The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-03
MINNESOTA WINS
"BIG EIGHT" TITLE
DEFEAT OF WISCONSIN GIVES
THE GOPHERS WESTERN CON-
FERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP.
HARD GAME WITH MICHIGAN
Magidsohn of Wolverines One of the
Shining Stars of 1909 Gridiron
contests-stasg Glad to Get a Tie
with Cornell.

Contests-Stagg Glad to Get Tie
with Cornell.
The undisputed title to the confer
ence championship in western football
was won by the University of Mime
sofa eleven, which swept everything
before it during the season just
closed.
Wisconsin, after the other teams of
the big eight" had failed, tried in
vain to stop the onward rush of the
Gophers, but the score-34 to 0-tells
how badly the Badgers failed. Then
came the game with Michigan, the re-
suit OF which left the Minnesota team
with full share of honors.
After the brilliant victory of the
Minnesota team regret was expressed
that the Gophers could not meet Yale,
the best of the eastern teams, for the
championship of the United States.
Some experts expressed the opinion
that the boys from the great wheat
producing state would have given a
good account of themselves in a bsttle
with old Eli.
In order to play Minnesota, Michi
gan had to agree to the conference
rules, which bar fourth-year men from
participating in game. This deprived
the Wolverines of the services of Was
mund, the teams great quarterback,
as this was his last year in college
and he was not eligible for the contest
Joy Miller, right end, was shifted to
the quarterback position.
Michigan went into the game with
an abundance of confidence because of
her victory over Pennsylvania Hav.
ing no defeat marked up against them
during the season Minnesota also was
not lacking in confidence. Both teams
put up desperate battle and the
game was filled with thrilling features.
Michigan had tried for four years to
beat Pennsylvania, and after its defeat
by Notre Dame the chances of the
team downing the Quakers did not
look rosy. However, when the game
was started, it was soon seen that the
! Wolverines had chance to wipe out
! former defeats. The Michigan lads
! L
boys had never seen before and the
Red and Blue warriors soon were be.
wildered by the strength and tricki.
ness of the Wolverines.
Out of the great struggle came one
hero whose name will be sacred in the
annals of Ann Arbor football for years
to come. He is Magidsohn, the Won
| fI11 ho1 an1y he, L2I
many stars in her day, but Magidsohn
shines as brightly as any of them. 1t
was his work that beat Pennsylvania.
He scored both of the touchdowns for
his team and tore great holes in the
Quaker defense. In addition he tackled
desperately and spoiled the Quakers'
best efforts to use the forward pass.
Another invasion of the east by the
west did not result as successfully as
did that of Michigan, but the Chicago
Maroons were glad to get even a draw
with Cornell. 1t has been readily ad-
mittted that Stages team this year
was not as strong as those he had as
sembled in former seasons, and be-
fore the struggle it looked like good
bet that Cornell would win. When the
Maroons scored six in the first half
and the Crimson eleven had nothing it
looked as if the west might carry off
two victories. But in the second half
Cornell tied the score, and thus it
stood to 6 when the game was over.
The score was the same as that of the
1908 game, and puts the teams on an
equal footing. The experts are figur-
ing that the Maroons of 1908 would
have defeated the team Cornell had
this year. They also say that the Chi
cago team of the days of Walter Eek
ersall would have come home with
victory instead of tied score. Be
that as it may, Stage said he was glad
to get away with the tie. If Stagg is
satisfied, others should be.
The Maroons came out of the game
in good shape and were in condition
for their final struggle of the season,
the game with Wisconsin. The Bad
gers were not in as good condition
after their crushing defeat by Mime
sofa, and with Moll out of the lineup
were not as strong as they might have
been.
In addition to losing the game with
Iowa Ames suffered greatly by the in
jury to her captain, Wilmarth, who
was so badly hurt in the struggle that
he had to be taken to a hospital. It
was said that he suffered conclusion
of the brain.
Illinois played another of her bril-
liant games against Northwestern and
the Evanston boys were doomed to de-
feat before the contest had gone ten
minutes. Northwestern could do moth
ing against the Illinois line and the
score of 80 to tells the story.
Kroh First on Holdout List.
81 will never play baseball again il
T ON comDel1ed tO 90 hack to Chico