The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-18
G0PHERS TURNED DOWN
CHICAGO REFUSES TO SCHEDULE
A FOOTBALL GAME WITH MIN :
NESOTA FOR, NEXT FALL.
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Chicago, Jan. 1S.-Chicago Will not
play football games, with West Point
and Minnesota next fall. This state
ment was made by Coach Stage in re-
ply to a question regarding the com
pletion Of his football schedule for
next year. Tt was generally expected
that the maroons would journey east
next fall for another game with -the
army, and also that they would re-
new football relations with the
gophers.
Chicago cannot go east to play West
Point next year because the manage
ment of the army team is unable TO
put up sufficient guarantee to: cover
the expenses of the trip.
DR. Williams of Minnesota wanted
to match his gophers against the ma
rooms next year, but Stage could not
arrange such a game because it would
make his schedule too heavy.
Chicago's schedule SO far as the
big Nine is concerned is complete.
Six of the Big Nine teams will be
played-Indiana, Purdue, Northwest
ern. Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan.
Cordial relations between the ath-
letic departments of Illinois and Wis
consin which were severed following
a forfeited baseball game last April,
were restored at a meeting of the ath-
leges Saturday at the Victoria hotel,
Chicago. The college representatives
also arranged their baseball schedules
and decided on a number of dates for
track meets and football games.
Under the terms of the settlement
Wisconsin's half of the receipts OF the
disputed baseball game, amounting to
$3.50, will go to the Purdue college
memorial fund and will be used in
meeting the losses which that team
sustained last fall in railroad wreck.
Among the schedules arranged was
a baseball date for Purdue with Min
nesota al Lafayette May 20. Illinois
Minneapolis American association
team at Champaign, April 1916, and
with Minnesota at Minneapolis May 8
10. NotreDame took baseball dates with
Minnesota at Minneapolis May 1918,
and with Minnesota at Notre Dame
May 81.
While all the colleges will play two
or more games with each other this
! year, the idea of continuing the inter
collegiate baseball league was aban-
doned because of the inability Of
Michigan to adjust it's playing time to
| the proposed schedule.
| badger basketball team was in misfor-
tune and that the game with Mime
sofa would be declared off, w. c.
Deering, manager of the Minnesota
| team, fastened to Madison to make
! representations, which, if they do not
bring about the game as scheduled
will rather make the Wisconsin peo-
pie cutters" in the basketball depart
ment.
Manager Deering offered the Wis
consin team a return game in Mime
apolis, with a cash guarantee to which
was added $50 guarantee for the
game with another Minneapolis team
all if the Wisconsin people would live
up to this schedule and entertain the
| gopher team in Madison Jan. 90.
| Manager Deering conferred with
| Chester Roberts, student manager OF
the basketball team at. Madison, but
| he received the reply that without
Graduate Manager Kilpatricl1's pres
ence nothing could be done. Then
Manager Deering hastened to Chicago
after Manager Fitzpatrick to arrange
other games for the Minnesota teams
The team from Minneapolis will take
an eastern trip of an aggregate OF
| more than 1900 miles.