The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-23
FIELD NARR0WS
THRU The PLAY
Minnesota, Michigan and Chi
cago Still in Western Cham
pionship Race.
BY C'LoughIin.

Saturdays football play resulted in the elimi-
nation of Wisconsin and Nebraska from the list
of candidates for western football honors, leaV-
ing Minnesota, Michigan and Chicago still In the
running. Some of the Chicago papers start their
same ole partiZan counting out Of Minnesota
today saying that ''as Minnesota does not play
Chicago and Michigan that the championship
will rest between the wolverines and the ma
rooms.
This sort of prejudiced reasoning does not alter
facts The only reason Minnesota is not OIL
the Chicago and Michigan schedule Is in the
''cold feet of the wolverines and the maroons
Minnesota has asked both of these teams for
games repeatedly. Chicago has been unwilling
tc play Minnesota since their last decisive lick
ing by the goDhers and Yost has had no desire
for Minnesota contests since his mastodons were
tied &c in 1908. Unless Minnesota is licked
by Wisconsin or Nebraska there will be. another
division of western honors irrespective OF the
outcome of the Chicago Michigan game or. the,
Chicago expert opinions &-- ~ I
Eckersall Saved Chicago.
Saturdays play showed that Chicago and Wis
cOnsin of equal strength, Stages men being
beaten for the work of Eckersal1., Kings
men showed better individual play and had not
Eckersall put the ball between the badger posts
after repeated trial it. looks as tho Wisconsin
would have tied the score at best This
goes to show that Minnesota will have to travel
fast to beat the badgers on Nov. and the game
will be the greatest battle ever seen on Northrop
field-and this in full consideration Of the tie
game with Michigan in 1908. The badgers will
come to Minneapolis intent upon retrieving them
selves by defeating Minnesota, and a battle royal
cannot help but result from the meeting.
Nebraska Smothered.-.
Michigan tore Nebraska into shreds and in the
second half made Booths pupils look like high
school team. In the first half Michigan evident
ly held the cornhuskers too cheaply, and Nebras-
ka. finding that they could worry the wolverines,
held the Ann Arbor team without score. Yost
evidently reasoned with his players between
the halves, and the second session was slaugh-
ter. Minnesota will have to work to beat Ne
braska, of course. but some Of the Lincoln
prestige was left at Ferry field
Northwestern made miserable showing
against the Kentucky team, and is hardly in
line for anything save series Of beatings thru
out the remainder Of the season. Illinois is
lamentably weak. Iowas team is playing faster
than it did when Chicago encountered it. but the
hawkeyes about out Of everything save the
race for their state championship, and they will
have to Ego some to defeat Ames for that.
Minnesota's Work Cut Out. o.,.:
Minnesota today settles down to the work O.
preparing for the badgers, and much depend
upon how the men work for that game. Law
renee intervenes, and as the Appleton team seem
to be going at stiff clip, it will furnish splen
Nov. is going to be much of red-letter da.
in Minnesota's football history Of 1905, and 1
the gophers beat the badgers the Nebraskan
will be merely question of score.
To turn the trick Minnesota must work at
stiff pace. The men came thru the Saturda
work without serious injury and this afternoo
Dr.. Williams started on the final stages o
speeding up the team to the form it must pos
to defeat the Madison team. The task
heavy one, but is not impossible. An averag
amount Of immunity from injury in the scrin
mage and in the Lawrence game must be tn
rule and that danger eliminated there will b
football, much Of It, ON Northrop field tn
afternoon of Nov. 4. .'.......'.' -.. y -'@
The work of putting up the big bleachers fc
the Wisconsin game starts this week and til
contractors building up the wall on tn
southeast corner Of the field to cut of til
! poverty stand' furnished by the bridge owe
the railroad at that corner.
Minnesota has five more games on her schet
ule and two of them are games Of the first mas
nitude. There will be doings from this time o,