The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-07
THE MICHIGAN FOOTBALL PLAY
ERS EXPECT TO WIN THIS
AFTERNOON.
A PARTY OF TwENTY-slx.
THEY ARE so SURE OF WINNING
THAT THEY WILL GIVE
ODDS.
DISCUSSION OF THE OUTLOOK.
The Grounds in the Rear of the West
Hotel Are in Very Bad
Condition.


a long line of young men filed into the
West hotel. They attracted attention
by their large grips which bore the in
scription University of Michigan foot
ball team" The long expected had ar
rived; the enemy was on the ground
and ready to do battle with the war
riors from the institution over the
river.
| A medium weight young man wear
| ing golf hose and a soft hat stepped
up to the register, where he was greet
ed by Charlie Wills. The young man
was Ward Hughes, manager of the
| team. Without formality, he put the
| following names on the hotel auto
! graph book: Wombacher, Carr, Ben
nett, Baker. Villa, Henninger, Juttner,
Senter, Farnham, Hutchinson, Felver,
Drumheller, Ferbert, Galley, Pingree,
Thomas, Hogg, Duffy, Robinson, Ward,
Hughes, Prentiss, Cole, Simmons, Cas-
per, Page. This constitutes the list of
! players, substitutes and rooters who
| have accompanied the team with bar
rels of money to back them. When
| this formality had been completed,
Trainer Robinson called, Line up,
boys for breakfast" 1t was a well
come call, and the boys responded
without any persuasion, having ridden
since Thursday morning, and they were
hungry.
When the morning meal had been dis
1 posed of, the boys again appeared III
the lobby and were more willing tc
talk than before. Then the fact wa;
brought out that they are very conf
dent of winning the game and have
money that says so. However, they dc
not expect to win without a struggle
Jim" Prentiss, president of the Michi-
gan Athletic association, says that he
expects his team to win. They con-
slider the game with Minnesota their
| hardest game Of the year and are
consequently prepared to play the game
Of their lives. When asked about the
other teams, especially the Chicago ag-
gregation, he said that they were very
weak and not in the class with the
teams from Northwestern, Minnesota
and Michigan. OF the big games to-
morrow, he thought that Chicago would
defeat Wisconsin, Northwestern would
have walk-away with Illinois, and
Princeton would lower the colors OF
Harvard.
1t was not long after breakfast that
| Capt. Mort" Senter and Trainer Rob
| inSOn took a trip over to the field back
of the hotel. When they returned they
| looked much Disguised. They had new
1 er seen such a rotten field and sale
that work would have to be done there
i before the game took place The north
| west end had a big hole right at the
goal line, and in places broken glass
had been scattered. Manager Hughes
Immediately began hunt for Manager
Putnam, but failed to find him. The
reason for playing there was presented,
to him, and he was perfectly willing
to play provided the hole was filled in
The question of finances is as impor
tant to him as the Minnesota manager,
his team having run about 81 800 on
the wrong side up to the present time.
SOME OF THE WOLVERINES.
The lineup of the teams shows that
Minnesota will only in one case have
men in the same places and opposite
the same men as they played last year
against Michigan. That man is Capt
Harrison, who will fight it out with
Farnham. Jack is several inches the
better of Farnham, but does not weigh
as much They are both old players
and have by experience gained a thor
ough knowledge of the game.
Next to Harrison will be either A
M. Smith or Jorgens, both having put
up about the same kind of game OPP
posed to them will be PA" Henninger,
a veteran of five years experience. and
a man who will play his game from
first to last He captained the team
last fall and he Is the favorite among
the Michigan rooters
| At left guard Finlayson has the ad-
vantage of having played last year,
while Bennett, his opponent, is new
man on the Varsity. Bennett is the
giant of the Michigan team, and has
breadth about him that does not ar
que well for the raven-haired Gopher.
Bennett is Splinter, and has a way
of getting into the interference that
| will surprise the crowd
At center Minnesota has a little the
best of it, Fulton being not only more
experienced, but having the advantage
IN weight, height and speed. Two
Bell'' will give the Wolverine a hard
tussle.
Harding will find opposite him a vet
eran. 3. M. Carr is considered one of
the best guards in the West and last
year as center Of the Michigan team
was the best in the West However.
the golden-haired, be-whiskered Mime
sotan is by no means a novice at the
game, nor is he such a SLOUGH at guard.
Parry, at right tackle. will be oppo
site Count" Villa, a veteran and one
of the best in the country. Villa is to
be feared, and Parry VIM have his
hands full in holding him. Parry will
do his best, however, and will do OF
| die.
The quarters on both teams will be
new men. Woodwork or Cole will play
for Minnesota, and F~,ver for Michigan.
the regular man, Richards, being badly
laid up. They are all light men, but
quick and active.
Behind the line Minnesota has only
one veteran, LOOMS, who will do the
kicking. Minnesota has the advantage
of the visitors in this place, and 1t is
doubtful If there is a better line bucker
in the West. The halves for the Go
piers will be either Bagley, Heath OF
Tlegen. They are good ground
gamers and strong on defensive work.
Michigan has in"Dutch" Ferbert one
Of the best and fastest men ever behinC
line. He has way of getting out of
a tight place that astonishes a person.
He is a hard man to lay out, too, and
generally lasts a whole game. The
other half will be either Galley or Pin
gree. Both are freshmen, and doing
excellent work for new men. The
Michigan full is Hogg, a new man,
of whom little is known, except that
he is strong on the defense.
The question of officials has not yet