Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-15
DEFEAT OF IOWA is clEAN.cUT
AND IMPROVES AeGIEs'
STANDING.
WILL RANK HIGH IN
VALLEY CONFERENCE
Defeat OF iowa Soss Saturdays Game
With N>braska of lnterest-Oaven-
ports Victory Over East Des Moines
STRENGTHENS River Towns Claim to
High School Championship.
ecial to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines Nov, l5.-pespite the
fact 1t is not a strong football aggre-
ga1lon. the team OF Iowa State College
is certain of third place in the Missouri
valley conference has q good basis for
argument that it is second. and may
have undisputel possession OF that sec
ono place after the Missouri Kansas
battle CT next Saturday. Added to this,
it practically has the honors for the
state OF Iowa tucked away. the only
team to dispute this being Grlnneli and
no one who has seen the two teams will
entertain the Grinnell claims. Anes
has a better record than Kansas against
Missouri and the Kansas Missouri game
decided in favor of Missouri would give
Ames a straight line of defeats for all
the teams in the valley. but Nebraska.
and provided Of course, that the state
college team clears the Drake hurdle
as expected on Thanksgiving day.
Aues' defeat OF Iowa was clear cut
victory IN which there IS not a ques-
ton a triumph for the best team on
the field The Aggies outplayed the
OF the road and had better command
OF the fine points OF the great fall
game \ large amount of the credit
should go 10 Moss. who played MS first
good game of the year and whose run
ming. forward passing and Kicking were
an important factor most OF the time
He was ably assisted in the latter part
OF the game by Packer. who entered the
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souri, battle Man for man the Ames
line matched the ire Of the opposition
Jones, the transposed end of the Ag
gies. even proving a match for Captain
Barron. he transposed table OF the
Iowans, when the two met II center
The defeat the most decisive admin
istered TO the Iowa team by Ames in q
long series OF years. was a decided
shock to the thousands OF Iowa alumni
who were back for the annual home
coming of the state university. This
number would have been larger but for
the advance stories of the number re-
, turning. which convinced many OF the
old timers they would not find accom-
modations in Iowa City.
Drake Again Humiiiate
] While this game was in progress at
Iowa city Drake, with a patched team.
was being defeated Ut Missouri. Drake
could do nothing with the Missouri line
and made IT'S TWO scores by forward
1 passing. Missouri. or the other hand.
plugged the Drake line as IT did that of
Anes a month ago, but against Drake
also turned the ends. the result being
Il substantial amount of scoring. The
Drake team played in far better form
than a week earlier. but the weakness
in tackling, evident all season was still
apparent Early In the game Drake
was compelled to shift its team to add
defensive strength in the nope of hold
ing Missouri TO a number OF points
that the Drake forward passing game
might overbalance
In the Friday games of the Iowa con-
ference, Coe pulled itself into second
place with a last stand struggle with
the Cornell team, the Comedians lead
ing until almost the end of the game
when Massey blocked couple of punts
and Coe made resultant touchdowns.
Simpson at the same time was beating
Iowa Wesleyan and Highland Park was
defeating Leanaer Clarke. but is doubt
full OF the places these games will take
in the standing of the conference be-
cause of shifted eligibility rules In the
Hawkeye conference, Penn College
added the last particle OF grief 10 the
winners of the title a year ago by de-
feating them In a close score game.
The State Teachers piled up record
score against the players of the Wis
eonsin normal, while Parsons piled up
q large score against Central.
Iowa Nebraska Game Saturday,
Iowa's defeat at the hands Of .Ames
robs the annual meeting of the Hawk
eye team with Nebraska of large
amount Of its interest. Iowa has the
same aaNanIage Amos had In rusarirg