The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-15
BY O'LouehIln.


BY o'Louehlln.
There is much of football story
wrapped up in the score of the Mime
Is seops RsaS of EEsste6aiy f tes%
opposed to the gophiers and held safely
thruout the fifty minutes of play.
There is a story of a gopher offense that
tore Ames' line into fragments and left
trails Of PROSTATE men behind the ad-
irancing IAinnesotans- Finally there is
% story Of team defeated by larger
score han that made against them last
year, yet not disgraced in the slightest
aegree. .
ers Of the cardinal and gold in the first
game of tho year of sufficient length
and resistance to put the gopher fight
did game for the local team to 20 thru
before the coming of the hawkeyes as it
taught them where they were weak and
the faults which might provo disastrous
against a more nc! versatile team: Coach
shruout the fifty minutes of play and
never showed the sign of the white
feather. They were receiving a. worse
drubbing than that of last year, but
they smashed at the gopher line just as
hard; put just as much dash into tn cir
defensive work and tackled just as
fercely in the last half as they did in
the first.
They showed some crudeness at times,
but not as much as had beer, expected;
Had they not been in splendid physical
condition the rushes and hammering Of
Che Minnesota team would have tired
them down until the gophers would have
run the score as high as they pleased.
Coach Ristine has evidently looked after
the training of his men with a pains
taking care, as they stood the gruelling
work with splendid spirit. Minnesota s
best ground gamers were hurled at them
right and left, but they always met the
assault with a will and struggled, tho
many times without avail, to stop the
gophers from tearing up their denfense.
:. Solved Ames' Offense.
Ames only had one play which
ing the gopher line. This was a modi-
fcation Of the old tandem, with Dren>
nan at its apex. The men had worked
It up ss eaEef Sdn and at tins af tSs t Mn
sofa forwards. It gained on several
occasions, but the Minnesotans soon
started breaking it up before it reached
the line Of SCR mmage.
v5sieG No1fbth the ed t t63s whieh has
could come anywhere near making first
downs with any regularity, or fire.
Che agricultural school players were not
so successful altho they did. hold the
gopher forwards on several occasions
1t was cleancut game of football,
played at high speed on wet and slip.
perry field. There was not the slight
est suspicion Isl s;f5a. Of any roughness on the
The gopher showing pleased the fol
lowers Of the game almost to man
The team played brilliantly most OF
the time, but occasionally dropped of
form bit and showed crudeness
Whenever, this happened, the visitors
were quick to take advantage Of it, nc
matter whether they happened to be
play Of the Minnesota team. When
ever anything went wrong, the back!
or forwards cut away for themselves
and this resulted in good ground gain
ing at times. The interference usually
of the men in broken fields and il
avoiding and throwing off tackles was
Of a high order,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ATG1SCe
1ttner again came in for the lion =
share Of the touchdowng, being ugei
Fhs Am nh oa ond clos. in tSTGh wt
fellow fail to 90 over the scoring lin,
when called upon for such an effort
Percy Brush was another great ground
gamer and kept his feet on several oc
with him: He brought the crowd to
high pitch of enthusiasm, on one occa
sion, by breaking thru and going TWEEN
ty-two yards after line smash, an
Gmes goal GENERALLY left E'i his n {mpr sn
sion in the line.
Cutting got away with the good wi
little chap from Sleepy Eye sneake
away from scrimmage at one tim
with the ball in his possession an
scurried up the field seventy-fve yard
for teuehd9T s S By 2ya the 81 snt9
goal kicking, putting the oval betwee
the posts seven times as clean as
whistle. Cutting earned his cut c
roast beef at the training table las
night.
Jim Kremer, acting as the captain G
the team in the absence of Earl Gu!
rent, played a star game. His wor
Oh tu0 ue3IeuSe WIS Ol q HISu OIueT Ill
when called upon to take his turn g
ball-carrying he made good gains. @
one occasion he broke away for
35-yard gain and after getting clear {
the struggling linesmen threw off an
avoided no less than four men VIII
were between him and the goal. Fl
carried the ball right up to the Anne
line and it was only short time b.
fore 1t was pushed over.
Arnes Fought Well.
Ames brought interest to fever hes
by one magnificent fight under tt
shadow of her goal posts. The gopher
went In with their usual powerful sla1
but the Ames backs jumped into tt
secondary defense and some of the gai1
were Of inches. Summoning their flu
strength the gophers ended the strugg
by sending Brush thru for the toucl
down.
Burgan played steady end but Ma
shall was not called upon to do niue
save in the defense, Sanborn starte
carrying the ball today and made SON
good gains. He is overcoming his SLOW
ness and bids fair to become somethin
of a rival Of Vita in taking the ov
forward. Vita hao light day as d