The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-30
NO CAUSE FOR FOR FEAR
UNIVERSITY TEAM AS FAR AD-
VANCED AS AT THIS TIME
LAST YEAR
Is IMPROVING EVERY DAY
Under DIR. williams Experienced
Tuteiage 1t Will Be in Good
Shape to Meet Ne
braska.

fof some reason great many Minneso-
I'd Iootpall rooters are weakened at the
present stage of the game and fearful
mat the Gopher gridiron team is going
to. be failure this season The Mime
apolls papers have been talking that Way
100, ana there seems to be a general
tone OF disbursement up the river
On the face OF things, there is certainly
no reason for being disheartened The
team is about as far advanced as it was
at THIS time last year. Some surprise
IS manifested that the Carleton score was
not larger. The Gophers could undoubt-
edly have made it larger had they work.
Ell haraer. There was no especial neces-
sity for it. When the eleven of 1900 be-
gan the season the faithful were some
! what dubious, and for the first month
saw little to hope for from the varsity
squad. Even as late as October T. when
Minnesota defeated Ames q to 0, the
minneapolis papers pointed out that the
team S work was only average, and that
they We're absolutely no good at offensive
work. One week after that Minnesota
played tie game with Chicago, when
the maroons We're at their best. And
after that they advanced rapidly until
they had disposed of every rival.
MATERIAL IS BETTER.
The material this year is certainly
better than the material which DR.. Will
Gams had to work On last year. The
majority of the team are old players, and
the new men have nearly all had consid-
cradle experience on the football field
Page, Knowlton, Dobie, Aune, Flynn,
Mueller and Fee are all right. Rogers
gives promise of being a very strong
man, and Boeckman has played fast ball
thus far.
Above all else, Dr. Williams can be
depended upon. He not worried
last year when things looked discourag-
ing, he is not worrying now.
Another week under his careful eye
and the work of the team will show vast
Improvement After the Saturday game
with the Chicago Physicians and Sur
geons, DR.. Williams will be able to make
up his team for the Nebraska game. Ne
braska is especially to be feared, not only
because of the acknowledged strength of
the team, but because the game will
come before the university team is at it's
best. With Nebraska safely out of the
way, the varsity boys will have plenty
of time and opportunity to prepare for
their series of big games at the close
of the season. Nebraska is a doubtful
proposition, but there is no particular
reason to fear the result
The game on Saturday will be a hard
one, too, and ought to bring out the SKI
U-Mah virtues. The Chicago College OF
Physicians and Surgeons eleven has al
ways been a strong aggregation, and Will
be this year. 1t is fortunate that such
a game precedeS the Nebraska game,
for it will try the Minnesota players to
their utmost, and nothing gets a team
ready like proper opposition.
SATURDAYS RESULTS COMPARED.
The Western games of Saturday pro-
duced no results that should terrify Min
nesota. Wisconsin, defeating the Mill
waukee medics, showed no particular
strength, and are apparently as unde-
veloped as Minnesota, if not more so.
The Badger guards were woefully weak,
and were ploughed aside again and again,
while the medies' left guard, Bertke, got
through repeatedly and stopped the play.
The Badgers interference was good, but
they were weak both in offense and de-
Tense.
Chicago defeated Monmouth % to in
a. game which was a disappointment to
the supporters of the maroon. Stages
men did some good individual work, but
there was a lack of team playing, and
the interference was very poor. Their
offense was better than their defense,
center being especially weak. Stagg said
after the game:
You can see we have not a strong
team, nor will we have without more
material. 1t may develop into an ave-
rage eleven, but it's a fight for life with
US this season.
Northwestern and Michigan played
much better ball than either Wisconsin
or Chicago. The Methodists especially
put up brilliant game, playing furious
ly throughout, defeating Lombard AZ to
0. HOLSTERS men played in wh1rlwind
fashion from the start and the team
work was excellent. HOLSTER is said to
have devised number of new trick
plays, which worked good results John
son, the little quarter back, and Sche-
nier, at half back, played star games
HOLSTER had his team in much better