The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-23
Board and Coach Plan for
Inter-class Curtain
Raisers.
First Week of Work Ends
With Good Prospects
for Gophers.
BY O'Louqhlln.

EOOTBALL at Minnesota, at the end
of the first week. bids fair to be-
~ come a more popular university
sport than ever before in the history
of the game at the institution. No
less than four teams will have a home
on Northrop field this year, and there
will be something in it, for all of
the players instead of honors heaped
solely upon the members of the var
sity team.
In the first place will be the varsity
team and substitutes. Then will come
the second team and subs. The fresh
men will be represented by a team and
the sophomores will have a like Or
ganization. The latter teams will have
a chance to show their mettle before
the football rooters of the state and
city, as it is planned to have the Junior
teams meet in interclass contests before
the big games of the year, play with
outside schools and organizations be-
ing forbidden by conference rule.
Each team will have its individual
coach, all working under the direction
of DR.. H. L. Williams. At the close
of the year the varsity team men-if
ceive the usual souvenirs in the way
of "M' sweaters and other presents
from the board of control. The sec
ond team is to be remembered this
season, and IN 20 sweaters will prob
ably be awarded every chap who shows
sufficient form to make the second team
and in that way assist in the making
of the first team.
Banners for Glass Teams.
The members of the freshmen and
sophomore teams will receive silk ban
ners with the class record in football
inscribed upin them for hoom or den
decoration. Every man who gets out
on Northrop field this season and works
for all that there is in him will prob
ably have received a memento Of his
endeavor.
The plan for this upbuilding Of class
spirit and friendly rivalry is under the
charge of the board of athletic control
and DR.. Williams, and will be elabo-
rated and worked out in full detail
within a short time. AS football en-
thusiasm is running higher than ever
this year in the university, it is ex-
the PLAYERS will bring about an intense
interest in the work of the candidates
and the teams. Each will have it's fol-
lowing and warm times may be expect
ed when the rivals clash beneath the
eyes of the factions. ,....
The first week of football: practice
closed last night on Northrop field
at work upon the tactics of the new
game. Sig Harris and Nose Strathern
were assisting the squad work and all
of the candidates received about the
same course of training. There was
much kicking, running down the field
under and catching of punts. Handling
the ball and passing received full at
tention and all of the teams took turns
at yanking the spring resisting tack
off of 1,a
were in good spirits and taken as a
whole and ignoring disabilities thru
conditions and bars of faculty manu-
fac it is the best looking lot of ma
terial seen on the local gridiron in
several years.
Some of the veterans failed to show
up during the week but all are ex-
pected to appear to morrow afternoon
to get down to work in earnest,
The Absentees.
Ittner has promised to get out in
canvas tomorrow and Vita is also ex-
pected. Stafford was drawing supplies
yesterday afternoon and will Join the
squad Monday. Sandborn has not
showed up on the field and there is
some doubt about his returning. With
the return of this quartet Minnesota
would have very eleigible veteran back
and pressure will doubtless be brought
to bear upon the truan,s to line them
up. None of the absentees have any
trouble as to studies to overcome and
they will doubtless be "coaxed' in a
particularly convincing style.
Before Minnesota s football chickens
can be counted there are sundry condi-
ton eggs to be Matched and this mat
ter is UP to the individuals. With all
of the bars out of the way the pros
poets for a strong fast team would be
most pleasing. If the veterans who are
their states the gopher team Of 1906 is
going to be the strongest since that
of 1903. There are several vacancies
even then to ill, but there is material
for these spots and better material than
the coach had last year or the year
before.
All of the men who have anything in
the way of their playing arc buckling
down to the work and each and every
membranes out of the way If these
fellows make good and place their
services in the hands Of DR.. Williams
there is going to be great deal of
AL football seen in Minneapolis like
wise Chicago--this year. but at this
stage of the game the athletic director
is helpless, in a measure. until he knows
JUST WndG UdCeTldl he Will nave 10
handle. The season is young, promis-
ing. yet still having the possibility of
trouble if the minor details are not
well attended to.
Secret practice will probably come
along this week. Football coaches
this year are not showing their hands
as much as in years gone by as each,
thru the new rules, is thrown upon his
own resources, and there will be a gen
szel breaking away from the old stand
ard formations and their variations.
This season each coach will have to
think out his own plan of battle and
none are willing that his ideas should
gain too wide publicity before they are
tried upon "the enemy" ..
At the close of the first week Mime
sofa is ranking right up with the west
ern institutions. With good sched-
ule, a lot Of good material in sight and
6 good coach there is every appearance
OF unusually good football this season.