The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-15
FAST SCRIMMAGE
At The VARSITY
SECOND TEAM GAVE STUBBORN
FIGHT TO FIRST.
Outside Comment on the Advancement
of Minnesota Not Founded Upon Fact
Work Has Been by Easy Stages
But Three Veterans Now at Work.
Ry O'Loughlin.


Minnesotas football squad went out on the
'deld last night knowing Just where they got
off, or, in other words, Dr. Williams poSteu
bulletin In the dressingroom giving the lineup
OF the first and second teams. No substitutes
were posted for the first team, but the SECONDS
line was doubled. study OF last hlSht me,
nm Is interesting, To those who have 1olloWeu
the game it looks as tho 1t was the making OF
the eleven Of 1904, altho this is not certain by
any means There are men on the second tenn
who are picking up their football In splehulo
shane and who will press some OF the first selec
lions. . D
Smith and Max Kicker were down as guards,
Brush and Case were tackles, and Luce anu
Marshall ends Jimmy Irsfeld and Burgan were
the halves, with Current fuback Hunter wa
quarter. This team went after the scrubs las11
night They pounded them, carried them down
the field despite stubborn resistance and scored
almost at will.
Case in the Line.
The new man on the first squad last night
was Case who halls from st. Cloud This rel
low has the strength of q giant ana is 1aSs
first team, and 1t begins to look as tho he
could not be denied. Tschabold was on the
second team with Ittner, and proved one of the
most effective men in the scrub line. Ischa.
holds weakness appears to lie in slowness and
q too mechanical effort to break up the opposing
defense. He goes at the play 5000 deal INK,
man trimming signals and has much to over
come to put himself in the 1rst-class division:
Luce and Marshall are having a pretty rivalry
on the ends. Luce outrun his rival ana pos
sesses greater strength. On the other
hand Marshall has the advantage IN his
experience. He Is a careful watcher ana keepi
his eye on the ball and on the offense OF tbs
opposite line He is willy player and good
diver Brush showed to better advantage yes
terday as ground gamer than ne mas since ne
Joined the team. He made good. stiff run and,
thump which shook things up.
Hunter looks like the find Of the year ror
quarter, altho he has two competitors In Varco
and Cutting. Varco is faster than Hunter but
does not go into the thick of the scrlmmage
with the smashing abandon Of Hunter. Cutting
has trouble with his passing, but Is a game
little man and plays for all that there Is In
MIN. Irsdeld and BWgan bring their expert
ence into play with telling effect, and Current II
tower Of strength in the backfeld. At pres
ent the backheld looks almost made, as kremer
Nuessle aud Gleason good men, Nuessle es
pecauy showing improvement this year. The
line is where the big work Is to come. Brusl
and Case are high-school men who hav
lot to learn. Kicker is working earnestl,
new and Dan Smith takes his football as
Tennessee mountaineer takes his hquor-abso
-futely straight. Luce and Marshall working
well, the former consistently than thu
latter.
How They Look.
Minnesota has plenty of material in her squad
but the quality and stamina are yet to come
Speed is we'll indicated in the squad but thu