The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-22
SPORTS
KNOWLTON IS BACK
Veteran Fullback Will Again Play
! With the Gophers- Halfback
La Fans Returns.
DR.. Williams Will Devote the Next
Two Weeks to Wedding
Out Process.

E Probably the most important piece of football
waited over the varsity campus In several
days is the definite announcement that knowlton,
the veteran fullback of the gopher team. would
get into the game for another years play. The
sigh of relief heaved by DR.. Williams when
Knowlton finally declared his intentions was
heard for a distance of several blocks around,
while Manager Luby is credibly reported to
have walked the length of the armory on his
hands.
Knowlton's return will stop big hole behind
the line, for of high class had been
found to fill the important position of fullback.
Knowlton is strong punter, fair line bucker
aud one of the best defensive players In the
country. He unanimously awarded the po-
sition of fullback on the all-western team two
years ago, and undoubtedly would have secured
the same honor last year had he not been pre-
vented by injuries received in the Nebraska
game from doing his best work In the later con-
tests
La Fans, who has played right half for the
last two years, is another veteran to announce
his intention of returning. Both men were at
the training table last evening, setting ali
doubts Mt rest. 1t is probable that. with the
exception of Dobie, the back field this year
will be composed Of the, same men who played
behind the line the championship team OF
1900.
wEED1NG-oUT PROCESS.
The work of the Minnesota team for the next
two weeks will be largely in the nature of a
wedding out process. So many positions must
be filled by men that it will take some
time to try out all the candidates. and DR.. Will
Hams does not expect to get the first eleven
working smoothly until the week OF the Ne
braska game. Strathern and Pattee have been
doing the best work at center. with Strathern
slightly in the lead. Captain Flynn, OF course.
has left guard cinched. and there is big
bunch Of men trying for the other place Among
the most prominent are Thorpe Nelson, Olson,
Wester, Burdick and Sanborn. On experience
and weight. Thorpe has the call.
- Schacht Van Valkenburg. Bergen, Waist and
Smith have all shown up we'll at tackle. Van
VnIknnburp IL tiOnahly the best OF
the quartet but if the tackle positions can be
filled, Van will be Of more value behind the
line. where his weight and speed make him for
midable player 1t is possible that some of the
guard candidates may be shifted to tackle, where
the good material is rather scanty.
Rogers will hold down one end, ana Tuck
lDeering IIaroldson and Irsfeld are the most
promising candidates for the other end Harris
seems to have quarter cinched. although Robert
sOn has been doing good work.
With Knowlton La Fans and Van Vakenburg,
the back positions will be we'll taken care Of
O'Erien Davies. Liggett, Thorpe. Bockman,
Evans and Downing also are playing in good
form.
This afternoon the varsity lined up against
the ST. Paul and Minneapolis Central high school
teams for short practice games.
SUMMARY OF WESTERN SITUATION.
During the past week the college eevens of
the middle west have been rapidly rounding into
shape for the hard games near at hand Ihere
have been few games, but much scr1mnage work
has been the program everywhere. The Uniyer-
sity of Chicago has already opened the college
season by playing the team from Lombard Sat
urday, Stages team will meet Monmouth college,
which will probably not be as fortunate as the
Lombard team.
the same day, by playing Albion college. While
Albion is not expected to score. Coach Vest
hardly desires to make as many touchdowns as
was the case Last Than AS nsna fhe
will be called upon to win the minor games.
The wolverine coach hopes by this means to
save strong nucleus for 1903. With such men
HprDs WppkS. Mc(Tn1GDn and
Redden returning. and some valuable freshmen
Michigan can again place strong team IN the
field With the return of Sweeley. undoubtedly
the greatest punter in the west. the back field
will be the. same that of last year
AS Wisconsin has no college game until Oct.
is. Coach King has yet given his proteges
nothing bnt light work. Thirty men have al
ready shown up, and more are coming daily
Trainer oDea thinks only of Noy l; and Is de-
very heavy schedule. and intend to have no men
injured in early scrimmages.
Northwestern, the last of the big nine to be-
gin practice, already has a big squad on the
field. Some of the men showed up well in the
game with the soldiers from Fort sheridan but
keenly felt by DR.. Hollster. 1t does not seem
that he can turn out better team than repre-,
scented the purple last year.
Down at Champaign. everything Is lovely.
Hard scrimmages the daily routine for the
forty-odd men that APPEAR. With two GOOD men
for every position on the team 1t is little :, won
der that Coach Holt wears a smile AL re-
ports from the Illinois camp agree that the
state university never had such a promising
SQUAD, and the students have dared to think OF
championship team.
out at the University Of Chicago, the best ag
Eregation for years is being worked out by the
coaches. So many heavy men and such a large
number of promising candidates for the positions
requiring speed have come out that Coach Stage
Is more than satisfied: If some Of the surplus
backs could be given to the line men, what
a team would uphold the maroons this year:
Hopes high among the other prominent
elevens of this part Of the country. Iowa ex
poets to be represented by the best team since
1899. Dr. Knipe has this year provided tack
ling machine, and his men will be given much
needed instruction along that line. Purdue ant
Notre Dame practicing daily and expect tt
give good account of themselves before the
season ends. Out at Nebraska. the cornhuskers
are laying for Minnesota's scalp.
OFFICIALS ARE SELECTED.
Manager Fitzpatrick of Wisconsin has announced
that the officials for the football game to be
played between Wisconsin and Michigan in Chi
tago, Nov. 1, have been selected. Everett Wrenn
graduate Of Harvard. will be the umpire ant
Louis Hnckey, a graduate of Yale, the referee
THE men were selected at recent meeting O.
Managers Baird Of Michigan and Fitzpatrick O.
Wisconsin and their acceptances were received
yesterday.
Charles Marsh, 175-pound youth who wa
captain Of the high school team of Evanston
ILL.,, several years is in Madison and will job
the badger football squad to-day. He will tr.
5 for halfback position, and is expected to lam
the place. skow, the star center Of last year
team and Abbott. the crack red-headed end. ar
also expected to be out to-day.
The training table will be started Wednesday
1T is expected that the squad will number abou
sixty by that time.
LOMBARD SCORES ON CHICAGO.
. The University of Chicago's goal line wa
crossed Saturday by the team from Lombard col
1ege, in the first college football game of tn
season The Chicago team retiliated, however
by scoring five times, making the final tally a t
e. The Lombard men made their touchdow
In the second half, after Chicago had scored fou
touchdowns and there was somewhat of dsap
pointment This is the first time Lombar
has ever been able to Chicago. Thi
year the Lombard team not as beefy as o
Sore.
NFBRASKA'S FIRST GAME.
Is i The University of Nebraska began the foot
ball year Saturday with victory by defea tin
Lincoln high school in a hollow fashion. Th
score at the end of fifteen minutes stood q to
The rawness Of Nebraskas enable
the high school to keep the down in tn
drst half, which yielded only touchdown 70
the huskers, but thereafter Booths pupil
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