Drake at Simpson (IA)

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  Evening times-Republican, Marshalltown, Iowa, November 8, 1901, page 1

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  EXPECTS CLOSE GAME. Simpson Iowa Contest on the Gridiron This Afternoon-Simpson Boys Profess Confidence in Ability to Defeat Scarlet and Black. Special to Times Republican. Indianola, Nov. S-A special train conveying the Simpson College foot ball team and about 150 rooters departed at s O’clock this morning for Grinnell where Simpson and the team from Iowa College contest in the afternoon The result Will be watched with interest here as we’ll as In many other places thruout the state and it is difficult to speculate on the outcome. Both teams have defeated Drake; Grinnel by a score of 6 to and Simpson by score of 10 to 5. In both games Drake got in her drop” kick. Grinnells ability to make a touch down against the Drake team would cause one to think her a better team as this was impossible for the Simpson team to do However, the contest will be hard fought one. and by two as good teams as the Iowa colleges AFFORD. Coach Griffith claims an even chance and IL his men are in as good condition as they were last Friday. they will give Grinnell the hardest game she has had this year. All of Simpsons men came Cot VI SllC 6hLiC III iliG iOi III ldSl IlQdS save the big right guard. A. A. Rogers, and he will appear in no more games this year. The faculty ruling him out owing to his physical condition. there is one thing sure and that is Simpson will score. even tho she may not win. Rae l.. Dane the quarterback will try place kick at every opportunity and he is a sure kicker. 1t is reported that the Grinnell men are the lighter team and consequently the faster. But Simpson is playing fast er ball now than at any time this year and if there is a weak place in the Grin nell line Simpson will find it. Two years ago the game between Grinnell and Simpson was called off owing to a difficulty which arose during the progress OF the game, and the UNI ire gave the game to Grinnell by a score of 8 to 0. The rivalry between the two schools is all healed over and none but friendly relations exist at present.

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  Audubon County journal, Exira, Iowa, November 7, 1901, page 1

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  simuson Defeats Drake. Des Moines, Nov. 2.-Drake got big surprise yesterday when Simpson college came over from Indianola and won a hard-fought football victory. 10 to 5. SeYeral hundred Of Simnson’s

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Drake leads 21–⁠2–⁠2 in 25 meetings, counting the 23 since this game.