Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-23
Eckersaii's Drop Kick for Chic ago
Makes Only Scores in
Big Game.
TWO TEAMS EVENLY MATCHED
Michigan Wins Easily from Nebraska
Surprise for Northwestern and
Illinois.
SATURDAYS SCORES AMONG
BIG ELEVENS.

At Champaign, Ill-Purdue, 30. iii.
nois O
At Ann Arbor-Michigan. 81; Nebrae-
ka. o.
| At St Paul-Minnesota. 80; Iowa. o.
| At Minneapolis Minnesota Fresh
| men. 6; Iowa Freshmen. o.
| At Evanston. H. Kentucky univt r
| sity o.: Northwestern, 0.
At Columbus. Ohio-Ohio State uni
versity, 80; DePauw. 6.
At New Haven-Yale. Il; Pennsyl-
vania State college. o.
| At West Point - Harvard. t: West
Point Q.
At Annapolis - Navy. SO; Cnivcrsi;,
Of North Carolina. o.
At Philadelphia Pennsylvania. s.
| Brown. 6
At Ithaca-CorneIl, SO: Western Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. o
At New York - Columbia. 10; Am
herst, TO-
At Observation-Disclosures. -: Lafay-
cite. L.
At Carlisle. Pa Indians. SO: Dickin-
son. o.
At Jacksonville. Ill-IIllnoIs college.
D. Illinois state normal, u.
At Decatur. nl.-Miiliken. Il: LON
bard. o.
At Des Moines- Grinncll. ): Drake. /.
Madison. Wis. Oct 23.-Walter Eek
ersan, Chicago's quarterback. Saturday
for the third time brought victory for
the University of Chicago foot bali
eleven over Wisconsin. Three times.
with the ball within scoring distance
of Wisconsin's goal line. he tried to
drOp-kick a goal The third trial was
successful, the ball sailing squarely be
ween the goal posts. anu placing -four
points to the credit of the maroon
tCam. This was all the scoring done
by either team.
Three times the Wisconsin team had
the ball within 30 yards of Chicago's
goal line. Once it rested on the To-
yard line. But with defeat staring
them in the face. Chicago's linemen
dug their feet into the soft ground and
threw back Wisconsin's back. Twice
Chicago had the bail within 10 yards of
Wisconsin's goal line. The first time
Wisconsin not only held Chicago, but
actually forced a loss OF two yards in
two downs, and Eckersall tried a drop
kick. which went wide.
In the second half, however. when
again Wisconsin's eleven had hurled
back the maroOns, Eckersall dropped
back. received the ball on a perfect
pass by Gale, and away it sailed
through the goal posts. carrying with
IL all hnnnC Of Wi=..nrcfr 70 ~
ern championship this year
Michigan Won Easily.
Ann Arbor. Mich. Oct. 23.-Michi-
gan defeated Nebraska 81 to o. The
visitors could do nothing with Michi
gan's great defense except for brief
period in the first half Michigan lost
at least three downs in the first half
by fumbles. All of Michigans points
were scored in the second half
Neither Side Scored.
Chicago, Oct. 23.-Neither North
western nor the University of Ken
lucky was able to score Saturday. and
the game resulted in tie Kentucky
did not come very close TO a score at
any time although it held Northwest.
ern safe at nearly every stage of the
game.
Illinois Was OutcIassed.
Champaign. H.. Oct. 23.-Purdue uni
versity defeated Illinois university 30
to o. Purdue clearly outclassed Hi
nois. scoring the first two touchdowns
in five minutes of play by blocking
punts. In the second half, Illinois
played a better defensive game, hold
ing Purdue for downs on the vineyard
line. Wheeler, the Illinois quarter
back. played a star game and time and