New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1910-11-23
FOOTBALL CAME TO BE An
EVENT
Both Teams Eagerly Waiting
for Fray to Commence.
McGovern to Referee.

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day.
and all New Ulm is anxiously waiting
to see the big football battle between
the New Ulm High School and the
Varsity Rambler. The game will be
called promptly at two O'Clock and
will be played at. the Fairgrounds
s.'Duffy" McGovern, the stocky little
player that Walter Camp picks as the
greatest quarterback in the game to-
day, will referee the game. Some
other Minnesota player, possibly
Rosenwald or Johnston will act as
umpire.
Both teams have practically decided
upon their lineup altho there may be
shifts at the last moment. The high
school lads have had many scrim-
IMAGES while the varsity boys have
only practiced signals so the high
school will have slight advantage
The varsity line will outweigh the
high school forwards but the local
team has heavier and more powerful
set of backs.
The high school squad has a
numerous assortment of forward
passes, trick plays and open forma-
tions with which they Intend to deceive
the university boys. It is that the
alumni will rely on smashing line
bucks, end runs and kicking to adj
vance the ball. Their line should be
able to open wide holes and allow the
lighter backs to slip thru for good
gains. Klossner and Seifert wild do
the kicking for them and they are
confident that these two can out-point
any of the high school backs.
Taken as whole, the teams seem to
be evenly matched aud The team with
the best-executed plays should win.
Drummer will oppose e. Backer at
center, and McHale and Keegan play
the guards against Antony and
Groebner. Steffen and Bafrick at the
tackles will have an advantage over
Amann and Fritsche. SWensen and
Seifert at the ends oppose Lindeman
and Getting and the play of these four
should be exciting and exceedingly
interesting. They are fast. heady
boys, equally good in defense and
attack. Mayer and Neumann are
about even at quarter with Neumann
having the advantage because of his
experience in calling signals.
Dirks, who is playing ull-back, is
much lighter than w. Backer, the
high school heavyweight, but he is
faster and is better on the defense.
The varsity halves, Klossner and
Critchett will make things interesting
both in carrying the ball and in de-
tending their goal. Buenger, the high
school left-half, has lost much of his
old-time speed but he is the same old
tricky, brainy player. Pullman on
the other side, is swift, strong
player who can buck the line or circle
the ends with great success and he is
also one of the deadliest tacklers of
the team.
Here in New Ulm, the football
followers place the high school boys
as the favorites and some even think
that they will hold the varsity bunch
without a score. They believe that
they have the plays and the men to
work them and that their defense has
been we'll developed by their scrim-
mage practice.
The university opinion can be brief
ly summed up as follows:
"We can't see where they have it on
us. Our line ought to hold their own
and enable us to gain ground. We
know their backs are heavier thal
ours but our speed should make up
for that and we believe that we will be
able to break up most of their trick
plays. We respect their strength in
both defense and attack but we are
confident that we can hold them to
low score and that we'll be able to
slip on over on them. Our trainer,
doc" Otto Seifert, assures us that
we are in fairly good condition. con-
sidering our lack of scrimmage work
and he believes that we will hold our
own.
No matter who wins, both teams
will know that they have played foot
ball when the game is over. Dig in,
boys, and may the best team win.