The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-05
ROUNDING Up THE
FOOTBALL MEN
DR.. II. L. Williams Will Lead His
Squad to Waconia septem-
Der 1.

The remaining weeks of August will be busy
ones for those in charge Of football affairs at
the team should 60 to Waconia the first week
in September, fully ten days later than the
gophers usually assemble.
Dr. H. L. Williams will have charge of the
work from the first day this year and will be
assisted by Gilmore Dobe. Just who will go
to the lake has not been determined but the
coach has been in communication with the old
members of the team during the past week and
it is safe to that there will be a good
sized squad to handle in the kindergarten part
of the years work. =.
OF the last years men who will form the
nucleus of the team of 1905 it is impossible to
say just how many will return. Guesses on
this subject have been made but they We're
unauthentic. In one instance player who has
had his four years Of varsity football was
named, and in another instance player was
touted ''whirwind'' who was tried last
year at Waconia and surrendered his moleskins
before the squad returned to the city. The team
has lost trathern, Thorpe, Harris and Davies
all towers of strength in their positions, beyond
all hope of recall. All of these men have four
years of varsity football to their credit. There
is some doubt as to some of the other veterans
returning and this, coupled with the one sem
| ester rule Of the conference, puts heavy bur-
den upon the shoulders of DR.. Williams and
the assistant coaches
Public Opinion.
While DR.. Williams declines to talk football
possibilities at this stage Of the game, public
opinion among rooters is to the effect that his
chief labor will be in filling the gaps in the
line. There are number Of men who if they
| return, should go far to fill these gaps. The
belief also turns on the opinion that the back
field is causing the coach less worry than the
line. Minnesota's play, in former years, has
demanded more Of the linemen than is usual
| in the university teams of the middle west.
| This is the chief reason why the holes in the
last years team loom uo in bad shape.
| The candidates who appear at Waconia will
| Of fha npjy
| sity, and while their work will embrace some
| football, it is probable that more time will be
spent in putting the in condition for the
| rigorous training they will encounter later in
| the season. Such new men as show up will
| have tot be recruited from among the students
in school last year, and the chances are that
| these fellows will need lot Of work on the
first principles Of the game. For that reason
| the real hard work of the year will not begin
until the squad reaches Northrop field.
j. Getting Them Out.
A strong effort will be made to get every
| intending candidate to 90 to Waconia as this
first work will be almost an essential to those
who would make the team While there will
probably be smaller squad this year, it will
not lessen the competition for the places There
| will be sufficient number that positions on
| the 1905 team will have to be earned. Among
| last years substitutes and second year men are
some players who very fast toward the
| close of the season. These chaps will prob
| ably take up the work right where they quit off
| last fall.
While the new rule has not been received
| with any great enthusiasm at Minnesota, coming
it did at a time when the team was losing
many stars, there is to believe thai
/ Minneapolis Is to see good football this year
| Ofhand canvass of the players available does
I not cause any great enthusiasm but the Goa CHI.
ing staff Is the best of any school in the middle
west This Is the anchor Of hope to which
the rooters are pinning their faith