davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01

United States, on that account.
The objection TO college football
which seems to us most serious and
valid, and to be worthy Of CAREFUL CON-
sideration, is that it requires 50 much
time, energy and thought, that the
proper number Of hours cannot be given
to the regular university work; that
the amount of vitality and energy con
sumed upon the football field affects the
quality Of the work done in the class
room and study; and that the interest
and excitement of the football season
tends to divert the thoughts of the stu
dents from the regular curriculum. II
Theoretical football enthusiasts have
met these objections by saying that as
a result of the hard exercise in the
open air the mind returns fresh and
vigorous for work and can accomplish
about twice as much in the same length
Of time, thus making up for all APP
parent losses. This, however, is not
dates who are striving to secure or re-
tain a place on a frst-class university
team. The required work upon the
football field, both physical and mental,
is so severe that when night comes the
faithful player is decidedly tired, he
becomes sleepy early, the mind is in
capable Of doing it's best and keehest
work, and our man must go early to
bed. "
There is no question in my mind that
! if we could weigh and compare the ac-
tual amount of book and class room
learning acquired by fifty football play
ers between the opening of the foot
| ball term ard Thanksgiving day, with
that Of fifty other men Of equal natural
| capacity, in the same classes, who did
not play football, it would be found
| that the. football men were consider
ably behind; that is, on Thanksgiving
day. And if the college year ended
here and was complete it would be truly
said that football had seriously inter
4 fered with the college work and the
| purposes for which studeE'ts attend the
4 university. But fortunately the col
! lege year does not terminate upon
Thanksgiving day. We shall consider
this further in a moment.
What then are the advantages to be
derived from football that make it
worth while that thousands Of our
American youths should devote to it
so many of the best hours Of their lives
such tremendous energy and intense ap.
plication9 And what is this game Of
American college football of which we
4 speak9
i The unfolding of the intricacies OF
scientific football to the uninitiated
would well parallel Mark Twain 4
disquisition to landlubbers, in his
A book Down the Mississippi, or
the qualifications and knowledge re
I CURED of the steamboat pilots or
8 that great river in the early seventies
i There are two entirely distinct classes
3 of work required of every football team
4 One is that of defense, the other that OIL
4 attack. Both are equally important
i both require the most painstaking prepa
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01

casionally by the ball being kicked into
the air, and another melee; a terrible,
rough game, fraught with danger, and
to be by all means avoided. Rarely in
deed will we find a man who has him
self played on what we may call a
"good team and who thoroughly un-
derstands the game, who would not de-
these very men could advance far more
weighty arguments and reasons why
football is detrimental and injurious
than those who are it's worst enemies.
Such test should have great weight.
There are certainly objections to FOOT
ball, which should not be passed over
too lightly. Perhaps the least OF these
personal injury. Bruises, knocks, slight
hurts and sprains are daily occurrences,
and rarely a broken bone results. But
these all quickly heal, leave no per-
manent trace behind them, and are not
for moment to be balanced against
the physical advantages and develop
ment which the game affords; Fa a. ac-
true, but upon investigation it will be
found that the players had gone into
the game without proper training and
without being accustomed previously to
severe exercise; that the game in which
the accident occurred was not a college
game, and that the men understood
how to play but poorly. Certainly the
mortality in college football will not
approach that Of boating, swimming or
hunting, and who for a moment : Would
consider eliminating any of these from
| the educational course Of the American
| youthg
= u Question of Notoriety.
The newspaper notoriety which par
ticularly successful college players are
! likely to receive is an unfortunate and
unfavorable feature connected with
| football. Such men are in danger OF
viewing with undue Importance the
work which they have performed, and
which has been given such prominence
in the little college world in which they
move that they become the heroes OF
Of the players themselves are, in large
measure, responsible for the harm which
results from these causes and should not
be unmindful Of them. When properly
/ and modestly taken. the college honors
! heaped upon the successful and leading
football players furnish one Of The
charming spectacles of university Lift
and give these men power and in
fuence among their fellow student.
which nothing else affords, and which
may be turned to valuable account.
There are those who object to foot
4 ball on account Of the fact that tn,
/ students Of rival universities sometime
bet upon the outcome Of their import
ant games.
4 This has always seemed to us an alb
solutely invalid ground for objection
Any good thing may be abused An i'm
mense amount Of money changes hand
as a result of the outcome Of the presi
, Dental election and yet we are no
aware that it has ever been propose.
to change the constitution Of tn
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01
HEST0N HURRIES
UP DRAKE TEAM
Michigan s Former Star Has
Heavy Material with Which
to Work.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal
Des Moines, Iowa, Sept. 30.-Pros-
poets for championship team at Drake
university this fall have improved dur
ing the last week. Old players not ex-
pected have returned to school and as
only four members of the 1904 eleven
graduated, the outlook is bright. The
end and one tackle positions constitute
the vacancies: There is wealth of ma
terial from which to fill these vacancies
in spite of the freshmen rule.
Coach Martin Heston is working the
squad hard and is injecting Yost meth
dds into the practice. The men do not
spend an idle moment during the prac-
tice and altho from present indications
Drake will have lot of beef, the
team will be fast. The Michigan half
back is well liked by the players and
promises to prove as great a coach as
shows thoro knowledge of the game.
The Drake line should average nearly
200 pounds, end to end. The last of the
squad to arrive is "Barry'' Conoway,
the 250-pound guard The back field will
probably be light, bringing the average
of the eleven players down close to
Christians will be the heaviest Of the
Iowa teams. Il. ."
Three elevens have been out every
afternoon on the. Drake practice field.
The most promising of the candidates
are under the personal direction of
Coach Heston. He works them in small
groups, and almost all efforts thus far
has been to develop speed and endur-
ance. ... >- && -
The unexpected appearance of Hoff.
man, Brown and Frazier Of the 1908
team more than made up for the weak
ening caused by, ordinations. These
three players are star linemen and
Drake s center trio will be formidable
Conoway will be a powerful defensive
player since he has had one years ex
i perience. Sharnburg, tackle, and Gil
bert, end, will probably fill their ole
positions. Captain Burcham, who will
again be at right half, is in fine fettle
Dartmouth has a 240pounder in Dill
lingham, who comes from Taunton. HI
will be tried out at center. ..r III.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01


When making the attack the team which
has possession of the ball is required to
carry it up the field in the face Of the
most powerful defense which the enemy
can oppose to them To do this strong
sary, and well drilled team is obliged
to thoroly master and have at their com
mand from forty to fifty of these plays
during the season.
The Weak Spots.
The rush line is composed of seven
men who stand upon the line which
passes thru the ball. Between these
men are six spaces, or openings, while
outside of each man at the end is an
other space, thus making eight spaces.
| These spaces are necessarily the weak
spots in the line, and therefore furnish
the principal points at which the plays
in the attack are directed. Each play
is planned for, and directed against,
some definite point. Every man upon
the team has a particular work to per-
successfully accomplish the part set fo1
him, the fabric of the entire combina-
tion is destroyed and no ground is
i gained. To be successful in advancing
! the ball it is readily understood that
| the entire team must be informed in
some way what maneuver is about to
4 be executed, while the opponents are
kept in ignorance of the move intended
i To accomplish this code Of signals
! which shall be cipher to the enemy
is employed. These signals are usually
made up of numbers. Each play is given
a particular number, and the quarter.
4 back, who generally directs the run
4 ming of his team, calls out the number
/ Of the play which is about to be made
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01

getting at the man with the ball and
stopping the play.
But it must not be imagined that the
required work of each player can be
even thus absolutely determined be-
forehand. The defense of every first
class team is planned upon just as
scientific principles as the attack Not
knowing what play is to be made until
it is actually in motion, the side upon
the defense hold themselves in read
mess, all alert and attentive for the
first move, the glance of an eye, a
false start, a change in position, or the
slightest sign which shall indicate the
point at which the attack is to be
directed. It may be that one of the
keen.eyed, quick-witted rushers upon
during the first instant Of it's forma-
ton and be able to throw himself head
long into it, or jump to point where
, he will have a better opportunity to
break it. The men in the attack as
they reach the objective point of the
| play will therefore find the situation
instantly change their direction to
meet the new requirements, block the
! attacking rushers and aid their own
| man. ~-, r.
The delay Of the fraction Of second
| in grasping the changed condition of
affairs, in determining the proper
course to pursue, and in acting upon
J the determination will destroy all
! chance of what might be a glorious
! run.
| The slow-brained man is tremendous
/ ly handicapped upon the football field
/ Many strong -limbed and minded
team is dropped away by the wayside
because his mental accomplishments
cannot be brought up to the required
standard, or else transformed by the
hard drill, constant practice and in
tense application, into an alert, clear
headed, quick -witted player, ready fol
all emergencies, always to be, relieS
} upon not only upon the football field
but in moments of stress which come
! in after life. The constant attention
intense mental application, rapid de
J cision and rapid action, as play follow:
play in quick succession through the
J long hours of daily practice, develop {
endurance which the critics of thu
game too frequently pass over wheI
, they compare the actual amount of bool
and classroom learning in the head
] of football men on Thanksgiving day
J with that in the heads of their class
mates. Add to this qualities developed
by constant self-denial in small per
sonal indulgences; control of temper
voluntary submission to rigid ant
exacting discipline; games won wher
every nerve and muscle was taxed t.
: it's utmost limit, breath almost gone
defeat staring in the face. and .whel
grit, determination and an indomitabl
: will alone saved the day; also game
: lost where all was gone save honor
Recollect also that by the end of tn,
J football season the system of eacl
, player has accustomed itself to tn
daily putting forth of a tremendou
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01
INDIANA MAY REBEL.
Hoosiers Displeased Over One Year
Rule Of the Conference.


+ B Ile 4ng Ind, Sept; so;LW 18th
ing expressed by everyone at Indiana
university. While Coach Jimmy Shell
don would not say anything in regard
to the withdrawal, he did say he was
bitterly opposed to the new ruling
which will not allow freshmen to play
football. On account of this new rule
and the fact that Mendenhall, Balfoul
and Adeylotte did not return to college
is in a bad way for a football team
this season.
However, all the students have great
confidence in Sheldon and Fora Clev.
enger, and if it is possible to turn a
football team out of the available ma
terial they will do it. President Bryan
is doing everything in his power to aid
the squad. ,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01
WATTY'S COLD SMILE
Put the Mean Eye on Friel for Base
ball Blunder.

Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 30.-Bill Friel
will shortly go back east. He is taking
treatment for his wrist and hopes to
have it limbered up before returning to
his Renova, Pa, home. Friel, by the
way, told story at the baseball ban
quet the other night which told better
than other. words could express how
this year. cone day when the Mime
apolis club was playing here in Co.
lumbus,'' said he, ~ saw the sign
given by Thomas to try to catch Con
gallon stealing second. | yelled before
I knew it, Look out, Con- Watkins
gave me cold smile and asked what
team I was roofing for.' "
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01

Football in America has become 50
s. popular that there is now no sport
J winch draws such large and enthusiasts
s TIC crowds Of attendance as NAV al
ways be- found clustered about the col
Nge ,grldlron whenever an important
tlemen, old and young, boys and girls.
all are alike carried away in the wild
excitement Of a critical moment in one
OF the great games where the spirit of
university rivalry runs high. At such
waiting with bated breath the e' result Of
tackle, the outcome of run, or the
flight of ball to be transported into
ecstacles Of enthusiasm if the horns of
victory point in their direction; to be
equally depressed if fortune seems to
turn away her face.
did have such numbers Of devotees,
the very flower, too, of youth and
splendid physical manhood; certainly
no sport has ever required more self
sacrlflclng devotion, or eyacted a more
rigid rigid physical and mental discipline.
to say that 100000 American boys and
!. young men have two hours a day DUR
I ing the fall taken up by football and
It's requirements, and that 100000
hours OF time are consumed each au-
tumn that the spectators and players
may get to, participate in and witness
the games and practice. Computing this
tators each fall to the game an Of 9 foe
ball we find that it represents period
Of $40 years, or the entire lifetime
Of seventy eight men no reach the age
amount of money expended either di-
rectly or indirectly in the interests of
the game amounts literally to millions
In view of such facts it is not with,
out interest to analyze somewhat care.
fully the subject of football; study the
be expected to derive from it, and con.
slider for a moment the objections which
parents and the opponents of the game
sometimes make to it.
Opposition to Game.
The principal opponents of the game
! of football, and the parents and guar
dians who object most strenuousiy t.
allowing their, boys to play, it will be
d found almost invariably are from
n among those who know little or moth
s9 ing about the science of the game, anC
who have had themselves no practical
Experience in it. An occasional news
of the many thousands of players, ant
4 an attendance upon a game or two
in which the points and maneuvers
4 sperchance even the most simple rules
are but imperfectly understood and ap
preciated, constitutes the real knowl
4 edge of football upon which the oppo
4 sition is based.
4 somewhat on the order of rough am
4 tumble fight, without any particula
nlan or system-a melee in which arm
and legs are hopelessly mixed uI
clothing torn, limbs injured, faces dis
figured, and heads broken, varied oc
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01
/ DISCARDED PURPLE

Chicago, Sept. 80. The purple stock
Ing which in years past was used by
Northwestern 8 athletic teams has been
abandoned, and in it's place a white
stocking, with a purple band above the
also unsatisfactory to both coach
and players, because of fear of blood
poisoning. Davis and Jenkins both
Of whom were injured in the game a
week ago. are threatened with blood
poisoning. because of the purple color Of
the stocking coming in contact with the
c1t +2. Ft:t. 3E5.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01
STOVALL AT HOME
Miller Pitcher Goes Back to Coast for
Winter.

Seattle, Wash, Sept. 30.-Jess
StovaI, the Minneapolis favorite, has
arrived at Seattle, and will spend the
winter here. Jess began the season
with Detroit in the American league,
but was later sold to the Minneapolis
team. Jess says Minneapolis would have
won the pennant easily had the team
not been crippled last summer. He looks
bigger and stronger than ever, and his
playing weight is now about ITS pounds.
Jack Hickey of the brewers is Seattle
boy, but will winter in Minneapolis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01

was on the second team last year are
trying. AL are good men.
For tackles there are two reliable and
experienced men, Emil Hauser and Al
ken. Bradley, who played end on Car-
Isle last year and Guyon, if he returns,
will care for the extreme places.
Boyd A. Hill seems to be the man to
succeed Herrnstein He played right
halfback at West Point in 1900 and
1901. Last year he taught at the Okla
homa State Normal school, He knows
how to handle his men and will have the
help of, Oliver.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01

The Carlisle Indians will do lot Of
travelling this fall They have games
at Harvard, Richmond, philadelphia,
Cambridge, Washington, Cincinnati and
Pittsburg. No two of these towns are
made on the same trip, giving Wood
ruff IS eleven about three days travel
a week for a seasons average.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01
II ,.r
Mental Requirements.

When it is recollected that there are
eleven men in every play; that the
swerving of a few feet from the exact
eleven men may destroy the effective
ness Of the whole play and bring it to
naught; that while one number calls
for dashing start to the left, another
number calls for the same thing in the
opposite direction; and but from two to
three seconds are granted for the mental
process of determining which of the
forty or fifty plays is to be executed and
the exact direction in which each man
is to start. it is seen that the successful
getting off of play requires intense
mental application and most rapid
process of thought. But when all the
eleven men have gone thru the mental
process of correctly selecting the one,
from the forty or fifty possible require
ments, in the few seconds allowed; have
started off with dash, and in unison,
as one man, the instant the ball was
| passed back; and have taken each his
proper direction, the preliminary por.
tion only of the play has been carried
out. AS the play reaches the objective
point Of attack each man has again a
particular work to perform. To one is
assigned the duty of taking the opposing
end, another the half back, others the
| tackle and quarter-al in advance of
| the runner who carries the ball-while
others still follow him from be-
hind, to push him forward and pro-
! tect him from the rear. The remainder
Of the team have the duties in the line
Of holding the opposing rushers back
| and preventing them. it possible, from
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01

ing the ball better than Case Or Brom-
ley. Case, last year 9 quarter, and
Vermilion high school lar, are the only can an
didates for quarterback, the most drift
cult problem facing the coach. Cooper
and Sawyer, halfbacks, and Ayers, full
back, came this week. Clarence New
comb, an old player debarrerd by the
four-Year rule, has been made manager.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01
IIAS Director of Athletics University of Minnesota.

just before the ball is put in motion,
and with it also usually several other
numbers, to mystify the opposing team
SO that they may not solve and learn
the signals. Between the time when
the number is called and the instant
when the ball is sent back from the CEN
ter, but second or two is allowed to
intervene, so that each man has only
this space Of time after the signal is
called to decide which one Of the many
plays are about to be used, before he
must dash into his place, as the play is
off. It is absolutely essential, too, that
every man in the play shall start at
the same instant, not only that the
greatest force shall be obtained from
concerted action, and the opponents
given no inkling Of the direction Of the
play thru premature move by one Of
the men, but also that the play itself
may be properly formed. Each man on
the team has a definite position in which
to stand in every play, and from which
he should never vary single foot. The
| play, too, is directed against particular
point and must go exactly against that
point without variation. The relative
distance Of the players from one another
before the play begins has been nicely
calculated in it's construction and the
work of all so co-ordinated that as the
play reaches the point which it is to
strike each man will fall exactly into
his proper place, and all be in motion at
full speed. 81. r.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01

Dartmouth has a 240-pounder in Dill
lingham, who comes from Taunton. He
will be tried out at center. ~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
New Passenger Station.

Mobile was given fresh hope of securing a new union passenger station this week by a visit from some of the executive officials of the Southern railway. In the party were J. s. B, Thompson, Engineer Amerie and the architect who drew the plans for the proposed station.
 Some time ago the Southern advertised for bids for the construction of the new station, and MT. Thompson stated while here that these bids were all in for the entire work. and lat awards would be made in a short while The plans of the building, as exhibited here forecast a very handsome structure. It will not be quite as expensive as some of the sta tions recently contracted for in the south, but not one of them can excel 1t in beauty. It is expected that the station will be erected on the property of the Southern in the northern portion of the city. It is understood that the l.. & N. wants the station erected on the site now occupied by the old shack used as a union station, but the other roads have opposed this for the reason that there is not sufficient room.
 Mobile seems willing to take the station at most any site If it will come at once.