Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-23
HAwKEYE FOOTBALL SUPERIOR
TO THAT PROMISED ~ Ex-
PERTs IN EARLY, SEASON..
AMEs WINS SECOND AoNoRs
IN VALLEY CONFERENCE
State College Ranks Higher Than Ever
ssfore-stats University Displays
Great Defensive strensth-smallsr
Colleges Make Good showins-Two
Teams Left in High School Race.
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Des Moines, Nov. 2s.-Final chapters
In the 1914 football season presents the
football teams of the state in a far
higher plane than could have been
: thought possible at the beginning Of the
season. The state college at Ames has
the highest honors with unquestioned
second place in the Missouri! Valley
i conference, the highest point an Iowa
team has reached since the formation of
the big Trans Mississippi body. Both
Ames and Drake have tied for second
place in former years. The team of
the university of Iowa also takes high
rank among the schools this side of the
big river but the fact its schedule is
played mainly east of the river prevents
It's taking positive position among the
schools of the west. Its position in the
! Big Nine" can not be higher than
! fourth, as 1t can not precede either uli-
! nois, Chicago and Minnesota, and it is
probable that many critics of the Big
/ Nine will rank Wisconsin and Purdue
| ahead of the Iowans.
Drake Suffers Worst Defeat.
! 1t was the games of Saturday which
gave the state college at Ames its proud
position on the football map. The Cy-
clones annihilated Drake in the annual
battle at the Drake Stadium. At the
same time Missouri was taking the
measure of Kansas. Ames thus gaining
! the honor of being able to point to
/ line of direct defeats for each team of
the Missouri Valley conference except
| Net raska. This result was not expected
as up to two weeks ago Kansas was
considered to be about on a par with
| Nebraska. The Jayhawkers, however,
| played their best game against Drake
and have been going down hill since
then, due possibly to complicated
I coaching system. Missouri on the other
hand was just getting step when de-
/ feated by Ames and was in full stride
! for the last three games of it's schedule
when it won over Drake, Washington
and its most dearly priced enemy,
Kansas.
Saturdays game demonstrated be-
yond fact the strength of the Ames
team except when it is playing the
state university. While they had a
bunch of "horseshoes" at almost every
|
have enabled almost any team to win,
it was their strength which sent the
score against Drake to the breaking
!. point, in fact the highest score ever
made against Drake by team west of
the Mississippi river and the highest
but one in the history OF Drake football.
To Wilson, the bright particular star of
the halfbacks Of the state, must go the
lions share Of the glory. Drake stopped
Moss. the one who has won most of the
Ames honors of the year, with the ex-
ception of one long run, but the line
! plunges and short end runs of Wilson
were an unsolveable mystery.
Field Goals Decide Game.
| The Nebraska-Iowa game again dem
onstrated the defensive strength of the
team of the state university and also
presented the only score the state uni
versity has made against represent
ative team from outside the state While
the critics generally gave Nebraska
| three touchdowns the best of the game,
with Iowa possibly scoring goal kicks
from the field were the deciding
factor. Captain Halligan writ
ing the closing chapter in the
football history of the greatest line
| man Of this decade by executing three
for Iowa went to Carberry, the diminu-
| tive end who for two years has held
place on the Iowa team against the size
and strength Of all corners. A forward
pass paved the way for the score.
Among the colleges Grinnell ended its
season in defeat of the Cornell team,
a feat which probably will revive inter-
est in football at the 'Congregationalist
school. The purple failed to score while
Grinnell made one touchdown on a long
end run and another by slamming the
ball down the field on short gains. 1t is
the first time in six years that Grinnell
has crossed the Cornell goal line.
Central Iowa Teams Eliminated.
In the high school field central Iowa
schools definitely were eliminated from
the state high school championship
race during the week. Ames failed to
show against West High Friday and
went down to a one sided defeat, due
possibly to the barring of Carberry, one
Of the good defensive men of the team,
who failed to show a definite residence
in the state college town. Saturday
East Des Motnes was eliminated by
Sioux City in game in which the re-
serve strength Of the winning team
made two touchdowns in the last six
minutes Of play. This leaves Sioux City
and Clinton the two undefeated teams
of the state and the West High Clinton
game Thanksgiving Day will decide
whether Sioux City will have state
honors alone or whether the two ex-
tremes Of the state will have claimants
for the honors.
The elimination Of Des Moines
schools from the championship will
"a Delicate