Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-11-01
Varsity Coaches Declare Squad
Letter Perfect in Execution
OF Its Plays
NO BASIS FOR A COMPARISON
Until tho Final Score is Recorded Sat.
urday Night, Outcome of the Wis
consin- Iowa Game Must Be In Doubt
Weeks Signal Practice for Hawk
eyes, stiffest Of Season.
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practice this afternoon ended the stiff
est weeks work which the Hawkeyes
have put in so far this season. The
men are Mt Coaches Catlin and Crit
fifth and Trainer O'Brien declare that
they are In excellent shape to go the
killing pace they will have to Satur-
day afternoon. They know the foot
ball that Catlin and Griffith nave
taught them. Both of the coaches de-
clare that the squad is letter perfect
in the execution Of it's plays. A line
of substitutes have been developed who
are declared to be the equal of the
varsity players in several instances.
Iowa is better qualified to play a con-
ference game tomorrow than it has
been in several years past. But despite
that fact careful consideration of the
work Of the two teams so far this sea-
son, offers absolutely no basis for
comparison, and until the final score
ia chalked up Saturday night, the out
come Of the game must be In doubt
The situation has been badly COM
plicated by Wisconsins game with IL
linois, which has tended to exagger-
ate the weakness of the Badgers III
popular estimation. On the other hand
Iowa has won its two games by sub
stantial scores, but there is no doubt
what they were played against inferior
teams. The heavy score piled up
against Illinois by the Maroons and
the substantial defeat of the Badgers
by Illinois, is the chain of circumstan-
ces which have put crimp in Wis
cousin stock, but Iowa representatives
who saw the illinois, Chicago and IL
linois- wisconsin games declare that
the strength Of Wisconsin is seriously
underestimate. They state that Illi-
nois went to pieces before the fierce
attack Of the Maroons, lost their nerve
and failed to play the game they were
capable Of. They add that the recovery
shown by Illinois In one week was
marvellous and the men made an at
tack on Wisconsin unthought of In the
Chicago game.
Wisconsin, on the other hand played
the same kind of a game against llli-
nois that Illinois played against Chi
cago, and as result lost to the Cham
paign squad. On this basis of rea-
soning they argue that Wisconsin will
have improved during the past week
In the same way that Illinois did; that
the team will come down here with the
same spirit that Illinois went to Madi-
son, and that II Iowa wants to win
from the Badgers it will have to play
a tremendously hard game. In the
meantime, Iowa has been making It's
showing against comparatively weak
teams; teams that do not run In the
same class with Illinois and Wiscon-
sin. And while the paper scores seem
to give Iowa the best chance, the
teams are in reality very evenly
matched.
Roth Wisconsin and Iowa have de-
voted their entire attention thus far to
the old-fashioned game OF foot ball.
This is the game that was played by
the larger number Of teams last sea-
son, the first under the new rules.
n is not believed that Wisconsin knew
any other kind Of foot ball last week.
or the team would certainly have used
the plays in order to stem the tide
Of defeat. But it is also believed
that during the past five days the Bad
ger coaches have been breaking their
backs introducing new plays into the
repertoire of the Wisconsin team. Iowa
has plays which have not been shown
this year. Back Of the closed gates
on Iowa field Coach Catlin has been
teaching the men something else besides
wide tackle bucks and double passes.
The plays have gained ground against
the scrubs, but they have never been
tried against q strong team and OF
course such new plays as Wisconsin
will work up this week will also be IN
the nature Of experiments.
With both teams using new and UNI
expected formations, it Is predicted
that the game Saturday will be one
Of the most sensational ever played In
Iowa. Both teams will be forced to
resort to forward passes and when 1t
succeeds this play is undoubtedly one
Of the most hair raising on the check
cred field. When it fails it offers
equally sensational opportunities. Thus
far there has not been much betting
on the outcome. Followers of the
Iowa team are waiting for offers Of :
to on Wisconsin, or even money that
Wisconsin does not defeat Iowa 10
points. 1t is not known yet what the
BADGERS expect.