The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-22
BY O'Loughlin.

Minnesota Is to encounter something or dark
horse in Northwestern Saturday. The coaches at
the Evanston school have been giving out state
ments 10 the effect that the methodists would
be at their top form Saturday and expected to
score on Minnesota. Some of those who have
seen the Northwestern team In play declare them
TO be the equals Of Nebraska. but there Is no
real line on the strength of the Mccormack team.
Last year the gophers held them rather cheaply
and they held the Minnesota eleven to what was
one Of the lowest scores of the year.
Mccormack evidently believes that he can re-
peat this performance, and the gophers are out
to put Northwestern away down IN the foot
ball class. With the unknown form Of the visit
ing team and the close of the season game there
elements of chance which may send the
score away up hold it low.
Minnesota started her serious work Of the
week last night, but little is known Of what
took place. The gates closed tight and
will not open again until Sa aturday. The work
OF DR.. Williams, coach. is cut out for him, Ga
Minnesota has been long in training and 1t Is
always hard work for coaches to hold men i'll
line near the close Of the football year Ihe
gophers, however, are spurred on by the idea
that last years score must be beaten If possi-
hle, and the the Minnesota team have
proved conclusively that there is not a quitter
in the squad.
Staleness Not Probable.
The Minnesota team came in form for Ne
braskaa with 81 snap. A repetition of last years
roundto for Wisconsin. They have trained faith
fully and the time Is short before the
Northwestern game there is not great deal to
fear from possible StaleneSS. II the men play
against Northwestern as they did against Me-
braska the game will be another big romp, with
Northwestern smothered. If the men do not
hold up tc the pace, there may be something
in McCOrnack's talk of scoring. 1t will be a
good game to watch in any event. The 5000
Minnesota rooters who journeyed to Chicago to
the game last year we'll repaid for the
long trip and the expense. The teams will
struggle here at home Saturday, and there is no
reason to believe that the game will not be as
good if not better exhibition than that of last
year.
The freshmen play Friday afternoon against
Northwestern's first-year men, and word has
reached Minneapolis that Harris will have
to travel fast. While this will not be great
exhibition Of scientific football 1t will be game
to warm the blood, as the players will probably
make up in earnestness what they lack in polish.
Nebraskans at Home.
The Nebraskans have returned home and are
still sitting around and attempting to catch their
breath They are in the woods of wonderment
and attempting to count themselves. They knew
they had strong team and expected to score
even thought victory possible. The gophers
went at them like whirlwlnd and punched
their line full of holes that 1t would have re-
qured flock of furniture to plug up the
gaps. 1t is small wonder that the cornhuskers
"down in the city Of silent tears this
week: 1t was rout' massacre-and unex
Captain Borg has made been-seen by rapid
fire reporter and the following statement is &C
credited to him.
plant to make said Captain Borg.
They outweighed, outplayed and oute1assed
us, and there is no getting around THAT fact
We have just one consola ton. None Of our boys
hurt badly and think all will be in shape
to enter the conflict with Illinois ten days from
now.
Their men outweighed us apparently fftee1
twenty pounds to the man. and they were
built to the game. Almost every DR.
Williams eleven was than five feet tel
inches in height, and with such superior weigh
nd favorable I'm
that seemed almost equal to Michigan. I dom
think the gophers are much lighter than Michi
Coach Booth and all the Minnesota rooter
said that had DR.. Williams team played tn
kind Of ball ten days ago against Wisconsi
that they did Saturday against us they woul
the same style of game that Yost's dc
They the crouchng start, and PRACTICAL
every one of their plays Saturday was drecte
at the tackles. Their masses on tackle wer
their stronghold. They seldom tried the ends
and then never for very large gains"
Beef Talk Without Basis.
Borgs talk of beef is out of place. The cor1
husker captain has evidently overlooked the fac
that his men were beaten thru speed. Probabl
the gophers went by him fast that he di
not see them. 1t is easy to understand, tn,
how Captain Borg got his ideas of size III
coming thru the holes in his line must hay
looked as big as elephants. There no gres
difference in weight between the teams-nt
enough 10 cut any Ice IN tne nnal result. spec
told the story. If Minnesota holds up to tt
pace next Saturday, Northwestern wi
have the same sort of story to tell.
The Nebraska State Journal attributes IL
defeat to the climate. Following Is the re-
soning:
There must be something in rigorous climat
conditions that make for physical strength ar
endurance. Michigan, Wisconsin and Minneso
in their giant football aggregations bear O,
the truth Of this hypothesis. Some of them a
taller or heavier than the boys of ow
commonwealth, but watch them tear thru OF
line. Three. four, i've, seven eleven yards
'over and over again, no matter which way
turn" Did our stalwart team defeat Colora
and give the little fellows Of South Dakota
Of the vanity Of mundane things? 1t
appears in the unccmpleted year book of collie
athletics Shall not that be accounted glo
enough, and certainly If supplemented by
signal victory Oh Thanksgiving day?
t'It has been shown. and will be shown agai
that the cornhuskers husk corn in the
latitude, but in Michigan, in Minnesot
Let the efforts be forgotten. The physical &
velOpment resultant upon wading hip-deep
snowdrifts five months in the year, In mud t,
months longer and then having to hurry to
ready for winter. cannot be attained in II
semi-tropica1 region by natural methods
when these facts fully taken into
count may continue to mourn, but not
thpsa with hone