The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-09
GOPHERS WORK 1
IN A BIG BLOW
Hard Work Ahead in Master
ing the New Style of
Play.
By O'Louqhiin.

Football for the week at Northrop held was
ushered in by gale yesterday afternoon. Inc
gophers donned all Of their sweaters ana TOT
z mn hour and a half went thru series or stunts
behind closed gates. The ''nor wester' hoWled
! thru the stands and across the field, but IN no
way stopped the work. 1t was the coolest
evening since practice started ana the players
had to hustle to keep warm.
From this time on the men Will be crowded
to the limit to prepare them for the r1gors OF
the play The Ames game comes In less than
three weeks and once started, the five games
come in a row. Taking into account the rest
ing day after each game, the time for, the
practice is limited. The conditioning has been
done carefully and DR.. Williams has his squad
in fairly good shape far as physical fitness
is concerned.
rhey are not In as good condition as a year
ago when the men were fed at a training table
and were following up specially prepared menu
The eating club idea is still going, but as the
men are paying their own bills there IS not the
amount Of roast beef and other s1ne"- Dullaers
available. at the boarding house that was the
rule at the training table, There are no IN
turies Of any Importance, and the men are III
to take up the most serious part OF the work.
the learning and execution OF the plays when
Minnesota will use against her opponents this
year.
- Changes in Play. Il
As near as can be seen from the open prac-
tice, the rules have not caused and reVo-
lutlonary changes IN the pay a,t IN
NAV be expected Carlisle furnished the sur
prise in defeat by Penn State. The game was
played in pouring rain. The ball was slippery
and fumbling seems more in evidence under the
long masses permissible and promoted by the
new code. The tenyard rule caused lot OF
kicking and failure to make downs, with the
result that a field goal defeated the redskins.
Cornell smothered oberlin, altho another
tumble gave the lesser team touchdown against
the Ithacans. Both teams appeared to rely on
old-time straight football, with resultant inter-
change Of punts thru failure to make the ten
yards.
nal figure for the east, against Syracuse. Yale
appears to have been highly successful in work
ing forward passes and tricks. syracuse's de-
Tense appeared to be minus quality and Yale
romped around it pleased. The quarterback
kick was the winning factor in PENIS game
against the North Carolina team. an organiza-
ton Of little claim to football greatness
Princeton had a bad scare from Washington and
Jefferson. winning 60. The W: & ]; defense
surprised the tigers. and Princeton only scored
on a forward pass from the quarterback.
Harvard defeated Maine. There was much Of
straight football, and upon this part OF the
play Harvard scored. The latter used a lot Of
tricks, forward passes and quarterback kicks,
but did not appear to profit by It.
In the West. !
Wabash and Indiana played a kicking game,
with the victory coming thru a blocked kick
and a run thru broken field. There was much
seesawing Of kicks, but nothing made thru any
Of the new regulations. : Michigan defeated the
+ ugRt case team III Hstless anu passive SUI u
a game. South Dakota gave Nebraska show
ing up, but largely thru the apparent crude
ness Of the cornhuskers.
The new rules appear to have pleased the
crowds, and a general thing to have opened
up the play-opened it by means of fumbles and
consequent scrambling The quarterback kick
has had the effect of dispensing the backfeld
whenever there is 1nk1ng that it Is coming.
and the forward pass has set the ends double
duty The prevalent opinion at Northrop field
is that the rules will make the game more
exciting for the spectator, with chance fol
the weaker team to win by hukes.