The Minneapolis journal., 1904-10-03
OUTSIDE OPINION
OF THE GOPHERS
Chicago Press Accords Minnesota
Even Footing with Michigan,
and Wisconsin. '".-'.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Chicago, Oct. 3.-While Chicago and
Iowa are regarded as the surprises of
the football games Of Saturday, when
all the tig western teams We're seen
IN action, Minnesota is regarded as one
race for the championship. The Tri-
bune says:
Minnesota seems determined to
win, = and all the local sporting writers
say the team has great strength The
Inter. Ocean alone criticizes the, Mime,
isotans, saying: 1872 T.
usual outlay of big men and many of
these seem this year, as last, to have
the added virtue of speed. The big
scores made by the gophers SO far seem
to promise a wonderful team, but these
scores, it should be remembered, have
all been made against teams that were
lamentably weak. Williams men have
had no try-oout as yet: The backs are
not yet showing even glimmer of team
work. While it is yet too early to say
which teams are going to survive the
shocks and disappointment of the next
few weeks, the games PLAYED Saturday
show the general trend of the teams
now under way. To size up all+'of the
stand today would be to say that Mich
igan, Minnesota and Wisconsin look out
best and are about on par among
themselves Chicago and Northwestern
look pretty evenly Matched but in a
class below the other two.'
"Not far behind the local pair are
diana seem weakest. Indiana is already
out of it and Purdue's lease Of life in
the big show is limited to five days.
The Record-Herald says: Minnesota
seems bound to break all records for
total points and Saturday ran up 65 on
| Carleton. There was no surprise at Ann
was expected of them. That Yost will
have another machine is apparent.
and with his comparatively light scheG
| uln, he should sweep the board as of
! old. -
The Tribune says: F'saturday IS
games brought out two great surprises
showing of the University of Chicago
in their game with Indiana and tie
Cornell college. Minnesota showed un-
der Carleton and other large teams in
Fthe west did about what was expected
of them by their adherents. For several
years the strength of tn, hawkeye
team has been steadily increasing. Last
year in the opening game, the hawkeye
! team scored only six points against Cor
nell, and was later beaten BY Mime
sofa by - points. Before the end of
the season, however, it had improved
to the extent of defeating the Univer-
"The team is much stronger than it
was at the same time last season, and
| is dark horse in the football race.
It is scheduled to play four champion
ship gamcs-with Chicago, whom it
meets Oct. IS, and with Nebraska,
Illinois and Minnesota, and the coaches
Of these institutions are counting upon
| Iowa for hard games
| The Examiner says: Northwestern
is the team that Stagg thinks is most
likely to take his measure, but the
scores that Iowa made against Cor
considerable concern and he IS q Won, Won
| dering just how, strong the gritty fel-
lows are this year. Heretofore they
have been able to give the maroons
a mighty hard match. If they are as
tion with Stagg as to what has hap
pened at Iowa.
The Chronicle says: "The supposed
weakest placesAin the teams in Michigan
and Minnesota are at the ends. 1t is
said that Coaches Curtis and Cochem:
much chance of pushing the wolverines
down the field by ine-bucking tactics
that these teams will. have probably
Stronger centers, guards and tackles thar
last year, but that new ends are being
developed at Ann Arbor and Minneapo
| lis, and consequently Wisconsin mus
effective in the Michigan game montl
hence and in the Minnesota game il
November. The plans of the Wiscon
! sin coaches turn on these two biz
games" ....- .'.. ...... -- -.