Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-11-21
STORIES OF FRAY
SIDE LIGHTS On SATURDAYS BIG
GAME
OVER-COkFlDENT VISITORS
Predicted Wisconsin Would be Para
Iyzed at Score Set Against Badgers
King Makes Personal Appeal
Guesses Of Gophers and Explanz-
tions of Press.
Madison, Nov. IS.

With the big game over it is now
time for stories Of little incidents that
took place before and at the game
Among the football squad Eddie Coch-
ems is regarded as a sage prophet.
Time after time this season he has
guessed the scores Of the games so
closely as TO seem of the spooky order
of events. Some two weeks before
the Minnesota game he announced
gravely at the training table that the
score would be II to in favor Of Wis
consin. Strangest of all, this prophecy
gave the badger players confidence as
no reasoning or speeches of other PEG
pie did. They went into the game
with the idea that the gophers Womb
be defeated close to II to 0.
Coach King broke all records by
roofing at q game in which Wisconsin
played. Never before in the history
of football has this happened. But
when the safety was made, he hoped
about and shouted in high glee
When the first half was ended he
grasped Larson by the arm and per
formed something closely akin to 9
| cakewalk.
Before the game started King
| grouped the mer in the tent back Of
the west bleachers and gave them q
| little talk. Boys" he said, Il want
each one Of you to go into that game
and play the hardest you ever played
I ask it as personal favor that each
! one of you play 50 that if we are beat
en- you can never feel that it was due
| to your individual carelessness. If we
win I will leave football with good
record. If we lose go back to public
! life with a failure after my name. AS
a personal matter ask you to win"
And it is said the big men gritted
! their teeth and filed out of the tent
with tears in their eyes.
Some Wild Guesses.
| Last Friday afternoon the Mime.
apolis Journal published guesses on
the game from residents in that city
who were for one side Or the other.
| The Wisconsin men, all old badger
students, made these prophesies:
Judge D.. F. Simpson, Wis. 10;
MINI. O.
Judge F. c.. Brooks-Wis. 5; Mimi.
J. A. Peterson-Wis. 6; Mimi. 0.
A. H. Bright-Wis. 5; Mimi, 0.
John Jones--Wis. II; Mimi. o.
Minnesota partisans guessed thus:
f. P. Harding-Minn. II; Wis. 0.
G. K. Belden-Minn 5 to IL; Wis. 0
W. G. Leary-Minn. to Il; Wis. 0
Al. J. Smith-Minn. II; Wis. 0.
I. Kaufmann-Minn.1 IL; Wis. 0.
r. w. Munzer-Minn. 16; Wis. 6.
Prof. F. s. .Jones-Minn. II; Wis. 6
Some Press Comments.
Pioneer Press-TO the spectators Z
seemed that Minnesota might we'll pu
overconfidence among the potent rea
sons for her defeat. That the gopherj
were not entirely outclassed wa
shown by their steady stand after the
severe eye-Opener administered in tn
first half. They realized when too lat
that they had met worthy foemen.
Milwaukee Sentinel-The seaso,
| 1CS1l1S I1CN pA SlSLASobly CSl LcIAii " Cjll
in an undecided championship, as al
ready predicted, owing to Michigan:
refusal to consider a pOst-season game
, Why there should be this faculty Oh
lection to a post-season game is no
exactly apparent. It is quite true tina
it would mean another week of train
ing and consequent distraction from
class work, but if a weeks additiona
work is so very serious, then the Who'll,
thing is wrong.
Prof. Richard Burton of the Univer
sity Of -Outplayed-that':
the whole story.
Chicago American-PoWerful but
slow to score possibly might be {
Characterization Of the Minnesota
team. With the plays it used Satur
day against Wisconsin the gophers
would need a long time to move fa1
enough to count. They were slow an(
failed utterly in any concentrated at
tack. While Wisconsin cleverly side
stepped and directed nearly all plays
outside tackle and around the ends
Minnesota seemed to have no concen
trated attack on any point and sent its