Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-10-04 | Page 20 | Fourteen Major League Baseball Clubs Play Final Games of Season

FOURTEEN MAJOR MAJOR LEAGUE EAGUE BASEBALL LL CLUBS LUBS PLAY PLAY FINAL FINAL GAMES OF SEAS 01 Famous Star Completely J. J Stopped in Every S Start art j j jj CHAMPAIGN H Ill Oct 3 APr AP AP- AP r Out of Ute tile mist hanging low over o over er Illinois IllinoIs' memorial stadium a revengeful Nebraska team smarting under defeats of 1923 and 1924 rose to superpower today vanquished Illinois 14 to 0 0 an and accomplished what no other football team has been able to do do do- completely stop Red Grange Amer- Amer 1 teas tea's s 's outstanding football star I s Grange heretofore unstoppable was was nailed almost In his tracks virtually virtually vir vir- vir every time he started Once the flaming redhead brought the spectators chee cheering to their feet when he broke away on a 8 left lett end run but he was chased out of bounds sprinting fifteen yards yards his most spectacular effort of ot the game Grange making his 1925 debut carried the ball nineteen times for a gain of ot two sixty-two yards ards Thrice he was thrown back tor for a a. loss of two or three yards and once for tor a a yard However he heaved a pass that netted eighteen yards making him responsible for tor a a. total gain of eighty eight yards Grange unable to pierce the mag- mag to 1 Nebraska defense and Unvaried In his efforts to circle the ends was taken out of the game a few tew seconds after the start of ot the fourth period broken and crushed As the noted player covered with mud from head to toot foot walked to the sideline tears gathered in his eyes ees and he fell feil into the waiting I af arms ns of ot his comrades In justice I to Grange it must be said that he started the game suffering pain from a sprained wrist sustained in practice and unable to heave forward forward for tor- war ward passes with his usual skill I i The Tue stopping of Grange was chiefly ll due to the deadly tackling I of df f Captain E. E D. D Weir of ot the Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska Ne Ne- I If braska eleven himself an Amer all ican star Weir smashed through the Illinois Interference spilling the players In every direction and brought Grange down with gains ot or two or three yards Three times he ran man Grange out of bounds The Nebraska line charged furiously furiously furi furl and quickly getting away faster than Illinois backfield plat players players pla- pla play play- t ers r and br them to earth al almost almost al- al most before they could get under Wa way Grange lacked the superb interference Interference Interference Inter Inter- ference of ot 1924 when he amazed the gridiron world In his sensational sensational sensa sensa- sensa-I sensa flights across the chalk marks He missed Wally ally McIlwain Hall and Britton his shock troops of last year ear Britton did not start the game today Neither did Hall They were rushed into the fray Inan in inan inan an attempt to give Grange a helpIng helpIng help- help Ing fog hand but they came too late Instead of being used In the backfIeld back back- backfield field as he was last year Britton was used In the line toda today Nebraska's first touchdown scored a few minutes after the opening of the first first- period came directly as the result of ot a forward pass which Grange attempted Dailey Dailey Dai- Dai ley Icy the Nebraska fullback intercepted inter inter- Granges Grange pass on the Illinois yard 40 line and with Interference quickly formed about him carried it the remainder of the distance to the goal Brown kicked drop d for forthe forthe forthe the added point f The second touchdown touchdown touch- touch down clown was also the result of an In Int Intercepted Intercepted In- In t pass at least It paved pa the way for It Rhodes went over near the close of the game after Scholz I had intercepted a pass from 1 Daugherty Daughert the Illinois fullback on Illinois Illinois' yard 43 line Rhodes then tore of ot a yard 40 run un around right end Captain Weir on a tackle tackle- le- le around pIa play made a yard and Rhodes went over on the next smash Brown again scored the extra point with a drop The game tame was played on a wet slippery soaked rain-soaked field made slow clow and heavy as a result of an hour eighteen downpour IllinoIs Illinois 0 Nebraska 14 Muhl le S Sprague Grable It E. E Weir C C. lg Ig c Hutchison rg Scholz Reeder rt rt Stiner Kassell re J. J Weir Brown Grange C. C lh Rhodes Leonard rh rh Mandery Dau Daughert herty fb lb Dailey SCORE BY PERIODS I Illinois 0 0 0 0 0 0 W Nebraska l 7 g 0 g 0 14 1 I Nebraska scoring Touchdowns I Rhodes l and Daile Dailey Points after arter touchdown touchdown Brown Brown 2 Officials Eckersall Eckersall Eckersall Chicago um- um Chicago field Judge judge Mumma Army head linesman lines lines- man Wyatt man Wyatt Missouri Time of periods pe- pe 15 15 minutes each t