Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-19

CHICAGO. Ill.,. Oct. l9.-Game@ nf in.-
portance IN the scramble for the Biz Ten"
football championship are set for decision
Saturday. October ~. The Minnesota
eleven viii atiempte to eliminate Indiana
from the race in a game 10 he played al
Minneapolis. Wisconsin and Illinois will
clash AT Urbana and Chicago will take on
Purdue al Stagg Fiold.
Although other Western conference
teams viii take the field their results will
have NJ bearing on the championship. Iowa
viii face Grinn,ll nj iowa CITY and M.chi-
gan will play the Michigan Agile al Ann
Arbor. Ohio State. which many critics re-
gard ~ likely 10 retain the conference title
which i won for the first Time last year,
and Northwestern. have no contests -ched
uled.
Pointing IL it, overwhelming victories
over Kansas and Oklahoma, Illinois hopes
to make ~ conference debut of the season
with a triumph over Wisconsin. Coach
Zmppe started in Monday Ia develop IN at
tack and warned hi~ player ~ expect u
desperate battle from the Badger. who
held the strong Noirc Dame eleven "a \
scorclc~~ draw last week. The game also
viii be Wi~consin'~ first conference affair
Of The seasons. Coach John Richards of
the Badgers was greatly disappointed be-
cause hi~ players failed 10 score against
Notre Dame. but L. confident Of IN in
proved showing against Illinois.
A. \ result of the Is to q victory over
Vanderbilt. critics look to Chicago e. down
Purdue. The ~howing ~ the Maroon~ SAT
urday WAS a pleasing surprise 10 Staee'~
followers. The victory put 4 world ~ con
fidcnce into the green and light material
Offered the veteran coach. Purdue barely
escaped defeat ~ the hands of DE PAW
last Saturday and will have L. play 4 much
improved game t. keep Chicago from roll
ing mp n big count.
Defeating Chicago y j trick Purdue has
been irving to put over since ls9l-thc
date of the Roilermakcrs last victor over
the Chicagoan~. Twenty-Five games have
been played between the teams and Chi
cage ha~ won I'll but four ~ them. Pur
due captured the honor~ in 1892. 1892 and
1894. and ~ lgnl The two clcyen- hatiled
ia " > % , tie MT Chicago.
Minnesota D. expected ID take indiana
measure. although the Iloo~icr~ are dc.cr-
mined to hold the Gopher 10 the closest
possible score. Coach Stichm at the IN
diana Institution has been seriously handi-
capped through the lack " material. hni
has succeeded in developing a -rrappy
eleven ii which two or three yctcran-
formed the nucleus. Minnesota denton
.~trated IT. driving power IN rolling UP ]
81 To y score against South Dakota state
last Saturday. With hut one exception the
players emerged from the contest without
injury. Sullivan n promising halfback.
suffered = bruised back. and probably viii
bc kept ont 81 practice until next week. IL
was his first contest with Minnesota and
hi~ ~hifiy end rms caused much comment.
The clash between Nntre Dame and The
well balanced Nebraska eleven III lincoln
IL attracting considerable sectional inter
ct. The Cornhu-ker~ SQUAD. reported -
be one Of the hest ever developed at Ne
braska. appears 10 have the edge "a the
IIoo~iers. Nebraka buried Iowa under n
top heavy score last week. while Notre
Dame was tying Wisconsin.
The Northwestern eleven. which will he