The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-19
NEBRASKA IS OUT
Michigan Men Say Her Claim to
. Championship Cannot Be Seri-
g. ously Considered.
Winner of Gopher-W olverine Game
Will Have Clear Title-Yost's
-. Men Worried. 40 r.
Special to The Journal.


Arbor is assured a real championship game
the university rooters are overjoyed. II
Michigan defeats the gophers on Thanks
giving Day she will assert claim as the
best football eleven west of New England.
On the other hand if Minnesota wins she
| will be conceded the honor while Michigan
will claim second place. -
The early season victory of Nebraska
over Minnesota is not thought to affect the
championship. Nebraska's poor showing
against Knox and Kansas and the fact that
she plays no other teams Of consequence
causes her to receive little or no consider
alton by the wolverine critics. +.
A similar case Is cited when in '99
Princeton was conceded the championship
after being defeated by Cornell, Harvard
having. only a tie game with Yale against
her. -.
In the past the wolverines and gophers
have divided honors about evenly. Five
games have been played. Minnesota won
In '92 and SO, while Michigan won: in '95;
's6 and ~. In the Ave games Michigan
scored sc points. Minnesota scored "a.
Michigan Expects Hard Game.
The U. Of M. gridiron men are prepa:r-
In every game previous to the last one,
4ost. the team, and the student body have
been confident of success. A hard strug-
gle was expected with Wisconsin, but
Michigan expected to win. There is no
such feeling evident at this time, regard
ing the gopher game. It may come out
later. But at present the rooters are
scared for the first time in two years.
The earnestness Of the work is shown
by the fact that for the first time this
season the Monday night rest was hard
work. Lawrence, who with a number of
others, has been absent on account OF
college work, from every Monday night
practice this season, was informed by
Coach Yost that no more absences would
be tolerated until after the Minnesota
game. -. d; .-:.
All practice Is conducted behind the
closely locked gates and the high board
fence of Ferry field. Just what style Of
offense the wolverines will. use against
the gophers will be known to none; except,
the crafty Yost and the pluckly little quar-
terback captain, before the game opens.
The gr1diron heroes from the north must
prepare for the end runs which tire out
the officials in the little games, the line
plunges which administered to Wisconsin
her nrst defeat in two years, and crippled
her fleet captain for the remainder Of the
season, and for the clever plays which
caused Coach Stage Of Chicago to say:
1T was their tricks that beat u.s."
And then, perhaps, the resourceful
Yost will have something entirely new in
store for Coach Williams students. But as
Stagg and King say, Michigan is not in
nc1bIe The Michigan defense is far from
uat to that Of a year ago. White and
orts were superior in defensive plays to
is years freshmen takles, Maddox and
almer. Snow at end Is not a man to be
! eplaced, and II a team carried the ball
within Mich1gan's ten-yard line it is
doubtful If the wolverines could make the
successful fight which Wisconsin and Chi
cage made time and again. and prevent the
score.
At present the seating capacity at Ferry
field is about $1,000: Temporary stands will
be constructed to hold about 1000 more,
making total of 10000 The MICHIGAN
Central road will run four special trains
from Detroit. one from Chicago and one
from Grand Rapids. The r. A. A. r. r.
will run excursions from both the north
and south. thus making it possible to get
to Ann ArbOr from all southern Michigan
as we'll as northern Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois. -! : ;-sv,. : -.
Yesterday Michigan's team, %or that por-
ton which reported, took another light
practice. Only - twenty-five :. minutes
OF signal work was given the men,. Every
man who showed the slightest indication
OF being overturned or growing stale was
excused from practice. - It, is said that
out"s4x or the first choice men, were out
! 1t is limited that Captain Weeks and Hern-
stein have gone to Mount Clemens to take
two or three bracing baths in order to get
In shape for the Minnesota game. None
| of those In authority would say ANYTHING
about the matter. There Is mysterious
silence regarding it, Certain it is that
they are not in the city, and their fratern-
1ty men say they do not know when they
will be back. - =: :: ~.&* ::&.7 :. ~: