Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-11-16 | Page 9 | Illinois Practically Cinches Championship

oo ILLINOIS PRACTICALLY CINCHES CHAMPIONSHIP Chicago. Nov. 15 Fulfilling earlv-sason earlv-sason predictions and playing close to torm, Illinois hua won the Big Nine lootball championship, or at least has come so near winning k thai only an earthquake, in the form of a Wisconsin victory next Saturday j can leave it in doubt 1 Critics today, considering Illinois' i - - L brilliant victory over Chicago yesterday, yester-day, were inclined to credit Coach I Zuppke with having turned out the greatest team that Illinois, or even ' the conference, has seen in years. Liberal credit is due Chicago, how ever, tor the game fight it made against the long odds In Illinois' fu-vor. fu-vor. Weakened by the injury and tho tarly retirement of Gray and playing against a team superior in everything . except nerve, the MaroonB made as gallant an uphill fight as conference annals can boast, Whatever hope Wisconsin had for championship claims was dashed ini Its unexpected defeat by Minnesota Since the Gophers were decisively beaten by Illinois, there seems but I " .little chance for the Badgers making I a suciessful fU'ht against Zuppke's men next Saturday. The surprisingly strong attack taught Minnesota by Coach Williams has made the Gophers formidable in the tall end of the season and indi-i cates a battle of Interest with second lla r at slake in thtir game with Chicago next Saturday. Michigan's erratic eleven apparent -.1 ly was bewildered by tho Cornell of-j 9 lense and fell an easy victim after -the firs1, half, and Xotre Dame, displaying dis-playing the best football of its aea-i son, crushed the crippled Carlisle crowd through its fast backfleld.