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Show I i FOOTBALL SEASON OPENS j ' i EASTERN COLLEGES II' ' ; MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Oct 13. ' The University of Minnesota opened ! its football season with South Dakota State college here today after three ' weeks of strenuous practice. Unusual I interest was attached to the game be-' be-' cause of conflicting reports as to the I strength of the now Gopher squad, which included only three members of last year's powerful team. Close Game Is On. COLUMBIA, Mo., Oct. 13. The foot-j foot-j ball game today between the" Kansas Agricultural college and the Missouri university is expected to be one of the ! closest in the history of the two schools, according to Coaches Clev-inger Clev-inger and Schultz, who arrived to-.tilght to-.tilght Tho Kansas Aggies outweigh Missouri by three pounds. . Chicago Has Green Team. CHICAGO, Oct 13. Coach Stagg i has practically a green team with . ' which to cotnest Vandcrbilt univer-1 univer-1 slty today in tho first football game which will give a lino on Chicago's chances for the conference title this , season. Vanderbllt, under the direction direc-tion of Coach Dan McGu&in, former Michigan star, is said to bo strong but I ' climatic conditions may slow up the I play of the Nashville .men. I Wisconsin vs. Notre Dnme. ) MADISON. Wis., Oct. 13. The Uni-I Uni-I verslty of Wisconsin football team j met Notre Dame here today. Sivycr j j was tho only regular otu of tho line up on account of injuries. Coach Richards Rich-ards is not impressed woth gloomy stories from the Notre Dame camp and asserts the odds arc against his men. Illinois vs. Oklahoma. URBAN, 111., Oct. 13. Illinois and Oklahoma clash here today, giving a line on the caliber of football played in the central and the southwest In past years Oklahoma has been a contender con-tender for the leading honors In the southwest and is said to have a representative repre-sentative team this season. Tho return re-turn of "Dutch" Stornaman to his old position at halfback after a lapse because be-cause of ineligibility, adds much to Illinois' strength. Nebraska vs. Iowa. LINCOLN, Neb., Oct 13. Tho University Uni-versity of Nebraska football, team today to-day opens its regular season in a game with the University of Iowa here. The Iowa squad, twenty strong, arrived arrived Friday afternoon and went through a short signal drill to loosen the men up after tholr ride. Tho Nebraskans rounded off their week's practice in a like drill. Both teams are in good physical condition. While Nebraska followers are optimistic opti-mistic as to tho result of today's game and have bet as hlch as 3 to 1 on the result, Coach Stewart Is by no means as confident, saying that over-confldenco over-confldenco as a result of last Saturdays' Satur-days' 100 to 0 victory over Nebraska Wesleyan has weakened the team. |