Monmouth at Iowa

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 3, 1927, page 1 (results column)

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  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. | ~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 formdable 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 Saturdays 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 Dakota. 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 Michiean’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 capacity. Fielding Fl. Hurry Up Iost watched the game from the press box for the first time in many years.

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Iowa leads 4–⁠0 in four meetings, counting the two since this game.