Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-24
Steere Predicts Championship
Victory Despite Trimming
by Normal Last Saturday
FACTORS IN AMEs' STRENGTH
They Are Superior Physical condi-
ton, Freedom From Injuries, Which
Are Keeping Iowa Stars Out Of
Practice, and Substitutes of Mark
ed Ability, Which Iowa Lacks.
To rimes-Renublican.

Special to 1imeS-Republlcan.
Iowa City, Oct. 24.-Normal scored
on Iowa. But on Sunday morning the
sun rose with its usual brill1ance ana
they that were weary and heavy laden,
having communed with themselves,
smiled blandly. Incidently the school
teachers gave the wearers OF the OLD
gold an awful scare and despite their
being outweighed, put up a better ar
ticle of football than has been seen
on this field this season. There are
several reasons, however, that gave
Normal q decided advantage and kept
the score at the low point.
In the first place there were i've
regulars out of the game. Young Kent
was given complete charge Of the team
and it was the second time he had been
in the line-up this year. His work.
however. clearly stamps him as a man
Of great ability. In broken neld ne
is the equal of Griffith himself, and
he ran the team in fast shape. But
working under orders probably, he
started every other play around the
Normal ends. And Iowa was unable
to gain there. When the ball was
given to Schwin or Mcgowan, either
man was good for i've or ten yards
thru either tackle. But an attempt
was made to perfect the end run for
nation during the game and the effort
failed dismally.
The team also fumbled at critical
moments notably twice on NormaIs
ten yard line Those fumbles cost
Iowa two touchdowns In the first half.
Weak as was the team that faced Nor
NAL. they experienced no difilculty IN
gaining thru Nornars line, and the
last touch down was made apparently
to clinch the game in the last five min
utes of play. 1t can be truly stated
that il Iowa had repeatedly directed
her plays at the weak points she knew
existed in the Normal line, Normal
would never have scored and the final
count would have run over thirty
points.
This game does not mean that Iowa
| is weaker than Ames, despite the COM
parative score against Normal, whom
| Ames defeated IL to 0. 1t is not my
personal feeling that leads me to say
| that Iowa can take brace this week
and win the college championship OF
the state, great as are the odds that
appear against her.
| On the other hand Ames defeated
4 Simpson in a very one sided contest
and the only notable thing about the
game was the statement made by r
| M. Haines OF Grinnell, an old Grinnell
| college player. He Is quoted as say
| ing that Simpson was able to pune
| ture the Ames line, but could not get
| past the second line Of defence. If
| MACEDONIAN and Schwin can break thru
| the first line of the Arnes defence the
state championship can be safely
| marked up for the state university
| In the game on which will depend
! the championship Of the state Of Iowa.
the state university will probably at
| tempt to find a weak point in the Ames
| MACEDONIAN, White, Chalmers and
Jones will be sent and there is no
man in Iowa today that can stand UP
under the terrible punishment of such
| a grueling attack.
The Ames attack will probably be
directed at the Iowa ends on the sup
position that since Normal found 1t
the only weak point the greatest gains
will be made there. Whether they
will be able to gain or not Is. OF
course, problematical. But the con-
test will be one of the most spectao-
ular in the history Of Iowa foot ball.
No previous year has presented two
teams so evenly matched, teams whose
stars are seasoned, hardened veterans.
teams ruled by the spirit that will see
the men die on the five yard line rather
than that the impending score be
made.
have been asked to foretell the
probable outcome Of the contest, but
my estimate of the trend" Of the
game has often been reflected in this
column. l believe that the team Iowa
will send into the field will be superior
to Ames when the first whistle is
blown. And the first half will prob
ably close in Iowa's favor. But In the
second half lies the hope Of an Ames'
victory. A superior physical condition
due to Jack Watson, a freedom from
injuries that are keeping the Iowa
stars out Of the practice, an array OF
| substitutes Of marked ability, a point
where Iowa fails entirely, such are the
factors In Ames' strength. And after
all the Ames team is hardly inferior
in ability to Iowa.
brakes Condition.
Drake put up a mighty game little
fight against Wisconsin and despite
the large score the team has no reason
to be ashamed Of it's showing. Grin
nell suffered the humiliation of the
largest score ever made by a confer
ence college. Grinnell's slump since
the Cornell game has been very rap
id. Cornell has shown up in remark
able style by Penn, which is develop
Ing good form. The Grinnell game was
also the eliminating effort for the
| Methodist school.
The feature of high school foot ball
in the state though it had no bearing
on the state situation, was the game
between the high school of Lincoln,
Neb., and West High of Des Moines.
The, Cornhuskers sent a fast, heavy
team here and successfully took the
Des Moinees team into camp. But the
playing of such a game reflects credit
on both teams and the managers who
had the energy to arrange interstate
relations for high school teams. There
is little reason why football in the
larger high schools Of the state should
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