The Yale expositor., 1910-11-25
MICHIGAN MEN
BEAT MINNESOTA
IN GREAT GAME OF FOOTBALL AT
ANN ARBoR, WOLVERINES
SCORE TO o.
BRILLIANT USE OF FORWARD
PASS GIVE MICHIGAN VICTORY
OVER MINNESOTA.
a Drawn and Scoreless Game Was
Fought Out Between Yale and
Harvard.

Harvard.
Final score-Michigan G, Minnesota
0. made in final quarter) Touch
down-Wells; goal from touchdown
Conklin.
Referee H. II. Hackett, West
Point. Umpire-F. Hinkey, Yale
Field judge-Endsley Purdue. Head
linesman-R. Starbuck, Cornell Time
of quarters-Fifteen minutes.
Two perfectly executed forward
passes, each swift and sure as a ra-
piers thrust: two plunges into the
Minnesota line, and Michigan had
beaten the Gophers, on Ferry field at
Ann Arbor. won the undisputed cham
pionship of the west, established her
claim to be considered the country's
best and proved the superiority of
skill and cunning over mere strength
With less than five minutes to play
in the final quarter of a desperate,
Furnishing, but at the same time thrill
ing game, the Wolverines saw the
opening for which they had been look
ing ever since the battle began. They
were quick to seize it,
football ever seen on the new Ferry
field, football so grueling and intense
that nearly every other play rendered
some athlete a candidate for the
trainers attentions, had produced no
score for either side, and had left the
ball in Michigan's possession on her
own 53-yard line. With the watch
rapidly tickling off the few precious
moments that remained before the
close of hostilities, it was up to Michi-
gan to adopt some plan of action that
would produce quick results IL she
wished TO escape the misfortune of a
drawn battle.
Forward Pass Decided On.
The forward pass was decided upon
as the maneuver most likely to re-
suit in change in the tide and it
proved to be exactly what was ex.
pected. First the ball was shot to
Stan" Borleske, Michigan's left end,
who caught II neatly and dashed to
Minnesota's 30-yard line before they
nailed him. Right here Michigan out
guessed Minnesota's defense com.
pletely. That the same play would
be repeated never entered the heads
of the Gophers. But it was. and with
such success that Borleske lacked
only three yards of the goal line when
the desperate Maroon and Gold play
ers dashed him to the turf.
Battle is Rough.
No rougher battle has been waged
on Ferry fields turf for many a day.
The emergency hospital corps of the
respective teams were busy after
nearly every down. patching up a
player here, restoring the breath to
one there and sewing on an ear or
nose somewhere else. Minnesota
husky sons. in spite of their superior
weight, had more reed of the sur
geon's services than had Michigan's
battlers. Before the game was five
minutes old, Young, the Minnesota
tackle had to leave the fracas and
later in the day Erdahl went in for
Stevens at halfback. Some of those
who survived were badly banged up
but would not give way to substitutes.
The victors were compelled to call
halt for repairs frequently, but of
the eleven men who started. not one
left the field until the final whistle
blew. Shorty" Mcmillan, the light.
est athlete on the field. was terribly
battered and manhandled by the big
boys from Minneapolis and only su-
perb courage kept him going. 1t was
! learned after the game that the little
Detroiter played the entire hour with
fractured rib. That he must have
endured agonies in such a bruising
combat easily can be appreciated. The
whole history of football records no
gamer exhibition than this. Michigan
,ren who were aware of the boys con-
dition cheered him until their threats
were sore.