Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-26
ELEVENS
ARE UNDEFEATED
Chicago seems to Have Edge
so far-EIard Contests too
Close Together.

Chicago, Oct. Bout Of the up
sets which were features of Saturdays
football in the central states, critics
believe. there will come to coaches
and schedule-makers. the realization
f tn - they cannot expect a team to
games" within a week of each other.
Chicago excepted. the leading elevens
of this section which were in hard
battles q week ago Saturday either
were beaten or played far below the
form expected. The Michigan Ag-
g1es, limping and weary frpm their
game with Michigan. worn out in
doas we'll as their friends hoped;
Iowa and Minnesota both were slower
Saturday. according to followers of
the game, than in their hard tests
of a week ago.
Situation Still Uncleared.
The results Saturday did little to
clear the situation SO far as the lead
ing honors in the Big Nine are con-
Chicago, Minnesota, Illinois ana Wis,
consin. came through their contests
still victorious. Comparison of scores
showed only that the teams must
fight out their places in the final
standing. Chicago's 81 points against
Purdue did not indicate a margin of
superiority e Wisconsin which beat
the Boilermakers IL to z. large
enough to make the Badgers concede
"a Maroon victory and Minnesota
downed the Iowans by exactly the
same score by which Chicago won
the preceding week.
Illinois could claim a lead, based on
the performances to date. for the Sec
ond string Illinois Saturday routed
Northwestern by a far greater score
than Chicago was able to pile up, and
In their defeat Of Ohio state outpoint-
ed Wisconsin by a considerable diff
ference.
The indicated teams clash in
what amount of semi-fnal battles this
week. Next Saturday.. the Maroons
journey to Madison. where they meet
Wisconsin, while Illinois is playing
grounds. OF the four. Illinois sched-
cluded a hard game and in the clash
with h Williams eleven, Zuppke's
men therefore will encounter the first
serious opposition of the year.
1t is probable Wisconsin will have
reached Its best form for the Chicago
to date a tendency to play a some
what cratic game. making a gallant
and successful fight against Purdue
and beating by only a point the weak
Ohio State team.
Maroons Have Hard Schedule.
The Maroons, next to the Illinois
are ahead in the re- re on the seasons
record to date. The have had. how
ever, much the harder schedule. If
Gray's twisted leg grows we'll enough
to permit him to play he and Russell
will form a speedier pair OF runners
than W%isconsin's defense has been
called on to stop SO far. whiic Flood,
whose qualities have just become ap-
parent, with Schafer and Berger,
rounds out a fast back field. On pa
per. critics think. Chicago has a meas
ure of superiority over the Badgers
whie... would bring victory to the Mid
way.
In a W. Notre Dame furnishes an
other except''n to the successive ''big
game" theory. f"r its runaway game
with South Dakota took place only a
week after the Yale cnr"-st. On the
other hand, South Dakota itself has
Just come through it's tough game
with Minnesota.
The lopsided defeat suffered by the
Michigan Aggies at the hands Of the
Nebraskans was perhaps the greatest
surprise of the day. 1t was a bat
tered crowd that represented the Lam
sing school, but the Cornhuskers un-
doubleday have improved much since
h opening of the season.