The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07
COPHERS PLAY IOWA
THANKSGIVING DAY
Minnesota VIII Meet HaWkeye
Football Team On Turkey
Day.

Special to The Globe.
IOWA CITY, Iowa, Feb. Gimme
sofa and Iowa at Iowa field or Rock
Island is the Thanksgiving day game
announced for Iowa by Manager
Spangler today.
Minnesota and Iowa have been nego-
tiating for the game since the close or
the football season last fall. Manager
Spangler thought at first that the Min
neseta team was too heavy a PROPOSE
ton for Thanksgiving day, after the
game with Illinois Nov. 10, the Satur-
day previous. He accordingly asked
for an earlier date. On being Informed
lately that Minnesota would also have
a heavy game with Northwestern the
Saturday Iowa plays Illinois, thus Civ
ing both teams a heavy contest before
the Thanksgiving day game, Iowa ac-
copied the Thanksgiving day date
with the Gophers. The game will be
played on Iowa field, unless Iowa de-
sires to change the game to the three
cities, Davenport, Rock Island and Mo-
line.
Chicago and Illinois are the confer
ference games taken on in addition to
Minnesota. These, with Nebraska,
make the schedule so heavy that Man
ager Spangler was unable to accept
games with many other universities
that desired games for next fall. Man
ager Spangler tried for some time to
find room for the Michigan game Of
fered by Manager Baird, but on ac-
count Of the impossibility of playing
the hard games one after the other, it
iF11Y1ncGihla to fol an fIro MinTfcra N
game. The Nebraska contest was nee
essarily included on the schedule on
account Of a two-year contract with
Nebraska.
Other desirable contests which Iowa
found it impossible to arrange for
were with Notre Dame, Missouri, In
diana, Colorado, Washington univer-
sity and Kansas. Notre Dame wanted
to play Iowa in Chicago on a date
when Chicago will be out Of the city,
this game to take the place of the
Notre Dame Northwestern contest of
last fall
The list of games which was an
nounced by Manager SpangIer today
IS an excellent one financially, consfd-
cradle profits being assured from the
Chicago, Nebraska and Minnesota
games. 1t is from a financial stand
point that Manager SpangIer has been
accused of running Iowa athletics. but
Coach Chalmers is also highly pleased
With the schedule from his viewpoint.
as the light and heavy games are well
aIternated. Last year the schedule
was made by DR.. Knipe, who resigned
IN the midst OF negotiations, leaving a
situation with regard to games and
profits which was unsatisfactory to
Manager Spangler, who was elected in
June last year. The 1904 schedule has
now been filled out with the exception
OF the second game, a n1idweek contest.
which may be filled by Coe college of
Cedar Rapids.
The Chicago game, Oct. Is, is fol-
lowed by two games on Iowa field. the
state normal and Ames. Iowa then
goes to Lincoln to play Nebraska
GrlnneH is played on Iowa field Nov
IL" Then comes Illinois at Cham
paign, and Minnesota at Iowa field or
the three cities. The schedule is:
Sept. 24-Augustana at Iowa field
Sept. 27-Open at Iowa field.
oct. Cornell college at Iowa field
Oct. 8-Drake at Iowa field or Das
Moines. u LES
Oct. 15-Chfcago at Chicago
Oct. 29-Ames at Iowa field,
Nov. 5-Nebraska at Lincoln.
Nov. 12-Grinnell at Iowa field
Nov 19-Illinois at Champafen
NOV; 24-MinesOta at Iowa field or
Rock Island. VI