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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-25

the development of specialties that
may De continued after college life for
recreatlve values, to accomplish which
Specialization is necessary.
such a system. recognizing the
values OF competitive athletics herein
advanced, will organize. according to
the season. all natural groups in the
college into series, leagues, and tour
naments. e~ndeavoring to provide an
opportunity for every student in some
sport throughout his
course.
IT VIII recognize hat it is better to
traln a u in that form of sport in
which he is interested and give HIM
an opportunity t play with his kind
than to insist on his practice of some
thing in which he lacks interest. even
though we think from our anthropo-
metry or other reason that something
else would be better. If he can lie
interested in the supposedly bette.
thing. we'll and good: but not other
wise. unless the line of his interest is
lnlmlcal to the integrity of the Or
ganzation.
The capstone of such a system will
be a rational system of intercollegiate
athletics that includes all sports APP
ptaling' to any considerable group. i:y
rate nal we mean teams that are the
Istlufal produc of q compre:lHl. SiNG
system of physical education. >x!erG-
ms ON the part of state universities
down into the secondary and element
AIRY schools. of the state. teams nat
are rot the result of any form Of re.
cruitins.
1T means schedules of reasonable
length that do not tend to disrupt the
sequence of the students classes and
int rrupt the progress of his academic
work: teams that plan to win. but hat
put playing the game according to the
strictest code of honor above mere
w,)lnirg.
"I'y rational We mean further 4 sys-
tenn that inculcates economy of -Npcn-
diturc and does not develop axirav,-
CANT tlstes on the part of students un-
able 70 crafty them: that inculates a
code Of ono in the team and stu
den; body that always gives the OPP
ponent on home ground the characte"
Ct guest and discountenlnces muck
erisln' and ungentlemanly conduct on
the part CO both players and SIP ecta-
tors.
We mean q system develop :ng n
spirit laa brings cheer for the good
plays Of tho opponents aud not for his
failures: that considers officials az
sc nt!emen agreed upon and whose Ms
ii as are never to be questioned; a
system that inculcates loyalty to tire
college. loyalty to ones self LOYALTY 10
loyalty"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-25
On the Athletic Field
And in the GYMNASIUM
University Football Warriors Are Get
ting in Trim Despite Bad Weather
---Coach is Encouraged
New Head of Athletics at the Big School Will Endeavor
to Keep Things Lively in Every Season of Sport.

terial for future victories. The class
and department teams will be helped
and encouraged in every way, for it
is often in these games that future
varsity stars are first brought to
light: stars unsupported oftentimes
even by themselves. Practice on the
field will begin this afternoon If the
weatherman will allow it. Yesterday
he bluffed us and SO we spent an hour
with the new rules. Though a notice
of the meeting had only been up a
few hours. there~was more husky ma
terial on the Gene than the office
would accommodate, and taking ev-
erything into consideration the foot
ball prospect looks very encouraging.
This season the first team squad will
be furnished new outfits complete.
Heretofore the players have furnish
cd their w shoes. The shipment
arrived yesterday afternoon. These
until a few days before the first
scheduled game as 1t will take some
time to learn Just who will make the
first squad.
AS soon as the football season is
over there will be a call for men to
work out for a gymnasium team. On
account of the long winter here,
where all the work nus be in doors
there Is every neea of such a team.
We expect to have several dual gym
nastic meets in the early spring and
about the first of April a gymnastic
exhibition given by the students Of
both the departments Of physical
training. In the meantime class work
in the gymnasium will go merrily on
and we will endeavor to make the
work interesting enough. that it will
not seem to any student a grind"
The basketball enthusiast will be Civ
en- plenty Of opportunity to use his
surplus energy. We expect a good
team and a good schedule Of games.
And then in the spring baseball and
track-O, we'll. that Is too far in the
future. but there wi. be something
doing.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-25
JUST BEFORE THE BATTLE. MOTHER
WISCONSIN.

Madison, Wis. Sept. 25.-Enthusi-
asm fairly drips from the Badger
football quarters at Camp Randall.
Van Clients injured shoulder. .us-
tanned on Saturday while falling On
the ball in his first practice Of the sea-
at first supposed. In an official sta,e-
ment Joe Heffel, star end and captain
of the team says:
The eligibility report handed to
Head Coach Juneau was the best that
has been given out for years. With u
wealth of sturdy material on sc .ield
this fall. the outlook is certainly
bright. The game. with Chicago will
be the hardest Of the year.. but :ye will
win. The. slate must be clean ,hls
fall. We must have the champions
Ship
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Watched so closely last veal that they
DID NJ have tho chance to get away
on individual plays that they other
VIE would have had. Meeter. a new
man who will fill Coffey's place. Is
heavier and much faster on his feet
.nan his predecessor. He has the
rare ability of keeping his feet when
tackled and has had much football
experience.
Brooks, a 200-pound right guard. is
contesting with Eskew for that hole
IN the line. Just now it is a bitter
hghf. Askew seems to he in the pink
OF condition. hut Brooks has ii on
h'm in weight and IL fully as agrees
sive.
Wcllcy at FullbacA.
Welley will play fullbaek. II was
duo to his line-hitting ability that the
coyotes We're able t. gain against
minnesota last Year. Barrett seems
70 nave the other guard position salt.
Ell. He has never played a brilliant
same but his work is consistent.
isroWn. right tackle. has been heav-
ing bundles all fall and with the last
weeks workout is in remarkable con-
dition. No
stripped. he weighs 1876 pounds and
MS weight. coupled with his agrees
FtN" tn"tics. makes it almost an i'm
Eo:sibilty to nuncture his position.
Fergnson on right end is one of tn.
speed boys of the team. He is very
last and is remarkable on defense.
Shecks at right half will he a factor
FOR tn" Gophers to contend with in
the coming gara. His drop kicking
This reoson has been almost perfect.
Tic hits the limo like a bullet and l.,
an adept in handling the forward
pass.
Line Will he Strong.
Tho line this season will be much
stronger than last. Downing and
lsrown are both playing their third
Year n all the other new applicants
TOR positions are experienced men.
Henderson declares that the chances
for beating Minnesota are fifty pcr
cent better than they We're last year.
New n better plays have been de-
Neioped and Minnesota will not be
able to work. her scheme of attack
as easily as formerly.
Captain Coffey declares the Coyotes
Will not go in to hold Minnesota. He
caNs they will win.
Following is the probable South Da-
kota lineup for next Saturday: Potts.
center; Barrett. Askew or Brook.
guards: Brown and Downing. tackles:
Meter and Ferguson, ends: Captain
Corey. quarter: Sheeks and Imley.
halves; Wiley, full,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-25
OLD MEN RACK.

Valley City. Sept. 25.--Considerable
interest is being aroused and specula-
lions are already being voiced about
the football prospects at the normal
school this season. While Chester
Smith. last years star full back on
the normal eleven. is suffering from
Il fractured leg. which will keep him
out of the game this season and leave
Il vacancy which Coach Rodewald will
find hard to fill. &" least, seven of las;
years veterans will return to the
game this seaOn. i.
Captain Morsbach is making pre-
season ARRANGEMENTS and has been in
communication with Coach Rodewald,
who will return to the city this week.
a call will be issued to athletes i'm
mediately after the opening of school
on next Tuesday.
Despite Il period Of idleness this
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-25
(By Charles e. Armstrong;

At this time Of the year you do not
have to &c very far. in your ram
bles through the residence part of.
just any town in the United States. to
find out what is uppermost in the
minds of the active youth. Indeed,
before you come within a block of the
first vacant lot you will hear a burst
of the heartiest of music. as Booster
over 'em!-thud! Oh! 1 guess he
didn't want it-why don't you get a
gunnysack--thud! nice one old
"Fluky." where'd' you get the spiral?"
Walk to the next street corner and
a mimic of the first chorus will greet
you in a shriller voice from future
foot, stuffed with. rags. is viciously
kicked. then chased and madly rush
ed across the sidewalk. And you had
best have a care too. if you happen to
be near the imaginary g%oal-posts; for
there is no time to notice things UNI
important when the game is In prog
ress n the ball is in the play. BY
the time you have passed the second
car lot there will no longer be a
doubt in your mind. You will know.
Speaking of football, we are going
to have a wealth of material at the
university this season. Most Of the
ilHeIhen OF laSt years team Is IN
school again this fall but the back
field will have to be built up anew.
Our first game is near at hand and
for the next ten days the a will
be running signals fast and furious.
and during breathing spells between
the different sets of back field men,
they will practice the forward pass.
punting and goal kicking. The fun
damental wor as tackling. falling
on the ball. charging. etc, will be
learned as we go along; between turns
you might say. or while we rest.
We not only intend to have a win
ming team this season but also to have
more teams and men than have ever
before been out on the field. getting
the best of exercise and building ma
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-25

summer, Mr.. Rodewald has included
among his other studies a course of
instruction offered I athletic ~instruc-
tors by Coach John r. Richards at
the University of Wisconsin. who de-
veloped n of the strongest football
teams in the big eight" conference
last year. This work is now being
supplemented with a study of the
new rules in operation in company
with Coach w. J. juneau. successor
to Mr.. Richards and should be an ad-
ded advantage to the normal squad
this season.
Relative to the new football rules,
Mr.. Rodewald states that in his opin-
ion the old time line plunges fostered
by the -four down" feature will be
largely counteracted by the unre-
stricted forward pass. which will give
great advantage to light. agile teams
such as the normal school eleven.
OF last years team. Clifford Gardi-
ner, end: Elmer Cowdry. half back;
and 7. Thorderson, have graduated.
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NORTHWEsTERN.

Evanston. ILL.,, Sept. '25.-Footb,il
trainers at Northwestern university
are alarmed over the apparent lack Of
interest among the student body in
material on the field. The greatest
number of men that has appeared for
practice at any one time SO far is six
teen.
"uIless more men come out we. -yill
have no second team for the regui IFS
to line up against" said Coach Ham
NETT last night. and there will be no
competition among the men for places
the team. There always has been
difilculty In getting out a sufficient
number of men but this year condi-
tic ms are the worst yet. The men who
have reported are good. but they must
have men to play AGAINST
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-25
Gopher Coyote Game
Watched With Interest
Fans and Players at University of North
Dakota Anxiously Await Outcome
OF Saturdays Game
South Dakota Picked to Make a Good Showing AGAINST
Mirnesota-To Meet Flickertails this Year.

The football game between Mime
sofa M South Dakota at Minneapu-
lis next Saturday afternoon is of par
ticular interest to gridiron fans at the
U. of \. D. because the Tlickertails
are billed to meet the Coyotes in the
vember 8. South Dakota will meet
Minnesota stronger than aver this
year and many critics say they will
he surprised if the visiting deleg CATION
does not return home with the victory
tucked comfortably under their arms.
Tight Rub Last Year.
South Dakota has never beaten
Minnesota. Last year was the tight
est rub Friend Gopher ever had from
the ambitious Coyotes. The Dakotans
last year had Il powerful line, speedy
ends and a ileet-footed backfield. This
year, according to reports, the team
is even better. In the line there are
two or three men who average dan
gerouslN near to the 200 mark. and
IT Is a safe guess that Minnesota will
be badly ~outweighed from end to end.
Students at the Minnesota univer-
sitN are almost a unit in prophesying
the triumph of Minnesota. Several
times the maroon and gold was very
close to defeat. but the breaks in the
luck came Minnesotaward at the right
time and the struggle endel the way
Minnesotans wanted it to end.
On DIR. Williams, and a little better
than an even break in the luck Satur-
day. the rooters are depending. The
Gonhcrs have always Jared rather
Well at home as far as luck goes The
Minnesota supporters do not think it
Will desert them Saturday in their
hour of dire need.
For the past week thirty-fve men
have been in active practice on the
South Dakota university field. This
is the largest number Coach Hender-
son has had to choose from since the
beginning of his work there.
All of last years PLAYERS but Cliff
COREY and Thackabcrry are back in
uniform and without exception the
men are showing up stronger thar
ever. Askew. the fighting right guard
returned Saturday and reported ir
good condition.
Hard Fight in Line.
There is a fierce fight on for posi-.
lions in the line and SO good is the
now material that some of the veter.
n of last year are having a hare
time to hold their positions and tn.
results are still in tho air. Henderson
declares that the loss of Coffey anc
Thackaherry will not be felt so keen.
~ as many think because they were
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-25
BALANCE ON
WRONG SIDE
Baseball Backers find Them
selves Facing a Heavy
Deficit.

Duluth. Sept. 25.-According to
the statement Of the officials of the
Duluth Baseball association, the new
ly organized association that took
hold Of the game here last spring
wit hthe hope that baseball could be
placed on a paying basis in this city,
the local club lost in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000 as the result Of the
disastrous season that came to an end
on Labor day.
Neither the day set aside as a joint
benefit for the Associated Charities
cause. the Booster day program or the
festivities Of Labor day brought much
to the exchequer of the club. Rain
and cold weather played havoc with
what slim prospects there were to
break even or the season, and as the
result of the brand of weather that
prevailed during most of the season,
and also as the result of the rain
that generally hit the team at Win
nipeg. those who stand as financial
sponsors of the White Sox will find a
yawning deficit to meet.
The merry schedule makers slipped
one over on the local magnates in the
waiting VI lie pldyAAS OdIeS. Supe-
rior drew about all the week ends OF
the season for Winnipeg, and as a
consequence drew many times the at.
tendance Of Duluth while on the road.
No one with impartial turn of mind,
however. blames Superior for this.
Most of the. talk regarding the en-
trance Of the twin cities is converse
tional slush. Down in the twin cities
they laugh at the idea, and then add,
even if the smaller league did get a
footing in st. Paul and Minneapolis,
that it would not draw flies.
If Duluth is to have organized base
ball for the coming season the time
to organize is during the coming win.
ter. One Of the reasons why the To-
cal association is so far in the hole
IS that the public refused to take a
league seriously that was organized
in about two weeks.
Those who paid out real money for
the novelty of being connected with
baseball have already admitted that
the town Is rather dead from the
standpoint Of the national pastime.
What the future holds for Duluth in
the way of baseball it is difficult to
say at the present time.
The present association took over a
several years lease on the baseball
grounds, but in view Of the disastrous
ending of the past season. 1t is daubt-
full If some Of the directors Will be
connected with the game another sea-
sOn.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-25
BASKETBALL GUIDE OUT.

oPoIuAIIs 8 OliIcidl IaSNcsoaAl 6uiuc.
containing the rules for the season of
1912-1913. is published today.
The rules are the latest adopted by
the Amateur Athletic union and used
by athletic clubs. army and navy
leagues. boys clubs. Catholic athletic
leagues. church leagues. National
Guards. national gynnastic societies.
playground leagues. recreation CEN
tiers. settlement leagues. Sunday
school athletic leagues and the Young
Mems Christian association.
The book is edited by George T.
Hepbron and contains everything of
interest in basketball. Sections are
devoted to the games in the middle
west. Pacific association. Ohio. Indi-
ana. Arkansas. Tennessee: Oklahoma.
North Dakota. state. of Washington.
Minnesota. Arizona. st. Louis and vi
entity. St. Paul. Minneapolis and De-
troit. northern California. New Or
leans. Cleveland high schools. Phil
ippine islands basketball and play
ground centers. wesrern conference
season uf 1912. eastern intercollegiate
basketball season.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-25

formations and a little scrimmagc
work are injected into the training.
The third week the scrub. or second,
is called into operation. and the
practice begins to acquire the aspect
OF a regular football game. Then the
training table. is started. and the rub
bers are called into use to massage
away the bruises and strains ineiden-
tai to practice. By about the middle
OF October both the coaches and
trainers know the physical and mental
peculiaritics of their charges and fit
the training school to meet their re-
the squad is reduced fifty per cent BY
the elimination of those unfit from
one cause or another to stand the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-25
EASY TRAINING FOR JONES.

Whether or not John PauI Jones,
the Cornell university mile runner.
will be seen in. many of the athletic
contests the coming season is profile
Jones is captain of the Cornell track
team this season. and intends to win
If he can the annual intercollegiate
cross-country race. which will be run
at Ithaca. .
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-25

New Haven. Conn. Sept. 23.-Foot-
ball players at all the big universities
are now hard at work preparing for
the big games to come later. Train
ing for a gridiron campaign is any
thing but child's play. Few except
those In the game realize what the
early days of the training mean to
the moleskin warriors. For the first
lays Of the practice season little is at
tempted beyond the kicking . and
eatcning of the football. running prac-
casional lineup. with all scrimmage
work eliminated. The second weeks
practice time is heightened. At this
time tackling, defensive and offensive
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-25

strain of gridiron play. With the big
games about a month away the var
sity eleven must be welded into a
perfect football machine that acts
with resistless force 1T the command
of the quarterback. Morning and aft
ernoon practice consists of kicking,
tackling and other features of the
play in which certain members OF the
squad may be deficient. Thus the
mel who win mention during. the pre-
mier games of the football season
round into form for the struggle
which brings victory or defeat. Pic
ture No. l shows men at. pushing
machine; No. .. player practicing how
to recover the ball; No. 8, tackling
the dummy.
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CASE LOOKS sTRONG.

Cleveland. Sept. 25.-The Case
school eleven is the strongest in years
at the opening of the season. Their
first game will be played. Saturday
against Burhtel college at Akron. A
snappy backtield is formed by Kenyon
at full and Whitacre and Parshall at
the halves.
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FOOTBALL CODE
PlEASES .Y0ST
Thinks Revisions will Make
Game Faster and Bring
Decisive Results.

"Hurry-Up" Fielding Yost. than
whom there is none than-whomer In
anything involving football rules, their
application, and their possibilities
likes the new code: There may be
horror at the thought that the addi-
ton of IN extra down may u a
%reversion to the old crushing, line
smashing game, but Yost is not one
of them.
The revised rules appeal to the sage
of Michigan chiefly because they make
1t possible for two fairly evenly
matched elevens to battle to a de-
cisive result. Under the 1911 code
Iuck was "A factor to be reckoned
with quite as seriously as Science,
versatility of attack, and power OF
Defense"
Under the old rules" complains
Yost. where the strength of the two
teams was evenly balanced. 1t was
next to. impossible to score except
might gain fairly consistently out in
the middle of the field. but run into
an immovable snag within the fifteen
yard line because. of the restrictions
surrounding the forward pass and
the necessity of making ten yards in
three downs against a concentrated
defense.
VAS4A lllO ISIllOSCN "
the forward pass the physical diff
culties in the way of gaining within
the scoring zone will be no greater
than out in midfield. Defending
teams will naturally brace when they
have been driven back to within a
few yards of their goal line. but with
a forward pass always threatening
they will be forced to play their Sec
ondary defense further from the line
Of scrimmage than last fall when the
forward pass was automatically bar
red, almost just as soon as the at
tacking team drew within fifteen yards
of a touchdown.
The elimination of the onside kick
will probably result in less kicking
and more running. The policy OF
booting the ball up and down the
field in the hope of gaining something
through a misplay by the opposing
backs will receive a deathblow under
the new style of play. The onside
kick never was a good play anyhow,
since its success was always depend
ent upon chance. No kicker, no mat
ter how expert, could ever hope to
control the direction in which the
ball would bound.
THE fact that a runner may no
be pushed Or pulled through an open
ing by his teammates, and the neces-
sity of having seven men always OIL
the line of scrimmage will prevent a
return to the old. pushing. smashing
game. while the extra down will en-
year they were forced to kick
THE public likes a lot of kicking
in football. but ! believe there was
too much of it last year to make the
game as interesting as 1t might be
and will be under the revised code"
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feared that the team will be in very
poor shape for the opening games.

IOWA.
Iowa City. Iowa. Sept. 25.-A
strong team is expected to be selected
from the forty candidates at Iowa uni
versity under the direction of Coach
HaWley. The line. however. has been
given considerable attention by the
coach and present indications are that
1t Will be. weak. In the backfield u
great deal OF shifting is expected when
Iowa meets the state normal college in
the initial game Of the season. October
5.
Trickey and Hanson are back on the
line and Quarterbacks Curry and Me-
10y have returned. Buckley. who play
ed an end last year and who was i'll
for some time. has begun practice.
while McGinnis. last years teams
halfback. is ineligible on account Of
studies.