The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-09
MAROON STOCK Low.
Chicago Has Very Slim Chance to
Win from Michigan Thanks
giving Day
Defeat Of Illinois by Indiana a
Great Surprise Situation in
the East.

The poor showing of Chicago
against the Haskell Indians was the
feature of Saturdays football games
In the west. The lnaroons expected
an easy practice game, but as 1t
turned out they had to extend them
selves to the limit to win at all. The
redskins put up a surprisingly good
game, but had Chicago played in any
thing like championship form, her
score would have been doubled.
The result of the game makes
Michigan even more pronounced
favorite for the Thanksgiving day
game with the maroons. Stage
material which looked stronger than
that Of any one Of the big nine, but
the showing of the team has been a
distinct disappointment all the way
thru. The victory over Illinois gave
rise to the belief that the poor work
against Northwestern was due to
over-confidence, and not to inherent
strengthened by Chicago's defeat OF
| Wisconsin. Saturdays game, how
ever, revives the opinion that Stage
cannot hammer his eleven into shape
to cope with the wolverines.
| Michigan also played a disappoint-
ing game against Ohio. The Buck
eyes fairly played Yost's men to a
| StdnOSC1ll Ill Lac ScCOllu lldiI, anu W.
| for fumbles, would have scored a
| touchdown on straight football.
| Michigan had in number of substi-
tutes. however, and it must be re-
nIembered that the team played a
! poor game against Drake the week
before it's magnificent exhibition on
Northrop field. There is no ground
| for the supposition that Yosts ma
chine has slipped a cog.
L ~ -, 90 ms n0hknEh
| normal proves nothing, the weakness
of the latter team, and the fact that
| the badgers used number of subs
| preventing any accurate deductions.
# developed that in Busch, the end,
wisconsin has a pretty fair kicker.
Illinois Weaker Than Was Believed
The defeat of Illinois by Indiana
Saturday was one OF the sensations OIL
the year, and will tend to detract
from the interest taken in the Mime
sota-Illinois game at Champaign Sat
urday The Illini were supposed
early in the season to have one of the
best.teams in the history of the insti-
; tuition. Their defeat by Chicago ano
later their game with Northwestern
caused a slump in Illinois stock, but Il
was still thought that Woodruff mer
would have an easy time with In
diana. which was beaten early in the
season by Wabash college, and which
lost to Chicago "a to 0, and to Michi
gan 81 to O..
That Indiana has improved consid
erably there can be no doubt, but LII
nois must ne much weaker than wa
+ supposed. Unless they slump from
over-confidence, the gopherss shoult
run up big score on the HIN
| | Saturday.
Next Saturdays games in the Yves
: include the Michigan Wisconsin con
: fest. In which the wolverines will b.
t strong favorite A victory by Wis
: consin is hardly to be expected, unles
: the latter team develops in sensa
: tionaI manner, and Michigan slumps
. which is not likely.
> Except the Harvard-Pennsylvani
;. contest. Saturdays games IN the cas-
q aroused little interest. Even tn
!, struggle between the crimson an
9 the red and blue was not very serious
: w regarded, as it has no bearing O
: the championship. The crucial con
+ test in the east is that between 1ai
q and Princeton this week. In Satur
: days games, Yale showed the bette
: form. Princeton played a poor gam
against Lafayette. and must sho'
great Improvement to win from IN
Ellis. The latter team. tho weak 6
. center. has a great advantage i
d weight, and Is the favorite with tn
majority.
harvard was generally expected
: defeat Pennsylvania, altho it was rec
4 ognized that if either team fell muc
Q below its top FORM the other Woul
/, score victory. Lehigh was counte
If on to give Cornell a hard game. IN
d 1t was not thought she would hold tn
g 1thaeans to tie. r.