The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-08

title tomorrow night. The big foot
ball games Of the country will be
played on Saturday and earlier.
Packey Mcfarland will battle in the
ring with Cyclone Johnny Thompson.
Other various events will transpire to
interest followers OF sport.
Automobile Show.
Turning from the old fashioned
equines to automobiles and from New
York to Atlanta, the great Svent of
the week will be the National Motor
Car show now open in the Georgia
capital and the races which will be
held in connection Herewith. The
series Of speed contests will begin to-
morrow and continue five days. The
new Autodrome will be use>1. and the
track is said to be exceptionally fast
and has attracted some of the best
G drivers In the world.
Football.
Football will begin to get first page
positions in the press of the country
this week. The great annual contest
between Yale and Princeton is sched-
uled for Saturday at New Haven and
will doubtless be witnessed by an
enormous crowd. Already the demand
for seats far exceeds the capacity of
the Yale grandstand. 1t is generally
admitted that while the Ellis stand the
best chance, they will have to fight
for victory over the sturdy Tigers.
On the Pacific coast the great foot
ball contest OF the year Is that be-
tween the University of California
and Leland Stanford. and next satur-
day is the day and date for the strug-
gle: "A grilling exhibition Of the
Rugby game Is anticipated.
The two great intersectional con.
tests between East and West will be
played Saturday. when MICHIGAN
meets PENNSYLVANIA at Pni.aas..hia
and Chicago and Cornell play at It'll
AGA. These games will attract atten-
tention ali over the country. Pennsv
expects to roll up a big score against
the Ann Arbor boys. and Cornell root
ers declare that beating Chicago is
like taking candy from babes, but
that is as may be.
The history Of sectional football for
the last three years since the game
was revised shows the eastern teams
as having all the better of it. For
that length of time their superiority
is pronounced. It has been SO for
each Of the three years. Pennsylvania
beat Michigan II to 0 in 1906, and
Carlisle beat Minnesota, II to 0. Chi
cago, which possibly has shown more
aptitude for the new game than other
Westerners. did not meet an eastern
team that year.
In 1907 Carlisle beat Minnesota, IL
to 10, and beat Chicago, Is to 4, while
Pennsylvania disposed Of Michigan. 1
to O. There wasn't wide margin OF
victory in the Pennsylvania Michigan
game, it is true, but Pennsylvania
wasn't rated the champion of that
year. Chicago, the strongest team in
the west last year, played a to 6 tie
with Cornell, and Cornell was severa
places removed from the front rank
OF eastern elevens. Carlisle was
beaten by Minnesota, II to 6, but Min
nesota had been put away nandily b.
Chicago. Carlisle beat three western
teams-St. Louis, Nebraska and Den
yer; Pennsylvania smothered Mich
gan, 20 to 0, and Syracuse also swamp
ed Michigan.
The complete list of games SEIZED
uled for this week is long one and Is
as follows:
Wednesday Cincinnati versus Tu
lane at New Orleans, Oberlin versus
Reserve at Cleveland, Case versus
Ohio State at Columbus, Vanderbilt