Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-03
Past Week Has Shown Decided
Advance In Collegiate Foot
Ball In Iowa
MOST TEAMS FINISH STRONGER
With the Possible Exception Of Cor
nell, coe, and simpson-ln Seconds
AIRY Foot Ball Circles-West Highs
Defeat BY Capital Park Was Sur
prse-steere's Review of Situation.
10 Times-Republican.

IBy X d. Steere.l
Iowa City, Oct. 3.-There is much
room for reflection in consideration
of the two games that have marked
the beginning of the season for the
State Agricultural College. The teams
that the squad was tried out against
were not particularly weak. Des
Moines College played plucky nght-
ing game. AS to the strength OF the
Ames material that opposed them, 1t IS
impossible to determine, tho the news
paper reports of the game stated .ha'
Ristine had held back the regulars 10
go against Coe Saturday.
The Coe game was evidently won,
not by playing particularly better foot
hal, hut by the superior condition OF
Ames. which can be accounted Tor IN
the work of Watson. The Coe game
not only demonstrated that the Ames
team knew something of FOOTBALL put
that the men were in excellent physlcal
shape. AS for furnishing compare
tive line on Iowa, the Coe game Is Oh
little value. In the first place 1t is very
probable that Coe did not meet the full
strength of the Ames squad, because
of the two games being too near To-
gether. In the second, the Coe team
was weaker when it stepped onto the
Ames gridiron, by the loss of two men,
and the placing Of Bowersox back OF
the line than on the day when it lined
up against the State University. In
the third place, Jones, Iowa's captain,
did not play the game against Coe a
third thru. And in the fourth, Mac
gowan, STREET and lockwood, all Of
whom are certain to make the team did
not play in the Coe game at all.
The huge score made by the state
university against team supposed to
be the Cornell regulars, but which in
reality was composed Of green sub
stitutes and incapables. means nothing
in a consideration of the real strength
of the Iowa teams at this period.
There are very few high school teams
in the state who would not have made
a more interesting contest. But there
is no doubt but that the varsity is
playing faster, stronger and better ball
than it did a week ago.
AT the, present time, despite the COM
paratiye showing made against Coe, the
full strength of the Iowa team is prob
ably superior to the Ames team, man
for nan.4irl football knowledge, exper-
fence and ability. This means that
the aggregate strength of the Ames
squad is greater than that OF the squad
now practicing on Iowa field. 1t is
far too early in the season, however,
to estimate the relative strength of
the two teams accurately. The strength
and finish of both teams will change
rapidly with every week.
Taking all in all the Iowa state nor
NAL crowd is a not unlikely bunch of
players. In defeating Simpson Sc to O,
they showed that they must have both
weight and speed. If PelPs team con-
tinues to show marked improvement
it is possible that we may look for a
real contest when that team meets the
State University on October %.
Private advices from Des Moines
verify the reports current last week
that Drake was in bad shape. Monilaw
has had trouble in getting both the old
and the new men out to practice and
the small score made against Buena
Vista shows that Drake is hardly in
the form this year that she was last
Iowa will undoubtedly win next Sat
urday's game by four to seven touch
downs.
Nebraska's score against Grinnell
only emphasizes the weakness of the
Congregational school, commented
upon in these columns last week. The
Cornhuskers would have had little diff
f1culty in making the score 80 points
had Booth desired to keep the regulars
in turnout the game.
In secondary foot ball circles, the
surprise of the week was the defeat of
West High by Capital Park. East
High found little difficulty in handling
Penore, while Grinnell lost to the Ell
dora Industrial school. Marshalltown
did not play.
In western conference circles Stages
mysterious eleven, which yearly devel-
ops wonderful form when considered
the weakest disposed of Indiana to the
tune Of Sc to 0. Hopes for an Iowa
victory against the Maroons are con-
siderably dampened. Illinois showing
against Knox gives further hope for
another victory there this season. 1t is
not improbable that Illinois will show
weaker form this year than any prev
ious season. The graduate coaching
system has been adopted there for the
first time and will hardly operate in
any other manner during the first sea-
son. Northwestern, Michigan Wis
consin and Minnesota all demon
strated the strength that has already