The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-17
STEFFENS LOST
TO THE BADGERS
Fails to Make Good in the En-:
trance Requirements Of the
University.
Special to The Journal.

Madison, Wis, Sept. 17.-Keen dis
appointment is felt here over the fact
that Walter P. Stefens, the crack little
back of Chicago, cannot remain with
the Wisconsin university football squad
because the faculty has decided not to
permit him to enter the institution, as
he does not hold sufficient; credits in
his studies. Coach Curtis is casting
about for a. likely man for quarter
back, the place for which the Chicago
boy was booked.
1t is announced Shere, too, that Cap
tain Bender OF the Nebraska university
football team has decided not to come
here, as he would be debarred from
trying for the WISCONSIN team. These
week in football circles.
The high quality of the new mate
rial, however, has served to buoy the
spirits of the coaches. A glance at the
new men indicates that the team is
likely to be unusually heavy this sea-
big, beefy men, and if they have tho
speed, the badgers ought to cut de-
cided figure in the championship games
this season. -.
This has been the first week of reg
| ular practice this season. The squad
was brought back from the Monona
Lake assembly grounds last Monday
and turned over to Head Coach Cur
tls, who has been putting it thru "a
few days. Much attention is being
given to instruction in the fundamen:
tails of the game. During the last
| couple Of days the hnemen have been
instructed in charging, breaking thru
and blocking, the ends have been run
ming, down under punts and stopping
the backs. No tacklingg, however, has
throwing the dummy.'~ It will prob
ably be some days before any scrim-
mage work is INDUCED in.
!; Coach Curtis will have only four or
possibly five old members of last year IS
team to construct an eleven with this
season.. The four who are. sure to be
here and certain to hold their old places
Bertke, 190, guard; Findlay, u.s.
tackle; Captain Bush, ITO, end: The
fifth old member who may come back
is Vanderboom, 179, the p1unging half
back who played two years on the
The "W', men who played thru at
least one-half of a championship game
last year and who are back are: Clark
ITO, Wrabetz, l6S, and Robinson, 176
all backs, and H., Jones, 17s, end.
The "subs' who have returned are:
O'Brien, 1875, and Larish, 200, centers;
Frankie, l67, and Perry, 1870, backs
G. Jones, l42, Schneider, l52, and
K H. en ms 5da + l64,, quarterbacks, and
The most promising of the new men
are: Cummings Of Duluth, halfback
a l74-pounder who played good ball
on the .Andoyer '{Mass.) college team
+ last year; Simpson, 1853, halfback on
year; Stromquist, 1879, who played or
the Bethlehem college team Of Kansas
City last year; Donovan, EOS, a guard
On the Iowa university team last year;
: Conville, 1877, Of Albion college, Mich.
Acker, $50, and De Lappe, 40, of Colo
RADIO Springs; Egan, 1866 of Manitowoc
high school; Schneider, Ito, of North
western academy; Claire, l1s5, tackle
on the Highland college team of Des
Moines, Iowa; Heintz,, 100, formerly q
| halfback on the Nebraska university
team; Melzner,. 100, substitute quarter
back on the Iowa university team
4 Watson, 100, Of Livingston, Wis; Muel
Ter, . 1870, and Dittman, 178, Of Lis
Crosse, candidates for tackle and guar6
respectively Kinney, 205, and Dough
erty, 100, Of Fond ddu Lac, candidates
i for guard or tackle positions, and Tur
ner, 170,. Of Kansas, candidate fol
+ tackle .-,... 40 ! 81
Trainer Andy o 'Dea has returned fol
a hunting trip in the Dakotas and will
take active charge of the training OF
the men next week. The training table
4 will probably be started in a few days