The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-31
SNOW WORRIED
The HIGH TEAMS
Coaches Did Not Ask Their Men
for Extended Work
outs.
BY Gil.

There was little doing at any Of the high
school gridirons yesterday afternoon. The men
turned out, but found that 1t took enthusiasm
to wrestle successfully with the six inches or
enaik IF snow winch hao of'ftea across the
Central ran thru Ave or six formations but
found that 1t was impossible to do any salts
factory work in the snow drifts Recognizing
the fact that there was nothing to be gained
by drilling his men in ankle:de snow, Coach
Morse ordered his cohorts to break ranks and
on ways and means Of getting rid OF some OF
At North Side the civilians held the center
Of the stage. Coach Nye put his warriors thru
few evolutions at North Side field without
attracting much attention from the rooters.
Everyone was waiting to hear the decision .. Ct
drawing from the city contest.
The board met after practice and canvassed
the situation. In view of the fact that North
has no game scheduled for next Friday. they
decided to defer action for day or 50 until
they could learn what the chances were for
town ssams game wts high
school has been suggested as good drawing
card. for Thanksgiving day. II North decides
to withdraw from the city contest and play as
an independent team Manager Gaylord will at
tempt to get a game with some Chicago high
school as we'll as with the Lincoln team. x
~ Trouble in Air.
Secession talk is still plentiful, but there ID
| city contest. Many of the followers of the
blue and white confident that, in spite Of the
| crippled condition OF the North Side team, 4
can still win the championship. This feeling will
do much toward influencing the school to stay
S coe 1saE ra and ana East IN have
large crowd in spite OF the game between Cen
trail and st. Paul Central at Lexington park.
Little has been heard from East Side since
it's defeat by Central, but Coach Wyman hal
been keeping his men up to tss work
the the game. Morris sherDloom viii lndoubtedi!
be fit for Fridays contest, and 1t Is reporte'
and may play. With Bunnell and sherbloon
back in the game, the crimson will be mucl
more formidable aggregation than it was whel
it lined up against Central. -
South High a Puzzle.
| Everyone anxious South Side in &C
ton. The orange and black has not played
single game in town this season, and no on
has much Of an idea about it's strength. Tn
cancellation of the North Side game was
great disappointment to the followers Of Eas
and Central, who had hoped at that time to sc
q line on the kind Of football Coach GoldbluI
has taught his pupils. F.. g., -. ~. - -
South claims the North Side game by default
and il it succeeds in downing the crimson vii
PLAY Central for the ia The
Goldbum Is working his men hard IN prepars
ton for that contest. With East out OF tn
way and North withdrawn from the contes
IT, however, North decides to remain In tn
field the problem will be complicated. 1t
doubtful whether North will admit that it To-
feited last Fridays game, and South will ne
concede the contest to North In such col
tingency, the only satisfactory settlement woul
be for both teams to waive their claims an
play off the game. D.. &. -. >'~:"El.
Situation Uncertain. n
Until North definitely announces it's stan,
the situation will be very uncertain, and it wi
be hard to say how the teams rank. Just whs
will happen when East and South meets har
to tell East is unquestionably much strong.
today than when it met Central. This wou
be the case even If none Of the disabled me
had recovered from their injuries South plays e
chanic Arts and, Judging from its practice, n,
. improved about 200 per cent since then. =
!. the other hand, it did not play against SUPERB
>. at ali Judging from the scores made again
:. the university, Central should have little DIN
Guilty in putting away its namesake from
:, Paul.
q for the followers of the high-school game. Bo
K games will be interesting from the spectator
standpoint, and both will throw much light
d the relative standing Of the four teams.