Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-10
The Methedists' Work on the
Gridiron Saturday Puts
Them i'm First Class
AMEs MAY CLAIM THE TITLE
Thanksgiving Game With Simpson
VIII Decide Ames' Status in The Iowa
College Football situation--Minne-
sofa Still Has Chance to Win West
ern champonship-The Scores.
IBy R. A. cook.l

| Special to Times Republican.
| Iowa City, Nov. 10.--The surprise of
| the state football contests Saturday
was Cornell's victory over Drake at Mt.
| Vernon. 1t was up to Cornell to show
| in their game whether the Methodists'
victory over Ames was to be seriously
considered, or thought of as a partially
accidental happening of the grdiron.
Cornell gained the victory in hard
fought game, in which her back field,
hitherto showing great possibilities,
clearly showed the fine game that
Coach Lindgren has taught them to
play. BY her victories over Ames and
Drake, Cornell is placed in position to
dispute the college championship of the
state, barring any future reverse. Were
it not for her defeat by the Normal
Cornell would have clear title. AS it
is Ames by defeating Simpson Thanks
giving day by a good score. will be able
to claim somewhat the better title.
Ames showed great form in the Coe
game Coe had defeated the State
Normal, which had won from Cornell,
and close game was expected, instead
of the runaway that developed
The hardest big contest in the west,
the Minnesota Illinois game, resulted
as expected, in favor of the fast and
husky gophers. The Illini played a
very hard and close game for a small
team, and kept the play in Minnesota's
territory q good bit of the time. Min
nesota's victory gives her look-in at
the western championship Thanksgiv-
ing day, in case she is not defeated by
Wisconsin next Saturday. The goph-
ers relied on what is popularity known
as straight football which means
smash after smash in grinding march
for small but steady gains to score
their touchdowns. Their backs were
not usually quick enough in getting
started to succeed in making gains on
the open end runs. Wisconsin's tackles
were her vulnerable point in the Michi-
gan game, and the gophers' chances to
defeat Wisconsin may be considered
fair on the present condition of both
teams. Wisconsin's offense is, however,
much farther than Minnesota's, and
believers in Coach King are convinced
that Saturday will find the badger de-
Tense strong enough to Withstand the
assaults of the gophers. 1t must be re-
membered, too, that a line that gave
before the terrific poundings of Michi-
gan may be able. without Improvement,
to hold up against Minnesota.
Both Wisconsin and Michigan had
POM pom pullaway practice in their
games with Northwestern and Iowa.
The Hawkeyes, by actually gaining
thirty yards on the Wolverines at one
time, seem to have excelied Northwest
ern in offense, but the performance of
both teams will remain a joke in west
ern football until some later teams wipe
out the disgrace of Saturdays games
on Ferry and Randall fields Chicago
played in a slight reverse of form
against Indiana. This was possibly
due to shifts in her team, but, making
allowance for this, Stage did not give
the impression of being able to defeat
Yost. or even hold him down to below
twenty points next Saturday.
In the east, Pennsylvania played
very fine game against Harvard. hold
ing the crimson to touchdown in each
half. Pennsylvania lighter line men
charged on Harvard with admirable
pluck, and, altogether, Pennsylvania
PLAYED better game than for some
time. Yale raised her chances against
Harvard to nearly par by her large
score against the strong Bucknell
eleven. Brown found Columbia "all in
from her game week ago with the
Princeton Tigers, and won victory
with ease. Cornell added to her large
collection of TALES by a goodly sum Off
Washington and Jefferson.
Among the high schools, Marshall
town showed good form in her game
with Boone, and experienced no diff
cultv in piling up a large score. Inde-
incidence and Cedar Falls played
long, hard contest, ending with no score
by either team, but great credit to
both. Davenport continued her premier
form by winning her seventh straight
victory by the score of 80 to o. An out
of-state team, Galesburg, was the VIC
tim Saturday.