The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-21
FOOTBALL
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Alumni Complain That Varsity Foot I /
ball Men Are Not Working
Hard Enough.
Management Preparing for a Rec
ord Breaking Crowd at the !
\ Michigan Game.

Alumni of the state university com
plain. that the Minnesota squad Is not
working as hard as it should work ten
days. before the biggest game Of the
year. Yesterday both the players and
the coaches We're slow INJECTING out,
andsconsiderable time was wasted in
the ,$dressing-room which mightShave
been used to advantage. by the backs
at least in practicing handling punts.
At Michigan, it Is said. .Yost has his
men on the field at 3 o'clock every aft
ernoon,Ean the squad puts in an aver
age Of three hours work a day, where
as at Northrop field the. time ranges
from an hour and a half to two hours.
It is not the intention Of T h e
Journal to interfere in DR.. Will
lains' plans, nor to tell him his bust
ness. Too much work is as bad as
too little, and DR.. Williams undoubt-
eddy has his reasons for what he is
doing. Still, an hour and a half seems
to an outsider a rather short spell of
work for a team which must he on
edege in "a little more than week,
and which has but eight days of :prac-
tice, including to-day, before it's cruc-
ial contest. -::-..' = -, - - 50
Strange to say, in spite Of all that is
known Of Michigan's strength, and in
spite of the object lessons on over-con-
fidence that, are afforded almost every
week during any season, some mem
bers of the Minnesota squad appear to
be imbued with the idea that the game
with Michigan is already nearly won.
Needless to. say: that is very far from
the. truth. Michigan mustistill be con-
coded to be the favorite, for the game.
Minnesota: Is far from championship
form. The plays are not yet executed
with hesprecision which will be neces-
sary to gain against Michigan: The
kicking, and the work of the back
field In catching and running back
punts Is far below the standard. Min
.nesota has a chance to win If the men
work to the limit Of their capacity
from now until Oct. 31-not other,
wise. rs - l., -
- - ).
Yesterdays practice was open part
Of the time. The second and third
teams had a short period of scrim-
mage. while the first eleven practiced
catching punts. Later the gates We're:
closed and secret practice was started.
There Is much speculationEin regard
to the size of Saturdays score. It is
the general belief that Minnesota can
run up 400 points if the men work
tic of the students think Minnesota
has a chance to- beat Michigan's to-
tai of points for last season. The
gophers have already made 461. The
Belolt game. should add anywhere
from SO to*10O points, and the. game
other big. total: 1t lis quite probable
that the. total for these two games
will be over $50. and With good luck
the Illinois and Wisconsin, contests
may net 20 or 80 more sThe game
with the 1900 team. Nov: ri will add
somethingtto theHtotal. This would put
the SUM for the season above the ag-s
gregate- scores of :Yost,s men. Of
course, even if Minnesota defeats
Michigan the score will be too small
to swell, the total appreeiabIy. 80
The Minnesota 4 management is
making preparations for a, record
breaking crowd Oct 81. Temporary
bleaehers will be erected at both ends
of the field, increasing TIN &total seat
ing capacity to. about $4,000. Only,
the seats in the center sections, of
the north and south stands will be
reserved, the sections at. each end
being left open to holders Of general
admission tickets. The fact that the
winner of the game WILL probably
capture the championship should,
bring out a crowd 80 percent bigger
than any that has ever attended 2.
game in this city. Minneapolis alone
Is likely to furnish 10, 900 or '12,O 900
persons In: addition to this number
many hundreds. will come from the
surrounding towns. Requests, for
blocks Of fifty or one hundred tickets
have already been received. by the;
management from the smaller towns
of the state. St.sPaul will send a. big,
quota, and several hundred. rooters
will undoubtedly come from Ann Ar
Dor to see their team perform. It is
likely that the seating capacity Of
the field will be taxed. * -. = -.
Tickets for the game will be on
sale Friday morning at Voegeris drug
store the School Education company
and H. w. Wilson's in this city and at
Tibbett's cigar store in st. Paul. Cen
eral admission for the game will be
reserved seats 50 and boxes $3.50
and SO. 49,, b.. ya.;.. .,;- -:~s,, -. 49,. ~
The officials for the BeIoit. game
have been announced, Phil Allen of
Chicago will referee and Henry
Clarke will umpire. The price. Of
tickets for this game Is 50teents gen
eral admission, 81 for reserved seats