The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-27
GAMES TODAY
OF PRIMARY
IMPORTANCE
Northwest Battles Should
Establish Relative Team
Strength
EXPECT NO UPSETS
IN THE "BIG TEN"
Illinois And Ohio State,
Title COntenders, Have
'.-'~ Easy Games

Battles Of primary Importance to
northwest football are on todays
schedule. In a contest which should
help to establish the relative strength
of the elevens of both the Dakotas,
and those of other schools in tho
north cenral states, South Dakota
university meets Notre Dame. The
Coyotes have a victory over North
Dakota to their credit, while Notre
Dame has a tie with Wisconsin, and
a 10 defeate by Nebraska on it's rec
ord.
Meanwhile, South Dakota State will
take on the task of attempting to beat
North Dakota varsity on the Flicker
tails field at Grand Forks. The game
is to be made. a gala occasion, and
aside from the interest which ordi-
narily would attach to ii, the contest
attracts interest because of the fact
that large portion of the gate receipts
are to be given to the Red Cross to
form part of a fund for buying pho
nograph records, baseball and foot
ball equipment, magazines and other
things calculated to make life at
Camp Dodge pleasant.
The Gophers have an open date, but
Coach Williams is expected to give
his men a workout in anticipation of
next Saturdays game with Wisconsin.
With the "Big Ten".
(By Associated Press)
Chicago, Oct. 27.-Barring upsets
the football games of today will prob
ably have little additional effect upon
the race for championship honors in
the Big Ten. illinois and Ohio State,
whose records 70 date entitle them to
most consideration for the title, will
play Purdue and Denison respective
ly, and the past performances of these
opponents put the contests in the
hard practice games" category.
Chicago and Michigan have difficult
contests in sight with Northwestern
and Nebraska, but the optimistic of
Stages followers do not predict the
championship for the Maroons despite
their defeats of Purdue and Wander
bilt, while Michigan's sole conference
game this year will be with North
western.
VIII he GrudRe Fight.
The Chicago-Northweste clash
will be grudge fight and probably
bring out more of the traditional
college color than most of the sea
sons contests. War time economies
in athletic arrangements and OH the
part of invididual students and rail-
roads, have practically wiped out the
customary excursions of rooters which
formerly have followed certain teams
through victory or defeat and as a
consequence. the visiting teams this
year have had to fight through the
games without the encouraging songs
and shouts of their partisans. The
Northwestern student body, however,
street railway lines from their home
campus at Evanston and the purple /
and maroon cohorts, consequently, are
expected TO stage one of their old
time scenes of rivalry.
Nebraska will start a fast, power
full team at Ann Arbor, an eleven
which started well and kept up it's 1
good work. by defeating Notre Dame
last Saturday. Michigan will be in
its first acid test of the year.
Two Teams Are Idle.
The other Big Ten" game on the |
list is the Iowa-Wisconsin affair at /
Madison. Iowa has met with only /
small success thus far but the team '
is plucky and IL 1t fights enough may Il
give the Badgers a scare or even win.
and Indiana--have no games schedul-
ed for this week. They have been
putting in the time recovering from Il
the effects of their meeting at Min
neapolis Oct. 20 and getting ready for
their games Of Nov. when the Go
piers will take on their traditional
arch-enemy, wisconsin, and Indiana
will try to stop Ohio States march Il
toward smother championship.
wisconsin Confident.
Madison, Wis, Oct. 27.-Wisconsin
appeared to be confident OF winning Il
from Iowa at Camp Randall this aft
ernoon because of the improved form
in practice during the week.
Coach Jones, of Iowa, however. is not Il
over his teams defeat by i
last week, and points to Wis
loss to Illinois as a sign that /
his team will have a change against
the Badgers. E..
Coyotes Hit NO4re Dame.
Notre Dame, Ind, Oct. 27.-South II
DakOta'a football Euuad arrived here
Friday early to have a twenty-four