The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-09-26
Big Ten" Championship
Series Opens October l.;
"A Games on Schedule

Chicago. Sept. "a. Twenty four
football games, each one with some
bearing on final standing of the teams
of the Big Ten" are scheduled for
play in the coming mid.western collie
giate season. The championship sea.
son will get under way Saturday.
Oct. | when Chicago and Northwest
ern meet and will close November Is
when all teams are in action in con.
ference games
Seven OF the ten teams play five
conference opponents each Minnesota
plays six Michigan four and Indiana
three. Both Chicago and Illinois have
departed from their custom Of past
years OF playing an alm6st complete
conference schedule. Chicago, for the
first time in years, will meet three
non-conferencc teams while Illinois has
added TO its preliminary game one
non-conierence contest in October and
one in November. Michigan, which
has gradually been taking its place in
Western football again, meets four Of
the strongest teams Of the conference.
The other schedules, with the eXcep-
ton Of Indiana, are about the same as
in years past
The early meeting of Chicago and
Northwestern, ancient rivals. is due
to the two teams not having met for
few seasons. with Chicago playing
Princeton in midseasorh the only date
possible was at the opening Cf the
Midway schedule. The game will be
played on Stagg Field and will give
Coach McDevitt of Northwestern a
chance TO show whether his good team
Of year ago can repeat
Both local schools play conference
games on the second saturday. oct.
s, when Chicago plays lis time honor.
ed game with Purdue. and North
western journeys to Minneapolis TO
play Minnesota. 1t was in the Gopher
game a year ago that Northwestern
first demonstrated that 1t was a team
TO be feared for the season.
The third Saturday. October Is, adds
three games TO the list. Iowa meets
Illinois at Iowa city, Northwestern
faces Wisconsin at Evanston and Ohio
State. last years champion makes
its first appearance against Mime
sofa on the Columbus field. The fol.
lowing Saturday Oct. %, is also a
three game day. Illinois will attempt
TO meet the strategy of Wisconsin on
Illinois field, Michigan and Ohio State
will continue long time relations at
Ann Arbor while Minnesota and In.
diana will meet at Northrup field. in
Minneapolis.
The final and fifth Saturday in
October will see Michigan and III
nois clash at Urbana. a Wisconsin
Minnesota game at Madison and a
Purdue-lowa battle at Lafayette. The
first Saturday of November, the
fifth will have as one OF It's games,
the second meeting of Ohio and Chi.
cago. as conference opponents, the
annual game between Iowa and Min.
nesota nj Minneapolis and Purdue.
Northwestern tilt.
Eight teams will be in action in con.
ference games in the next TO the last
Saturday OF the season, Nov. IL. BE.
cause of traditions. former conditions
Of rivalry and the fact that the teams
are usually In the running for the
conference championship two OF
these games stand out Chicago will
meet Illinois at urbana in n home.
coming game that is dear to the sup.
porters of each school, while Michi.
gan and Wisconsin meet in a con.
test, the records Of which were
classic before Michigan turned TO
the East for its opponents. The 9th.
er games are Iowa and Indiana at
Iowa City and Ohio State and Pur-
due at Columbus. The Hawkeyes and