The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-05
FOOTBALL
EASY / G0PHERS
Minnesota Makes Score Of 39Against
Grinnell Eleven Without
l :e Great Exertion. S.
Play Is Ragged, but Improvement Is
Seen in the Individual
Work.
Saturdays Scores.

Minnesota 80, Grinnell 0.
Chicago "a, Indiana 0.
Michigan 81, Case 0.
Northwestern %, Lombard o.
Wisconsin %, Naperville 0.
Nebraska %, South Dakota o.
Purdue II, Beloit 0.
Kansas "a, State Agricultural O.
Notre Dame II. Michigan Agricultural o.
EAST.
Yale 46, Vermont 0.
Harvard 6, Maine 0.
Pennsylvania 16, Lehigh 0.
Princeton 1t, Georgetown y.
Cornell II, Rochester 0.
Columbia Sc, Union 0.
Williams IS, Laureate Boat Club IL.
Amherst "a, Colby 0.
Brown II, Wesleyan 0.
Dartmouth 49, Holy Cross o.
West Point II, Tufts O.
Bowdoin 49, New Hampshire 0.
Lafayette II, Gettysburg O.
Last Years Scores.
WEST.
Minnesota 1O2, Grinnell 0.
II Chicago SO. Indiana 0.
Michigan 4S, Case 6.
EAST
Yale "a, Vermont O..
Harvard %, Maine O.
Pennsylvania u, Lehigh O..
Cornell 81, Rochester O..
Minnesota did not show unexpected
strength against the Grinnell foot-
ball team yesterday afternoon, but
neither was the play of the gophers
disappointment. They did Just about
what the more conservative rooters
expected, and no more.
Before the game several enthusl-
astic adherents of the team offered
even money that Minnesota would
score so points or more. On a dry
field they might have won their bets,
but the soggy turf Of Northrop field
initiated against fast play.
: Compared with Minnesota's 1902
score of 102 points against the loWans,
Saturdays total Of 80 looks small.
Last year, however, Minnesota played
.Grinnell a month later in the season,
when the gopher attack was nearly
perfected. Moreover, Grinnell is fully
100 per cen tsronger than she was
last year.
i Minnesota took things rather de-
liberately all thru the game. 1t
looked as if they might have made
q bigger score had they desired. The
play did not show remarkable speed,
and several times Grinnell held the
gophers for downs or forced them to
punt. On the defense Minnesota al
lowed the red and black to make it's
first down more than once, but the
gopher goal line was never endan-
gered. Grinnell would have had a
better chance to score had she tried
Liew kept to straight linebucks, which
had no chance against the heavy Min
nesota forwards.
5 In the first half the gophers played
their best game, scoring five touch
downs in the thirty minutes Boeck-
mann, who has been out for practice
only a few days, went in at fullback,
and played a good game, but was soon
forced to retire in favor Of Current.
lrsfield and Davies put up their usual
strong game in the halfback positions.
Davies got In the only long run Of the
for a touchdown.
In the second half Bergen and
Neussle went in at halves, while Pat
tee took Sratherns place. Russell
replaced Warren at left guard and
Benson took Webster's place at left
Jackie. Inc new combination did not
work so WE'LL and the gophers were
able to score only two touchdowns in
the twenty minutes Of play. Grinnel
made number Of short gains thru,
Russell and Benson. Shortly after
the beginning of the half, UNI pire Hef-
1elhnger ruled Neussle off for rough
play, and Gelason took his place. do.
Ing fair work.
Inc problem Of right end seems to
nave been solved by putting Burdick
IN that place. Saturday the big fel.
low stopped all plays directed at his
end and played an excellent all.
round game. Thorpe also appears te
pc a fixture at right guard, and iude
ing from Saturdays play, the othe,
positions are practically settled. witt
me exception Of quarter and fullbaclx
II IS hard to tell just what will hapne1
When Sig Harris gets back into tn,
game. OBrien, while he has not haf
as much experience at quarter as Sic
runs the team we'll, and his weigh
ana speed make him more valuahl
man IN the Interference He is ais,
strong In returning punts, and carry
ing the ball thru broken field. It !
toss-up who gets the place. Book
mann II he is willing to train hard
sllould make a valuable man at ful1
pack, but otherwise Current will 70
tain the place. ''A
while the play as a whole was "a
geo saturday, there were several az,
courag1rg features Better nroteo+in
WAS given the man with the ball an
ne interference stayed with the RIM
>her longer than has been the mi
heretofore. The linemen showed ~
eHect of Heffelfingers coaching 90
Peclally on defensive play. goine :
harder and lower 4rnd charging n,1i ~,
er. The lineup: aelch