The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-09
SCHUKNECHT WILL TRY
OUT At BASKETBALL
Football Star in New Sport-Mc,
Rae, Another Strong Player,
Joins the Squad.

After week g hard practice on the
floor of the university armory DR.. L.
}. Cooke has been able to round into
shape for good working order the fifty
odd candidates who are trying for the
gu Of NJ basketball quint
At the close Of yesterdays practice
DR.. Cooke said: "I am more than
pleased with the work that has been
done this week, and the material is
surprisingly good. There are the best
Two football men, McRae and
Schuknecht, were out yesterday for the
first time. McRae is veteran in bas-
ketball, and his appearance was marked
with enthusiasm by the fans. Schuk-
necht has taken little part in basket
ball hitherto, but it is thought that he
Will make q strong bid for one of the
guard positions. His size and speed,
together with his football training will
make him general favorite.
Another promising candidate for
guard Is P1dgeon, who starred on the
varsity baseball team last spring. Pid-
geon is fast, and good basket throw
er, altho with tendency to play a it,
tie too much forward Tommy Uzzel,
VINO was strong member of last years
squad Is also showing up well in the
guard position, and has been playing
on the first team during the week.
Trio Of Centers.
For center, Woodrick, Anderson and
SaPron are the most promising candi-
dates. .Woodrick and Capron are prom
lnent in track athletics, and Woodrick
seems to have slightly the better Of
me argument at present. Marsh will
also be strong candidate for center,
hot
saltwater Co. K team for two wears.
Five strong candidates for forwards
are in the field, aside from McRae.
These are Larson, Cahaley, Deering.
Lyford and Hanson "MartO Lar
son, captain of the team, who made a
reputation of being one of the hest
forwards in the country last season.
has his position practically cinched'
Another good man for the place is Han-
son, who played with the st. Paul Y. M.
Z. a: team last year. Lyford, Cahaley
VIII? will give the veterans hard race
during the entire season.
MUIR, another member of last years
squad, has been absent from practice
Tor several days with a lame foot.
Helon Leach, who played on the team
TWO years ago, is also expected to get
out during the coming week, and frv
LOT MS Old position as guard. Other
candidates for various positions are Vi
dial, McHugh, Booren, DISCARD, Peter
son, Richardson, and Nelson.
New Rule Unpopular.
Considerable dissatisfaction is felt nv
the players over the new rule formu-
lated this fall at the meeting of the
OFFICIALS in Chicago. Under The rules
last year the ball out of bounds went
to the first player, to reach it, making
possible many Intentional out-of- bound
plays. Under the new rule, bali in
tennttionally put out of bounds almost
entirely with the officials, and more or
tentlonally forced out of bounds goes
to the. other ;. side. ~ This will
place the responsibility Of de-.
termlnlng whether or not a. ball is in
tent1onally forced out of bounds almost
entirely with the officials, and more or
less kicking will always. be in evidence
on a doubtful decision. It is thoupht
however, that this can be obviated tn
more or less extent by an agreement
between the two contesting teams be-
fore contest as to exactly what is in
territorial and what is not.
:, Several small practice games are to
be arranged for dates between now and
the first big contest, that with VISION
SIN, Jan. IL. Manager Reed has been
unable to get game with Columbia
as was expected.