Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-05
Football Enthusiasts Are Find
ing 1t Difficult to Make
a Decision
THE WORK HAS BEEN ERRATIc
Smaller Colleges Have Shown Such
Rapid Changes in Form That Claims
of Recognition Are Conflicting =
GrinneIps Defeat Of Des Moines =
Ames' Good Game.
by K. D. steere.1


Special TO Times Republican.
Iowa City, Nov. with little more
than three weeks left in the foot bal
campaign Of 1906. the lines have beer
fairly well drawn for the Iowa cham
pionship battle. All Of the Iowa squads
have been we'll tested by the early sea-
son contests and their relative strength
has been pretty accurately estimated
by the foot ball enthusiasts of the
ever, is one Of the most complex in the
history of Iowa foot ball in several
years past and. an attempt to rank the
college teams of the state is almost
impossible on account of the conflict
ing claims for recognition and the err
ratio work Of Coe, Drake, Grinnell and
Des Moines college. The most sig
nif1cant game played last Saturday
was between Des Moines college and
Grinuell college, which the latter team
won by the score of 81 to II. Earlier
in the season Des Moines and Coe had
played a draw game and week later
Coe had defeated Grinnell 8 to 4.
Grinnell had since defeated Drake and
Drake had in turn defeated Des Mofnes
but the Baptists believed that they had
something better than an even break
to win in the contest. Events showed
that Coach Hamilton Of Grinnell had
them bested all of the way. The game
emphasized the fact that Grinnell has
taken a rather remarkable brace since
its. defeat at the hands of Coe college,
and that the showing made by Des
Moines college is creditable one.
The University Game.
The game between the State Uni
versity and Wisconsin University
played at Madison, undoubtedly at
tracted the greatest interest in Hawk
eye foot ball circles. The game was
hard, one for Iowa to lose, but win or
ose it was the kind of "a game that
the players and spectators can remem-
Der with the greatest satisfaction. The
playing of both teams wasa credit to
the institutions they represented and in
the treatment accorded the Iowa dele
Wisconsin partisans showed that they
were thorough sportsmen. At the end
Of the second half when the score stood
4 to in favor Of Iowa, the Wisconsin
rooters cheered the clever work Of the
Iowa team and applauded the roofing
of the eighty Iowa students who wit
messed the game. Iowa lost the game
because it lacked the reserve force the
team had. Coach Chalmers
did not have the substitutes to take
The place of lockwood at tackle and
at half. TheIpwa line, COM
posed principally of green men, were
unable to stand the grueling attack OF
The Wisconsin backs nor were they
able tos solve the shifting formation as
more experienced foot ball PLAYERS
would have done. The Hawkeye at
:ack was strong; the defense was
weak. Such is the story of fine game,
which reflects honor on both of the
cams engaged in the contest.
Ames Plays Good Game.
Ames played its last game for two
weeks. swamping the husky team from
South Dakota by the score of % to o.
rhe game, coupled with the defeat
# the Hawkeyes at Wisconsin, will
esult in sending the Aggies champion
'hip stock booming. Betting odds on
he .Iowa-Anes game to be played Mo-
'ember "a are now az to j, in favor of
Ames with little Iowa money in sight.
some time ago Wisconsin defeated the
Of South Dakota 10 to O..
Tow the Badgers defeat Iowa sub !.
tantially while Ames in turn defeats
south Dakota by twice, as much as
Wisconsin totaled. Thus far Ames
as played seven games, losing only
o. the heavy Gopher team at Mime
polls. The Aggies have scored 239
oints to "a points for all opponents.
sistine.s squad has failed to continue
IS record OF point minute>but the |
eason's work to date has been all thatI
,istine,. Williams or Watson could de-
ire: The ewayTin which. Ames recovi !
red 4 from the severe beating admins
stored. by the Gophers and the form
hown by the team in the South Da-
ota contest, speaks we'll for the work
Jack Watson as a. trainer. The next
ourteen days will give the farmers a
reathing spell after their preliminary
caches will Immediately begin to pre-
are for the contest with the state
University, the only intervening con-
,st being. with Grinnell College at
mes on November 18th. Coaches
halmers and Catlin of the State
University, will also begin to prepare
he team for it's game with the Ag-
les. On Saturday Of next week Coe
ollege will play here, and will I'M
oubtedly furnish Iowa with a spirited
anne tho the Hawkeyes ought to win
Y reasonably sized score.
Drake Defeats Indians.
The game between the Haskell In
ANS and Drake University in Desi
[oines, in which the blue and white
as given the victory 10 to 0, should
: a matter of regret for every sports
IAN in the state. Spectators of the
ontest are agreed that Mclean, Of
lie Indian team, scored touchdown
4 a cleverly executed forward pass
I'D that the decision of Prall. referee,
the effect that he was fairly held
as manifestly unfair. The interpre-
.tion of the new rules has placed an
nusual burden on the shoulders of the
ficials this year and they deserve
lie sympathy and support of every en-
lusiast. But any such application of
lie fairly held rule as Prall is re-
orted to have made can hardly be
stified on any grounds. Drake show
decided Improvement in its play
yer week ago, but Pell's men won
lie game at a considerable expense in
,putation. Next week Drake will
ay Morningside at Sioux City and
they improve as rapidly in the next