Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-28
1t Would Not Be Surprising If
the University Failed to
Win First Place
THE WINNER YET HARD TO PICK
None of the Colleges Has Yet Shown
Championship Form in This Years
Preliminary Games - Drake Made
Good Showing Saturday Ames
Started Out Well.
[By r. A. cook.l
to Times Republican.

Special to TimeS-Republican.
Iowa City, Sept. 2S.-Saturday':
games sent the football season of 100;
merrily on its way and from now unit
the Thanksgiving day games. the fol
lowers of university, college and high
watching for the sensations which are
pretty sur to crop out plentifully IN
a seasons round of games.
Iowa has held the state championship
for so long that it would be a range
| sensation to the Hawkeyes for another
team in the state to win this honor from
their players. Last years reverses out
| side the state, despite her holding the
honors inside state lines. have partially
prepared football observers for "A
change In the state honors this year
Several colleges have, in fact. almost
confessed that they might take them
this year. but this confession has been
made a number OF times in past years
only to fail when the games We're play
ed and a reverse in a game played VIII
have to occur before any other college
than the state university a read a
title TO the championship coming her
way.
Iowa's game with Cornell Saturday
did not start the season with my large
score or any great display of ability.
There We're no fine players on the
Iowa team and as a whole the team
was at least ten pounds per man too
light for a university team. The team
played together quite we'll. however,
and Gibbs at fullback, in particular.
exhibited a never die" characteristic
which has been absent from HaWkeye
players for a season past.
Cornell played a good defensive game.
Captain Nelson at tackle played a very
fine game. The contest was a roll IN
the mud affair that prevented a show
ing of what either team could do in or
binary football weather.
Quite the best showing of any state
team Saturday was made by Drake I'm
iversity in her defeat Of the Still doc
tors by So TO nothing. Still has never
had good team work but as usual had
II HutIDet& VI WHY SQob ~ -
played with a fair degree of team work
Her especially strong point was her
big men and the activity and good play |
ing exhibited by these giants. brakes
big line is a thing TO make the other
teams in the state trentble.
A1nes defeated the Highlanders Fri
Law in q contest that showed Rlstines
,tars of last year still in their working
With long runs by fast backs
additionally valuable by the new
'ules. and with her heavy tackles to
out the touch downs from the
twenty-five yard line, Ames has a teani
hat will certainly make a very strong
lid for victory in all her anne in the
state this year. This fact makes quite
the failure OF Ames and
owa to play this year.
Grinnell defeated Coe College by run
ling oyer the Coe defense, which is
,uite the weakest feature of the Cedar
colIegians. GrinnelTs line
quite strong against Goes at
acks and the scarlet and black back
ield did very good work
The State Normal, usually due to
ave some unexpected defeat, began her
season with a blank score with the In
school at Eldora. DR.. PelFs
nen have still plenty of time to get
nto good shape, and with Jones back
the excellent squad of candidates
exported from Cedar Falls should be a
strong aggregation by the time Corne.l
meets them October twenty-fourth.
Among the high schools, Indepen-
lence started the big scores by rolling
lp S against Oelwein in ten and fifteen
minute halves. Ida Grove won a good
from Onawa % to nothing and
City defeated Eagle Grove in
i close game by a score OF y to noth-
ng in a good game.
The rain that interfered with games
n he state had little effect on the
in the rest of the west. Chi
defeated Lawrence University In
game which hardly came UP to the
expectations Of The Maroon followers.
Illinois played a good game against
Inglewood high. defeating her by 3 to
lothing. The Ilini played a very good
anne all around, being strong both at
nd runs and line plunging. which
hould satisfy the Illinois rooters for a
title while. Illinois. however, is f1gur-
on defeating Chicago and every
hing that shows up less than perfect
gill be unsatisfactory on Illinois field
lntil the strain of the Chicago game
5 off. Northwestern's being scored
pom by Naperville really mean little,
S the touchdown was clearly the re-
ult of a 1uke. Minnesota played a
low, careful game with Carleton Col !
ege. defeating Coach Baird's team by {
8 to nothing.
Nebraska appears to have the best {
hances for the championship Of any
,estern team so far. Reports sent out
rom Lincoln state that Booths men
on the first championship game of the
eason by a. score OF "a to nothing
gainst Grand Island College, what {
yer that may be. P%erchance Nebras-
star Will rise SO that DIR. Williams, ]
+ Minnesota will be sorry he cut the
ornhuskers off the Gopher schedule.
ROY A. COOK. |
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