Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-04
WERE FEW SURPRISES
Saturdays Foos Ball Games Did
Not Materially Change the
Relative Situation.
Wisconsin and Minnesota Now
Attracting Most Attention of
Gridiron Enthusiasts.
Illinois.Iowa Game This Week
Likely to Be a Close
Contest.


Contest.
Chicago. Nov. 4.-Michigan furnished
disappointment on Saturday. After
rolling up score of sixteen points In
the first half, which was within enc OF
what Cornell made against the Carlisle
Indians in the whole game. the Wolver-
ines fell down in the last half, scored
but one touchdown, and fell seven
points short of what Harvard was able
to do against the same team. An thus
it was that the only chance for the
west this fall to establish itself upon
equal footing with the best of the east
fell flat as a pancake.
Either the Wolverines are a badly
overestimated lot, or they played poor
ly against Carlisle. More likely is 1t
that, to some extent both statements
against Illinois on Saturday, and TAX
ing into consideration the condition of
the Northwestern team when it met
.Yost's men, 1t must be said that Michi-
gan has not met first-class team this
year. Furthermore. there is not first
class team on the Wolverine schedule.
Iowa is their strongest opponent. but
has already been walloped by Mime
sofa, Ii to 0. On the face of the re-
turns 1t is extremely doubtful If the
Wolverines can equal that score.
Granting that the Ann Arbor team
does defeat the Hawkeyes by good
score, If either Wisconsin or Minneso-
ia go thru the season without defeat,
particularly the latter, Michigan's claim
to the championship rating Will be
weak compared with the team which
really meets something of class. II
Minnesota goes thru her schedule clean
.ly it will ae the greatest feat in western
ception of the Minnesota game, Wiscon-
sin has schedule little better than that
of Michigan, a defeat for the Gophers
will mean more than anything the VOL
verines can possibly accomplish against
the rivals she meets this fall.
The Badgers did well against Nebras-
ka on Saturday. They scored as many
as did Minnesota two weeks
ago, and this IN spite of the undoubted
OF the Cornhuskers. On
the other hand. while the Badgers are
faster and more brilliant than the
Gophers, they are not so sure on offense
and are weaker on defense.
Two weeks yet remain before the final
test of the teams at Madison. II the
Wisconsin team has the stuff in 1t, ev-
cry day should see the standards of the
two teams approach nearer to each 9TH
er. Wisconsin Is the team that has to
make up lost ground.
Chicago played a game that has had
but one counterpart in the history OF
Marshall field. In 1895 the University of
was defeated by % to IL af-
ter having scored two touchdowns, APP
parently putting the Maroons out OF the
But it was only partial
at that, for Chicago had
Beloit so hopeless!y outclassed Satur-
day that for the first two-thirds of the
game Belolt was literally not Tin 1t, :"
After that the tables We're as complete
ly reversed as they possibly could be,
and the Maroons could carry the ball
but twenty-five yards during the re-.
Of the game. Previous to the
slump they had run the ball almost at
will for 400 yards.
The injury to Sheldon proved the I'M
doing OF Chicago. Before he left the
game the combination of Atwood. Hor-
ton and Perkins was by long odds the
most successful and resourceful seen on
Marshall field since the days of 1882
The men took desperate chances on ev-
cry play, and frequently chose to rush
the ball with four yards to go on the
asst down. The men had confidence in
themselves that was refreshing, and
hey played with vim that was good
Tor five yards on the first down. or even
On the third. when necessary. After
Sheldon quit the Illinois game was
Enacted over again, only worse. One
feature of the game that was not to the
credit Of Chicago was the fact that the
Maroon assistant coaches were guilty Of
/ breach of courtesy in coaching from
he side lines.
Iowa beat Wisconsin's mark against
Knox by one point, the latter scoring |
IN fiuke. as they did against the
Badgers, after annoying the Hawkeyes
lalf to death all thru the game.
pOWA EldSl IIlIlSSlOli gu OuGh at
Cornell in whirlwind struggle. After |
wo years of bitter defeat the tigers
relished that meal more than
my other taken in long while. Had |
quarter Back Brewster exercised even
ommon horse sense and made touch
Jack instead of foolhardy attempt to
un the ball back from behind his goal |
inc, the score would have remained a
lie.
Games scheduled for the week in the
vest are:
Chicago Northwestern at Marshall
ield.
Iowa Illinois at Iowa City.
Wisconsin-Ames at Madison.
Minnesota North Dakota at Mime
polls.
Michigan Ohio at Ann Arbor.
Purdue Notre Dame at South Bend.
Indiana Center at Bloomington.
Grinnell- Simpson at Grinnell.
Knox Monmouth at Monmouth.
Kansas Haskell at Lawrence.
Nebra ska Missouri at Lincoln.
Oberlin- Ohio Wesleyan at Oberlin.
Minnesota Haskell Indians at Mime
polls today.