Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-10-16
IOWA IS At EBD TIDE
steere Believes the University
Football Team Has Reached
It's Lowest Level
BETTER THINGS FOR FUTURE
Predicts University Will Still Be a
Factor In Race for the Iowa Cham
pionship-No chance to Defeat Min
MISUNDERSTANDING Games Reviewed
and the Future Forecasted.
[By K. D. steere.l
to Times Republican.

rBy K. D. Steere.l
| Special to Times Republican.
Iowa City, Oct. 16.-By all odds the
feature of the past seven days is the
slump that has struck the Iowa Uni
versity team which has finally cumu-
lated in defeat at the hands of the
| soft alumni eleven After the last
game Saturday one can reasonably
/ expect the sporting writer's all over
! the state as we'll as the great majority
of the enthusiasts to believe that Iowa
is hopelessly down and out this early
| in the season. In spite Of all of the
| discouraging occurrences of the past
ten days, however, l believe Iowa uni
versity still has team which will be
a factor In the race for the state
championship.
! In the first place the real strength
Of the Iowa squad has not been IN
either of the last two games with the
single exception of the first four min"
utes at Chicago. During those four
minutes the Hawkeyes clearly out
l-played the Maroons in everything but
returning punts. In that little trick
of course, Kent hardly classed with
the greatest man in broken field in
the entire football game. 1t Is not
generally known that Iowa made the
| first five yards made by either team,
nor is it known that during that time
Iowa made in straight football two
yards to the Maroon's one. All this
in face of the fact that Cresco White,
one of the strongest defensive tackles
or ends in the state, was out OF the
game with bad knee.
After that first period series of I'M
lucky accidents and lucky touchdown
by Chicago completely demoralized the
team, and the high score was the re-
/ suit. The contest with the Alumni
Saturday is another thing that will
lead to a very deceptive estimate of
the Hawkeye'sN strength. In the Var
sity line up there were but five men
in their regular positions. Opposed to
this badly patched UP eleven was
team of veterans that outweighed the
varsity fifteen pounds to a man. Five
members of the Alumni team had been
members Of "a team that were for two
years practically the champions of the
west. The halves were short the
plays used We're simple, and it is a.
fair bet that they would have made
any team in the state hurry. A man
does not forget in five or in ten years
the things that he has been taught to
do for four years instinctively
At the Bottom.
The Hawkeyes have reached the bot
tom ofRtheir long toboggan trip. Dur
ing the coming week there will be a
marked improvement in their work.
The make Of the new team, which will
fidently known here. White, who re-
we'll, will play right end. Sidel, right
tackle, Atkinson or Fitz right guard,
Moore center. Stref, Schwinn and
lockwood will hold down the left wing.
Chalmers, Mcgowan and Murphy, with
Kent at quarterback will compose the
back field. In this aggregation Coach
Chalmers has the making of a strong
team. Iowa will be defeated by Min
nesota Saturday. Let us hope that the
score will not be as high as is COM
monty expected. But in the three
weeks that follow that game Coach
Chalmers will meet three weak teams
and will have ample opportunity to
perfect, a machine that will worry. Hes
ton and Ristfne.
Tho Minneapolis Game.
Weather conditions in Minneapolis
kept the score down Saturday. In spite
Of the fact that Ristine made no at
tempt to develop an offensive play
against the Gophers and devoted all
OF his attention to defensive forma-
lions, Coach Williams men had little
trouble in pushing the total up toward
the half century mark. 1t is to be
hoped that Ristine has found a quar-
ter in Beard that win prove the equal
of Jeanson. Speed is what the agri-
culturalists seem to need this year as
every year. Speed in lining up, speed
in getting the plays of, speed in every
department of the game. For some
reason or other a lack Of speed seems
to be the main fault of almost every
team in the state. Up to the present
time this season that seems to be the
predominating characteristic Of all
Iowa athletics.
brakes Situation.
1t is to be regretted that Drake and
Des Moines College could not have
clashed In Des Moines on the appoint
ed time, though both teams appear to
need the postponement. Coach Hamil-
ton is reported to be entirely dissatis
fed with the condition into which his
men have fallen. He will probably be
more dissatisfied with his entire team
after Heston's squad gets thru with it
From all reports one is led to believe
that the Michigan half back is getting
his men started In the path in which
they should 60.
Iowa football followers would do
we'll to keep their eye on Drake Uni
velssity. If Heston ever does get the
bunch of men he is coaching to de-
velop speed, teamwork and precision Of
play the foot ball game in Iowa will
be mighty exciting proposition. The
game with Des Moines college will