Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-12
Rain of Saturday, Kindred
Many of Teams In Their
Playing
THE S. U. !. HAD NARROW ESCAPE
Cedar Rapids Sturdy Bunch Gave
Hawkeye's a Bad Shock - Coe Will
Probably Rank Third in the State
Grinnel Cornell Game Rather Rag
sed Exhibition-other Games.
lBy X. D. steere.]
Special to Times-Republican.

campaign for the state foot ball cham
pio9ship of iowa was sprung Saturday
when the State University narrowly
escaped defeat at the hands of Coe
| College The sturdy bunch of players
from Cedar Rapids gave the Hawkeys
shock which will last them for the
| rest of the season. Defeat at the
| hands Of the minor school was so near
that the winning points We're only
scored in the last minute Of play.
Coupled with this game was the
Drake Morningside contest which gave
the enthusiasts another shock and
emphasized the fact that the Iowa coll
lege teams are just about to conclude
the most erractic season in the history
nell College at the hands Of Grinnell
was the only result which had been
forecasted with any certainty.
Changed Line Up,
Coach Chalmers of Iowa purposely
changed the Iowa line up and weaken
ed the team by placing substitutes in
the game. Moreover Brugerman, the
IOWA quarter, had been directed to send
all of his plays against the Coe ends
Rain, which began just before the
game, made the field sea of mud and
it was almost impossible to handle the
ball. All of these things contributed to
the high score made by Coe College,
tho the fact that Coe played the best
game 1t has played this year, cannot be
denied. For the last part of the first
half and the first part of the last half.
Coe clearly ot1tplayed the Hawkeyes,
who Were loafing in their positions in
the belief that they had the game won.
/ The gameswas remarkable exhibition
/ OF foot ball on the part of the State
University tean-a game in which the
Iowa team played as Il they had no
foot bail know edge whatever.
Goes Good Work.
The exhibition put up by Coach
Bryant's men was so far ahead of any
thing they have done this year that
the Improvement shown is almost mar
velous. While, there are two weeks and
a half left Of the season, the relative
ranking Of the, minor colleges. of Iowa
is already pretty well established, and
the games to be played in the future
canvonly change that ranking in one or
two instances. It is certain from the
the games now played, that Coe Col
lege will attain the distinction of rank
ing third IN iowa foot ball, a position
not held by the minor school in good
many years past, and this in view of
the fact that the only two teams sur
passing Coe are Ames and the State
University.
On the other hand Morningside, by
its showing made against Drake and
Anaes,Y.. will probably contest Goes
right to this position on the ground
three points than Coe did. Moreover
,CoA and Des Moines College played
tie and then Drake defeated Des
Moines College, while Morningside
played Drake to a standstill. Until the
final game is played, of course,
ranking of the teams will be impos-
sible, and any conclusion arrived at
now is apt to be overruled The size
of the score made by Ames against
.Grinnell In next Saturdays game
should in measure determine Grin
nell's position with reference to Coe,
Drake and Des Moines College. The
number Of points scored against Drake
by Ames on Thanksgiving day will also
help to determine brakes standing
with reference to the three other min
or schools.
brakes Game.
Morningside's game with Drake in
Sioux City was an exhibition of which
Coach Griffith Of the former institu-
ton can we'll be proud. Reports from
Sioux City indicate that Drake played
listless game and but for the energy
of Taylor and Loverien would have been
defeated. Doc PelTs aggregation of
football talent is the most ,erratic
bunch of players in any Iowa college
today, and as predicted last week the
Drake team decided to loaf during the
contest and the final score shows that
they succeeded to the heighth Of their
expectations brakes game with
Grinnell and Morningside will cost that
team third place in the ranking of the
Iowa college teams this year, position
Drake has held for several years past.
GrinneIl's Easy Victory.
GrinA1ell loafed thru it's game with
Cornell College, winning by total Of
16 points in q more or less ragged ex-
hibition Of football GrinnelTs season
is almost finished, but one game, that
with Ames, yet remains to be played.
During the coming week Coach Ham
ilton of Grinnell will devote all of
his attention to preparation for that
contest. 1t is we'll known that Ames
will keep several regulars out of the
game and that none but simple plays
will be used for fear of Hawkeye spies
who are expected to watch the game
for pointers to be used against Ames
in the annual contest to be played
with Iowa the following week. Hamil-
ton is believed to be banking on that
fact and is therefore confident of hold
ing the Aggies to a low score.
brakes team will play ST. Louis IN
lyersity, in st. Louis, on Saturday of
this week, affording the state of Iowa
its first line ON the strength of the
southern team as compared with the
Iowa colleges. This will be important
as indicating the possible outcome of
the game between st. Louis University
and the state university, to be played
in ST. Louis on Thanksgiving day.
From the record that has been made
by st. Louis University so far this sea-
son, it is certain that Drake is in for a
bad beating. St. Louis has heavy,
powerful team, which has played con-
sistent foot ball, while brakes team is