Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-20
COPHERS WIND-UP SEASON With
mo DEFEATS, AFTER GATHERING.
WOLVERINES into SUBMISSION.

ANN ARBOR, Mich, NOV ~ H)-
The laundering herd from Minnesota
roared into Ann Arbor today, bowled
over Michigan 10 to T. and wound
up its season undefeated but twice
tied
The Minnesota Gophers carried the
little brown Sig, symbolic Of the
traditional rivalry between these
! teams since 1903, off the field in tri-
umphant glory for the first time in
eight years, for the victory was the
first over the wolverines since 1919,
and the game ended the inter
collegiate careers OF some OF the
greatest stars of the gridiron-Herb
Joesting, Bennie Oosterbaan, Harold
Almquist and Louie Gilbert.
The battle, witnessed by capacity
crowd Of more than $4,000 was saw
agely fought, With Minnesota, start
ing slowly and coming from behind
! in the second half with a tremendous
rush that gradually wore down the
fighting Michigan wolverines. 1t
was a battle between two powerful
lines, but in which the superiority
of the victors was clearly defined
both in the backfield and in the for
ward wall
BY its victory, Minnesota finished
| the western conference race as run
ner-up to Illinois, with a record OF
having defeated Iowa and Wisconsin,
tied by Indiana, and holding the
powerful Notre Dame team to a
IL to 7 tie.
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sofa in the first two periods, scoring
a touchdown in four dramatic. plays
after getting the ball on an exchange
of punts few seconds after the game
4 opened.
Barnhart, the Minnesota punter
kicked out of bounds on Michigans
25 yard line just after the battle
started, and Miller picked up two
yards around right end. Then Puck
elwartz, the boy who blundered in
the game in which Illinois defeated
Michigan, tossed long forward pass
! to Oosterbaan the all-American star.
who grabbed the oval out of the air
almost as he raced across the goal
line. Gilert kicked goal for the
extra pofnt.
But Joesting, another all-American
star, Almquist and Nydahl had to
| be reckoned with, and when they
started their smashing and passing
game the wolverines wilted. These
swift charging Gophers ripped
through the line, circled the ends and
tossed passes, resulting in two touch
downs and came perilously near scor-
/ ing another, missing the attempt by
four yards Is.nga
| With Joesting, Nydahl and Alnlquist
! Juggling the ball. Minnesota scored its
first touchdown a few minutes after
the second half opened, with Joesting
carrying the ball over from the one
yard line.
Pharlner, pinch kicker, was called
into the game to/add the extra point
Almquist fumbled bad pass from
center but SUCCEEDED in tossing it
to Pharmer. The wolverines were
swarming il! on Pharmer, however,
blocking his attempted to hurl a for
ward pass for the extra point, but
this was batted down by Rich, the
wolverines fullback.
With the fourth period a few Sec
onds old, and with the Gophera
charging on Michigarl's six yard line,
Almquist tossed pass to Haycraft
over the goal line for the second and 1
vo,::nning marker. Almquist kicked
goal for the extra point. !
Minnesota came to Ann Arbor a
clearly established favorite and its
superiority is revealed in the sta
tiStics, which show that Minnesota !
made 18 first downs as compared to
two for the wolverines.
Lineup and summary:
Minnesota: Haycraft, l. f.; Nagurski, !
Il. t.; Hanseon, l. g.; McKinnon, c..
Gibson, r. g.; Gary, r. t.; Tanner,
r. e.; Almquist, qb.; Nydahl, r. hb. |
Barnhart, /. hb.; Joesting (captaln),
fl.
Michigan: oosterbaan (captain)
l. e.; Pomrnerening, !. t.; Palmeron, /
l. g.; Bovard, c.; Baer, r. g.; Gabel, |
r. t.; Nylard, r. e.; Miller, qb.; Gil.
bert, +. hb.; Puckelwartz, l. hb.; |
Rich, fb.
Score by periods:
Michigan ,.,,,.....,...,. Z Q 0 o.
Michigan scoring: Touchdown,
Oosterbaan. Point for try after touch
down, Gilbert (placement).
Minnesota scoring: Touchdowns,
Joesting, Haycraft. Point for try
after touchdown, Almquist.
Officials: Referee, Eckersall, Chi
cago; umpire, Mumma, West Point;
field judge, Kearrls, DePaul head
linesman, Lipp, Chicago.
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