The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-18

Basketball, Baseball and Track
Athletes Putting in Best
Licks in Gym.

srs the Minnesota basketball team will
leave Thursday evening for its swing
around the big nine. The teams Of Hi
nois, Purdue, Wisconsin, Chicago and
Northwestern will be played by the go
pliers before they return to Minneapo-
lis, and If the team can win majority
of the games on the trip, schedule bas-
ketball followers believe that Mime
sofa will be in line for the champion
ship of the intercollegiate league.
Weakened by the absence from the
game Of Captain McRae, the work OF
the week has not been entirely encour-
aging to players and coaches. Practice
has not been up to the standard set by
former varsity aggregations, and the
game against the Fargo agricultural
college team on Friday evening showed
lamentable weaknesses in the Mime
sofa team. Playing away from home
and on floor much larger than they
were accustomed to the North Dakota
quintet held the varsity even at many
stages Of the game, and the victory by
n score Of 26 to Is was as hard won a
contest as the most enthusiastic bas-
ketball follower could desire.
Training Hard.
with Captain McRae, however, In
condition the Minnesota team should
give q good account Of itself on the
Forthcoming trip. The work OF tho
week has been disappointing, but the
team has been training hard and the
letup In the playing may do the men
good.
The university gymnasium is in the
midst of it's busy season nowadays.
With basketball men practicing on the
floor and baseball and track men condi-
tioning in the gymnasium and on the
handball courts, the gymnastic equip
ment at the university is taxed to Its
utmost.
Coach Spike Anderson Of the baseball
team has made good his promise to
start the baseball candidates in siren.
nous campaign and seventy-fv stu
dents from ali Of the university classes
and departments, have reported Tor the
preliminary work of the year. Hand
ball is the principle exercise for ths
ball tosssrs, but with the advent of the
indoor baseball cage, which will be in
stalled next week, the men will take
gloves and mits from closets and lock
ers, and begin the real work OF tn
year. =.
For the position Of pitcher on tn
university nine, seven men have an
nounced themselves candidates. The.
are Kelly, Williamson, Borrowman, Cal
penter. Peterson, Oapron and Neurs
Mono Of these players have had unive1
sitv experience, but several have mad
regulations in amateur ball, and tn
contest for the backstop position shout
be brisk.
The Pitching STAFF.
Anderson anticipates little troub1
with his pitching staff, as McRa
Brown, Gleason, all prominent In d.
partment baseball will try for the tear
and in O'Dilldy, Christensen and Nj
hatanz Anderson will have trio (
new men. who show all the earmarl
of twirlsrs.
In the infeld the following men wi
try for positions: Kesling, Harmo
Mowery, Robertson, Tyler, Linde,' Ca
well, Seobie, Powell, Marshall, Chi
holm, Larette, Flynn, Easton, Rossma
Andrews, Cutting, Williams and M
Groarty. Several Of these men ha'
been prominent In department game
and Anderson should be able to sele
a fast infield.
Berg and Linnehan, helders on t
last ball team Minnesota officially 81
ported, are still in college, and they W
be candidates for the Minnesota Of
field. Among the other students "
have shown adispesition toward chas'
around in the corners Of Northrop fl
are Dahlen, Carlson, Pidgeon, Shut
Walker, Spooner, Brown, Brenna, Jon
Victor, Perry and Saxton.
Track team men are also work
hard in the university armory, and
developments Of the week have b
decidedly encouraging. An ind
track meet will be held on March
and the men are looking forward
this event as the first opportunity
show their athletic ability.
Old and New.
In addition to the old men who
he candidates for the track team, {
eral new men Of promise have repo1
to Captain Greaves. Among them
Marks, hurdler, and Barclay,
lance runner from Indiana.
. Manager Reed has arranged
meet with Northwestern at Evans
two weeks before the intercolleg
conference, and it is probable tia
meet will be arranged with either
eonsin or Iowa to be held in Mime
lis.