The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-29
MAY Be TIE GAME
Michigan-Wisconsin Contest in Chi
cago Saturday Will Be a Hard
Fought Battle.
Majority Pick the Wolverines to
Win, but Badgers Have Plen-
- ty Of Admirers.

sim Michigan football game at Chicago is
| steadily increasing in all football .centers
Of the west and Minneapolis is no ex-
ception to the general rule. Dope upon
the two teams is hashed over daily by
local enthusiasts, and considerable money
will change hands in this city when the
result is known.
Michigan is the favorite of the major
ity who argue that team which can roll
up 424 points in six games, an average
of something more than 10 points game,
must possess more than ordinary strength.
a team which combines weight with such
phenomenal speed, say the wolverine sup
porters can hardly be stopped by the
badger team, composed OF SO much green
material.
On the other hand Wisconsin SYM
pathizers point out that while. Michigan
has rolled up phenomenal scores In the last
| two years, neither her offense nor her de-
Tense has been severely tested. Most of
Michigan's scores, have been made by the
long end runs of Heston and Herrstein
Such runs, think the admirers Of the bad
gers, will not be of frequent occurrence
when the wolverines are. pitted against
such pair Of ends as Abbott and Jul
neau.
Will Michigan Weaken7
The game hinges upon the question,
what will Michigan do when she strikes q
strong pair Of ends and a. stonewaM line?
! Will her attack show the same power, or
will the badgers break up the Interference
and stop the plays? Again, will Michigan,
a team drunk with past successes, hold her
nerve if Wisconsin secures the first ad-
vantage?
| In Wisconsin the opinion prevails tina t
the wolverines will show the yellow streak
the first time they encounter stiff de-
Tense, and find their plays stopped without
gain. That Wisconsin will give the WOLF
verines tough argument whatever the
result Of the game. is admitted by all.
Moreover. 1t has always been the badgers
plan to rush their opponents from the
sound Of the whistle, and if possible gain
| the lead before the other team has walked
up to the fact that the game is on. That
unquestionably Is what the badgers will
do Saturday.
Again, the badgers have the reputation
of being the hardest fighters in the west.
In six years, from 1896 to 1901, Wisconsin
has suffered only three defeats, not in
elusive Of the game with Yale in 1899.
| The badgers tied with Northwestern in
| 1895, won every game in 1897, lost to
| Chicago 0 to s in 1898. lost to- Chicago
0 to II in 1899. lost to Minnesota s to
in 1900, and won every game in 1901. In
1898 Chicago on form should have beaten
the badgers 80 to 0. That she did: not do
| so was due to Wisconsin's magnificent
| uphill fight.
King Says Team Is All Right.
| Yost at Michigan Is warning his men
against the dangers of over confidence.
King. on the other hand, has stated twice
| in public within the last week that his
| eleven would be in the best condition Sat
urday. Such a statement coming from
the ultra conservative badger coach
means that the stories about Wisconsin g
| \ 1-+;
In short, summing up the situation,
Michigan has a splendid attack against
second rate teams, which has yet to be
| tested against really strong eleven.
The wolverines have speed and weight.
and their team play has been developed
to a high degree, but their defense has
not been tested.
Wisconsin is conceded strong defense,
a FAST If not finished attack, and I'M
| limited quantities of nerve. The badgers
also can play up to their limit for more
minutes out of seventy than any team in
the country On the face Of 1t. it looks
I about as even as any game ever played
in the west, and a tie game would SUR
! prise none.
1t is estimated that 10000 persons will
witness the game Saturday. Ann Arbo1
will send a crowd of 1900 and Madison
will contribute an equal number. Hun
dreds from other points in Michigan and
Wisconsin will swell the total, and Chi
cago and other towns in Illinois, Indiana
and Iowa will further Increase the mum
! Der.
Minneapolis will send her quota to the
game. Although no special rates have
been offered by the railroads, interest Is
so keen that large number OF Mime
sofa students and alumni, as well as
Michigan and Wisconsin graduates now
resident in this city, will take the trip
| to Chicago Friday night