The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-09
Evanston Team and Iowa State Are
Only Members OF Big Nine That
Have Not Been
Defeated.
PURPLE TO MEET IOWA
Hawkeye Team Will Try to Gain Hon.
ors Against the Leaders
This Coming
Saturday.


ference football games, which upset
the dope more than in any season
since the adoption Of the forward
pass and ten yard rule in the winter
of 19O5-19O6, Northwestern and Ohio
state, considered at the beginning of
the season the weakest members OF
the big nine, are the only two I'M
beaten title contenders.
Northwestern will bend every effort
to keep clean slate by beating Iowa
at Evanston Saturday, while Ohio
state will attempt to send Indiana
back to Bloomington defeated after
their annual clash at Columbus.
Meantime Michigan will be UNFOLDING
the standard of western football
against Cornell at Ithaca in one OF
the big 1ntersectional battles of the
year.
Upsets Stir Interest In Game.
The victories of Northwestern and
Ohio state have aroused renewed IN
terest in big nine football, which was
waning when Minnesota was con-
coded the premier position. Realizing
his team has chance to win the
conference championship, or at least
to command a higher rating In the
final standing than any Purple team
of the last decade, Coach Murphy Is
teaching his men just enough 1907
ball to win each succeeding con- est.
This fact was evidenced SATURDAY
when Northwestern defeated Indiana,
u to 0.
Iowa will give Northwestern q
harder battle than most persons ex-
pect. The Hawkeyes are stronger In
certain positions than the Purple.
Unless Murphy sends his squad into
the game to play football all through
another upset may result. AT the
same time. the Purple coach must
use his judgment in not working his
strong players too hard, as PURDUE
comes the following Saturday.
Michigan Battles In East.
Michigan, which has not lost
game this season, although it has had
hairline escapes, will journey to Cor
nell. The result means little as far
as determining a national champion
ia concerned. The Ithacans were de-
cisively beaten by Harvard, which Is
being groomed for the Yale and
Princeton contests. Michigan was
lucky to win from Syracuse, which
succumbed to defeat at the hands OF
Pittsburgh, one of the recognized
strong teams of the east.
In the east the battle between Har-
ward and Princeton will hold the at
tention of the football world. Tue
Tigers, under the guidance OF Speedy
Rush, have played good football st
times, while at others their play has
been Indifferent The Crimson has
suffered one setback, while Princeton
has not been beaten, but has had
some narrow escapes. The game will
be played at Cambridge. According
to dope, 1t looks an even thing. with
the odds slightly in favor OF Har-
ward.
Yale to Oppose Brown.
Yale will clash with Brown in New
Haven. The Ellis should win. Yale
has been receiving lot Of coaching
in the last Two weeks, and II the
players have real football ability in
their makeup Yale will spring sur
prise on Harvard and Princeton in
later games.
With the exception Of the two con-
ference games in the west, the Mich
igan-Cornell clash and the Harvard
Princeton struggle, there are no
games scheduled which appear to
have a serious bearing on sectional
titles