The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-27
The Football Championship.

Minnesota's mighty football players
won new laurels at Madison yesterday.
AS schacht and Davies and the others
charged thru the rugged Wisconsin
line they were not only winning
the game, but also cinching Mime
sofas claim to the western champion
ship. It was good, straight football
no goals from the field, but three, sub
stantial touchdowns with two Of the
goals that usually go with touchdowns
It was a great victory and a decisive
one on a field where Minnesota mad
almost given up hope Of eyer winning,
so strong was the precedent against It..
The Wisconsin trick Of playing Min
nesota off it's feet in the first few
minutes Of the game was futile yes
terday, for Minnesota took the ag-
gressive from the start and W1scon-
sin was forced by a superior team to
take the defensive and play for f1ukes
and goals from the field. The tiukes
did not come and the goals were not
the admirers of a football team than
to see it's work improve as the game
progresses, Every minute yesterday
found the Minnesota eleven better
than 1t had been the minute before.
| This development resulted in a most
| gratifying conclusion. Whereas Min
nesota, tho manifestly stronger than
Wisconsin, had failed to score in the
first half, it marched steadily and IT.
resistibly to three touchdoWns I'M the
second half There was ample re-
serve power in the Minnesota team
and it was able to draw on the re-
serve when it was needed:
Wisconsin played consistent game
and again proved that Coach Curtis,
tho not favored by fortune, has sue
ceeded in developing very strong and
resourceful eleven. Every point made
by Minnesota was fully earned. It
was altogether a great exhibition of a
than all others appeals to the Amerl-
can people because, despite its dan
gers, it unites in itself so many OF
those qualities that Americans admire
individual initiative, union, courage
unselfshness, aggressiveness, perse-
,yerance, determination oresight-ano
affords the always fascinating spec
tacle of strong, we'll trained athletes
contending vigorously against each
other in physical contact or impact.
1t will be a long time before we
shall hear the last of the discussion
as to which is the stronger team
Michigan or Minnesota-which has the
better claim to the western champion.
ship. 1t seems to us that Minnesota
has the better of the argument It.
defeat of Wisconsin was much more
decisive, and in the game between
Michigan and Minnesota, the latter
clearly showed to better advantage
tho the score was a tie. Wisconsin il
the only big eleven both Michigan ant
Minnesota have met and compari
son of the performances in the two
games is the best test of development
subsequent to the Minnesota-M Michigan
game. Michigan's .rout of Chicago
yesterday is important merely a.
showing that the Chicago eleven is no
| Ill Iue SeIlIle CloSS Will mlCIiSdll d1It
Minnesota, conclusion strongly in
Dictated by it's erratic record and small
scores over second rate teams.
If Minnesota is stronger than Mich
igan, as we believesit is, the gopher
have a strong claim to be the. bes
football eleven in the United States
; We wish 1t were possible to arrang
a game between Minnesota and Prince
ton. To be well rounded out the, foot
ball season requires final game eacl
year between the east and west,