Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-20
AMEs AND $. U. l. FRIDAY
Indications Favor University Team for
the Championship, but Ames is Elk
pected to Make Strong Fight -
Ames' slowress Main Factor Against
Her.
rBy K. D. steere.l

| there are only two teams left in the
race for the premier honor and but two
games to be played of any particular
interest. Only one of these, the duel
between Iowa and Ames, which will be
pulled off Friday of this week at
Ames, has any bearing on the state
championship. Consequently it is Iowa
and Alnes for it and followers Of the
game all over the state are anxiously
estimating the chances OF the two
teams.
On the basis of the comparative
showing in state and interstate games
this season, lowe has all the best Of the
argument and is being played as the
hot favorite to win. The heavy score
run up by Drake. which until last Sat
urday was believed to have some call
on the state championship, has boosted
the Hawkeye stock and careful con-
sideration Of the elements of strength
in both squads is a convincing argu-
ment for Iowa victory.
In the first place Coach Chalmers has
only lately rounded his team into
shape. Drake caught them in the very
best form they have shown this year
and were entirely incapable of stop
ping the Iowa attack: They have de-
veloped a helping, spirit that no 9TH
er Iowa team in the past four years
has shown and flushed with the past
four victories they will enter the Ames
game absolutely confident of success.
Earlier in the season such confidence
might lead to unexpected trouble but
Iowa has received the gaff enough this
season to convince the men that moth
ing In foot ball is ever certain and
they win be prepared to meet and ov-
ercome the stubborn defense that Ris-
tines has probably cooked up.
Ames Improves.
Ames has shown itself capable OF
playing an excellent game with the ex-
ception of the distressing slowness that
last season lost them the state cham
pionship. Their game with Coe last
week in which the, minor college was
able to get in field goal and a. safety
shows that the same old trouble, that
inability to charge or to stop an In
reference had not been corrected
since the Grinnell game.
AL CHe present anu WIcl Liz
game is played Friday, the superiority
of Iowa over .Asnes will be shown by
about three touchdowns. Ames should
have had little difficulty in breaking
thru the Coe line and stopping any at
tempt at place kicking. But in spite
Of all the criticism, Ristine has got a
strong team and will give Iowa hot
game for first honors. They have
weight and their line is capable of
playing a good defensive game. They
will undoubtedly offer a more effective
resistance to the Hawkeye attack than
any team has so far this season.
Grinnell and Drake.
The failure OF Drake to play any
thing like the kind of football that
was expected Of it occasioned consid-
erable surprise here. The entire team
seemed to lack knowledge in the rud-
inents OF the game. Their tackling
was high, they played way up in the
line and their formations failed to per-
feet themselves readily. Heston has
either failed to teach his men the rud-
tnpents Of the game or else they for
got everything they knew in the face
of the Iowa team.
GrinneM played better game
against Iowa than Drake did. Their
men fought harder and showed more
knowledge Of foot ball than Heston's
squad It lis easy to understand now
how Grinnell was able to defeat
Drake in the early part OF THE season
and a comparison of the two teams at
the present time would give GrinneM a
shade the advantage provided 1t could
have back the two tackles who have
been strongest men in the Grinnell
line.
corneil's Defeat.
drinnelFs victory over Cornell was
not unexpected though the score
showed that the former has taken a
bad slump since the defeat admin
istered by the Hawkeyes. But one
more important game remains on the
schedule when Simpson will meet
Grinnell at GrinneM. The result should
be victory for the scarlet and black
next Saturday. Des Moines College
defeated Simpson in hotly contested
game and will take a ten days rest
before meeting Penn College at Os-
kaloosa on November 80. Both teams
will be In excellent condition and the
outcome Is guess.
Cornell closed disastrous season
Saturday when they went down to
defeat in the annual game with Grin
nell. Grinnell has but one more game
to play, that with Simpson on the
25th. Now that the season is nearly
closed and the race narrowed down to
two teams several things mark it as
one Of the most unique in the past
five years. The adopting OF the one
year residence rule by all Of the big
colleges with the exception of Grin
nell has strengthened the cause OF
pure sport in Iowa. The rule has met
with universal favor and It is believed
is here to stay. 1t has not made foot
ball Impossible for the freshmen, since
every college has It's freshman eleven.
But 1t has gwen the youngsters a
chance to try out for year among
men OF their own class and enables
them to enter better prepared into the
faster varsity game in their second
season.