Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-01
DAVENPORT, FORT DODGE. AND
DEs MONIES ELEvENs TO
FIGHT FOR TITLE.
CLINTON ELIMINATED
IN HARD FOUGHT GAME
GrinneIl Springs Surprise on West Des
Moines-West High to Meet Fort
Dodge Saturday-Drake in Most
Spectacular Game of Season-Grin-
nell Ends Goes Aspirations.
Special to Times Republican.

Special TO Times Republican.
Des Moines, Nov. Nothing in the
way OF complications developed in the
! Iowa high school games of Saturday.
The showing of Eagle Grove and Fort
! Dodge was the most impressive of the
| day altho Grinnell sprang the largest
surprise in almos, taking the measure
of West Des Moines. East Des
Moines continued its undefeated course
by eliminating East Waterloo if the
previous defeat of the latter team by
Dubuque did not accomplish tina, fact.
Davenport made good its pretentions
10 the river town championship altho
Burlington remains 10 be defeated in
! Iowa games. The Clinton team proved
II would be good opponent for most
of the teams of the state by outplay-
ing the victors for large part of the
time.
East Des Moines did not have to ex-
tend itself in its defeat of East Wa
| terloo. The visitors presented a line
which refused 70 charge on offense
thus not giving what looked like
good back field Il chance. on defense
il was the best the East Des Moines
team has met this year but the ends
them almost at will Mac Byers, son
OF former attorney general Webb Byers
and a brother of the youngster who is
starring at Wisconsin this year came
into the limelight with number of
good runs and was largely responsible
Tor the gains OF the Des Moines team.
Title Battle in Prospect.
Apparently a real state champion
shin M ,S.Sli Ho
Dodge in the meeting of West Des
MONIES and Fort Dodge this week.
This game is Swallowed only by the
meeting of East Des Moines and
Davenport the following Saturday
The cruX of the situation is the stand
ing a team of the Boone Valley Will
have. If Fort Dodge wins. it will APP
parentIy have but to defeat Eagle
Grove in later game to go thru the
season undefeated. In this condition
there is little to prevent it being a
rather aggressive claimant for state
honors. AT this writing Fort Dodge or
Eagle Grove seem to have the best
chance of dividing the state title
claims with some other schools and
the result OF the meeting with West
Des Moines Will be awaited with in
terest. . g1tAA n
East Des Moines has an easy game
on its hands with North Des Moines
While Davenport, the team it will meet
! in the critical game IS battling Rock
! Island in one of the games for the
/ championship Of the Tri-cities. In
northwest Iowa the meeting between
| portant game to the two teams as the
J n will fah he 11a
prominent claimant of the northwest
title. Shenandoah and Corning will
I furnish the best battle Of the south
west part of the state, altho the
Clarinda- Creston meeting has a large
amount of local significance. In
southeastern Iowa the meeting of OF
tumwa and Burlington will give a
+! chance TO compare the Burlington
team with the others of the state.
Drake in Spectacular Win.
| brakes spectacular victory over
Washington and the win of Grinnell in
tense game with Coe where the most
| important of the happenings of Iowa
football Saturday. Ames played bet
ter football against Nebraska than
against Missouri altho the Aggies We're
defeated q to by a combination of
3 Wv
Chamberlain. Morningside turned the
! -ables of a year ago by defeating Ne
braska Wesleyan while covering up its
plays for future games. In Friday
game Cornell showed power in one
1 sided defeat of Simpson while hold
/ ing the IndianoIa team without a score.
Adjectives lose their value in an at
| tempt to tell of the spectacular battle
! between Drake and Washington. An
nrally this game has been a wonder
= full game of football. This year il
/ tnpped the pinnacle of spectacular
I performances. Drake outplayed thei,
! heavier opponents from the start but
! a combination of penalties and luck
! stopped their marches to the Washing
| ton goal and forced them back until
| Washington scored. Then Lewis booted
a goal from placement and it looked
| like the game was over. In the Sec
ond half the Washington team made
its most sterling advance and carried
/ the ball down the field and across the
| Drake goal line Drake had scored
| and score board showed Washington
16, Drake :. Then the Drake team
!! came into its own and in the final six
i minutes, with an offense that could not
| be denied it battered, forward passed
and sprinted its way to Washington
goal line for three touchdowrs. Three
thousand people who had rooted fol-
Drake all thru losing battle went
wild when the little Drake team scored
the points that meant victory and the
celebration was hardly less when q
rush of sixty yards by Blodgett added
to the total.
| GrinneIi Eliminates Coe.
Grinnelrs victory over Coe is the
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