The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-09
WORRYING OYER
| THE OLD men
Football Stars Slow to Give Up
Their ollar-Inducing
Situations,

Work of the football squad Of the
University of Minnesota progressed
quietly at Coney Island this week.
There has been little in the way of real
football. The candidates have spent
the time in punting, getting down the
field under .punts and "getting ac-
ball as it rolls about the field.
The men at the camp have worked
faithfully, but, while not voicing any
complaints. it is evident that the coach
es are not pleased over the small turn
out of last years men. These have
been dropping in slowly, one by one,
and the squad at present does not en-
brace as many Of the veterans as the
coaches would like. Various reasons
are assigned for this condition, the late
opening of the university this year be.
ing the chief obstacle in the way of
the comebacks.
Minnesota athletes are not "assist-
ed' in. their scholastic career in a
financial way and many of the men,
bers Of the team are young men who
are working their way thru the insti-
tuition. These chaps are holding their
| Jobs as long as possible to- get hold
| Of the last dollar before the varsity
them turning up at that time, but their
| abser.re at the preliminary work has
not frightened gopher prospects, to say
| the least.
| Rivals Are Busy.
Minnesota's chief rivals, Wisconsin,
| Nebraska and Northwestern, are al
| ready in camp, and from the lists of
candidates and comebacks published
have unearthed wealth of material
| for gridiren use this year. The feeling
is growing that Wisconsin is to be the
| strongest contender among the west
ern teams this year, but Michigan has
a roll of candidates of formidable
length and scale weights of appalling
| dimensions.
From a glance over the published
is to be in the ght > division this
season. The gophers have always had
to bear the title of "giants of the
north since some. phrase iuggler Of
the olden days applied that term to the
team years ago. After, winning a bril-.
play it has been calling to have it said
that "beef won again. Last year
there was much talk Of the flight -
Northwestern and Iowa teams, when in
fact there was but few pounds diff
ference between the gophers and their
rivals. -
This year it looks as tho the Min
nesota team would be lighter than last
year s aggregation, and to make up for
this loss of weight the play will doubt
less be faster In beef Chicago is head
ing the list, with Nebraska and Wis
consin close rivals.
Nebraskas Talk.
The underlings at Nebraska are still
talking about playing freshmen against
the gophers. This talk amounts to
nothing, as those in power at Lincoln
have been, Informed, point blank, that
freshmen could not be played against
Minnesota. There is nothing of senti-
ment or cowardice in this, but only
fairness. The Lincoln team has aspired
to and taken rank as one of the leading
teams of the west. Just why Mime.
sofa should permit them to take the
advantage of recruiting up team from
heavy first year men is not apparent
1t will not be allowed. Nebraska
always puts up a stiff fight and if she
cannot lick Minnesota upon even terms
should drop back into the lower classes
in football. The cornhuskers will with.
out doubt run up against the same snae
in their contracts with the other teams
of the conference.
The opening Of the season is not fal
away. Two weeks from today comes
the first game with the high schools on
Northrop field, and from that time on
the football enthusiast will find all the
entertainment he desires.