Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-11-24 | Page 3 | Illinois Champion of "Big Ten" for 1919 Grid Season

Illinois Champion ci Big leu tor 1919 Grid Season CHICAGO, Nov. 23. Final ranking of tbt- teams in the western conference confer-ence football race lonirhi 1 1 1 1 nois. triumphant oer Ohio State in 1 the spectacular 9 to 7 panic yesterday. .undisputed claim to the 1919 gridiron championship of the "big ten " The scrappy Illinois eleven, victorious victor-ious in six of its seven games, finished fin-ished the season with a percentage of 857. while Ohio pulled up in second place with 750. The ohioans bagged three out of four games, losing their only contest to Illinois. The Buckeyes scored victories oyer Puriui , Michi gan and Wisconsin, while Illinois emerged victorious in its panics with Purdue Iowa. Minnesota. Chicago, Michigan and Ohio, suffering defeal al the hands of Wisconsin earlier In the season. Chicago, although beateu by Wj on sin yesterday, finished In third place, I while Wisconsin and Minnesota went1 Idio a tie for fourth place The season was remarkable because of the startling upsets and the Iremi D dous interest in the game which even surpassed the pre war days The clash J between Chicago and Wisconsin, although al-though not a championship affair,! drew 26,000 persons, with gato re-1 eripts of between $37,000 and ?40,000 ' The Ohio Illinois contest drew 20,000 and the Mirhljran-Minnesota game at I I Ann Arbor attracted 30.000 persons. I The final games marked the passing Of some brilliant stars "Chick" Har ley, all-Aniorican halfback, played hisj last contest for Ohio, while CWcago lost seven men. They are Captain I Higgins, Graham, tintchlnson, Hinkle, McDbnald aud S.tegeman. Myers, Captain Cap-tain Carpenter and Fladoes finished their intercollegiate careers at Wis consin.