The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-10-27
BIG GAMES YET
TO Be PLAYED
Championship Battles in the
big Nine" Conference
Next to be Fought

Chicago, Oct. 27.-With the final
1913 month of football play initiated
next Saturday, Michigan agricultural
college occupies the commanding po-
sition IN the west. Leadership de-
cisions are yet to be made in the
big nine and Missouri valley confef-
ences. as most Of the games scheduled
as championship battles are vet to
be fought.
Unless a slump in the work Of the
team occurs the Michigan aggies will
finish it's schedule without a defeat.
u wiil nave a record Of victories over
Michigan and Wisconsin, last years
western champions. Its final standing
VIII depend largely upon the showing
OF the Wisconsin team in the next
month, rather than upon the play Il
accomplishes itself. It does not meet
any Of the other teams which now
look lke championship possibilities.
Chicago After Honors.
chicago, a with weakness In
the line. placed itself firmly in the
race Saturday by its defeat of Purdue.
The maroons showed some Of The DOS.
sibilities claimed for them before the
opening OF the season It's back
field. acknowledged to be powerful.
showed itself more shifty than that
of the boilermakers. It's kicking and
covering OF kicks was superb, and
this factor was the deciding one in
Purdue showed three weaknesses.
inability to kick, inability to handle
the long and elusive spirals, and in
ability to cover e short and high
kicks.
Purdue Ends Weak.
n Purdue ends failed to stop the
return of punts for long distances and
were also circled from scrimmage.
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cisively that the Purdue attack was
turned TO the center of the line. This
line held whenever it was forced to
battle upon its W territory. In the
final MINUTES of play, when too late,
Purdue opened its offense and showed
a startling line Of open work, carry
Ing the ball almost to the Chicago
alone.
Iltin0iE Still in It.
Illinois proved its right for another
week at least in select company b.
defeating the Indiana team. The
Illinois players have a hard months
play ahead Of them, meeting four big
nine teams in succession. Its battle
with Chicago this week is the decisive
one In its schedule. Seuppke has
forced his team to win thus far with
out the aid Of the open play for which
he is famous and because of the ma
terial at his command the Illinois
rooters will consider the season a
success even II the last victory has
been staged.
In the Missouri valley; Kansas again
demonstrated its magnificent defense
by holding the Kansas agricultural
team scoreless. The Kansans have
been scored upon but once this year.
Washington university having the
honor. Nebraska's meeting a tartar
In the strong Haskell Indian team,
coached for its meeting with the corn
huskers, won a one-point victory after
the hardest kind of fighting. Nebras-
weeks. meeting Ames and Wesleyan
and should be able to bring its team
up to the decisive Kansas-Nebraska
game in tiptop condition.
Missouri kept itself in the running
Saturday by scoring its first victory
over the Ames agricultural team.
This was also the first defeat for
Mason and Dixon line in the last
fifteen years
Michigan Machine Formidable.
While having no bearing upon
matters in the west, the score Yost's
team was able to pile up on Wander
bilt shows that the Michigan machine
is still formidable and hat it was
not weakness which led to its defeat
at the hands Of the aggies. The
Wolverines will have a test indeed
in this weeks meeting with Syracuse.
Saturdays game produced few up
sets and few features. Iowa univer-
sity, which team seems destined to
make the high score record for the
year through weakness Of it's oppon-
ents. made N Of the highest big nine
scores In years in trampling over
Northwestern.