Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-19
PLAY WAS DESPERATE
MIcHIaAN's ATTACK TOO MUCH
FOR WISCONSIN,.

touchdown in each half The first touch
down was almost replica Of the play
which gave Minnesota her first touchdown
against Wisconsin at Minneapolis two
weeks ago, Melzner fumbling q punt and
Michigan getting the ball on Wisconsin's
4-yard line. 1t took the third down to get
the necessary four yards. The touchdown
In the second half followed a march
straight down the field for eighty yards,
Michigan taking the ball from her 30-yard
line after an exchange of punts and never
once losing 1t until finally Longman was
showed over the wisconsin goal line.
In point Of desperate defense and equally
desperate and more successful attack the
series of plays which resulted in Michi-
gans second touchdown has not been seen
on Ferry Field in many years. Michigan
previously had found Wisconsins ends TOO
strong and Barlow, who succeeded Capt.
Norcross at quarterback in the second haif.
called upon Curtis, Longman. Tom Ham
mond and Weeks for series OF stra.gnt
bucks and attacks on Wisconsin's tackles
which Wisconsin was utterly unable 70
stop. Most of these plays were directed
against Wisconsin's right side, and Deer
ing. who sustained the brunt of them, fair
ly reeled from exhaustion by the time Wis
consin's 15-yard line had been reached. &c
casionally during the grim struggle, WIS
consin would throw back the heavy MICH
igan backs, but when more than two yaros
was necessary on the third down "Octy
Graham's enormous strength was called
upon and he never failed to gain the dis
lance.
Hopeless, But Game.
Although hopelessly defeated, Wisconsin
fought hard, and only the magnificent tack
ling of Barlow saved Michigan's goal line
from being crossed on three different occa-
sions following the final touchdown by
Michigan. Twice Melzner skirted Michi-
p'G 1ef a a
ting by every Michigan man except bar
low. Once Findlay broke through hole
between Hammond and Rheinschild, and
with clear field, except Barlow, ran twen-
ty-fve yards before he was brought down
by the little quarterback. In the first haI1
Fndlay broke through a big hole In the
same place in Michigan's line and was pre-
vented from making touchdown only by
a flying tackle from behind by Curtis.
With darkness fast gathering over the
field Wisconsin succeeded In working the
ball to Michigans fourteen-yard line, but
Roseth was thrown back without gain
when only a yard and half were needed
to make 1t first down, and the ball went TO
Michigan. With this vanished Wisconsin 8
last hope of scoring.
Throughout the game Wisconsin could
not gain consistently against Michigan's
heavy line. Frequently her backs were re-
pulsed with no gain, and as a result Melz-
ner tried a drop kick whenever the ball
was far enough into Michigan territory to
cess. But his four tries were unsuccessful,
although on two occasions the ball only
missed the goal posts by inches. Tom
Hammond was equally unsuccessful in his
attempts at place kicks, all four of his at
tempts going wide.
Wisconsin's Ends Better.
Wisconsn's ends outplayed the Michigan
men. 1t was in the lines from tackle to
tackle that the desperate play took place,
and so fierce was this for time that nearly
every down one or more men would be laid
out. Curtis, the veteran Michigan tackle,
outplayed Deering, although the latter on
two or three occasions outwitted his OPP
ponent and was down the field under punts
as soon as the Wisconsin ends. 1t was
in one of these plays that Captain Norcross
was laid out by Deering in the Iatter's
plunge for Garrels. On the other side of
the line Bertke outplayed RheinSchild, and
1t was at this point that Wisconsins best
ends were made, the holes made by Bertke
and Rush enabling the fieet-footed Findlay
to get through twice for long runs.
Both teams fumbled badly. Six times the
Michigan backs dropped the ball, either In
scrimmage or on punt While Wisconsin
was guilty of this offense four times. the
fumbling by MelZner In the first half being
fatal.
Wisconsin played the game out without a
bstitute, although Deering, Roseth and
Bertke were cut and bleeding before the
game had progressed fifteen minutes.
Michigan used two substitutes, Barlow taxi
ing Norcross' place at quarter In the Sec
ond and Clark going IN for Weeks.
Today's victory by Michigan brings this
ship down to Michigan and Chicago, as
Minnesota, the only other team that looked
strong enough to contend for the honor, has
already been defeated by BY, Wisconsin .sa,ns The
therefore, will settle decisively which team
shall hold this coveted honor.