The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-11
FOOTBALL COACHES
kept THE SECRETS
The Big Eight Teams Got
Through First Games
Without Disaster

Chicago, ILL.,, Oct. 11-Football
coaches of the east and west are still
in possession Of their pet 1911 secrets.
Last Saturdays grist of games in the
two sections failed to reveal the mys-
tertes planned for the major contests
Of the season. The championship con-
tenders struck easy opponents in the
majority of cases and where close
competition developed the leading
teams preferred coming off with small
totals to showing their gridiron hands.
The elimination of Indiana by Chi
Cages % to 6 boom at Marshall field
n Wabash's 8 to 0 score against
Purdue were the chief happenings in
he big eight" region from a cham
pionship standpoint. Chicago. Wis
consin and Illinois and Minnesota re-
manned in the running without embar.
assing their future chances and the
large eastern elevens came through the
mill with no important upsets.
Maroon Stock Scars
The Chicago-Indiana game gave ma
room stock a distinct lift and cleared
UP a part of the shadows that have
hung owe Marshall field since the be-
ginning of the practice season. AL
though the maroons displayed some
wretched tackling and a varied assort-
ment Of fumbles they got together
for an excellent brand of early team
work and followed the ball with much
skill. The success of the team as. a
scoring machine and the cooperation
of the new back field were pleasant
surprises to Coach's Stages camp.
Captain Rademacher and Carpenter,
the maroon tackles, did valiant ser
vice at every stage of the game, star
ring particularly in blocking two of
Captain Gill's kicks at critical stages
Of the game. Scruby's two drop kicks
indicated that Coach Stage will have
a sure and steady point winner If the
new boot artist can keep up to his
early standard.
Minnesota's 5 to 0 score against
South Dakota shows that the gophers
have not. developed as fast as they did
last year. but one Of the western fans
will accept the count as indicating a
serious weakness on the part of Min
nesota. Coach Williams has enough
material to construct a powerful
eleven inc is not expected to turn out
easy time piling up %thirty-one points
against Millikin and Wisconsin totaled
Is to 0 against Lawrence without haN-
ing to tricks.
Good Start For Purple
Northwestern started auspiciously
with its Is to- 0 score against Mon
mouth and should figure in the big
eight season with more success than
last year. Michigan's score of "a to 0
against Case was handily won and the
wolverines are not worrying over the
future.
The - to 0 victory of Yale over
Syracuse was another easy feat and
Harvard was able to beat Holy Cross
8 to 0 without giving away secrets.
Princeton. Cornell. Pennsylvania and
the other big eastern teams came out
of their games ~unscratched although
Pennsylvania's small score against Ur-
sinus did not please the rooters.
Coach Stage has started preparations
for Purdue at Marshall field with the
Illinois game of October 81 in mind.
He predicts that Purdue will furnish
enough opposition to make the next
Maroon game exciting.
Although the Northwestern rooters
look upon the Monmouth game as the
old vetern did on the battle Of Blen-
helm, "a famous victory" Coach HAM
NETT does not regard it in the same
favorable light. Although it vas a big
ger score h Northwestern has Sc
cured in years. Coach Hammett says
Monmouth was not SO strong as was
expected and hat in reality the pur-
pies play much Of the time was be-
low par.