Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-10-02
He Considers Heston, brakes New
Coach, As the Unknown Quantity
Which Will Make Iowa Football
Sport Exciting for Some Time to
Come Coming Week a Critical One.
Special to Times Republican

4 quarterback Of the Agriculturalists, FOR
confessed professionalism.
Every one Of these circumstances
will have a vital effect on the race as
the season develops. Friends of the
game all over Iowa have watched with
approving eyes the sportsmanlike con-
duct of both Ames and Drake in ac-
cepting the freshman rule" though
neither were bound to do SO. In refus-
Ing to accept the innovation, Grinnell
has confessed that it is unable to COM
pete with the Representatives Of the
trtun,virate on an equal basis. All
iowa has watched the rapid decline OF
the Congregational college in the ma
for aport during the past four years
with regret. Saturday Grinnell was
unable to score on Des Moines Col
lege In forty five minutes Of hard
D playing, and while the season Is too
young yet for that to mean very much
1t il plainly evident that Grinnel will
not be inside OF the money next
thanksgiving.
Heston is the unknown quality in
! lowe. foot ball that will make the sport
exci:ing until we'll after the heavy end
OF the schedules have been worked off.
He comes to the Hawkeye state with
four years of schooling under the
greatest western coach. He will I'M
/, dout,tedly teach his men the best of the
Yost formations and will attempt to
install into them something of the
Michigan spirit that has gone long
1 way in years past In winning and hold
ing the championship Of the west.
Having the men to work with there ts
little doubt but Heston could turn out
team which might dominate the
sport Of the state. But 1t is not gen
erally believed that he has the mater
hal. The freshman rule hurt Drake Sc
yerely. In spite of the loss OF the old
snen. however, I expect to see a very
GOOD team representing the Des Motnes
institution. They will probably be very
fast and tricky, with a heavy roper
toire OF plays.
The low score registered by Drake
against Penn College Saturday, seems
to ssubstantiate this analysis of Hes
ton-s work. In mere brute strength
Drake had a. shade the advantage OF
Penn. And had Heston's machine
reached the perfection it probably VIII
before Drake takes on any heavy
games, the two teams would have been
probably forty points apart. Hes
toms hope Of winning a state cham
bionship or even approaching the
championship class must depend en-
Airely upon the development of ma
chinelike formation and very fast
team. His progress in this direction
his s,lcoess as a coach should furnish
one Of the most interesting events OF
the year. Next Saturday Drake Will
have an opportunity to measure Itself
with Ames and Iowa, In a practice game
with Coe College.
By q rather remarkable coincidence
both iowa and Ames have defeated
the minor school in purely practice
games by the same score Both Rls-.
tine and Chalmers used substitutes
repeatedly and the two games should
of course furnish no basis Tor COM
harrison. The natural rivalry between
the two state institutions has been
unnecessarily ernbittered this fall by
81. discipaining OF Jeanson. The State
university was promptly accused OF
bringing out the charges and Jeanson
himself made some very wild talk at
the time about retaliation and other
6oolishness, which he has no doubt by
this time regretted.
Az q matter of fact the matter was
not brought to the attention Of the
games committee by Iowa, but by
Drake, and the harsh language used at
che time was entirely unnecessary.
Je.anson is q mighty good quarterback.
LAST fall / considered him, outside OF
Griffith Of Iowa, the best quarterback
n the state. He would have been an
exceedingly strong man for Ristine this
c,.ar. and no one regrets to see his
remoyal from the game more than
40 Yet his punishment in this mat
fer la entirely just and he can consider
h4mself very fortunate in escaping so
ensily. Ristine will again have the
valuable services of Jack Watson In
building up his team. Watson's Work
last season as trainer almost sue
ceeded in defeating the state university.
Remembering his crushing defeat on
tbe track last spring 1t Is to be pre-
s,,noed that Jack will do little more
f,,an his best in an attempt to, get
even.
This coming week will be very
critical one in the state. Iowa UNI
.iersity will journey over to chicago
and the game between the Hawkeyes
and the Maroons should prove mighty
Interesting scrimmage. Chalmers
bunch is heavy enough to put up
same fight and the result should not be
entirely discreditable to the Old Cold.
Drake will try out with coe and Hes
ton will probably strain every nerve to
roll up a bigger score than either
Ames or Iowa did. Ames will take on
Normal, giving the state the first ade-
e,uate line on the school teachers. Doc
1,elrs bunch does not seem to have the
a,trength this year that 1t did last.
ANhether the meager reports from Ce-
liar Falls mean that there IS some
thing doing on the quiet up there or
net, I am unable to find out Several
minor contests will prove Of little in
iersst ot4sids Of the cities In which
lshey are waged