The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-18
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FOR u ATHLETES
Books Instead Of Pigskins Are
Handled by Delinquent
Gophers.
Rx l. l. collIns.

Interest in football Is not dying down at the
university. This fact was clearly shown yes
terday afternoon when 600 students gathered
on Northrop field bleachers to watch the men
who are to uphold the honor of Minnesota in the
five games of the year. The watchers were en-
thusiastic. too, and the men Of the team who
retire behind closed gates tonight to emerge
only when the whistle blows in the contests of
the year, seemed to realize that the varsity
undergraduates were looking for encouragement.
They played raggedly at times but the work
of the regulars was fast snappy and deter
mined
Several of the reliables Of the squad were
not in the game. They were digging away at
dOgeared volumes On analytics, code pleading,
surgery and cement foundations-for the crucial
day Of the season for the Minnesota team, the
goth of October, is approaching and some of
the players must break thru a stubborn faculty
interference before they can qualify for the
Ames, Nebraska, Indiana, Chicago and Carlisle
entertainments. The men who constitute the
Judgment board have given the players fair
opportunity to become thoroly conversant with
the contents of troublesome textbooks and
liberality in the use Of midnight oil, together
with visions Of lining up against the men who
defeated Michigan last year, should lift the
cloud now hanging over the Northrop field grid.
iron. .'--.. -.
The studious remnant of the varsity team
defeated the scrubs yesterday by a score Of
to O, but the men of the second team, with
ranks uninvaded by the grim specter Of ''the
passing marx, kept the. varsity ON Cne jump
and proved beyond question that athletics, I'M
checked by student requirements, SO far pro-
fciency goes, have it over censored athletics
On the offense the varsity was weak, but when
it to the defensive game the linemen,
charging fast, succeeded In consistently holding
/ the scrubs. 49, -
It was a kicking game, and the ball was in
the air most Of the time. Larkin for the
students booted the ball neatly, but his ten
dency to kick too high has not been overcome,
and Ted Smith, the little quarterback of the
| understudy team, had all the time in the world
football and he will bear watching.
| Schuknecht, for the regulars, handled him
| self well at ha1fback, and altho the scrubs
worked double pass around his side Of the line
successfully, he managed to spoil more than his
| fair share of the second team plays and did
| well in the few chances he had to carry the
ball. Bandelin at center, altho impeded to some
| extent by his hair, mixed things up in the line.
| He Is taking to the game with decided spirit
| The touchdown of the regulars came toward
| the close of practice, and was made by series
of line p1unges. "a" ttes. f-,4-
| Considering the inroads in the ranks Of thu
regulars, necessitated by the approach Of thu
! fatal goth, the work was satisfactory. Today
| the team went thru practice behind CLOSED
| gates and this course Of procedure will be
continued during the week. On Monday, after
the announcement Of Saturdays casualty list
the ranks will close up and the charge on til,
l Chicago ramparts will begin. Judging from tn,
mental work put in by the men on the firm.
line, the lines will not be materially thinned
and In case all of the members of the selec
party now receiving the attention of the col
lege authorities are abls1 to convince their in
structors Of satisfactory mental attainments,
jubilee bonfire, in which textbooks will not b
burned, is scheduled for the varsity campus.
Il The lineup yesterday: III >e@ III
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