Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-18
A POST SEASON GAN[
Western Foot Ball Championship
Not Likely to Be Decided
Without One.
Michigan and Wisconsin to Fin.
ish the Season Without
a Defeat.
A Game Between the Two Teams
Desirable. But Not
Probable.

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to finish the season without a defeat.
| Wisconsin has but one more game that
| with Chicago and those who saw Sat
fridays game know that the Badgers
will equal the Wolverine score at least.
Michigan meets Beloit, which Wiscon-
| sin defeated, 40 to o, and Iowa, both of
which will be beaten handily. Unless
| the Wolverines slump badly they will
| finish the season with an increased goal
! line, and there is no basis upon which
| To compare the rivals.
| A post-season game between the
| Badgers and Wolverines is most desr-
able, but not probable. The schools are
not on the best of terms, but Wisconsin
might waive her objections in Difference
to Coach King. who leaves Madison this
fall. However, the Michigan contingent
neither favors the game nor Wisconsin,
and Baird will probably want something
more than a single game as compensa-
tion for risking the laurels of his team
| in such a contest. A renewal of friendly
relations between the pair is most di-
| sirable, and a post season game now
and Il regular annual contest hereafter
would be most pleasing to all.
| Those who journeyed to Madison on
| Saturday to see the game of the year"
between Minnesota and Wisconsin, saw
but half contest. Wisconsin was the
whole show, Minnesota falling to con-
tribute her share of what was expected
to be the most spectacular contest play
ed in the west this fall. The battle
showed great possibilities until the
Badgers made their first touchdown,
when it becal , monotonous process
sion. In the second half it sank into
mediocrity, the entire play being be-
tween the Badger forty-yard line and
the Gopher fifteenyard line. s
Perhaps the conference between the
athletic boards of the two universities
exhausted the excitement supply before
the game began. Those who know say
that Professor Schlicter, the Wisconsin
conference representative, laid down the
law to Professor Jones OF Minnesota in
a way that could not be understood. The
disbarment of Mueller was not a SUR
prise to the Gophers. but the charges
against Doble took their breath away.
After exhibiting a certified check re-
ceived by the Gopher quarter back for
coaching ball team, Professor Schlic-
ter informed Professor Jones that Dobie
would be played at Minnesota's peril.
The matter will be brought UP before
the next meeting of the conference,
when Dobie will be formally protested
by Wisconsin-the first real protest of
the year. A red-hot time is expected
when the matter is presented, as it is
understood that Professor Jones warm
~ defended Dobie on Saturday.
Earl Schneider, the Badger guard, who
was dropped from the team at the in
stance of Minnesota, has announced his
intention to apply for reinstatement be-
fore the same meeting. Ii he does so it
will bring the Observation-Disclosures is
sue squarely before the conference. Ac-
ton is also expected in the Roger case,
IL being generally blieved at Madison
that the Indian is having his expenses
paid at the Minnesota University. Fur
thermore, the Gophers are already cele-
brating the coming advent of Redwater,
a classmate of Rogers at Carlisle. who,
il is said, will enter Minnesota next fall
from the Haskell Indian School Red
water is bigger than many now playing
on the Minnesota team, and will fit into
Williams system nicely.
AS far as the game itself was con-
cerned it was distinct disappointment
Wisconsin showed championship form,
and had Minnesota done likewise the
fans would have seen what they have
been expecting to see all fall But tie
Gophers were far below par, and their
efforts We're actually puny when COM
pared with the gigantic struggles of
their pigmy opponents. In all the finer
points of the game the Badgers were
easily the masters of their opponents.
In low tackling and low playing. charg-
ing and in head work Kings men
showed an unexpected superiority. The
fighting qualities of the Madison team
were always conspicuous, and in run
ring with the ball or on defense energy
seemed almost to fly from every joint of
the Wisconsin team.
The best idea of the offensive and de-
fensive work of the two teams can bel
CLEANED from the actual figures of play.
in the first half Wisconsin ran the ball
S5S yards, against ZIG for Minnesota. In
kicks Driver made 1858 yards to Knowl- |
tons All, the latter having the advan-
tage of the wind. Wisconsin was penal
lied once for an offside play. In the Sec
end half the Badgers gained total of
i4s yards by running and 213 by kicking.
The Gophers made ninety-siN yards by
running and 2O5 by kicking. Drivers
punts for the whole game averaged thr-
ty-one and a half yards, against thirty
four and a quarter for knowlton. Wis
conson was penalized four times during
the game for offsde plays. while Mime
sofa suffered twice in the last half for
holding. Three fumbles We're made, in
which the bah changed hands. Wiscon-
sin scoring a touchdown on two and lost
the ball once in the center of the field. |
Wisconsin was held for downs twice and
Minnesota once.
Wisconsin's best gains We're made on
end runs by Larson and Cochems. Had
these not been possible, Minnesota |
would have made a much better show
ing and might of worn her rivals down.
However, the Madison men We're fast in |
getting to the outposts, and the inter- |
ference behind which Larson and Coch-
ems ran was superb The former PROV
ed himself star of the first magnitude,
and was the only Badger who could |
make u marked impression against the
Gopher linemen
Yale's victory over Princeton was a
sad blow to the tigers. altho the out
come was not a surprise. Superior con-
ditions and heavy line plunging tell the
tale of the battle. both advantages be-
ing l1DOn YAlass eide The Lays pf r. q L