Evening star., 1933-10-16
Wildcats Come Alcng.

TINE intersectional game between
i Northwestern and Stanford end.
ed in another draw-a moral vic.
tory, if there is such thing, for the
Northwestern players. They were the
under dogs and almost every one strung
with Stanford to win. The Northwes.
tern coach. Dick Hanley. has done g
great deal with the team since the Iowa
game. The Stanford line was supposed
to be impregnable. but Northwestern
attack outgained it. The team un.
doubtedly has started to click and viii
come along fast from now on.
The illinois, Wisconsin was the only
other conference game scheduled. 1lli-
nois won because it was the better
team. 1t had more polish and poise
and played with more confidence. The
basic factor which gave Illinois the ad-
vantage from the standpoint of posi-
ton was its kicking Illinois not only
outkicked Wisconsin, but handled punts
better and returned them better
Illinois scored its first touchdown on
beautifully executed lateral pass. its
second when it recovered a Wisconsin
tumble and the third when Lindberg
cut back over center, reversed the field
ana ran 10 yardS.
Illinois Team Fast.
NNE thing which was very impress
~ sive about the Illinois team was
its alertness and speed 1t has
lots of the latter. I believe it will have
pretty fair chance with the rest OF
its schedule. Wisconsin, on the other
hand. did not appear capable of accom-
plishing a great deal Defensively. the
line was fair, holding illinois to five first
downs. The Wisconsin secondary de-
fense was much poorer than that of the
line. The line on offense, however. was
ragged and the team as a whole quite
slow in starting. The kicking was ex-
ceptionally poor, having neither dis
tance nor height. Wisconsin has long
way to 60.
Notre Dame staged comeback
against Indiana. but while it won. the
team did not appear as impressive as
did Minnesota a week earlier. Its sopho-
more fullback. Elser, looked very good
but the line has not yet shown to great
advantage.
Indiana has played two defensive
games. SO far, its only offensive strength
being kicking and passing. The abund-
ance of injuries to its backs undoubtedly
has retarded development of its offense.
1t should come along fast. once it gets
the injured backs again in the lineup.
Michigan showed its tremendous
strength in routing Cornell 400. The
team appears to have everything, at the
present time There does not appear
to be any team capable of coping with
Ia{1
if Minnesota continues to improve.
The Ohio teMichigan game will be
one Of the seasons classics.
East for Ohio State.
HIO STATE had little trouble
- beating Vanderbilt, as was gen.
orally anticipated. Ohio State
has as much power and strength as
any team in the Conference. 1t is the
only team that can match Michigan
man for man.
Chicago looked exceptionally ad-
vanced in its 400 victory over Wash
ington University, the same team which
Chicago is going to be very good this
year. Its backfield seems to be on a
par with any in the Conference and
its front wall is big and aggressive
They say Chicago's reserves are not too
strong, but they may develop as the
season goes along.
Nebraska had little trouble in beat
ing Iowa State. taking the game in
its stride. Kansas State had an easy
time with Missouri. Marquette lost to
Mississippi by one-touchdown margin,
but looks much improved from its pre-
vious showing, outgaming the South
ern team.
North Central and Augustana played
a 6-6 game. These are two of the
strongest teams in their section. Coe
won with ease from Carleton which
is not up to its standard this year,
while Carroll won hard-fought game
from Ripon.
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