Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-08
EIGHT WESTERN :.
TEAMS MEET IN
BIG 10" GAMES
Mimi Struggle for Title While IN
East Harvard Plans to Wreck
Princeton In Clash.

Princeton In Clash.
Chicago, Nov. 8.-With eight
western conference football teams
in big ten" battles. Harvard and
Princeton meeting in their annual
clash, and Notre Dame giving bat
tie to the Army at West Point in
the big intersectional contest OF
the year. followers OF the grid
iron game will enjoy a rar, treat
today.
Local followers of football must
chose between two contests, which
bid fair TO attract capacity crowds,
Chicago and Michigan will clash
on Stage field. while Northwest
ern. represented by q stroneer
team than at any time this seaA.
son will meet Iowa, one of the pow
erful big ten elevens. at Evans
ton.
Looks Like Great Fight.
Although the Maroons and VOL
verines have been put out OF the
running for the conference title.
the struggle should be just as bit
terly fought as II a championship
were at stake. Neither institution
can be said to be represented by
the sterling elevens Of the old
days. but they. can be depended
upon to fight from start to finish.
Chicago sa q better balanced
team than Michigan but whether
the Maroons. will play the brand
OF football taught by Coach Stage
is another thing. Michigan on thep
other hand. will play all the foot
ball it knows, and the players will
not admit defeat until the final
whistle blows. It should be
great game. and one cannot tell
how the teams will perform when
80 much is at stake.
The Purple played great football
last Saturday against Michigan.
The players got into the game with
a better spirit. fought for every
inch of ground, and seldom failed
to have IL men in every play.
Coach Rachman intends to use the
same eleven against Iowa that
faced Michigan. II the men per-
form as they did against the VOL
verines Iowa will have to play it's
best brand Of football to emerge
from the conflict on the long end
Of the score.
Howard Jones, the crafty men,
tor OF the Hawkeye eleven, has
been Unidentified with football too
long to permit a defeat. The Iowa
mentor knows that the Purple will
be much stronger than they were a
week ago and for this reason he
will be compelled, to send his full
strength on the field for the initial
KICKOFF. IN t
Ohio Plays Purdue.
Ohio state, strong favorite for
conference honors. will meet Pur-
due at Columbus in a game which
the Buckeyes should win. Captain
Harley's team is q better balanced
aggression and there are too many
good players onsthe team to war
rant anything but an Ohio victory.
Purdue will fight its opponent all
the way. but taking all depart
ments Of the game into considers
ton, does not rank with the CO.
llumbus team.
II A great battle should take place
at Minneapolis, where Illinois and
II Minnesota will clash in the most
important game on their schedules.
These teams turned the dope up.
side down last week by winning
} from Wisconsin and Chicago. and
they can be depended upon to put
up a great battle. The down-stat-
ers have always proved a STUN
bling block for the Gophers, who,
as rule, are slow to round into
form.
Illinois must win this game to
still have a chance to either win
the conference title or at least tie
for the championship. The down
staters play Michigan next Satur-
day and Ohio State on the follow
ling weekend. Ohio meets Wiscon-
, sin next Saturday and the Badgers
have a chance to win. II Illinois
can win from Ohio after beating
Minnesota and Michigan it will
have a claim to the title, provid-
ing the other conference teams are
beaten more than once.
Coach Rockne of Notre Dame
will send his team against the
Army in a contest which will be
watched with interest. The South
Bend aggregation has showed
steady improvement in the last
three weeks and is a worthy oppon-
ent Tor the cadets. The team will
be weakened, by the loss Of Berg
man, the star quarterback, but the
remaining positions are filled with
players OF such known ability that
the Army will have battle on its
. hands all the time. t--
= Nebraska vs.. Missouri.
Nebraska and Missouri will
!. clash in a game OF interest west Of
.. the Mississippi river. Iowa by viz
!, tue OF its decisive victory over tht
Cornhuskers is without doubt the
|, strongest aggregation in that sec.
. ton, but the clash at Columbia to-
: day will be of intense interest Il
, football fans in that section.
An interesting struggle SHOULD
take place at Lansing, Mich.
/ where South Dakota will meet the
Michigan Aggies. Although botf
| teams have been defeated this year
the game Is an important one tt
the combating teams and their fol
! loluoea Thu Ianal numhor of Of b.