The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-06

a Memphis woman. and with his bride and
full retinue of help will sail from New
York on Nov. IA for Germany.
The attendance at the Johnson-Mcvey
fight in Los Angeles broke all records In
that city. The receipts amounted TO $500.
Johnson's portion being 81, 796. Mcvey's $1,S64
and the clubs $3.50. The fight excited
much betting and at least $4,000 changed
hands. Johnson received many presents
from his admiring friends. one of which was
a shot bag containing So worth of nickels.
Johnson had a busy half hour giving them
away TO newsboys.
Glenn Warner tells a good story about
Schouchuk. the doughty little center on the
Carlisle team. When the Eskimo first be-
gan playing he received a good deal Of
roughing from opponents. and in one game
he received a stiff uppercut. Schouchuk
only grunted and said: You can't fool
Eskimos." On the next play he brought
his elbow up with a iab and caught his
his opponent let him a~lone-Boston Herald.
1t is said that M. E. McHenry, who has
so successfully trained Dan Patch. 1854.
during the last three seasons. will go over
10 the runners According to report. Nc
Henry has already bought some thorough
bred youngsters of gilt-edge breeding which
he will train TO start In some of the big
events on the running, turf. There is no
doubt but that McHenry can train a runner
as well as he can a harness horse. which.
by the way, will be fully as well as any
of the regular trainers of runners can do.
but it will go against the grain for him to
stand on the ground and let some ninety
fve-pound boy steer his horses in their
races. He knows about every quip and turn
of the racing game. and it's dollars to
cents that when he loses a few races which
he knows ought to have been won by the
exercise of good judgment he will be ready
to get back in that branch OF racing in
which he can use the speed he has de-
veloped as his judgment dictates.
The football season of 1903 has arrived at
that period where big games follow in rapid
cfonacci4n a-I fLa ~ ornnfAncbfn contests
of the end of the season are only a few
weeks off. Saturday of last week saw two
games of very considerable Importance
the Yale-Columbia contest at New York
and the Princeton-Cornell struggle at
Princeton. Next Saturday will witness the
clash of Harvard and the University OF
Pennsylvania at Philadelphia. One week
after the Harvard Pennsylvania game con-
test comes the Yale-Princeton game. which
promises to be about the hardest of the
to be followed on the succeeding Saturday
by what is usually the final game of the
championship season, the Yale-Harvard
game at Cambridge. All of the big elevens
have now passed through the period OF
preliminary practice work, the rudiments
of the game have been mastered. and the
elevens of Yale. Harvard and Princeton are
still unbeaten, and all with some hope of
g~alning-or, in the case of Yale, retaining
the football championship.
Minnesotans are disappointed because the
outside critics do not give the Gophers credit
" otDld iA6 tit "A ohSPotNt
from Minneapolis says: Minnesota gained
237 yards from s~crimmages, twenty-seven in
running back punts, fifty-ive in running
back kick-offs, and 1886 from punts. or a total
of 74 yards, while Michigan gained only 152
yards from scrimmages, nine from running
back punts, ten from running back kick-offs
and 1856 from punts, or a total Of 507 yards;
in other words, about 200 yards less than
their opponents. In addition Michigan was
helped forward a total of ninety yards by
penalties imposed on Minnesota" The last
part of this quoted passage is the one that
is hard to understand. 1t is offered by the
correspondent not as a fact that should be
held up against Minnesota, but rather
against the Wolverines. Was 1t Michigan's
fault that Minnesota men got off-side SO
much? Are not misplays as we'll as good
plays to be taken into consideration In cast
ing up the balance sheet of the abilities of
two teams in a given contest? The off-side
work of the Gophers is attributed to eager
ness and Overanxiety." Were the Michigan
players not quite. as eager and anxious as
the Gophers? Keeping on-side is funda
mental in line playing. If Michigan kept
on-side better than Minnesota. Michigan
was that much superior to Minnesota and
should have full credit therefor.