Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-06

football fans will have an opportunity
to talk about their present stars, but
then there are others who will watch
for the news OF their alma mater and
the big season Is now on In the main
land and the schools Of the middle
west have already started the fight for
the championship
IL does not seem so long since the
Men Of Yost used 70 play with Chicago
and Minnesota, and other members Of
) the Big Nine, but 10 years have past
since Michigan broke from the Confer.
ence, the last game played being the
memorable one when Denny Clark, the
wolverine back. last his head and gave
the Maroons the game BY 2 to 0
score. Since that time the Ann Arbor
players have cast their fortunes with
the East while the other universities
have built up a strong conference.
Began Ia 1896.
The Conference was really started In
1896 and In that year Chicago with
the great Herchberger friumphed over
the Maize and the Blue by score OF
TO 6. Frank villa. who Is ranching
In the Northwest now, with the cap
tain or the Michigan team. That year
Wisconsin Defeated Chicago and land
ed the championship.
The next year Wisconsin won out
once with Pat o'Dea IA the lineup
against Chicago. Hershberger did not
play IN that game and the Badgers
won easily In 1898 the Michigan team
won the championship when they de-
feafed Chicago 1911. Bennett was
the Michigan captain IN that game, and
Walter Kennedy was the Maroon lead
er. Shaker was the star for Chicago
In that year while the big star for the
Michigan team was sChuck" Widman.
who saved the game for his team by
running nearly 20 yards for q touch.
down through the Chicago team. In
this year Pat O'Dea created the record
for drop kick, booting the ball over
the posts from the So yard line. The
nearest approach to that record since
was when 0'Brien dropped the ball
over the 50 yard line for Iowa against
Minnesota In 1911.
Marocns Win.
In 1899 Chicago won the champion
ship with ease, hut lost all OF her
stars the next year, and Iowa for the
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at the ton The Hawkeyes had great
team that year, and they won decisive
" from Chicago and Michigan. In
1901 Michigan and Wisconsin were
both fast teams and Neil Snow was
the star Of the Wolverines while
Cochems and juneau. both coachine In
Wisconsin now, were the shining lights
for the Madison team. In addition to
Snow the Ann Arbor squad had the
fastest quarter back In the west in
Boss Weeks
t4estcn star
Billy Heston came to Michigan Ia
1901, and throughout four years while
the Grants Pass boy was In college
Michigan was never defeated. and the
record made by the great half back
caused Camp to state that no greater
player ever donned the moleskins. In
1907 Michigan was undefeated again
and went into the championship when
they defeated the Maroons by score
OF 21 to 0. Heston was the big star
In this game In 1908 Eckersall came
into prominence with Chicago and al.
though Michigan won again by . big
score % to 0, the former Hyde Park
quarter showed that he would do much
in the future. That year Minnesota
had a strong team with Marshall and
Rogers stars and when MICHIGAN
journeyed to Minneapolis one Of the
greatest games was staged in the his
tory of the game. The Gophers shoy.
ed Heston and Hammond back on the
three yard line and when the game
ended the score was all
In 1904 Chicago beat Wisconsin Is
to IL, and lost to Michigan % TO IL,
In the Wisconsin game Walter Ecker.
sail ran 105 yards from q kickoffff
through the field TO touchdown. In
these years there were real stars on
many of the teams, and they were
heavy weights too. The Michigan
team were the heaviest ever gathered
together during this time. Among
the stars were Eckersall. CatIin, nA-
tray, Bezdek and Badenoch for Chi.
cago. Heston, Hammond, Maddox,
Curtis, Norcross and Redden for Micht
gan and Vanderboom, Bertke and John
Karel, who was recent candidate for
governor of Wisconsin.
Michigan Out Of u. ..-
In 1905 Chicago came back with the
first victory over the Maize and Blue
in five years and in this game Curtis
OF Michigan was declared out for
roughness and Clark pulled the bone
head play that gave the Maroons the
game. Chicago and Michigan were
both strong that year although Michi-
gan had lost the mighty Heston. Chi.
cago defeated Wisconsin that year,
and the Badgers defeated Minnesota,
giving the Midway players the cham
pionsLip. That was Michigans last
year in the Conference.
In 1906 Minnesota won the cham.
pionship from Chicago on a muddy
field winning by a score of to 2.
The next year Waffle Steffen starred
for Chicago. and earned a place on the
Ail-AmeTican team. Chicago won this
year. The Marroons won again in