The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-19
SEEKING REASONS
FOR THE DEFEAT
Up to the Gophers to Take the
Hoosiers Into Camp Sat-
urday.
BY O'Louahlln.

1t has happened already. The comparisons OF
eastern and western football are AS might
be expected the east is claiming a wonderful de-
gree of superiority basing the claim upon the
showing of Michigan and Minnesota against Car
isle and Pennsylvania. OF course, it must be
admitted that the scores give some basis for the
claim. but the general proposition.5is still in
doubt.
Michigan was crippled thru the loss of Cur
tiss. The loss of the one man did not alone give
pennsylvania the victory, but the demoraiiza-
tton over the loss must have played no small
part in the downfall Of Yost's legion. Mime
sofa played her poorest game of the season.
The team that was licked by Carlisle playing
the same game could not have defeated Nebraska
OF pronounced proportions. Without belittling
the credit due Carlisle in the least it may be
safely held that had Minnesota played up to
the form Of the Chicago game, with the same
get together, Carlisle would not have scored.
The casts claim to superiority is more to be
considered on the ground than luck of the play
and circumstances than to the power Of her
teams.
Minnesota rooters spent Sunday in deep cogita-
ton fover the defeat. There was general
searching out for reasons. Larkins reversal in
form from his showing of a week before was not
understandable to most of the followers Of the
game. In Chicago his eye for punts was true
to the inch on almost every occasion. Saturday
he appeared unable to come within feet of judg-
ing the spot where the ball going to drop.
1t is highly demoralizing for backheld man to
miss punt ana allOW the opponent 10 get II a5
was the case on several occasions Saturday
afternoon. The Generalization not only spreads
thru the entire team, but to the individual and
when quarterback goes wrong everything Is
wrong
Lorkins mistakes caused him more worry than
they could any one else the team he Is
a lad who is fashioned by nature to worry over
his errors and he does not possess the faculty
Of throwing off a sense of humiliation and de-
preston. He takes everything: to heart, as the
to redeem himself and in this way struggled
into worse condition. Larkin is too conscien-
tious for his own good and that Of the team.
Minnesota could not get going. Her plays,
worked of smoothly and with precision against
the second team right up to the evening or two
before the game, went wrong. working on a
play Mnnesota's second team this season
means meeting just strong opposition. The
men did not get together. No one knows why.
They had been coached right up to the minute
and went into the game in good spirits The
first five minutes of play was all right. Then
started the breakup and the real reason is hard
to determine. Minnesota had good line of
play worked out, but the right plays were not
used at the right time. The result was a de-
feat. a $780,
The schedule is believed by many to have
played no small part. Chicago furnished hard
game, and at least two weeks should have
interviewed before Carlisle was taken on. This
impossible. Minnesota was granted. Chi
cago game after waiting four or five years for
it. Chicago gave the date best suited to It's
convenience; ind Minnesota bound to ac-
cept Carlisle could give but the date, and
that was; necessarily accepted. 1t brought the
two big games of the year with but seven days
between and it would appear that it was
asking too much of the men who played The
conference rule forbidding the scheduling Of
minor games and limiting the schedule to five
contests called for booking good games. The
arrangement of the two big games was not
in MinEesota's hands as to dates It worked
out badly, altho mo one can say with any Ger
tainty that this contributed to the outcome Sat-
urday.
Minnesota had a great team at Chicago and
took the western championship upon merit of
performance. When it to intersectional
play the gophers did not show as well as they
had the week before. There was no overconfi-
dence on the part of the Minnesota players that
was apparent. The coach expected hard game
and impressed the men with the fact that they
were to meet stiff opposition. If any of the
players held to this overconfdence they con-
cealed It. .lE 4 - 49,
Indiana Is still on the books. There is time