Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-10-30
Her Poor Showing Against the
Penn Team Would Indicate
Poor Championship Chance
DIVA IS MORE CONFIDENT
The Performance of GrinnelI in De-
featins Drake Has Ceased to Worry
the Varsity Team-NevertheIes a
Hard Contest is Expected-steere's
View of the Situation.
lBy X. D. steere.l

Special to Times Repu olican.
Iowa City, Oct. 30.-It remained for
Penn College. one of the minor schools
in the state, to demonstrate that ii
was impossible for the Congregational
College to carry off the state honors
this season. The contest at Oskaloosa
was one of the most interesting as
we'll as the most significant of the
week. PENIS strength this season had
been indicated by their heavy score
registered against Cornell on the pre-
vious Saturday. Yet that fact had
been overshadowed by the unlocked
for defeat of Drake at the hands of
Grinnell.
The victory of Coach Bergen's men
at Des Moines had injected new fac
tor into the race for the state cham
pionship and the Congregational team
was touted all over the state as possi-
BILE victors over Ames and Iowa. Grin
nell only won the game with Penn by
narrow margin and was clearly out
played in the first part of the game.
The expected slump following the de-
parture of Bergen and the victory over
Drake, came at time when the scar
let could least afford to play weak
ball.
Penn has the strongest team this
season 1t has had in many years and
the men went into the game, confident
of victory. So certain were they of
huiniliating the new claimants for the
state championship that money was
freely offered and placed that Grinnell
would be held at ten points There
were even some scattered bets that
Penn would win. In as much as Penn
scored virtual victory over Grinnell
the supporters of the minor school
have concluded that they are on par
with Drake in their form. This con-
.clusion is entirely unfounded. Grinpell
has suffered serious slump in the
past week. In the first place there was
a. certain reaction which followed the
nervous strain incident to their VIC
tory over Drake. Then again Valarious
was not in the contest and to his gem
eraiship the outcome of the Drake
Grinnell game was in some measure
ascribed.
AS a commentary OH the Grinnell-
Penn game, the victory of the state
university over Normal by the heavy
score of Al to is full of significance
Coach Chalmers sent team against
the school teachers composed largely
of substitutes and in the short halves
they had little difficulty in running&ur
the total. Iowa's reorganized line is
going to be a mighty important fac
tor in the championship games yet
to come. Unfortunately Andy Cllalm-
ers and Kent, two veterans for whom
Chalmers had found no satisfactory
substitutes are still on the hospital
list, and may not play against Grim
nell.
The Coming Games.
While Iowa should win the Grinnell
game Saturday it will nevertheless be
a great contest. Both sides will play
desperately, Grinnell with the knowl-
edge that only by such playing can it
hope to win, and Iowa because this is
the first big game in the state, and
their men will enter 1t fit and ready.
With Kent and Chalmers both in the
game for the state university the diff
ference In the strength of the two
teams is estimated at about three
maybe more, maybe less.
AS If to permit the Grinnell, Iowa.
game to stand prominently before the
people of the state, the other contests
among the state teams are singularly
uninteresting with one exception. Coe
willmeet the bunch Of fighters from the
State Normal at Cedar Rapids, in what
will probably be the most holly con-
tested game Of the year. The defeat
of Coe by Des Moines College has
shown that the former school is play
ing about the same article of foot ball
as Normal Both teams are noted for
their gameness, both are compare
lively light and fast and the resulting
contest should be the kind liked by the
grandstand, full Of open field running
and trick play.
The victory Of Des Moines College
over Coe by the decisive score Of II to
o has lifted Coach Hamilton's men into
the same class with Drake, Grinnell
and Penn college. More than ever is
it to be regretted that Des Moines and
Drake were unable to clash two weeks
ago, when the wet weather made the
game impossible. Iowa sports are
now whether Drake would
have had the easy time 1t confidently
expected to have with the Baptists.
Simpson pushed Cornell close down
to the bottom Of the ladder when 1T
administered a defeat to the tune Of %
to 4. Cornell has been playing in hard
luck for the past three years. and
seems to have less material this seas
on than any other. Michigan's high
score against Drake has no significance
TO the state and was rather expected.
Ames has been particularly quiet for
the past two weeks and Coach Ristine
send his men thru practice scrimmage
Saturday in place of a regular game.
Drake will meet Simpson Saturday
as has already been mentioned;
Normal and Coe will clash in Cedar
Rapids, but the interest of the state
will be centered in Iowa City where
Grinnell and the State University will
engage in the second championship
contest of the season.
MAY DISCHARGE BEUTHiEN.
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