The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-05
RESERVES GIVE
GOPHERS FEAR;
CHICAGO READY
Maroons Battling Wolverines
on Stagg Field, Kept Dry
by Covering
IOWA HOPES FOR UPSET
Wilcox, WEIGH Bother Purdue
in Clash Today-Wisconsin
Meets Grinnell

weather, after q month of summer
temperatures, added additional haz-
ards to the schemes Of the 90. ches
today. A mixture Of rain and snow
swept over the middlewest yester-
day. Soggy gridirons generally
swung odds to the heavier teams.
Gazing out at the rain, Coach
Rockne at nightfall yesterday pre-
dicted that Minnesota would push
us all over the field" if the drizzle
persisted. Despite their demonsrat-
ed power the Minnesota team went
inio the fray with the experts pre-
dieting their defeat, because OF the
wealth Of ma erial Rockne has at
his command. The Minnesota line
was confident but Rockne's sadop.
ton of the military maxim, to get
there first with the most men,
made the experts give Notre Dame
a two-touchdown advantage.
Gophers Have Strong Reserves
There were strong reserves in the
Minnesota squad, too, though Spears
had but one Joestlng to burst
through the line. The greatest in-
SEPARATION to thu Notre Dame defend
ers was their unbroken record OF
victories on the home field since the
stone age era of football.
A similar struggle of keen rivalry
was the Chicago Michigan conflict
at Stage field. Though they have
met but three times since 1905, the
Yost-Stagg football feud has per-
sisted. and the teams today had the
additional incentive of shadowy
possibility that the winner will
still remain in the race for the con-
ference championship, having but
one defeat on the season record.
Stagg field, unlike the battle
ground at Notre Dame, was covered
by a rubber blanket which shed yes
terday's rain, and kept the gridiron
dry and fast. A new record in Chi
cago football crowds except for the
Army Navy epic of last fall, was
set for the Chic.go-Michigan fray,
with $1,000 tickets sold.
Only $4,000 can be packed into
Cartier field at Notre Dame, though
there were three times that number
of applications
Iowa Hopes For Upset
HOPES for another of the upset:
which has dotted the conference
schedule this fall, were bright a
Iowa City today, with the lowan!
admitting their only chance t.
emerge victor. in the Illinois con
test depended on favorable breaks
Lateral and triple passes have fea
tured the Illinois repertoire thi!
fall, and Coach Zuppke has givei
indications Of an intention to return
to the huddle system Of calling sig
nails, now almost obsolete in the BIZ
Ten. s.
Northwestern had to contend will
two smart open field runners il
Captain Wilcox and "nest" WEIGH
together in the Purdue backfield to
day for the first time this year
Wilcox has q three year reputation
to uphold as an elusive ball carrier
/, and Welch has yet to prove in
conference clash that his dazzlin'
runs against Harvard were q tru
sample Of whet he can do.
Coach Thistlethwaite of Wiscon
sin planned to spend the day scout
ing his next conference opponent
Iowa, while the Bad. ers secon
Etrine team tossed the ball aroun
against Grinnell. The Indiana team
too, Ed an easy contest in pros
pect, against Michigan State.