The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-10
They HAVEA.CHANCE.
Gophers Have Men to Defeat Wis.
s consin if Their Strength Can Z:
a-%.I ". Be Brought Out. =:
Michigan Seems to Have, a Cinch.
Upon the Western Championship
Nebraska Out oft. :

Michigan will he the western champion,
but can MinnesotaFbeat Wisconsin,. 81 (,
: ;Tha t. conclusidfs was reached and that
question raised, as sthesresu of SaturdaNss
football games, lathe west. It, is, the
general opinion of experts who have seen
both Chicago and Michigan play that
Yost's men will simply smother the Ma
of speed during the week, h 1t is hardly
to be- expected that Minnesota can de-
feat Michigan. although & the fighting
chance is not gone Illinois, Iowa and
Northwestern no longer are"objects of in
terest Nebraska, tont her score against
Kansas, can hardly be classed as high, as
Wisconsin, certainlys¬s as high as
With Michigan conceded the champion
ship, then, the Wisconsin Minnesota game
is the great contest OF this week, and the
football world will. look to Northrop
rather than to Marshall field next :Satur-
day. ~. =...s8 n ~ s. i -. .
Michigan Must Be Rated High.
Michigan must be rated as one of the
strongest teams the west has ever pro
duced The wolverines have now scored
OF points, almost as many as We're Sc
cured during the whole season last year.
This total will be raised a ;" few more
notches after the game with Oberlin, Nov
%, and probably still further Increased
Sby the scores against Chicago and Min
nesota. 1t seems. certain that Michigan
will make 600 points before the end of
the season. -, -. ,,+.l; III ? e.,
Yoat must, have this due. He has de-
veloped a team strong enough in defense
to hold down all it's opponents up to date.
and almost irresistible in attack. =He has
done what no, other: coach has ever done
IN the West;% brought his eleven to an
edge IN the first month of the season. and
Kept 1t on edge all through, without his
men as yet, showing any signs Of grow
ing stale. Three times in two years his
team has scored more than 100 points in
a game. The western championship ap-
pears to be settled. :
Now with regard to Minnesota and Wis
%consln. After seeing both teams show
their strength, 1t is the opinion Of the
writer that the gophers have it in them tc
defeat their great rivals Can this
strength be brought out by Saturday;
M1nnesota's line has shown marked i'm.
provement, and Wisconsin will have little
advantage over the gophers from end te
end: Show may outplay Strathern, but il
is question whether Haumerson ant
Long will have much over Schacht ant
Warren. who are putting up a decided,
more aggressive game than they exhibited
at the, beginning Of the season. Flynn
and Smith should hold their own will
Bertha and Lerum. Rogers and Abbot
are as Strong as any. ends in the west ant
there Is little choice between them
Gray needs, special drill upon the fin,
points OF his position. but may reasona bl,
be expected to put ,uRH as, good a game al
-. 3" u Badgers WI Improve.
This comparison is: based upon the wor]
of Minnesota's line against Illinois, an,
Wisconsin's showing against Michigan
But as the ~gopher's improved consider
ably in! the week preceding sSaturday "
game, so the badgers can be expected t.
show marked Improvement over thei
form in the michigan game. Minnesot.
is not vet strong enough. to, beat Wiscon
sin; she cannot afford to rest upon wha
she has done up to,date; she must fgur
on 1mprovingsjust AS much in the comin
week as she. did in the two weeks proceed
| ing, If the badgers are to be defeated
Heffeltinger spent thres days at Northro
! field last week coaching the ilinemen; an
much hnrroyementres1lt He isz ex
! pected toHccntinue to8assist DR. William
in this line of the work up to the Wiscon
sin game, and there is. fair ground TO
hope that Minnesota's line will be nearl
If not quite as strong gas that of Wiscon
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