Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-03
FEW OF EASTERN TEAMS .
HAVE FACED REAL TESTS
Hard Games, Though, Are Booked for Next Satur.
day-Chicago's Defeat by Oklahoma Is Only
Big Upset in Western Conference.
By the Associated Press

| BY the Associated Press.
| ~HICAGO, October 3. The
4 Western Conference foot ball
teams, with the single excep-
~ ton OF Chicago, did much to
arouse the hopes Of their
partisans In the opening games of the
season. All but Chicago won more or
| less impressively and began today TO
prepare for harder battles next
Saturday
Oklahoma's dazzling last.minute
| victory over Chicago. 49,, put the
Missouri Valley Conference one up on
| the Big Ten. Two Western Confer
ence teams meet Valley elevens next
Saturday to continue the rivalry, Wis
consin at Kansas. and Oklahoma
Aggies. the 1926 Valley champions, at
Minnesota.
In preparation for their first tough
conference battle. Ohio State had un.
covered new backfeld star. Arthur
Houston, to add to the already form-
dable array Of Ely, Marek. Grim and
Cory. The Buckeyes smothered Wit
tenherc. 81 to 0, mostly on straight
foot ball
Iowa Needs Punter.
Two things stood out in Iowas 32-6
victory over Monmouth, the success OF
Iowa's defense against forward passes
and the ck'ing need of n punter for
Iowa. In the final period. and in the
first half Of the opening period, Mon
mouth played the Hawkeyes to a
standstil. but in the second rericd
Glasgow piled up comfortable lead
for Coach Ingwersen by scoring three
touchdowns.
The Wisconsin team, in beating
Cornell College, 3l-6. showed a
smooth working pass attack as the
first result of Coach Thistlethwaite's
efforts. Several pass combinations
we're used. Capt. Crofoots great run
ming for the Badgers was almost
equaled by Pat Mohardt. brother of
the famous Johnny Mohardt.
I'VE needed first-class opposition in
our opening game and we got it.
said Coach Stage of Chicago. refusing
to be discouraged the Oklahoma
defeat. There will he better Chica.
go team playing next Saturday. hut
whether it will be better team than
Indiana | cannot say
The Chica go-Indiana clash is one of
the two conference games on Satur-
days calendar, the Iowa Ohio state
fray being the other The other six
teams range far afield for their OPP
ponents. Purdue, sliding through mud
and rain to a hard earned $50 victory
over Depauw, goes east to play Har.
ward.
In the non.conference contests next
Saturday. Northwestern has picked
one of the toughest opponents. Utah,
co-champions of the Rocky Mountain
Conference last year and unbeaten
since 1925. Coach Hanley was we'll
xt~G IL; G,Sst I1Xx- c. for. n
contest. Az victory over South Da-
kota. His teams tacklinc. however,
he said, was well nigh atrocious.'
Minnesota Works Smoothly.
The Minnesota machine was work
ing smoothly against North Dakota
Saturday. rolling up 81 points with
the great Herb Joesting kept unde'
cover most Of the time. Nydahl and
.Almquist did most of the execution for
the Gophers, but the reserves let
North Dakota through for 10 points
late in the game. :
A brand.new style Of attack earned
Illinois a 1910 victory over Bradley.
Coach Zuppke sending the Illini into
battle from set formations, with the
quarterback calling the signals. for
the first time since 1921. A rowing
backfield man. in motion toward his
own goal. added deception to the II
lini offensive. when they broke Brad.
Iey's winning streak at the twenty
sixth game.
Long forward passing and sweeping
end runs were the novelties Of Michi-
ean's attack Saturday. which over
whelmed Ohio Wesleyan. $50. Louis
Gilberts punting was, if possible
better than ever. and the Michigan
line proved an absolute stone wall
The game was the first to he played
in Mirhigan's new Stadium and 10000
attended about half the utmost capac-
ity. Fielding Fl. Hurry Up Iost
watched the game from the press box
for the first time in many years.