The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-20
IOWA DISPLAYS ITS
STRENGTH TO WEST
Illinois Is Forced to Limit to
Earn 8 to z Decision Over
Hawkeye Eleven.

SHICAuo, Oct- ly.-Wnlle bofnc VI tho
games In the West yesterday caused
surprise. the contests were more i'm
portant in that they served to clear
the atmosphere of the mystery that has
surrounded some of the teams-a doubt
az to whether they really were strong
or whether the bigger teams they had
beaten were weak. Iowa was the most
Important Of these, and the Hawkeyes
proved conclusively yesterday that they
arc team Of no mean ability.
The Iowa eleven travelled over to
prbana, ILL.,. and gave the Illini the
vattle of their lives The Illinois team
had to uncork. the very best and the
most subtle football that II knew to
eke out a to Z victory. The Illini en-
ployed a revised form of the old on
side kick to score on the Hawkeyes.
With the rise Of the standing OF iowa,
30 also does the ratin gof Nebraska and
so also does the rating of Nebraska and
Minnesota ascend. and the to 6 game
between these two teams last week. be-
comes more understandable. Nebraska
was consigned to the junk pile when 1t
lost to Iowa, 0 to Is, In the first game
OF the season, but proceeded to astound
the West by playing Tie game with
Nebraska Beaten.
Nebraska went down yesterday before
Notre Dame in a stubborn fight, IA to o.
The Catholics had been heralded as
easy winners but since Iowa's strength
has been proved, the hard fight that re-
suited excites no particular attention.
Chicago in defeating Purdue. s16 to 0,
failed to show. the dashing attack that
was evident in tho Great Lakes game.
and Stage will have to fight hard for
his more important contest later. Wis
consin showed no startling attack in de-
feating Northwestern, 10 TO 6, and cam
not hope for success against Minnesota
and other big teams unless an improve
ment Is accomplished.
Minnesota took things easy against
Indiana, winning. 20 to 6, and seemed
to be conserving its strength for it's
harder games with Iowa, Wisconsin,
Illinois and Michigan. The Gophers still
look to be the first choice in the Con-
ference after Michigan.
Michigan used straight football to de-
feat the Michigan Aggies, &c to o, and
Ohio restorted to no strategy in piling
UP score OF 40 to o against Kentucky.
Both teams seemed to be saving them
selves SO that they could exert their
best efforts against each other in the
game In Ann Arbor this week Yost
used many substitutes quite early in the
game.
Michigan will be the choice against
Ohio, but will be conceded only q slight
margin over the Buckeye team. At any
rate. the Ohio game is no longer a prac-
tice affair for Michigan. Other confer
ence games this week are: Iowa VS..
Minnesota in Minneapolis Wisconsin VS..
Illinois In Urbana, and Northwestern VS..
Chicago on Stage Field.
Thus far Iowa, Northwestern. Indiana
and Purdue have been eliminated from
the Western conference race. leaving
Michigan. Minnesota, Chicago, Wisconsin,
Illinois and Ohio to fight 1t out. Michi-
gan. Chicago and Ohio are the only Big
Ten teams that have not been scored
upon.
South Follows Dope.
Southern games yesterday were in
teresting In that all OF them ran off
according to prediction. and the same
teams are favored for ultimate honors
that were picked before the days battles.