Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-11
TIE SATURDAY GAMES
Foot Ball Situation Tangled up
by the Result OF Satur-
days Games.
Western Teams Hard to Classify,
Many Showing Reversal
OF Form.
Iowa City Not Discouraged by
Its Defeat at Hands
of Illinois.

Chicago Nov. 1.-THE football situa-
ton in the west is getting hopeiessly
entangled with all the form reversals
that have been shown, and no statis-
tician can ever untangle 1t sufficiently
to rate the teams according to the rela-.
tive merits. The refusal of the Michi
ment toward post-season game with
either Wisconsin of Minnesota makes it
certain that there will be no clearing
of the atmosphere and no champion
ship" Claims that cannot be we'll dis
puted unless the unexpected should
happen again, and the question should
be settled thru the medium of the Chi
cago-M Michigan and Chicago Wisconsin
contests.
In the east there is better prospect of
reaching definite results. Pennsylvania
is not a contending factor this year as
heretofore, and Columbus has lost its
prestige at the hands of smaller fry
thru overconfidence or something worse.
This leaves Harvard, Yale, and Prince
the indications are that they will rank
in about the order named when the final
game is played.
Three more complete surprises were
added to the seasons foot ball history
Saturday. Every one except Coach
Stage and his marcons expected de-
cisive victory for Northwestern over
Chicago. No one predicted defeat for
Iowa at the hands of Illinois after the
orange and blue had been lowered by
Northwestern, and that Columbia's
pride should be so completely humbled
by a team SO far outside the inner circle
as Syracuse was not even thought of.
Aside from these reversals things
went about as expected. Michigan
could perhaps have defeated Ohio state
by larger score than 81 points If
Coach Yost had sent his men in as hard
in the second half as in the first. 1t is
quite likely he did not care to take any
chances of injuring any of his stars or
producing any feeling of overconfidence
for the succeeding games.
Harvard made a little larger score
against Pennsylvania than the red and
blue expected, but it was known that
est he has had in years, and the resul.
just about bore out the indications from
{. comparison of the Columbia Pennsyl-
vania and the Harvard-C Columbia games.
Minnesota with its scrub team held the
University of North Dakota safely and
scored enough points to win, but it
would look small for the Gopher 'varsi-
ty. Wisconsin was due to bury Ames
under at least forty-fve points, and Yale
had nothing to trouble it in the Orange
Athletic Club, in spite Of it's veteran
professionals. Princeton's tie with the
West Pointers is another feather in the
caps Of the soldiers, but 1t was not un-
foreseen. While the result was the same
in effect as the Yale-West Point game
tie-the fact that the cadets crossed
Princeton's goal line while they were
compelled to kick a goal from the field
to score against Yale indicates shade
in favor of the blue for next Saturdays
game with Princeton.
Illinois regained lot of the laurels
lost in the Northwestern game, and Incl
dentally knocked Iowa out of the run
ming completely by rolling up twenty
seven points on Saturday. A victory
for the Hawkeyes by stable score
was conceded. The loss Of Capt. Williams
was disheartening to Iowa, but the team
played without him against Minnesota
and held the Gophers down to a much
lower figure. And there are other teams
which played without their captains on
Saturday and played pluckily. Illinois
victory, compared with the Iowa Min
nesota score, makes the Gopher giants
look less formidable than their size has
made the mall season, and Wisconsin's
chances next Saturday are proportion
ately brighter.
Worse than the championship"
tangle of both sections. however, are
the troubles that are arising over dis
puted players. In the west there is
hot time on between Minnesota and
which may eventually bring
about an estrangement. The case of
Mueller. the giant guard of Minnesota.
and his loss to the Gophers, caused lot
of threats to be made-unoff1cial. to be |
sure-about protesting Wisconsin play
ers against whom 1t was Gained there
was more damaging evidence than
against Mueller. The authorities of both
are denying reports of fric-
L
ayers and students do not agree with |
the faculty members on the matter.
Yale seems likely to lose Glass. the
crack guard, for both the Princeton and |
the Harvard games. The Yale faculty !
is to reach decision today or tomor-
row and upon it rests much of Yale's |
hope for supremacy in the east. The |
fact that coaches and managers of the
big teams are trying to work in illeli-
gible players and those who have vio- |
lated the amateur laws is a bad sign |
and proves the necessity thorough |
as proposed by Coach |
Stage. The line should be drawn sharp |
ly or not at all, and should be enforced |
The strong defensive game which the |
University of Chicago team played |
against Northwestern has given Coach
Stage and his pupils new hope for the |
contest in the gridiron with Michigan
next Saturday. The maroon coach de-
clared last night that the defensive
game which the Chicago team put up
placed it in the class with the best in |
the middle west, and that with Horton |
back in the team next Saturday the Of |
fensive play ought TO stand out to much |
greater advantage. Coach Stage has no
expectation of seeing Captain Sheldon |
in the Michigan game, but says that he
Will probably play his old position |
against Wisconsin on Thanksgiving.
Iowa Not Discouraged.