The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-22
City Of Hills Expected to Grab South.
eastern Iowa Title When the
Curtain Drops This
Season.
WINFIELD, CONTESTANT
Claims as Good a Record az Blue and
White and Challenges Team
to Post-Season
Game.

By her defeat of Cedar Rapids on
Saturday and her victories over Keo-
kuk, Fort Madison and other towns in
this corner of the state. Burlington
has almost proven her claim to the
title of champion OF southeastern
iowa. The football situation is 80
complicated, however, that it would
be difficult task to pick the team
deserving of second honors.
Keokuk. Mt. Pleasant and Fort Mad.
ison might all put forward a claim
Keokuk's record for the season 80 far
has been a great deal better than
that of Fort Madison, although the
latter team won from the locals early
in the fall
Comparative scores since then have
made Keokuk favorfte and it is be-
Iieyed that the locals will have no
trouble in defeating the Fort Madison
team here on Thanksgiving and end
the season with glory.
Now comes a new note in the pro-
ceedings Winfield high is attempting
to dispute Burlington's title L. C.
DensIow, superintendent of the pub
lie schools in that city has issued the
following statement:
The Winfield high school football
team has an even claim with the Bur
1,ngton high school for the champion
shin Of southeastern Iowa. 1t bases
this claim upon it's record of no de-
feats. and comparative scores, with
teams both have met. The Winfield
team has Ia five games scored total
OF 23T points to opponents 6 points.
which were not earned, but scored on
a fuke BY a team they beat SO to g.
The Winfield score with Washington
was Is to 0, the Burlington score with
the same team was 81 to O. BurlfnA
ton and Columbus Junction both de.
feated FIT. Madison 33 to 0. Winfield
defeated Columbus Junction to 0.
This score did not. show the relative
strength of the two teams, however,
as the Winfield team was really de.
serving of two additional touchdowns.
Winfield had expected to play Fl.
Madison November 20. they having
requested game for that date, thus
preceding the Junction game, but the
Monday following they declined to
play saying that it was too close to
their game November 25. and they
needed the rest. Two weeks ago Win.
field challenged the Fairfield team for
game November 20, after they had
declined for the same reason FIT Madi-
son gave. and the challenge was not
accepted. However. the Fairfield team
has been eliminated through the fact
that Columbus Junction held them to
a tie score. and should Fairfield hap.
pen to defeat Burlington on Thanks.
giving, Winfield would have an undis-
puted claim TO the championship title.
Burlington had an open date Nov.
13. but would not play Winfield. owing
to reasons stated above. namely that
1t was too close to their game with
Cedar Rapids, and they needed the
rest. 1t certainly Is not Winfield's
fault that they have not met these
teams and they have just as certainly
outclassed everything they have met,
After seeing all the important teams
play. the writer does not hesitate to
say that the Winfield backfeld Is the
fastest and best yard gaining combi.
nation in this section Of the state.
Winfield feels that they have legi
innate claim and good team to back
1t up. and therefore challenge Burling
ton to a post-season game to deter
mine the championship OF southeast
ern Iowa.