The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-06
TO BEAT GOPHERS
WISCONSIN BENDING EVERY EN-
ERGY TO THIS ONE
BADGERS SHOW GOOD FORM
Nothing Left Undone to Bring About
Downfall of OId-Time Rivals
Confident but Not
BOastfuI.

MADISON, Wis, Nov. 5.-While others
have been talking about the probable out
come of the race for the Western football
championship, the boys at Wisconsin
have been hard at work, trying to fit
themselves for the finish of the season
as they wish to see it end. There is
strong feeling at Madison and through
out the state that the cardinal pennant
should fly at the top of the championship
Flagstaff on Thanksgiving day, and If
the effort of the thirtytwo men who COM
pose the varsity football squad are of
any avail, that is where 1t win be seen.
The Kansas game proved conclusively
that there still remains great deal to aSe
done if Wisconsin hopes to have perfect
defense on Nov. 16. Minnesota plays a
style of game which is similar to thaS
used by the Jayhawkers. There is but
one difference, and that is in the men.
Minnesota will bring a team to Madison
Which will be composed almost entirely
of veterans; of men who are heavier and
brainier than the men who played on
the Kansas eleven. In her mass plays
Minnesota will use men who play to-
sether, who are accustomed to one an
other and know exactly what to do when
"a new set of conditions confront them.
Minnesotas guards and tackles are fit
to play on any team. Fee, left tackle, IS
! ar especially good man, and is almost a
sure ground gamer when given chance
to handle the ball. In Flynn and Mueller
Minnesota has a pair of guards which it
will be hard to beat. Some question has
been raised as to the amateur status Of
Mueller, but there is no desire on the part
OF Wisconsin to see him put out of the
game, unless 1t is clearly shown that he
is a professional.
Wisconsin will go into the game with a
new tackle on the left side of her line
bnd new guard on the other side. Hau-
nIerson and Schneider will probably fill
these positions, and it remains to be seen
whether they can stop the mass plays
directed at them. During the past week
the practice has been particularly Sc
we're.
Coaches Build Up Defense.
but one thought has moved the coaches
and the members of the team, and that
was how to better the defense Wis
conSin is strong on the offensive and
{ ought to be able to score on the Co.
( pliers, but that alone will not win the
game. The boys from Wisconsin will
sgafn play the Princeton game as modi-
ned by Phil King. Driver and Larson
chems will be given the ball for end runs.
The tackles may be used to carry the bah,
hut the backs will be depended on for
most of the gains
s;At present two of the men, Abbott and
Fogg, are on the sick list Every effort
is being made to get them in shape, and
il Wisconsin does not have run of hard
luck it will be in the game. Daum has
been in at left end ever since the Beloit
game and he is rapidly developing into
good man for that position. He is not
as heavy or as fast as Abbott, but he
plays a game which is very nearly if
not. quite, as good. Marshall has been
PLAYING quarter during the past week Of
practice and he is improving daily. He
is still slow to start and occasionally
fumbles the ball, but he is to be excused
for his mistakes It is no easy matter
teEback at moments notice.
That there has been a constant inn
proVeinent in the work of the Wisconsin
team cannot be denied Some nights
the practice is of an inferior order, but
gradual betterment of the team work
there just the same. AS a team tho
men are in good physical condition A.
NJ. O'Dea has devoted all of his time
this fall to the conditioning of the men,
Fand most of them look the picture of
health Each game that the team has
played has been a stepping stone to the
great game on Nov. 16 at Camp Randall.
The winning Of that game has been the
objective point and it will be g great
disappointment to the cardinal supporters
If by any chance it should be lost to
Minnesota. Bleachers capable of hold
ing $4,000 people have been erected around
made by the fraternities and different
classes to attend in a body. The senior
junior and sophomore classes have al
ready taken action and have expressed
their intentions of marching out by
classes