Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-06
Northwestern University.

With two cIean-cut victories to its
credit, Oshkosh Normals and Carroll,
and a defeat at low margin with
Ripon, the Northwestern eleven will
spare no efforts to make the coming
game with Lawrence University at
Appleton On the 14th of Nov. another
victory. 1t is expected that Zelsler,
Koch, Dahlma ann and Probst will by
that time again be in trim and reach
mere consummate record han ever
hefure. The Varsity grounds beng
exceedingly hare, slight injuries and
harder bumps than in previous years
are practically unavoidable.
Though still weeks before the next
game Capt. Zeisler had out the team
for PRACTICE Immediately after the
Carroll game. For the coming strug-
gle entirely new signals and several
new plays will be used. To develop
more speed, special stress il laid on
long end runs, in which thu interfer-
ence is practically fauItless and which
will without doubt be effective
against Lawrence. The forward pass
which was most instrumental in WIN
ming the Carroll victory for North
western, is being practiCed with re-
newed vigor and promises before long
TO reach the height of perfection.
The lineup has also undergone sew
eral slight changes. Koch and l..
Zsislar, two of the lightest but fastest
men ON the team, have again reported
fer practice. They will be- inter
changed at end and quarterback
Probst will be again shifted to tackle !:
Mahnke, Hanke and Reinemaun, who
proved to be a stone wall against
CAROLS consistent plunges. will off,
clate as guards and tackles. Hans and
Motzkus, whose star work with the
scrubs more than entitle them to their
position, are used to fill out temporal
vacancies and are On the substitute
list. Owing to minor injuries sus-
tanned, Capt. Zeisler has as yet not
decided upon a definite lineup.
Last Wednesdays scrImmage served
to establish the strong and weak points
of the regulars. Contrary to what is
generally the case, the first team
proved to be weak on the defensive
strong on the offensive. In less than
thirty minutes of play, no less than
seven touch-downs were secured,
while the scrubs in spite of very COM
mendable work were unable to score d
single touch down. The first ten
minutes of play established the fact
that there was plenty of occasion for
improvement in the lineup of the
regulars defensive. MotZkuS, kirch-
ner and Braemer repeatedly broke
throuhg the lines for gains netting
from five to ten yards. On the offense,
however, the work of the regular
eleven was excellent. Tackle runs
by E. Berg frequently advanced the
ball from twenty to thirty yards. Of
the forward passes to Hoffman, and
L. Zeisler, only two failed of an al
! most endless series. II. Zeisler and
Dahlmann repeatedly broke through
the line of the scrubs for long gains
Long end runs resulted in spectacular
gains. Not a tumble was made
throughout the game. A few more
scrimmages will serve to expose all
weak points which can easily be
strengthened before the Lawrence
game.
AS the chances for defeating the
strong Lawrence eleven have never
been better, Capt. Zeisler, determined
to break Appleton's 'Varsitv's monot-
onous chain of victories, considers no
practice too strenuous. Lawrence de
feated Carroll 10 to 5. Northwestern
defeated Carroll Is to 0. Judging
from these and similar scores the
teams will be about evenly matched,
but Lawrence will of course have the
advantage of playing On its home
grounds.
Mgr. Bergman has entered upon
negotiations for arranging game
with st. Johns Military Academy of
DelafieId. Providing it will be posi-
bic to arrange game on Northwest
ern grounds, it will be scheduled for
Nov. 81.
Asssregular game will take place
next Saturday between Sacred Heart
Cull.ge and Northwestern on the N.
W. U. campus. Pierce, former
Marquette star officiating as coach,
Northwestern is promised a hard
tussle.