The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-17
TUESDAY EVENING,

Point game Saturday indicates that
Stages team, which admittedly In
cludes as good individual material as
any eleven In the west, has at last
begun to reach the form which was
predicted at the beginning of the sea-
son. Altho beaten, Chicago clearly
outplayed the soldiers in straight FOOT
ball, point in which the maroons nave
been weakest this season. In kicking,
handling of punts, ability to make field
goals, and even in defense at critical
times. Chicago has been strong all
along. Her men have the weight,
speed, and experience to make a
strong offensive team, and they should
improve steadily until they meet Mich
igan. The Indifferent football played
early in the season obviates any dam
ger of going stale. and Stage can now
drive his men hard until Thanksgiv-
ing Day. The Michigan-Chicago game,
will undoubtedly be one of the hard
est of the season, and will have a most,
important bearing upon the champions
ship.
Manager Bernard stopped in Madi-
son yesterday, on his way home from
Champaign. to make arrangements for
seats for the Minnesota rooters at
Camp Randall Thanksgiving Day.
Barnard will arrive in Minneapolis to-
morrow, but 1000 choice seats have
already arrived, and will be put on
sale within a few days. The seats
are upon both sides of the field, and in
the center of the gridiron, comprising
one Of the choicest locations on the
grounds. Final arrangements have
been made for the excursion trains
which will carry the main guard of the
Minnesota rooters to Madison. Rail
road officials expect a crowd which
will fill four or five sections. The
train will leave Minneapolis at D. m.
Wednesday, Nov. 20, and st. Paul at
9:35. reaching Madison at a. m. Re-
turning the train will leave Madison
at p. M, Thursday, arriving in the
rate is Sc for the round trip. The rate
for sleepers will be 81 for the round
trip. and the sections will be so ar
ranged that those who take sleepers
will be far enough away from the more
eXuberant rooters to enjoy good
nights rest.
| The Milwaukee Sentinel sizes up the
| football situation as follows:
| The chances of the badgers in the
gopher contest Will8depend on the way
| in which the team passes thru the
| Northwestern contest. In as good con-
dition as they were when they faced
Michigan all believe that the badgers
| will defeat the gophers. Members
of the Michigan team and Coach Yost
himself stated that they thought wis
consin could turn Msne trick. To say
they hope so is needless, for the game
means almost as much to Michigan
as it does to Wisconsin, for if the Min
1 nesota team is defeated and Michigan
| defeats Chicago, the wolverines will
have fairly clear claim to the west
ern championship, provided of course
! that Wisconsin defeats Northwestern
| also.
''That Michigan will defeat Chicago
Thanksgiving Day seems an almost
foregone conclusion. All who saw
the game at Ann Arbor Saturday
think that the maroon championship
aspirations can be easily disposed Of
Jimmy Sheldon, the old Chicago cap
/ tain, who was on the same train as
the Wisconsin party returning from
the game, and in speaking Of the pros
pect for Chicago, said that he did not
see how it would be possible to de-
feat Michigan"