The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-02
EYES TURN TO
FOOTBALL TEAM
Minnesota Favorite Form 4
Sport Starts on It's Annual &
Inning.
BY O'LoughIIn.

By the close Of another week football practfca
will be general turnout the western universities.
Despite the criticism and opposition to the game
the prospects for another banner year are bril-
liant The teams are under general discussion
and while here and there are tales of poor pros
poets and lack of men, the fact is noticeable
that it is the game rather than the teams which
Is interesting the general public. The ms and
outs of football what make it popular. The
followers and enthusiasts know that years Of
defeat are bound to come to every university
thru the constant changes in the makeup of the
squads. Baseball is different in that players
be bought, but in football they must be re-
cruited from students and players cannot con-
test for than four years.
Minnesota's squad started for Waconia last
night and additions to the training camp will
be made from time to time until the university
opens and the players return to Northrop field
for the serious work of the year. On the present
outlook Minnesota has plenty of work ahead
for the team, but with ordinary luck the gopher
| lineup of 1905 should be an equal of that of
1904. Last year there were just as large gaps
| to FILL but the team finished by dividing the
honors of the western championship with Mich
| igan. To do this last season it was necessary
| for the coach to make varsity players of less
! than five freshmen. This year he will not have
to devote any of his time to sitting out fresh
| men for the varsity team. Theywillbeput into
| the gopher freshman team and in their play
| there will show the director Just what they
are capable of. There was large squad last
| season and most of them will come back. Most
| of them will have had from to three yearss
experience in trying for the team and the
material shapes itself the coach can direct his
attention to getting the best results out of the
position fights.
The real danger to Minnesota football just
now is in unforeseen losses Of last year play
ers. These may develop within the next three
| weeks and are the menace to tn success of the
| team. 1t is seldom, any team, that all of
| the men expected to return get back, and while
| there are notable absentees recorded at Min
! nesota, that danger is always present in Sep
| TENDER If the full squad of last year returns
DR.. Williams, the enthusiasts believe, win turn
| out another team which will be credit to the
| university and the state.
| The squad arrived at Waconia early last even
ing and were soon housed in the Waldorf and
Astoria the football cottages have been
named by squads in years gone by. Host Zeislin
met them with open arms last night and the
cool, bracing air of the lake gave them the IA
nous gooher appetites which have made the
feeding of the men financial undertaking Of
questionable profit for the landlord He never
shirks his task of feeding these young men,
and a result the meals at Waconia are
among the cherished traditions of the football
in Minnesota. The men were up early this morn
ing and after breakfast went into executive
session with the coaching staff The work, If
such it may be called at Waconia, will follow
the old routine of running, punting and signal
study.
Manager Reed, before starting for his sojourn
at the lake, started active campaign to I'LL
up the schedule for the freshman team. Games
will probably be played with Manchester. Garlic
ton, the hig hschools of Minneapolis and st.
Paul. and it is possible that engagement may
be maed with the Iowa freshmen, the game to
be played on the same day the gopher-h hawk
eye contest. These games will furnish the
| freshmen a full entertainment of football, and
as they will be given the personal attention OF
t DR.. Williams, they will get football instrue
5 ton which will SO smooth their path when they
undertake the trials for the varsity team.
> With the waning of sports of the. summer
4 season football will once again regn supreme iI
+ Minnesota and especially in Minneapolis. While
it is recognized that there tasks ahead Of
x the players and the coaches to evolve winning
team this year the enthusiasts hopeful ant
: the old slogan of Minnesota never quits il
already sounding.