Evening star., 1932-11-09
GOPHERS FAVORED
TO WIN THIS WEEK
Badgers, However, Are Apt
to Trouble Old Foes in
Annual Clash.
BY FRANCIS J. POWERS.

)HICAGO, November S.-
III Listed among several hun
~ dred other foot ball games
scheduled for November II,
you may find: Minnesota VS..
Wisconsin at Madison. It will just
be another game to Broadway and
maybe Hollywood Boulevard won't
pay much attention to the result.
But to the folks of Minnesota and
Wisconsin it will be the greatest
event of the year, barring, per-
haps, the election.
| When the foot ball teams Of those
two sovereign State universities meet
you can hear the crash way down the
Mississippi Valley and it's nothing less
than friendly civil war From the
Badger roofing sections you will hear
this chant:
"Enoka, Enoka, Enoka, Minnesota.
SWede, Swede, SWede."
| And then from the militant Gophers'
followers will roll:
"Ole Oleson. Yon Yonson. We bate
hell of Wisconsin"
Then there will be a foot ball game.
THIS years game has new and vital
j bit of color Coaching the Wis
consin team is DR.. Clarence Wiley
Spears, who only few short years ago
was directing Minnesota. When the
large Dartmouth graduate was at the
helm in Minneapolis, the Gophers used
to wallop Wisconsin with considerable
regularity Now he is on the other side
of the field and you may well believe
he is filling the Cardinal men with fire
and fury against the Gopher giants.
Given time, Dr. Spears will win his
share Of games from Minnesota, even as
he used to win them from Wisconsin.
But this year the cards seem stacked
against him, for Bernie Bie-man will
have the advantage in power and speed.
Still if you like long shots, wager that
Wisconsin and Spears will give Mime
sofa long trying afternoon.
If stopping Jack Manders were the
only task ahead Of Wisconsin, the
Badgers might logically figure to have
a chance against Minnesota. But there
also is Francis Lund to be considered.
Only sophomore, Lund already IS be-
ing compared with Clark Shaughnessy.
PIdge Wyman and Earl Martineau, old
time Gopher backs Of national renoWn.
Unheralded, Lund came to Minne-
sofa from Rice Lake. Wis, and in due
course of time reported for the fresh
man team. He stood around for several
days without attracting particular at
tention until one afternoon Sig Harris
sent him against the varsity. Since
that September day Lund has been a
sensation He made Clarence Mum.
Pat Boland and Jack Manders look like
third-stringers as he raced past them.
nUG, as Lund is known on the
I Gopher team. received his big
! chance on the varsity when MyTon
, Ubl was taken ILL., Bierman needed q
kicker and paSSer without any delay.
: He tried every available player and
| Lund was the best. The Minnesota
coach disliked putting too much work
: on the shoulders of a sophomore whom
he wanted to utilize solely as a runner,
but there was no alternative Lund
3 quickly proved to be a player Of good
: mental balance. as well as physical
adaptab!Ity and has starred in every
] game this season.
E In conference games three of Mime
5 sofas four touchdoWnS were the result
] of Lund's passes. Against Purdue he
D averaged 40 yards on his punts and
! held Moss, the Boilermaker star, even.
2 He kicked 80 yards against Iowa, the
/ same against Nebraska and 81 in the
NOrLnWeStern Cuel. IN the NOrInWeSt-
= ern game his splendid returning Of
t punts took much the edge off Olsen S
4 great kicking
: The combination of Manders and
e Lund likely will prove too complicated
j for Wisconsin to solve and it will be q
r great day for the "Enoka, Minnesotas. y
But DR.. Clarence Spears has a long
n memory and will be looking forward to
3 the day when he has some backs like
' Joe Sting or NagurSh wearing the
: cardinal instead of the maroon, for time
: never lessons the rivalry between the
Vikings and Badgers.