The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-01
WEATHER A WORRY
TO BOTH COACHES
DR.. Williams and Phil King Ham
pered by the Cold
Snap.
BY o'Loughlln.

DR.. 81. L. Williams and Coach Phil King
encountering adverse weather conditions for the
Last week Of practice before the big game OF
Saturday. Minnesota caught snowstorm Sun
day which made the local managers hurry to
keep the field from freezing up. Wisconsin
caught rain and freezeup which put matters
out of joint for the badgers.
Despite these difficulties both coaches have
been putting their teams thru hard WORKOUTS.
Today and tomorrow will probably end the pol
ishing of and upon the form Of Thursday eve
ming the teams depend for their showing OF SAT.
urday. While nothing is known of the work OF
this week in either camp it is safe to assume a
that the badgers will come to Minneapolis IN
better form than they were when they met chi
eago and that the gophers will be IN iar pet
Ter shape than they were when they met ana de
feated Iowa.
Another Of those unfortunate affairs has
sprung up around the ticket discussion. Wis
consin's "string fends'' not connected IN any
way with the university governors are hlllng
the newspapers with long stories of how Mime
Gotta has been unfair" to the badgers IN the
distribution of seats and has divided the WIS
consin rooters in the stands. The reservations
Tor Wisconsin rooters better than those
For the gopher rooters. Wisconsin mas TWO
places for the bowling brigands while Minnesota
Is scattered all over the field.
The for this is not strange Last
year Minneapolis rooters will remember the great
I bare section in the big stand m'de 50 because
A the Wisconsin rooters did not buy tickets and
the managers did not turn the tickets back in
time to save the local rooters from the hands OF
e the Ecalpers who demanded as high as IS for a
Inc
that more Wisconsin enthusiasts coming
than had been expected and more than have
] have ever made the trip. Wisconsin gets half
! the norey and has little real ground for a kick.
Badger Managers Blameless.
No one believes that the Wisconsin manage
{ ment is In any way connected with the bowls
which 60 out from Madison about other teams,
but the badger university does seem to possess
some Of the finest pnheaded correspondents
bounded Fitzpatrick until he was glad to get
away from Madison. they tried to do up''
Curtiss and Cochems had of working with the
football team. Manager Downer is unfortunate
in having such crowd to contend with :.
that w The protes
I the Madison scribes aver, is that the badger
] center has already played four years. A
glimpse at the Wisconsin line-ups for 1901 shows
1 that Remp did not appear In any OF the games
of that year. If he did, the Associated Press
! failed to him get into the game. Another
4 point these fellows lose sight of. or do moi
know about, is that Minnesota and Wisconsin
managers do not protest players Just before
games. This is not In any contract, but Is well
understood between the athletic authorities Of
b the two universities.
Game to Be Great One.
& a The game Saturday promises to be one o.
& the greatest in the west this season. Tit
badger-gopher game is always one of the biz
4 events Of the year. Between the undergraduate
there is strong feeling Of friendship, and 1t Il
Va matter of regret that Wisconsin seems t.
harbor certain set, not in authority, whit
think they can best attest their loyalty t.
their university by making accusations of al
sorts against other institutions.
I There has been no "wrangle" over the selec
ton of officials. Minnesota has resorted to nj
unfair advantage, not attempted to take an!
unfair advantage. The gophers do not have t
do this. The Minneapolis idea Is that it will
be great game, and the hope is that tn
gophers will win. There is not football en-
( thusiast In Minneapolis the state who wou
approve Of doing anything outside the regula
:. channels to defeat Wisconsin or gain an ad
>Tantage.~7 Repeated trips to Minneapolis shout
have made this fact manifest in Madison. Wis
Econsin should muzzle her muckers.
More Seats on Sale.
The big stand at the end Of the field wa
thrown open this morning and the seats ar
e going at rapid rate. As nearly be toll
about 1000 seats have been sold. Saturday
from present appearances, will 60 down in loca
s football history recordbreaker.