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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29
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This is a plain recital Of the ad-
ventures of Mary tombstone, encounter
ed in the. pursuit Of black bass, re-
lated by Mary himself, and faithfully
reported by your very humble servant,
who begs all readers to bear in mind
that he has extenuated nothing and
set nothing down in malice. Perhaps
it as well to say that. Mary himself lis
not aware that he is going by the name
Of the lurid novelist as yet, but is
blithely disseminating smiles, good stor-
les, and hardware thruout the state, as
ignorant of the celebrity he has sachiev-
ed as wassLord Byron the night before
he awoke and found himself famous.
But that s enough of preface;. Mary
may now take the rostrum: When
we started up Prairie River way, Dan
Gum, Bert Powers and I, it was our
sole intention to- do some fishing and
catch some very big bass; the monu-
mental liar who guided us having sworn
that he. knewSpf a lake where fish-1ine
had never been wet, and frog dared not
sing on; the banks for fear gigantic
bass should climb out of the water and
get him, and That he also knew Of a
sdry road to that haven Of peace un-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

from the inter scholastic code, the rule
which said that eighth grade students
should not play on high school teams
be also taken into: consideration and
that the year could not be, counted
against, the: Kings, as! they could not,
under the rule, have been members 5of
a high school team at that time. =
r. The board of appeals held that there
was a. four-:year limit, and found that
thf hs es hi s he eSod pg team ct
The Wilkinson Case. Y J
, Wilk r3cl was barred under this
same Interpretation of the first. rule. 1T
was alleged that he had played four
years on the Shattuck team. One year
while student in the grammar depart:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

probably too scared by the bears to p
anv attention to any thing else, grf
bed him by the tail, intending to C.;
ture at least one trophy to show I
all that / had undergone. But l could
hold him. He towed me out a mile or.
into the lake, and then / let go
tail and swan back, not wanting to
landed somewhere too far from
road to the shacker' IS cabin to be pie.
ant. When 1 reached shore again 1t Y
dark, the bears were gone. the ia
ditto, and / picked up the gun g
made my way back, finding the VIII
party at the cabin.-and in a most
credulous frame of mind.
"They declined to go with me 8
see with their own eyes. the evfdet
that / was speaking the truth, and
retired to rest disguised with s.
doubling Thomases. Next day we Is
to the road again, got two-thlrds
| the way over that Internal corduroy|
and then struck the limit. And ii
and there Mr.. Gum spoke. again,
ter wading the slough before us,
| this effect: Making did fool of yt|
self is all right up to the legal, iilI
This is the limit. It's us for honl
and we unhitched the horses: backed |
| wagon and boat cart tne long, we
way to the beginning of the cordui
rehitched the team, and here we ar
Thus Mary; respectfully appeal
the reader to say whether he has ia
| earned the soubriquet with which /.
| have gifted him; / think he has. q
here follow few words from Mr.. G
apropos of Mary's narration. Did
| really see EN- auoSh Daniel ans1
/ inp INQUIRIES; I'll never tell YOU W
he saw. He stayed all night at
Jim's shack and had jug with Il hin
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than it was at the opening of the sea-
son. d.. 81. 49,. - ..
|. Individually the men have come up
remarkably in form. Schroeder, who
kept the coaching staff on the. verge
! Of nervous prostration early in the sea-
son, has overcome his tendency to run
high and 90 in backwards and devel-
oped into frst-rate plunging fullback.
=, South Side has been working hard:
The spirit of the team is excellent and
promises to carry the school thru the
season with credit. The men do not
expect to win first honors, tho they
would not refuse to pick up the cham:
pionship if they found it lying around
loose, but are determined to play thru
their, schedule to the best of their abil-
ity and to lay the foundation for
championship team in years to come:
East Side has not shown any signs
Of quitting because Of it's defeat at
the hands of Central. The crimson
PLAYERS are taking the hard luck. which
has come to them without a whimpel
and are keeping in frst-rate condition
The hospital list is gradually getting
shorter and the last games should see
the University avenue team nearly up
to its normal strength and prepared
to pound a few complications into the
championship DOPE 3~
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speakable. I did not know why. Mr..
Gum declined to take his own. horses;
as soon as assured that the way lay
over a dry road, but hired team be-
longing to the guide, but I found out.
later easily enough.
. GA, dry road in that country is one
you can traverse without swimming
very much. But we started and up to
noon got along very nicely, not hav-
ing to unlock. the boat cart towing be-
hind our wagon and yank it thru mud
holes of portentous width and depth,
more than half dozen times, and then
we outspanned, had a very good al fres-
co repast, and, at. least SO far as was
concerned, looked forward to speedy
arrival at the lake which was but a
few miles Farther on But Z didn It
dream of what was ahead. s.
- We ,hitched up again and for a
short distance got along all right, and
then we struck the corduroy, a mile
Of it there should have been, but out
and alas, after we were on it and well
| advanced along it, turning around i'm
| possible, and going thru imperative, we
struck a long stretch where it simply
| was not, and it was up to us to replace
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have the freshman handicap, a lack. in
weight, but all have had experience
in high school football and should be
able to hold their own: =. -
IF the Minnesota freshmen win from
Wisconsin they must be considered q
factor in the freshman championship
of the west. At Wisconsin the fresh
man team has repeatedly held the regu-
lars even in practice and on Wednes-
day the freshman backs took the ball
over the Wisconsin goal line four times.
This was Of course not done in regu-
lar game and the freshmen were al
lowed to- retain the ball in their efforts
to score, but the feat shows that the
badger youngsters are strong '-'."
In weight the badgers will have a
great advantage and their play will
probably be Of a line plunging nature.
If the Minnesota line can hold as It
has done in the preliminary games the
backfeld can be depended upon for the
work of advancing the ball and it is
to the offense of the backfeld that
Coach Harris will rely when his team
is in possession Of the ball. 49,: ~
The game with Wisconsin will be
played in the morning. The gopher
youngsters will be supported by a
branch Of the university roofing club
and victory for the Minnesota young
! sters would be taken as good omen
for the big game of the afternoon, -.
Altho Minnesota in 1900 turned out
a creditable freshman team the first
year men Of Wisconsin and Minnesota
have never before met on the gridiron
and the game will be novel one in
Minneapolis football history. ~.
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ment,s and three years while in the pre-
paratory department. This question
was referred to the Shattuck authori;
ties and they telegraphed Friday morn
ing; that he had played there four years.
20 this North replied that he had
only played three years as high school
man. and was entitled to one year more.
The majority Of the board thought.
otherwise and he was barred. f. :.
= North also took exception to- the de-
cision in these three cases on the COM
mon ground that they were made under;
an ex post facto law; that the four7year.
rule was not in existence at the time;
the Kings and Wilkinson began playing;
and that they should not be made to
suffer for doing what was perfectly
lawful at. the same time it was done.
! . North further objected that while
the rule was eminently fair when ap-
piled 1s4 to men wh sx had sl glazed glazed their
it did not fit the different conditions
existing in the smaller towns Of the
state. They argued that while educa-
tionally such schools as Redwood Falls
We're high schools, athletically they
were not. 49, =, EE,..s. 49,
j, The professionals took the ground that
|. the. spirit of iithe, ,rnle, as interpreted.
was that no man who, was out of the
high school class by reason Of having
four years ; experience should be per
mitted to play. They held that what
ever the technical standing Of the
insin had had four years Of high school
experience or it's equivalent. :
E.r-> Alleged Forgery. r. 80
Iberson was protested under rule
three. The Protestants said that he had
himself signed his fathers name to the
| certificate first presented to his prin-
| cipal.. s,.'5' ~ -, i, %. .'F>'
| North admitted this, but alleged that
he did so while his father was out of
town, and with the full intention of
later securing his ratification. They
| presented a certificate subsequently
filed out and signed by his father. The
board ruled that he. was not eligible.
Marks was protested under rule one.
| The question became one of fact and
was left for Professor w. w. Hobbs of
| North high and Professor w. F. Web
| ster of East high to determine from
! the records Of the North high school.
In regard to the cancellation of the
game between North and South sched-
uled for Friday afternoon the facts are
a little more clear. About g O'Clock
Friday morning word was received at
North high that the report from Shat
tuck on the Wilkinson case was un-
| favorable. The, athletic board held a
meeting and decided that they would
call the game off. South was SO notified.
| Proffers Turned Down.
f. Later in the morning, the exaetstime
is in dispute, the North board held
another meeting and reconsidered their
. first action. They telephoned to She
i South management that they would
j play. @ -: =.
1. s North insists that it was clearly
stated that it would put the best pos
j sible team in the. field. South declared
that it understood that, the offer was
{ to play the second team, SO that those
i who had bought tickets might not be
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29
DEFEAT AROUSES
FIGHTING SPIRIT
st. Thomas Team, overconfdencs
Destroyed, Takes Brace Dur
ing Weeks Practice.
BY "Perey."

Every member of the st. Thomas
team was out promptly Monday after
its defeat by the Carleton team. Not
a man was injured in the contest. It
was a hard game to lose. but still it
has imbued the men with the spirit OF
fight. They will go into the rest OF
the games with determination to win
dence.
The weeks work has been gruelling.
Several chances have been made in the
lineup; Harmon has been at center reg
ularly, his good showing in the earle.
ton game having given him first call
on that position. In the scr1mmage
ankle and an Il IS Z he
able to play for at least two weeks.
Schurch played his position during the
week and althO somewhat cratic In his
passing he will develop into good
center.
Jereczek has been moved to lefa
tackle where he is putting up strong
game. Mulrooney is being tried out
ence at this position before entering
st. Thomas Nemzek and Pennington
are about equal in the running for FULL
back, Pennington at present being used.
Nemzek, however, is too valuable a
man to leave off the team, and the posi-
ton OF right tackle being weak, ne lS
being given good tryout at that place.
He should make an ideal tackle, as he
has the required weight and speed. He
has had some experience at this posi-
ton, and there is no reason why ne
should not become frst-class player.
Best Fighter Wins.
Ouinlin also has been showing up
5splendidly at this position. The man
who shows the most fight, especially on
the defense, will eventually land the
place. The ends are lamentably weak,
and considerable time has been devoted
to the selection of pair of good ones.
Conmy, Gordon, Doran and o 'Brien are
the most likely candidates, but none OF
them has shown any particular aptitude
for tibet position.
It is to be regretted that the team
has such a poorly arranged schedule
There has been no preliminary games tc
speak Of, and these are necessary to
give the coaches an opportunity to Try
out the men, and to develop the team as
it should be developed before playing
any of the championship games.
The team has no game until NOV. 4
when it lines up against the Agricull
tural school at Fargo, and on Nov
the following Monday, it goes NJ
against the strong University OF Norti
Dakota team. This will be wear.
, trip and the team will have to play hart
to make a creditable showing, espe
cially in the university game, as tn
!, effects of the Fargo game will no doub.
; still be felt.
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disappointed. This offer was refused.
Later, at a time also undetermined,
North telephoned again and this time
first team with substitutes in the places
of the men barred. South again re-
fused, on the ground :. that. it had al
lowed part: of it's men to go home, had
begun to refund the money taken for
tickets and had notified the officials
that the game was; Off. -, -, Is.
agement that it would have a team in
readiness at 2:30 pm, the scheduled
time, and keep it on the. field until
2:45, at which time It would claim the
game by default if the South high team
did not appear. -. ...3+-,
The North Side team was ready, but
South Side. stood by it's first decision
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

e.. -. -. BY Gil. II,s,sS..
Overshadowing all3other. high school
football events Of the past week is the
unfortunate. controversy over the eligi-
bility of certain players on the North
Side team. The Disagreement between
North and South highs and the result
ant cancellation: Of The game scheduled
for. Friday afternoon is but an out
growth Of the eligibility imbroglio.
The facts in the case are unfortun-
ately obscured by the passions of the
contending parties and by the informal
way in which the issue was tried and a
judgment rendered. It is not the in
tention of this article to render any
judgment upon the merits Of the con
troversy, but merely to state as clearly
as possible the contentious Of both
parties. ..-.
All five protests were made under
rules one and three Of the 'printe d
rules governing athletics in Minneapo-
lis high schools. Rule reads, in part
"No student shall be permitted to
compete in any athletic contest who is
not an undergraduate, or who has been
member of secondary school for fou1
or more years. Rule 3 reads, "Be
fore any pupil shall be eligible to any
athletic contest he shall file with his
principal" a permit from his parent Z. OF
guardian" .'...'.. ~
The King boys were protested unde,
the first rule. The professionals intro
| duced evidence to show that they hac
| played three years at Redwood Falls
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COACH ROGERS AND HIS SQUAD DURING
@ @ @ @ ] G ns s.a rs sss

and one year at North high. They
biguous, the 'sinter.sc 81 oI' rule rule
that no man should play more than
four years on a scholastic team.
North took issue on two points. First,
that rule did not limit a man to four
years Of football; second, thatsthe first
year that the Kings played on the Red
wood Falls team the team was not. a
high school team, tho it adopted the
school name. The evidence showed that
prior to 1902 there was no regular high
school team at Redwood Falls, but that
team composed of high school, eighth
grade and town boys played under the
at IT that time, the Kings were in the the
eighth grade. : North further insisted
that, if the four-year rule be adopted
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Wilkinson and Iberson will have on the
North Side team remains to be seen.
The four men were, counted the vet
Grams of the squad and all four had
an unquestioned hold on their places
on the first team. - r. -
Central Not Stale. H.
out incident and entered the Duluth
contest in good condition. The slump
which the wise ones said would result
from the forced training for the uni
versity game failed to materialize and
Coach Morse has been able to bring
his eleven to a high state of unity and
form, with no signs Of >.over-training
or staleness. The spirit shown by the
red and blue players is markedly better
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

it. All hands got busy, the guide cut
ting tamarack poles in the swamp and
the rest Of us Juggling and placing them
as if our lives depended on it.
Building. Road.
81 got along at that pretty we'll I'M
til ) attempted to aid Mr.. Gum in car
rying a big tamarack, stubbed my toe
and went down, carrying him into about
eight inches of mud and.water in n.,the
process. AS a general thing Mr. Gum
speak he says something. On this socca-
sion he looked hard at me after wiping
the mud from his face, swallowed hard
for a couple Of seconds, and then re-
marked: Oh, Lord! What have I
done that this should come upon me,
s----.whichs1 took to be as much personal
as pious: And !, I struck work right
there. telling the boys that i would
walk around that internal bog and get
to- the lake as soon as they could. ~
: ''I'd have tried it too, but just then
up came an old fellow with a gun over
his. shoulder, and negotiations with him
resulted in his guiding me to his shack
nearby, to rest and help the fboys4in
their roadmaking by keeping out of the
way while they were at it, the whole
crowd to camp at the old mans that
night. And very gladly IL turned my
backSon that Slough Of Despond, / can
assure you. The old man lived near a
little lake, and as he told men that il
where along the waters edge about
dusk, I borrowed a rife Of him and
went down after supper, the. boys not
having arrived, and the ancient's Jun
relieved conversation having grown de:
cidedly mono tonous.
81 walked. half way round the. lit
tie sheetsof water and finally was aware
Of two deer, a doe and fawn, stand
ing in the water Just outside a clumI
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29
ANOTHER JUJIT IS
GIVEN WORST OF !

Philadelphia, Oct. 2s.-Despite
the iuiits tricks of the ancient Samur
of Which he was said to be mast
Shunzo Takaki of Toxic had to be c;
ried from the field with a badly twist
ankle at the University of Pennsylvar
football practice Friday.
: Takaki got mixed up in a feI
scrimmage, and was so badly hurt tn
he could not walk, and had to be tax
to the university hospital.
: Takaki has been playing left end
the scrub team for the last three wee
and was making such fast progress tt
he was counted upon to substitute
end later in the season.
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Of rushes, and within easy shot. took
careful aim at the does head, but per-
haps owing to the uncertain light, per-
haps to bum shooting. / killed the fawn.
something very far from my intention,
I do assure you. But it couldn't be
helped, SO laid down the gun and
waded out to get the poor little victim
Of my deadly aim. | cut it s throat and,
walking backwards in. the water, drag
startled by nearing deep, threatening
growI behind me, dropped the fawn, and
faced about to be scared out of year S
growth by what |. saw. There was a
bear, as big as a cow, and two smaller
ones awaiting me on the beach, and
not thirty feet away.
ct dropped the fawn and was outside
that clump of rushes where 1t had
stood before you could say Jack Robin
son. -
Afraid of a Bear!
HThe big bear waded out and dragged
the fawn ashore. all three falling to
work with great gusto on the banquet
I had provided, forty seven millions of
mosquitoes falling to work on me at the
same time as / stood waist deep in the
water, and afraid to wade out for fear
the bears should consider me in the
light of a heaven-sent> dessert to fur
nish forth their repast. While I stood
there, wondering, fearing, and fighting
mosquitoes for the dear life, three great
grey wolves came out of the woods,
invited themselves to the feast the ur-
sine family were enjoying, and / saw
a lovely scrap right away. The, air
was full of wolves, sand, and water
for FIVE minutes, and when things quiet.
ed down one wolf was gone hence, an
other in the water swimming right to-
ward me, and the third headed for the
elsewhere as fast as his legs co=ld
carry him.
- As the. swimming one passed me
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

enough weight or speed in the line to
please them. Yale would like to have
Burr Chamberlain, who is working at
Williams, handle the tackles for few
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

Cornell has two ends named r
house and Goodspeed. This sounds
an afternoon on the Speedway.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

Swarthmore has three former Univ
sity of Chicago players on its eleX
in Wightman, Maxwell and Yates.
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it. All hands got busy, the guide cut
ting tamarack poles in the swamp and
the rest of us Juggling and placing them
as if our lives depended on it. -
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-30
Breezy Review Of
New York TheoGers.

Beauty and the Barge" discovered in
the manuscript or 1t rehearsals?
The dare devltry 90 ConyentlOnality
by George Bernard Shaw, an English
apostle OF the unusual, IS on ut the
Hudson With a company that includes
an English actor named Robert Lo-
raine, Fay Davis, and that atom OF ma
turalness Clara BloOdgood. The staged
article is called "a comedy" IN leu Of
some better name. il is In truth an
evening OF the glitterug brain scintli-
latiuns OF Bernard Shaw Lorraine is
the actor who was first imported to
create the leading role in the drama
tlzatlon OF Mary Johnstons "To Have
and to Hold which was a stage fail
ure, He Is comedy and pleasing, but
far from great. The piece seems 10 be
having a New York go" so Il Is likely
20 be toured. Having more or less
problemism 10 Il IT'S life viii be limited.
But while II can't be termed an intel
lectual feast Il is more than q baske,
picnic, and worth listening 20 for IT'S
text clevcrnesg
II Is quite the thing 10 be either a
great admirer of John Drew. or TO re-
gard him as 'the limit" But Drew fair
ly Judged is a player OF representative
society men, and he has the sound sense
10 stick to them. preWs triumph rs so-
clal department, lie shows what an or
DERBY society man should be and how
he should look ana conduct himself Al
though this may seem to lack much az
ptrat,on, Il has place and a function
In entertaining the public, because
there are many who enjoy the du'ugs
and sayings Of accomplished men, and
q glimpse into their lives Drew Is not
htted by nature for depletion of the
heroic or the emotional, and has no am-
billions thereto. Beauty he is without,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-30

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