The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-01
BY O'Loughlin.

wyoming l6, princeton SecOnuS 4.
Il BY O'Loughlin.
Chicago, Dec Chicago holds the western
championship in football by six ponts-four thru
o. field goal against Wisconsin and two thru
safety Michigan.
I The score against Michigan, however, does not
tell the story Of Chicago's strength
/ Michigan caught tartar and Joined Mime
j sofa yesterday III the ranks of the ''also rams
III the western football for 1905.
The wires have carried the story of the fight
without until Clark lost his head. 1t
was rafting gridiron battle, with Chicago
! having the best Of 1t most of the time. Yost
Ehad apparently sacrificed speed for weight. He
had the edge on the Chicago team in beef, but
the unexpectedly stubborn resistance OF Stagg s
men caught the wolverines mapping and the
\ 'glory that was Rome's' went glimmering.
! fThe game was series of line bucks, end
trials and lpunts. Neither side could carry the
ball for long gains and in the kicking Eckersall
1 naturally had the best of it. Yost braced up
his ends until they took good care of Eckersall,
and the star quarterback had to rest upon
i laurels won thru good kicking and splendid
seneralship.
Eckersall an Actor.
tStaggs offense was more spectacular than
that of Yost, his defense better. Curtis was
thrown out for roughing Eckersall and this cir
crmscribed Yost's offense. the disqualified
man one Of Yost's dependables at ball
carrying Eckersal, the other hand, is a
ground until Curtis surely out of the game.
He then showed remarkable recuperative powers
and played fast game until the close.
There were no spectacular runs to- electrify
the crowd. It was largely straight football
Eckersall made but one attempt at "a field
gea1s and that was blocked Michigan tried 8
place kick, but that, too, was without result.
s''It is Stages best team is the general
comment. and before the game started
The Chicago honors go to Bezdek Eckersall and
De Tray, while Garrels the Michigan
star. Chicago was by far the superior in
ground gaining and in the interchange OF punts
Eckersall outkcked Garrels
1.-The crowd was great one and watched the
play in a snowstor1n. which was not heavy
enough to interfere with view of the game
but was wet enough to make the gridiron slip
neither team has as widely varied an attack as
Minnesotas. Chicagos team-Dlay surpassed
Niichigan's, and the lighter, men played tn.
wolverines to standstill. f. f..
Gophers There Late.
iMnnesota's delegation did, not reach Chicago
snt - 80, thru belated trains Such veteran
hooters Colonel F. NJ. Joyce and Isaac Kauf
ginning of the second half There were rea
tears shed over this and words used which
shriveled the varnish on the coaches. Th
gopher team reached their headquarters at tn
Chicago Beach hotel at 1 o'clock and hustle
over to Marshall field They were placed in tn
center of the big stand with the Chicago rooters
Minnesota kept quiet until the end Of tn
first half, when the flesh weakened and the.
let out the Minnesota yell. This made
hit with Chicago. and the maroon rooters cam
right back The gophers remembered their treat
1nent by Michigan since 1903 and won still fur
thert applause by varying the "Ski-u-Mah'' b.
giving it "Chi-Ka-Go.' After that all reserv
was cast aside and Mnnesota's followers root
ed for Stages men with might and MAN.
Gophers Hold Festival.
Last night the gophers held a JOY" festiva
over the. downfall Of their old rivals and finall
: wound UP the evening by attending one Of tn
downtown theaters in body. special Thanks
giving dinner was served the gophers in a pr
vate dining at o'clock and the fun wa
fast and furious. -' ~'
life in the football sleeper Thursday nigh
was one long misery for those who wished
sleep. The men out of training and re
manned up until o'clock. making raids o
every. pie counter from Albert Lea to Dubuque
They pulled drowsy heads out of berths an
''soused' speepers with cold water. "Nighties
were tied in knots and sanciful doings of a.
sorts were the rule. The team starts back tonigh
and will arrive home Saturday morning.