The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-15
FRESHMEN MUST
SPEED UP PLAY.
Harris Men will Meet Stiff Prop.
ositions in Badgers and
Hawkeyes.
BY L. L. Collins.

~ Ls h-s SOitISs
Two things have been shown by the
weeks work of the university fresh
man team eliminating IN the game with
In the first place, the team has great
possibilities in wealth of good ma
terial. There are number of fresh
men who are shifty and fast. The
squad is not composed Of feather
weights, but it is light.
In the second place, the freshmen
have not yet attained the speed that
they must have to win from Wiscon-
sin and Iowa, and unless decided i'm
rapidity of offense the hawkeye fresh
men are likely to go back to Iowa City
carrying with them the freshmen
strands Of the Minnesota scalp-lock.
The failure of the team to attain any
kind of speed has been due in meas
ure to combination of circumstances
which has made the makeup Of the
freshmen backdeld uncertain from day
to day.
The Backfeld.
A backfeld with Oscar Ertle and
Hat Frykman at halfbacks, and Bert
Bly, at full would be the choice Of
every. rooter who has seen the daily
practice Of the freshmen team. Such a
backfeld would be fast and heavy, pre-
senting in Ertle, Frykman and Bly, a
trio of preparatory school stars who
should be able to hold their own with
any other combination in the west. Bly,
has been sick and is not in shape fer
heavy work, while Ertle has only been
out during the last week.
If all of these men can be in the
practice this week they will undoubt:
eddy make up the regular backfeld Of
the freshmen in the Iowa game, but if
Frykman and Bly, are unable to get
into the game during the week, Sig
Harris will strive to pound speed into
a second trio. backfeld men who have
been showing up we'll in the week IS
practice. Ertle will be played at right
half in this second combination, with
Merrill at full and Hubbard or Hawleys
at left half. This backfeld would be
lighter than the one mentioned above,
but if Moore can get the plays started
with speed, the result should be sat
isfactory.. b..
| Moore is conceded the quarterback
position and if he can get into the
habit Of singing out his signals and,
starting his plays with rapidity he
should make a good man. He has been
bba a lie Re11 BY new set g of h sgPPa al
dlscouraglng. Rasmussen, quarterback,
on the second team, is something Of a
midget, but he runs the second team
satisfactorily and should make good
substitute. s@r.
During the week the freshman line,
has done some exceedingly good work.
A shift Of Eakins, one of the most
promising men on the squad, from left
tackle to left guard, has helped out
in the middle Of the line, and Dunn,
the freshman center, has improved in
way that has been surprise to those
who saw his early season work He is
willing, sure on his passes, and is fast
I learning aggresslveness and charging.
Right tackle has been weH-cared for
| by Smith, q man of fair weight, who
makes up in football knowledge and
aggressiveness what he lacks in weight
tlon ever since the first freshman lines
up of the year, and will undoubtedly
be kept in the place.
Eakln s transfer to guard created a
vacuum at left tackle, but the appear
ance Of Foker seems to have filled the
gap. Foker played in twin city FOOT
ball last fall, and altho he is rather
green at the game, has had no trouble in
stopping his share of the second team
plays. Melin of the second team has
been doing good work during the week
and should have. a good chance to win.
his 'O9 before the season is over.
Ends Satisfy Coach. Z
i Sig Harris is not worrying about the
freshman ends. There are enough good
men trying for the positions to supply
no position on the team that could be
SO satisfactorily filed. Castor and
Coughlin of Minneapolis seem to have
a little the best Of the fight for the po-
sitions, but in Casserly, Rogers and
Murphy, Harris has three men who
know the game thoroly, and who play
clever football.
In considering the freshman schedule
the Wisconsin game looks most formid-
able. The Wisconsin freshmen are
playing the varsity team two or three
lars for twenty minutes without score.
This indicates that the badger young
sters are to be factor in freshmen
football in the west, and many of the
Chicago writers have picked them as
the champion freshmen team of the
"Big Nine No Minnesota rooter,
however optimistic, thinks for mo.
ment that the Minnesota freshmen team
could hold the gopher regulars for
Iowa Strong.
Nothing has been heard from Iowa
concerning the freshman team until re.
Gently, but on Wednesday the freshmen
celebrated an easy Saturday victory
over Upton (Iowa) high school, by
walking all over the hawkeye regulars
With two such opponents as Iowa
and Wisconsin on the schedule, and a
, probability Of a game with the North.
western youngsters, the gopher fresh
men must go into the game next week
. . with the purpose Of attaining speed and
!, precision. Otherwise the freshmen
record Of the year will give the univer'
sity little cause for satisfaction.
: NORTH nAK0T6NS