Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-11-22 | Page 13 | Chicagoans Are West Champions

CHICAGQAHS HUE ft WESTCHiPK I mill Quarterback Steffen Is Respon- np sible for Beating Wiscon- $k ;j ; sin Out of Title. liif THOUSANDS OF VISITORS Iff - SEE GRIDIRON CONTEST mu Wh Game Would Have Resulted in a Tie but for Marvelous ! 100-Yard Run. MADISON, Nov. 2L A 100-yard .':$ run by Quarterback Steffen gave the ftjjuj S Western football championoiip to M j Chicago today. Had it not been for Hfi'iij i 1 this run tho fierce contest today be- j !';';J j i tween the old-time rivals, Wisconsin ! k I and Chicago, would have resulted 12 to '(sjl 12. This touchdown made the score: ;fM ; Chicago, 18; Wisconsin, 12. . The play which brought about this lill??! result was one of the most remarkable 'failEr! ever soon on a football field. Steihm, iplcii'; for Wisconsin, kicked off to Steffen, HWh S who got the ball on his own ten-yard '!4!U ;! line near the western side line. Ho !t rK 1 started straight up the field, and ran l; '1 ;j i like a whirlwind, attempts to catch him i'til'tl' being futile. The touchdown was ac- I'jr'lii1' complished in less than half a minnte 'irT! of playing. The Wisconsin players jr-Pi'!' were dumbfounded at the rapidity of bApI i tho play. Schommer kicked an easy 1' 4lJ. goal, and the score stood: Chicago, 6; lit i Wisconsin, 0. .in'1? Scoro Is Tied. r't!.' Later a straight buck carried the " ball over, and when Moll kicked goal 'i'- flk'! the score was tied, 6 to 6. J j.BJ (i Soon Chicago scored a touchdown l! and kicked goal, and repeated this in Slit'i; ' a few minutes. Chicago scored, an? rvj ! other touchdown and Schommer kicked L tWr goal. Wisconsin began the second half 'fp'M 1 1 with renewed vigor, nnd soon scored a y'.:ij;'i. touchdown and kicked goal. Score: j. Chicago, 18: Wisconsin, 32. J: j"'ti ' Randall Field, the arena selected for ' the struggle, was the objective point of Jt nearly every visitor and resident in ' ' Madison. Thousands of visitors wfre "bltr' present from Chicago. Milwaukee and 'lii'Mit!?' olhor cities and towns of Illinois, Wis- ;'Sf i consin and Minnesota. The weather iilJ-Nj'; was 'fine. Line-up: i' IK1') Chicago. Wisconsin. l''fii 'i Page re Dc-an i, Killey rt Osthoff ijiiv'li Illrschl rg Dreutzere tlftM ! Badcnoch c Stlchni ikll Erhorn : lg Messmer lf-r Hoffman It Boyl" , Schommer le Rogers Alti ! Steffen qh Moll WW J Crowlcv rhb.. .. Cunningham wlV 1 hidings lhb Culver . i Worthwlne fh Wiltse j