The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-20
HEAVY OUTFIT
LOST 3 GAMES
BY LONE POINT
Fumbles Have Raised Particu
lar Havoc With DR.. Spears
Eleven
ROBBED OF VICTORIES
Chuck Palmer and Oran Pane
Are Latest to Crash Ma.
room Hopes
By BILLY EVANS

There seems to be some sort of
jinx following DR.. Spears Mime
sofa elevens these days. For just
when the Gophers apparently are
we'll on their way to success they do
complete dipsy-dew. And for, it
would seem. no good reason at all.
Take this years team, for in
stance. Minnesota, early in the CAM
paign, looked the team to beat in
order to cop the Western Conference
title. Then came that 62-yard last
minute gallop by Pape of Iowa,
which turned 6 to 0 Gopher lead
into a to 6 defeat.
The following week the Gophers
appeared a pop-eyed cinch to win
from Northwestern. It was Just a
matter of bow many points the
Mortimer would score, apparently.
But when the smoke of conflict had
blown away it was the Purple and
not Minnesota that was on the long
end of a 10 to 9 count.
Have Lost Chance
Those two reverses, obviously, put
the Gophers out of the running in
sofar as any Big Ten title hopes are
concerned; a situation which even
the most pessimistic Minnesota fol-
lower wouldn't have dared to pre-
dict when the season got under way.
Last year with the great Joesting
in the lineup, the men of the North
appeared sure bet for the Big Ten
crown. And they would have won it,
too, but for that unexpected tie with
Indiana. Figured to trip the Hoos-
iers by 40 to 0 count, the Gophers
had to be content with q 14-14 ver-
dict.
Two seasons back they had q
chance to share the title, or at least
keep their old rivals, Michigan, off
the top. But after outplaying the
Wolverines for SO minutes of the
game, tumble gave the Yostmen !
touchdown and victory, rs.
Fumbles, by the way, have raised
particular havoc with the Gophers.
The miscues, it seems, always Dor
out at the most inopportune times
That's how the Purple won the other
Saturday, Calderwood picking up 8
Gopher tumble and racing IS yards
for what proved to be the winning
touchdown.
Should Have Won
It wasn't the first time, either
that a Minnesota miscue has helped
Northwestern aggregation. I re-
call the famous z to tie played be-
tween these schools in 1922. The
Gophers had much the better team
that day and with but few minutes
to play had a lead of to and the
ball deep in Purple territory.
Led by Earl Martineau, famous
back Of those days, Minnesota
reached the foes three-yard line
Another touchdown and victory
seemed certain. But on the next
play the ball-carrier fumbled lust
as he crossed the final line. Chuck
Palmer, Northwestern star, picked
up the bounding oval and cantered
lO2 yards for a touchdown. Goa
was kicked and Minnesota could &c,
nothing more than a tie against Z
team it outclassed by two touch,
downs.
Minnesota probably has lost more
games on last-minute rallies thar
any other team in the Big Ten dur.
ing the last few seasons. tumble.
played big part, too.
The one-point defeat also has beer
q bugaboo to the Gophers. In thei,
last three setbacks the Mortimer
have been dropped by single-poin1
margins-by Michigan, Z to s, il
1926; Iowa, Z to 6, and Northwest.
ern, 10 to 9, this campaign.