Illini Wade To 13-6 Victory Over Chicago: Maroon Line Stops Grange, But Fumbles Cost 'Em Game

ILLJNI WAJE TC MAROON LINE STOPS GRIM , NT FEES COST 'Efil GAME 11 LIUD A M ND UCK 1 Red Carries Ball 17! li I CH1CA GO I 61 . ILLINOIS 1131. I i Lampe. A oitaClarke, -r Times, Gams 18 1 4 c Don ough ..... r., r... .., Kassel I 31-nderson 1C.1 ...L. T. It arrmer 1 . Wolf. f. Pckrass. Neff . -L. 0...Eadrig7. Coolidge Yards, Loses 26. i Itaket : ...0 ...s ...... Reitecb i ill Men. .130Ttinn. I 1 i Redden ..........a. G. ...Mitternallner. i 1 Etcharbied. Muege - 1 . I S ott TI T. Brown , ci-stleirsieleyS:. Irarite ...B.. E ..... ... D'Ambrosio BY HARVEX WOODRUFF. Erbtarts Tribune Press Serviee.I i Abbott Q- B- --- --- Grange C1 I (P S. oiler. Kernwein. ictures on page 3.) ! Anderson L. H. ...... ...... Green ,,,,,, , 1 Marks. MeKinney -R. H Britton catapalge. III-. Nov- 7-- be fr"'"' I I 1C-Carty. Francis. -Under worst weather conditions Timm P. B Daneberity imaginable, Eli- : ToticlidcormsMecartr. Britton. D'Aln- , , brosia. Point after tourbdown Kassel. nois defeated Chi- , getemeJamie. maaker tworthwiesteral um- -, ---,,''a--, cage at Memorial 'etreFred H. Young Illinois WealeYani- Read - a ,,,.,.,: - -, ;cl'i - st a-ii um this aft- : anesman-ae. E. Kearns I De Pauli. Field I' a'a.::::.'44.1 ernoon before 69,- t jtidgeAte7er Ill'rt Iltichiaanl- . !ass; .....,,a. 000 spectators1 tti asraaa al who sat for two I "A" las- --- -1. hours and a cprar- ' 144 ''"' : '- ter in a drizzeng i ' '7 -- 1 Players Get 444-: rain while the two , "' rassee;i:--- sae as teams slipped and I ' - - 4 110,4.-.-s- ushed through a 1 ' V; ' l' , -:,"4-s,;. s Iferitable quag- I a a , est..- It was impo :;;;;,,T.. mire- ese 1 ,a7, hie for the versa- ,v ,:... 0,.. making h last .. ( tile Red Grange, is : Big Ten appear- I Glory, Rooters Pneumonia IAILL Earrrox- ance at home, tol BY WESTBROOK PEGLER. , Ihis feet on the slippery surface. Red Mbierige Tribune Press Setrviea-1 sal stropped.,not by the Maroons but by I Champaign. Illa Nov- 7---ESPeclatl the tmpossible conditions he faced. al- at is sweet to be kicked in the slats : though Stagg's men were on top of - - and expire in public for deer old Chi-him on every Play and often threw him for a loss. But on the times or dear old Illinois as the band : ea4go when BM was free his feet went out !plays and thousands cheer. from under him in the miry going and ! Bet it is not tweet to sit for three enabled the enemy to come alongside. ! hours in a bitter rain on an Illinois Britton's Piratin Wins. prairie or anywhere else and contract g a case of uniffles and perhaps to pass But the very conditions which ban- out privately on a feverish pillow ten' &amp;tapped tbe Illinois captain were in - days later. . large part responsible for the Illinois!, You may draw yo-ar own conclusion victory. It was the punting of Earl ! as to whether the straining warriors, Britton. for three years a tearrunate : though they were lathered with honest el Grange and largely responsible for !gumbo from the soil of Illinois and : Bed's success on dry days by his in- !somewhat barked about the shins and efferent and blocking, which keel!. knuckles, had a worse time at the Ilia the advantage With Illinois and : nets-Chicago game than the 69,000 pen-ambled it to take advantage of the pie who cheered them through the : breaks which ultimate?) decided the 1 wretched afternoon. Deep down at insue. : the bottom of the bowl, two teams of It wait almost impose:lee to hold the : football players went slipping and skid-, greasy oval. Chicago punters failed !ding over the battle site and within . to do so at critical stages. Britton, ! two minutes after the game began : after a bed first quarter, was steady they were mesked in mud. their hands and reliable', although his distances did I were black and the numbers on their not approach what be mad have done !shoulder blades were blotted out by a on a dry day. As Illinois fumbled: , rich solution of very expensive real only four times and Chicago eleven estate times, the value of a man who tould ! Back to Town in Dark. hoot that leaden ball was almost be- i yond artimate. Surrounding them, in rising tiers ! that seemed to crowd the drooping Ccach Zuppke, always a conserve- eve in his compliments, told: rritton !skies' sat the 69,000 people, crampesi after the game that for the first time lin their seats' unable even to flap in his three years on the team he their arms to warm themselves until, felt compelled to take of! his hat in : the dusk closed in and some one mer- : admiration. ; cifully shot off a pistol, ending the Just how much this punting and :game. That sharp report and that fumbling meant is revealed in the sta- !darting pink flash from the gun Ye-. talcs, which showed that Chicago leased the 69,000 and sent them limp- Vaned 106 yards from scrimmage and ; ing down the windy runways to find : Illinois only at Minois made 55 yards i their way across lots, back to town, 1 from forward passes and Chicago 15. I in the dart. i 1 The Maroons amine out to play with i Red Makes 18, Loses 26. 1 their shanks naked because the I: And then if you, go further and find , weight of soggy stockings might have that Red Grange. the unstopable man ! retarded their speed after the first ! on a dry field, the man who ecored 1 few plays. But among the crowd in three touchdowns against Pennsyl- : the stands were thousands Of co-eds vartia and made the fourth touchdown and older women wearing the sheerest Possible, actually lost more ground: of silk stockings and paper weight than be gained. advancing only 1S slippers who had already walked half !ads and being thrown for losses of 1 a mile or more along the road that 1 3 Saela, you can imagine something ! was ankle deep in mud to reach the ! of the tad. It was muddy at Phila- : stadium. The bare legged Maroons lielphia, but it was not the slippery : ! sad of this afternoon. were active, racing from end to end of ! the hundred yard bog, diving in the j AM while condoling with Red at his I slime. getting up and diving again. ! cii of opportenity. one must express ; The girls in the grandstands could iktaation for those Maroons who: only sit there with wet feet and mud ! tee through the slime to nullify Tt I g --e--.-- splashed calves, with the rain washdforts. It was to yellow bunch from lug down on them until it was over. , Midway which made its stand They were faithful to the hardy tra- ' bers. I, elp --stied and criticized to an extent the sninie dillon of football but they may have s tonight and it will not be tare' think entirely undeserved; feel - . sweet to get pneumonia- It is rarely. it5 l theyfroam'ere tit- notalumni, receiving thospropear laail put up a battle which might if ever, sweet to get pneumonia. mport Fakers Outguess Storrs. l m by won had not o T takers st of the breaks he fake on the streets Of 1 Charre hen against them. Those breaks, of paign, those sharp faced Peddlers who letise,?fere fumbles, but even fumbles follow the crowds to ban games. races, :1 late excusable on such a day a.- ..3 this. conventions and fights. were quick to lleitseh, Kassel. D'Ambrosio. While praise of Britton will go down ult ItInoia football annals of 1925. 4etach. Kassel. and D'Anibrosio will ! recorded as the specific causes of ILtroon defeat It was Reitsch and Kasvile broke through to block a punt ettic Rouse was attempting to make .7e behind his own goal line just as ,"41 third Period ended. And it was . 'lelobrosio who fell on the ball behind i tbo Maroon final line for the touch! eye which broke the 6 to 6 tie with letth the lirst half had ended. 14.41 touchdown was the break of the Il Illee because whenever the Maroons. 1 leans the services of McCarty. their i .114 grotmd gainer who was injured In : i . Second period. threatened there- ' .'IT. a fumble ended their chance and eelon vas miled upon to punt again f, , 'Is Maroon t(rritory. b, I e-ate began falling Last night at 10 1 1-.-;ecit and continued steadily and In- I12"413! all morning and throughout t 1 taxa. Although the gridiron bad 1 covered with hay. the water I etil through as if through a sieve t 414 )n-ddles were standing in the field I ''ee 11tio opening whistle blew. , 'II nnty of Rubber. I .11a Illinois' big band paraded the field iI iit ,42,14beaaredvcethofe thct raisahortwhensig:ahlicaPragoettacned ir :fteilmaily every seat In the stadium i '14 the temporary bleachers contain- 1 accOmmodations for 5.000 more 14 occupisd., Local dealers. who re- q........, L um P.1 'ell -II" 1111 Paz rol. co Mats 6.) toi c . - ' sweet to get pneumonia- It is rarely. It ever, sweet to get pneumonia. Fakers Outguess Storrs. The falters on the streets of Champaign, those sharp faced peddlers who follow the crowds to ban games, races, conventions and fights. were Quick to throw overboard their stocks of canes and banners and badges and to scour the town for every bolt of waterproof stuff to be fotmd on the shelves of the stores. The merchants themselves seemed to be caught out of their business stride for the peddlers were on the street corners along the route to the stadium selling oilcloth by the yard before the storekeepers realized what had stimulated the market. And then the procession to the staditnn became a fantastic parade. Women with minks and sables stopped in the rain to buy lengths of hideously flowered on cloth- With nail files or socket knives borrowed from their escorts, they hacked circular boles in the goods and slid their improvised slickers over their 'heads. Some one thought of bathing caps as the salvation of fall millinery and the drug clerks went to the basements to dig out stocks that bad been stored away for the winter- Some of the girls wore goloehes. but not many. Perba pe they are no longer fashionable. Resident Element rrepared. The resident element. the boys and girl of Illinois. went to their lockers and brought out raincoats. mainly those yellow ones affected by Clo'stermen. but some blues and pinks and purples. They also came out in Sou'wester hats, which conducted the rain down over their shoulders. You could spot the college raincoats. They we're sensational with fraternity let-(Conaway&amp; ea page eeizoBa 34 up a ed a a of in Bad: I a k 29 I - 1 ! 1 ILUNI WA JE T0 o. ' v.st111111.111 1111 Dag S. colltats 04 t,-,w-.---- -- - c ,

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Illini Wade To 13-6 Victory Over Chicago: Maroon Line Stops Grange, But Fumbles Cost 'Em Game

Illini Wade To 13-6 Victory Over Chicago: Maroon Line Stops Grange, But Fumbles Cost 'Em Game

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