The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-16
OF THE
HIGH SITUATION.
First Week Shows the Teams to
Have Made Rapid
Progress.
BY Gill.

grfdirons this fall. This much can be seen
| from the caliber of the men who are grilling
off superhuous flesh under the orders Of the
coaches, tho the season is but one week along.
All four schools have regular coaches. and in
every squad there Is evident a determination to
win and willingness to do hard work which
promises well for the championship contest to
come. r.
| While immediate interest centers about the
Minnesota Central game of next week. the ult1-
mate question in the mind of every follower
of the scholastic game is: "Will North Side be
able to hold the championship Every team
| is training with the idea of wrestling the title
from the Fremont avenue school, while the Bur-
! gan and Marks are trying to build up heavy
and fast machine which will be able to win
first honors again.
| North Side Showing.
! Football is full Of surprises, and the only
safe time to make prophecies is after the last
game has been played AS things stand at
present, North Side would seem to have slight
| ~ the best OF it in weight and numbers. More
over, the whole school is enthusiastic over the
victory of last fall and will support its team
i to the finish.
In weight East high seems to class with
North, and has the number of frst-team
men back in the game. CentraP is lighter, but
has seven first-team men out as against six for
the other two South Side is the unknown
quantity in the equation. There are no yeter-
ans with any established reputation in the
what Coach Goltbloom can do with the material
at hand. In weight it matches well with that
which is working under Coach Morse.
| That North Side is regarded the one team
which is certain to last to the finals was clearly
unaffected at the meeting Of the managers
/ Thursday. All three Of her competitors wished
| to make the North Side game the last in their
schedules, and it was over the unwillingness
Cf the Northtown managers to play an in-town
game after Nov. 10 that the negotiations came
to deadlock.
/ How the Fremont avenue men rank their OPP
ponents was evident from the schedule which
Manager Gaylord attempted to make. 1t was:
game, Nov. s. and East Nov. To- East side
was the only school to accept the date offered.
1 Schedules Unsettled.
The schedules are still very much in the air.
It is settled that South and Central are to
meet Nov. 10 and Professionally agreed that East
university Sept. %, and is planning an alumni
line, Manchester, Duluth and the st. Paul high
schools are the teams which will I'LL the early
dates but while the managers are writing many
letters nothing definite has been settled All
games will be played on Friday afternoon.
At the present time the Central team is fur
Their along than any Of the others The. stua
ton which confronts Coach Morse is difficult
one. He must have team in the field next
Saturday which can play together by signal
To do this he must old men and will be
unable to develop his material. This means
that after the university game he will have tt
begin. at the beginning, try out the new me1
and practically make new team.
Under the hurry-up work of the last ter
days the red and blue players have made re
markable progress. Instead Of first develop
, ing the strength and form of the individual
player, then teaching team work by signal ant
finally putting the polish, Morse has beer
forced to combine all three to develop hot
house product
Placing the Men.
Captain; Dickinson fullback; Farnham, center
: Schroeder, left guard; Saxon, left end; Green
! quarterback; Cochran, subtackle and Tobin. sub
: back, form the nucleus about which the provis
Il tonal team will be built. This gives a yetera
s line from the left thru center and three oil
t men in the backfeld. Bresky, from North Side
e is promising candidate for right end, and til
empty places at half, guard and tackle ca
d easily be filled from the host Of good materia
S at hand. Captain Dickinson is we'll please
S with the outlook and in common with Coac
Y Morse is confident that the varsity players wi
:, not duplicate their last years score Of IS to
IS Sig Harris and a few old time Centre
stars are expected to come around next week an
Il drill in a few Of the finer points Of the game.
Y At North high things are moving at a MOI
o leisurely pace Coach Burgan is working h
r candidates slowly thru the earlier stages an
IS will not bring them to the really hot sands b.
fore the end of next week His policy is I
d build up the wind and reduce the weight of til
Is squad by steady grind at the elements of tt
|; game. Charging with the ball., carrying ar
r. tackling are at present the sum total of b
In contrast with the treatment handed OF
by DR.. Burgan is the ''hurry up work of w
man at East high. Practice began Monday ar
Thursday saw opposing sections of the SOUS
I mixed in q scr1mmage which made up in Wig
what it lacked in smoothDess. In its chargi1
and lining up the East high bunch moves in va
sity style. f..
e. South Highs Position.
of South Side is the great unknown in city foe
no ball. Time alone will show what Coach Col
a bloom can make out Of the material at han
Many of the men have played on independe
hit teams which could give the high schools a RI
is for their money. AS yet South has no capital
m A meeting OF the athletic association was call
yesterday to effect a reorganization and ta
It. steps to place the finances Of the team in bett
en- condition. AS soon as the tryout is thru
IS preliminary stage the squad will elect a ca
e- tain ,@
Taken altogether the outlook for the prese
c- season is promising. No school has anythi
in cinched and the championship will be settl
at only by complete exchange of games amo
Is the schools.
es The following summary gives some inform
as ton which will be of interest to followers
the high-school game:
SIX CentraESquad numbers about 30; ''C'' m
ed back, Z; captain Dickinson; manager, Profess
oe Britzius; COACH Morse; practice grounds, Tive
of ty-second and Pleasant.
he Nortll-Squad numbers about 80; "N''men ba
lily 6; captain, Marks; manager, Gaylord; coat
Burgan; practice grounds, Girard avenue a
Seventeenth avenue N
South-Squad numbers about Is: ''S" n
back, 0; captain to be elected; manager, Sole
COACH Goltbloom; practice grounds, Twen
d third street and Eighth avenues.
East-Squad numbers about %; "E'' men bat
G; captain Bunne1; manager, Turnstrand; coa
Wyman; practice grounds, University avenue q
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