The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-10
AGGlE FIELD IS
FREE OF SNOW
Game Will Be Played at
Fargo as Scheduled
Gridiron Covered

The SNOW falling here OH Friday
night with a vigor That denoted the
arrival of winter. caused the univer-
sity rooters considerable anxiety as
to whether the game with the A.. Z.
would be played in Fargo on Satur-
day. Their fears were groundIess,
climate and weather could hardly
stop such. an important battle and
due precautions had been made by
Coach Rueber at the Aggie field. For
the past week the Fargo gridiron has
been covered with "a generous layer
of straw and tomorrow it will be rak-
ed off and unless snow starts in again
ed to start, the field will be in ideal
condition for playing.
According to the Fargo papers
Coach Reuber has been grinding foot
ball into his squad by means of long
hard and fast signal practice. The
Fargo squad has spent the week
working with IA will n trying 10 per-
feet the best team possible to meet
the "speedkings from the Flickertail
institution as the citizens of Cass
county are pleased to call the lever
form the varsity.
The varsity eleven had a short
evening and tonight will get a light
signal drill. With Hemp out of the
game with a twisted knee. severai
men have been tried out at halfback,
Bunny knight making the best man
for the job. He has the weight, hits
the line like a bullet and is playing
football for all that is in it. Curtiss
and Cowan lave both been tried out
for the vacancy at halfback and 1t
may be that one or the other will
start the game in that position with
Mo niOht Tn fall hn<.L nm In rnc1 th.,
Aggie line proves to be better on the
defense than is expected.
a and Bacon have been doing
some tall and lofty kicking in the
past week, both having developed in
to drop kickers. From the way they
are booting the ball between the goal
posts from the thirty to fifty yard
lines it is probable that several scores
will be registered by the aerial route.
officials Selected.
The officials for the game Saturday
have been selected. w. VerWebie,
Minnesota graduate and cx-footbali
player. will be referee: Ed Chestnut,
Minnesota graduate an dex-football
star. will be umpire; w. n. Smith,
principal Of the Crookston high school
will act as field judge and f. l.. Shave
of the Minnesota university as head
linesman.
The squad of twenty players, the
university band, the second team. and
about $50 rooters will board the spe-
cha train at the university depot Sat
urday morning at . o'clock. No pas
sengers will be taken on at the depot
in the city and anyone wishing to go
to Fargo on the special train will
have to De, at the depot at the uni
versity on time. as the train will leave
ar - n'(Inrk Hhlrn u is 1lry,n01 e.,
march from the depot III Fargo to the
A C., where dinner will be served
the visitors. The band will head the
procession and enthusiasm as it is ex-
pressed and manifested at the univer-
sity will be demonstrated to the Far
goans.
The Team.
Twenty men will be included in the
squad that will be pitted against the
Aggies. of this. number Bacon. Gull
dickson. Void. Harris, Mcknight,
Bulge, Forester and Schlosser have
been holding down their various po-
sitions ali through the season. but
several substitutes have made their
appearance. The team as will prob
ably start the game will be:
Fullback, Stack.
Right half, Gullickson.
Left half. Curtiss. Cowan or Nc
Knight.
Quarter. Bacon.
Center, Void.
Right guard Harris.
Right tackle. Mcknight.
Right end. Wilcox or Lykken.
Left guard, Bulge.
Left tackle. Forester.
Left end, Schlosser.
Substitutes, Hemp, Zieske. Holmes.
Robinson, Zipoy, Hinck and Roweed-
eE.