The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-15
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FOOTBALL
NIL |. " AUKEE
Board Of Control Approves Proposal
! to Play Minnesota Wisconsin
Game There.
Practice At the Varsity ' !. Spirited,
insspite Of the Hard
Rain.

i Inc university OIL dLIlcIlC COA-
troll yesterday voted to allow the Mime
wisconsin game this year to be
played at Milwaukee instead OF at Mad1-
son. It has been understood between the
athletic authorities Of the two universe
ties for some time that Milwaukee would
be. the place for the game, but no Off
cial permission had been granted by the
athletic board Of Minnesota until yester
day. 1t is expected that the attendance
at Milwaukee will be much larger than
at Madison.
Football practice at the university yes
terday was spirited, in spite of the hard
rain. The usual work of following punts
down the field, and signal practice, pre-
coded the scrimmage work. When the
first and second teams lined up, Strathern
was at center on the varsity; Pattee and
Benson guards; Schacht and Warren;
tackles; Rogers and Tucks ends; Harris
quarter; Bergen and Irsfield halves, and
Burdiok fullback. On the second team
were Big Smith, center; Hoyt and Russell
guards; Webster and Oech tackles; Har-
.oldson and Luce ends; O'Brien, quarter;
Gleason and Current halves; Kremer, full
back. 100"
The varsity was slow in waking up and
the second team gained freely for while.
Gleason and Kremer doing most Of the
work for the scrubs. O'Brien ran the
second team in excellent style. The var
sity line men played too high. until siren
uous coaching induced them to get down.
The varsity finally took the ball, but was
unable to gain until Davies and Neussle
went In at halves and Thorpe at full. The
new halves played with more speed. and
the varsity soon pushed the ball over for
a touchdown. Warren and Schacht at
tackles on the varsity did good work both
in carrying the ball and on defensive.
The first team was then dismissed, and
the third team lined up against the sec
ond. The third team lined up as follows:
Kicker, center; Stevens and Brown,
guards; ,Ostrand and Huska, tackles; Mar
shall and Cans, ends; Little Smith, quar-
ter; Middle Smith, fullback; Nelson and
Colburn, halves. The second team scored
one touchdown, and then the third team
took the ball at the ten-yard line and
carried it over:
| Following his usual policy, DR.. Williams
has been shifting the men nightly espe-
cially the new players. With many OF
the men playing new positions every, day,
1t is still difficult to, eliminate any of them
from consideration for the first team. TIC
date, Gleason and Neussle Of the new
backs have shown the most speed, and
appear the most promising men under
the new rules; where speed Is at more OF
a premium than it has been in recent
years: Nelson also has done good work
Irsheld, Davies and O'Brien, on account
| OF their greater experience, are still IA
faYorftes for the halfback positions. Bur-
dick has been doing good work both al
fullback and at guard. Thorpe has gen
orally been regarded as the logical sue
cessor of Knowlton at fullback, but The
is slow In starting, and may give place
to some, faster tho lighter man, such as
Gleason. Sig Harris has not been seri-
ously threatened with loss Of his place a,
quarter. - y. :;
In the line strathern, center, schach
and Warren, tackles. and Rogers, end are
the only men, certain of their places. None
Of the guards is. yet playing tn'varsits
form. Russell, IIoyt, Oech and Brown
are among the most likely candidates
Marshall has played the most consisten
game among the end candidates: Mex
to him and Cans and Nelson, Bergen ha!
done fair work at both halfback and end.
The. board of control yesterday elected
Claude Haney, secretary Of the board II
place of Paul Smith, resigned. The boart
also took out an insurance policy on tn.
new athletic field and grand stand. TIL,
premium is half of 1 per cent Of the sea
sons gate receipts, and the insurance
company agrees to pay all damages caused
4 by accident to Spectators.