The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-15
Is List a TIE SEASON
GAME ON N0RTHROP FIELD SATUR-
DAY BETEEE ZEN GOPHERS AND
NORTHWESTERN
EVANSTON EXPECTS TO WIN
Purple Players From the Big City
by the lake Have All Sorts
ca Confidence ia
Result.

interest is growing rapidly in the Min
) nesota-Ao rthWeSteFn game, to be played
at NCrthrCp field next Saturday after
noon. The fact that Northwestern sew
eral weeks ago played a tie game with
Illinois, which Minnesota defeated by q
TO 0 last Saturday, coupled with reports
to the effect that the Northwestern team
was oisintegrating, had led Minnesotans
to believe that Northwestern was an
easy mark, There is, therefore, a good
deal of surprise at the confident feel
ing that exists at Evanston as well as at
the feeling that seems to exist elsewhere
that Northwestern will win the game
Manager McCutcheOn, of the Iowa uni
Nersity team, says ne is betting his mon
ey on Northwestern. The wish with
him IS, perhaps, father to the thought
as defeat for Minnesota at the hands Of
Northwestern would mean an easy So
luton, perhaps, of the championship
controversy. If Manager McCuteheon 8
opinion as to the outcome of the Mime
sofa Northwestern game is shared by all
loWans, il is certainly up to Minnesota
TO win, and to win by good big mar
gin.
1t is within the power of Minnesota to
put very different complexion on the
face Of the Western championship con-
troVersy by playing future antagonists
this fall to a standstill A decisive defeat
the ioWans a realization of the fact that
Minnesota has good ground for claiming
a place at the very front. This the
loWanS seem not to have reached; other
wise they would hardly be betting on a
victory fer Northwestern. especially in
the light of the records of the two teams
But Il viii not do to take a victory for
granted in advance. There is no ques-
ton hut that Northwestern has i'm
proved during tha mast two 11-aaIzc
tory over Chicago has given Northwest
ern a record to defend, and hence an
other spur to good play next SATURDAY.
Here IS what the Chicago Tribune says
Oh the feeling that exists at Evanston:
Only a few tandem plays were tried,
The practice being extensively against
the GopheTs. A formation is being tried
that viii get every man into the inter
ference If this play can be perfected
pef0re Saturday it will prove a hard
proposition for Minnesota Never has
the present team been so confident of
winning any game as it is sure of tri-
unph over the Gophers. There has been
complete reversal Of feeling from that
or last Saturday, when the purple team
went to Marshall field almost sure of
oeLeat and hoping only for a small score.
NO player hesitates to express his be-
lief that Minnesota will be the next vic
tim
The Record, in speaking of Mondays
practice by the Northwestern teams,
says:
The men played with a snap and
dash which they showed against Chica-
CO. the play being faster than any which
las thus far been seen on Sheppard field.
End plays were given more attention than
usual, and it is the general feeling that
the purple will rely chiefly on end PLAYS
to win from the heavy Minnesota team.
johnson was given the ball for end runs
repeatedly and the speedy end followed
his interference in fine style. The whole
team showed an Improvement in forming
interference quickly and compactly, .
every man on the team getting into the
play"
The management of the Q team has
made arrangements to cut the prices
:or Saturdays game, which will be the
last championship game on the home
grounds. The only reserved seats will
be those under the roof Of the grand
stand. All other seats can be had at
admission prices