The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-13
VARSITY SQUADS GO
THROUGH SCRIMMAGE
Fifstand Second Teams Indulge
In Fast Work Behind
Closed Gates

Inc Minnesota university football
team held its first secret practice of
the season on Northrop field yester-
day afternoon, and as the announce
ment was totally unexpected by the
students a large number who had
turned out only to find the gates lock-
ed, roasted on top of the fence and
watched proceedings from there. The
turnout OF players was the largest OF
the season, five full teams being pres
ent and then some. They came on the
Held promptly at 4 o'clock, and after
a little preliminary warming up in
kicking the ball around the field they
settled down to business, and as the
new head gear had arrived DR.. Will
iiams started them on the first scrim-
mage of the year. The lineup was as
follows:
First Team-MarshaI, right end.
Brush, right tackle; Smith. right
guard: Capt. Strathern, center: Rick
er, left guard; Tschaboldt, left tackle:
Luce, left end; Cutting, quarter back:
Nuessle, left half; Current, full back:
Burgan. right half
Second Team-Vita, left half; weist,
center, Clark, right guard; Ittner, right
tackle; KJelland, right end; Varco,
quarter: Weisell. right half; Kremer,
full back; Hammond, left half
The second team kicked off to the
first and the ball was returned by
straight line plunges to the second
teams thirty-yard line, where the
stars We're forced to kick. Current do
Ing the booting. The seconds made
first down once, but they couldn't do it
twice, and kicked. The firsts returned
1t again, using both end runs and line
bucks until they were on the seconds
ten-yard line, when the ball was FUN
b!ed. Narco. the seconds quarter,
picked up the ball and before the big
men knew it was gone and had a fff-
teen yard head start, and although
two or three men went after hin,
they We're unable to catch him, and
he made touchdown after run of
the entire length of the field. Score,
Firsts 0, Seconds 5.
No attempt was made to kick goal
and the frsts kicked off to the seconds.
Current doing the business. The sec
onds made first down twice, but could
not stand the pace and punted on third
down with four yards TO gain, and as
the III" men We're anxious to wipe out
the seconds touchdown they went after.
the ball in businesslike manner and.
1t was nothing but procession from
one end of the field to the other Dr.
Williams let them go after it as hard
as they wished, but after Luce HAD
made touchdown for the firsts around
right end he called them off and after
a trot around the field sent them to the
dressing rooms.
Shevlin was out coaching again, but
did not seem to be. as anxious to take
part as he was a week ago. and did not
get into any Of the scrimmages.
The work of the men was very salts
factory, some of the men doing re-
markedly well. Brush, of Manchester,
Coach Muellers find, was there with
the goods and seemed to tear up the
seconds team line as easily as he did
that of some little college when he was
playing at Manchester Strathern
showed that he was going to do as web
as he did ast-year, if not better, and
all of the men realized that loafing was
not in order. Davies was still on the
eide lines and would make no definite
statement as to whether or not he was
out of the game.