Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-22
State Teams Take a Rest Be-
fore the Final Games of
Thanksgiving Day
MANY CLAIM SECOND PLACE
The State University's Position Among
the "Ris Nine" by no Means Secure
NEBRASKA Wants in-lowa City
Football "Pipe Dreams" - Several
Iowa Teams Claim Second Place.

The football season is rapidly draw
most of the teams have no game on
their schedule for the Saturday previ-
Gus to Thanksgiving day. For that rea-
son there is but one game of any inn
portance being played in the state this
afternoon, and that is at Cedar Rapids,
where Cornell meets Coe. All the yarl-
Gus elevens are resting up, and putting
on the finishing touches for the final
games of the season. So far as the
games on that day are concerned they
will serve, doubtless, to decide the WIN
ner of second place. altho that is by no
means certain. Below is given sehed-
ule of the games to be played by Iowa
teams on Thanksgiving day:
Drake VS.. Grinnell at Des Moines.
S. u. l. VS.. Illinois at Champaign.
Ames VS.. Simpson, at Ames.
The games that will be of especial
interest on Thanksgiving day are the
Ames- Simpson game and the Drake
Grinnell contest. The former will go
long way toward establishing the sec
ond position among the Iowa teams. SO
far as the Iowa Illinois game, at Cham
paign. is concerned, the chances are
greatly in favor of the latter team WIN
ming. There is every reason to believe
that there can be but one ending to this
contest, in view of the fact that the
Champaign team has played much
faster and more consistent game thru
out the season than has the Iowa
eleven.
In speaking of the Iowa team, recalls
to mind the tremendous slump that
Iowa's football stock has taken this
year among the big teams of the west.
The recollection of her defeat by out
side teams is remembered only with a
jeering laugh, that compares most UNI
favorably with the respect felt for
Iowa's winning eleven of two years ago.
Judging from the football pipe
dreams sent out from Iowa City dur
ing the early weeks of the season, the
university had scores of speedy heavy
candidates, and prospects We're never,
in the history of the school, so bright
for world beating eleven. These re-
ports collapsed, and fell fiat on Oct. Z,
when the State Normal eleven scored
five points against the varsity. This
state Of affairs has continued turnout
the season, and almost invariably be-
fore every game highly colored reports
emanated as to the fitness of the eleven
for the battle of their lives.
The Nebraska football eleven is
knocking at the door of the 'hig nine"
asking for admission, and her claim is
not without grounds. They are, of
course, largely based on her victory
over Minnesota during the early part
of the season. This victory must be
taken with grains of allowance, how
ever, for it came far from being the
same eleven that she beat at Minneap-
oils that won from Wisconsin last Sat
urday. While there is but little danger
of Iowa losing her place among the big
western elevens, there is, nevertheless,
talk of that nature going the rounds of
football circles. This is based solely on
the very poor showing that she has
made in the past season with the out
of-the-state teams.
Practice at Ames during the past
week has been with a view to perfect
ing the formations for the Thanksgiv-
ing game with Simpson. While the
tandem play did not show up as well
against Drake as had been expected.
this was largely due to the condition of
the grounds. Ames feels confident of
winning, and the prospects are that all
the men who have recently laid up
by accidents will be in shape for the
game The contest with Penn this af-
ternoon will, without doubt, prove a i
victory for the A1nes eleven, and will I
furnish the latter team with a good stiff
practice game before their battle with
Simpson next week. Considerable in T
terest is centered in the Simpson -Ames
game. as it is more than likely the re-
suit will establish the winner of second |
place In the state.