The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-21
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VARSITY WAKES UP
Students Hold Enthusiastic Mass
Meeting and Cheer Team
and Coach to the Echo.
Five-Dollar Rate to Iowa City Is
Assured if 200 Persons
Will Go.

Nrinnesota's defeat by Nebraska last
Saturday, In stead Of discouraging tho
varsity students has only reused them to
a greater pitch Of enthusiasm. This
morning the university chapel was packed
with rooters who attended to demon
strate their loyalty to the team. Rousing
speeches We're, made by President kenn1-
colt OF the athletic board, by Professor
F.. s. Jones. one Of the faculty members
of the board. and by several students.
The students cheered the name of DR..
Williams to the echo. President Kenni-
colt said thllt the mass meeting had been
called, not to determine whether the stu
dent,, were loyal to the team and tho
athlet 10 director, for that was a fact Of
which there was no question IN the minds
OF van sity men. THE purpose of this
meetins-," said the speaker, is to dem
onstrata to the alumni and the public
generally that the Minnesota students
are unaH imous in support of their eleven
and coacAl.'
Professor Jones quoted from the New
Testament, to show the folly or d1scour-
agement over one reverse. Addresses
were made by other students and men,
bers of the ATHLETIC board.
EXCURSION to Iowa City.
The enthu siasm Of the students was
evidently at fever heat. The Minneapolis
& St. Louis road has promised rate OF
IS to Iowa @ ity and return for Fridays
game, and a special train for the excur-
sion, If 200 ii, 'kets can be sold. Manager
Luby says that he thinks there Is no
doubt that the required number will make
the trip. If hess than 200 students go,
the fare will b.e IS.
The team Will leave over the Mime
apolis & St. Louis Friday night. Tho
special sleeper which carries the eleven
will be hitched to the excursion train,
which will arriv, in Iowa City about 1880
Saturday morning.
Last night the squad. except those
players who are on the hospital list was
worked hard for two hours behind closed
gates. Davies was out in his suit. and
will take part in Saturdays game. His
rest appears to have done him good, for
he got into the plays with a good deal of
ginger. O'Brien's knee is still stiff, but If
he Is needed he may play part Of the
Iowa game.
Van Valkenburg, in spite Of his broken
rigs was out yesterday, but took no part
in the practice. He may be in the game
again in time for the last three games
of the season. The other members Of the
squad, though MANY Of them are sore
and stiff, are all in fair physical condi-
ton.
knipe Praises Minnesota
DR.. Knipe, the Iowa, coach, in an inter-
view at Iowa City, expresses his opinion
that Minnesota IS stronger than last year,
and says that Iowa must show SO per cent
Improvement to beat the gophers This
statement, however, seems a little ex-
IRENE, and probably is due somewhat to
DR.. Knipe's native modesty. DR.. Knipe
said: .i -. r,
Nebraska won, not because Of, but
despite, the game played by Minnesota.
The latter eleven is much better than
it was last season, when it defeated us
Is to Q. and Nebraska is a lot better than
Iowa to-day. Consequently there is moth
ing in the result Of the game Saturday
which will furnish the basis for a reason
ebe prediction that Iowa can win from
Minnesota,
I'VE have just one chance to defeat the
gopher team, and that Is a narrow one.
Our team to-day is weaker, in point of
both defensive and offensive work, than
the Minnesota eleven-and that means
all departments Of the game. We are
s. much weaker, in fact, that it will take
81 per cent improvement in our general
team work to make victory over the
visitors possible. I can't predict that our
team, or any team, for that matter, can
make such au-around gain In four days
However, we three coaches intend to give
the bunch the next few days the hardest
practice 1t has ever had, and if there's
any possibility Of developing the help
ing spirit and the general strength Of
the eleven in that time. we're going tt
do It, AS 1t stands, I'll freely admit that
our case is hcpeless.