The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-21
'TRU SPOIL
COACHING PLANS
RAGGED PRACTICE ON VARSITY
GRIDIRON LAST NIGHT.
shakeup in the Three Teams Not
Thoroly Tested on Account Of Alb
sentees-Three Divisions Are Strong
Outside Opinions OF Minnesota
Have Suddenly Shifted.
BY O'Loughlin.

since Saturday the newspapers Of the cities
in the big nine circuit have been sitting up ano
Hooking around. Previous to that time the dope
istcrs and funny men had been having n ga! olo
time over Minnesota. One Chicago paper race
tiously remarked that ''lt was UNDERSTOOD tna
DR. Williams had another string OF human
lbaxcars on the sidctrack at Northrop held. "A
dincoln. Ncb., periodical solmenly declared that
hIinnesr-A had forty giant Scandnavlans Who
were training after the manner OF prlZenghters.
There was much said of beef by these writ
ers. Since Saturday there has been cnange OF
tone. These papers are now taking OF M M,,,.
tlay remarks with gravity that minneapolis Is
always under cover but turns up with a strong
land fast team The paper int1mates that some
That 1910 score of Sa turday to blame for
this change of front. Forty minutes of play
and a score Of 107 must give Wisconsin, North
western and Nebraska bad case of the shlVers
but they should cheer up. The score was plieo
up against teams composed Of alf-tralned boys
some of whom never played the game before
minnesota will have strong team this, year, but
tfrom present outlook they will not be the 'bogle
mem of the football world. They will not
EAT Nebraska. Wisconsin and Northwestern with
outcondiments. AS Hall Adali the man who
marks the white lines on the grid puts 1t, 1--WE
are Some but not 1t yet.
A Ragged Practice.
The most distinctive feature of yesterdays
,practice was Its badness. 1t was all on account
of some Of the enterprising young men who
Failed to put in an appearance and completely
upset the plans OF DR.. Williams. A new nfSt
Heam was scheduled yesterday afternoon. 1t was
as follows: Luce or Marshall, left end; Ittner
or Case. left tackle; Kicker. left guard; Strath-
arn center; Dan Smith, right guard; Brush, right
tackle; West, right end; Hunter. quarter: Bur.
gail, left half; Kremer, right half and Current
fullback.
The second team was scheduled with Stevenson.
left end: Tschabold, left tackle; Sanborn, left
guard Rosenwad. center: Oech right guard;
Clark, right tackle: Larkin. right end; Cutting.
quarter; Varco left half; Weisel, right half
full he hir1 team wa
up Of kjelland. left end; Vita, left tackle
Ashen, left guard; Stafford, center; Egan right
guard May, right tackle Bandelin. right end:
Kaiser quarter Harmon. left tackle; Nuessle,
right tackle; Brown, fullback.
This schedule showed that the first team Is by
no means a cinch for any of the candidates
Luce and Marshall have been pitted against each
other for left end. Marshall is the more expe
rienced of the two but Luce is the better run.
hardest workers the squad. has been pulled
out of the second team and will be given
chance to compare his work with Case. the big
fellow. West has been taken from the second
team and put on the first to show what he can
do at the end. He is Woodworking young
chap and once he gets to going may be hard tc
replace.
Bandelin Goes Fast.
GRosenwald, the big center of the second team
Is a man and knows little football but he
is DESTROYS of getting along and shows symptoms
of getting down to business in blocking. Band
elm Is one of the corners, if surface indications
count Tor anything. lie Is speedy and play!
with a logged persistence which counts. 1t viii
pay the other candidates to strike Banden
gait and keen it. 1t is going to land ''Bandy'
somewhere, and he might set a pace that woult
take others with him. The third team is {
corking division and will give the second goo'
hard battle for their positions.
Then came the disarrangement of all til
plans for u rafting practice and scrimmage
Nuessle, Cutting. Sanborn and Larkin did no
show up. Nose Stra thern late and Ware
did not appear until after o'clock. Ma
Kicker at his studies until long after tn
work started, but was excusable. Case was O.
the sideline i'll .'cit's'. clothing. the result
of strained ankle. Wcsel had sprain whic
kept him out of it. Harmon nursing lam
back and Marshall heel. This list o
absentees put the work all to the bad -" Dec
was sent into the first team in Rcker's place
and Weist, after time, hurt his shoulder an
gave way to Dan Clark. Current was replace
with Gleason. Asher pulled off the thr
team and put in Sanborn's place. Vita too
Clark'S place when the latter went to the frs
team, and Bandeln supplied for the absent La
kin 1t was sad miXup and showed In til
practice. The second squad plunged thru tn
nrst's line with reckless abandon at time
Earl Luce the star of the play. making
clever end two, but the scrubs backfel
was as active young kitten and long ruI
few and far between The backs iumpe
into the assaultng linebuckers and repeated
held the first team.