Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-27
Review Of Sports
and Athletic News

have little additional effect upon the
race for championship honors In the
big Ten" Illinois and Ohio state,
whose records entitle them to most
consideration for the title, play Purdue
and Denison, respectively, and the past
performances Of these opponents put
the contests in the "hard practice
games category.
Chicago and Michigan have difficult
contests with Northwestern and Neb-
raska. but the most optimistic OF
Stages followers do not predict the
championship for the maroons despite
their defeats OK Purdue and Vanderbilt
while Michigan's sole conference game
will be with Northwestern.
The Chicago Northwestern clash will
be grudge fight and probably bring
out more of the traditional college
color" than most Of the seasons con-
ess War time economies In athletic
manag ements and on the part of In
dividual students and railroads. have
practically wiped out the customary
excursions Of rooters which formerly
have followed certain teams thru VIC
tory or defeat and as a consequence
the visiting teams this year have Ilad
to fight thru the games without the en-
courag ing songs and shouts OF their
partisans The Northwestern student
body, however, can reach Stagg field
en- masse by street railway Vines from
their home campus at Evanston and
the purple and maroon cohorts, conse-
auently, are expected to stage one az
their old time scenes of rivalry.
Last year Northwestern. with team
that ran second to Ohio State for con-
ference honors, defeated Chicago for
the first time In fifteen seasons. This
year many of the veterans of the 1916
aggregation are again playing at Evan
ston while Chicago will present as
green" a lineup as it has had since
1897, when only two men on the
Maroons-Capt. Charles F. Roby and
Clarence Herschberger-had standing
as vets"
The Nebraska Michigan game is
arousing considerable interest, not only
because OF the standing Of the teams,
but also because it is expected to re-
veal, in some degree, the real strength
OF Yoste eleven and thus indicate Its
chances in the coming games with
Cornell and Pennsylvania. These two
future contests and the Notre Dame
Army game at West Point, Nov. 3, viii
comprise the important east versus
west. clashes of 1917 and serve to IL
Illuminate what promises to be other
wise a rather drab season.
The other Big Ten" game on the list
is the wisconsin affair at Madi-
cYy1
success thus far but the team Is
plucly and II 1t fights enough may
give the badgers a scare or even win.
Wisconsin may well be expected to be
a bit off edge after the failure against
illinois by the narrow margin of one
touchdown. The defeat. however may
have done the team world OF good
inasmuch as 1t contains several players
of limited experience who may have
hard fight TO bring them up to Wis
consin standard There rs no question
but that the eleven fought thru the
last minute of play and in that respect,
at least, upheld it's school traditions.
Two of the big Ten"-Minnesota
and Indiana-have no games scheduled
for this week. They have been putting
in the time recovering from the effects
of their meeting at Minneapolis, Oct.
20, and getting ready for their games
of Nov. 8. when the Gophers will take
on their traditional arch-enemy, Wis
consin, and Indiana will try to stop
Ohio states march toward another
championship.
Notre Dame expects q hard hght
with South Dakota at South Bend,
basing this expectation on previous ex-
periences with that team. The visitors
usually turn out sturdy elevens and
this years aggregation is said to be no
exception to the rule. While Notre
Dame Is generally picked to win, II
seems certain that It's men will know
they have been playing football before
the final whistle blows.