Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-03

beers. The ends will probably be the
harder to supply, as the university GEN
orally has IN abundance OF heavy ma
terial, but has been proverbially weak
at the ends until last year. The back
field will be intact, with Williams at
quarter Capt. Grifhth at full-back and
Morton and Edison at halves probably
retaining their places. Certain it is
that 1t will take q fast foot ball to dis
place them, for a faster quarter of
backs has not been seen on an Iowa
field in years. Brockway and Burrier
at the guards and Warner and Eby at
tackle will provide a splendid nucleus
about which to develop the line. War
Ener made a great record last year and
should luck favor Kim this fall his work
bids fair to be sensational earle, a
heavyweight from the State Normal,
will again try for the eleven, and should
he develop. a bit of speed may make
good for line position Little sub
guard last fall. will, it is said, be
ID ngerous rival for either Brockway's
or Burrier's job. Among the new candi-
dates are: Briggs the Red Oak high
school 18G-pound center, Perrin, of Bur
lington and Coulthard from the Wood
bine Normal School. Following is.
Iowa's schedule:
Sept. %. Iowa vs.. Upper Iowa Uniyer-
sity at Iowa City.
Oct. s, open.
Oct. IL, Iowa vs. Simpson College at
Iowa City.
Oct. 10, Iowa VS.. Ames at Ames.
Oct. 26, Iowa VS.. Drake at Iowa City.
Nov. 3. Iowa VS.. Chicago at Chicago
Nov. 10. Iowa VS.. Michigan at De-
troit.
Nov. II, Iowa VS.. Grinnell at Iowa
City.
Nov. %, Iowa vs.. alumni at Iowa City
Nov. 20, Iowa VS.. Northwestern at
Rock Island.
Ames will drop the graduate coaching
system this year. Her foot ball men
will be under the tuteiage of MIR. C. e.
Woodruff. formerly of Pennsylvania,
who has been made athletic director at
the State College MIR. Woodruff
coached at Nashville University last
Stage, of Chicago, as conscientious
man who had given thorough satisfac-
ton wherever he has coached Person
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forceful man and bids fair to have the
confidence of his men from the start.
If his proteges have half Of his enthu-
siasm it is safe TO say the Ames aggre-
CATION Will be anything but SLOW.
Ames, like, Iowa, will have two or
three weeks start of the other colleges
School opened Aug. p and practice is
now under full swing, tho no opposition
work Will BE- attempted for some time.
owing to scarcity of veteran material
it is impossible to obtain as good a line
on the farmer lads at this date as on
the university. Coach NNoodruff states.
however, that the material on first sigh:
| is Very rea assuring, there being an a bum.
dance of heavy men for the line and
speedy youths for the back field. Capt.
Chambers says he has never seen so
many good men come III with the fresh
man class. which is the largest this
year in the history of the school Natu-
Irally, Coach Woodruff is not saying
much about the style Of play he intends
to follow, but he is known tn be a great.
admirer of Stage and his tactics. and
should his material prove satisfactory
the sports need5not be surprised 10 find
\ a striking resemblance to the work of
1.-THE maroons. Like Chicago's coach.
Mr.. Woodruff favcrs a close line Of de-
Tense, bar the exigencies of the situa-
4 ton may necessitate a different ag-
gressive policy than Chicago mas fol-
llowed. In any event it has been dem
Ionstrated in years past thar Ames new
| er Jacks for good, husky, cUrn-fed ma
lterial and with rapidly-increasng at
tendance it is only fair to assume that
1.-The eleven Of 1900 will meet all expec-
|.tations. The schedule, which follows.
is calculated8to afford the State College
players busy season:
Oct. 6, Ames VS.. Minnesota at Mime
|apolis.
Oct. 10, Amss VS.. Nebraska at Lin
colin.
oct. 20, Ames vs.. Iowa at Ames.
\ Oct. 81. Ames VS.. Simpson at Ames.
Nov. 3, Ames VS.. Grinnell at Grinnell.
Nov. 10. Ames VS.. Drake at Des
Moines.
Nov. Ii. open.
| Nov. IS. Ames VS.. State Normal at
Ames.
4 1t will be noted that the Ames and
Iowa schedules differ as to the date of
1.-The Ames- Iowa game. The dates We're
SO announced by the twomanagers, but
lit is probable that any difference has
been settled by this time.
Probably no team in the state will
open the season with less veteran ma
terial than Grinnell. OF last years
eleven Capt Douglas and Lyman at the
lends, Fellows at tackle and Fiske at
quarter are al! who will report for duty
when school opens Sept. IL. Moreover,
1.-The Congregationalists will be two
weeks lalsrtfan Ames and the univer-
| sity in starting it's season and some tall
Ihustling must be done to get the men
ready for the early games. Some idea
Of the task that Grinnell has in meet
ling the other Iowa teams with any de-
gree Of success may be had when it is
known that in all departments Grinnell
enrolled last year only 22S men. OF
lthese fully seventy-fve We're Of high
school aye. being registered In, the acad-
envy. How this school manages to pro-
vide formidable argument year after;
year for schools with double and treble
Tits enrolment has been a problem. Not
loniy is its material limited, but its
straitened finances have compelled it TO
be content for three years past with
alumni coaches ill-fitted to compete
against men who learned the game at
institutions where it is played with
classical finish. But somehow or other
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