Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-11-27
FAILS 70 GAIN I||l[
WEST DIES MONIES OUTGAMED By
EAST HIGH AND LOSES
STATE HoNORS.
CHAMPIONSHIP MAY
NOT BE DETERMINE
MarshalItown, West Des Moines, Sioux
City and Algona Appa rentiy Have
Best Claim to High School Aonors-
Fort Madison and Milford Have
Clean Records.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Nov 27.-F'ollow the
Saturday tie of West Des Moines by
East Des MoiHes the state high school
championship can be summed up in
the following
Fort Dodge defeated by West Des
Mones.
Algona-Ted by Ames. Ames de-
feated by Fort Dodge and North Des
AIones and tied by Marshalltown.
Observation-Disclosures by Ames.
Fort Madison and Milford-Unde-
feated and not tied.
East Des Moines tangled or un-
tangled the state high school
Championship Saturday, when it held
the West Des Moines team to a score
ies tie and outplayed and outgamed
them in the annual battle. The re-
suit is all of the leading teams Of the
state at least tied while two teams who
have played only in their immediate
section have come thru the season
without a defeat or a tie. There still
is a possibility of a still farther c!ari
slated to meet Cedar Rapids. Turkey
day, and final Arrangement has been
made for game between. Fort Dodge
and Algona, his also to re P.ayed on
Thursday. Cedar Rapids made good
start at the beginning of the season
but has been losing games of late and,
according to the worthless dope Of this
sea son, is not a match for the Mar
sEalltown lads. The Fort Dodge-Al-
coma game will bring together a team
which has been welded together thru
several years of training and one which
ras inherent strength as its largest
asset.
Sectional Titles Well Defined.
One or two sectional titles seem to
be we'll defined Sioux City is master
If all the northwest of the state. Du-
buque has power over the up river
part Of eastern Iowa and Fort Madi-
son at down river points, altho it has
not yet cleared the last hurdle at
Keokuk. The prison city lads also
seem to have very good title to the
southeast section. The southwest Is
a little bit muddled with Corning prob
ably the logical leader. All Of the cen
trail Iowa titles are in dispute or tied
but the north central will be deter
mined by the meeting Of Fort Dodge
and Algona. The central and the
southern central probably will never
be decided. 49,
The games of this week include a
number of classics, prominent among
which is the meeting of East and West
Waterloo in the annual game for. the
city championship. the battle between
Davenport and Moline for the tri-
city title and the Sioux Ctty-Linc DIN.
Neb.. scrap Clinton, which team has
been going badly since its defeat of
Davenport. will make its last stand OF
the year against Rock Island H.. in
one of the few games it has played on
its home grounds. While title does not
devolve from their meeting, the At
lantic- Council Bluffs game has large
amount Of interest to the followers Of
the two teams.
GrinnelPs Title Is Undisputed.
Iowa's last football week. end Of the
year. brought to GrinneI the
Championship Of the Iowa conference,
20 Parsons satisfying victory over
traditional enemy. Iowa Wesleyan, and
to the state university the largest total
CT points scored against Nebraska in
the years since Steihm's reign began
at the Cornhusker capital. Grinnell, in
Il g most important of the games did
net leave d question CT doubt as to its
superiority over Cornell and incl
dentally of all the Iowa conference coll
leges. It's goal line never was in
danger except for one very short
period while it swept up to the Cornell
line with assurance when scores were
possible Its use Of the forward pass
was good and it was this vehicle of
play which spelled disaster at critical
times.
The Iowa Nebraska battle was one
Of the peculiar games Of the year
Iowa led at quarter time and was ten
points behind at half. Close to the
leader at the two-thirds marker. they
were swamped in the final quarter, the
Nebraska just doubling the score
when the final whistle blew. The game
vas the setting in which Davis, one OF
The best drop kickers OF the year
revealed in his art and his toe can be
figured largely into the final showing
of the Hawkeyes. Sebraska's line
was the final deciding factor and when
the forwards had the Iowa forwards on
he run the rather mediocre Nebraska
back field did the rest.
Ames to Meet Drake.
This is the half week in football.
Only one team which will play Thurs
day was in action Saturday, this being
Parsons The rest Of the schools took
an off week TO be certain that their
teams were in shape for the final
scraps. One game between the rivals
Of many years, Drake and Ames, and
the Parsons-Penn contest are the
feature games of the Turkey day. The
ether games are new alignments, State
Teachers meeting Ellsworth. Des
Moines meeting Williams and Vashti,
while the original schedule had Du-
buque and st. Viators playing at
Dubuque. Highland Park and Haskell
also were scheduled to mix but a
difference OF opinion Concerning the
guarantee ended in the cancellation OF