Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-10-17
ILLINl LOSE
TO COLGATE
AMEs BEATS KANSAS, CHICAGO
WINS, GRINNELL DEFEATED,
MICHIGAN 26-M1. UNION o.

AMES BEATS KANSAS, CHICAGO
WINS, GRiNNELL DEFEATED,
MICHIGAN 26-MT. UNION o.
Champaign, ILL.,. Oct. 16.-The Uniss
versity of Illinois lost it's first football
game since 1913 Saturday. the super.
Tor Colgate eleven winning Is to 81
Illinois sowed brilliant offense at
times and repeatedly game dterritory,l
but too often lost on incomplete for
ward passes. Colgate scored on place
kick by Westin, first quarter; touch-i.
down by Spencer in second and by
Hubbard just before game ended
Illinois lone score was made on place
kick by Macomber in fourth. COLI
gates interference was superior. Illi.s
nois' weakness lay in inability to work
forward pass. Illinois showed clever
offense during second half
Ames Downs Kansas 1870.
Ames. Oct. 16.-Completely outs
playing their opponents in every per-.
iod of the fame save the second, the
Iowa State College of Agriculture foot
ball team defeated the Kansas Univer
city eleven on Ames field by score or d
Is to o. ss'
The feature Of the contest came in
the third quarter when Andrews took
15-yard forward pass from Sfoss and
ran IS yards through the Kansas team
for touchdown
Chicago Beats Indiana. Sss
Chicago, Oct. 16.-The University Of 4
Chicago football eleven trirmphed oys
err Indiana university In the first game
of the big Nine" season here Satur.a:
day, winning by score Of % to al
The defeat practically eliminates Indis
ana from the championship race. 80
Chicago played much improved
game over its exhibition OF a week
ago and lore ragged holes in Indianasa9
line for steady gains.
Deerhart one of Indiana's stars. waas
severely injured near the end OF the
fourth period and he had to be carried
off the field. The Indiana team was
accompanied by more than six hum
dred rooters. who made the trip on;
special train.
Grlnneil Loses.
Iowa City, Oct. IA solidly hold
ing line which prevented Grinnell COLI
tlege from scoring through most OK
the game spelled defeat for the Scarlet
and Black on the Iowa field SATURDAYS
The state university winning II to 7ss
The Grinnell defense was smashed#
time after time by terrific rushes ofS
the Iowa backfield in which Menden.S
hall, Scott and Duncan featured.
Michigan 26-Mt. Union o.
Ann Arbor, Mich. Oct. 16.-Michis5
gan's powerful machine crushed th0a
Mt Union college football eleven 90 t9S
Q in a snappy game here SATURDAY.
The Wolverines scored touchdown m
each period and the visitors were o.
the defense most Of the time. Captaii
Maulbetsch, Nieman, Smith and BraS
ell did the scoring In the past peyj
cd Brazell intercepted a forward paS2Z
and sprinted Is yards for touch
down. ssa
Harvard Wins 21-o. III
Cambridge. Mass. Ootr-d6.-A fo6fs'
ball eleven from the university RI
North Carolina. coached by Harvard
graduate and equipped with Harvard
Mays was no match for the Crimson
team Saturday and they lost, 81 to al
II was an exhibition of Harvartl's SECS
ondary strength. as six reserves wefS
called upon to fill the places OF regusa
lars injured in the game that Harvard
lost to Tufts last week. Casey. at full
back. gained against North Caroliu
after the fashion that made Maha15
famous skirting the ends, slipping
through the line, or lodging and twisfIS
ing for considerable advances. His or
en- attack was ably supplemented III
the bull-like rushes of Horween. whoG
powerful shoulders tore hole after h0lS3
in the southern university line. Th1kI
this was not weak line was show
in the second period when they held
the best players that Harvard calle
into the game for downs on the or
yard line after Harvard four times a(&
| tackled At two other stages OF r.
Crimson was held for downs.
Yale Downs Lehish 1870.
New Haven. Oct. 16.-Yale down.
Lehigh Saturday ~ to in Nh
fought game. the Pennsylvanians r.
ing the Blue the hardest kind or
position The feature was a snail
yard end run through broken al
for touchdown by LeGore HAIR
dozen Lehigh players tackled HIS
but he shook them of: Bingham mad
Yale's other touchdown on Sfifteei
yard plunge through tackle NeithS
goal was kicked LeGore missed TIVE
attempted field goals.
FAIRFIELD DEFEATEDs
Nv IOWA CITY III EVEN