Show j hf my greatest thrill in sport by ROBERT ROBERT C coach or of the lie university of illinois football foolbull team my greatest thrill I 1 do not have te tc stop and think even one minute to answer this ques tion holt I 1 have been conching coaching football tennis teams since 1005 1905 7 1 hut beyond all doubt the greatest thrill that I 1 ever jr got came cam when ewhen tili nil nois wont went to minneapolis nea polls in 1916 1016 and defeated min mill perfect team and it was well called that by a score of 14 robert C to 0 9 and in addition I 1 want to make it plain right off that by recalling this victory I 1 am not gloating over a splendid coach dr 11 L williams or ills his gallant capable team let me arrange the setting for the game here was aas minnesota led by captain caston baston end with long quarterback ter back and wyman fullback every man dian was a topnotch cr the wyman to baston or long forward passing attack was marvelous mar relous on top of tills this the famous minnesota shift was vas exemplified in masterful fashion the gophers Go pliers on the preceding saturday had defeated iowa 67 to 0 and had won their earlier games by scores ranging from 41 to 87 points sports writers named minnesota the perfect team and it seemed that this was not extravagant illinois champion in 1914 and tied with minnesota for the championship in 1915 had stumped slumped and had been defeated by colgate and ohio that we would be roundly trounced was vas conceded by every writer guesses on file score were generally around the 50 maik ring king lardner in liia ills funny column in a chicago paper advised us not to go to minne minnesota minneota ota to be rass massacred sacred but to remain in chicago Clil cago on our way ay up and see a good show ring king sold said that ilacas and klein our ends who had bad ankles and could not play were lucky because they at least would be sure of their lives at minneapolis everybody ever body in the hotels and on the streets com coni miser abed with fill us it made the file boys mad when minnesota came out dutch Ster said they dont look so wonderful chilt was my cue I 1 told the boys to go out and play as if they have a 11 care in the world in the first quarter illinois scored two touchdowns one by a 45 yard march down the held field and the other by a 50 yard run on an intercepted pass by kraft the minneapolis tribune said illinois completely outplayed minnesota in all departments of the game the gophers finally scored a touchdown ouch down and a safety but that was all one chicago newspaper headed beaded its story hold tight when you read this just one more word the saturday aft afterward emard minnesota defeated wisconsin 54 to 0 and then piled up 49 points on chicago I 1 the result of the minnesota illinois game of 1916 Is generally considered the greatest upset in middle western football history it strange flint I 1 got my greatest thrill that day Is it 0 c by public ledger company |