Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-21
Unexpected Strength Developed
Feature OF Foot Ball in Iowa
Past Week
MIGHT POSSIBLY DEFEAT IOWA
If tho State University Meets Drake
in Same Condition That 1t Met Mis-
souri,, the Uncertainties of Present
pav Foot Ball May Spell Defeat -
Other Teams Condition.
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Iowa City, Oct 21.--The feature Oh
| foot ball during the past week III .ie
1r.ul,ave state. has been the unex-
pected strength developed by the Drake
university team on the eve of It's game
| with the state university. rms
strength is estimated from compare
| tive showing. of course. but III Is EVIL
dent nevertheless. Two weeks ago
! Morningside held Drake to TO
| score. very nearly capturing the game
| from pelrs team. About the same
| time Coe held the Ames team TO -
| points A week ago Minnesota hau
| great difficulty in defeating Aihes'
| only being able to score on field goals.
Last Saturday exactly the same team
| which was pitted against Minnesota
| had difficulty in scoring IL points
| against Morningside, while Drake uni
versity defeated Coe by 26 points. Fen
| made no changes in the team that met
| Morningsile, and from this 1t Is pre-
| sumed lie is well satisfied with the
way in which the men are placed.
There is no direct method by which
the work OF the Drake university team
and Coach Catlin's braves can be
averaged up. But on the showing OF
Drake in the games played to date IT
is believed in Iowa that the blue and
white will be able to give good ac-
count of itself when 1t meets Iowa in
Des Moines, next Saturday. Drake
and Morningside are practically in the
same class, with hardly shade be-
really in better form than the score
of II to @ against Morningside would
indicate. The team had just come out
of the grueling contest with Mnne-
sofa, and there was not much DISPOSE
ton to work evident. The Aggies made
two touchdoWns, playing slow, list
less sort of game, but with the logged
assurance that meant victory before
the end of the last half.
Coach Williams, of Ames, undoubt-
eddy expected reaction this week and
the Morningside game was an ideal
contest for the men to sober up on
and start them on the up grade for the
harder contests late in the season
This coming Saturday Ames will play
Cornell Qowa) at .Ames, and the min
or team can probably be expected to
offer just enough opposition to put
Ames in fighting trim for the game
with Nebraska University, which fol-
lows. On the comparative showing
then, Ames will class about four touch
downs better than Drake at the pres
ent time, with the team work or both
squads fairly we'll developed.
Catlin, on the other hand, has COM
paratively green team far from perfect
in its team play, awkward, uncertain
IN it's formations, but exceedingly will
ing. The plays with which Iowa de-
feated Missouri, scoring 81 points to
the Tigers 6, We're not involved for
tricks, which will be good ground
gamers in the weeks to come.
But on the whole, the smoothness of
execution was lacking and at critical
times the line failed to hold. The
tackles and ends on the Iowa team
are not up to the standard set by the
rest of the squad. Whether this fault
will be remedied by the introduction
of new men in these positions, or the
further development of the old men,
remains to be seen. 1t is certain, how
ever, that for the next five days the
HawlSeyes are in for some hard prac
tice. AS the team went against Mis-
souri, it is believed that Ames would
have defeated Iowa, the difference be-
ing represented by possibly two touch
downs, and at the present stage of the
race it is evident to every follower of
the sport that the Aggies appear to
have the better of the argument.
If this supposition is correct, Iowa
and Drake are very near on an equal
ity and the difference in form and con-
dition between the two teams next
Saturday will be very largely the re-
suit of the next five days work. Iowa
weighs more than Drake does by pos
sibly five pounds to the man. Potential
ly there is more strength in the Iowa
squad than in the men under the di
rection of Coach Pell. If the ragged
ness in the Iowa play wears off this
week. and if Coach Catlin permits the
squad to develop as fast as it is cap
able, during the time specified, the
EaWkeyes will win by safe margin
But if Iowa meets Drake in the same
condition that it met Missouri, with all
of the uncertainties in present day foot
ball, it is not beyond the range of pos
sibilities that Drake should win.
Goes severe defeat at the hands Of
Drake was due as much to the stage
fright of Bryants men as anything
else. 1t must be remembered that
Drake outweighed the Cedar Rapids
team almost thirty pounds to the man.
The drubbing was much needed one
and the team will be stronger this
coming week than they would have
been if they had held Drake to a close
score. On Saturday Coe will play
Grinnell at Cedar Rapids, and as the
teams are fairly we'll matched, the
game should be an interesting one.
K C. STEERE.
CHEESE EXPERT GOES EAST.