The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-10-22
Crowd Of $4,000
See Dedication
of Ohio Saucer
Two Players Taken to Hospital
From Cridiron-Victory
for Wolverines First in
Many Years.
by HuGV FULLERTON.
Omaha lice Leased wire,

c0lumbuE, o., Oct. 2l.--OhIO dodl
Gated It's new stadium today, openlDl
With music, flowers and before abou
5000 madly enthusiastic fans, an,
closed the ceremonies In the Rloam
Ing with wreath u rue and th'
nshes u past championships. losing II
10 0.
Ohio had all the enthusiasm except
ing that copped In one section u
Tho huge horseshoe. which erupted
apouted ana Reysored noise, Will,
Yost's terrlflealiy powerful attack
swept away the dcfcnses of the stub
born. hard fighting, but hopelesay
outelsssod Obionns. Michigan gained
an the scores but the victory was
achieved ~ the heaviest cost VI any
conference game played IN years.
Tonight Iioby aud vnnderyoort lie
IN hospitals, one with broken leg,
Tho other with broken arm, Gocbol,
the Michigan lender, Ia 40 bndly bnt.
tered and wrenched that he win not
bo Of much Importance IN tho con-
ference this year.
Luck Failed Them.
While Michigan outployed, outgen-
eraled and outfought the Ohioang, II
was ~ badly mauicd phyglcniIy m
ohio WAS In the score. Tho count Of
injured n about ~ 10 9, In favor ~
Ohio which IN slight solnco at tho
eruebing defeat whore victory would
hive crowned the grcatest day in mid.
western football history.
Never before has such crowd az.
selnblcd 10 sac western game. Al
Ohio poured into Columbus and
fought 10 watch ia heroes IN action
against Y0st's machine Tnarc was a
rrcmonltion Of dofcnt---but Ohio relied
upon tho luck that mas carried II
The last half decade and the inspira.
lion Of the tremendous crowd PACK
I'd IN tho horseshoe.
They had everything ability
10 break the defense Of Michigan.
from the start of tho struggle Ohio
waa practically helpless, unable 10
gain through Yosfs powerful and
agile line. and when they resorted 10
their great forward passing attack |
Michigan smothercd It. Again and
again Michigan covered the passes 50
that Ohio did not get free even once
and twice the new hero of Ann Arbor,
the fleet Klpke. intercepted passes
and tore through Ohio's scattered fled
for long gains.
K,pltc the Hero.
n there was hero II was kipke,
tho I55.pound lad. who seemed to
sense the direction Of every pass, to
be there, and who. IN addition TO
scoring both toucbdowns, kicked on;
of the prettiest field goals ever seen,
dropping the ball over the bar from
"a Yards IN tho final quarter just to
make the revenge OF Michigan the
sweeter.
II was not good football, not per-
foct. but II was hard, fercely fought
MI the way, stubborn and at times
terrific. IN one attack three men
were knocked out--two with broken
bones and the fierce, hopeless plung-
Ing Of the ohioans smashed Minhi-
CAMS warriors. They would not Yield
80 they broke.
Michigan, on the other hand, played
clean, clever football. Yost had
framed a perfect defense against the
famed Ohio passes and only once dur
ng the entire battle did the buckeyes
have any real chance to score. Then,
IN n decision which was questionable,
he question being the interference
With the receiver Of a forward pass.
ohio got the ball inside Mlchigans
,0.ynrd line and for few minutes the
slld crowd had chance to shout the
,attie cries of the Buckeyes.
ohio tore, ripped and fought it's
way forward--lt seemed certain to
core. but n play failed--and. on the
uurth down. Ohio. ten yards from
ho goal tried despairing forward
,ass. Workman twisted and fought
ais way forward after being tackled F.,
ut Michigan stopped him seven lnehes
hort OF first down.
That was the buckeyes only chance
o score. The fighting warriors from
Michigan came here TO win a rrude {
,attle and settle old scores. There
,as no love lost between the schools !,
nd the flames OF old III feeling were
lred In the last few days by reports
hat ohio would protest agains' Rohy {
nd perhaps others of the Wolverines ,
: might have been well for M.ehlgan
ad they done fe--as the cripple hkt /,
I the Wolverines icpight seems -
ut them as far ~ of the conference {
h nplonship hghl al the iefeat does 4
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