Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-11-10
WILL DECIDE
TITLE GAMES.
AMES TACKLES IOWA AND GRIM
NELL WILL TACKLE CORNELL r
FOR STATE HoNoRs.

Des Moines, Nov 9.-Football games
of last week end cleared the way for
two definite championship battles. The
first will be the meeting of Iowa and
Ames at Ames, November IS. in whiche
the two undefeated teams of the state
will meet. The second will be the.
meeting, November "a, between Grim
|. nell and Cornell in which the two un-s.
defeated teams of the Iowa confer-S,
ence will meet
One great big stumbling block is in
the way of both of these battles. One
/ is the Ames- Morningside battle next
Saturday, and the other is the Coe-
Cornell scrap Of week later Both
Of these games may speel disaster to-
definite battling. Supporters of Amesi
are liable not to like the suggestion
that Morningside might figure in the
running. but the fact remains that the
Sioux City team is capable of giving
Ames real argument. especially as IT.
had an easy game Friday against Me-
braska Wesleyan. Last year the score
was to 0 and this year the Morning.
side bunch has been more a band orr
fie eaters than year ago.
The Coe-Cornell game also may mixl
up the dope in the Iowa conferences,
but in all events there will be denn-s
lite championship. the elimination Of
Highland Park. leaving the decision Of
the title between Coe, already defeat
ed, Grinnell and Cornell Cornell
showed the greatest surprise of the
week in the way its line got the jump
on the Highland Park line and made
the work OF the backs easy. *
Hartweil Plays Star Game.
Hartwell also opened the eyes of the
local rooters. although he was closely
watched by the Highland ends. The
game took an overabundance of time
and the last quarter was contested all
most as much by moonlight as by day
light. Cornelrs team was the lightest
college team which has showed in Des
Moines this year. butt they made up
for this with dash in the final execI-
ton of their plays.
Grinnell. playing a brand Of foot
ball that would not be recognized by
the fans which watched them in Cedar
Rapids the week before. defeated
Drake in the best exhibition of football
of all the many played in Dies Moines2
in the week end. brakes line failed
to hold in the first half and Grinnell
penetrated it for three scores.
BY the middle of the second quarter
the Drake men had the stiffness OF the,
Northwestern game out of their sys-s
TENS and the remainder Of the game
was real battle royal. Grinnell. hav-
ing slight edge all the way through.
The only criticism of the game as
football was in the brakes safety
man allowing Augustine's punts to hit
the ground. The crowd saw a superb
exhibition OF forward passing. rather
exceptional kicking, while the Grinnells
team put up great exhibition Of short
jabs through the line.
Hawkeyes at Evanston. g
With the exception OF the Ames
Morningside game. interest in football
this week largely is OF the negative
variety. Iowa after a weeks rest
travels to Evanston to meet North
western, and all the other teams OF I
the state have easy games. The small
Ter teams Of the state stage some
good battles. 1t is largely Satur.
day Of games within the state, Coe
meeting Beloit and Buena Vista the
Wayne Normal in the out of state
games in addition to Iowa.