The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-13

chicago, Oct. 13.-Idle teams unde-
clslve scores and breaks in the defens Ga
or prominent middle western teams
served to make the results OF satnr-
days football games unsatisfactorv
Al general the results contradicted the
Sno"inS or the week preceding and
orltics attempting to pick the leading
00'ns OK the west are more at sea than
ever 100000
Ihree or four facts stand out in the
general maze Of contradictions. Tui-
no1s defeated Missouri by one OF The
argos scores mad against that team
s sance breWer took charge of the Ath-
big nine" conferences tailender for
years showed driving power against
and enough knowieedee
ot TuaImentary football to make critics
probable contender for the western
championship. Kansas, PLAYING the
Mashington university team for the
1rst TIME IN years, administered the
eieVen ever given by one member Of
the Missouri Valley conferences TO an
otner: This is the showing Of strength
On the other side Of the ledger, Wis
consin and Michigan, last Saturday
nailed as powerful machines, YESTERDAY
aaiIeo to show unusual class before
tinor cotiege teams, Marquette is
IN seVera! years, but the Wisconsin
attack acked the drive shown a. week
Ego, Michigan also wa at a loss be-
tore tne whlrlwind attack OF one of
Maize and Blue. '"0
In general the weeks play was q fail
c ce3n the high estate of the week pre-
little but straight football. Illinois nnl
ilmoered a few fancy plays for the
detection of Missouri and some Of The
minor colleges relied exclusively on
orwar passing for honors against
or the attack was line bucks and
stra1ght end runs with an occasional
the monotony. way
Saturdays games, with but one or
two notable exceptions, failed to indi-
cate the strength predicted by the
games Of g week ago. Whether this
plays from the watchful eyes of scouts,
the strength Of smaller teams or the
weakness Of the big ones, can be
shown only by later games. Defensive
not show as well as a week ago. iii
no1s, Ohio State, Nebraska and kan
sas al were scored against by teams
oeTeated by overwhelming totals.
Tar less "fuky" football thar a week
ago. No n Of the games were won
by hukes and few of the many scores
made were traceable to luck.
Within the western conference itself
the Purdue elimination of Northwest
ern did not show the strength Of the
defeated eleven injuries having played
an important part in the practice of the
team for ten days. Several men also
were being saved. for the weeks meet
ing with Illinois, the halfway event on
the schedule of the Evanston team.
Chicago did not play, meeting It's
nrse conference opponent Saturday in
the high scoring Iowa team. Mime
sofa also rested, waiting for the thir-
coin. LII"
In the Missouri valley, Kansas elm |
mated Washington university while |
Nebraska eliminated Kansas Aericul- |
tural. The showing would leave Kan
sas and Missouri in the south pitted |
against Nebraska, Ames n Drake In |
the north half. Last year the north |
teams won five Of the six games PLAYED. |
Among the colleges, defeat Of KnoxI
by Iowa, by Wesleyan of st. Louis, .by |
Rose Polytechnic and the overwhelm-
ing score of Beloit against Monmouth |
are all out Of the ordinary. The tie
games between Rolla and Christian
Brothers. Lake Forest and Carroll, Wal
bash and Butler also are unusual.