Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-12
Game With Drake Saturday
Places Her Beyond Danger
of Any State Team
INTEREST IN MINNESOTA GAME
University Has Little Hopes Of De-
featins Minnesota but Hopes to Hold
the Score Down-Ames' Poor Show
ing Was a surprise-Review of the
Football Situation.
[By r. A. Cook.1

| Iowa City. Oct. 12.-The Iowa Drake
game was easily the most exciting foot
| ball contest in the state Saturday.
Iowa's defeat of the Drake eleven by
the score of % to g. places the Hawk
eyes barring accidents. beyond danger
of defeat by any of the state teams,
| this year, and gives them something
to hope for in the Minnesota game
next Saturday
! Drake brought to Iowa field, the
strongest team she has yet put up
| against Iowa, Even the strong team
that in 1900 held the championship
Iowa team TO a 20 to score, was not
so strong as the Drake team produced
| by DIR. Monilaw this year. The Chris
tians We're evenly balanced, large and
| fast. They have been criticised as
weak in team work, but 1 could not see
Saturday that they were below par In
that respect. On their end runs their
line held strong, all the backs were in
the interference, and In the line smash
es, their men all helped.
1owa's showing against Drake gave
evidence of the steady Improvement
that the Iowa team has been making
practice. Still a green team In many
particulars. rather ragged on defense at
times, and subject to the let-up that
allowed the one Drake score they stlll
played in excellent form for the green
team that they are.
Although Iowa will probably not de-
feat Minnesota with her veteran team
next Saturday. still the Hawkeyes, IL
they keep UP their rate OF Improvement.
may be depended upon to play good
game on Northrup field. and to come
out of the game with more credit than
the Hawkeyes last year did
Another result of the game last Sat
urday will be to remove the impress
sion. prevalent outside Iowa City this
year that Iowa has no team. The Iowa
authorities have been conservative this
year and reports going out OF Iowa
City have not spoken of coming cham
pions. But appearances now indicate
that the coach of one state team who
stated that almost any minor team
could defeat Iowa this year, was mis-
taken. and that another state coach
who said that Iowa has been keeping
quiet this year because she had moth
ing at all to talk about, was equally
wrong.
Almost equally surprising with the
Iowa Drake contest was the game
played by Arnes at Northrup field. tho
in this case the surprise was that Ames
came out with such a score against
her. Grinnell had emerged with SO
against her the week before and Ames
was expected to come out with less
than that. The increase, however is to
be attributed to the Improvement in the.
Minnesota team, caused by the hard
coaching OF DR. Williams and his as
sistants and the fact that the Gophers
played q harder game because they
expected hard proposition from the
husky Afnes boys.
Grinnell was unfortunate in missing
the right train for Columbia, especially
SO. as Grinnell has no game scheduled
for next Saturday, holding that as a
sort of Sabbatical week in which to get
ready for Iowa Oct. "a.
Chicago passed the first hard propo-
sitlon on her schedule successfully
when she defeated Purdue % to 0 Sat
urday Coach Cults of Harvard, sue
ceaded In giving Purdue a strong de-
tense but the Chicago line was too
quick to allow much advance thru II
by the Lafayette "boilermakers.
Michigan has her old scoring team
again this year. Her score OF rs to
against Beloit, seems to show that 1t
makes little difference whether Yost
plays veterans or new men. The iost
scorers are there still. Illinois and
Wisconsin came out very we'll with
their practice games with the Chicago
NEEDLES" and Lawrence. Northwestern
University found a stronger team at
st. Louis in the Washington Univer-
sity eleven than she had expected.
Among the high schools a num-
Der of very good games We're played
Saturday Capital Parks defeat of os-
kaloosa, was in line with the good foot
ball Des Moines has been playing this
year. Algona's victory over Emmets-
burg showed Algona a good eleven. and
Harlans defeat of Omaha, was very
creditable to the Iowa team. hide
pendence has evidently strong eleven
this year, and a staying one as Well
Defeating the State Normal eleven IL
to one day and Oelwein to 8 the next
is doing pretty we'll.
Mitchellvllle surprised her admirers
by defeating the heavier North Des
Moines eleven to 0. West High of
Des Moines, was unfortunate in coming
out defeated by Lincoln on Friday in
game where each school scored touch
down, but she defeated Abel the day
following by a close score. Davenport
did what was expected of her in de-
feating Lyons Marshalltown defeated
Waterloo by big score, and her team
is recognized as one of the strong high
school teams of the state.
IOWA, %; DRAKE, y.