The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-12

eastern honors the game in Minneapolis will
serve as an adequate comparison Of eastern
and western teams. Certain 1t is that the west
will unite in wishing for victory for the Min
nesota team. Coach Stagg today expressed his
hope not only that Minnesota would defeat
Carlisle. but that Michigan would defeat 2enn-
sylvania. . u. .-s =: 80.
80 Newspaper Comment.
The Tribune-With fortnight of the football
season left football enthusiasts find themselves
in the predicament of watching an anti climax.
The one big game of the year i'm this
ton has been played, and. the greater: part of
the interest which remains in the season is
confined to the east .E -
Stages men will try to beat Illinois harder
than Michigan and Wisconsin did, and to run up
a larger score against Nebraska than the gophers
made, In order to retain the remnants of pres
tige left them after their defeat Of Saturday
Considerable interest attaches to the game
next Saturday between Michigan and Pennsyl-
vania because it Is one of the. rare meetings
between eastern and western elevens. But there
will be little basis for comparisons, as neither
team has played the representative teams of
either section. Michigan does not meet any of
the leading teams of the west this year and
Pennsylvania does not play any Of the big teams
of the east, altho it already has been beaten
by, secondary institutions with sufficient ease
and frequency to establish the fact that the
quaker eleven of 1906 does not rank in it's old
place in the ''big four ,.-.
The game between Minnesota and Carlisle at
Minneapolis next Saturday will bring together
two; eleven which come nearer being representa-
tive of the two sections of the country, be-
cause the gophers have played one big" game,
while the Indians have played Harvard to a
close and have defeated Pennsylvania.
Still there will be no basis for comparison of
the two sections because the Indians will meet
Minnesota at the. gophers'~ topnotch- condition,
Williams eleven having been developed to its
utmost for the Chicago game, while the red
skins tackled Pennsylvania before Its practice
session was well started and Harvard while still
in the formative process two weeks before the
Yale game, which is the time the crimson
point of speed and development. 80 go.
The "big game of next Saturday; therefore,
will be that between Yale and Princeton on the
tigers gridiron, and there, for the first time.
will be shown real exemplifcation Of ."new''
football, if the conditions will permit. s>
There is no question In the minds Of any that
the revised game Of; football did mot have fair
test on Marshall field Saturday, because the
conditions prevented the display Of anything like
the full strength Of either team in ofense Both
teams were compelled to stick more or less close
ly to ld-fashioned methods, owing to the doubt
full footing and difficulty Of handling the ball.
Bckersall did not bring out half the plays Stage
had devised for the occasion, and it is fair to
presume Larkn did not attempt all that VIII
liams had worked up for the sophers.
MinnesOta'S claim to the championship OF
the west,' something which was abolished spe-
officially by the faculty conference in which its
own representatives were prominent-is being
disputed with considerable sarcasm by the ad-
herents Of the other leading institutions, partcu-
larry Michigan. 1t is pointed out that one
game is not sufficient basis for the determine
iton of championship and that, until it can
be shown Minnesota could beat Michigan and
Wisconsin, there is at least reasonable chance
the wolverines or badgers could make better
showing against the gophers than the maroons
did, particularly in view of the fact that the
gophers could not expect to have three Satur-
days exactly suited to them as that Of day be-
fore yesterday. 81. -.. : -~.> p.
The Chronicle-The big western football game
of the year has been played and Minnesota has