The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-03
not A LIMP IN
BADGERS TEAM
Wisconsin Players Look Fit for
the Big Game with Min
nesota.
BY O'Louqhlin.

Minneapolis football rooters are in the air to-
day, and will not come down until tomorrow
night. The game which the western cham
pionship hinges will be played at Northrop Held
tomorrow, and Minneapolis is football mad.
The Wisconsin team arrived at st. Paul this
morning at 1915, King and Holt heading
procession of sixty men to the Ryan hotel
This squad embraced the varsity and freshman
teams trainers, rubbers and bottle-holders. A
few students came up with the team. On his
arrival King announced that he would keep his
team quiet today, save for a light signal prac-
tice this afternoon. He offered no new light
on the situation save to retterate the interview
given out at Madison last night In which he
said he expected the badgers to win.
Minnesota went thru her last work last night
and, while they give no details, the coaches
manifest more respect than fear of Wiscon-
SIN. They know that 1t Is to be one OF the
sttfest battles in the gridiron history of Mime
sofa, but seem to rely upon the spirit and fight
of the men. .# .4
No Overconfidence.
Minnesota is not over-confdent. Every player
on the squad feels that he has to play up to
his limit all of the time, and If the members
of the team do this it will produce football
battle which will be memorable. Minnesota
rooters expect the gophers to win. The root
ing of tomorrow will be the fercest Of many
year. and every indication points to contest
OF quality.
Coach Yost Of Michigan will be at Northrop
deld tomorrow to watch the play. His team
of mastodons plays Wisconsin in short time,
and the Ann Arbor coach is out to get eyeful
Of the badger play.
Comparisons Worthless.
Amy comparisons of Minnesota and Wisconsin
!. are based upon the purest of dope" Wiscon-
I Sin is known to be better than last year. Min
resota has made equal showing with Chicago
an the Iowa game and surpassed the Wisconsin
Chicago scores In the game with Lawrence. This
may have been ferm-may have been chance of
+ the play. There has not been any line by
which the gophers sof this year could be sized
mp with the gophers of last year.
The wires bring the story this morning that
3 Remp has been suffering from an abscess in
one of his ears, and that he left Madison with
his hand wrapped in a bandage. This bandage
was still in place when the team marched into
the hotel this morning. This kept him out of
the play day or two this week, but Remp
Will be in tomorrow and will play the game
out. There is not man in the Wisconsin
team who 1mps he walks about They look
at, and members of the team have an air Of
confidence.
vanderboom' Idea.
Captain Vanderboom said: s'We think we have
p chance to win this game, and we are going
in to win. believe every fellow in the squad
is going to do his best and it will be a great
Some of the followers who came up with the
+ team more enthusiastic than the coaches
and captain, and do not hesitate to say that
Wisconsin will get the better Of the gophers,
even going so far as to predict scores. The
delay Of the team, in arriving was due to a
freight wreck ahead Of the train bearing the
team.
".
The team came thru the weeks work, to Judge
from all outside appearances, in splendid shape.
The official lineup of the gophers and badgers
Is yet in doubt, and will be until tomorrow. 1t
is doubtful even then if the coaches will show
their hands before the teams come on the field.
There is one thing certain and that is that
I King will probably see a differently constituted
lineup from that which went against Lawrence
last week. King has had two weeks since his
Chicago game and has put his men in better
trim and may have made shifts. He says that
+ M tn n1Q
football tomorrow than they did against the
maroons. S.-v ..~-.4 - q
i-zS Weather Forecast Gloomy. -.
The weather man does not hold out cheering
! news today in his forecast Of "probabIe show.
ers tomorrow. If rains come the field will be
Northrop field has been protected from frost by
| great layers of straw, and should rain fall 1t
might go too soft for fast football. Any ordi.
| nary rain would be taken care of by the spleu.
did drainage system, but downpour in the
morning might make trouble.
With; so much depending upon the showing
tomorrow 1t is small wonder that the fans are
l. awaiting the play. with breathless interest. II
Minnesota wins from Wisconsin, it means an
I other division in the western championship. II
Minnesota loses, it means secondary position
Minnesota is determined to stay at the top ant
I the men will go into the play with this spirit
E It Is to be the greatest game in the west since
Miehisan and Minnesota met In 1903, and, al
innings considered the score will probably be
low one, no matter who wins. If either team
should develop an unexpected weakness this ide,
would be upset in short order.
III Followers Of the game look for Wisconsin t.
present an ofense Of the heavy, grinding variety
" There will be attempts at tricks by Wisconsin
and King may have developed something ney
since the Chicago game Minnesota's attack 1
j usually more versatile than that Of the badgers
and the defense has been fairly satisfactory Il
the last few practice games Weight and al
considered, the teams are evenly matched tn
contest today looks like it would rest on spec
and endurance. Wisconsin, judging from an
pearances, Is ''ft as a fiddle" Minnesota
without stale far as is known, an
the game will be battle of the giants. I'll
freshman contest begins at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning and the big game starts at O'Clock
K Accompanying the Wisconsin team were Coac
A s Eoehler of Lawrence, Lerum, the old star play
s or. and large number of alumni. Tomorro,
morning Art Cuctiss, another star of byson
4 days, will lead the rooters to Minneapolis :?