Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-01
IOWA HAS
GOOD CHANCE
AT The TITLE
After Trying Vainly for 20
Years Hawkeyes Have
Hope of Pennant.

Chicago, Nov. 1.-The University of
twenty years vatnly striving
tor the western conference Football
championship and many times finding
championship goal but kept from
crossing the line through a whim of
fate, this year has turned out a grid
o eleven which is conceded to have
as good a chance fox the title as any
big Ten" team.
A score of years ago the wearers
of, Iowa's Old Gold battled their way
through an undefeated season to the
highest honors in middle western
football. Since then, the Hawkeyes'
gridiron followers have on three ot-
casions blown their bubble Of hope SO
full Of championship possibilities that
they scared high in the clouds of ex-
pectancy only to drop with a thud
when in 1907 a missed goal from
touchdown lost the title to Wisconsin,
in 1913 when the eleven scored more
points than any team in the country
but failed in important anne by
narrow margins, and again in 1918
when two big games were lost-one
by two points and another by three
points. Each time Iowa was on the
verge of victory as the final whistle
blew. >.
Coached since 1915 by Howard
Jones of Yale, brother of the famous
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ways lately been a strong one. But
invariably when the last game of the
season had been played Iowa had
been eliminated from titular POSSIBLE
tiles by a. break in the luck. This
year however, the teams followers
that the Old Gold of the Hawkeyes
will waive at the top Of the mythical
pennant flag pole next Thanksgiving.
Won Title in 1900.
Back, in 1900 Coach A. A. Knipe
whipped together the Hawkeye elev-
en- that went through h season with
out q defeat and won the western
championship.
Coach Howard Jones appeared on
the scene in 1916. 1t took time to. re-
construct a football squad in accord
with his ideas. but his efforts began
had things running smoothly. The
Iowa eleven won from Nebraska and
Minnesota for the first time in years.
Subsequently Nebraska was dropped
from the Iowa schedule to make roo
for another Big Ten team.
The next year Iowa had an eleven
which, without a doubt, was the
greatest it had since the famous 1900
combination until this year. Two con-
ference games were lost by the
Hawkeyes. Illinois won a victory Of 8
to Z with an on-side kick cleverly
=. Dl6ycG WHeH- Ll6-olO -HOlu- IIlhCIAlIT
had victory in its grasp. Chicago. de.
feated Iowa 9 to s. The score doet
not tell however that when the fina
whistle blew it was lowa's ball
fourth down and a foot to go for thu
goal line. =
Again in 1920 Illinois and Chicago
were the teams to spoil Iowa's chanc
es. Ov~erconfidence lost the Illinoi
game by a big margin. 20 to 3. .th'
Hawkeyes hardly making a respect
able showing; stung by this defea
Iowa nvaded Chicago the %followlnt
Against the Maroons Iowa game,
three times as much ground as it
opponents, Chicago made first dow
only three times during the game, blu
the score closed Chicago 10, Iowa q.
All this time the Hawkeyes wer
winning half or more than half thei
conference games. Each ear low
was a championship possibility tina
somehow failed to come up to expec
tations. So when 1921 rolled aroun
and Iowa was rated scarcely the <equs
to Illinois, Ohio State, Michigan an
Wisconsin it is a small wonder critic
wanted to see the Old Gold machin
deliver the goods.
It took real defensive football t
stop the hard running and passin
Notre Dame attack, but the low
team DID 1G--IU TO {. InlS gam
marked Notre Danes first defeat i
more than two aso Iowa becam
a good team over night. 1t was scarce
~ a surprise to see Coach Jones' me
oufclass the Illinois eleven, but a vic
tory by the decisive score Of IA to
with Illinois snever threatening tn
Iowa goal, was hardly expected
Iova's stock ooh another jump.
Now the footba>. Critics are lamenI
b. ing the fact that the remainder of til
schedule gives no opportunity If
iowa to Meet Michigan. Ohio. Wi:
conadn&SorS Chicago. That is unfort,
nate. but Indiana, Minnesota an
Northwestern may still put Iowa o,
of the race. Meanwhile. it behoov,
wisconsin, Chicago, Michigan ar
Ohio State to tear each ether's chan
pionship hopes to pieces while tt
Hawkeyes watch the performance
iowa Isl to- have a clear title to ".Bi
Zen, horofs this season.
1.-THE Hawkeyes clash with lin
sofa next Saturday at Minneapol
and are regarded as strong favorite
NIKE GIBBONS
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