The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-18
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MIR. GARDNER THINKS FIST Gull
., TURE SHOULD BE FIRST.
Nothing About Football that Takes in
the: Whole Field, So He Calls for a
New Chair at the University of Min
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f. - Abolish the chairs of psychology
and philosophy at the University. Of Of
Minnesota, and introduce chair of
Pugilism. - This is the su question of
Oscar Gardner, "The Omaha Kid of
Minneapolis, hero Of thirty ring bat
ties, who witnessed the football game
between the Carlisle Indians and the
state university team yesterday, and
who has evolved a theory which is cal
culated to put King Football out; of
business and reVolutionize the academ-
ic curriculum at the Minnesota institu-
ton. < ~' p. 80 ~. -"~< -.
Mr., Gardner has. spent time in fig
:lring out a remedy for the situation,
and as He left Northrop field yesterday
he pulled his maroon and gold stream
ers thru the hands which have handed
the Knockout drops to many an aspir-
ant for pugilistic honors. :; -. -.
."Battling Nelson. was right when he
said pugilism had it over football. but
he didn't calculate ) Alright. There IS
nothing brutal about football or pugil-
ism-they re both good games. What
L say is this pugilism as a, college
sport would: have it over football a
thousand ways, and if I. ever had the
price you can bet your university tut
t1on,. or whatever you call it., - there
would be a professor of pugilism sit
ting with the other educators on the
chapel platform. T.: :.I.@s. ,...0z.:c
t.Just think it over. The game
football can only be: played by about
hfteen men in the: whole school, and
they have. to be-. heavyweights. Where
weight Minnesota. team9 it amt fair
to block the little men. They re- Just
as handy with their dukes as the big
HOLSTERS, and they We got: the nerve,
but how would Joe Cans show against
Bobby Marshall7 :"
"You can It tell me that the man
who saw the Minnesota Carlisle game1
and the Nelson-Gans fight would say
that yesterday IS contest had it over
the, Goldfeld one. There's science in
pugilism and, everybody in the univer-
ssity could participate. The little fell
low could meet "a Carlisle man Of his
own size and get just as much credit
from the spectators as the big fellow,
dian: All the university men could be
divided up into classes, and they could
LIT on; about, fifty bouts in one after
noon. Rain or snow would be inmate
rial, because the contests could be
waged in the armory. No chance for
colds, no chance for broken legs, NO
chance for throwing mud. Run: the
fights ON the square and let the big
nine officials manage them You could
have your harmony banquets, your fac,
ultY love. ;feasts and your band CON
certs: Put Eckersan Of Chicago up
against Doane Of Minnesota and watch
the battle. When the season was over
you Scould pick an all-American tpugil-
istic team and it wouldn't. BE "a DOPE
team either. The men who won. the
fight would get places and the bows
who took the count couldn t. talk about
Walker Camp % prejudice or. CASPER
Whltneys' mistakes. There would be
no bowling about east and west. s.FfI
tell you a department of pugil.
ia needs There's demand for glove
contests and if the fights took place as
part OF the university course, the gov
ernor would come up from st. Paul, or