The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-12

Minnesota's Gophers handed Beloit
Its share for the 1902 season at North
rop field yesterday afternoon, but only
after the doughty little kickers from
the small Badger town had been ham
mered, pounded and pummeled into
dazed and helpless condition. Score,
Minnesota, 20; Beloit, O.
The rooters who turned out, 1900
strong, looked for defeat, and came
prepared to celebrate, but the fight put
UP by the little badgers won the ad-
miration of the stands. After shouting
themselves out of breath the rooter
captains stuffed their pennants into
the megaphones and sat down IN a
group to discuss the decline OF college
traditions. Being elected rooter cap
tains, the disguised ones could not I'M
derst and it, but the little fellows light
ing gamely against certain defeat earn
ed the silent respect Of the spectators
behind the maroon and cold colors.
BeIoit Was Game.
Everything from Beloit was game.
Slater, bumped, pushed and trampled
on until he wandered about the HELD
unShIe to find his place in the line, re-
fused to quit; Calland, bruised and
dirty, worked until carried out Of the
game by two of his team mates, and
all through the play one solitary root
~
megaphone for the one shout, Hold
them, Deloit, hold them!"
It cannot be said that DR.. Williams
played his first, second or third team
against the little Badgers. Gophers
from all the teams got into the game
before the final whistle ended it. 1t
was not at any time the real first team,
for Capt. Johnnie Flynn, Rogers and
little Harris were missing. Rogers
m CnQt near
the side line and repeatedly asked
Williams for a chance, but the coach
refused to make it harder for Beloit.
End Runs Gained Ground.
At the start off, with the Beloit men
still fresh, it was hard work Tor me
maroon and gold players. HOLSTER
has trained his men for end work, the
backs play far behind the line and then
with Interference attempt by running
! the entire width of the field to make a
gain. The play was a good one, and
| time and time again the little fellows
made more than their distance.
Big Van Valkenburg was the begin
ming Of the finish for the little fellows.
! Davies, playing at left half, was jabbed
! in the eye during a scrimmage and,
/ blinded, was led from the play. Van
| Valkenburg was sent in to fill the hole.
! The big fellow filed it. He filled
every hole that offered in the Badger
| line, and when the holes were not there
! he made them. Van Valkenburg has
i been reported as a llstless player, but
yesterday he played in something like
| his old-time form.
p. The little ends and tackles of the Be-
lott team would throw themselves in
front of the mad ruShes of the big half,
! but they were swept aside, and these
battering ram dashes ended all Beloit
interference.
Van VaIkenburg Was Fast.
Van Valkenburg and Bergen were
the star ground gamers for Minnesota.
Iafans did good work, but he lasted
Quick. He took Bidlake's place, and
after wrenching his shoulder in bril-
liant dash through the line to stop a
! Beloit back for a loss Of ten yards
made way for Irsfeld. Irsfield, in the
short time allowed him. played fast
ball.
With Van Van Valkenburg and Ber-
gen. smashing against the line the
Badgers were soon In weak condt-
ton, but they never quit. The glad cry
of the one lone rooter in the stand had
turned to a mournful wall of Hold
: them, Beloit," and Beloit heard the wall
and worked on.
The first half gained just one touch
down for Minnesota. The second start
ed with the Gophers out to hurry
things, but Beloit had had a rest and
was ready. Almost before the rooters
knew that play had been resumed little
Mills got the ball and started run for
siXty-five yards He got by every
thing Minnesota, and Boeckman saved
the Gopher goal by hurting himself
through the air to grasp the legs of the
little fellow.
That run ended Beloit's chances. The
players continued their fast play, but
the narrow escape had frightened the
Minnesota men and they went after the
scoring in a mad way. Van Valken-
bdEgs Bergen. Thorpe, Warren, Lafans,
in fact, every man on the team threw
: himself against the battered line and
the score began to climb. Almost
every rush left Beloit man on the
ground, and it was simply a question
of time for scores when the whistle
ended 1t.
AT the Minnesota training quarters
lit was reported that Davies suffered a
severe injury to his eye. During one
of the scCimmages he was jabbed in