The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-03
Titanic Struggle for Confer
ence Title at Northrup
Field in Two Weeks.
WESTERN
oUTcLAss EASTERN
Two Teams Invade Terrific
ry Saturday and Meet
with Disastrous Results

ball battles witnessed the winning OF
supremacy by Chicago and Minnesota
IN the western intercollegiate confer
ence. the humiliation Of two eastern
teams In International contests and
the. retention by Nebraska Of the title
OF the only indicated major team Of
n missouri. valley territory. This
result. puts the Gophers and. Maroons
against each other in two weeks for
the championship Of the big nine"
1t boosts middle western football
to q high place for the year and
leaves Nebraska a possible contender
with the eventual ''bfg nine" leader,
as the best team in the west. Mfchi-
cams. showing. since its defeat be-
lore the. .agsies. also entities 1t to
consideration. 80 - 80 -
Open Game Wins. "s,
The decision In practically all the
games In which the middle west, lie
interested y demonstrated that old
winner before aggressive attack cou-
pied with he open game. Purdue
realized this too late against Chicago.
Minnesota learned: this truth In the
Nebraska game and, the giant north
men, feigning the :crucible. game of
the season, sent Mattern, g.. half. Of
G ea Gapabilities. into the. back
eSAS SSAAARCAkCO " UC .COHs
sentative because of the inexperience
OF Its material, was not a match for
the open game of Chicago. while
syracuse and the army, rated at least
as fair elevens among their eastern
opponents were baffled and bewilder-
ed by the attack of the two middle
western elevens. -.
- Western Teams Excel.
While nothing is -proved-by COM
parative scores, the achievement Of
Michigan and NOtre Dame Saturday
will probably -stand~out- as one of the
most notable achievements . Of. the
west in years. A glance at the records
made by the army and Syracuse
shows. better than anything else =. the
standard of western teams. which not
only defeated. but. -out-maneuvered SO
decisively- that eastern : critics ad-
mitted the .impossibility OF comparing.
the. two; styles of, :pley. *. -
Without. going back of the record
too far it is only necessary. to recall
SATURDAY,. and the fact that Princeton
is:rated m Of the four strong. teens
of. the east this year to. realize the
impressive showing of Saturday. Both
western teams continue their. eastern
invasion Saturday. Michigan meeting
Cornell and Notre Dame. meeting
Pennsylvania state. -: ::
f. Big Game at Northrup Field
Saturdays big nine results clear
ed the way for a titanic and titular
struggle. ON Northrup field between
Chicago and Saturday. Minnesota
rests I'm preparation for the. game,
while Chicago will take. on it's. cross
town enemy. Northwestern, In a. game
at Evanston The game will be. a
struggle between. teams almost. even
in honors, not only for this year but
for a series Of games. 'Minnesota has
won five. Chicago !. games. Chicago
was victor in four. One meeting re-
suited in a six point tie. In the ten
games. Minnesota has scored 100
nesota has been held scoreless three
times in the, seriess. Chicago twice:
This. year Minnesota. has suffered
one defeat, has scored ninety points
and has had ten scored against It.
1t o. the advantage Of three fair
ly early games. Chicago ito. date is
the only undefeated team in the s.'big
only. it has scored seventy-eight points
and had twenty. scored, against It..
West of the Mississippi. river. the
weekend games produced the defeat
Of Kansas, @OkIahoma,..ias AS per GUST rr,r
taking the measure of one member
Of the Missouri valley conference per
year. Nebraska found q surprise in
half, Drake and Washington: with
back fields OF sprinters, staged one
of their customary high score battles,
with Drake leading. Missouri demon
strated Its class in it's own state by
humbling it's department.. team, the
minors OF Rolla... Haskell Indians
defeated a week ago by Nebraska;
cleared the. way of ali. possible. title
claimants: from 1.-The outside of ethe
conference by-.defeating Creighton in
a close game. ~: *"
One OF. the. peculiar results. ofsyhe
weeks play was the large number. Of
tie, scores. resulting from the college
games Of the section. High score ties
have been a feature -.of play this year
and: neutrality-suspicious. genes In the