The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-10-13
SATURDAY GAMES
Unsatisfactory
Purdue Makes an Unusually
Strong showing-Badger
and Wolverines Weak.
By Ripley

Chicago, Oct. lS.-lQle Teams, uns
decisive scores and breaks in htei de-
Tense of prominent middle western
teams. served to make The results Of
Saturdays football games unsatisfac-
tory. In general the results: contra
dicted the showing Of the week pre-
ceding and critics attempting to pick
the leading teams of the west are
more at sea than ever.
Three or four facts stand out in
the general maze Of contradictions.
Illinois defeated Missouri by n Of
the largest scores made against that
team since Brewer took charge Of the
Athletics at the Tiger camp. Purdue.
a Big Nine" conference tail-ender
for years. showed driving power
against Northwestern and enough
make critics pick that team as n pos
sible and even probable contender for
the western championship. Kansas.
playing the Washington university
team for the first time in years. ad-
m%inistered the most crushing defeat.
to the st. Louis eleven ever given by:
one member of the Missouri Valley
conference to another. This is the
showing Of strength for the week,
badgers and Wolverines Rtsappoint.
On the other side Of tho ledger.
Wisconsin and Michigan. a week ago
hailed as powerful machines. Saturday
failed to show unusual class before
minor college teams. Marquarette is
in several years. but the Wisconsin at
tack lacked the drive shown a Meek
ago. Michigan also was at a loss be-
fore the whirlwind attack Of one of
the smallest teams EVER played. by the
Maize and Blue.
In general the weeks play was a
fall from the high estate O f.the week
preceding. The larger teams display
ed little but straight football. Illinois
unlimbered a few fancy: plays for the
detection Of Missouri and some. Of the
minor colleges relied exclusively on
forward passing for honors against
their big opponents. hut the major
part Of the attack was line l:,cks and
straight end runs with an additional
split buck or deceptive pass to vary
the monotony.
SATURDAYS games. with but one aor
W notable exceptions, failed to indi-
cate the strength predicted by. the
games of a week ago. Whether this
was by the order of the coaches to
hide plays from the watchfulz eyes OF
scouts. the strength OF smaller teams
or the weakness of the big ones can
he shown only by later games. De-
f~ensively the cams of the entire Sec
ton did not show rs we'll as a week
6 Illinois. Ohio state. Nebraska
and Kansas all were scored against by
teams defeated by Overwhelming to.
tails.
The weeks games, however, show
ed far less "fuky" football than a
week ago. Not one of the games was
won by flukes and few Of the many
scores were tracebale to luck.
Within the western conference IT,
self. the Purdue elimination of North
western did not show the strength Of
the defeated eleven. injuries. having
played an important part in the pract-
ice OF the team for tel days. Several
men also were being: saved for the
way event on the schedule of the Ev-
anston team. =
Maroons and: Gophers Idle.
Chicago did not play. meeting its
first conference opponent Saturday in
the high scoring Iowa team. Mime
sofa also rested: waiting for thu thir-
teenth meeting at Lincoln.
In the. Missouri valley. Kansas elm
mated Washington university while
Nebraska eliminated Kansas asricu1-
iural. The showing would leave Kan
sdS ara MISSOURI IN the south pitted.
against Nebraska. Ames and Drake in:
north half. Last year tho north
cams won five Of the six anne play
ed.
Among the colleges. defeat of Knox
by Iowa. by Weslayian of st. Louis By
Rose .Polytech. and the overwhelming
score of Beloit agaisnt M-South are
all out Of the ordinary. The tie games
between Rolla and Christian Brothers;
Lake Forest and Carroll, Wabash and
Butler also are unusual.