The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-07
MINNESOTA IS
STILL SIGHTED
Chicago Press Apparently Has an
Eye Full Of Michigan
Dope.

SuACdSO press a c1ean sweep OF ten victories,
the piling up Of the greatest number of points
ever made by a team in one season and the
record score OF 146 seems to cut little Ice with
the Chicago dopesters. The Tribune says:
The battles scheduled to take place next
Saturday are inevitable. and the utmost must
be got out Of the time that remains. When the
sun sets on the fields of Ann Arbor, Mime
apol1s and Evanston next Saturday. the fates of
perhaps the fates of ALL
The three most important games Of the wes-
tern season are to be played on that day. For
chicago enc o., and Michigan, the game means per
wolverines win the game, they will have an I'M
broken season of victories: Chicago, Northwes-
tern, Wisconsin and Illinois will be out of the
running, and Minnesota is the only rival that
could hope to put in claim to equality. To
1nterpose such claim, however, the northern
eleven must defeat Wisconsin by as large or
nearly as large score as that Of Michigan a
week ago, and win from Northwestern in the
game with the Methodists Nov. 10.
IT Chicago should win, on the other hand
there would still be the tie game with Illinois
on Its record. and. altho it might reasonably
claim the championship on its past record, in
spite OF this there would still be room for dis
cussion, especially If the down-state team should
make a whirlwind finish in its games with
northwestern, Iowa and Nebraska. A Wiscon-
SIN victory over the gophers would not mean a
great deal except that it would eliminate the
Minnesotans from the race. The badger eleven,
while winning glory in such an event, would be
Az CAoeeI " Claiming the championship, unless
1t should pull out another victory from Chicago
after the latter team had defeated Michigan-a
most improbable happening
Inter Ocean-The race for the western college
IootDau championship has now reached the semi
hnals. After week Of comparative relaxation,
the big e1evens are pointed toward another
round OF critical games. Next Saturday Chicago
and Michigan, Northwestern and Illinois, Mime
sofa and Wisconsin will do battle to maintain
prestige or retrieve fallen fortunes.
VI these teams, Northwestern and Wisconsin
nave already been declsively beaten. Hence the
games IN which they are scheduled for this week
are secondary In Importance to the Chicago
elevens.
The other games next Saturday look easier
1or tne dopesters than the hicago-Michigan
contest. Wisconsin will probably be over
whelmed by Minnesota. The gophers have a
great ambition to go better on Michigan in
this respect.
The Northwestern-I Illinois contest shou1d 90 n
the lllln1 on the basis of comparative showinps
against Chicago, but Mccormack may be able to
get his team together and win the game II he
does, 1t will be SURPRISE
Chronic1e-Football teams both in tho cast and
the west, came nearer to playing to form Satur.
DAY than they have yet done this sea son. As far
as the east is concerned, the results were only
ABOUT what had been expected by unbiased crit
les. inere were couple of instances in the
west, however, where scores gave an indication
or some new strength or weakness of eleyens
PROBABLY the most significant game was that
between Iowa and Nebraska, in which the corn
huskers were given a hard tussle by team that
mas not been accounted even a second-r ater
| Iowa, in addition, was handicapped by several
OF Its regular players being out of the game or
account OF 1ajuries. Under these circumstance,
i7-to-6 victory does not speak very well TO,
Nebraska, which played Minnesota almost to ,
standstill week ago.
IL Minnesota can do no better than this agains
team OF Nebraska's class it does not looI
a. tnls tlme as tho 1t could establish very valit
clalm to the western championship especially ~
| 1t does not meet Michigan or Chica 20 two s+ron,
contenders. Under the circumstances compara
tive scores are about all the gophers will have
to 60 on in establishing their claim to champfon
ship, even If they should win both the Wiscon
! sin and Northwestern contests and the Nebraa
ka game will probably prove to be a very blacl
| eye.
mat Michigan was not able to defeat Drake
more than "a to was only what was to have
been expected with Heston out Of the game
outside OF Heston, who is an instructive and IL
many respects an individual football PLAYER
| fost has very ordinary team, with a lot Of
| bulk and not overburdened with aggressiveness
Ihere are three or four teams in the west tha
could enter a contest with the players Yost sem
In to meet Drake Saturday on even terms
Next Saturday the championship race Is to one1
IN earnest, when Minnesota meets Wisconsin
Chicago plays Michigan and Illinois takes yisi
to Sheppard field. There is a possibility tina,
| these games VII settle the race If Wisconsin
can beat Minnesota or hold Dr.. Williams men t.
anything like close score, and Michigan car
beat Chicago, while Northwestern gives Illinot,
hard argument, the wolverines will have .
clear claim to the championship, without an,
argument. These results are not outside thu
possibilities and many claim they are probabili
ties.
Notwithstanding occurred in Saturday.
football games to aid in Strengthening out tn,
western championship tangle. The four team
that are left In the race, Minnesota, Michigan
Chicago and Illinois, all met weak foes an,
the scores give the followers Of the game littl
help In anticipating the results Of the crucia
games of next Saturday when the climax O.
the western season will be reached.
| The three overshadowing contests for mex
Saturday will bring together Michigan and Chi
cago, Minnesota and Wisconsin and Northwestern
and Illinois. Northwestern and Wisconsin hay
already, been counted out of the race on accoun
of decisive defeats. Michigan or Chicago mus
give up the struggle for the laure1s and defeat
for Minnesota and Illinois would practically set
tie the race, the winner at Ann Arbor being tn
only unbeaten team left. If Chicago wins sh
would still have to beat Wisconsin to have
clear title.
Wisconsin seems to have the smallest chance
of victory of any Of the teams, and It looks NOR
than probable that Illinois will defeat Northwes
tern. altho the purple is playing far better foot
ball than when it met and was defeated 80 de
cisively by Chicago.
Poor Wisconsin,, already made to suffer a
overwhelming defeat by Michigan, will face ar
other hard proposition when she meets the Mir
nesota team. The gophers intent upon run
ming up higher score Wisconsin than Mich
gan able to do. thereby gaining the RICH
to dispute with Michigan, If the wolverines bea
Chicago, the claim for the western champion
ship.
i A CHICAGO OPINION