Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-11-18 | Page 14 | Wolverines down Badgers and Retain Hold on Title

Wolverines Down Dwi Badgers agers A And Retain Hold on i Title TIte J I MADISON Wis Nov 17 Michi Michi Michigan I gan retained Its hold on the Western c conference nce football title here today by def sating sating- Wisconsin 6 to 3 The Badgers strove strove- desperately to overcome overcome overcome over over- come the Wolverines and the game was fought fiercely throughout Michigan's winning score came early in tho the second period when Rockwell was tal taken en for down by bythe bythe bythe the Wisconsin team and got up and tan lan fifty yards behind the Wisconsin Wiscon Wiscon- sin goal line Referee Eckersall herd heM the ball was not dead and gave the tho Wolverines their only counter Steger failed tailed to kick Icicle goal Wisconsin ai scored d. d a ePI fr from CaptainS Captain Belows Below's e t toe early vm the h first period liThe Badgers pl played the Wolverines Wolver Wolver- ines inca to a standstill during the first I half holding the edge of ot first downs In the second half Michigan Michi I gan nn ope ope l 4 up un 1111 forward passes for several long gains Thy They carried carried earned car ear ried ned the the- ball within striking distance distance dis dis- I tance on three different t occasions but hut the he Badgers Badgen tightened and I Taft punted out of danger I Michigan's defense was weakened I considerably ably when Blott Bbott was taken I I from the game In the second pe pe- pe- pe nod Bro Brown n took toole his place Rockwell was the outstanding I I star for tor Michigan snaking malting more than twenty y yards three different I times Taft Taff showed up up P best besl for the tIme Badgers with his long pun punts and andru ru runs i. i Just as th game eldea Taft endea Taft Tift tossed a long passed for tor fin ift yards ards to o Harris o on oi yard M H yard a 1 line n. n A A crowd of tf i followers I surrounded R. R teree When the game was o over r and ad eh entered erea a a strong protest against the decision which gave tha tho winning score Badger rs h however wever es- es ted the official plaY fr from m the the feld 1 A crowd of ot ans saw the game The fhe lineup Wisconsin Michigan Irish J lo le l i. i r Martion Marton Below C O. 14 toad Mirth ad eIL t Igl Jl V- V Slaughter laughter c c c Blott Nichols rg Steele Bentson rt I Nels Nelson n. n u. u re Curran I Schneider Williams I C CHarris CI Harris Steger Taft fb Miller I Official i score Referee lc Chicago Umpire i Yale Head Had Inesm linesman BLY n- n j. Illinois I z BY p Michigan Igan 1 1 0 0 o 6 ft 0 0 6 0 6 Wisconsin n 3 I 0 0 0 3 0 3 Wisconsin scoring scaring Below place place- Place Place-I kick Michigan scoring Rockwell el I touchdown I II I