Show S 'S i CAPTURES TITLE I I I Maroons Defeat Minnesota 18 I to 16 in Battle for the Championship GREAT KICKING OF CAPRON CAPRONI Gopher H Halfback Drops Drop e I Over Scoring Every Point I for His T Team V Is o Nov O 2 Stagg's gs g's mar maroon maroon- on clad gridiron totI today deleo defeo defeated tEd the tho University of Minnesota team b by bythe bytho tho the score re of ot IS 18 to l 12 n anti and m won back Jack th the n title tHin which the th giants of or the North so ly snatched tl from them ono one year ear ago Tho lh The Maroons Maroons U down downed wn I ed od the in m a game that will go goI godown I down tn In football history as aR on one without out a o peer for roi and gridiron pluck and Ana re resourcefulness I Chicago's oI great eleven lle 8 even It Itself elC and ard failed Calle rj In but ono one point to toi I tal take e advantage of nt Its opponents and I that one 0 camo came late In n tho second sec Bee ond half when tho Maroon total ml might ht have haw been lifted to 24 points had It not boen tot for loose work when th the ball was waR within the n J limit Chicago's victory vIctor t today wn- wn more mom decisive de do- C i claire than the score core shows The rho six tx points difference e In the totals of or the tho I two teams does doeR not h begin ln to Indicate tue tn last aRt superiority of or StagS Stagg's team O over Or r the Gophers Chicago o won by hy I making three tOli touchdowns and kicking all the flue gusts Minnesota tailed failed t I In It Its rO o cro cross s 8 Maroon goal oal I line and Con counted only thron through h the tho won won- erf ul kicking ability of or George apron Capron 1 the young oung left lefi halfback who vho on three I oct occasions lons booted the ball bait over o th the cross cro crossbar crossbar bar bill for n field goals I I Machine Won It was iras a a. a football machine that th triumphed triumphed tri tri- over a team built hullt around ono one individual star stan and that star was as Ca Ca- pron Th The Th Maroon team was wa as ns nearl nearly mechanical In Its effectiveness as any football team ever e shown In the West cst Its every p action aNion that flInt of or a machine per per- IteN j I feet teN In details hut but a machine endowed with the he power of or thinking At tho the head healt I or of this thiN wonderful gridiron mechanism was WR a n. field general who never ne failed In Inthe Inthe inthe the emergencies Stagg started his eleven en slowly lowly but once tinder r a way ho hone ne never pr or put on the brakes until the tho victory vie vic Ictor tor tory tony was clinched a a. doubt On the other hand the tho Minnesota team which went down clown o o defeat was built hullt around on one man man George George Capron the tho left halfback of the tho rs Ho Ito figured In two thirds of ot the G Gopher pher c S pa pay plays s and from Crom tho the beginning of or the play pla plaIt It was waR evident that Minnesota's Minne Minno- Inno- Inno sota's lotas ono one aim was ac in lO carr carry the ball within kicking distance of 01 the Chicago goal line and arid let Capron's wonderfully lII accurate toe do rIa the rest Mow low ow well ivell the tho youngster on who whose e shoulders rested the hopes of oC the maroon and gold sold did h his I work worl Is best n attested b by tho the fact tho that o oC f cn trials nt at nell field goals h lie ho n scoring three times and making 1 12 points for his team While all du due credit must be given I n to the tho Individuals of tho the new champions of tho the West est to tho the fleet t tue tIO o agile Steffon Stetron tho the marvelous Iddings and the wonderfully accurate Page the star Ita of the game gamo was this same samo Capron apron Perhaps no football player ever eter had bad n a nr r record cori more moro unique and praiseworthy orth than that of or this young youn man lie nc not only scored all the tho points credited Loth lo to lothe th the Gophers toda today hilt but he hp has hns made ev tn every pr cry ery one ono of oC the points that tho the giants of or orthe the North have scored this season In throe three games ganCS be lie has hooted so on vii field goals and won a place in In th hall hail of or fame famo for tor drop kicking ability Ito JIo Is the greatest drop kicker since tho thod d nays days ls of and peT perhaps ap i th tho superior of oC tho the wonderful Maroon of or orthe the late nineties U ln lo Ir The game was v witnessed e b h by 1 people M dC whom 1500 1510 were irene Gopher rooters r A thousand rooters i at the game had a miraculous escape from Crom when a A. fragile bleacher at the east end o ot of the tho Northrup field HeM collapsed col col- lapsed hurling the tue frenzied enthusiasts In a hean bean among amonI tho the wreckage age The disaster threw thousands of or into n a panic for a short time but after It was discovered that but seven se persons persons per per- sons were Injured with any de degree rec of oC severity sl order r restored The accident noel acci dent came just after tint the opening of ot the halt half when was dashIng dash dash- Sn lag Ing toward the lie stand for the touchdown touchdown touchdown touch touch- down which put Chicago In tho the lead lend never ever to hO bo hea ed In the battle baLUn for the thew w western championship As he hl neared the line the tho Coph Gopher Copher r rooters rose roso en t to see If their safety man would prevent the score As they rose roso tho stand went down with Hh a crash rah and the tho rooters were piled phed tier on tier The wreck wreckage e was olo cleared r d. d away awny quickly the game faint pro proceeding with but momentary momen tary tarv delay delar The rhe lineup and summary ago V t I Minnesota Hewitt LH LE 1 Che Chestnut L. L LT LI T. T Young Youn- Handy IG I-G I Anderson C C Harris tt-G tt Bandelin Faik nT RT Case Pa Page e. e nE n.E. C DeTray Ln G G Capron I nIl Merrill Merritt ln MJ 1 Dunn Princeton umpire S Officials loll Kelly Hoagland 1 Princeton referee Porter Portor Cornell head linesman Starbuck Cornell Cor or or- or nell neli field judge Substitutes ro r for Touchdown DeTray l Jd- Jd dings rs g Goals Goal from Crom touchdowns Pa Page c Goals from field apron Capron r. r I |