The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-13
FOOTBALL.
PLAY A SLOW GAME
Minnesota Puts Up a Wretched Ex-
hibition, While Beloit's Work
Is Revelation.
Gophers' Offense Is Painfully Slow
Game Is Won by Weight
and Endurance.
SATURDAYS SCORES.

SATURDAYS SCORES
WEST
minnesota %. Beloit o.
Michigan 60. Indiana 0.
Wisconsin, 80. Lawrence y.
Iowa II. Drake o.
Nebraska II, Grinnell U.
Chicago ;i:; Purdue 0.
Northwestern II, Rush needles D.
AmeS 80. state normal U.
Illinois IA, Washington D.
EAST.
Yale 10. Brown o.
Harvard %. Maine ..
Princeton II, Annapolis o.
Pennsylvania II. Swarthmore +.
Cornell 81. Williams 8.
Columbia &. Buffalo o.
Bushnell is. Carlisle o.
West Point II, Dickinson 0.
Georgetown IS. Johns college 0.
Lehigh 81. Rutgers ..
Sunerior weight and ability to replace
every man who was tired or injured en-
abled Minnesota to defeat Belolt Satur-
day afternoon, the final score standing ~
to 0.
Belolt, although outweighed ten or tif-
teen pounds to the man. put up a much
faster and stronger game than any team
Minnesota has met this year. The play
of the visitors was in many respects
revelation Their tackling was hard and
low, their interference on end runs held
tOReIneT SplcIlululS, dAit IASih AAA'S 1890
charged in vicious style AS long as they
held their wind, the little badger men
simply outplayed the gophers.
Not until the first half was nearly up
did Minnesota get the ball over. Beloit
had been holding the gophers for downs
or forcing them to punt, while their own
offense, consisting entirely of end runs
was very effective. 1t was SO effective in
fact, that after five minutes play DR.. Will
liams yanked Freeman and Davies out OF
the lineup, and sent in Van Valkenberg
and BOeckmann. The latter We're more
successful in stopping Beloits dashes and
during the rest of the first half Minnesota
Just about held her own until with barely
a minute Left to play Bidlake was pushed
over for a touchdown after Minnesota had
rushed the ball down the field for fifty
yards. Beloit might have saved even this
score if Smith had punted on the third
down.
Taken as a. whole the exhibition given
by Minnesota would have been amusing if,
in view Of the hard Nebraska game ap-
preaching, it had not been pathetic The
line men failed to charge on defense, and
the halfbacks allowed themselves to be
boxed on nearly every play. Van Valken-
burg was the exception to this rule. He
broke through repeatedly, and downed the
Beloit runners behind the line. Lafans
sandwiched one or two spectacular tackles
in between a number of plays in which he
failed to distinguish himself.
BeIoit Plays Better Football.
In speed of play, in tackling, in general
defensive work. in team work, and in
fact in almost every department of the
game Beloit showed herself superior to
Minnesota as long as her mems wind
lasted. Weight told in the second half,
and the BelOit men were plainly groggy
from the terrific pounding they had re-
ceived. Yet at the very end of the game,
with half the men Keeling in their tracks,
and the rest scarcely able to rise from the
ground. Beloit held Minnesota for downs
on her fifteen yard line. 1t was 4 rare
exhibition Of grit.
Minnesota's poor play is excusable in
part since Knowlton, Flynn, Rogers and
Harries, four of the most reliable men
on the team, were absent from the lineup
With Rogers and Gray at the ends, an6
with Knowlton backing up the line Be-
lofts end runs would not have been so eff
fective. The showing Of the line men
however, was the most discouragng fea.
ture Of the game. There a sleepy
listless air about their play and tota
lack of aggressive fighting spirit, with one
or two exceptions which will be noteC
later. One of the Beloit men said very
aptly in regard to the gophers' tackles
''They not only didn't charge our line bu
they seemed tickled to death because VIZ
didn't send any plays right at them"
The offense of the Minnesota team wa.
painfully slow. The interference often
times held the runner back, instead O
clearing the way for him. Individual,
good work was done at times in advancint
the ball. Bergen was the only consisten
ground gamer in the first half, buckins
the tackles in vicious style. Van Valken
burg usually made his distance, and IRIS
Held In the short time he was in the game
showed good fighting spirit. Webster a
center played fair game, once hurdlin,
the line and blocking a punt on Beloit'
twenty yard line.
Gray Needed at End.
Gray at quarter ran the team with goof
Judgment, and got into the interference,
we'll It is evident, however. that era,
is needed much more at end than at quar-
ter for none of the ends who PLAYED Sat
urday showed anything like varsity class
Tuck showed up better than either Free
man or Boeckmann but lacks experience
Boeckmann got down the field we'll unde
punts but generally allowed the rune
to elude him when he arrived. Boeck
mann did one good stunt in the secont
half, however, when he overlook an,
tackled Mills, who had a clear field TO
touchdown.
Thorpe played a fair game at fullbacl
in the second half, but from the shown,
OF the forwards Saturday, ''Sunshine" i
needed more In the line than behind it.
For the Beloit team, the speedy half
backs, Mills and McRae, played the cen
trail roles. They ran with good judgment
and their long dashes at times cause
mingled admiration and Apprehension
among the Minnesota rooters. Mills 4
the beginning of the second half pulled OF
sixty-five yard stunt just inside Bergen
His interference stuck together beauti
fully and blocked off Gray and Lafans
but Boeckmann finally got the runner
Beloit's end got down under punts mucl
better than Minnesotas. and on offens
they frequently put big Van Valkenbur
and Lafans out Of the plays
Detail of the Play.
Smith opened the game by kicking of
to Gray, who fumbled, but recovered tn
lott got the ball for holding in the line
bal; and ran 1t back fifteen yards. Be
and punted behind the goal posts. Bid
lake pulted out to Beloit's forty-fi var
line. Mills and McRae went at the end
in turn, and advanced the ball ten yards
when the gophers held, and Smith wa
forced to punt Minnesota tried a serie
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