The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10


captain of the Chicago team, weighs 1873
pounds, stands 6 feet 2 inches, is %
years old and has player varsity foot
ball four years. .......
Bush, Of Wisconsin,, did not come up
to the form expected Of him this season
and Burgan s work for Minnesota was
disappointing in some respects. Parry,
Of Chicago, played fair game and
Turner, Of Northwestern. showed good
form at times. Garrels,. of Michigan,
with Harry Hammond, Of the same
team, played good ends, but were out !!
classed by Marshall and Catlin.
Northern Tackles |
Minnesota and Wisconsin furnish the
tackles for this team. Ittner and
Bertke get places with but little hest
tation. The only man who can bring
any claim to consideration with this
pair is Curtis of Michigan, and I re-
gard Jttner as his superior in every
way. Curtis lost his chantce to show
his top-notch effort by his disqualified
ton in the Eckersall roughing incident,
but believe Ittner to be his superior.
Ittner came to Minnesota last year
! with a good record in upstate high
school play behind him. He is 6 feet 8
inches tall and weighs PIP pounds. He
can hold his own with any man in the
Minnesota team at sprinting down the
field and is one Of the cleanest players
that ever donned the jerseys. He does
not feel his strength and it is perhaps
just as we'll that he does not, altho he
is not the sort Of man, who would
misuse it. His feat Of going over for
| the first Minnesota touchdown in the
Wisconsin game and the caliber of the
men he brushed aside in that supreme
effort of a slow setting and starting
formation, stamps him at once as one
of the greatest offensive tackles in the
west.
He is a deceptive player in that his
great height and bulk give him the
appearance of slowness, when the oppo-
site is the truth. He is powerful and
in the open work has shown that he
can tackle with good effect. Ittner is
Just as good on defense as offense and
Working with Marshall and Vita shows
splendid record for Minnesota 8 left
wing in 1905. He is a stronger man
than either Curtis or Bertke and a
summary Of the ground gained by the
trio this year would show, I believe
that Ittner had carried the pigskin two
yards to the others one. He has not
taken out five minutes Of time this year
and altho suffering minor INJURY tc
one Of his shoulders, which gave him
a painful jolt, he played great football
Ittner, to those who have seen him
work, outclasses all other western
tackles in rather easy style.
Bertke Is Smaller.
l Bertke of Wisconsin is smaller mar
: than Ittner, but a plucky, versatile
2 player. He stands 6 feet l inch IL
s |, height, weighs 1913 pounds, is % year.
|, old and has played four years. This
!. man lis very strong on defensive work
his work here excelling that shown il
offense. It is hard matter for .Bertk
4 to know when he has had enough, am
Y he is up on his toes every minute o
j. the play. He carries the ball well, bu
g not SO effectively as Ittner. Minnesot
e has always found this chap Bertk
< troublesome, but the gophers hav
e ALWAYS held him in high esteem as a.
e opponent.
! The other tackles of the west did no
n show the form of the two selected
g Brush was kicked in the head in tn
r Wisconsin game and incapacitated iron
s showing his best in the gopher's great
e est game of the year. He played mucl
. better football in the Nebraska an
r Northwestern games. Badenoch, Hill
o Reihnchild and Deering are all steady
/, dependable men, but I do not hold the1
" in timers and Bertke Is class.
IS Michigan Gets Guards.
le At guards I prefer Schultz, Of Micf
c. igan, and Graham, Of the same team
d working in conjunction with schult
y at center This believe to constitut
u the strongest center trio in the ives
1t Schultz weighs 191 pounds, is fee
is Il inches tall, 25 years Of age and