The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-21

He had evidently believed the stories in general
circulation to Minnesota's great weight and
had expected to see the gophers come to the field
company of numbering giants depending upon
weight and brute strength. Instead, his team
faced a splendidly trained and fast eleven. Chi
cago was amazed at the way the gophers went
thru the MOI line and attributed 1t to
II they care to- could tell of great holes opening
up In their line before the man with the ball
reached the spot. There are "wheels within
How They Played. 3d..
Marshall played a splendid end johnson tried
that end two or three times and gave it up.
Fred Burgan allowed himself to be sucked in on
several plays In the early stages, but after that
was wary, and Northwestern gave up her serious
attempts at gain thru the end. They seemed to
prefer to pound Sunny Thorpe and Kicker. Blair
made some effective gains and the Minnesota en-
thus1asts did not deny him the praise to which
he entitled.
Brush and Case again distinguished themselves
until they We're knocked out by the ferceness Of
their play and the heat. Dan Smith played bet
ter than he has this year. He was strong in his
defensive work and carried the ball we'll. Kicker
filed every demand made Of him, playing a re.
markable game. Harris, as usual, played
heady game, and much Of the credit for the vic
ries, to rather more narrow circle Of offense
than Minnesota is accustomed to play but de-
spite this; Chicago wonders at Minnesota's
tfl1ty. They only got a small part of what Min
nesota would have dished- out had the men been
in condition to play the game, and strathern in.
Davies did not play his true game by any means,
his accustomed brill1ancy and made gains more
thru plodding than thru his usual dash and vim.
kremer had bad luck in carrying, the purple
tempts. AT getting thru the line he was the
star of the day, on two occasions breaking thru
to get a Methodist for loss. Current played
and was terror at getting into the defense at
the proper moment. He was, as usual strong
on the ofense mad materially assisted Brush and
Case In their Hne-smashing crusade.
Subs Played Well. .. ~.
The substitutes covered themselves with glory
Vita, Ittner Cutting and Harmon got into the
going with vigor that piled up much woe for
the Northwestern forces. Cutting followed tho
ball as bull terrier pup stalks the house cat
Vita and Ittner tore up the Methodist deacons'
row about every time they took a notion. Han
mons plunges were spectacular and he did not
1a1l to gain every time he was called on.
Game Was Clean.
It was clean game, and Captain Allen, after
it was over, expressed an opinion that the talk
of Minnesota playing .:.dirty BALI was a fiction
He complimented the Minnesota team upon its
sportsmanlike conduct on Rthe gridiron. Mime
.McCornaek,s players upon their plucky fight
and spor tsmanlike conduct-but right there the
complimenting was cut of with meat-ax.
The teams lined up as follows:
Minnesota Position Northwestern.
Marshall, Cutting. LEFT end Davidson
Case Vita. Left tackle $50. Kafer
Thorpe. LEFT guard Ward, Scott
Kicker. Center Davis
Smith Right guard Carlson
Brush Ittner. Right tackle :. .Aller
Burgan. Right end ). Williamson
Harris. Quarter johnson
Davies, Harmon. Left half Van Ruyper
Cotton,
Kremer. Right half ........ Ruber
Current ic.n. s.;;. Pullbaek Blair Simpson
down, Harris 2; umpire. Darby, Grinnell ref
cree, Mccarthy, Brown; 1inesman, Hackett, West
Point; time of halves, thirty-fve minutes.