Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-01
Football Squad Has Developed
a Speed 1t Has Never Be-
fore Shown
UNIVERSITY is ovER-coNF,pENT
1t is Believed That That Feeling, In
the Present Critical Situation May Be
An Element of Weakness In the
Iowa City DEMONSTRATION at Drake
Iowa Foot Ball Gossip.
IBy X. d. steere]


Iowa City, Oct. 1.-The foot ball
campaign of 1906, looking to the de-
ed off with whoop Saturday on the
part OF Coach Ristine's delegation from
the state agricultural college at Ames.
Cornell was defeated by a total of Sc
points, and this in the, face of the
twenty minute halves. Grinnell Col
lege won a close game from East Des
Moines by the score of 10 TO o. and
Morningside defeated the Ida Grove
state championship team by 90 to O..
The foot ball situation in Iowa is
now completely dominated by the
Ames contingent, and from all present
indications the team at the agricultural
college will remain the great center
of interest in the state until it wins
or loses the state championship. In
view of this fact some little Importance
attaches to the way in which the Cor
nell game of Saturday was played and
WIN. ~ SAS III - p4tiSS, liS SAINT, dsS q
test of the strength Of the Ames
squad, can hardly be counted for any
thing. Then again, the result of the
game showed that the back field is
fast. faster probably than any Ames
back field has been in five years. In
addition the men are heavy enough to
brush off the weak attempts to stop
them on the part of Du Bridges pu-
pills. On the very first play Ames
scored touchdown, running CornelFs
ends with an ease that showed how
greatly they outclassed their oppon-
ents. Nyle w. Jones, who umpired
the game, declares that he does not
see any material change in the style
of game Ristine has taught for four
years back. End runs were used be-
cause with that formation Ames was
able to score fastest and Cornell was
totally unable to stop any kind Of
play.
The game also emphasized a fact al
ready known, that Ames has reserve
strength in unlimited quantities. On
the whole, however, the most signifi-
cant lesson in the Ames- Cornell game
for the other Iowa colleges, is that
Ames has developed speed it has
never before shown. For three years
tAmes has gone down in defeat before
the state university of Iowa team,
partially because it has never been able
to develop this speed. Two years of
Jack Watson appears to have worked
wonders on the foot ball men, and this
speed is the most threatening factor
in the Ames machine. Whether Ris-
tine himself will prove equal to the
situation, developing something orig
ina1 in his playing system or not, APP
pears to be the only possible factor of
weakness.
The Grinnell game, with it's fifteen
minute halves, was not particularly
significant, with one exception. In the
press report Of the game, as well as
the reports of the majority of the
games played in the United States Sat-
urday, where the coaches of the var
ious teams had attempted to develop
something permitted under the new
style of play, the following statement
will be found: "Fumbles. at various
times during the game marred the
work of both teams" 1t Is the fumbles
of this season that the new rules have
brought into unusual prominence. The
long forward pass is loaded with OPP
portunity for fumbling. The trick plays
that are expected to take a prominent
part in every game, are breeders of
fumbling, and all Of the old plays
where the ball was placed in the hands
of the man that carried it, have been
eliminated.
The situation at Drake is said to be
giving considerable satisfaction to the
supporters Of Blue and White. brakes
season will start shortly, when some
+hino move definita can he learned of