The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-26
WAS FOR ALL
Fact that Small Score Was Ordered
Saturday Was Not Kept
Secret. So lfs...ss
DR.. H.. Il. Williams Makes State
j raents Regarding so-called Sure
s7 thing Bets.

ID THE recent attempt which has been
made by a few persons Who lost money
on Saturdays football game to bring;
the. football management and me nlS
bers of the squad into Sdisre pute has
fallen rather fiat. The charge" was
made that members of the squad won
money on "sure-thing" bets, knowing
beforehand about what the score
would be. !, & =,
Before leaving the city last Friday
night, DR.. Williams Instructed Assist
ant Coach Dobie that after four touch
downs had been made, work should be
devoted to secure general practice. DR..
Williams had informed the newspaper
reporters that no attempt. would. be
made to run UP a large score, and this
information was generally known at
the university and among many towns
people. Michigan, in last Saturdays
game. allowed the same course, scor-
ing only At points against Drake,
which team was defeated by Iowa by
a considerable score.a$ 5.
al What President NorthrOp Says.
rs President Northrop allowed himself
to be quoted as follows in reference
to Saturdays, contest: 5G13
From what have been able to
learn; the, charges Of gambling which
have been made against members Of
the football squad are the occasion Of
no unusual comment. The fact that
the team had been instructed to make
onlysa small score was public. property
and it was the right of every one to
use that information as he thought
best The worst feature of the game
was the disappointment to@smany OF
the spectators over the fact that a. large
score was not rolled UP. Many people
paid to see Minnesota roll up a large
score. and the. fact. that the team had
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have been. advertised more generally:
DR.. Williams, who was at the Chi
cago-Illinois game Saturday, is in
clined to treat the charges lightly, but
in order to clear the situation, has
made the following statement: -.
1t has been stated that students at the
university ''won money. on a sure thing
last Saturday by betting on a low score
against Beloit, it having been privately
clipped OFF, that the team was under in
structions to keep the score below a GER
| tain point The facts of the matter are
these. The Beloit game was a practice
game and it was the purpose of Minnesota
to get as much practice out Of 1t as pos
sible. With this object in view. the team
was instructed to kick constantly s@upor
first downs and try for a goal from thu
field every time they got within striking
distance after twenty points had beer
made, in order that the team might ge
some much needed drill in this depart
ment. -.
While such matters are never published
beforehand, for obvious reasons, no grea
secret was made of the matter, and nj
clipping OFF, of the plan to parties 70
the purpose Of betting was done-such {
charge is absurd on the face Of it. %-,x e..
, It was common knowledge around tn
i campus on Friday afternoon that tn
score would be a small one. Two report
ers-from T h e. ] o II n a and Tribune
called upon me Friday morning and aske'
what the score would probably be. I tol'
them mot large, perhaps 80, or between
80 and 50,'f q ess.Sts2s4 r.. e; <a-g<. l..
IT, No doubt some students bet upon tn
i1garre This is an unfortunate condition
Of affairs which exists to some extent a
teyery university at every game and can
, not be entirely econtrolled.
. e.. ,.~:.. --. Henry L.. Williams.