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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-22
LACK OF WEIGHT !. !:
NEBRASKA'S CRY.
Human Furniture Van at Center
= Seems to Make Claim &: - ~,
"Fishy.'' >: :':s,, ss@
-. ::
Special to The journal.

Special to The Journal. = 'ta$ 4. ~ a.. -
Lincoln, "Neb., Sept. pa dearth of heavy
greatest worry just now, and, unless 40 influx
of new students, which will be on until the end
Of the week, brings a few of the husky" boys SO
badly needed, the cornhuskers bid fair to have
serious trouble on their hands in defending their
laurels this season. There Is, an abundance Of
backfeld performers hand, but he gets blue
at once whenever he turns to discussion Of
what is the situation as to the line. Cotton,
a substitute guard for the past two SEASONS
who has played in several of the big games and
was looked on as conner, has signifed his ihten-
ton Of not returning to Nebraska this year.
Instead. he will matriculate at Yale for the
study of law $50 s,:.- >,.f.:,.:% -:
Booth has been compelled to resort to the ex-
pedient of transferring Speer,. one Of the men he
the tackles. : Borg, the former center, whose
flop to- Chicago and back to Nebraska produced
chills and fever alternately in the camps of
Stage and Booth. seems a permanent fixture at
guard. Barta looks good for the other guard
position, as he is strong. beefy fairly fast and,
altogether fine specimen physically. Not an
other man on the squad measures up to Booths
standard for a guard. = ya. II :sS s5.5..
= Scrimmage practice has not yet been installed,
altho the first game of the schedule, that against
Grand Island college, is only a. few days distant;
and just now it seems very likely that Booth will
give his pupils only day Of actual scrimmag
practice before his pupils face the collegians.
Booth has sfted the chaff, from the grain by
picking out a varsity squad. Mills, the 26o-
Barta and Borg are playing at. guard. = speer
and Robinson occupying the tackle positions,
and Johnson and Mum, the latter promising
Lincoln high school veteran complete, the line on
the TANKS. Behind the lines Captain Bender
at quarter, Bender at right half. Eager and
Schmftt at left half and Glenn Mason at full
back. Assistant Coach Westover is temporarily
IN charge of the: scrubs pending the selection of
second assistant COACH and in this department
the beef situation is no more encouraging than
with the varsity line. =" ais l., rcs q. 80
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WORK AT NORTHWESTERN III
Forty one Men Out to Learn Football
Under Mccormack. ).

didates lined up for the first real football prac-
tice of the year Yesterday afternoon For
frequent changes in the lineup were necessary.
Nearly every man in the squad was given a
chance to show his mettle. The squad con-
ned one the and by
There were numerous fumbes. and there was
an utter absence Of team work, but this was
them. Neither team was able to. carry the ball
over ten yards before losing 1t, either on downs
years ago made the longest ST. run Of the day,
after catching Johnson's punt He returned the
ball to the place from where it was kicked and
was tackled by johnson.
q Several PLAYERS of promise appeared on the
field yesterday. the most cordially welcomed of
whom Byers. 10O-Dound guard of Poplar
Grove. Two new halfbacks were King of Platte
Of Ogden. Utah, who Weighs les pounds Thayer,
an end Of the University of Oregon, was given
a trial and made a good Impression.
noon that he has not gone. back on his 1908
form in drop kicking goals from the field
From a very difficult angle on, the thirty-yari
line he II booted the ball Clearly between the
fifteen minutes of play. Stagg was very muct
pleased with the work Of yarnell. De Tray ant
isrs II thr R %sr field He
Much disappointment was occasioned by the
announcement that Wightman. the best utility
man on last seasons squad, would not return
says in letter received by Stage. that he in
tends. entering Case school of Cleveland to com
plete his chronological course.
Hereatte e there VIII be two tackling dummie
i instead or one. and the practice of this i'm
each day 80, - - -
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MUELLER AT ST. THOMAS
Minnesota's Old Line Man Is Coaching
a. Big Squad. z z~*<

George Mueller, .Minnesota's old guard, is now
coaching st: Thomas. Last night he. had three
teams on the field and says he expects, good
strong eleven from the. material at hand Only
one of last years team Is absent.
Pennfng ton, who tower Of strength
in 1902, has returned from the coast and will
be in hts old position at llback With o. Shaugh-
messy gat one halt and Leo McDermott together
with Lang, Halfpennys or Co1nny at quarter, the
back field til be in splendid shape. Com1ny halls
from the North Dakota university and. his work
In handling the team has been Of the first ORDER
Dugan and Fitzgerald VIII probably be seen
again at guard. .Gul1fton tackle and Gordon
and 5Sheeron at ends. There seems to be a wealth
OF material for these la tier positions. Besides
the old men, Mysr, Dudley Sheran. Singleton of
st. Norberts college. Kenne of the 81 team and
Jennings; Of the Winana high school are; aspi-
rants for running down Pennihgton's punts.
Fla mon, 4 a = 82-pound man, will contest with
Doughertys of the Mankato high school, ana a
husky w AVERY center for the privilege of put
ting the ball In motion. Coek11n, 100 pound
Minneapolis lad, IS out for guard and OsPhelin Of
Notre Dame and Schultz, the captain 4of the
Montgomery high school team, will strengthen
the tackles. = 80. & = 5sa1@2Fs
A new athletic field is in sight. AZ site has
been selected about quarter of a mile from
the old field and work will begin upon the project
In the near future. The grounds will be graded
and Enclosed by substantial fence. In order
to carry out the plans it will be necessary to
drain swamp that now occupies part Of the
field and 1t is not probable that the new athletic
Enclosure Will be ready before next spring.
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downs on its ne-yard line. Metzenthin did splen-
did work at quarter Ter ,ys,, .s.... ~< ~:
-s ~. KNOWLEDGE rs POWER IL =:
A. go s----7---!x +:
Educational Advancement Is the Watch
,s:@2 word Thruout the Land Va


Chicago Sept. :22.--Thes Tribune says editori-
The customary autun,al reports are now be-
Ing received from the colleges and universities.
The fall term Is about to open, and each temple
of learning is giving to the public resume
Of the eendt iens which prevail there as to higher
education. The Following is a digest OF the re-
ports e. ia. Tar Received from some OF the leading
illinois University Outlook discouragtng. The
heavy spring rains have evidently stunted@ the
growth of the crop in this section. There is an
abundance e, Of raw material but it is uniformly
Of 1t Is green. and inexperienced. The coaches
maintain cheerful attitude, but hold out no
Minnesota University Insufficient bulletins as
ports also conflicting. Material said to be light,
average 100 pounds. One recent consignment
Ct $50 pounds fol. the position of lift guard has
helped ato- make the general feeling more Opt
Michigan Observation-Disclosures decidedly builish.
Material sa1d to; average 200 pounds with -oc.
high as. $50 pounds over so per cent, of the
VISIBLE supply Is made up Of well:sea soned ma
RlSast sss s
Northwestern Untyersfh t: IT, customary early re-
more promising than that Of last year. Two
hundred nun ', pounds from Waukesha will be added to
n H sasy ssa to fs
additions coming in daily
Wisconsin N coming in
weight. Lack of heavy men for the line causing
5fS@ eRisSS s,ds
ss9ss sRfR#Pt psnand fe9
sstsfns RsHs sS fs5 light o IL
East ld & oes fesp mSat east
average as heavy as best grade from the 1west.S
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- . Z: FOSTER e = !. IS OPTIMISTIC: :.
Thinks shattuck will Have a Fast
=. ~. ~. ,.:.. Team ThissssYear. ~ -. :

=, Faribault. MINI, Sept. 22.-The prospects at
s na * Tor football team this year very
goou ana Coach Foster believes that there will be
ont one Of the fastest the school has had for
some sea tine The boys are beginning to- arrive al
with football suits and then taken out On the the
campus, where Coach. Foster sets them to work
on the staekling machine The new men 20 at
the work with determination and many of them
are already showing good football ability. Prinz,
the heavy fullback: of last year, will not be
Da OK and his loss will be felt to great extent
However, there, are several fast and heavy men
scheduled for this position and the chances are
that 1t will be well filled. - -. -
the school has some hard games arranged for
this year and will play up to Thanksgiving The
game that is looked forward to with interest by
VIII this year be played on the Shattuck campus.
The game played last year between these two
teams took place at Carleton and resulted in
tie score Of 8 to 6. The last few minutes OF
the last half Hendrickson, Carletons star player,
suffered a broken leg.
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Dan Smith. For some practice reasons, varsity
kicked and I4arkin fumhled the catch Mar.

Dan Smith For some practice reasons, varsity
kicked and Larkin fumbled the catch. Mar
shall got to him on the spot. Several penalties
were imposed by Weisel who acting UNI
plre, the varsity for off side play. Slowly the
ball was carried up the field and the big fight at
the scrubs goal ensued
Last nights play developed the fact that when
they got in the action the second team is fast
and can give the varsity all sorts of trouble.
Kicker, Stafford, Vita, Ittner, Clarke, Cutting
Hannon, Nuessle, Larkin, Weist and Kayser con-
shutting football team in themselves which Is
not to be sneezed at by any average combination
of inland colleges. Each and every one of them
is formidable. candidate for place Oh the frst
team, and last night the realization that these
second-team fellows were rivals and bidders for
place seemed to dawn upon the members of the
first team. Tschabold was on the second team
for two three days and ia now back the
first. Ittner is player who is likely at any
time to be called up. and Dan Clark Is lad
who Is going to demand accounting before
the business Of team making is settled. Deist
has been tried at several positions and is handy
man at most of them All of these men have
their faults, but within thirty days the rudi-
mentary football will have been mastered and the
apt pupils will be in the coveted positions. 49,:
1t was such work as that Of last night which
makes football teams.
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STIFF WORKOUT AT MADISON
Badgers Show Speed in Formations and
j.: :' Play with Accuracy. -.

Madison, Wis, Sept. 22.-The badger football
squad was given another stina practice yesterday
The temperature was just cool enough for hard
work and the men apparently felt in good fettle
In; formation work the teams showed unusual
speed and accuracy. Night school for signal
ming. ~r.
Among thu arrivals were: Hirschberg of Mil
iwaukee, $50 pounds subtackle last season, and
Johnson of Mcfarland, Wis, .17s pounds, a ham.
mer thrower and holder of ali strength test rec
ords here. The latter did not play last season
owing to parental objections. New men out in
uniform were Max Deering. 200 pounds and
Edge, 2o4 pounds: former. safeguards, and San
ford of Ripon college, 175 pounds, candidate
season, will report for practice today.
Owing to their lack Of sufficient preparatory
credits some difficulty is being experienced in
getting several Of the football men into the uni
versity, notably Acker of Colorado Springs and
Turner Of bethlehem college, who until recently
was member Of Stages squad. Manager Kill
patrick is negotiating for additional practice
games with Ripon college on Sept: % and with
Northwestern college of Naperville, ILL.,, on
Oct Il.
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BEST PRACTICE
OF The SEASON
GoPHERS IN A RATTIING WORK.
OUT AT NoRTHRoP FIELD.
Second Team Put Up q Beautiful Early
Season scrimmage Against the Var
!! sity Team-spirit OF Rivalry, Ran
High-Metcalf Of - Yale Gives His
Opinion of the Team.
By o'Lo.ughlin.

minnesota has a od-looking lot Of mate
rial. l don't know when I have seen better
rather closely tonight, and from what OBJ
served would say that they are working ear
nestly. 49,. ag..>,4 * ..s.- , - =, i
Is that there is little. team work, and the backs
do not bore into the line as strongly as they
should. The season. is young and there Is lots
of time to correct these deficiencies II the
candidates keep up their work and go into 1t
"a earnestly as they did tonight, they should
evolve splendid team before the end of the.
season" -. -.... -. .
The above ID not the opinion Of Minnesota
partisan, but Of one of the famous football play
ers Of the country. 1t Is the view Of no. less a
1aoleskin celebrity than Metcalf, Yales star half.
who spent Yesterday in Minneapolis, and cropped pea
cut to Northrop field to the gophers. on their.
home heath. He was on the gridiron from the
time the squad appeared until they took the big
run for the bathroom He followed from be-
hind, and every now and then allowed his en-
ehusiasm to carry him up into the line, where
he gave word or two to players. He leetured
the backs a bit and seemed to enjoy himself gen
orally BE left last night and will return to.
Yale next week. He is thru football, but is
going back to assist for a time in coaching the
cons of Ell. ~ >F.4 .p:... *
Another haltback who occupied the. eye Of the
eeotbal delegation In the stands was one Otto;
alias "Hunky'' Davies. He appeared early at
fhe dressing room and. reaching up top Of a
beam. pulled football suit from out of its hid
s'Put it there last fall remarked 'Hunky:"
Thought I might want1tt again and somebody
might fancy 1t If 1 turned it into the football
box. It's the same suit 1"~woFked In last
FEAR" : w.. ...< S"'' 1865 y. s'.t th"%.' -.
Davies Goes Easy. *c'7 - -
Davies was out on the field, but did not do any
hard work. He is not in condition to Jump into
the hard scrimmaging. but expects to be in shape
within a week. Another change in the. makeup
of the first and second teams was noted yester-
day The players lined up for the scrimmags as
follows: ..' .'.-. So. -
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WONT
I. JOIN WISCONSIN
/: 1890 4,T-lE J.
: Flattering Offer Has Been
Turned Down by the In
!. dian Player.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. t5d
5 Cumberland, Wis, Sept. 22-Charley Roberts,
the crack Indian football and baseball player,
notified the Wisconsin university football team
today that it will be impossible for him to play
quarterback in the Wisconsin eleven this season.
This is on account of the injuries Roberts re-
ceiyed the other day while playing baseball at
Menominee, Mich. Roberts was just closing the
seasons contract with the Nebraska Indians,
playing the last game at Menominee, and when
at the bat pitched ball hit him on the side,
putting him out of business.
Fl Hereturned to his home here and his physician
says the injury has resulted in an abscess on
his side, which will prevent him from accepting
the fattering offer (which the Wisconsin eleven
extended to him. He also received q good offer
from the kentucky university. 4-. r. -rs
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INDEPENDEN ii + ooFBALL

The Isisnd team Is willing ato meet any 100
pound team IN the city, The Lunds defeated
akelies BY "a score OF 25 to 10. For games
W ifh atAe winners saddreE George Hanson, 1909
TENDERS of. the |GTpff & Miller football team
for the season and would like
to-. arrange ga nes2W amy 4 3 pound teams
tn the city call up Cor address 2745
Clinton; ;ayenne sssa ~
The mb!er tea1ns organized for the season
pound teams lin The lineup is as FOL
Johnson, GIT guard; SIS. walter
RICH sra ekle:sB ight.end; O. Huxman
center Gebhardt auard r. Hail. right
tackle s H Ca end; VIM 5Ilinke
quart g. Ioahr half o. Herryie left
Lee: and .eaptatn. For games
address c. Holly 1O14 Twenty avenue
= e'e
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{ &: ss:. q. AM,IATEuR BoxING SHOW
simol apure BiR artists Battle in the
81: ss 81 s s..t s i STADIUM .zs

Louis; p ateur. boxing con.
stests.:M hich are being under the auspices
s1lYapp1c. games We're opened at the Stadium
yssterday. Prelinaina riess the heayyweirht.
ls2sp9una4 and ~ cIasses took place Sam
iterger san gained the decision over
William 1tchae els Of Itoiis easily At the
tap of The gong rushed Berger, who
nooKed hls right 70. pie. sending Michaels
% the noor, comple dazed. e Michaels was
hoored In each round and was nearly out when
the referee ere. stopped the contest
In the l35 pound seinffna1s n. y. Spanger of
Newark n. IT, received the decision over Rms
sell Van. Horn of st. Louis. Jack Eagan Of
BTyn MaWr, Pa, was awarded the decision over
Teter tSturnOiQC OF st. Louis. q
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BIRTHS,

Vader. Mr.. and Mrs. William. 1912 Polk
street NE, boy.
Swanson, Mr. and Mrs. Swan, 2221 Twenty
fourth avenue s, girl. = @.<r-. s-;@'...F y;
Hartman Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew, 433 Jeffer-
son, boy.
nue. N, girl.
Anderson, Mr.. and Mrs. John, 744 Van
Buren, street. boy.
Bickford, Mr.. and Mrs Howard. 1916 Rus
sell avenue N, girl.
Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. W. r., 522 Eighth
street S, boy.
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MORE BRUIsINd AT BUTTE
Gardner and Flynn to Meet Early Next
Month,

New York Sun Special Service.
Jimmy Flynn have been matched by the Silver
Bow Athletic club Of Butte for twenty-round
date Of which has not yet been set, but it viii
be before the 10th Of October; Flynn made
recent battle in Denver that the Lowell boy
promised him a return match, If suitable
purse could be secured for the battle.
active training at once, He rays Flynn is enc
off the hardest propositions he has vet en-
z couCtered '.-ss y: a. 49,. g..
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SCRUBS WERE sCRAPPY IS
Columbias Line Torn Up by the Second
Team Men.

New York, Sept. 22.-C olumbia's scrub eleven
almost scored on the varsity in the practice
on South field yesterday. The scrubs ripped
thru the varsity line for steaIy gains to the
twenty yard line. - ssz
Then Lindau got the baUs and took 1t around
Buells' end for fifteen yards. The scrub plunged
into things briskly, but sthe varsity held Tor
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CORNELL. GOES FAST
Joy Over the Receipt Of a Cleveland
Tackle.
New York Sun Special Service


ithaca, AZ. x. Sept: 22.-Perfect football
weather put much life into the Cornell football
scrimmage one touchdown and goal kicked from
A valuable addition to the squad was made
when Cook from the university preparatory school
at cleveland appeared on the field. He will be
played at either tackle or guard.
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49, "GET .UN! FRANKIE"
Neil Family GAS 'opes''s of Victory
:. in England. ~. =

New York Sun Special Service. 49, r.-
:. New York, Sept. i22.-Frankic Neil bantam
weight champion: Jim Neil. his father and man
ager and Frank Dwyer sailed yesterday for
on Oct. 10! for the; worlds bantamweight cham.
nianRhipk = - -.
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POTTS GETS A DRAW
Fought Six Rounds with PERKS at
Barron, wis.

Jimmy Potts Of Minneapolis and Jack Perr,a
Of Chicago fought six-round draw at Barron
Wis, last night. Potts is said to have out
sciassed his man, but was unable to give him
q sleeper ticket. As Ferris was on his feet Of
the end Of the go 1t .was called draw. q -
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= WALLER QUITS WISCONSIN
Will Take a Course of Study and Ath-
:. & 2sst :--$- letics at Yale. ...s#

S milwaukee, Sept 22.=-Frank Waller, + tho
crack quarter-mtle runner of Wisconsin uniyer-
sity,- who won places IN the runs at the
81 Louis ehampionship meet will not return
He left today forssNew, Haven and will enter
t Yale this fall re VIM be q big loss to the
haager team. as he is one Of the best ,nfdic
distance runners in the west. - -.
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ROSE IS NOT !: g. :. !:
A HOLY TERROR
: ~ ~. ~. -.r.' =. ....s
Chicken - Reeder Once I,arruped
~. the Big Man with Little
+; Effort.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
Santa Rosa, Cal.,. Sept 22.-tChicken' Reed
err. a lad of pugilstlc accomplishments and not
a.: few victories in the amateur ring to his
credit is greatly enjoying the publicity which is
being given to Ralp Roses claim that he is the
only man who can defeat Champion: Jeffries. =
! He has the distinction Of having put the ath-
letic giant down and out with very little effort
OF course, 1t couple of years ago, but
Rose was just -as big he now is, and Reeder
was no larger, his present height being about
Is feet 6 inches. He is In the lightweight class
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FIRST GAME SATURDAY a
....T g 8 13ot7 = q
Aberdeen Team Thought to Be a Win
-" ner This u ear. s:s 81

Special to The Journal X sl.s Is
q Aberdeen. $. d., Sept. %. The football team
Of the Northern Normal and Industrial school
will play Its, first game on Saturday on sthg
school eleven. Tile normal team has been
strengthened BY the addition Of Carl Lundqu
year, while NEARLY all the old players are back
this year. Professor Mansfield the new instruc-
tor in athletics at the normal is confident the
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THE HIE CHAUFFEUR. NFRU az EaSEY sri coRT

court in Essex, street, where Magistrate Cornell
is sitting, and where his advice to shoot the
reckless drivers with fine birdshot given.
Their arrival there caused great crowd to col
lect, and there was great merr1ment on the part
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HARVARD AT FORMATIONS
Joy Over the Return Of TEDDY"
~. 49, Meier and Mills. : ~ =

Ne ~ York Sun Special seryice. <,.s-s
joiced yesterday when freddy" Meier, last
years tackle, appeared on Soldiers field Meier
graduated from college last June and, intends
to enter the law school this fall. =
phii NILS the old fullback; also returned
Yesterday. The result was a lineup in which
new line-bucking tandem formation was tried
with varying success.
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MINNEAPOLIS WEATHER.
Probably showers tonight and Frid ay; warmer.
CRADLE, ALTAR AND GRAVE,
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

MARRIAGE LICENSES
Charles H. Hamm and Mary J. Phelps.
Gustnf Orn and Anna Landberg.
Morton G. Tryon and Clara Campbell.
Richard C. Wyrell and Marie AZ. Shall.
Philip A. Stanton and Grace Lenear.
James A. Ridgeway and Annie F. Whttnao7e>
Joseph II. Storm and Helsa Lolberg. =
DEATHS.
Hall, Henry Asbury hospital.
Hansen, Pauletta, 1914 Sixth street NE. |
r MCGEE, Charles B.. st. Mary's hospital. I
Olson, Christine, 2123 Seventh street 8. =
Goldberg, Moses, 413 Sixth avenue n.
Benson Nina g., 16 Eighth street n, !
Pierce, Periam, 1905 Penn avenue d.
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THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE. e
& The first thing Henry James did upon his re
turn to America after an absence OF twenty
years was to go to postoffice and ask for &
a-eent STAMP.
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THE RETURN OF

Washington 4, New York 2. TT
Chicago a, Detroit q. -
Cleveland o, st. Louis /.
Boston 3d. Philadelphia 1-3. sE