The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-09-26
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games anu a nalr Den1nd Milwaukee,
still has tive series to play with To-
ledo and Columbus, while the Brew
; ers, remarkably successful On the road.
must meet indianapolis and Louisville
before the season finally draws to q
close. At this stage it would look as
If the pennant were cinched by the
Brewers. although big upsets may oc-
cur between now and next Monday.
Minneapolis fans have. learned that
nothing is to be gained by surrender
ing n for that reason will be with
the Millers until the last hope for the
championship Of the year is gone. A
slip by the Brewers and a brace by the
champions may yet land the pennant
for Minneapolis, although at this dis
lance, we must admit. that the Brewers
have by far the better of the argument.
However. win or lose, we are still with
Joe Cantillon n his men no matter
where they may happen to land.
Bad weather during the past few
days of the annual September equinox
has not been the biggest boost in the
world to DR.. Williams and his football
assistants at Northrop field, but never
theless the Minnesota coaches are
hustling along to the best of their
abilities with the idea Of having a fair
ly creditable, eleven in the field for the
opening game against South Dakota on
Saturday. The chilling breezes Of the
earlier part of the week were not so
bad, as they helped to contribute to the
pepper of the squad, but the warmer
rains of yesterday put the usual rainy
day damper on football matters gener-
ally. This does not mean that the
Gophers did not have a first class prac-
tice, for the workout of last night was
the most severe yet given the squad,
but conditions would be much better
with nJoor nc fn@thnl1 -,o4tIn-, ~-1
vailing.
That the South Dakota squad is
further advanced than Minnesota Is
certain when we remember that the
Coyotes haV been practicing for sew
eral weeks, while the Gophers have
been in uniform but a few days. We
notice, too. leach night a South Da-
kota is having about sixty minutes Of
the f~iercest kind of scrimmage and this
makes it look as if the Coyotes are
bent on being in perfect condition for
their important contest at Northrop
field. Coach Henderson of South Da-
kota is a pretty good football mar and
has a particularly large squad this
fall, with several men lighting for each
position. He has lost many of his last
years stars, but las much new ma
terial that is good and thus Minnesota
must not hold the visitors lightly III
this first battle of the year. We name
Minnesota as a sure winner. but South
Dakota, by reason Of her earlier train
ing n increased knowledge Of foot
ball, must be regarded as a very
dangerous early season proposition.
Although Minnesota's prospects for
a winning team are rosy I'M 'Chica-
go has hopes" it will be we'll for
us to keep our eyes on the Badgers
all the way this season. Juneau, the
Cardinal coach, has tasted Of the
sweets of a championship and it is
evident from the work he is doing at
Madison hat his appetite is as yet
by no mean satisfied. Three full
elevens of eligibles were busy yester-
day and OF each team were men thai
would look good to almost any western
football director. The preliminary
makeup of the first Badger eleven
shows just what lind of football we
may expect from Wisconsin this sea-
son. The line contains several re-
liable veterans, while the backfield is
to be strengthened with as much beef
and speed as possible. Last year it
was Tandberg's smashes that made
Wisconsin so formidable and as this
fellow is at his old position probably |
the same tactics will be employed
again this season. To make this
smahing power greater Van Gent, a
big lineman. has been placed behind
the line, too, with Alexander and
Tormey at the other positions. Van
Gent is over six feet tall, weighs 200
pounds n has nearly as much speed
as Tormey. He was the winner of the
spring football dash" at Madison and
covered the 100 yards, wearing foot
ball toys and carrying a football, in
twelve seconds.
Minnesota university is not the only
one of the big nine at which the much
talked of yale influence" will be felt
in football. Northwestern students
right now have hopes of getting into
the list Of conference top-notchers
this season for a pretty large squad
has reported to head Coach Grady
at the Methodist institution. Gilbert
Schiebner, for two years a member
Of the Yale squad, has been named
a member Of the coaching staff, which
already possesses Schommer Of Chica-
go and Seller of illinois. In years past
Northwestern has produced some very
fast elevens and many football stars,
and it would be a fine thing if the
Methodists came along with a surprise
this year.
Michigan has quite an order on her
hands this yea in the shape of a
schedule. She Is to play Vanderbilt at
Nashville, Syracuse and Pennsylvania
at Ann Arbor and Cornell at Ithaca,
and If Yost a get ava with all OF
these games his eleven should rank
with the best in the country. The
intersectional games played by Michl-
a will give us one Of the best lines
on the comparative strength of east
err and western elevens, although
things would be much better II h
Wolverines looked up with the best
Of the conference elevens. st. Louis
university also has a game with
Syracuse. while one Of the most i'm
Dortant inter-sectional contests Will
be that between Notre Dame AM
West Point.
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