Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-11-20
TWO CLEAN FORWARD PASSES IN
FINAL PERIOD TURNED
THE TRICK.
Wells Was The Star
EACH TEAM MISSED A TRY FOR
GOAL FROM THE FIELD DUR
ING CONTEST.
McGovern Failed to Show Up to
Usual Advantage, Undoubtedly Due
to the Fact That the Michigan Men
Were Trained to Stop Him-mich-
igan Supporters Wild.

Were Trained to Stop Him-Mich-
| igan Supporters Wild.
| By Associated Press.
| Ann Arbor, Mich, Nov. 19.-Michi-
gan's maize of v.ue floats proudly over
the maroon and gold of Minnesota to-
night. emblematic of the western foot
ball championship, which victory was
| wrested from the Gophers on Ferry
Field this afternoon by a score OF 3
too.
Two clean cut forward passes in the
last quarter spelled disaster for Min
| nesota. Nesither side had been able
to solve the others defense and the
crowd of $4,000 had resigned itself to
no score game.
1t was Michigan's ball in the center
of the field. The 1ndain summer tenn
perature was becoming chill and the
sunlight feeble. Wells, whose name
is written large in all Michigan to-
night, ran out and sent the ball
straight to Borleske. Hhe maise and
blue cohorts cheercd themselves
hoarse, for this was one OF the few
successful forward passes of the
game and it had netted 26 yards.
Michigan lined up quickly. The
same play was hardly expected so
soon and in exactly the same way, yet
that was the strategy. Wells ran to
one side as before and threw dag
onally down the field as before to Bo-
relske. Michigan now had four yards
! to go.
Every spectator was on his or her
feet
The Minnesota crowed was crying.
! hold, hold
It was a serious moment for bOth
teams, and they took time to breathe
and collect themselves for the su-
preme effort. Wells was hurled
against the center but the whole
Minnesota team got into the defense
and stopped the play almost where it
had sctarted. The next attack was
deceptive.
Wells found a hole at left tackle
and although the enemy fell upon him
furiously, they were too late. He
twisted across the line and emerged
there.
Ann Arbor and the rest of collie
giate Michigan is his private property
tonight. He has partners, however,
particularly Captain Benbrook, who
was marvel at defense; Pettengll.
Mcmillan and Lawton.
Conkin kicked goal.
Minnesota started out with a con-
f1dence borne of their easy victories
over it's other western enemies this
season. Securing the oval on Mich
igan's 43 yard line, McGovern, Ros-
enwald. Johnstone and Stevens march
ed down the fed to Michigan's yard
line. Michigan's cry of ''hold, hold,'
! was almost a vail but her players re-
sponded. Borleske went into the me-
lee like an elephant through cane
brake and stopped McGoSern for
loss. Cornwall on the next play, stop
ned Johnstone in his tracks. The ball
| was right in front of the goal posts
and when McGovern prepared for
field goal from placement, the try
looked easy. He was about eighteen
yards from the goal, but over anxiety
| was his undoing. His toe caught the
oval at one side and it shot off at
! tngent. Michigan tried field goal
in the third period and missed, but
not until Lawton had come so close
to it that the crowd thought he had
succeeded. and were correspondence
hysterical. He kicked from the twen-
ty yard line and missed by a hair.
It happened thus: Edmunds,
forward yass, threw to Wells. but the
flight of of the pigskin was inter
rupted. The interruption threw it in
to Benbrooks hands and sixteen yards
were gainedWells then went through
tactile for nine yards, and forward
pass on fake kick sent Michigan
to the enemy's nine yard line.
At this interesting point rest per
iod intervened and there was not
much breathing being done by the
crowd when the teams lined up again.
Michigan, in two attempts, failed to
gain. The ball was in front of the
goal posts and Lawton made his hair
breadth miss of goal from place
ment. George Lawton played full
back for Michigan.
Up to a week ago he had not ex.
pected to play, but when Minnesota
protested the eligibility of Thomp.
son, Coach Yost, accordingly trained
Lawton for all there was in him, and
although Thompson was declared eli.