The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-18
FOOTBALL RIVALS
FOR LONG TIME
Twenty-o One Years Have Co.
pliers Battled With the
Badgers

0st Ahot0 pay
ed twenty games during the coursc Of
the athletic relations between the two
schools. The first contest was played
back in 1890, Minnesota winning by
the score Of 63 to O. The last game
was played last season at Northrop
held. the Gophers cantcring in with
the game. registering twenty Eight
points to a cipher for the fallen foe.
piers have been returned tho victors
in eleven Of the contests. one being a
tie and h remaining eight games be-
ing won by the Badgers.
Wisconsin's defeat was the first
game between the two schools. the
S3 to Q game. The worst beating
the Badgers ever gave the Gophers
was In 1897. when the Wisconsin team
under the skillful coaching of Phil
King and possessing such great play
ors as Pat O'Dea, Henry Cochems, one
of the greatest backs in the history Of
western football and now Il right
hand man for Bob LaFollette: Jerry
Reardon, SLAM" Anderson. Harvey
Holmes and little Gregg. a great quar-
terback. gave the Gophers an awful
licking on the old West Hotel baseball
grounds.
The victories of Minnesota ran in a
string for a few years. Starting in
1890 the Gophers won the first Jour
games from their greatest western foe.
1894. playd in the deep mud of the
Wisconsin field, one of the flerest
struggles of the west, when Wisconsin
triumphed by the score of 8 to 0.
Minnesota students were paralyzed
by the news of the victory. At first
they refused to believe 1t. Then the
undoubted confirmation of the first
f7ouyc no a In aud <H4Nn NM .oo~;,,~
and wailing and even the %proverbial
Enashing of molars. The great Mime
sofa team had met defeat and key
Karel was the man who did it. getting
around the great Billy Dalyrymple's
end for a long u down the field.
After this game 1t was charged that
the Badgers knew the signals of Min
nesota. Nothing definite was ever pro-
duced. The Minnesota contingent was
so profoundly surprised by the VIC
tory that 1t was ready to think or be-
lieve anything.
Reverse the Result
The following season the Gophers
reversed the result, winning by the
score of IA to 10. This was q. great
hotel grounds. F%inlayson. Larson,
Gilbert, Jack Dalyrymple, DR.. Parkyn.
Babe LOOMS. Two Bell" Foulton and
Charley Adams of this city were some
of the great old stars who contributed
to Wisconsin's downfall.
In 1896 the Badgers defeated the
Gophers at Madison by the score of
8 to 0. This was one Of the greatest
and most spectacular struggles ever
fought out on a western gridiron.
Neither team came neal scoring I'M.
til the end Of the game. One OF
the Wisconsin players. Brewer as the
writer remembers. got away for a long
run. He was downed under the very
shadow Of the Minnesota goal. Min
nesota took the ball away from Wis
consin right inside the i've yard line.
Then came some plays hat Capt. ohm
Harrison has always been censured for.
Instead of kicking the ball out he call
ed for rushes. Minnesota failed to
gain the necessary fve yards in the
consin. right there under the very goal
posts.
Here took place one Of the greatest
struggles ever fought in the west.
Both teams fought like demons. Wis
consin gained n yard. Time was
almost up. The next play took the
ball to the two yard line: Then the
time and the distance to the goal line
was divided. In one rush the Badgers
threw all their strength of purpose,
concentrated all their fury of attack
and the ball was taken just one pre-
cious golden inch, for Wisconsin, over
the white goal line. The Gophers lost
q great game.
Of the more recent games many who
have followed football are more or less
From 1896 Minnesota degenerated
to a third rate power In western foot
ball. Her teams were a joke. The Co
piers for a while were classed with
Ames and Grinnell. Wisconsin wallop-
ed Minnesota terribly in 1897 and In
1898 and in 1899, h scores by a pc.
culiar coincidence dwindling by ter
points each season-39 to 0. 90 to o.
and 10 to o..
Giants. Of the North
In 1900 DR.. Williams came west and
took charge of some Of the finest spe.
cimens Of physical manhood that ever
trod a western gridiron. He turned
out Minnesota's great 1900 team. the
aggregation that earned the name o.
"Giants of the North" and that sea.
son trimmed Wisconsin by the score
of 6 to s in a game that was spectac'
nlar. sensational and perhaps com.
bined some of the most nerve rackine
playing, both for the players and tho
spectators of any football game evel
fought in the west
Twice in the second half the dough
ty Badgers. using the famous Nor.
sky Larson. one of the greatest back,
that ever played in the west. carried
the ball inside Minnesota's five yard
line, only to be hurled back at the