The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-10

in the Red river valley and the boys were late
getting to work" These fellows strong,
huGky boys, accustomed to life in the open,
quick and ambitious to hold the gophers to the
lowest practice game of the year. They
succeeded.
1t was not so much skill the part Of the
fiokertails. They had endurance and met the
varsity team on even terms SO far as physical
condition went. Their football consisted Of at
tempts at the ends, straight push
play, and deadly slowness in start
quarter finally started them, and fought every
inch of ground with a determination to hold the
varsity. They did repeatedly; 1t was without
any question the hardest and most stubbornly
fought game Of the year, and yet the gophers
ran up thirty-fve points, a little shy Of point
a minute for the play. 1t is unfair to the
won, but the visitors put up fight which called
forth the admiration Of those who love fighters
in football.
Minpesotas play was not up to the standard
expected by the rooters, and therein lies the
whole trouble. Members of the team played
raggedly, and allowed themselves to be held for
downs under North Dakota's goals when spirited,
dashing play would have resulted in touch
down.
Minnesota's Offenses.
1t is not going far afeld to look into Of
the moving of Minnesota's shortcomings
in the of Saturday In the first Place it
before. Hunter was out of the going and Varco
went in as quarter. quarterback may be
truthfully lkened TO the tuning FORK OF q vocal
quartet The men take their cue from him. If
he pipes out his signals in CHEEKY, devil-may
care sort Of style, the team follows his spirit
in spite of themselves. The quarter is looked
upon the directing general Of the play, and
II he carries air Of confidence and fight in his
voice it keeps a team tuned right up to fighting
pitch If the quarter grows anxious, fretted
or scared, and by his signals imparts the same
feeling to his line and backfeld, then disorgan-
izaton sets In at once. The quarter can make
a slow team fast a fast slow.
tLo1J
competent yet to run a team. but his selec-
ton Saturday was made thru necessity. Hunter
had leg with which 1t expedient to take
no chances, and Cutting had a bad ankle Varco
the only available. He droned his
signals and used little generalship. He worked
his backfeld heavily and too much inclined
to work one out of breath and strength be-
hard scrimmage work in the game as he has in
practice. The line not aggressive and did
nothing save to await the charge of the flicker
tails.
Slow in Charging.
General notice was taken Of the fact that
the visitors got the charge the gophers or
Minnesota before the gophers started. The
gopher line was accused of slowness. It looked
slow, but there Is a strong probability that ii
was overcaution. Phil Allen was acting as UNI
pire and had been penalizing Minnesota unmer
fully for offside play. He was watching the
gophers so closely that North Dakota on one oc
CASTOR, at least got entirely away with bat
fracture of the offside regulations. When the
fickertails began to hold the Minnesota team
the varsity forwards grew loath to take any
chances. and for this reason the apparent slow
ness noted. "