The Minneapolis journal., 1901-10-16
GRIDIRON WORK

E1aTo FrAcI1ce the Hu1e All Along
the Line.
Work Is the rule at all of the college
gridirons these days. The following dis
patches show how the men are being
pushed:
New Haven, Conn, Oct. 16-The coming
OF bcentennial week has brought with the
daily arriving guests a large number of foot
ball men. Sharp and snappy football from
beginning to end marked the ten-minute half
with which the coaches contented themselves,
and during which Hogan made touchdown
for the varsity, yesterday. Under the guild
ance OF Mike Murphy, Stillman, Heffelfnger
and Captain Gould Of the varsity, the entire
squad was given some warm work.
Princeton, N. j., Oct. MISUNDERSTANDING
the warm weather, the coaches cut out ter
rifle pace for the tigers yesterday Only one
half was played, but that was thirty-hve
minutes long. Trainer Robinson's calls for a
respite were unavailing, and the tired varsity
men continued to batter the scrubs until they
were dripping with sweat and compelled from
sheer exhaustion to stop few seconds. But
try as they would, the varsity was unable
to cross the second eleven's goal line, and
that, too, in face of the fact that the scrub
had scored five points early in the contest
Roper the second team left end, got the ball
at the center Of the field on a tumble, and
cleverly lodging his tackles, he broke into
the open for a run o& fifty yards and the
score. This was not the only tumble. The
fault was painfully prominent.
Ithaca, N. Y, Oct. 18.-Cornells varsity
team found that they had tough proposition
in the scrubs yesterday and, despite the fact
that Captain Warmers men scored two
touchdowns to the scrubs one, the second
eleven put up the strongest kind Of opposi-
ton.
Chicago, Oct. 16.-The controversy with
Michigan over the price Of admission to the
contest Saturday has served as an incentive
to hard practice at Evanston, and the men
are worked up to a pitch where they will
enter the game with the full determination Of
contesting every inch of ground to finish.
Northwestern students are greatly interested
In the coming game with the wolverines, and
preparations are under way for a rousing
demonstration in honor of the team before
| its departure for Ann Arbor.
Philadelphia, Oct. 16.-Pennsylvanias prac-
tice the day before the game with Virginia
did not fiji the coachers with great amount
of confidence. The work Of the varsity team
was off color and quite disappointing Be-
fore giving out the lineup for to-day, the
board of coachers went into session and
| talked the situation over.
Cambridge, Mass, Oct. 16.-The Harvard
| football squad showed a little OF the vitality
that cropped up so prominently a few weeks
ago. In the lineup yesterday they scored
| four touchdowns on the second in a fifteen
minute half. One Of them was made by Mar
SHALL who was playing quarterback on the
varsity on the kickoff after the third touch
| down. He got the ball the twenty five
yard line and ran the ball ninety yards for a
touchdown, the longest run on Soldiers Field
| this fall and for many a day. Most Of Har-
wards gains were on end plays, and the var
sity still lacked the ability to make good con-
siKtent gains through the line.
Chicago, Oct 16.-Instead Of shortening
Chicagos practice yesterday, Coach Stage
continued the work until after dark. foot
| ball painted white was used when darkness
came on, and those who passed by Marshall
| Field long after dark could hear Stagg yell
| ing like Comanche Indian at his charges.
Commenting on the work of the men, Stage
said the practice was decided improvement
| over that Of the night before.
Several changes were made In Chicago's
lineup. MCGEE was put at halfback, which
is his regular position, and Horton was shift
| ed to end. Atwood, last years tackle, who
has been acting as general utility man this
| fall, was played at fullback on the scrubs,
and showed form sufficiently good to warrant
trial on the varsity.