The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-20
FIRST SCRIMMAGE
ON The CAMPUS
Students Interested in First Clash
of the Gopher Gridiron
4 Warriors. ..
BY O'Loughlin.

a "A thousand enthusiastic spectators stood
around on the campus at the university yester-
day afternoon and nterfered with the progress
Of the first scrimmage of the year of the gopher
football forces. They crowded IN, so close TO
watch the players that end runs We're almost
ont of the question, and back Of the lines were
secondary lines of defense, twenty deep-so
deep, in fact that a mogul engine could not
have gained five yards thru them. -
The interference with the play was wholly
unintentional.. Not the campus would
do anything. Intentionally to bother or inter-
fere with the progress of the team but 1T was
al case where individual interest resulted badly.
The gridiron2 on Northrop field was too soft for
use yesterday without the danger of running the
surface. The heavy rain Of the night peIore
had not damaged the field" but the blowing
Z or scrimmage would have had bad effect upon
the soft sod. For this reason the candidates
were taken out in front of the armory for their
work. Dr.. Williams, Assistant Coach Dob1e ana
Sig Harris were out to look after the men, ana
after dividing them into three squads sent them
!. up and down the drill ground for time Iii
signal practice.
sHeadg gear called for and before the spec
tAtors well aware what was IN the men
were in scrimmage which was marked more
fbr its pounding than its precision. The two
teams lined up as follows:
Marshall. ............Left end ....... Rogers
Vita. Left tackle Dausherty
Smith Left guard Davidson k1smi
Asher -. .:. Right guard. Richards.
Brush. :. Right tackle. .RichaESseS:
Liggett. Right end 3D. NaT Wnndrck
Larkin. Quarter .......' G SsaGes
SnttipGg fq Half sciuc SnSest
Current. ........... ..Fuilback .Fryekmau, Best
f. Defense Was Stubborn.
] DR.. Williams was behind the veterans, while
iDobie encouraged the, others with his weu-knoWn
/. Sect In there, pile em up" For time the
Veterans found the opposing line a bit too
stiff to their liking, Larkin was new at his
signals, and this caused little confusion After
d time Brush; 1rstield and Liggett began to
make Roadway, and end runs gave gains SUI,
ffcient to carry the scrimmage we'll up and
down the field. Dobies team put un stiff
defense. and offense went into the mixing
vigorously. 1t was all rough and ragged, but
no more so than could be expected from the
first scrimmage of the year. The most praise
T worthy feature of the struggling was the deter
animation and spirit of the men. Ihe veterans
caught their opponents the charge almost
+ every time, opening up holes ESQ quickly that
the new men had time to walk thru after the
man with the ball before the interference mad
turned the signals over in their minds and
started into work. 1t good, lively pro-
ceeding and the men all came thru it without
taiury.
e More Material Needed.
Salidweek has not added any particular luster
to Minnesota hopes. There is varsity material
10 sight for fair team Of eleven men and u
few Notwithstanding such team could
go thru the season without injuries of any
kind and substitutes were not needed,
The talk Of husky candidates. appears to
BE: coming from writer's who care more for
Phrases than for facts. The husky candidates.
few+in number, all last-year men. The new
men are .szabesy some? of Them but even If
these, who are eligible make the varsity team
they. will pull down the weight average. The
addition Of half q dozen likely-looking men for
ffst-teanh substitutes would laid much to gopher
Hopes:.,. fairs are in such a shape at present
sbh an M will be more Of a badge Of dis
Nnction than ever before. For winning
team Minnesota, must: have nearly thirty men of
nrsff 'of tI,o' al
Slows that the squad does not possess this mum.
Der at present! + a few additions would help the
outlook amazingly. and it is to be hoped that
they will fcome out, before, many days pass. The
most encouraging feature of the situa ton rests
tp +that 1.-The ~men3 who ARE out are working with
deadly earnestness:92 The squad looks good in
4 body. Start picking the avaables for the
varsity team and one finds that much Of the
ine-looking new material is eligible only for
Ihe FRESHMAN team {:
4 at+9~s Promising Freshmen.
The freshmen squad looks promising. 1t EN-
braces many men who have mad hgh-school ex
perience, and they are promising rs to size and
weight. Places on this team will have to be
earned. and there is already sign of healthy
rivalry. The freshmen are taking their lessons
In football with close attention, and each one
Seems to have hitched his hope to some day
wearing the :M'' that has come to mean Sc
much in western football. Last night Sig uar
us had the freshmen squad out on the campu.
until nearly g. o'clock, and was giving then
As their first insight into varsity football. Sig
was going into the work in ''must' style
and as the aforesaid sigmund has lot O
football stored away in his head, the fresh
b men were getting good start. These fellows
Z have troubles of their own coming in the game
with Wisconsin and Iowa.. and before the bi.
games DR.. Williams and Assistant Coach Dobit
will assist in polishing them off for their con
tests
555 Another ''M'' man showed up at training
quarters last night and announced an intention
oI gettlng out today 1t was ;''Jim Kramer
Tight halfback on last years team. He is IL
Tsplendid condition and carrying more meat OF
his bones than he did last season. Othe, ney
$ men out last night for the first time wer
Soughland. L. L. Smith. Murphy, Slower. Hen
II Merrill. ~
The playing season will he formally opened o.
Northrop field Saturday afternoon, when tn
university eleven. will line I'D agains
teams representing the Central hig
SCHOOLS Of the twin cities =: The game. will b
called at I o'clock and two twenty-minut
halves will be played: Admission viii h
Il 20 % and 70 cents. Tickets will he placed O
"A sale Thursday morning at Voegcli's and III
Students bookstore in Minneapolis and at VIII