4 kickoff, and punted. Harris caught
& the ball almost exactly in the center
+ OF the held. Then the procession
a started. Schacht tore thru center for
& big gains and Davies was quite as sue
cessful in going thru tackle One
e two, four and ten-yard gains followed
:, IN quick succession. Finally with the
ball on Wisconsin's two-yard line, and
first down, Schaoht went thru for g
touchdown and Rogers kicked goal
After the next kickoff an exchange
ball at her own forty-eight-yard line
i after several kicks by both sides
Harris then took the ball thru fo1
( twenty-five yards In splendid dodg
ing run off right tackle. Fierce pla,
followed, with Minnesota pushing tn,
/ ball down slowly by vicious plunges a
tackle and. center Schacht at las
I went thru for a second touchdown ant
n Rogers again Kicked goal
Minnesota kicked immediately afte
the next kickoff, apparently under in
structions received beforehand. Ate
another exchange of punts, Mirnesot:
got the. ball at the center of the field
( and Schacht broke thru center for
lodging run of twenty-five yards
& Short gains followed with Warren
& ISchacht and Current carrying the bali
4 and Minnesota quickly broke thru 70
third touchdown. Rogers failed a
goal. and the score was II to O.. Min
nesota lost a chance for anothe
touchdown by a tumble, and the gam
ended with Minnesota still outplavin,
their opponents
Gophers Better IndividuaIIy
Man to man, the gophers outplaye
1 their opponents in almost every posi-
4 ton. Strathern, Thorpe and Warrel
clearly had the better Of Rernp, Bertk
and Chamberlain. The Wisconsin