Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-21
Review Of Sports
and Athletic News

| Is as strong as other claimants, on com
parative scores. Dubuque must defeat
Iowa City Thanksgiving day, and Fort
Madison must beat North Des Moines,
| Saturday, to establish an undisputable
claim.
Prior to the Mason City North Des
Moines game, emphasis was placed
on the contention that should Mason
City suffer defeat at Des Moines, Mar
shaiitown, having played Mason City
to tie, would be automatically elm
mated from the race. Is 1t not, there
fore, as reasonable to argue that Mason
City, having played tie game with
Mars alltown. should be eliminated II
Marshalltown lost to Boone?
Hoone's Position PuzzIing.
Alibis have no place in football, but
in Justice to Sanford's eleven 1t must
be said that the team which raced
Boone was not the strong aggrega-
ton which faced Mason City. The
loss of two men from the lineup had
virtually ruined the perfect team play
and made possible a virtual victory for
Boone. However, it must be said in
justice to Boone, that the Coalminers
have a strong eleven, and have suffered
but one defeat this year and were not
"oft defeated as Mason City papers
have declared.
Boone however. has been defeated
and would have been defeated again
lad ii faced the tMarshalltown machine
intact. Furthermore. the details of the
game. as published by the Boone
papers. indicate that Marshalltown car
ried the ball for many more yards than
did Boone, and had frequent oppor-
tunities to score had furnbling not oc-
Cured at critical times.
Marshalitown Not Eliminated.
The Boone game can not be accepted
as having removed Marshalltown from
the race. Marshalltown defeated West
Waterloo by a greater score had did
Mason City; was acknowledged by all
critics who witnessed the contest to
have outplayed Mason City in the big
game Of the year. and in reality de-
feated Mason City, but was depriced OF
victory because OF the failure OF the
field Judge to call time at the expira-
ton OF the playing period. The tie
game PLAYED by a crippled aggrega-
ton at Boone does not indicate the
superiority OF LAlaSOH lily. r" Iiiie N'N
actual performance on the field at
Mason City would prove the contrary.
1t Is generally conceded by all crit
les that Marshalltown and Mason City
have the best teams In the state, and
II the Fort Madison and Dubuque
claims are disposed Of, these teams
must share IN. nigh honors or meet IN
a post season game il they would de-
terrnine the issue.
II Fort Madison and Dubuque are
successful IN their games against
North Des Moines and Iowa City. then
It would be only just, II champion
ship is to be legally awarded. foT
Marshalltown and Mason City to play
post season games with Fort Madison
and Dubuque and the winners OF these
two matches be pitted against each
other in the final struggle. Other
wise, It is likely that claims, more or
less Just, will be made by two or more
teams All OF the speculation regard
ing post season performances however.
is on the theory that Mason City will
dispose Of Algona and that Marshall
town will not permit repetition OF Its
performance at Boone when 1t meets
Cedar Rapids here on THANKSGIVING
GAY.