The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-12
MUELLER WILL PLAY
ALL PROTESTS I'm MINNEsOTA-WIs-
CONSIN GAME ARE
CALLED OFF
PRACTICE GAME FOR GoPEERs
New Plays Are Tried, and Team
shows Splendid Form and
Fine Spirit-Williams
Is Satisfied.

1t is reported on high authority that
Mueller will play in the Wisconsin game
next Saturday, and that both Minnesota
end wisconsin will play their original
teams no protests against any PLAYER
being made by either university. The
5 sensational stories that have been cir
s cIIated to the effect that half the Min
sIesota team and several of the Badger
players would be ruled off, are untrue,
and the statement published in Chicago
papers that Prof. Jones had intimated
that the Minnesota team might cancel
the contest absolutely false, and it
was so ridiculous in the first place that
it is amazing that it should have gained
cIedence.
The Minnesota team had a splendid
practice yesterday, lining up for over
an hour against the North Dakota ag-
gregation in secret practice. No attempt
was made to run up a score, but both
teams were given the ball in turn, the
aim being to give Minnesota the best
possible practice in offense and defense.
Many new plays were tried. The Min
nesota team is said to have shown
splendid form. Dr. Williams is highly
pleased with the spirit displayed by his
men, and is confident that they will go
to Wisconsin in perfect form, and able
to put up the very best game they are
siderably in the past week, and has &C
duired far greater speed in formation
and play. While Williams will say little
concerning his impressions of WiScon-
sins performance on Saturday his man
ner is such as to indicate that he Is
satisfied with the present condition OF
his own team, and is not alarmed con-
corning the result of the coming contest.
Every man on the Minnesota team is
IN 10 nh condition Mueller
is wholly recovered from his bruises
and BoeckmanS knee is all right again.
The men will be put through hard prac-
tice today and tomorrow and when they
Depart for Madison on Thursday even
ing all the finishing touches which VIII
liams can give will have been given.
While betting thus far has not been
very lively there is every indication that
there will be a mint of money wagered
at the game. Many Minnesotans will go
down with snug little wads to bet on the
Gophers, and reports indicate that out
side sports will bet freely, most of them
favoring Minnesota.
A business man from Minneapolis was
in Milwaukee and saw the Wisconsin
Nebraska game, and while there he left
500 to bet at even money on Minnesota.
This morning the money was returned
to him from Milwaukee, with a letter
anyone there who would take the bet. :"
A number of Minneapolis gentlemen have
written to Madison asking for bets at
even money, and offered to put up all che
way from 500 to $1,000, but as yet they
have not heard nothing from their let
tiers.
While, of course, betting does not
prove anything still it shows that Wis
consin does not seem to have the same
confidence in their team winning as they
have had in former years. They may be
playing foxy, with the expectation that
If they hold off Minnesota will offer odds.
1t is expected though that on the day of
the game there will be all the Wisconsin
money in sight that anybody wishes.
The indications are that the 2,200 seats
allotted by the Wisconsin management
to Minnesota will be taken. A great
many special parties are being arranged
tG so down to Madison.
Next to the Minnesota game, the most
important Western contest next Saturday
will be the game between Michigan and
Chicago. Chicago's splendid showing
against the purple on Saturday has given
Stagg hope that the maroons may sur
prise the Wolverines Coach HOLSTER,
of Northwestern, confesses that Chi
cagos strength greatly surprised him and
insists that Stages men ray not only
surprise Michigan, but may even defeat
Yost's aggregation. He says that Chi
cago's defense is superior in every way
to Michigan's. Chicago's showing against
Michigan will greatly affect the ques-
ton of Western supremacy, as Wiscon-
sin also plays Chicago. If the maroons
hold the Michigan men down to a low
score Michigan cannot put in very boiS-
ferrous claims for the Western champion
ship at the close Of the season. Micht-
gan also plays Iowa. and it is very
doubtful if the Wolverines can defeat
the Hawkeyes as decisively as did Illinois
on Saturday,
Harvard Prepares for Yale
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Nov. 1.-THE
Harvard varsity eleven, with the second
squad and coaches, arrived here this
morning from PHILADELPHIA. The nlaY-