The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-26
NEBRASKANS ARE
STRONG AND HEAVY
WEIGHTS OF THE CORNHUSKERS
PROVE OF INTEREST.
Tempest in Teapot Over the An
nouncement that st. Louis Wants a
Minnesota Michigan Game Ne
braska Comment on Minnesota Diff
fers from Bear Stories.
BY O'LouahlIn.


There is something of tempest in teapot
IN the camp of the football scrbes today over
the announcement yesterday in Il h e j o u a
that the authorities of the Louisiana purchase
exposition anxious for post-seasoh salhe
between Michigan and Minnesota inns news
came to The Journal thru the regular
news channels and was published as posi-
bility. That such a move was instituted Is
evidenced by dispatches from Ann ArDOf 10 the
effect that Manager Baird had received word or
the plans and had stated that he would not take
I'D the matter until the close of the scheouiea
season. The announcement awakened the aclu-
tty of some Of the scribes who Immediately
launched their frail barks into sea of illogical
snecu1otion and deduction The facts remain
the same today as they did yesterday.
st. Louis wants game between Minnesota
and Michigan for the stadium Inere are op-
stacles to overcome which, as outlined yesterday
may prove insurmountable, and neither team mas
vet clinched the right to contest for the ives
tern championship. Neither team has played
wisconsin and from such information as h
Journal has been able to CLEAN the paagers
will give both Michigan and Minnesota nara
fight The game would necessarily have to be
played after the Iowa game, and both Dig teams
would have to be kept at high pltcn 1or tne
contest This would be prolonging the season.
and there would be danger Of staleness. Despite
these obstacles, ST. Louis wants the game anu
will leave no stone unturned to get 1t. mat IL
would be popular game goes without saying
IT has been talked of in Chicago for two weeks
and St. Louis took her from the talk Of the
alumni of the two universities concerned.
Nebraska Is Heavy.
Work for Nebraskas entertainment was con-
tinued again yesterday. The weights OF Ne
braska show that the gopher line VIII III not race
row of weaklings Mills weighs u Hfe p0u1e ao
G SGteSn 49, IT, JOHNSON Dns C i5o and Bsne'
Dict dict about 1876 Of the substitute line linz
men, Weller weighs 175 pounds, Barta 49,
shook $50 speer 1856, and the others are lighter
The backfeld is lighter. Barwick weighs lSo
Bender 1856, Eager 145 and Mason 100. The
TO Reddick $780, Fenlon 175, Craig $50 and
Marsh 40. These Hghtweights behind the
heavy line demonstrate that Booth depends upon
speed back of heavy line. and he has 1t: with
ont n doubt Booth has not announced his line
up for Saturdays game but as ne has com
paratively clean hospital list he will put in his
best men, and the dust will fly in the first
There was plenty of coaching last night Dr..
Williams was assisted by Bert Strong, Van
Camper Harry Loomis and others who formerly
tore around the varsity grid1ron In armor. The
work was largely that Of signal practice.
Hope OF Victory.
The doctrine of despair which Nebraska is
sending to the outside world IS absent in the
Lincoln press. The Lincoln Evening News of
Monday comments as follows on the Nebraska
Minnesota situation:
.'Ther team Is a good one There is ques-
ton about that. In the game against Grinnell
they played hard. straight football all the time.
There were no tricks tried in the first place,
because ,
because Coach Williams wants to keep all
these finer points in reserve for the cornhuskers
this week. The Minnesota aggregation will
average close to 1915 pounds for the entire squad.
If substitutes are put in during the game it
will not reduce the weight, as the scrubs are
nearly as heavy as the first team men, In the
game Saturday there at least twenty OF
these utility the side lines, and not
than two three of them were under IT'S
pounds. The team that was put on the field
against Grinnell at the opening OF the game
otj w w
Hunter at quarter. as will meet the Nebra ska
next s e the ey e hard ts1
half q thousand mega phones at work, was
ever, Hurry, hurry, hurry" and the, men hur
ried. Quarterback O'Brien had the signal for
the next play out before the man with the ball
had been tackled.
"The team interference was excellent and the
players helped the man with the ball all the
dragged to his feet after he had been tackled
and then ran for touchdown. The plays went
slow at first, but after the first six steps the
men running with the ball were going fast as
Coach Williams could wish He stood on the
side lines during the game and wore smile as
the score slowly crept higher
1T the general opinion of the people or
the field that after the showing made by the
gophers in the game Saturday there was little
hope for Booths men. but away down in theil
hearts they are still little afraid. The corn
huskers are noted for their fighting abilities an6
the Minnesota rooters have not forgotten the
game played two years ago.
side lines last Saturday at the Minnesota Grin
nell game, his agent being J. H. Bell, half
back for four years the Nebraska team. Bel
made careful study Of Minnesotas methods
ana had already made an exhaustive report t
Booth of what he Bell states that there
nothing especially astonishing in Minneso
ta's big score against the Iowa colegians. TIVE
of the strongest m1h in the Grinne1l team
when it played in Nebraska three week
ago were not in the lineup against Minnesota
Minnesota outweghed them and the plucky little
Iowans swept aside much chaff. Th
field was dry and in superb condition, whereas
in the Nebraska Grnnell game which Nebrask
won by Of 46 to 0, the gridiron was SLOW
and soggy from the mud and in condition TO
ago. 1t will be recalled. Nebraska defeated Grin
neil only 1s to 0, while Minnesota showed tn
same under to the tune of 1O2 to o. On tn
that the gophers would have easy picking Il
the Nebraska game, but history has it that Ne
braska gave the husky northerners a beautiful
trimming, and had them licked to standstil
all the way. So after all, the stupendous defea
of Grinnell on Saturday by the gophers shout
not inspire dsmay in the camp of the cornhush
ers. History repeats itself on the gridiro
as in the other walks of lffe.'
If Mr.. Bell reported the Minnesota team
averaging 1915 pounds he should "have anothe
look. - The gophers do not come anywhere nea
1t. The bulk of football armor IS deception an
1t looks as tho Booths messenger had made til
common mistake. Turnout the entire Nebrask
press Is the idea that the cornhuskers will win.
That is the stuff of which football games ar