The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-12
Stages Maroons to Invade Down
State Institution Saturday to
Battle for Conference
Title.
TO PLAY AT CHAMPAIGN
Clark, Carthage Man, Expected 70
Star for iIHnois-WiH p. Green
Writes About Chicago
Eleven.
By WIN P. Green

By VIII P. Green.
| Especial TO The Gate Citr.1
| CHICAGO. Ill, Nov 12-gacked By
two thousand students and alumni,
Coach Stagz and his Chicago Maroons
Will meet Illinois at Champaign Sat
urday in the decisive game OF the
middle western conference schedule.
After two weeks preparation, during
which time both teams have evolved
new systems Of attack, the men are
ready for the fray. Every report that
comes from the Illinois camp is one
of confidence. Zappks, the former
Oak Park coach, has developed what
many consider to be the most wonder
full team In football history at the
state university. The Illinois squad
On the other hand followers OF the
Maroon win see Chicago enter the
game with three veteran stars on
the hospital list Dolly, Gray, the
most consistent ground gamer of the
back field quartette, is hobbling
around on an ankle in which the Hg
aments were badly torn at Madison
two weeks ago. John Albert, the
giant line man, is down In bed with
mainstay at fullback, is another hob
bier, his injury being similar to that
Of Gray. Flood and Gray may start
the game, but the chances are that
they will not last through full half.
There does not seem TO be a chance
that Albert will be seen in action
against Illinois
However. this is not a hard luck
story. Granting that Chicago is con-
injuries. yet the feeling Is prevalent
that Stagg is covering up to large
extent. Followers OF football hold
the pretty general opinion that the
wizard of the Midway is the greatest
coach In the game today. He has
taken green material on several oc-E
casfons and developed it into a champ
ionship eleven in one season. Even
without Albert, Gray and Flood, thei
team is strong. This is evident byi
the fact that although all three Of
them have been out of the great
er part OF the games played this
season, Chicago has not been defeat
ed and the Maroon goal line is yet to
be crossed.
But II six more men were added to
/ the hospital list. the Chicago con-
tingent still would consider that 1t had
more than an even chance to win
Such is the confidence here in STAG.
In spite OF the prevailing fear that
Illinois will win, there is always the
underlying feeling that Stagg win
! spring something
Tonight as I write this, the team Is
going through formations 1t is 7:30I
o'clock, and the street lamps have!
/ teen On for two hours. Yet across the
street from my window, the field is a
glare OF light Powerful arcs make
the gridiron almost as light as in mid
day, and over the turf the Chicago
! coaches are sending the team through
a grinding practice. The men have
/ been at It since three this afternoon.
/ When dusk came on and with it the
lights, the ghost" ball, a whitewash-
I ed pigskin, was put in play Such Is
the strenuous schedule OF the team in
4 preparation for the Saturday melee.
All practice is behind closed gates,
and guards are stationed to see that
no one enters, or scales the walls OF
/ concrete that enclose the field. Even
the members of the freshmen squad
are kept in ignorance of the intricate
formations that stagg is developing
/ for use at Champaign.
1 Stagg follows his men up and down
the field in motorcycle car Through
out the season he has been suffering
with neuritis, and the more practical
work has been left to Assistant
Coaches Page and Paine. Stagg does
| the directing. in the course OF which
he makes use of large magaphone.
/ Unless all signs fail, one of the
l stars of the game will be Patsy"
Clark, the Illinois quarter, who this
season is back field star of rare cal
iber. Clark halls from Carthage. Last
summer he played short on the base
ball team down at Warsaw.
i IT was reported early this week that
i two thousand dollars had been sent
to Champaign by Chicago men to wag-
/ er on the game. II such was the case,
i needless to say it had plenty OF TAX
4 ers. For not only are they confident
4 down at Champaign. but the Him
stand ready to back their team to the