| Show FOOTBALL ON THE COAST michigan team too much for the men of stanford pasadena cal jan 2 by the decisive score of 49 to 0 alic michigan university team today defeated stanford jiniv erdity er sity the acore ac ore is quite in pro to the general superiority of the eastern men ai the game of football it docs not however tell the story of Stan fords desperate but futile efforts against defeat superior knowledge of the game showed in every play at kicking general team work running tackling and bucking the line the michigan men excelled haps the strongest feature of their playing was the phenomenal punting by right end in every exchange of punts stanford lost ground which she could not regain in the last half slant ord showed well for the first twenty minutes forcing line for small gains and holding her opponents when they went against her line gradually the michigan boys forced the ball down the field lor steady gains through center and around the left end by a series of brilliant plays they never failed to score and again by the most superb team work ever shown on a football field in california took alio ball to stan fords three yard line here the cali for niang made a determined stand and encouraged by the shouts of their pai bisans withstood the terrible battering of their line until they secured the kail on downs then began a systematic and determined ambault on invulnerable line stanford tried every trick known to their men to advance only to resort to punting with consequent loss of ground again michigan hammered the line for steady gains dark titan fords left end waa disabled in a scrimmage and was by preston star fullback know scored the first touchdown and shorts kicked goal score michigan C stanford 0 three times in the firt half michigan succeeded in sending a roan over tho line only once failing to add a goal the first half ended with the score michi gan 17 stanford 0 the second half was an exhibition of fast football michigan went at their opponents with all tho knowledge of the game and the weight of their players ahey hit Stan fords line in the middle and they went around alio ends they advanced ten and twenty vurda on play on fake paaso n a fake kicks and every other known football device in fact so fast and fierce was their play that stanford was bewildered and knew not liow to stop the encroachment on hor goal once or twice again alie held the conquerors for downs but the arrested progress of tho ann arbor men was extremely brief again and again snow of winf oscr alic line for touchdowns and shorts kicked goal until 48 points had been scored the brightest star in ranks was snow at fullback though lie scarcely eclipsed and hernstein Hern stern for stanford played a brilliant game his tackling being one of the features the day was perfect though possibly a trifle warm for football alie field upon which the teams met was as level aa a floor but very dusty the crowd the largest that ever attended an athletic event in southern california numbered about it presented all alie animation and much more of color than the average football crowd |
