The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-10
s. PORTS
NEW men ARE LIGHT
Varsity Students Size UP Football
Material in First Regular
!: Practice of Season. a..
Plenty of Good Ba cks, but Few
Heavy Men in. Sight
for the Ii ne.

There will be no lack of! enthusiasm over
football at the state university this fall. That
fact was doubly demonstrate d yesterday after
noon by the crowd OF studen is which filled the
big grandstand at Ncrthrop field, and by the
large number of prospective gridiron heroes
which appeared the deld for the first regular
practice Of the season.
In one way the practice disappoint-
mcnt from the spectators point of view. for no
scrimnage work tried. and, consequently
the rooters could do little in the way OF sizing
ND the new men. They tOu nd encouragement
however, in the fact that th irty men were on
the gridiron-a very good rmr aber for the open
ing day.
or these thirty men, STRAIT he IN, Thorpe. Evans
Manufacturing and Rogers have played on the
varsity team before: captain Sohn fi i was
Ing the new Egil Boe :kmann. who was
one. of the most promising ca ndidates for half
back last fall, but forced out of the game
by physical injuries was ais OUT ana Is eX-
pected to get into the game
Besides these veterans. thu re were Liggett.
O'Brien, Irsfeld. Downing, j .nsen and w. A.
Robertson, of last years sec ond team, all OF
them promising men. Current Patee, Deering OF
Virginia, Mimi; Sanborn Of Fa'r1bauit' ana Bur
dick of North Dakota were also out. All of the
last-named quintet were at Min netonka with the
squad last week, and are reg ded ut good ma
terial. Tuck, center on the basket ball team.
and also a member Of the track team. and Book
man, the star hurdler, while gneen at football
seasoned athletes. Webste ana hughes
also attracted some attention. Both have had
considerable football experience a, ID also possess
that most admirable quality OF beet
OTHER GOOD MEN COMING.
Sig Harris, the most promising candidate for
quarter, not out yesterday, and Mccarthy,
the old high school center, failed to appear, but
Goth theSe men are sure 10 DE III Tue sane
team, also is expected daily and Gray. the
old high school tackle. will probably put in an
appearance soon. This list includes practically
all the players (old and new who have made
football records in the past.
Yesterdays work consisted Of following down
Ing up with ten minutes signal practice by
of the older men. The lineup of this
eleven included Rogers at quarter. NanValken-
burg and Deering at halves. sanborn at full
back; Strathern- at CENTER Pattee and. Thorpe,
guards; Clarke Evans, tackle, and Robertson and
Tuck ends
GOOD LINE MEN LACKING.
A sze-up of the team just now shows abun-
dance of frst-class back material, with dearth
of heavy. men for the line. With Bidlske, Lig-
gett, Evans, Boeckmann, Harris, Deeri:ng, San
born Burdick and VanValkenburg among the
candidates. the back field promises to lie pretty
strong. In fact, it does not look like a hard
task to select a set of backs who could play
either the running or the hne-bucking game
with equal facility.
In the line however the task will be harder
tackle position good men very Two
tackles. and end. and possibly a guard. must
be developed from the ranks of the new men.
Fhe material in sight yesterday looked very
light Not than two men seemed
to have the requisite beef to I'LL positions in the
line. and apparently the coaches must trust to
some good men appearing before the season is
we'll under way. .-
Practice will be open to the public during the
will be closed until o'clock, after which the
crowd will be admitted.
- stage IS NOT OPTIMISTIC
-. I'm expect to have a good football team this
fall, but hardly a winning one. OF co urse, we
will win some games, but what mean is that
1t doesn't look as If the eleven would be of
championship caliber."
This is the pith Of Coach Stages reply yester.
dag when asked what he thought of the prospects
1.-THE Chicago 'U'' team on the gridiron this sea
SON. Yesterday was the first practice day or
Marshall field. Some eight ten men turned
out in football toys to kick and pass the ball
about the east side of the athletic field. AL
of the candidates for football honors were new
ct is necessary to build up practically new
team said Coach Stage, after watching the
desultory kicking and catching by the new re
crriits for time. Jimmy Sheldon, Ahlswede
Ellsworth Speik and Maxwell will Abe back ant
they. of course. form a nucleus. but SO many
positions on the team have to be filled that II
seems too much to expect: to have winning
team this season" - .tE.:.-
T. ut is too early yet to tell much about thu
new men. Some Of them may pan out: very
we'll. If cnn get enough men together tt
make team, We will play game with Nortl
Division high school next Saturday.
Much of the promised new material is eX
ipected to put In an appearance this week. Be
BIHHlHS tnlS year, IL IS the lQea at CnlcaSt
university to build up feeding system anon,
high and preparatory schools, which will brin,
the supply of athletic material up somewhere
near the demand. The alumni got together OF
this proposition last winter. and many scheme
have been. tried to make Chicago look tn
most attractive university to the schoo
athlete:
1t will take time to bring this system to
state Of perfection. especially as Chicago has no
had winning team for a couple of seasons
! Moreover. both Michigan and Wisconsin hav
been working along the same lines for som
HUFF'S TALE OF WOE.
Charles Huff. head coach of the University O
Illinois football eleven makes the rather SUI
prsing statement that championship football
team cannot be put together and maintained i
the south. In fact, he says that the Illinoi
eleven Is located to far south to really be
factor in the championship race of the wester
colleges. This he attributes entirely to tn
weather conditions claiming that the men car
not retain their proper form in that part Q
the country to enable them 10 cope successful
with the hardy teams Of the north. Mr.. HUI
was in Milwaukee short line ago. and spoke Q
the matter follows: -' -' '.''
+, >. I'm my opinion, Illinois will never be able