The Minneapolis journal., 1902-10-27
EYES ON CHICAGO
Football Interest This Week Centers
in Wisconsin Michigan Contest =
Michigan a Favorite.
Neither Team Has a Decided Ad-
vantage Over the Other-Lessons
From Saturday Games.

Saturdays football games put Illinois
out of the championship race, showed that
Michigan is in better form than Wiscon-
sin and further demonstrated that Mime
sofa is not out of the struggle.
Michigan's big score against Ohio state
confirmed the good opinion hitherto held
regarding Yost's men. The total OF Sc
points was more of a surprise since Ohios
coach had expressed the opinion that his
eleven might beat Michigan. 1t Is hard
to see, however, where Hale found ground
for this theory. Ohio showed up strong in
the line but her ends were weak, and
end runs have been the main factor in
Michigan's big scores during the last two
years. It was easy for the wolverines,
when they found the weak spot, to send
Herrstein and Heston round for big gains.
But while Saturdays score, like others
Michigan has made this year, can be par
TALLY explained by the weakness of their
opponents, the great speed Of the wolver-
ines cannot be discounted. Dope" would
give Michigan an easy victory over the
badgers, but dope is not reliable. Two
things must be considered in the probable
outcome of the Michigan Wisconsin con-
test Saturday at Chicago.
In the first place, Michigan started the
season with her old backdeld, with the one
exception Of Neil Snow. Heston, Herrn-
stein and Weeks filled three positions.
showed his class at the start, and SO Yost
has had to make no changes in his back
field since the first one or two games.
Michigan's line seemed weak, after the
loss of White, Shorts, Wilson and Redd-
ner but these places We're soon filed by
capable men, and Yost has had to do far
less experimenting with players than any
other coach in the west
This enabled Michigan to develop her
team work to a degree which no other
western team has approached. King at
Wisconsin, the other hand, has been
| compelled by injuries and by the great
amount Of material at his command, to
shift his players continually. So although
the badgers are admitted to be men Of
great individual ability, they have not ap-
preached the form Of Michigan.
King Is Foxy.
But experience has shown that Phil
King Is most dangerous when he looks
most harmless. The badgers will be in
great form Saturday, or no one knows
Phil King. So will Michigan be in nearly
perfect shape. Then it will develop
whether Michigan has team which will
play equally as we'll against an opponent
Of practically equal strength, or whether
the wolverines will quit when they find
things breaking hard for them. Michigan
certainly looks best on her present form.
but it doesn't seem likely that either
team will have a decided advantage Sat
urday, and headwork and fighting spirit
will tell in the final result. In those two
qualities the badgers have always ex-
celled.
Illinois was disappointment Saturday
to those who had counted her as a pos
sible championship dark horse. The gen.
eral opinion is that neither Chicago nor
Illinois showed itself in class
with Wisconsin or Michigan. Chicago
has been advancing steadily and may
provide another surprise.
Both Chicago and Minnesota have one
slight advantage over Wisconsin and
Michigan. The two latter teams must be
right on edge. Saturday, and both may go
back before Chicago meets Michigan and
Minnesota Wisconsin Nov. Is. Chicago
has Belot and Indiana coming before the
Michigan contest and neither Of these
games will be hard So the nlaroons can
take it easy, and be on edge for Michigan.
Minnesota, too, will try to make a steady
ADVANCE getting to the fine point for the
Wisconsin game. This gives the maroons
and gophers both a. good chance to get in
the running.
Saturdays eastern contests did little to