The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-10

DR. Williams star football players,
Dobie, Knowlton, Aune and the others,
sat in the grand stand yesterday anu
watched their sturdy rivals on the sub
stitute team roll in mud and water until
they were all one color.
The little congregation of rooterS that
assembled on Northrop field yesterday to
witness Minnesota's farewell game at
home were treated to genuine surprise
and very sudden one, too.
About ten minutes before the game be-
gan Dobie walked into the grand stand
dressed in citizens clothes and the cry
went up 'Dobie isn't going to play.
They began to wonder if Wisconsin had
carried out its threat to bar Dobie. They
were doubly mystified when Page also
sauntered into the stand. Before the
crowd had a chance to get inquisitive the
armory doors swung open and a football
squad wearing Minnesota sweaters dash
ed out, but the crowd looked several
times before they applauded, for most of
the faces were strange. Aune wasn't
there, Hoyt wasn't there, and as the
rooters went through the long line of
players they could discover not man
of the star aggregation that trounced Ne
braska and Iowa.
Then someone on the inside tipped it off
that Williams had lined up the first team
after an unusually poor practice and SAID
"You can sit in the grand stand tomor-
row and watch the second teams manner
of playing the game, and if you profit by
it l may take you to Madison; but other
wise the second team will CO.
1t was said that the second team had
been showing the better spirit in the
practice games of the week. and keeping
the others too busy for comfort.
Prof. Jones said, however, that the
main reason for the change was that it
insured more interesting game, and
gave the second team men a much need
z Cd experience in case they were called in
during the Wisconsin game. DR.. Williams
+ mse1f was not present to give his
z version.
The crowd aid not raise any objection
to The arrangement, for they not only
q Had al opportunity Of sizing up the men
/. who make the FIST team possible. but
:, t!ey sawisom good fast playing ana
discovered. that all the real pla yers of the
university are not on the first team.'
1t was d sturdy looking crowd that
lined Up in the mud at The kick-oIl
Strathern Kicker Grant. rrft and Free
man looked as big, strong and formid-
able as the first team line, and Harris,
Irsfield and Bidlockc looked to be. very
fast, and they proved it to be SO during
the game.
\ Tbs condition of the field rendered It
Impossible for an@ team to do good
work. Before the teams had
lined UP three times the man
who had "a clean pair of pants was d
curiosity. A bushel of mud could have
been scraped off the men at the end of
the first half. Their hands and faces
were plastered with dirt until it was
almost impossible to tell the men apart
But the faithful saw AN interesting
game. On q better field Minnesota would
have made d larger score against their
opponents. AS it was they clearly out
played the Dakotans at all points, and
their work was at times brilliant. Min
nesota excelled in offensive work, rather
than on the defensive.
The most commendable thing about the
Minnesotans' work was the spirit with
which the boys got into the game. The
big team may well take their cue in
this respect from the subs. One thing
more they showed yesterday, which has
heretofore been rarity-they assisted
with splendid interference whenever Min
nesota was running with the ball after
the kickoff. This is where the first
team has been lamentably weak thus
far.
Bidlake was the bright particular star
of the game. His line buckipg was a
-
he went headlong through three thick
nesses of men like cannon ball and
could not be stopped. His playing was
certainly equal to Knowltons in this re-
spect.
Irsrld rayCd surprisingly strong
game at right enl making d number OF
good gains, and putting up Il rafting
good defense. O'Brien and I.iggett, the
halfbacks, got into the plays with great
rapidity and broke through the oppos-
ing line to stop the formation in splendid
shape. Strathern was a great success at
center, and the opposing center could not
bulge him. while he succeeded in break
ing through the Dakotans' line several
times, and forcing the runner back for
decided losses.
The most spectacular play of the entire
game was made by little Sig Harris, the
star captain and quarterback of the sec
ond team. Just before the close of the
first half North Dakota had failed to
make the distance on downs and was
forced to kick. Flanagan punted beauti-
fully to Minnesota's ten-yard line. Har-
ris caught the ball AMI started down the
field like a meteor guarded by splendid
interference He got around the line,
ploughed through the ends and lodged
half the opposing team, until he got d
clean field Had it net been that Harris
is limping as result of a badly sprained
ankle he would easily have made a touch
down, but on Dakota's twenty-five-yard
line he was overtaken by Frazer and
thrown, after having made a magnificent
run of eighty-five yards, which vas as
long and as thrilling a dash as has been
seen On NOrthrOn field al any time dllr-