The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-20
FOOTBALL
FEAR GOPHER ENDS
Michigan Rooters Think Rogers and
Gray Are Likely to Outplay
f Their Opponents.
Cold Wave at Ann Arbor Braces Up
the Players-No Fear Of
= Staleness.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal
Ann Arbor, Mich. Nov. 20.-While
Managers Baird and Luby are overworked
with the arrangements for the big
Thanksgiving day football game Coach
Yost Is quietly at work with thirty husky
wolverines at Ferry field. The Oberl1n
game Saturday is almost lost sight Of in
the preparations for the championship
game. The utmost secrecy is being OBJ
served regarding the doings of the eleven
and few hints get out. The stories about
Minnesota spies being at Madison last
week cause the management to be more
careful than ever.
Yost has been doing his best to cure
Left Tackle Palmer Of the high tackling
which has narred his otherwise good
work all season. Palmer has been i'm
proving with every week and breaks
through to block kick or stop a play
moro often than any other wolverine. but
he does insist taclkling the runner,
Qowa fashion) around the neck.
Much attention is being paid to Sweely's
field goal kicking. This Is a feature Of
the game In which Michigan has never
been up to standard 1t is not at all i'm
probable that in the Minnesota game
neither side will be able to gain con-
sistently, In which case the struggle will
result In punters battle.
, Praise for Gopher Ends.
sweeley. It is thought. will have slight
advantage over Knowlton In distance,
while on the other hand Rogers and Gray
will be faster than Hernstein and Redden
IN running the spirals down. Wisconsin's
ends played all around the end mon from
Ann Arbor, while Minnesota divided the
honors about evenly with the badgers.
This gives the gophers an advantage
(which may be important factor in de-
Gliding the championship.
he ind 49, 1,a L.
'1y balanced with the exception of Left
Guard Carter, who has furnished the best
place for Michigan's opponents to gain
ground, and has played but one full game
this season.
Gregory, while not star at center,
the ball we'll. He found Show rather an
easy proposition and should break about
even with Strathern
Cold Weather at Ann Arbor.
Real Gold football weather has descend
ed upon the wolverine camp, and if this
continues, the staleness which, as many
claimed, was prevalent among the u of
IN. players, will disappear. This has been
the warmest fall within the memory of
the followers of the game, and it is not
strange that some Of the men should be-
come stale after remaining on edge for
so long A few days bracing, frosty
weather will make the boys feel like new
again.
Hard Scrimmage Yesterday.
There was a hard scrimmage for the team
yesterday. The scrubs were given Min
.nesota formations. for which the varsity
was given special defense, prepared by
Iost. Weeks and Hernstein both re-
turned from Mount Clemens, where they
were taking salt baths. Palmer, left
tackle, left for his home in Massachusetts,
yesterday, his mother being ILL., Palmer
went home before the Wisconsin game
because his father was sick, getting to
Chicago the morning of the game If he
fails to return Thanksgiving Day, Cole
plays tackle.
Carter's leg again kept him out Of prac-
tlce. Barring Jones, who was detained
by Rotations, all the other men reported
Captain Weeks took his old place at quar-
ter for half Of the practice, after which
Graver took his place. For forty-flve
minutes the varsity was put through a
very fast signal practice, Yost hurrying
them up most Of the time. Very light
scrimmage work was then taken. Swee-
ley spent good part of the time punt
Ing, clipping them out to sixty yards or
more. After the scrimn1age the team tore
up and down the field for another short
signal practice
To-day will see a hard scrimmage and,
contrary to custom, there will be a
scrub game on Friday. On Saturday
Oberlin comes to Ann Arbor, but little
attention is being paid to them. Michi-
gan. however, will try to beat Cornell S
score of score Of 81 to against Oberlin,
as this will be the only means of COM
'parison with any eastern team.
Work on, the new bleacher at Ferry field
Is being pushed as rapidly as possible.