The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-24
FORM TO COME
TO The GOPHERS
Saturday Showing Not Basis Of
Comparison with That Elk
pected Nov. 4.
Sy O'LoughIln.

Minnesota came thru Saturdays gruelling
game without serious injury and yesterday
afternoon started to work to prepare FOR the
Lawrence game The men We're not crowded at
oil In their work and Dr.. Williams let them
leave the field early, thinking that they hau
earned all easy afternoon by their Work Satur-
day. -
The work this week will be in getting ready
for Lawrence and Wisconsin. Some of the crit
les are amusing themselves by telling how fast
the gophers will have to go to beat Wlscon-
sin all of which is true. but the writers are
ignoring the fact that Minnesotas team has not
been put on edge for the badgers and the work
of the year, the plan Of campaign has not IN
cluded the idea of bringing the men up 10
shane for Iowa and the minor games. Such
course would have been open to criticism ana
Dr. Williams is too long in football to do any
thing foolish.
The same complaint was made last year re-
garding the Nebraska game. Minnesota was
not anywhere near her best when the Lincoln
contingent came to Northrop field. In that
game Dr.. williams had brought the men along
just far enough that he knew they were In shape
to beat Booths team. Nebraska scored, out
Minnesota went away with q victory and later
rounded to for the Wisconsin game and won one
of the most finished games Minnesota team has
ever played upon Northrop field.
Improving Weekly.
The coach has not outlined his plan of cam
paign this year to anyone Those who have
Followed the team since the first crude showing
against the high school games, in September,
have observed that they got little better on
each playday and have improved with every
game.
At first there was no team play. The interior
ence was nothing. The line could not hold. The
men slow and awkward. Saturday by Sat
urday the crudeness has been lessened. 1t has
grown less apparent. Team play has come more
into evidence and there has been a general I'M
provement all around. The Minnesota team Is
coming into the form it must possess on Nov. 4.
THAT it will "arrive' at the proper time none
of the close followers of the game doubt for a
minute
This does not alter the assertion that Mime
sofa will have a hard game. wisconsin will
be improving at proportionate rate. altho
King will not dare to attempt too much with
his players. His schedule demanded that he
should tune up his players for Chicago long
before Minnesota compelled to begin the
closng-up process King runs the risk Of stale
ness which the careful handling Of the gophers
has eliminated here. With both teams edge,
the play of Nov. should be the greatest foot
ball battle of the year in the west. Minnesota
will certainly have to play faster against Wis
consin than against Iowa.
Comparisons of No Value.
Comparisons of Minnesota form Nov. 4 and
that of last Saturday worthless Barring
accidents, there will be no room for such u
comparison.
Minnesota will be brought along as fast IL
the director thinks advisable and the men are
capable of thinking and acting in manner t.
work and work diligently, and If they do they
will start into the game with an equal footing
with the badgers-or a shade better. Then the
fortune of the play, the generalship of the
quarterbacks and fighting spirit Of the teams
will tell the story.
Northrop field will, from present outlook, holt
record crowd on Nov 4. The advance reser
vations show that everyone is on tiptoe fol
this contest. The big stands the north side
of the field are going up, and preparations are
under way to handle even a larger crowd thar
that which witnessed the game between Michi
gan and Minnesota in 1903
Tickets for the Wisconsin game will be pu
on sale Thursday morning at the usual places
Advance orders will not be recognized afte
t' Wednesday afternoon and orders sent in afte
that time will be returned.
saturday afternoon the gophers will line III
against the scrappy Lawrence team, who, afte
thelr l2-0 victory over Beloit last Saturday, ar,
aspiring to greater things. AS curtain
raiser the Minnesota freshmen will line III
against the deaf and dumb team from Faribaui
at 1870 o'clock.