The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-19
NORTHWESTERN'S SCORE
DOES WASHINGTON CREDIT.
Local Colleges Showing Against Ev-
anStOn Team Improves After
Chicago Game Saturday.

| Northwestern tied score with Chicago
! last Saturday shows Wen FOR Washington
I Uuiversity's eleven. which held the Evans
1 ton team down 10 a fairly small score.
| considering the respective weights and con-
/ ditiOus OF The teams. Il appears as Il
! washington would not be so Ear out
| Ciassed with Z fair chance among the
! larger elevegs-
WashiuEton'S team at present would
4 have NO Chsnce- But the game may in
uicate that an eleven. properly worked
I mp. with q reasonable amount Of luck and
with careful handling. can be developed
| in This city capable OF holding its own
[ with Ile big teams or this section.
Such an outcome j. devOutlv 10 Re hoped
I FOR Football has lauguisbed here simply
through inauIuon. No attention has been
| paid 10 its nOurishment- Tn. collegiate
I eleVenS have been COntented with ~rhed-
! uies containing games with minor teams.
| and general apathy has Dervaded the
whole Pridircn situation.
The result was inevitable. Attendance
dropped of. except at the scholastic
EssucS. whore JHe sport still was lively
! The men have refused to turn out for
practice ard the game has suffered gen
erally- AL this can De remedied by a
new line OF action.
necessity il local interest is TO be kept Up
50 are games with teams big enough u
attract interest Carding the match with
direction. II followed UP. il will result in
2 good team At every local college.
OF course the local teams would be de-
ieeted the -nrSt season or two against
the hiE cieVens. But once let games or
prominence be Carded. and the best class
q players viii turn out. In two seasons
tine local eleve1s would likely be able TO
hold their own pretty well in big com
rany.
Candidates on a football team 10 not
! Ike TO get out and work day after day
( for game with some minor college.
| PLAYED before q handful OF persons and
! with team tEere IS no glory in beat
ing Hang w an incentive IN the shape
OF opponents that 1t would mean credit
10 defeat and no disgrace 10 be beaten by
and the candidates viii turn out rapidly
enough
Manager Sl.inker or Washington Uni
versity states that efforts will be made
next year TO bring more Of the large teams
the team viii be on rs own campus. the
best cleveEs ia the West wili be asked
to play here.
High Schools game OF last Saturday.
while satisfactory enough 10 followers OF
the team. failed in one thing IL was hoped
TO eNemplify- And that was the re-
spective merits OF Smith Academy and
the High School.
Az both the scholastic elevens won by
the same score and by much the same
styles OF play. there Is little to be said
concerning the victory OF either But IL
appears as II High School won in slightly
Rsder's work was irst-cIass. Fe easily
! shook on the Washington men who tried
I TO hold him. carried some Of them sew
| eral Yards when he was tackled, and
| played havoc with the opposing lines all
through He was ably seconded by his
1 lire. "owever.
obear and MsUchetti are running a
/ close race for quarter Each hov is hold
/ ing the post down nicely and each seems
I TO have a good head in critical Situa-
tons There Is little TO choose between
them
Salisbury IS doing rather well at end
and his punune II feature. He hardly
does as well-at least ne hardly appears
TO have such command over the ball-as
I does Curby OF Smith Academy But he
has plenty OF time TO get on a level with
/ the man he VIII oppose Thanksgiving
/ Day.
/ Manuals defeat by AIcKsndree was ex-
| pected and was the result OF facing a
/ team Immensely heavier and stronger
| The average advantage in weight. per
I man. on Mckendree's part was close 10
/ twenty or twenty-five pounds and this
mere avoIrdpOis moved down the Manual
] line when il struck.
/ Manual will make its local appearance
! next Saturday in the opening game OF the
/ inter5cholaEtiC series znd the eleven will
/ then have a chance to show its merits. II
! appears as IL High School. Its opponent OF
that day. has distinct edge over il, how
! ever.