The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-19
mud FLEW IN A
WARM SCRIMMAGE
Central High Team Gets Ready to
Battle with the Var
sity.

Under last night s. deluge the Central high
squad raced thru the formations which will be
used against the university Saturday. Long
after the storm had driven all but the coaches
and sideliners to cover, the first and second
teams writhed thru a mud bedaubed scrimmage.
Coach Morse was detained at the university
and the first work of the afternoon was done
under the direction of Howard Yerxa, all-star
quarterback for, 1908 After running under
punts for a time, the squad was divided for
signal practice. s5tra s
The arrival of Frank Morse was the signal for
scrimmage The first team, composed for the
afternoon Of Bresky, left end; Pennington, left
tackle; Parker, left guard; Farnham. center;
Shave, right guard; Melyn, right tackle; Cobb
right end; Carpenter, quarterback; Stair right
ahalfback; Dickinson, left halfback and Schroe-
der, fullback, was given the bail and sent
against the rest of the squad.
81 &aA Backfield Strong.
In the scrimmage which followed the back
field showed up WELL but the line allowed the
second team to get the charge and break thru
until late in the practice, when the coaches
managed to wake them up to their work.
Captain Dickinson proved by far the best
ground gamer. He handled the ball well and
usually succeeded in picking the hole. Schroeder
at fullback is a heavy man and strong, but IN
yesterdays practice was slow and went in too
high. In spite of these faults, his weight and
strength carried him along for good gains. He
has much to learn about carrying the ball, and
more about backing up, but with practice and
coaching will develop into reliable player
before the end Of the season.. -s." q
Stair and afterwards Tobin at right half were
hindered by theS failure Of the guard and tackle
to open up the opposing line. Nearly all the
plays tried yesterday were backfeld bucks thru
the line. There were few end runs, and the
tackles not called to carry the ball
many tines >'< -, f."
| Carpenter and afterwards Murray played at
| quarter with the first team They called signals
rapidly and played steady ball. Neither took
the ball Green did not go into the scrimmage,
but the lodging runs he made while catching
punts promise well for his performance on the
| field. r. . -.It 3. ....., + ~
Must Depend on Line.
! The line is what Central must depend upor
! In next Saturdays contest the red anC
blue will probably be on the defensive the great
| er part of the time. AS many of the frst-tean
| line men We're absent yesterday and the team
was continually upon the offensive, it is i'm
possible to tell just how the high-school boy.
will stand up to Dr.. Williams warriors.
| The missing Hoaglund and Pen
dleton at left tackle, Cogan at left guard Cor
| coran at right tackle and Saxon at right end
| The men who filed the positions in the line
/ usually held their opponents, but frequently
blocked the play of their own side by bat
| judgment. l.. ~ S@.-
! Taken altogether, the Central team shows re
markable development for so early in the season
a development which reflects great credit upoi
the coach. .---., - -es.'@r-s@
Last nights practice was continued in spit,
Of the rain until the ball became So slipper.
that the men could not handle it and the grounds
were too soft to hold them up : ..|..