Evening star., 1933-11-27
BY c. w. SPEARS.

NJ ADIsON, Wis, November
M 27.-The curtain went
lVl down on mid-Western
Conference foot ball with
Michigan winning the title by
virtue Of 1870 win over North
western.
Michigan, bv coming through this
ANAL game. definitely proved 1t was
the best team in the conference. When
1t was learned that Olson, Northwestern's
star kicker. was going to be out OF
the game, owing to injuries. right there
things began to look bad for the
kicking has been a great factor in its
of1ense and defense this year.
As usual. in these cases when you
lose a great kicker, the day turns out
to be one where the wind Is blowing
Z gale and the kicker Is 30 per cent
Of the team.
Michigans rushing game wasn't much,
but Regec1i's kicking kept Michigan
continually in front Of the goal posts.
where it could throw a long pass or
try for q field goal 1t was to be
expected that Ncrthvestern's running
game would not give Michigan's good
defensive line much trouble, but. with
Olson'S kicking TO put them in scoring
position, its passing game would have
functioned much better.
However, 1t did not have Olson and
Michigan outplayed its rival by show.
ing q marked superiority In every de.
partnent.
n MINNESOTA struggled to 6-3 win
VI over Wisconsin, the game being
played under very adverse
weather conditions. Wisconsin took the
lead early, on field goal by Mario
Pacetti. its great guard. The ball trav-
eled 48 yards-one of the most brilliant
kicks have ever seen. Minnesota's 8
scoring chance came when a punt rolled
to Wisconsin'S e-yard line. Two con-
secutive fumbles by Wisconsin, due to
shaky passes from center. the first on
the 3-yard line, the second on the
l-foot line. permitted Minnesota to re-
cover and Lund Immediately slashed
over.
There was little to choose between
the two teams, there being only about
3 yards difference in total yard
age gained by passing and running.
Minnesota, however, had q distinct edge
in the kicking argument-particularly
after Fontaine. Wisconsin's kicker. was
forced to leave the game through in
juries. Wisconsin was guilty Of looser
handling Of the ball.
, Handling the ball was no easy task
for after the hrst minutes Of the
game rain was turning TO snow and .
regular blizzard made playing exceed
ingly dinncult. Larson. Minnesota's end
was quite impressive. Lund, Minnesota 4
great back, made little headway. al
though he was by far the Gophers
greatest threat. Pacetti ut guard was
Wisconsin's great star, although the
entire team played well.
OHIO STATE won thrilling, hard.
~ fought game from Illinois. Ohio
State excelled Illinois in q very
marked fashion in its running game
while Illinois had better passing. II wal
rather surprise that the Ohio running
game gained as much ground Is it did
Illinois kicking game did not hold ur
| as well as expected against Ohios ex-
cellent kicking, and this was about the
margin Of winning and losing.
It looked as II Illinois did the worst
kicking it has done in any Of its major
games this season. The Illinois team
however, lost fighting and was very
close to scoring ut the end, but last
minute plays did not quite click, and
Purdue was given a great fight by
Indiana for the first half. but it con-
tinued Its drive and pressure and
finally broke down Indiana's resistance,
piling through for three touchdowns.
Southern California won. as was ex-
pected, from Notre Dame. It had q
slight edge throughout the game, and
especially when Elser. Notre Dame full
Motre SssT Dsmea % onense @ % sosted down
Southern California had the class to
take advantage Of scoring opportunities
and Warburton was the spark that
made the difference between the scoT-
ing punch Of the two teams.
~H1cAoo finished her season in a
blaze Of glory, completely out
chasing Dartmouth In oil depart
ments Of the game. Chicago has been
all season a much better team than
people generally gave 1t credit fol-
being.
Iowa lost a hard one to Nebraska BY
the margin Of a goal kick. Iowa really
outplayed the Nebraska team. but
through the great defensive play Of
eauer. Nebraska STAYED on Iowas last
quarter rally.
Detroit University beat Michigan
State in q hard battle. Motifs superb
passing was too much for the Michigan
| State team.
Drake and Iowa State In their annual
meeting battled to TT tie, representa-
tive of the strength Of the two teams
although Iowa State outplayed Drake.
It was really too bad that in the final
games Of q great season, practically al
had to be played with strong wind
being q deciding factor.