Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-03
SPORTS OF DAY.
MINNESOTA HAS ELEVEN GIANTS
Average Weight OF Foot Ball Team
is ISS Pounds.


Average weight OF Foot Ball Team
in 1SS Pounds.
| Minnesota has 2O6S pounds of Drawn and
muscle for Nebraska TO so up against.
/ That is, the aggregate weight OF the NoTth
! Star eleven, the average per man being
| 1855 Here is the way they tip the beams:
| Snyder, left end, 175; timer, left tackle,
ig6: smith, right guard. no; Case, right
| tackle, 200; Marshall, right end, l76 Larkint
! quarter back, 10; Robertson, left half
| iS5; Current full back. $50.
| DR. Williams has his Minnesotans down
TO hard work in anticipation of their game
with Nebraska Saturday. Practice is be-
hind closed doors and the willy trainer Is
allowing no secrets to be revealed. lie Is
| having fine weather, so reports say, and
! expects TO make a great showing with his
| team.
Comiskey has returned from a successful
hunting trip in the Wisconsin lake regions,
1 Murphy is planning to take the Cubs
! spring training, and Ban johnson an
| nouaces meeting OF the American league
magnates for December These three
! into the winter quarters OF base ball. The
| Old Roman comes back from the wilds In
| the collar at the national commission IN
| awarding the contract Tor making the
worlds chamPionshlp sim9lems to Gin
/ AFFAIR" said Comiskey, land the job by all
| means should have gone 10 Chicago
| arm
| Sports In the middle west are sitting up
I and taking notice over the prospect OF wit
| Mike Schreck Jack Curley is trying to
| pull 1t of for the Kalamazoo club or Chi
( cago and has received a letter from Rus
! sell Hart, Marvin's manager suggesting
terms to which Curley thinks schreck will
! agree. Schreck is anxious to meet Hart
II this fight Is landed for Chicago It is
/ expected to draw heavily upon the frater-
nifty from Omaha and other Missouri val
! ley towns
CINCINNATI. o.. Noy. 2-John Camel
act as captain OF the team. The player
| came to this city today and signed a con-
tract, closing up the negotiations which
began between him and President Herr
mann in Chicago during the worlds series,
The terms ~ the contract were not made
pubic out Gahzel seems Pleased win the
work cut out for him. President Herr
mann and Manager Hanlon expect great
results from him after his success in land
ing a pennant for Grand Rapids this year.
He Is a player full of energy and ginger
and will add strength to the Cincinnati In
aeld lis last SppeaTTa rance IN fast company
The COrnhuskers will come to vinton
I Street park next week for a game with
Creighton and Omaha followers Of the
gridirOn sport will have an opportunity
TO see just how good the team which rep
| resents the University of Nebraska is this
Creighton has been taking on some good
foot ball teams. this fall and has been
cleaning them up as they come along
The DoaEe team has sent word that II
will stop the onward march Of the Creigh.
! tonites even II the Cornhuskers fail TO dc
H. Creighton plays Amity this week and
( the Cornhuskers are now In Minneapolis
voting for the hard game with the Goph-
ers Saturday afternoon al Northrup field
One. OF the warmest foot BAN games Of
! the season is scheduled for Sunday whcr
| Fort Crook meets the. shamrock team
| From news CLEANED from the soldiers Il 3.
| understood they intend to give the Irish
men an -unmerciful "walloping. Since
last season the soldiers have looked for
ward with great Interest to this game, al
did not exhibit. the true quality Of theii
team. IL Is understood the new electri,
line will run a few special cars 20 accom-
nlodate the crowds from Fort Crook
Bellevue and surrounding sections.