Star Tribune from Minneapolis, Minnesota • Page 41

ft A fi in, irnr 4i SPORTING SECTION SPORTING SECTION MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1907. RTING PICTURE BOOK IN SVgaw Ta Chicago Rolls Up Bumper George Capron's Drop Beat King Cole and Against Illinois Team Steffen and De Tray Go Around Ends for Long' Runs Urbana Eleven Puts Up Strong Defense in First Half Which Ends With Score 10 to 6, But in the Final Period, Midway Men Score on Opponents at Will. Gophers Win Spectacular Game After Struggle Weller Scores Touchdown on Fifty-Yard Run After a Fumble, While Minnesota Gets Her Points From Field Goals Wonderful Improvement Is Shown by Gopher Team. Hi In the second half De Tray and Stefteae rsi around tbe ends for large gains, making five touchdowns. Steffens made a Mrop kick from tbe 36 yard line' also.

The Maroons gave a splendid exhibition, ot tbe Intricacies ot the new gams of football and proved Stagg's assertion that be has as good a team as the eleven whloh Eckersalt led last year. The score furnishes a fair comparison of the two teams, although Illinois waa lucky to. score at all agalust the speedy Maroon. team. Tbe lineup: Chicago.

Illinois Hewitt Left end tackto Whara ituard Green Harris-Anderson Center Wtye. Jones-Rhode Klelit suard Vanhvk." Flak KtgM tack Ralleoaele Paie-fichommev Right end Dadam Wakeaser pteffln DtTrav Lett halfback Prttchard Pettigrew and Brown Referee, MiOormlck. Dartmouth. llmptre. Wrenn, Harvard.

Head Uneeman, KUrrloie, Wisconsin. Field Jud, Snow, Michigan. Time of halves, minutes. Touchdown, Tray. Prltchard, Hteffon.

I. HarrU. Iddlngs. Oualde from touchdowns. Pase, Pchoniiner, Grew).

Onals from field, Pse, Staffee, Score, Chicago, iii Illinois, tt. the 15-jard line and the crimson than hammered Its way to a ecore. W. Pteroe making; the touchdown and Burr kicking goal. Although mucli the heavier, tbe CTlmwm min re unable to through the navy Itnei for any giilne, ail they made being one trick plays and end runs.

The navy played the better straight football but the visitors eai lly esaelled in their variety cl play sad open work. IOWA IS TOO STRONG FOR MISSOURI TEAM IOWA CUT. towa. Oct. SO.

(Special). Iowa, di feated Missouri to d. having all the better of the argument. Oravee and Mitlor played the feature game for Mlnaourl, Ktrk. Hastings and Pteaart doing the bast work to; towa.

The line-up: Iowa Position Missouri Uuiben-y LE LT Oav Sir die LU Kurts Hauling Rutin Hineter TIO Carol he." RT Mtller Vt.lle MB AVklandw Kuwait jB Rutherford Knowlton LH Cranr Kirk HH Ketheraae llaetard KB Roberts Brree Haddem. Umpire. Croft. Head. Lineman Comgreesl.

St. Joaeph Gets Big Gsrne. OOljt'MBIA, Oct. W. The big annua? 1 ranksglvlng football game between the I'ni-ve-nltv of Kanaae and the I'nlvarelty of Missouri will be played this year at fit.

JowpH. the athletic board of Mlnsoiiri yesterday accepting a proposal of Ksnraa. For years V. taaii biicn played at Kansas Lily. referee.

The Tiger team of at. Paul will meet the slsth member of the league at) Lexington park. ft. Taul. A preliminary between the Bpalos and two 130-pound will pulled off at tbe game starting at IMS anarp.

Mr. frhloHs of the Talace clothing house has donated, on behalf of hi a beaMtiriil pennant to too'ested for bv the team of the lejgne and to bs awarded to the winner. Tbe Palace ha always done everything In tta power (further clean Independent sporr. anrt' ln-rlepeiailcet teams have much to thaVi them fur. K.

FORCE.) failed at goal and Minnesota was iii bole to 0. After another kluk-off tie ball was punted back and forth until George Canmn finallv tnarta hpatltiftll return of one of Welter's kicks, taking tbe ball 1. OK. 1. wen into jseoraBKa lerruoij.

ouucn-necht then pulled off a clever forward namu fhritwlnv nfinr ha hail heen tackled. and the Gophers bad tbe ball on Nebraska's ten-yard lino. After a couple of short gains Capron aent away a drop kick ana scorea me nrst iour puiuus the Gophers, while tbe bleacher went wild with joy. Again Weller kicked off and once more after an exchange of punts Minnesota marled to gain. Itademaehor.

who had been playing beautiful ball all the way broke through for a run of thirty yards and after another exchange the Gophers forced the ball Into Nebraska territory. Gains by Rademacher. Sbucknecnt. and a run of twenty yards by Caprou took the ball to within striking distance of the Cornbueker goal and Capron again made good by sending the ball between the posts on drop kick, scoring the final, points of the game, In the second half showed greater speed than in the first, while Nebraska fought pluckily to keep down the score, for it was evident that nothing but could again put the Cornhuskers In the game. Nebraska could not gatyj minrl wtiitn Mlnnnant advanced the ball for good gains, although the Comhusker defense stiffened whenever the ball got very far into their territory.

tiinl ha vnri nf the half Shuck- necht broke through the left side of the Nebraska line ror a run ot aooui lonj yards to the Nebraska ten-yard line. George Capron then took the ball for a run around tbe Nebraska right end and crossed the goat line, but was brought back to the five-yard line, the officials claiming that he went out of bounds. To the spectators it was apparent that Capron did not go out. but the word of the officials went without dispute- and thus Minneeota lost bar enly touchdown. The game from rtart.to floluh was a beauty to watch, for Nebraska was always dangerous because of her backfleld men, while Minnesota displayed speed enough In her entire team play to make It evident that the Gophers had ground gaining power themselves.

Schucknecht, Capron and Rademacher, aided by clever blocking and interference, were able to make ground time and again while the Minnesota line of forwards held their rxprctm she would. By the end of the year the Gopher will have a one team, and will give Chicago a bard rub. In another year Capron will tnak'-. a wonderful quarterback, in my opinion." Theodore Vita, former Mlnn-saota guard "The team all right, but they will have to buckle right down to work before the Chicago game. Nebraska certainly got her plays off faster than the Gophers," "llunkj" Davles, foiwr Minnesota halfback "It was a great game and was very Interesting to watch on account of the uncertainty of tbe result.

But we silll have aomc mighty hard work before us before we csn turn out a championship eleven. "King" Cole. Nebraska game we a dandy. We certainly received the best of treatment the hand of tbe Gophera. They r.

good inortaoMU and uut gnailtmsa." MTMT it HicKs NebrasKa men from one end of tbe line to the o'br. Minnesota showed phenomenal gains in ppd and team play troin tbe form of llstlesa and slow before, she had cent dash and ginger to make ber team look like a championship affair. Outplayed slightly at the lump tbe Gophers grew stronger as the game progressed and before the finish waa reached were by tar tbe better team of tbe two. Kjelland at center played magnificently and -clearly outclassed the man who went against him. The plucky Minnesota center rush was after Collins all the way and when Nebraska had tbe ball KJelland mixed up the Cornhuskers time and again.

Several times he broke through and tackled Nebraska men for a loss and worried the Nebraska center into making several bad passes, thus spoiling tbe play. Weller tried several drop kicks in the frsl half but In nearl" every Instance Kjelland waa through and so close that tbe tries bad no chance of success. At the guards the fight waa nearly an even aftair, although neither BandeUn nor Mohlstad 'was worried to any great extent, Bandelln being very aggressive. Toung and Case at tackles not only had their men on the run, but blocked clever, ly on the offense and were greatly re sponsible for the runs made by both Minnesota showed great weakness at the end positions in the Ames game, but yebterday her men did far hotter work than in that contest. Mowery still showed somo slowness, w-hile Chesnul's InexLerience worked against him, but bo'Ii men tackled play after play with welier, Cooke or Burnett carrying the ball.

Both missed tackles and both were 8low at times in getting down the field, but at other stages each man figured in spectacular work and gave promise of future development. The real star of the came was Georxe Capron. Not only did he score the only points tor Minnesota by his accurate drop kicking, but he ran the team fairly well and also advanced the ball with speed and precision. He still showed some tendency to run back toward bis own goal on occasions, but covered up this defect by making brilliant runs when his Interference did any work at all for bim. His punting was accurate and whenever Nebraska appeared at all stubborn on tbe defense, Capron quickly sent the ball far down Into Comhusker territory.

Every man of the Minnesota eleven deserves credit for playing the game. Last week punk football was In evidence, but yesterday the Gophers played as if they knew their business. There was almost no fumbling and every man of the Gopher eleven followed the, ball in a style that reminded one of the Indians last year. Tbe linemen charged all the way and whenever had nothing else to do they were in the play and pulling along the man with ball. The backilcld men were with the man with the ball, while the ends did business with opposing tacklers In a manner that helped along Minnesota gains.

Nebraska tackled better than did Minnesota and ber ends got down the field better under punts. Minnesota ends were a trifle slower In this regard and thus Nebraska was able to make several spectacular returns, but her men were generally tackled before they had gone far up tbi field. Io the early part ot the game Weller tried several drop kicks from about the thlrty-flv yard lino, but none of these bad any chance at success. Capron failed on one drop kick in the second half, the ball going a few feet to the side of the Nebraska goal. Cook, Minor, Weller and the end men did the best work for the visitors, as these fellows were in every, play.

The Nebraska backfleld men caught punts perfectly, as did the Gophers and the game waa remarkably free from that fumbling which ao frequently mars a contest In which long punts are general, Dunn at fullback for Minnesota played steadily and advanced tbe ball for sborl gains on several occasions. He exhibited that same ginger which marked bis play Inst year and his weight told wh'-u Mlu-neota rushed the ball through the Nebraska tackles. From ber showing yesterday Minnesota evidently has a loam which la a comer. She is as yt. by no means In championship form, for her players have many faults, but the' eleven Is coming along and Is Id ll for greater, things, With an increaaed amount at ipetd aa hr 1 YESTERDAYS SCORES WEST.

Minnesota. Nebraska, S. Chicago, 42; Illinois. 6. Michigan, 22; WabaBh, 0 -Iowa, 22; Missouri, Washburn, 84; Haskell Indians, 0.

Kansas, 15; Oklahoma, 0. Drake, 26; Coe College, 0. Minneapolis Central, Duluth. 6: Bt. Vincent College, 11; Denver 0.

College. IS; Belolt Creighton University, 29; Highland Park College, 5. EAST. Vale, Army, 0. Harvard, Navy.

0. Carlisle. 15; Bucknell, 0. Pennsylvania, 13; Brown, 0. Princeton, 40; Wash.

Jeff, 0. Amherst, 11; Trinity, 0. Dartmouth, 27; Maine, 0. Syracuser; Williams, 0. 8warthmore, 30; Geo.

Washington, 0. Pecn. State, Cornell, 6. Georgetown t'nlvereity, 10; Maryland. 0.

Philips Exeter, Harvard Fresh men, 0. Brcwa Freshmen, Second, Phillips Andover, 12; Worcester Academy, 6. Layfayelle. 21; Colgate. 9.

Western 83: Muskingum, 0. Tufts, 23; Wesleyan, 0. Massaohuseus A. 10; Holy Cross, S. Philadelphia High, 22; Medico Chi, 0.

New Hampshire State, Bowdoln, 0, Lafayette, 27; Colgate, 9. Lehigh, 22; Medico Chi, 0. Colby, Bates, 0. offense she will give any team In the west a battle royal, for. her defense has stiffened to Buch an extent, that any offense will have hard work to gain against ber.

With such a man as Capron to do the punting and to drop a goal every once in a while, she has prospects for another championship, for Capron Is more accurate than the majority of drop kickers. To the lovers of old style football Min nesota's failure to score a touchdown was a disappointment, but this should not worry anybody. Chicago won game after game for years on Just aucn play aim now that Minnesota pas a man who can do the work of Herachberger and Ecker-eal she will take advantage ot him. With a drop ltlcker who la eure from the fifteen or twenty-yard line a team has a wondrous advantage which Minnesota men have not appreciated before, as Minnesota has not had a drop kicker, since the time that Dr. Parkyn used to practice on the old gridiron In front of Plllsbury hall, with a defense that will hold and a punter that can gain on his kicks Minnesota will force the ball down the field and Just as Caprqp has won the last two games she will be dangerous against whatever team Chicago can bring hero.

It la this Chicago gamo that the Gophers are waiting for and with improvement from this time on they will eure be in the chase. The Minnesota defense yesterday, especially the play of the ends, waa wonderful, when compared with tho exhibition of a week ago. Chesnut and Mowery, In spite of minor faults, played varsity ball, and were aided by their tackles and halfbacks lu a manner that kept down the Nebraska gains. The Cnrnbuskera evidently thought they would have a snap en end runs, but ran against such snngs that even their fastest men could not do business with the Minnesota tacklers. Minnesota will have a day or two of rest and will then start operations for Staag and his Maroons.

Although the Gophers already have good speed and a fairly sturdy defense they must have greater powr In all of their play If they are hoping for a western championship. Yesterday the groin men got to going fine, but they must keep on until the whole team has 'been rounded Into a machine that will grind out the gains against a defense just twice as good as that offered by Nebraska. If the offonse will do part of the George Capron will do the rest, for this man Is the best that Minnesota has had In many a day. Minnesota's rooter brigade did herself proud tn the game yesterday afternoon. Day I.

Okes. rooter king for fVo Gophers, was on hand bright and early organizing his giving tbem final Instructions before the game began. He was nbly assisted In bis efforts by "Moss" I'olter and Dretchk, rooter captains. In the nildat of ft calm In the moling the game liriari. Governor Johnson came Into the grandstand.

Immediately a cry roue nf "What's the matter with Gov-ernor Johnpnn" to' which the entlrsi rooter brigade gave the iwiisl response. Many Of the enthusiasts shouted for the gov- (t'oatlaaaal ems Ktat Pstga.) (BV FRAXK Kv.ueing a phenomenal Improvement in very dpartrnvnt football science Minnesota yesterday defeated Nebraska after a grueling contest by a score of 8 to All of these points were scored in the flifct bait and, although the Gophers nutplsred the Cornhuslters two to one io tbe sicood. tbey could not iuuskt enough strength to Increase the score. Nebraska lad giDger and peed io the first period aad was ft daogeroua foe, but in the second the Mtnivsoia men were all over the PeRI and the Cornhuskers had hardly a thaace to fln. A nimble by Capron followed by a long run by gave Nebraska her only score, while two -t lever drop kicks by the wonderful Minnesota quarter produced for Minneaoia eiRbt points and victory.

It wi an ideal day for fooiball, with the exception of the heat, although tbe 7.000 spectators enjoywd the sun to the full limit. No wind at all was In evidence and n-iithir team had any advantage as Weller sent the klckoff to Minnesota In tbe east goal. Tbe etanda were tall of cheering partisans and the yells rami. of find furious the Gopher eleven started its fast play. For tb first few minutes of the game the appeared to get the Jump uu their-opponents and outplayed them to a slight extent.

Tbe Comhusker de fense was strong cnougn to siup me Blionesola attack and George Capron was J. Jl i rftlieu Upon to puui uiue nuu kgaiu. Minnesota quarter drlvlnx the ball up the field wonderfully well at each try. On the exchange of punts Weller was beaten by Capron. although the Nebraska f-nds were generally better at getting down the field than were the Minnesota After the first spurt foy Nebraska waa ever the aflalr developed Into an ven contest and it was anybody's game.

Mln-' netota showed marked improvement over f. nl nnonine asma and on both-offne and d-fease she bad' speed tad dsah thai, surprised even her closest admirers. Aside from -an occasional, end run Nebraska h4 trouble making any ground at all. wuiie tna field men tore off dashes that reminded the spectators of tbe days of Henry Brlen, Sbucknecnt carrying tbe ball especially well. Ou a short kick George Capron got the ba'l and fumbled and Weller ran half the length of tbe field for a He vs cbased all the way by two or three Minnesota men, but was too fast and tbe ornhuskera bad the first score.

Weller By Aanooiated Prut. t'RBAN'A, 111.. Oct. 20. The University ot Cblraio yesterday defeated the Univer sity of Illinois 4i' to before the largest crowd ever on Illinois field.

Illinois played an even game in tbe first half but Steffen and De Tray scored almost at will In the" second half by running around tbe euds for large gains. Chicago kicked off and Wham returned 10 yards. Illinois fumbled on the forty-yard line. Steffen missed a drop kick. Chioaja lost the ball on a forward pass and Gardner kicked to Page, who made a fair catch.

Page made a place kick. Betray kicked off to Pettigrew on the 10 yard line and he returned it 15 yards. Pteffens grabbed tbe ball on the 60 yard line. After making Si yards on a forward pass Page went over for a touchdown. Psge kicked goal.

After an exchange of punts Sinnock made 15 yards. Pettigrew 25 more on a fake kick. Pettigrew failed at a drop kick. After exchanging punts, pettigrew was sent through right guard for a touchdown. Green kicked goal.

Tbe half closed with tbe ball in the center ot the field. HARVARD HELD TO 6 POINTS BY NAVY CRIMSON UNABLE TO MAKE BUT ONE TOUCHDOWN. Midshipmen Put Up Stiff Defense Against Cambridge Men. AWAPOUS PLAYS BETTER STR AIGHT FOOTB ALL I I.OMES ON KM) Hl'NS A.D TRICK. By Associated Pre.

ANXAPOLIS. Oct. and the Harvard lxm met at foot 11 1 for the first time In the history of the to Institutions yesterday afternoon. The result was. Harvard Navy 0.

The onlv soorrn- waa done In the latter part of the first half, when after Captain Douglas of tli navy, had made a beautiful V0-yard run, the navy failed to get any further and he was forced to try an on-'td kirk. This was Intercepted by Burr, of Harvard. The visitors Immediately resorted to Burr's toe for a delayed kick which wee recover 1 by 1-lsh Tlien tlague fumbled. This was ou Score PENNSY IS GIVEN HARD BATTLE BY BROWN TEAM PHIkADET-PHIA, Oct. SO.

(Speciall. The t'lilvemity of Pennsylvania football tara met it hardest opponent of tho year yesterday In the Brown same, and won by the fcore of 11 to nothing. The Quakers got together in good after their recent slump and played the providence men cfT their feet Pennsylvania should have scored another tcuihdown In the flret half, with a touchdown In each half. Tbe red and blue was penalized inyteto Brown's five-yard Una for holding. KrcwD was dangerous only onre, when a sirlaa of brilliant end runs by Mayhew took tht ball to Pennsylvania's five-yard line, T-hre the call of time saved the red and blue.

The line-up: Pnnsylvarla Position. Brown i'lller-Eraddock l.B Fryor Uurtuo LT Klrley Gallagher LO C'onkllu Uwver beldlor Kclgler 11G Aylw Mtapr KT Hahard Scurlet RH1 fsayu QB Tienme Fvlvell-P nnner Mayhew Gtwite-TowriMnd RH Reenter Hellenbeek Ft! McDonald Touchdowns, Uieotte, Folwell. Cioala from touchdown, Scarlet. Referee, Okeson, Lehigh. Umpire Edwards, Princeton.

Linesmen, Dr. Dunbar, Dickinson, Length of halves SO and 2 minutes. MICHIGAN IS GIVEN BATTLE BY WABASH LITTLE TEAM SPEINGS SURPRISE ON YOST'S MEN. Wolverines Expected to Run Up a Much Larger Score. VX ARBOR ELEVEN MAKES THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN AFTER" 30 MIMTES OP PLAY.

By Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 30. By a score of 22 to 0, Michigan defeated Wabash college hen? yesterday afternoon in a stubbornly contested football game. The Michigan squad outweighed tho Wabash team almost 20 sounds to the man and waa expected to run up a much larger score than they succeeded In making.

The work ot Michigan waa not at alt up to the standard that has been set by previous Michigan elevens. The men are big and somewhat fast, but they bear very littte resemblance to a machine. Most of their tricks were simple, and Wabash had little trouble In solving them. Tost expressed the Impression after the game that Wabash had one of tbo best lightweight teams In the country. He realised as well as anybody, that the weight of the Wolverines won them the game.

On an end run, Hammond ot the visitors made the first touchdown after thirty minutes of play. Alherdlce then kicked goal. Magoffin, of Michigan, tn the first part ot the second half, went around right end for a touchdown and Allerdtce again kicked goal. Loell scored the third touchdown and Graham kicked goal. Mirhlgftn made her final tallli'S just before tb eud of tbe contest.

Time was called with tho ball on Wabash's 15 yard line. The line up: MlolilBJii. VahAh. Hammond Ttlsht nnd Huilis Kelnsrhlld Itlght ta.kle (Cspt.l ItlrM Watson-Plumiuw 'enter fcproet Kmhe f.pft suaril Howman Casey Left tackle ttouthlana Wilson Loft end Ho-falton Wasmund ijnarterbacu Hart-rave Alkirdlce Right Oolbert-Uarver Maa-nflln tCapt) Douchu Left natfhaok Hohl Loetl -Hturbuntc Time nf bairn. mlnutei.

Bfr, Waiter Knlerlltie of Pursue. Field Judge. Ralph liavld, 1'rlrieelon. DAN LEAKY WnxilNISH 1.000-MILE WALK TODAY Bjr jt.Morlftfffl Press. Clrtt'INNATf, Oct.

O'Leary. the t.r- olil jmleeitrlan who 4t ilaja alerted to wallt tile rutin every hour until he had rmilled mile, finished, his nine and elBhlv-nlilh mile at 4 ri'elonk this afternoon. It" In ood uBmtltlon and stiwtn) io vomnleta hie ittoueanaei mile at Uls motniai. i I WHAT ENTHUSIASTS SAY Ramblers and Beavers at Minnehaha Today Goveruor John A. Johnson "The game was one of the most Interesting of any 9 annti nrwt llWPfl If.

i T71 meDS'-ly. The fact, that tba teams were no closely matched made It better fun to look on," State Treasurer Clarence H. Dinehart "it. bf glns to look now as I' we are going to have a inin the season Is over. I pretty blue over Minne- rotaa Tootnan pronpecis hiut nm ii (came, hut they are considerably better now.

1 have nnvr so marked an hnprovcniPtit f- fooiball teRro as thore hss been with Minnesota In the week lnce the aetne Anv-a." Isaan Kaitlmun, null known fooiball "Our defense wss beautiful. md the.tcsm coming -aiong greau Wit hnv a mufitiitlitent, team." Ed. pHrt-y, former iud on th Chleago levsr and star track man "Alinnwsota ii miwti httii tinhav than I haa tpV.i -jr i Everything la tn readiness for today's game between the champion Rambler football team and the crank Beaver team, both members of the Sunday State Football Iingue, at Minnehaha, The game wilt be eulled at 8:13 o'clock, and as both learns have a large band of folloivirs much excitement Coach Ertl has his team In tiptop form, while Cspt. Armstrong of the Beavers declares bis team to be tn fine condition. The Real "Of Minnesota lesm of New Prague will meet the fast National Guard i at mt Mew Praatie A feat eiuecttd.

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