The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-05
.GOPHERS OUT
OF TITLE RACE
In big Ten"
Badgers Eliminate Mime
sotans In Greatest Up
set Saturday
INDIANA SCORES
ON OHIO STATE
Notre Danes Defeat OF
Army Eleven Big Sur
prise In East

Chicago, Nov. 5,-witn Minnesota
eliminated, three teams - Chicago.
Ohio state and Illinois-remain unde-
feated in the race for the Big Ten
football championship Wisconsin
crushed Minnesota's hopes saturday.
Ohio State kept its record clean by
trtumphing over Indiana, and Chicago
and Illinois played to a scoreless tie.
Neither Illinois nor Chicago has been
scored on this season.
The defeat of Minnesota before Wis
consin, 10 to z, was the biggest upset
OF Saturdays schedule. Given an out
side chance to win. the Badgers out
played Minnesota in straight football
and use of the forward pass. The
team, beaten by Illinois this season,
staged a remarkable comeback" ana
will be dangerous for its future oppo-
nents-Ohio State and Chicago. The
Gophers were bewildered with the
aerial attack. Simpson, Wisconsin's
quarter, hurled IS passes in three per-
iods. Ten of them resulted in gains
totaling 13S yards. Simpson also play
ed spectacular game in punting and
dropkicking, his dropkick from the
3O-yard line giving Wisconsin its first
score. The Badgers now predict a sur
prise for Ohio State at Madison. next
Saturday.
The battle between Chicago and
Illinois was one of the most evenly
contested games on Stagg field in
years. Both teams had chances to
count, but defensive teamwork check
ed every drive. Near the close of the
first period, with the ball on its three
yard line, Illinois withstood Chicagos
attempts to break through and the
when the Illini tried to smash over
from the eight-yard line.
Score ON Ohio state.
Although scored on for the first
its championship drive, defeating In
diana, &c to 3. In FIVE games, Ohio
has piled up 2S5 points. The Hoosiers
outplayed Ohio in the first quarter
been kept on the sidelines. entered the
fray. The all-American halfback
swept over all opposition. scoring tour
touchdowns for all of his teams
points. Indiana scored when Captain
Hathaway booted dropkick from the
26-yard line.
Kalamazoo lie Easy.
Michigan had no trouble in burying
Kalamazoo under SO to 0 score. the
game virtually served as practice
game for the tilt with Cornell next
Saturday. Weston, the Michigan quar-
ter, scored four touchdowns.
Northwestern, runner-up in the
championship race of a year aso.
ence season, defeating Purdue IL TO s.
Iowa suffered another blow when
the Great Lakes Naval Training sta
ton team of former collegians came
triumph. Pat Smith. former star OF
the University of Michigan team. was
an important factor in the Jaclies'
victory.
Chief interest in the east centeFed
in the outcome of the meeting be-
tween West Point and the Notre Dame
eleven, due to the rivalry between the
two institutions, and that it was one
of the few intersectional contests
which are annual features of the east
versus west football schedules.
Notre Dame won by score of TO
2, but only after the hardest kind. OF
Eridiron battle. This proved conclu-
sively that the Notre Dame combiria-
ton was the better eleven In every
way.
All through the game Notre Dame
executed her plays faster and cleaner
than the army and with better Judg-
ment
The soldiers, Notwithstanding de-
feat, made a creditable fight in view
of handicaps that surround their grid
iron work this season. Practice in
football uniform Is possible only once
a week, and there is a marked search
ty of coaches at West Point this fall
Kansas ON Top OF Heap AZ
Kansas City, Nov. BY victory
Saturday over Kansas Aggies, the
University of Kansas eleven stands
today at the top OF the Missouri VAL
one opponent most likely to spoil its
chances for championship. Missouri
lost to the Oklahoma Sooners in a
lat battle on her home field. The
Kansas victory was somewhat of
surprise despite the z to o. defeat the'
Jayhawkers administered to the Ames
Cyclones a week ago.