The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-24
GAME SATURDAY
VERY UNCERTAIN
Dope on the Previous Big
Games Very Unreliable
Says Axelson

The view OF the present
western football situation is of value
the most careful and one Of the best
football critics in tho west. q. w.
Axelson OF the Chicago Record-Her-
aid. The situation among the western
colleges is mixed and 1t would be
further entangled should Stages Ma
to be played at Chicago Saturday. Mr..
Axelson writes in the Record-Ederald:
"Minnesota, Wisconsin and Chicago.
by their reversal of form as illustrated
in the games on Randall and Marshall
fields Saturday, have furnished h
material for football conversation UNI
til the next upset is staged on h
gridiron. The Gophers created COM
conferences championship; the Badgers
by showing such unexpected strength.
and the Maroons by q complete change
fror the game at Minneapolis.
lowing to the inability Of the ma
jority, Of coaches and critics to size up
the Cardinal eleven. the Madison battle
was pretty much Of a guessing contest
before the actual clash. but not go
feated Michigan and Chicago had
shown up lamentably weak in the
game with the Gophers, consequently
a defeat for tho midway eleven had
been regarded al a.. foregone conclu-
sion. This was shared by Coach Stage
himself before the game. and the sur
great e that Of the rooters who have
followed the varied fortunes of Chi
caeo during the season
Maroons Pun Surprise. :
"ChicaSo lived UP to its reputation
Of fooling supporters and opponents
Stage has been able to whip a team
into winning form after some crushing
less task. Chicago has apparently a
new team and the game with Wiscon-
sin next Saturday Is not likely to be
the pink tea affair which the Badger
rooters feared.
"Wisconsin's showing against Min
nesota, however, makes the Badgers
me Of the strongest. II really not the
best team In the west at present, and
the Maroons will have to show a lot
more Improvement than was the case
In the Cornell game to hold them even.
With q few Of the rough edges trim
med OF, Coach Richards will have a
Of course impossible to pass final judy
ment on the Cardinals because 0f the
field on which they, played. Good foot
a was impossible, and this special.
ly applied to team work which, under
the circumstances, was q hit and miss
affair.
Moll's Kicks Count.
"Much stress was laid on Moll's kick.
ing in the eame. This wa Of high or
DEF, but Minnesota suffered more by
itS backs being unable to handle the
high punst clearly. There wa no de-
ception about the kicks, a they came
high and true. but the Gophers were
weak in both Judging and catching the
fANO Arf0ya0 With tho w1ra hAhf~A h&A
back, Capron did almost as well az
Mol In putting. but 1t was the excep-
ton when the Badgers missed a kick.
AZ q matter Of fact, the Badgers really
showed the more finished game, and
this was the real surprise Of the day.
a. the Cardinals had been touted as a
raw lot.
What effect chickering's absence
had on M~innesota's playing is prob
lefnatical. It Ia not likely that he
would have added any strength to the
team as a whole except in general
ship. and It was here where the Co
pliers suffered the most. Capron's
handling the team, but. az the game
was played. chance counted more than
precision.
ut was great juggling Of dope all
around on tho different gridirons.
Princeton alone among the country's
oho SS0Aoe p1uy1u6 up " us ISCOEO. On
comparative figures it is quite possible
to pick half a dozen champion teams.
Michigan's record Is an instance. Taxi
ing score into consideration, the VOL
verines are fully Is strong. or stronger
than Harvard, and Harvard was only
beaten an eyelash by the Tigers. Again
using the figures, Chicago is stronger
than Michigan. al the Maroons defeat
ed Cornell, which had put the VOL
verines out of the running.
Figures Arc Confusing.
Michigan gained nothing in pres
tige by defeating Pennsylvania, as the
Quakers were used to it. but the VOL
verines tied with Syracuse, which de-
feated the Indians and the redskins
had taken the measure Of Harvard.
And along this line. using the Chicago
score as q basis, Minnesota and Wis
consin would be expected to over.
whelm the Wolverines were either
team to meet Michigan. However.
much can be done with figures and