The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-29
ONLY FOUR REMAIN
Minnesota Eleven to Lose
Many Veteran Players.

At present 1t appears that only four OF
the Minnesota men who played In the
Wisconsin game will return to the uni
versity next fall. There are Strathern.
center; Harris, quarterback; Irsfield, half
back, and Current, fullback. or the rest,
Schacht Is now a postgraduate student,
Capt. Rogers. Thorpe. Burdick and Davies
will graduate. and Warren and Webster
will not continue their college courses.
1t is possible that Thorpe or Davies may
decide to return, but even then Minnesota
will lose more first -team men than almost
any of the big nine teams.
There is LEFT very good list of sub
stitutes to pick from and there is al
ways the possibility of finds" in the
freshman class.
OF the most likely candidates for po-
sitions in the line are big Smith and
Kicker, guards, and Pattee and Oech,
tackles. Smith and Pattee have shown
up especially we'll this year. and Oech and
Kicker have developed rapidly. For one
end, Marshall is pretty sure to make
good. while Tuck and Luce will fight it
out for the other. with possibly few
more rivals
Behind the line there will be many
more to choose from, as only Davies and
Boeekmann of all the fine material which
was in sight this fall will not be back
OBrien is sure to make Harris work to
keep his position if he is able to play
running mate, Burgan and Kremer this
years first subs. Nuessle and Gleason,
the best punter on the squad, will fight
it out among themselves.
There will be need of a great deal OF
elaboration over the choice of a captain,
for with so much raw material a man
who has the confidence of everybody is an
absolute necessity. or the four veterans
Current has hardly had enough varsity
experience, so there are really only three
men to choose from. At present Strath-
ern and Irsfield are looked on as the lead
ing candidates and the contest Is likely
to be close between them.
In regard to the schedule, Minnesota
is likely to have as good one as usual.
Dr. Williams has been in Chicago max
ing arrangements, and is expected back
tract to play Wisconsin and Iowa next
year and the contract with Illinois will
probably be renewed. The other big game
will be with Michigan if she Is willing
to play. If she is not Chicago will prob
ably be taken on instead. Nebraska is
also anxious for game with Minnesota
but it Is by no means certain that a
game Will be arranged. The minor games
will be- with one or two exceptions, the
same as in the past fall.
Manager Deering conferred with the
baseball managers of the big nine while
in Chicago Friday, and has received
assurances which make it probable that
Minnesota will be represented by a base
ball team next spring. A trip VIII be
taken on which four or five of the big
nine teams will be met and several OF
them will appear on Northrop field. Pre-
Viously there has been no attempt to ar
range a baseball schedule so early and
Wisconsin and Iowa are the only members
of the big nine who have played Mime
sofa on her own grounds. The dates will
be announced within a few weeks. Man
ager Deering has also been working on
basketball schedule which will be COM
pleted in few days. This will also be
more extensive than usual.