Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-10
Il Has Now Boon Eliminated as Pos
sible Victor Over the State Univer-
atty, Despite Its Weight, Which Is
Heavier Than In Several Seasons
Past-Foot Ball Results.
special to r1mes-Republtcan.

trial and Simpson had created vague
rumors of great strength and speed,
must henceforth take rank with the
second class college teams of the state
thru the results Of the Ames game.
It was thoroughly demonstrated in
that contest that while Pelrs crowd is
heavy, heavier than 1t has been IN sew
eral years past, it does not possess the
speed that must accompany weight to
insure effective work. AS possible
victor over the state university IN the
present season, Normal has been eilm-
mated, and while the annual contest
will be pretty exhibition OF Iootoall'
the outcome is hardly in doubt
Under different conditions the Agri-
cultural school could have run the
score much higher. A colder day would
have made for better football and press
dispatches indicate that the Ames
players are much behind their usual
physical condition at this time OF the
season, and her players are being pur-
posely held back in order that tney
may come to their highest physical
power at that time.
Normals inability to handle the pail
and greatly inferior physical condition
contributed largely to the final result.
This inexcusable lack Of rudimentary
football training had not as yet peen
shown up in the two practice games
she had already played but 1T was q
fatal defect in contest with team
equal or superior in all other respects.
Normal has yet an opportunity, oy nara
and consistent work, to lead the sec
ond division in Iowa. The faults of the
team have been thoroughly demon
strated, the hope Of being q decldlng
factor in the state championship IS
gone, and by hard and consistent work
State Normal has reasonable snow
& of defeating Drake and leading the sec
ond division.
Iowa,s contest with Drake did not
develop the full strength of the $. u.
i. eleven. In the first place Iowa sent
q crippled squad to Des Moines. Rock
wood. the strong left guard, was not
even in the game, and while Scalon,
who took his place, played creditapie
football, the loss was severely Ielt.
Schwin, left tackle, played the game
suffering from two bad muscle bruises
that have been bothering him Tor the
mast week, and MACEDONIAN has not been
IN anything like his usual form since
sustaining a badly wrenched knee IN
practice four nights ago.
Roth Of these men were used against
Coach Chalmers better Judgment, put
&hora was no one to take their place,
And while the men played aggressive
rail- and made consistent gains Tor
iowa. their poor condition meant much
q the final reckoning. Right here is
the real weakness of the Iowa team
+he lack of competent substitutes. Inc
real varsity squad does not comprise
.,xteen men: Ames has twenty-four.
iowa has more strength in the eleven
.,,en It the team as contrasted with the
13rat eleven men picked from the Ames
squad. a,+;o,
.,f the Iowa team means more IN the
ultimate decision of the state cham
.rionship than any other one FACTOR IN
the contest. Iowa must play the game
thru with but very little change IN the
lineup. Ristine can substitute from
four 10 seven men in the second nal1
without materially affecting the
mower Of the team. II this estimate OF
The relative strength Of the two teams
"a correct. it means that Iowa may
score once or twice in the first half, ana
che hope OF the agricultural college
must be to roll up bigger score IN the
second. It will be the greatest contest
nlayed in Iowa in years and one that
will be decided on q very small mar
gin.
Drake has spent her greatest strength
In the Iowa game, and it is evident she
had more than small hope of winning.
Monilaw held back his strong men as
was predicted two weeks ago. and sent
them against the state university with
the hope that the game might be won
in the first ten minutes Of play. The
effort proved futile. however, the secret
Of their being on the squad having
leaked out the middle Of last week, and
Chalmers had prepared the men to
the Drake Normal should prove fully
as interesting. from a minor standpoint, !
ns the Ames-Iowa contest.
There was probably weeping and
wai1ing in Cedar Rapids Saturday
night No team in Iowa has suffered a
more humiliating defeat that did Coe
in the game with Des Moines College.
A score Of thirty to forty points has
Oeen freely pTeOlCtSu against SAiS Dap
fists, and Coe went into the game fully
expecting to make that big a total. The
result places Coe very near the bottom
OF the list.
Grinnell and Cornell evidently played
q fierce game. Grinnell is now loudly
shouting that no single man in the
Cornell lineup played against Iowa. the
idea being that they don't want to be
classed in the So to nothing crowd.
Both teams played good strong foot |
ball. but the result has not scared uni-
versity players.
The Importance Of the Cornell Incl
dent that has been so thoroughly aired |
in the state press this week has been I
greatly oyerestimated. Iowa is far I
from being as sore as has been made /
out. Cornell is too small fry to quib-
BILE with and the only result will be that
the Methodists will bedeft off of all flu
ture schedules.
Among the high schools. Marshall I
towns ligher and less experienced team
lost to Capital Park to the tune OF 90 !