Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-08
Detroit Fnns Enroute.
MINNESOTA TEAM HARD AT WORK
Coach williams Taking No Chances
with Ames.

with AmeS.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Oct 7-(Spe-
clal.)-With the battle against the Iowa
Farmers only two days away, DR.. Will
liams and his trusty lieutenants are work
bunch into such form as to preclude any
possible chance of the Iowans crossing the
Gopher goal. With this end in view the
team has been grinding continually since
Monday from 4 o'clock until Z every even
ing and the results have been highly graf
flying to those behind the closed gates Of
Perhaps not since before the memorable
Michigan game of 1903 has the Minnesota
gridiron been such a busy place as it has
been the present week. Tom Shevlin, the
hero Of many a Yale victory and ALI
American end, has been working with the
squad every night since the season began,
and for the last week he has been as
sisted by Punk Webster, Hunky Davies,
Art Larkin, Babe Loomis, willis Walker,
of the old guard too numerous to men
tlon, The scrubs, made of freshmen,
flunkouts and other ineligibles, under the
tuteiage OF Sig Harris, have nightly given
the varsity some grand scrimmages. Few
or the candidates have cinched their posi-
tions, and the daily scrimmages are as
hardly Fought as a championship game in
mid-season.
Young and Ostrand, last years mighty
tackles, have disappointed the rooters by
their non-appearance at practice and it Is
now believed that they will not be seen
In Minnesota's lineup this season. Ostrand
is suffering from a badly wrenched leg
and Young is also on the hospital list with
q like ailment. If they do appear for duty
later in the season they will have a strong
tlght ahead OF them to land their old
places. With Powers, Farnum, Mohlstad
or Walker to displace for their positions
the task will be a gigantic one.
Williams has been working his proteEes
at top speed in every practice. Three diff
ferent backfields are being used, SO in case
or emergency he will not be at a loss for
Well-trained men. Rademacher, who has
played end for the last two seasons, is
being alternated with Captain McGovern
john, the other end, has also been given
a turn at the position.
R~oSenwald, a cousin of last years giant
guard, Is showing phenomenal form at half
and In the few minutes he played in the
Iowa game he proved that he Is an able
running mate for Johnny Johnston. Johns
ION mas improved 100 per cent over last
fall and he is counted on to make many a
touchdown for the maroon and gold the
present season. His open field running is
OF as nigh order as was that of Steffen
toWsrd the latter part of last season, and
WIN a Few more weeks of practice he will,
without doubt, be the greatest in the west.
read that the hopes of Nebraska took a
brace with the expected return of Collins
ana Birkner. Some such news has been
datly expected in Minneapolis. 1t is tradi-
tlon at the Gopher school how the Corn
huskers always succeed in bracing up
minnesota game. No matter how close are
the games Nebraska plays with the dub
teams, 1T Is proverbial that when they get
ready TO NEST Minnesota they are pre-
pared to fight the battle Of their lives.
rms year the Minnesota bunch look for
no eXeeption1do the rule and are bending
all their energies just at present toward
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