The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-05
MAROON OUTLOOK is GOOD
Chicago Eleven, With Material, Ought
to Have Powerful Asgresation-Hard
to Figure Observation-Disclosures Is the
Dark Horse.

to Have Powerful Asgresation-Hard
to Figure Observation-Disclosures Is the
Dark Horse.
Always at the beginning OF asseason.
there is some doubt as 10 how the
teams will shape up, but this years
western conference race seems easier
to dope than in past years From
known material at hand, past perform
ances Of veterans and coaches, it
would apear that Chicago and Mime
sofa stand the class of the big Nine
The real dark horse this year is Hi.
nois, which may be very good OF very
poor according TO how green material
shapes up. while Purdue. Northwest
ern and Wisconsin all have great pos
sibilities.
Northwestern will probably furnish
the surprises of the Big Nine race
this season, for the purple has excel
lent green material and n host Of good
veterans from last season For the
first time since Northwestern with
I drew from football following the 1905
season the purple seems to have
lighting spirit. This has been instilled
by Coach Fred Murphy, and IL he han.
dies his good material this year as well
as he has miserable material in past
seasons Minnesota ana Chicago vii
have more respect for The Evanston
JAMS at the close of the season than
they have at present
Chicauo's Chances Briqht.
Chicagos chances are far brighter
this year than they We're last. Coach
Staeg has squad OF thirty to forty
players, and while much OF this may
be classed MS deadwood, there probably
will be enough material to form two
elevens. a condition Chicago has net
faced for several years. Chicago has
many veterans back, the class OF the
1915 team in fact, with the exception
of Captain Russell. while the sophie
more material is far above par One
of the strong points in Chicagos favor
which has been overlooked by many
critics is that Coach Stage is in better
physical condition this year than be
has been any fan for several seasons
past
Mmnesota's exact strength cannot be
| told for some time yet, for several of
the Gopher veterans are still on the
ineligibility list ana their status will
not be finally determined until later
This is always The case ut the Mime
apolis school. and, while past expe-
dence shows that the majority of men
classed as doubtful eventually square
themselves with the faculty, it is NOT
safe 10 count upon this for certainty.
With a wealth of veteran material, an
exceptionally clever lot of sophomores
aud a couch Of the standing and abil-
ity of Or. Harry Williams, however.
Gopher rooters have the right to count
their team favorite for the bunting
Wiaconsin's Status Doubtful.
Wisconsin, status is doubtful As
new coach who faces the problem Of
instilling heart into a thoroughly dis
heartened lot Of veterans, Coach With
ington may be pardoned for retaining
from any predictions There has been
a tendency to discount eastern coaches
in the middle west for the last ten
years. but since "open" football has
been adopted by Harvard, Wilmington
may even outwcst the west in this
particular. There is much good ma
terial ut Madison.
Purdue, which for the last three
years has been making giant strides
toward a championship. may be count
ed upon to Keep up her work.
None OF the other three members of
the Big Nine is counted as particu-
larry dangerous In Coach Jones Iowa
has secured a new mentor whose forte
probably win be defensive play. How
ever, the lIawkeyes learned enough of
a tricky offense under Hawley in the
last three years to make them formid
able in that department. Indiana will
be handicapped by the fact that many
Of her veterans are in Texas with the
state guard and at best will be unable