Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-19
FIRST HONOR CLAIMS
Close Of the Foot Ball Season in
the West Will Be Disap.
pointing.
Three Universities Claiming Cham.
pionship-Iowa Has Best Of
Argument.
Its Goal Line Has Not Been Crossed
Situation in the East
Scores.

Chicago, Nov. 19.-With the football
season on its last legs the final rally for
the closing contests will come this week.
In the east the season of 1900 will prac-
tically be over with the Yale Harvard
game next Saturday. In the west II will
be the most disappointing finish IN the
history Of the game, unless some means
can be provided to settle the question of
championship. OF this there seems to be
little hope, for the rea son that three uni
versities have put forth claims for first
honors-M innesota, Iowa and Wiscon-
sin.
along the line. Breasting the tape at the
finish are two teams which have been
considered as strictly outsiders, and
Wisconsin is the only eleven that can
claim to be member of the Charmed
circle" In this connection compari-
son between the east and the west
might be worthy OF note Attic coming
from practically nowhere, Iowa and
Minnesota are accorded all the honors
of champions in the west, while III the
east it would be considered sacrilege to
mention Cornell, Lafayette and Colum-
ba in the same breath with Yale.
Princeton and Harvard. Yet Cornell
lyanquished Princeton. as also did Col
umba, and in turn Columbia showed the
| 1thacians under.
The showing of Iowa and Minnesota
| this fall serve to rob the annual Thanks
giving day contests of Michigan, Chica-
| go. Wisconsin and Illinois of the usual
amount of interest which naturally at
lstaches itself to these games. Each con-
/ test will be strictly a dual affair. II will
have no bearing on the championship,
| and the prestige of the schools involved
will be alone at stake.
Chicago's decisive defeat by Wisconsin
! lost to the maroons their last chance OF
rehabilitation. The size OF the score
more than anything else. put the bad
gers on a par with the best, as their
game with Minnesota must be regarded
las a tie.
In clean-cut victories Iowa has the
best of the argument. The hawKeyes
goal line has not been crossed thie SEA
son. II must. however. be taken into
consideration that Iowa has played only
/ Chicago and Michigan among the big
teams. and both have shown up weak IN
EVERY. game played this season.
1t was hoped5that Northwestern would
4 make a good showing against Minnesota
In order to endow the Iowa Northwest.
ern game Thanksgiving day with sonls
4 interest, but this was dispelled Saturda,
when the gophers simply toyed with tn,
4 purple. Northwestern now must alse
a be classed among those also rams, "a
\ which Chicago. Michigan and Illinoi.
belong.
Michigan 9 small score against Notr,
4 Dame puts the wolverines and III.
/ naroons about on a par, and their meet.
ing Thanksgiving day should furnish al
4 even contest, and the intense rivalr,
a between the two institutione should LEM
4 interest 10 the! contes.
In the east thsre was only one contes
II Saturday of any importance-the Yale
4 Princeton game. AS Yale completed,
+ outclassed the tigers. and Harvard ha
\ SHOWN up strong, the Yale arvar,
game next Saturday should furnish tn
i banner contest Of the year. For once th
winner of the contest must be accor1e,
d the undisputed championship Of the ca 81