The Saint Paul globe., 1903-11-08

when Rogers led his men onto the field,
but after that, with the exception of a
few enthusiastic freshmen who insisted
upon being for Minnesota first, last and
all the time the entire crowd laugh1ngly
took up the yells of the Lawrence ana
Wisconsin teams and In friendly way
roasted the Minnesota men for their fall
ure to hurry the touchdowns
Aside from the few freshmen who work.
ed up a blue color In their attempts to
outyell the students who were roofing for
Lawrence, the Lawrence players were the
only ones who considered the game In
serious light.
The little fellows, though outweighed
and hopelessly outclassed, worked hard
all through the game, and when now and
then the Minnesota men fumbled on the
or 10-yard lines and carelessly lost the
ball the Lawrence players redoubled their
efforts to score against Minnesota.
It was a fairly good practice game FOR
the Gophers, but it was disappointment
to any foreign coaches who might nave
quietly journeyed to Minnesota to see the
maroon and gold team at work. If any
Wisconsin or Illinois representatives were
in the stands they saw nothing but the
most simple, ordinary brand OF football
and that played in a most l1StleSS man
ner.
The scoring was easy for Minnesota
time again the Gophers found themselves
within striking distance in such short
time that only the convenient tumble
saved them from going over for other
! touchdowns Several feature plays were
worked in during the afternoon, the one
| most deserving of mention being jimmy
| Irsfield's sprint from the 40-yaro Hne 1of
| a touchdown.
Lawrence Kicks Off.
Lawrence opened the game by kicking
| to Harris on the 5-yard line ana the III
tie quarter went back TO tne Zo-yaro
line. Davies went on through to Law
rence's 45-yard line without any apparent
| trouble. Minnesota got to the 25-yard
line on the next play, but was not anX-
| ious to rush the scoring and holding In
| the line was discovered. The Gophers
were marched back 20 yards
Harris tried a quarterback run, but was
stopped and Lawrence got the ball. Law
renee kicked to Minnesota's 35-yard nne'
and Minnesota fumbled, Lawrence gettlng
| the ball Lawrence fumbled and Mlnne-
sofa. regaining the ball, had Harris kick
to Lawrence's 45-yard line. Lawrence
tried to gain. but could not and kicked
to the middle of the field Minnesota
then settled down to a few minutes OF
real work and rushed the Lawrence line
| for touchdown in rapid fashion.
The work for the second touchdown
made during the first half resembled the
start off. BY fumbling at critical mo-
ments Minnesota made Lawrence appear
playing strong game, but after the
| Gophers had delayed their work long
| enough to permit another scoring the
| rushes were resumed and Current went
| through for the touchdown without
| trouble Harris missed poor punt out
| and the half ended with the score II to O..
| The Minnesota team worked trif1e
| faster in the second half and piled up
| touchdowns for a time at the rate of one
every five minutes.
| The game was remarkably clean one,
| and but little time was taken out for in
| jurfes by either side. Several times the
little Lawrence players, tired out by their
| work against the big maroon and gold
| men, were forced to rest, but they came
out Of the game practically without a
| scratch and but one change was made In
the Lawrence lineup during the game.
| The teams lined up as follows: