The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-29

team Na fight, and held the gophers to $50.
Ames left the field without scoring, and
with 80 points against them. This was
followed in some quarters by predictions
of disaster. In the east, 32-6 is consid-k
cred big score. Minnesota was suffer- {
ing from having played too fast and
i naTa N In t ne Practice games Dr. Will
squad Of about sixty men, sitting and
eliminating. to pick team fit to uphold
Minnesota prestige in the big games Of
the season. Men were tried and put in
practice games and found untitled for
the work. This called for more changes.
and last Saturday ran up worlds rec
ord score on Grinnell, a team not as
strong as Ames. The team deserves
credit 6! for their work, the high scores In
the end OF the season, altho showing
speed and the result Of training and
good coaching. Team work made its
first appearance about four weeks ago,
and has been improving since. It is
not perfect yet. It was not judicions
to put the team up to it's highest pitch
for Nebraska, with the Wisconsin, :
northwestern and Iowa games to come.
If this was done there would be the
ever present danger Of staleness.
4NSOA esT3Ae1 a. VOAkAAJ & O0s
Today Minnesota gets her first game
against a team heavy and fast enough
to call out all Of the strategy, strength
is the biggest team which has come to
Northrop neld this year. Coach Booth
started his team fast. They first met
Grand Island and won by a score of
72-O. They met Grinnell next and beat
them to the tune Of 400. Then came
the ill-starred trip to Boulder Col,
where the prairie lads went up into the
mountains to be defeated by the alti-,
tude 60. Then came the game with
Knox last Saturday in which they held
the heavy and speedy Galesburg lads
safe and beat them $40. Booth for this
year put his faith in heavy line and
light backfeld. There was none of the
compulsory in this selection as Booth
had heavy material at his command.
HesdePended upon strength Of line and
speed OF: backfeld. He lighted his line
at the ends for speed putting johnson
with theseSmen the Nebraska line aver
aged l89 pounds with Mills in. He,has
the services Of Borg, star center,
Hunter, an old-time player who knows
every trick and twist of the game, Cot
ton, the lad who went down to Yale this
year and in !, two days had Hogan fight
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is Bender, the team g star, Mason, q
hard fighting fullback, Barwick, a speedy
little quarter and Eager a tricky lad
who is likely to make trouble for any
team at any time. Back Of these men
is a clever substitute squad almost
equal in speed and strength to the first
men.
Minnesota Evenly Balanced. 5.
Minnesota is more evenly balanced
team than Nebraska. DR.. Williams has
q weighty line and a backfeld which ID
fairly heavy but not to the point whore
ne welght int with the speed
by Mills while Minnesota s line is bet
ter distributed. The return Of Thorpe
and Burdick braced up the line wonder j
fully and with Vita and Brush at tack
les, Dan Smith and Thorpe at guards.
and Nose Strathern at center the line is
a, good one: HBobby'' Marshall guards
the left end since the return of Burdick
with Luce as substitute.
Today is a time of trial for both
teams. Nebraska s defeat at Colorado
has been, regarded locally as a fuke.
On the level Booth s. men will whin
Colorado today. With this fact in
view, the chances of the teams seem
about equal. Booth as coach of Ne
braska is Princeton player Of repute
AttO ~A w e%J . Loo q 6GIOuS 0tdu1. LIT.
Williams won his laurels as player at
Yale, but went deeper into football
than the average player. AS strate-
glst and director of plays, it is doubt
full it he has peer in the country. He
was the originator Of the tackles back
and other formations and has made
football a study until in this work he
who have attracted attention in fashy
style, but when it comes down to q
solid understanding of the game and
the ability to map out a campaign and
execute it, Or. Williams is in a class by
himself. Minnesota plays her own foot
Harvard and Princeton style Of play.
It is in no sense an adaptation Of other
men IS ideas, but is evolved right here
at home. His obstacle this year was
green material, the veterans who are
now in coming out but recently.
Mtnnesotas Should Win.
a As to to Minnesota NaSss today, i is my be-
The team has only one Objectionable
feature at present that is discernible
by close watching. It is tendency to
Tin and out play This has Been
more manifest in practice than in
games with outside teams. When the
there are ga' SYMPTOMS 1hs sasoo o tisn
ness. This disappears when the team
faces opponents who show indications
of fighting. AS a whole, the team has
worked well and willingly and the
members have not been spoiled by
the lavish praise Of well -meaning but
to get into the big games and has
worked to that end.
Today's play will bring out the
strength and weakness of the various