Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-08
BUSY PRACTICE At MADISON
Coach Barry Putting Team Through
Stiff Drill Daily.
ODDS ALL FAVOR sOPHERE
sid Anderson, sta from Evanston,
May GO I'm at HRIf-MeGOvern's
Absence Gives Badgers
Hope.

MADISON, Wis, Nov. I.-(Special)-Long
hours OF the hardest kind of scrimmage
has been the portion Of Wisconsin's foot
ball team during the last week. The scrubs
a~lternated with the freshmen in the attack,
and so fierce has been the fighting that
many Of the varsity regulars have had to
leave the field temporarily. Boyle has a
shattered nerve on his elbow that bothers
him considerably, He has been in the prac-
tice only two nights this week. Buser, who
has been shifted to right guard since ost-
hoff has returned to the field, stili carries
his eye in a sling from injuries received
at the Northwestern game. Molls nose Is
tender from the smash it got at the same
time, but he has been in most Of the plays
at that. Fucik seems to nave recovered
from the effects Of a wrenched shoulder
and is in good condition.
From the coaching this week It is evil
dent a Sid Anderson, who starred at
Evanston, will surely play against Mime
sofa. The fans have it doped that he will
take one Of the half positions but no one
can say as yet. Anderson is one Of the most
popular men on the team and everyone
is hoping he will be given a chance. He
started as quarterback in the first game of
the season. but was seized with a bad at
tack Of stage fright and ran the team mis-
erably, being taken out about the middle
OF the first half. His play at Northwestern,
where he scored two Of the four touch
downs, more than redeemed him.
Team Weak on TacklinG,
As a whole the work Of the varsity this
week has been disappointing though It is
true tina some Improvement was noticed
the last few days. The men seem lament
ably weak on tackllng, often letting the
fast freshmen backs run through them for
yards. It took three days for the line to
solve the Minnesota plays as taught to
the freshmen by Meg Driver. Whether
they viii be able to stop the originals Is
a matter of much speculation here at pres
emf.
There is no lack Of good coaching. Be-
sides his regular assistant, Arne Lerum,
Coach Berry has the services Of "Biddy"
Rogers, SLAM" Anderson and DR.. Dean,
all star ends Of former Minnesota elsvens.
John Mesamsr, probably the greatest ex-
ponent Of the forward pass the west has
ever seen, is also expected TO put In an APP
pearanoe next week, and other alumni have
siEnified their intention OF coming out. DR..
Mccarthy is on the field every night work
Ing his hardest. Docs hobby is speed. He
thinks any team that can't run off two
plays a second ought to retire to the tall
grass.
1t is also admitted thai the material lie
the best in years, but the men do not seem
to play together the way they should. One
week more remains to remedy this. 1t will
be & trying week for coaches, players and
student body. The one ray Of hope In the
local situation is that, with McGovern out
of the game. little fear is felt Of drop
kicked goals. II the GopherS score they
viii have to push the ball all the way over.
On the other hand, Wisconsin has no de-
pendable kicker. Anderson will probably
be relied upon to do the punting, since
Captain Wilee is still bothered with a stiff
knee.
Bets Favor Minnesota.
A few beta have been registered on the
game. The present odds are 2 to ! on Min
nesota. Unless there is some marked I'm
provement they will probably be 5 to 1 by
the day of the game, A larger crowd is
expected even than was at the Chicago
Wisconsin game last year. Extra bleach
ers are being erected to seat a total OF Is
900 people.
Although most Of the fans believe the
Minnesota game will settle the western
championship, there arc a few hopefuls at
Chicago who see a chance for a triple tie
In case Wisconsin defeats the Gophers and
is later worsted by the Maroons. Coach
Stagg, however, does not think the Badg-
ers have a ohanee against the Northern
ers. 1t is felt here that Wisconsin will
easily defeat Chicago, whatever the out
come of the Minnesota game may be.
A monster mass meeting for the Mime
sofa game will be held in the gymnasium
Thursday night.