South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-04
INDIANA CHICAGO
CAME AMONG THE
IMPORTANT ONES
Both Teams Are About Evenly
Matched on Paper and a
Hard Fought Game is Look
ed Forward to by Fans.

CHICAGO. oct. 4. - Football bat
talions of the central states swing into
battle lines saturday in series u
conflicts which signalize among other
things the opening Of the campaign
for the conference championship.
Chief in interest is the frst clash OF
two Big Nine" elevens. Chicago
meeting Indiana i'm a game, that car
ries extra Importance. because OF the
unsuai strength the Hoosiers showed
last Saturday against Depauw The
marOons and indiana on paper re-
semble each other so closely as 10
make their chances appear about
even. Each eleven includes what
critics call a strong back-neld and
a comparatively weak line, and each
has had the same general instruction,
since Jimmy Sheldon, coach of the
Hoosiers. won his football degree un-
der A. A. Stagg.
The game viii he a lead'ng feature
of the ceremonies incident 20 the
dedication OF Chicago's new stadium.
Two thousand or more Indiana
alumni and students are expected 10
ATTEND
Michigan Meets Case.
Outside the conference. Michigan's
Opening game with Case is attracting
most general attention because OF tho
hint il is expected 10 give Cornell and
PENNSYLVANIA of the strength OF the
Ann Arbor corps. Case. an ancient
opponent of the wolverines is eX-
pected 10 make a better showing
against Yost's men than IL did last
year when Michigan gvon "a 30 moth
ing. The Ann Arbor backdeld has
undergone several changes this week,
but the line with the addition ~
Lchtner proba bly, Will include the
same men who fought on the varsity
side as forwards thus far this sea-
son.
Coach zuppke's first game comes
Saturday. when Illinois engages Ken
lucky state Alumni OF the Urhana
school are anxious to see what the
new coach has done with his material
which though il includes several vet
Grams. is reported TO be lacking IN
capable heavy men.
Notre Dame. later to meet several
eastern eleVens including the Army.
viii have a fair try-Out in the game
with Ohio Northern.
Among Saturdays other contests
are:
Wabash Us. Purdue at LAFAYETTE.
Ohio Wesleyan rs. Ohio state az
| Columbus.
Mount Union VS.. Western Reserve
at Cleveland.
Ames VS.. Minnesota at Minneapolis
Lawrence rs. Wisconsin at Mad
ison,
GAMES IN TIE FAST.
NEW YORK. oct T. - Football
games OF a more strenuous character
than heretofore mark the opening cf
October gridiron schedules in various
parts of the country. Several Of the
1 larger eastern university eleVcns to-
morrow VIII face opponents which re-
corded victories at their expense N
1912. The day viii also mark the
introduction of some eastern and mid
die eastern teams in the game.
In the east the games 10 be played
by Penna and Cornell will DE watched
with unusual interest since both
the Quakers and the Ithaca eleven
face colleges which last year scored
decisive victories over them. The
University of Pennsylvania has what
appears TO be the hardest contest u
the day. for in Lafayette. the red and
! blue face virtually the same eleven
! that won by score Of 90 . over the
Quakers last autumn.
Oberlin college, which defeated Cor
nell Is 10 o last season is not repre-
scented by a strong team this year
while the Ithaca eleven has demon
strated that it is slowly regaini1g the
place in football circles that the big
red team won for Cornell in past
years
Colgate which held Cornell TO no.
score tie game a week ago, viii have
Amherst as an opponent and anOth-
/ er close contest is predicted.
Harvard meets Bates in what is lit
| tie more than a practice game and
/ Yale has the University OF Maine. on
which to try some of Tom SheVllns
/ alleged new plays.
The Army and Navy cleEens VIII
/ both start the season on ar even foot
/ ing Saturday for the Naval academy
plays the University OF Pittsburgh ar
Annapolis. and the Military academy
( faces Stevens institute at West Point
Among the other eastern games
are.
Fordham at Princeton.
Carlisle at Lehigh
Hamilton at Syracuse
villa Nova AT SNarthmnrc.