The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-11
SPORTS
MORE men SHOW UP.
Smith and Davies Are the Latest
Football Veterans to Appear
on the Field. ILL.,
Practice Yesterday Was Spirited
and Some of the New Men
Showed Up Well. e.

The varsity rooters got taste OF real Aoo.,
ball at Northrop field yesterday afternoon, ana
they succeeded In picking out n few new men
who looked like real varsity material me pro
gram included practice In running PACK ponts
and tackling. In the squad directed by Dr.
williams Van yalkenburg, Thorpe. Downing anu
Harris did most Of the work in running back the
kicks, DR.. Williams himself booting the leather
while O'Brien, Liggett,4 Pattee, Deering, Bur
dick Bockman and Rogers followed down the
punts and stopped the runners. Harris did
some clever work in in interference, and van
Vnlkenburg proved hard proposition TOT the
behring's work attracted considerable ,atten-
tion. He is short, stocky man, who handles
himself WELL and has world of speed, but
appears rather light for varsity player.
araith, who played halfback In two or three
OK s.e championship games OF 1900 was out
tasSSe on the varsity. He has weight enough
to make 1ineman. and may be kept at this
position, in view of the dearth Of beef among
the members of the squad whole.
Davies promising halfback candidate on last
years second team, was out In ''cit's' costume
yesterday watching the practice and VIII be IN
the game to-day. Smith and Dawes were the
only additional men to put in appearance yes
PArTEE TRIED AT CENTER
Dick Pattee was tried at center yesterday.
He Is former member OF the East Side high
school team. and weighs 1914. His beef and ex-
perience make him prominent candidate Tor a
line position Strathern and Flynn played guards
yesterday, with Evans and Smith at the tackle
was at quarter, with Liggett. Van Ealkenburg.
Bockman, Downing, Thorpe and oBrien alter
mating in the other back positions.
No game has been scheduled for Saturday, but
Wednesday Of next week the South Side high
team will line up against the varsity on North.
Eop field for short practice game. Saturday,
Sept. 20, the Central high teams Of St. Paul
and Minneapolis will play one half each against
the varsity. The Minneapolis teams, both South
high and Central; are in good shape this fall,
and expect to make good showing against the
university
without score for two years and will try to
duplicate the performance next week
BADGERS SLOW IN GETTING OUT.
Contrary to expectation football practice at
the university Of Wisconsin did not begin yes
terday afternoon. Assistant Coach Jerry Rior-
Madison and Coach Phil King will not be there
until Saturday 1t is expected that light
work will begin to-day. The men who reported
yesterday
Arne Lerum Of Stoughton, right guard of last
years team; William Holstein Of Aliens Grove,
left guard on varsity part Of last season; VIII
liam Moffat Of Davenport, Iowa., substitute half
back last season and member of varsity crew
last spring; Michael Gilkey Of Oshkosh, candi-
date for one Of back positions; A. Finley Of All
rora, ILL.,. who will try for position of right
tackle vacated by Captain Arthur Curtis, who
has gone to coach the Kansas university team;
J.. H. Frankie of Forest Junction, ILL.,, tackle
and fullback last year on Nortl. Western college
team of Napervile Ill; Cumberland, q pros
pective candidate for quarterback, Peare, one OF
the most promising Of the new men,. -
Earl Driver who played fullback on the var
sity part Of two seasons. Is in the city. 1t Ii
not expected TIA many of the old men will re
port for practice until late next week. Includ
ing Skow, the 2OS-pound center, who has decided
to return. there will be eight of last seasons
back .,. = g..
49,, YosT HAS HARD LUCK TALE. 49,,
Coach Hurry Up Yost struck Ann ,Arbor this
week. ANY stunts2' he asked
well, Pm not telling. Wisconsin what they
are If have Then the big coach loosened up
49, IF anybody banks on Michigan running up bis
scores this season he is going to lose his dough,
he said. Il an, going to keep putting in new
men in all the games just as soon as see tina
Michigan has them cinched. I expect to be her,
next year and / want, team for 1908 as vel
this year. You will see will use from fit
teen to twenty men in all the preliminary games
Iost starts out with hard luck tale. Sal,
he: I'VE had a line on four great player
who eligible and who were coming here.
funny thing about this quartet is that on
lives in Virginia, another in Minnesota, thir,
California and the fourth in Maine.
The Virginia. man has been nominated TO
county clerk and hecis going to quit college. Th
minnesota mans father is sick and has gone t
the hospital, and the young man will remain GU
of college this year Leland Stanford got afte
the California man and he has decided to renal
out on the coast But guess Maine is al
right
81 would feel more confident if Shorts wer
coming back. With him at fulback CUES
something would have to give way when he hi
the line. But expect Jones to do somethin
in this line with his black snake stunt. I ur
derstand we liable to lose Sweeley He ha
written he is thinking of going elsewhere. l
that is so 1t means we must get another punte
and fullback on defense Sweeley ia the creates
punter, tackler in the open field and catcher c
pltnts there Is In the country.
But with all this maintain Michigan wi
gridiron NIcGugin, sRedden, weeks, Heston an
Hernstein cannot be beaten anywhere"