The Minneapolis journal., 1901-09-13
FOOTBALL.
SAW THEIR HEROES
gu" Football Enthusiasts See the
Squad at Practice.
ABOUT THIRTY-FIVE MEN OUT
Outlook Is Promising But There'i
Vast Amount of Work
to BE Done.

Football enthusiasts at the university
had an opportunity last evening to look
over the material from which will be Sc
lected that out OF which this years var
| sity eleven will be made. They went
away in a questioning frame of mind.
The question they asked themselves was
not whether the material was good, but
whether out Of it could be made team
which could and would make a record
as good as that Of the team Of 1900. There
is no question but that a team made up
OF the best OF the material that was on
the campus last evening, matched against
team made up of material as good as
the best Of that that was on the field
| at like stage Of last season, would win.
To put it another way, team Of the
best men out last evening against last
years Central high school team would
win, whereas the best the last years
giants could do so early in the season
was to save themselves from defeat. So
far, therefore, there is promise in the out
look.
Question One of DeveIOpmenp.
The question, then, is one of develop
ment AT the risk Of appearing to be
oracular, it may be said that it is one
OF the development of football sense in
team play, as aginst the development of
individual stars. Every man must fit into
the machine perfectly and perform his
function without fail upon every call OF
the captain and without fear OF being lost
slght OF In the mass. The public will
nnd out whether a player is doing his
part well and that will be glory enough
when the season is done; for the time the
only thought should be the enemies goal
20 De reached by the plan being worked in
the head of the captain. So much for Of
IenslVe work. The team or the body of
men that will set itself to learn football
SO, can make a winning team. It means
tnoroughness and the absolute mastery Of
all OF the intricacies of the game study
as well as hard work, knowledge of the
game so perfect that the hands and the
1eet possess it, so that the response to the
captains signal is automatic, likewise the
meeting of any contingency or line of at
| tack which may be disclosed when the
enemy has the ball.
One needed not to lok a second time
INTO the faces of the men on the field last
| n!gnt 70 see that they were men capable
| on mastering the game as indicated above
The men Of last years team who were out
know the value of thoroughness. They
were Mueller, Dobie, Lafans Aune and
Knowlton. The first three formed a
| nucleus for what was termed a first team
| under Captain Page as coach Mueller
was at MS place as right guard, Dobie was
]
Inorpe of last years Pillsbury Academy
team was at right tackle and Waist a
former Central high half, was at right
END. Both Thorps and Waist are promis-
Ing men. At Center was Van Camp, who
| apparently has the weight and muscle.
Jenson had Flynns old place at left guard
and Mcdonald TWeet's place at left tack
Ie; Doth men OF last years squad and men
| OF weight. On the left end was Rogers,
| the Attkin Indian who has played on the
Carnsle school team. In many respects
Rogers is very promising man, While
| his weight is not such as would entitle
him to be called a giant" he knows the
game and plays it with a zest and boyish
delight that is pleasing to see. He fol-
lows the ball with a precision that is
! pretty sure to secure consistent results
! against even very strong interferences.
The question is, will he do his part in
the team which DR.. Williams seeks to
| develop. Evans and BidIake took the half
positions. Altogether the work was too
| elementary to give those looking on much
| OF an idea of what the team as made Up
/ could do against an organized and drilled
| enemy.
1t is understood that Captain Page will
act as DR.. Williams assistant in coaching
| this years squad.
Second Team Held.
| DR.. Williams had in hand a second team
| with Aune of last years first team and
J Strathern, who also played in several CT
last years games as veteran material.
/ There were also Ligget and O'Brien Of
last years st, Paul high team. Near the
end of the work Of the evening the second
| team was given the ball and ordered to
| try to go through the first team 1t
found it difficult to get through and did
not advance the ball far. The play was
not fast, however, and was too tentative
| to give any line on what the men were
able to do. The first team did not have
the ball, so that nothing was determined
as to how 1t could go through the second
| line.
Captain Knowlton exercised the raw
material that was out and gave the men
| exercise at punting and catching the ball.
There were, altogether about thirty-fve
men out.
| Practice will be given tonight from
until 6. Northrop Field will probably be
ready for the work, so that nonplayers
will not be admitted until S.
Cheering News.