The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-26
MICHIGAN IS
DEFEATED IN
RETURN GAME
Wolverines, For - Years
Outcasts, Return To
Conference
GOPHERs SCORE
WIN OVER ILLINI
Wearing Tactics Rout OPP
ponents-WiscOnsin
=. Beats Chicago
nv Associated PressD

Chicago. Nov 26.-FOotball will be
placed on the shelf in the west this
week with Thanksgiving day games
and benefit contests between army
elevens on Saturday. Syracuse meets
Nebraska. champion of the Missouri
Valley conference in an interseCtional
3 contest at Lincoln Thursday.
The Big Ten season came to close
Saturday with Ohio state in the lead
and Minnesota, which tTiumphed over
Illinois, q to s. in possession Of sec
- ond place. Northwestern, despite its
early season defeats in the conference
race, earned tie with Wisconsin for
third place as a result of its surprts-
ing q to IL defeat OF Michigan. Chi
cago, Illinois, Indiana. Iowa and Pur-
due finished the season in the order
named.
The defeat of Michigan, playing its
FIRST game Of the western conference
In twelve years, was the biggest sort
Of a surprise. The Wolverines were
expected to overwhelm the light, but
speedy. Northwestern eleven. But the
open attack and surprising strength
> of the Purple backfeld upset the
Wolverines. Critics pointed out. how
ever, that the full strength of the
. Michigan eleven was not In the game,
as three of its stars were kept out OF
the fray because of conference eltgt-
- bility rules.
After three years Of unsuccessful
effort, Minnesota scored a clean-cut
victory over Illinois. The men from
the north played a typical Minnesota
game, performing with sparkling
2 teamwork. The attack was not spec
taculsr, but IL constantly wore down
the Hint defense. Straight football
was used almost exclusively by the
Badgers Blank Chicago.
Forward passes and the remarkable
kicking of Eber Simpson. the Wiscon-
rR1a Inn RI a N
part in WisConsin's Is TO 0 victory
over Chicago. For two periods the
Maroons played Wisconsin on even
terms, but in the last half, the defense
Of Stages players Crumbled and the
Badgers opened up A bewildering ar
ray Of passes that mounted into scores.
The annual game between Indiana
and Purdue developed into grudge
sffair. The bitter feeling between the
two state institutions may lead to
I'd breaking off athletic relations. The
Il threatened rupture Is the result of the
! disqualification of two Indiana play
ers-Howard and Ewert-on the eve
Despite the loss Of these players,
the Indiana eleven. which critics had
picked to lose, Outfought and out
played Purdue and bagged 81 to 0
ohio Defeat Surprise.
The result of the Ohio State-Auburn
game played at Montgomery, Ala, for
I the beheft OF the soldiers at Camp
4 Sheridan, was a distinct surprise. Ohio
State, which won the Big Ten Sham-
pionship a week ago was figured an
easy winner, but was unable to regis
ter against the southerneTs, the game
ending in sCOTeless tie.
The Michigan Aggies went through
e the year without victory. the defeat
at the hands of Syracuse Saturday be
z ing their eighth successive loss.
: Captain Davis. of the Iowa eleven.
ended his college athletic career with
i. the satisfaction OF kicking field goal
that gave his team a TO game over
on Eastern GridIrOns.
New York, Nov. 26.-Football play
which ranged from first class to medi-
! ocre marked the close of the eastern
: Eridiron season for "A number of var
Bity and training camp elevens Satur-
day While A majority of the teams
played true to form, the weekend
contests also produced several sur
prises and exhibitions of errors which
proved TO be turning points in the
struggles for victory.
Brown won from Dartmouth by
taking advantage of opportunities fol
lowing fumbles by the Hanover play
ers; Washington and Jefferson lost to
Notrs Dame due to A disregard for
one Of the primary rules Of the game,
as did Boston college at West Point:
Rutgers surprised her most ardent ad-
rnirers by completely Outplaytng the
all-star reserve eleven, Captained by
"Cupid" Black. formerly of Yale. and
the Princeton team defeated the Yale
first year combination, which was
decided favorite before play began. In
the other games the results were more
in keeping with the expected outcome.