The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-18
VARSITY MAKES Big
SCORE AS STARTER
First and Second Squads Try
Out ST. Paul and Mlnne-
apoIls Centrais

The varsity football team made its first
official appearance on the gridiron yester-
day afternoon before crowd of nearly
3. 900 persons, who gathered to get line
on the seasons prospects. st. Paul and
Minneapolis Central high schools furnish
ed the opposition, which the score dem
onstrated was little more than an incon-
Venience to the Drawn and tactics of the
institute of higher education.
In all nineteen touchdowns were made
and twelve goals kicked, which means
total OF lO7 points, no small number when
the earliness of the season and the wealth
er conditions are taken into consideration.
The early part of the afternoon was hot,
entirely too much SO for continuous fast
play, and probably this accounts for the
comparatively low score made by the sec
ond team against the St.. Paul Centrais.
The scrubs scored six touchdowns and
kicked two goals against the st. Paul
youths, while the varsity went through
the Minneapolis scholastics for IS points,
thirteen touchdowns and ten goals.
:. The varsity had the advantage of a
cooler period, and while the Minneapolis
school played a much better game than
did the st. Paul Centrals, they scarcely
impeded the heavyweights of the first
team, who marched up and down the field,
sweeping the lighter players before them
- nc H1OSt StIlhlIlS l9EI IN connection
with yesterdays game is the wealth of
material at the disposal of Minnesota.
Whlle Northwestern is scraping along
with twenty candidates and wisconsin
with dozen more, the Gophers can mus
ter half regiment Of likely looking men.
The candidates in uniform yesterday
would have made a respectable attend
ance," and they are without exception
persons whose physical qualifications are
described as husky
Difference In Teams
The first and second teams are entirely
different in appearance on the field, the
varsity composed of the short chunky,
close to the ground men, while the
scrubs are rangey and speedy-iooking. AS
a matter Of fact, however, the heavier
men on the varsity show more speed in
every move, although there is still plenty
of need for a higher gear.
The make up of the line is almost ideal,
heavy, broad shoulders that can drop low
on occasion without any effort, and
frames that can stand the plungeS of fast
backs as. long as they keep coming, all
of which looks good for the time when the
cry of ''stone WALL will so up from thou
sands.
With Hunter and varco struggling for
the position of quarterback. the team that
will SurpaSs Minnesota in this respect will
nave phenomenon, If both GopherS i'm
prove on the form they showed yesterday.
They are both fast on their feet, and
demonstrated that on a struggling field
they can eat up distance in a greedy fash
ion. Varco went down the field from the
30-yard line for a touchdown, and Hunter
went once from the 10 and once from the
26-yard line.
In Hunters. last sprint he drew the
Minneapolis Central team in against his
interference and then swung out into
clear field, where his speed put stopping
him entirely out of the question. Hunter
possesses a short, quick and accurate pass
and keeps the team moving right along.
kickers Are Needed
It looks as If Minnesota will have to
develop some kickers this fall, as there
was nothing done yesterday that was bet
ter than promising. Several easy goals
were missed by both varsity and scrubs.
and what little punting there was was
mediocre.
with Clayton kicking off to Varco on the
3-yard line. Varco brought the ball back
10 yards before downed and Minnesota
lost the ball on tumble The c s: Us,
end and punted. The scrubs returned the
punt, and the Centrals fumbled. the
scrubs getting the ball on Central's 20
yard line. Gleason plunged through the
line for a touchdown and kicked goal. :
Nuessle then kicked off to the 15-yard
line and the ball was brought back 20
up in the air. varco took the bali and
went 30 yards for a touchdown. Gleason
missed the goal.
Nuessle kicked to the 15-yard line and
y
punted to Gleason, who was downed in his
tracks. Hannah, Nuessle and Gleason
made steady gains, Nuessle scoring a
touchdown in three and one-hah minutes
play.
Clayton kicked to varco on the sO-yard
line and the speedy quarter lodged
through the field and scored touch
and got away nicely: Gleason kicked
goal. Varco got the ball on the kick off
and brought it back Is yards. The scrubs
1r- Ir1H bod off
fake kick for 10-yard gain. The
scrubs made steady gains and Gleason
was shot over the line. The ball was
dropped and the chance for goal lost.
Tackles Take Ball
The tackles were given the ball and
both Oech and Clark gained first down
trails right end, did some good work and
|, showed no hesitancy about diving into the
big fellows. Gleason scored the touch
down and NueSSle missed goal.
Clayton kicked to Varco on the 3o-yard
line, who brought the ball back to the
center of the field. Central got the ball
on penalty, but was forced to punt, Nc
Gregor downing the ball as caught. Gaea-
son punted and the scrubs were penahzed
for holding in line. Clayton punted to
Varco, who fumbled, and the ball was on
Centrars 32-yard line when the whistle
blew.
The varsity and Minneapolis Central
took a short romp on the field and started
Inc second nall, Will f1uDter hlchlIlS OLE.
Bergen. Kremer and Current logged down
the field, Bergen scoring the touchdown.
Hunter missed goal. Hunter kicked off
to Central on the 15-yard line. Central re-
turned the punt to Hunter, who returned
20 yards. Kremer took the ball So yards
for touchdown, and Hunter again miss
ed goal. Hunter kicked 40 yards to Cen
! trail, who returned 10. Farnham made a
high pass for a punt and the varsity got
the ball. Kicker ploughed through the
line for touchdown and Marshall kicked
goal.
Central made three tries and gained 2
yards after the. next kick off, and Case
was given the ball and walked over the
| line. Marshall kicked goal. Central kicked
off and Bergen, Kremer and Case made
first downs. Luce got the ball and went
40 yards for touchdown. Marshall
kicked goal. Hunter kicked off 90 yards
and Central brought the ball back 10.
the ball. Kremer made first down and
Hunter went around for touchdown.
Hunter kicked goal.
Central kicked Off to Hunter. who
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