Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-19
University Football Players
Lost Their Nerve and Heads
at Minneapolis
PLAYED A MISERABLE GAME
The Iowa Boys Were in the Air From
the Start and Practically All the
Time-Great Interest Conferred In
the Game With erinnell Next satur-
day-The Scores.
IBy r. A. cook.l

special to IlinRS- RepuDlCall.
Iowa City, Oct. 1s.--Saturday's game
on Northrup field saw two surprises,
one the greatest ever seen in the his
tory OF the University Of Iowa. Iowa
played absolutely the worst football
big or little. early or late in the season.
That was surprise No. /. Surprise No.
was the Minnesota backiield. For
81 long time has DR. Harry Williams
produced lead footed backs. that II was
hardly believed that this year he would
reverse himself But in Davies and
Irsfield and, greatest OF all O'Brien.
Minnesota has some of the fastest
backs that have played football in the
west. And not only are they fast, but
they are unexcelled in weight by any
backfield in the west and are very
strong in backing up the line on de-
Tense.
After the second play made by Min
reapolis. which was an end run for d
ten-yard gain, the Iowa players were
straight UP In the air. They forgot
everything they had been coached.
They played as hard as they could, but
had no memories, no heads. They
We're scared. The Iowa tackles are re-
sponsible for the size OF the score TO u
orr na am n hafr n
by their absolute failure to break up
Iowa bracad. due to as strong a talk
by Coach Chalmers rs ever football
players heard. and held the score in the
half to 20 points. Had they started
the game with that kind of playing
and stuck it out. the score would NOT
have been above forty for the two
thirty-five minute halves.
Drake played u vary ereditabie
credtable game. defeating Missouri by
three clean touehdowns. II TO O.
Highland Park sprung somewhat of
q surprise in defeating Cornell College,
tho the Methodists played n good los
ing game and made one nice toucn-
down.
last week preparing for Iowa next Sat
urday This contest is likely to awaken
the greatest enthusiasm of any Grin
nell-Iowa game in years. Grinnell is
this year confident OF her ability to
win She has felt confident all along
this year but the Minnesota Iowa score
has given renewed hope that the Scar
let and Black may at last achieve her
hope of defeating the state university.
Such an outcome seems possible, In
view of the much battered condition
OF the Iowa team and their poor show
ing Saturday
Aines played q good game against
Coe College, defeating the Presbyter-
ians by a fine score. Goes system of
defense has never been particularly
strong and against heavy team like
Ames, was particularly susceptible OF
gains The Agrieulturalists showed a
steady Improvement in this game.
One OF the interesting games this
week will be the MichiganDrake con-
test at Ann Arbor. Drake and Mich
igan have never played and tho thus
no line can be secured on the strength
of the Wolverine team this year and
last, an interesting game is expect
ed
The Chicago Northwestern game was
the star attraction in the west Satur-
day. Northwestern's feat in coming
out to play Chicago a tie game was
to win from the Maroons a virtual
victory and stamp Mccormack as a
very successful coach.
Both Wisconsin and Michigan were
over joyed Saturday, having each sue
ceeded in running up larger score
than another rival for the western
championship. Michigan having sue
ceeded Chicago's score on Indiana and
Wisconsin having bettered Michigan
score on Beloit Illinois. too, showed
herself in steadily advancing shape
by defeating Purdue 25 to 0.
The eastern games resulted as ex-
pected, Yale, Harvard and Princeton
playing good games and Pennsylvania
showing improvement against Brown
NORMAL DEFEATS PENN.