Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-19
IOWA FOST BALL PROSPECTS
Changes in Men ann Rules Make Present
Year Notable,
NO BIG GAMES FOR THREE COLLEGES
state Normal, Penn ana simpson
Out of the Annual Contest
for This Year at
Least.

IOWA CITY. Ia. Sept. 1s.-(special)-
with the opening Of all Of the major col
leges in Iowa this week the foot ball
season Of 1906 will be formally launched
and the race for the Iowa championship
begun with the shifting about of two of
the coaches, the elimination of the game
in three OF the colleges, the disappearance
from the game OF men who have been the
idols of Iowa sports for two years past and
the changes in the playing rules the his
tory of the present year Is bound to be
notable one i'm the annals of amateur sport
The first game TO be played will be be
tween Sheldon High school and Morning
side college at Sioux City on September ~ |
In three Iowa colleges foot ball, as an
intercollegiate sport, has been formally
abolished The State Normal school at
Cedar Falls, Penn college at Osksloosa and
Simpson college at 1ndianola have declared
against the game. though II Is possible that
class teams will be organized In the three
Institutions and interclass games permit
ted. Penn college made remarkable rec
ord last season for a minor college and
high hopes were entertained by its sup
porters that this year the Quaker school
would break into the first ranks. At times
veloped strong teams. the latter especially
under the coaching of Doc Pell.
Suppressed Players Were sports.
The students and athletes OF all three
schools where the game has been abolished
were thorough sports, supporting their
team Loyalty whether they won or lost
For this reason as we'll as the others men
toned the action Of the faculties and d.
Of tha n~fty lie ainOaraiv re-
GREETED and hardly receives the support OF
the schools themselves AS illustrative of
the spirit obtaining in the student body
of the various institutions the following
letter from Simpson college man is inter-
esting He writes: Referring to yours OF
the 9th. intercollegiate football was elimi-
mated from the curriculum of Simpson col
lege by the board of trustees at their June
meeting. Should they permit marbles or
fiddle de-winks l shall be glad to furnish
you with a schedule Of games"
The announcement of the schedules by
the various authorities during the past ten
days has created interesting topic OF
discussion. This is. just how much or how
little the arrangement of games will help
or hinder the chances OF the different Iowa
college teams. Ames has disregarded the
recommendations of the western confer
ence and has arranged the heaviest sched-
ule in the state, consisting of ten games.
the three major contests being with the
universities OF Iowa, Nebraska and Mn
nesota. The Ames schedule is well ar
ranged with reference to the Iowa games.
the Cornhuskers having an open date after
their contests with Nebraska and Mime
sofa and then a house-warming contest
with Grinnell, which will put them In fine
condition to meet the Hawkeyes.
Iowa's Schedule Well Made.
Iowa's schedule Of five games is we'll
balanced and evenly distributed. The team
should be in the best of condition when
II meets Ahies unless Doc Pell develops
unexpected strength with the Drake squad.
! the Drake game preceding the sAmes con-
1 test. Drake has hard schedule of seven
games. Grinnell and Coe college have con-
fined themselves to five games each, Des
| Moines college has six and Morningside
1 college nine. The Cornell schedule is not
! announced. The minor colleges in the state
have had some difficulty in securing games
with such of the major schools as they
desired to play. because the spirit to limit
| the games played has been everywhere
! manifest. Considered as a whole. the sched-
ules of Ames, Iowa and Drake appear to
4 favor their teams. with the single fault in
4 the Ames series, which will send the Corn
huskers on one Saturday to Lincoln, Neb.,
and seven days later to Minneapolis.
Coach's Work Important.
! The work of the coaches this year will
be more important than any preceding sea-
son in the history of the game for Ave
years back. Upon the adaptability, the
originality and the enterprise of Chalmers
and Catlin. Dock Pell. Ristine. Williams
and Watson and Fisher will depend the
% H.
race for foot ball honors in Iowa this
year. Ames will begin the season with
a larger coaching stan than was ever sup.
ported by an Iowa school. Ristne, for sew.
eral years head coach; Trainer Jack Wat
son, who went to Ames from Grinnell two
years ago. and Clyde Williams. the ole
university quarterback, whose engagement
has just been announced. will form a trim
ity of experts who should develop a re
markable team.
John Chalmers will direct the destinies o
, the State university for the fourth year
This season. however, he will be assiste,
} by Marc Catlin. formerly captain OF tn,
Chicago Maroons. who coached the tract
} team of the State university this sprin z
Doc Pell will coach the Drake team, Will
Monilaw goes to the University OF Missouri
The system of graduate coaching used a
season, with Fisher as head trainer an,
coach. Bryant will have charge of affair
at Coe college. and II is possible that Ham
ilton may continue at Des Moines college
though he had resigned his position.
1t will depend on how these men interpre
the new rules, how they develope thei
plays under them and how they train thei
men to determine the champions OF tn
. state this fall From a history of the pas
! much can be predicted in the future eve
2 in so uncertain thing foot ball, Mex
|, week. on the very threshold Of the comin
: season. the writer win attempt an estimat
. OF the preseason strength of the variou
. teams and coaches in the light OF the ney
, rules.
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