The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-05
GOPHER BASKETBALL
PLAYERS ARE HOME
Minnesota Five Returns Claim.
inq College Championship
of United States.

Manager Deering and six OF the Mime
sofa basketball men returned yesterday
noon, and DR.. Cooke and the remainder
of the party will be back tomorrow morn
ing They are all in first class condition,
although a little stiff and sore, and will be
ready to get to work again in a few days.
The trip was entirely satisfactory to
everybody and Minnesota feels perfectly
justified in claiming the college cham
pionship Of the United States as a result
of the showing made. Yale, playing under
the same conditions as Minnesota, was
decisively beaten by both Cornell and
Williams, although winning from Roches-
ter.
All these teams say that the Ellis are
not in the same class with Minnesota,
and the only team which could give the
Gophers any kind Of game is Columbia.
The New Workers have not yet played
any of these three college teams, but they
We're recently beaten IL to II by the Wash
ington Continentals, who won from Min
neSota by a score of u to 16.
This comparison. if anything, is favor
able to Minnesota, for the game at
Schenectady came directly after the Cor
nell game, for which Minnesota had been
ally was some slump when she lined up
against the soldiers. Then she was
handicapped by the fact that the baskets
were. set up. on standards without any
the showing made was very good.
In regard to the trip as whole the
best team that Minnesota met was the
won by a score OF SO to rs. This team
seemed to be in q class by itself among
Minnesota's opponents. 1t will be seen
at the university armOry on March 10, and
then Minnesota will try to obtain a little
revenge. Purdue and Ohio State had very
ordinary teams, and there was no diff
Guilty in winning those two games. In
Charlottesville high school Minnesota met
the best high school team she ever play
ed The Hoosier boys passed we'll and
kept their heads at critical moments The
game was rather amusing from one
standpoint In the first half the second
team went in and the high school boys
supposing them to be the varsity, rather
lost their nerve and were diStanced by a
number of points, while against the
varsity they took a brace and nearly
won the game, the final score being % to
Rochester was good team and gave
Minnesota a hard game. The coach OF
this team said that except for the Yale
team of 1902, Minnesota was the most
scientific and cleanest playing team he
mad ever seen. Several other critics made
similar statements. Against Cornell Min
neSota put up her hardest game and
during the last few minutes Of the second
haf played the best game a Minnesota
team ever played The Williams game
was played in a small gymnasium, and
was the sowest and toughest Of the trip,
as well as the lowest scoring game a
Minnesota team ever played. Williams is
regarded as one of the best teams in the
East
Of the Individual players Capt. Leach
deserves special mention. He played In
every game and was in the game all
the time. Pierce did remarkable work
throwing baskets from fouls and surpasS-
ed the home team in this department
every time. Kiefer was handicapped by a
lame ankle, but played a strong game.
The other members of the varsity and
the subs all played WELL