Grange of Illinois (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Grange of Illinois<br/><br/>Grange Sprints to Fame. N his second game he made sev eral long runs and two touchdowns against Butler. The next game was against Iowa. With only five min utes left to play, the score was Iowa 6, Illinois 3. The ball was on the Illinois 19 yard line, 81 yards from a touchdown. Grange took four passes from Britton and then ran around end for a touchdown, Illinois 9, Iowa 6. Illinois played Northwestern at Cubs' Park. In the first quarter Northwestern was threatening the Illinois goal when Grange intercepted a forward pass on the Illinois 10 yard line and ran 90 yards through the whole Northwestern team for a touchdown. The newspapers commenced to refer to Red as the galloping ghost, a designation that will always be connected with him. Chicago had a great team. Before meeting Illinois, Chicago had won four straight games. The chicago-illinois game was played on November third at the opening of the Illinois Memorial Stadium. Grange's first ?ash was a 62 yard run to Chicago's 23 yard line after intercepting a forward pass. In the third quarter he ran around end from the 27 yard line for a touchdown, but the play was called back because the referee ruled that he had stepped out of bounds on the 7 yard line. Red went around end again for a touch down. Britton kicked goal, and the score ended 7-0. This was Chicago's only loss in 1923.