The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-30
ALL EYES ON THE
SATURDAY GAME
Chicago scribes Take Notice Of
the Badger Gopher Football
Battle.
Special to The Journal.

Special to Tho Journal.
Chicago, Oct so.--Minnesotas mysterious
eleven, which has been the subject of no end
Of guesses and prophesies on the part of Chi
suddenly come into the limelight of universal
observation turnout the west because of the
game with Wisconsin next Saturday. As this
game will give the first real inkling as to how
the championship may CO. 1t has already become
topic of all-absorbing interest among local
enthusiasts, and the newspapers here today de
vote most of thier football comment space in
discussing the gopher team and the Minneapolis
game. large crowd Of Chicagoans are plan.
ming trip to Minneapolis to witness the
contest. The following is extracted from some
of the Chicago newspaper comments
which viii have any bearing on the western
championship Is that of next Saturday in Min.
neapolis between Wisconsin and Minnesota. On
the result Of that will depend something OF the
gophers' claim to gridiron ranking. It Coach
Kings men should defeat DR.. Williams eleven
it will be accepted generally as an indication
of Chicago superiority to the gophers. There
is nothing convincing, however, in such basis
of comparison, for Minnesota might lose to the
night later If the gophers met the maroons
which they will not. In the same way, II MIN
nesota trims Wisconsin this week by larger
score than Chicago did, gopher sympathizers
will claim superiority to the maroon on com
parative scores. There will be the same lach
of convincing power In the argument because
the supremacy of the gridiron can be estab
lished definitely only by actual battles between
all the claimants. r...-. g.. ....
It is unfortunate in that respect, that Min
nesota plays only one "big'' game annually
that against Wisconsin, and does not NEE
either Michigan or Chicago This week inter
est will center in the games between Wiscon
sin and Minnesota at Minneapolis. and Michi
gan and Illinois at Urbana. Minnesota ant
Michigan are both favorites, altho Wisconsin
puts in a strong claim for the Minneapolis
contest, which will probably be very stubborn!
fought. The badgers should have improved
| greatly since the Chicago game, and, as the!
will be almost as heavy as the gophers,
small score is generally expected.
Minnesota is determined to not only defea
| the badgers. but to run up big score On them
| honors must be based comparative scores
| Northwestern and Wisconsin are the only "b1
| nine" teams the gophers have yet to play, an
! the contest with the purple will not prove any
| thing as far as the championship is concerned
| The Chronicle-For the past few years every
thing has been favorable to the. Minnesot
eleven Wisconsin has been BIT weaker axe an an
cago, as well as the gophers. This year tn
badgers have already been defeated BY the mi
rooms and Minnesota will be the favorite b.
comfortable odds when the game Is starte
Saturday. However, the eleven coached by ID
Williams is likely to strike the hardest gam
| Il has had with the badgers for many year
| Chicago barely nosed out victory with tn
strongest team Stage has ever put up. Mime
| sofa is not reported as being any better tina
last season, and may be pushed to the 1fm1
to gain the honors at the end of the week.
| The Observation-Disclosures, there is still an
| other team which is in the running, and 70
which its partizans claim equal considerable
with Michigan and Chicago. This is Mime
| sota 1t is too bad that the gophers, wh
really seem to have a stronger team than las
season. do not play either the maroons or VOL
verines, for should the northerners go thr
the season without defeat the championshi
will be well muddled and for the next year
! Will be the subject of many an argument Mir
| nesota has one more game which may prov
hard for her. That Is the contest next Satul
day with the badgers. Should the Wisconsf
| team win this game, Of course, Minnesota
out Of the running for the topmost honors.