The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-23
VARSITY SQUAD HAS
SECRET PRACTICE
First Team Goes Through For
nations for TomoHow's
Game

The varsity squad was put through
formations yesterday afternoon in prepa-
ration for the game with the University
OF South Dakota Saturday afternoon. The
members OF the first squad were taken to
an obscure corner of the field hidden from
the prying eyes of the devotees of the
peau de swine. and there received instruc-
lions as needed. The big fellows are be-
ginning to show Improvement in nearly
every phase of the game, and are gradual
~ putting on speed.
With so many green players the first
months progress is bound to be little
slow as it takes more time to drill the
Tudimentary principles of the game into
the head of an inexperienced player than
il does to teach him the fine points later
on when he has mastered the first princi-
pies. With this fact taken into consider
alton, the varsity on the eve of its second
game of the season has made satisfactory
strides and tomorrow's contest should
show much better work than was witness
ed last Saturday.
DR.. Williams is taking no chances of
being surprised by the South Dakota team,
as all football practice has demonstrated
that the unexpected is as likely in foot
bah as in anything else. There is no
question OF defeat but there is always
a possibility of being scored on through
tumble or seme other f1uke, and scores
made by small teams nave discouraging
effect on the team and its supporters
alike. Stagg had high hopes of Chicago
until Lombard got the bah on a tumble
and took it across the line, and then
Albert Alonzo Immediately begins his an
nual wall about the poor prospects of the
Midway team.
Little OF nothing is known of the South
Dakota team by the football world at
large iT ic the uSua1 territory
and this early in the season has had moth
ing to do that would serve to indicate
what might be expected from it. The
team IS commonly supposed to be made up
of heavy lire and light fast back field,
but how heavy and how fast no one is
able to say. The university "dopesters"
score will be about so TO O. which antici-
pates some pretty fast work in two TWEEN
ty-minute halves.
Before retiring to the private corner
of the field. DR. Williams put the varsity
squad through course OF signal practice
Narco was played at half, where his speed
sight, the second and third teams went
through Scrimmage play for their own
benefit and for the edification of the spec
tators who were deprived of the sight of
From a spectacular point of view, the
scrub team furnished all that was desir-
able, as the third team did not feel itself
outclaSSed. as is likely to be the case
with a team bucking against the varsity.
The thirds scored twice on the second
team, but both were the results of FUN
bles Both teams Were able to make re-
peated gains and the thirds put up stiff
opposition all the time, although lacking
the balance of Dobie squad.
Toward the close of the practice Punk
Webster former star, now coaching,
went In at center in his civilian clothes,
and Dobie played quarterback for the
second team. The advent of the old
timers was noticeable instantly as they
went into the play with fervor, and by
example impressed the fact on the begin
ners that fighting for every inch event
ually results in the gain of yards.
After the varsity had learned its secret
lesson the men were put around the track
couple of times in the interest of better
wind light practice will be gone
through this afternoon to put the team in
readiness for tomorrowS affair