The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-29

Left guard-Bertke, OF Wisconsin.
Center-Strathern of Minnesota.
Right half-Heston, of Michigan.
Left alf-Vanderboom, of Wisconsin.
Quarter-Harris, of Minnesota.
Fullback-Salmon, of Notre Dame.
Second Team.
Right end-Redden, of Michigan.
Left end-Bush of Wisconsin.
Right tackle-Allen, of Northwestern.
Left taclzle-Hammond, of Michigan.
Right guard-Beacom, of Notre Dame.
Left guard-Warren, of Minnesota.
Center-Gregory, of Michigan.
Right half-Davies, of Minnesota.
Left half-Diener of Illinois.
Quarter-EckerSall, of Chicago.
Fullback-Currant, of Minnesota.
In the end positions the selections
will offer a chance for dispute through
the failure to put Redden on the first
team, but Abbott, of Wisconsin, in our
opinion, deserves place ahead Of the
Michigan man. At the other end Rog-
ers won his title by his play In the
Michigan game.
At tackle the critics generally will
admit that Maddox and Schacht are
in class of their own, and Thorpe de-
serves a guard position. Schultz, OF
Michigan, and Warren, Of Minnesota,
have a right to dispute the selection
Of Bertke, of Wisconsin, for the other
guard position, but the Badger we be-
lieve has a little the better Of 1t.
Strathern is the greatest center OF
the West Gregory follows him close,
but the Minnesota man will be gener-
ally awarded the place. Nothing need
be said in defense Of the selection OF
Heston for right half. Vanderboom is
given the other back field position for
his work in the game Thanksgiving
day. In this same game Davies, of
Minnesota, played a game that almost
compelled one to place him on the first
team.
The big dispute comes on the selec-
ton of the quarter. Our principal re-
gret is that Henry O'Brien was put out
Of the running through injuries re-
ceived before the big games. With
O'Brien playing in these games we
would not hesitate between Harris and
Eckersall and the quarter position
would go to O'Brien.
Harris is put ahead Of Eckersall be-
cause we can only see EckersalPs good
work in the Chicago Wisconsin game.
His kicking in this game brought him
under the limelight, but to our mind
he did not make good following this.
Harris is a better field general. Ecker
sail failed several times in his attempts
to run the Chicago team. In the West
Point game he was excused, the plea
being that he was handicapped, but in
the Michigan game he was severely
criticised for his failure to use the
plays designed by Stage to stop Michi-
gan.
Hockey may become a popular game
In st. Paul this winter If the clubs now
being organized throughout the CITY
will only unite in some effort to make 1t
possible for the public to witness the
games.
1t is understood that the st. Paul
Hockey league is to be revived, and II
this is true, the clubs should not delay
in organizing the league and preparing
their plans. There is much to do If the
promoters care to have the public take
an interest in the play, and without the
public the league will have another
hard time endeavoring to get through
season.
The public, If allowed an opportunity
to discover that hockey is even more
exciting than football, would be anx-
ious to witness the match games, but
you cannot ask the people to spend
their good money for permission to
stand around in the cold watching this
ice game.
A suitable rink, one that has heated
stands and can be reached without
wandering under bridges, across rail-
road tracks and a frozen river, will
mean a successful season for the league.
The league, If organized, should en-
deavor to secure such a rink.
The surprise of the week in the fight
world was the miserable exhibition
furnished by George Gardner in his
fight with Fitzsimmons.
Exhibitions of this nature are al
ways encountered when the public is
allowing itself to be convinced that
the fight game is not receiving fair
treatment along with other sports.
Gardner had a good reputation before
he went into this fight with F'itz. He
was looked upon as a conner, and yet
there was Fitzsimmons, every inch the
fighter who had returned once too often,
and yet Gardner could not even make
| a good fight against this used-up old
man.
There is no desire to cry fake, but
this is what a large number will cry.
The story will be that F'itz was to fight
| Corbett If he won from Gardner and
| that there was to be no fight If he lost.
That's the story and the rumor will
be that Gardner listened and took the
| losers end.
The next thing in order to thorough
| ly disgust the people will be the an
| nouncement, after a reasonable wait,
| that Fitzsimmons' hands are healed,
tHdl Il liz anu OoIuCIt H1lS each oeiiei
and that they have decided to knock
each others block off.
Either Bobby Quinn, of the Columbus
| team, has been incorrectly quoted by
| the Cincinnati Enquirer or the genial
| Mr. Quinn has been all upset in his
/ geography. Quinn is credited with fur
nishing the baseball fanatics with the
| following story:
| 1--WE seen many a funny play come
| off in my time, but I think st. Paul
holds the medal for the scene of a
| queer one. One afternoon Mike Grady
sent Dan Lally after terrific fly,
| Dan chased the leather clear to the
fence. got his claws on the ball. and