Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-01
Various College Teams Already
Preparing For the Champ
ionship Battle
NEW PLAYS BEING TRIED
Last Year Marked Passing Of Many
Old Players - New Spirit Pervades
Foot Ball Atmosphere - No Disposi-
ton to Infringe on Spirit of New
RuIes-chanees in Coaches.
Special 10 rimes-Republlcan.

Iowa City, Oct. 1.-The campaign
for the Iowa foot ball championship
has been fairly started during the past
week All of the regulars who VIII
be in the seasons fight have reported
for work, and the coaches are anxious
ly considering possibilities that lie in
the recruits from last years freshmen
teams and this falls crop of young
sters. The schedules have been ar
ranged and announced, and during the
next two weeks the coaches will try
out the new plays which they have
been framing up during the past
summer. There are many things which
will make this season the most inter-
esting one in state foot ball history.
Last year marked the passing of many
old players, veterans in the squad of
PLAYERS who have contended for Iowa
foot ball honors for the past three
wears, men like Sioux Jones, of Ames.
and Jack STREET,, of Iowa. 1t also
marked the retirement of Albert Ris-
tine as head coach at Ames, and John
Chalmers as head coach at Iowa.
1t will be remembered that Ames
opens the present season, champions OF
the state of Iowa by virtue of the to
victory over the Hawkeyes last
November Needless to state Clyde
Williams, who will coach the Aggies
this fall, will make every effort to
afof In, ha n ha nthnr ha nd
Iowa, the natural rival of the Aggies.
win strain every nerve to regain the
coveted honor which the Hawkeyes
have held for ten seasons. Moreover,
this viii be Catlin's first year as the
head of any coaching department and
he will of course be anxious to make
reputation for himself on the show
ing of the team. The rivalry of the
two Institutions coupled with the
rivalry of Williams and Catln. will
undoubtedly result in the development
of the very best that there is in both
squads and the game between the two
institutions will be worth travelling
very far to see.
There is new spirit in the foot ball
atmosphere of the state. Letters from
the players and coaches at all of the
state training camps confirm this
statement. Iowa is to be treated to a
brand new article of foot ball this fall.
The first season of experiment under
the new rules has passed; the entire
summer has been spent in framing up
new plays based on the lessons learned
in the fall of 1907, and during the next
two months it is confidently predicted
that every state team will have some-
thing new to offer in the way of SEN
sational combinations. The lessening
of the penalty for failure to perform
the forward pass successfully. will
tend to popularize plays built up
around that sensational performance.
Coupled with the forward pass will be
the quarterback and half back kick,
which gives room for an endless va
riety of brilliant trick plays.
With the exception of Ames and
Iowa, the coaching staffs of the various
state schools will remain the same
during the coming season Professor
Bryant will direct affairs at Coe Col
lege in Cedar Rapids; B. F. Hamilton
will have charge at Iowa College at