Star Tribune from Minneapolis, Minnesota • Page 49

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MINNESOTA STARTING TOWARD TOUCHDOWN AGAINST IOWA -Photo a 4v J- 1 4 Capt. Pickering Iff to throw off the Iowa tackier but is just being tackled by an Iowa man. Behind Pickering is McEwen, Under a Strong Pull, Gophers Do Well Enough for Anybody Dr. Williams Declines to Display Any Xew Offense for Benefit of Eager Chicago Scouts, but Minnesota Makes Four Touchdowns With Old Plays Rosenwald and Hobinson in the Game. Slow at the Start, Minnesota Comes Strong, Beating Iowa Gophers Get Four Touchdowns and the Sure-Footed Morrell Boots Every Goal Iowa Scores Twice on Fine Field Kicks, Making Total Count, 24 to 6 Subs Go In-Toward the Finish.

Capron and Stevens Get Away for Sensational Sprints Iowa Slips Over a Little Scare in First Quarter by Stopping the Maroon and Gold Attack Ilawkeyes Show a Brilliant Field Goal Kicker in O'Brien, Who Boots Two Dandies. and Maroon and Gold With Only a Few Exceptions Ilawkeyes Make ball on the Iowa J3-yard line. Then Hanson fell down. His punt was poor, the ball going out of bounds at the 30-yard line and the Gophers had their chance. They were quick to take ad-vantage of it.

The Gopher machine took on new life and seemed more alert. Capron made three yards in a plav off tackle and Rosenwald treid the other tackle for ten, fighting and dashing through like the great Rosenwald of last year's victories. On similar play, Capron put the ball on the eight-yard line and Rosenwald carried it within a couple of yards of the goal. On the next plav Stevens went over and Morrell kicked the goal. Minnesota made two touchdowns in the third quarter.

Capron and SStevens pulling off their thrilling dashes in this section of the game. It was all Gopher from the intermission on aud although O'Brien dropped another field goal in the third quarter, nobody cared greatly because it was evident that the Gophers had hit their stride, home fine plunging by Pickering and a couple of successful forward passes in tho final quarter gave Minnesota the ball on the five-vara line and Rosenwald had no trouble at all going over for the fourth and last touchdown. After that the subs came in and the crowd began to go home. Th detailed piny of tha Minaejjt-Io time will Sound oa pace 3.) What They Said When It Was All Over Coach Hawley of the llawkeve team, said after the game, "Well, we cime down here to Cive the Minnesota team a hard fight and I believe that we accomplished our purpose. Of course, they were too strong for us and as soon as their we'ght began to wear the bovs down, the effect-was plainly noticeable.

The team fought hard and some of them had to be carried off the field after the game. As soon as tho secondary was compelled to draw in to brace the line, Pickering started his forward passes and they were good. "1 thiuk Lr. Williams has a powerful team, a much stronger one than the game Ehowed and with a little more development should be favorites in the contest Saturdav. The team is composed of individuals as yet, and 'their backfield work showed this especially.

The tackling impressed me as being very poor." "Very poor; in fact, 1 think it was by Force, Tribune Stuff 1'hotocrnnnpr. ys 1 1- U.a-jSi-.. v. iiy HI 0- 41 too late. E.

FORCE. Capron, taking tho bait from near the 1 1 1 11... t.U iiiiouii- ui niu ueiu, ran una aoagea through the wholo Iowa eleven for Minnesota's second score. Iowa's drop kicker here got in another field goul, and for a moment it looked to the Iowans as if they had a chance, but a beautifully executed forward pass to Stevens gave that player the ball for a great run of forty yard through a broken field and the third touchdown of the afternoon resulted. Minnesota's final score canio in the last period when forward passes took the ball to within striking distance of tho Iowa goal and a line buck by Rosenwald took it over the line.

FROM THE start tho Minnesota offense appeared to i under a strong pull, as Dr. Williams knew that Chicago scouts were in the stands, and the Gopher coach wisely planned to conceal as much of Minnesota's real 1 strength as possible from tho eager i-ves iu iuouzo omgg-g assistants, in the opeiiini' period the Gophers did not open up their play in the least and even with the score against them were content to plug along with a few simple attempts at the ends and through 'he line, without Buy -consistent gains. In the second quarter, however, tho Gophers saw their first chance for a score and it didn't talk them long to get Minnesota in tho lead. A Pad punt by one of the Iowa backs from Iowa territor" gave Maroon and Gold the ball on tho Hawkeye 30 yard lino and immediately Pickering called on his men for a score. Capron and Rosenwald rushed the ball by short gains to within a few yards of 'the Iowa goal aud then a couple of dashes by Stevens and Rosenwald took it over, Stevens making the touchdown.

Prom this time on Minnesota had all the better of the play, for she continued to show more and morn of her offense and when in tight places pulled plays that fooled the Hawkeye defense. Capron 's wonderful run down tho field made the Iowa tacklers look foolish, while Stevens' dash, after receiving a perfect pass, was also ouo of the spectacular pieces of tho day's play. Just before making the final touchdown Iowa appeared to be holding Minnesota for a moment and it was then that Captain Pickering brought into play two perfectly executed passes that produced tho final touchdown. These passes were not for great distance, but were beautifully plaved and put the ball close up to tho Iowa line, whence it was easily bucked over by Rosenwald. HE brilliant feature of Iowa's play was found in the drop kick-L ing of O'Brien, her ceuter rush.

,1 not since the days of Wheeler of Grinnell has his equal ns a forward and kicker been seen in this city. In the first period ho sent one drop from the fifty-vard line for the first score of tho day and his second successful field goal iu the third quarter went nearlv as far, for a distance of fortv-live yards. Tho first kick was a corker and would easily have been good for ten or fifteen yards more, while his second also had plenty of power behind it and went sailing over the posts with phoitv of lo'O'ht to spsro. O'Brien tried many others during the game and failed, but his two successful efforts were good enough to place him in the class of the best kickers of tho year. Pickering and Capron did the punting for Minnesota and both did well, while Hanson, who did the booting for Iowa, also got away some long spirals.

In the opening moments tho line did not hold anv too well and Pickering had some trouble getting his punts away, while later this trouble was remedied siful the Minnesota backs did better. Stevens participated in two or three of the brilliant plavs of tho day b.nd did his part in executing the passes to perfection, while although not culled on so often, gained fine ground just when Minnesota needed a few vnrds to hell) her along to a score. Nvith Hobinson in the line for the time the Gopher forwards looked better than at any time this year and after the first period of inaction was over guards, tackles end center were verv much in evidence. The center" trio plaved great ball themselves, iin.V kent tK Gophers inmpinsr. but is the Inter stages the Miuuesot for- the Minnesota left end, who seeks Peterson, Enthusiast Wins The Tribune Prize C.

II. Dayton's Pick of Athletics Is Judged Best of Many Forwarded. Giants Were Favored by-Who Wrote to The Tribune. Fans C. H.

Dayton of Peterson, is the winner of the prize of $10 offered by The Tribune for the baseball mau offering the best prediction on tho outcome of the world's baseball series between Philadelphia and New York. Re eeiving honorable mention are Herbert Rodger, Northfield, A. 0,. Brown, Boston block, Minneapolis; Joseph A. McBrien.

Minneapolis; "Leftv" Marsh, Little Falls, O. F. Southam, Wahpeton, N. D. Tho winner couldn't have foretold the outcome of the series better had be had advance information from every player on both teams, probably not so weD.

His guess is really a marvel in its way, as is shown by tho following: Peterson, Oct. 12, 1911. Baseball Et'J'or, The Tribune, Minneapolis: In the coming series between the Giants and the Athletics I believe the Athletics will be returned victors. I think Doyle will lead in the slugging for the Giants and Eaker for the Athletics. Bender will be the Athletics winning pitcher and Mathewson for the Giants.

I believe the Athletics will steal fully as many bases as the Giants. I think the slugging of the Athletics will decide the series iu their favor. Ywrs truly. C. H.

DAYTON, Peterson, Minn. Other fans made prognostications that were almost as good anil it required some work upon tho part of Tho Tribune sporting staff to sort down the manv predictions to the few regarded as tho best. The Giants were the favorites in the early picking, 134 fans favoring the McGraw men against 118 who picked tho Athletics. PASS GOES V.yi 4 (V. of Minnesota has the ball and i3 Forward Passes Work Well; away from that yellow-sweatered performer is something approaching the miraculous, "teve" dodged plenty more of them, too, and got over for the score.

One of the most pleasing features) of the game was the relieving of the first team by the second squad toward1 the end of the final quarter. Cant. dickering ron over the sidelines, spoke 1 aword with Dr. Williams, the coach beckoned the eager subs and there was a sweater shower in a minute, as the second string athletes peeled olf their heavy apparel and dashed onto tho field. It was a complete not a Minnesota first team man re- maining in the game.

And the scrubs, btrrin" excitement and some nervous-' nes, showed ability. McAlmon pulled off one 30-yard run and the second team athletes were evidently on their wav for a touchdown on their own' book when the whistle finished the game. Iowa rooters were noticeable because of their absence. The Iowa subs crouched in tho piles of hay on tho north side of the field and cave vent to one or two llawkeve cheers, espe-1 ially alter O'lirien booted his first! field goal and gave the Iowaus the i first count of the game, but there was no material hacking in lie stands. A few Minneapolis and St.

l'aul residents from Iowa helped out the Hawley scrubs with a feeble cheer once iu a while. Iowa Gets the Jump. Iowa surprised tho Minnesota rooters in the first half. Thero is no getting around that fact, for tho Hawk-eyes had all the better of the first quarter and were pushiug their adversaries hard in the second quarter until a poor punt gave Minnesota tho ball 011 the lovva 30-yard line. A peculiar Iowa formation, something like a merry-go-round, was tried a lot of times by Hawley pupils, but didn't work once.

It caused a lot of joy for the Minnesota rooters, but the long side pass froni center didn't at the start of the game, becauso Iowa pulled this off for some very fair gains. However, the Minnesota outposts were not long in solving the deceptive attack and broke it up thereatter with pleasing regularity. O'lirien, the Iowa center, was the llawkeve star. His two drop kicks give him that, rank, even, though he had nothing else to commend him, but apart from his swell booting, O'Brien played a mighty nice game at the center position. Flanking hira were two good guards, Trickey and Hanson, and this center trio did about the best, wprk of any men on the Iowa O'Brien's first field goal was' kicked squarely over the bars from the SO yard line and from a most difficult angle.

The kick was one of the prettiest that Northrop field has ever staged and Minnesota rooters showed the right spirit when they gave the bulky hooters a big hand for his meritorious performance. In the third quarter he shot over another one from a less difficult angle and not quite so far. Had O'Brien made every other drop kick he tiied the game might have been a pretty tight battle, but his several other attempts fell short, a bad pass or two hurting him occasionally. Jowa scored first, O'Brien sending his most difficult drop kick try over in perfect form in the first quarter. Minnesota was on the defensive throughout this part of tho play and only some remarkable work on the defense prevented a touchdown by Iowa.

Koaenwald, uuaidod, spoiled a Hawk-eye forward pass that looked good as gold when it started. Iowa had tho ball on the Minnesota 15-yard lino at tho time and the catcher apparently had a clover field, but Kosertwald got 'him by a beautiful tackle. Minnesota I was content to punt most of the time in the opening period and did not seem to be at all dissatisfied when the quar ter ended with the count against them. Minnesota Gets Busy. The Ilawkeyes started the second ouarter in tho same aggressive wav.

They were not ublo to gain a great deal of ground against the Minneso-tans, but fumbles and the fact that I Minnesota was using no offense to speak of, kept the ball in Minnesota territory for a time. 'Finally Hanson hoisted a kick to Capron on the Minnesota 43-yard line and- Capron re- vnn.l 1, tr. fli AJiifAr rtf li rt fi.iM i'iekerin punted and Meloy heeled the AN IOWA FORWARD THE LINE-UP: Minnesota. Iowa. McEwen Robinson LT.

Smith Morrell C. Powers RG. Prank RT. Wallender VonLackum Alexander Hanson O'Brieii Trickey Ney "Buckley Meloy McGtnnis Pennigroth Capion Rosenwald Stevens QB. RHB.

Pickering (C.) FB Murpny (C) Touchdowns Stevens 2, Capron, Rosenwald. Goals from touchdowns Morrell 4. Goals from field O'Brien 2. Substitutes Minnesota, Ald-wcrtb for McEven, Elder for Robinson, Eandall for Smith, Robertson for Morrell, Heller for Powers, Hanson for Frank, Shaughnessy for Wallender, R. Johnson for Capron, McAlmon for Rosenwald, Lawler for Stevens, Hayward for Pickering.

Iowa, Patten for Pennigroth. Officials Mr. Holderness of Lehiarh, referee; Mr. Fleager of Northwestern, field Judge; Mr. Snow of Michigan, umpire; Mr.

Harding of Minnesota, head linesman. Time of quarters, 15 minutes each. punk," was the only comment the Gopher coach-after the contest vester-dav. "The boys have a -whole lot of football to learn, yet." Captain Murphy 'of the Iowa eleven was satised with the result of the game, saving: "Tho way the men fought was certainlv fine." Every man on the team put all there was in him into the contest, as I think was apparent to the spectators. In O'Brien we, have a drop kicker that is a mighty good man.

With our regular quarterback, Curry, in the game, I think that the score would have been closer. Meloy plaved a good game, but Curry was picked by some for All-Western until his injury put him in the hospital." "There is nothing much that I have to say about the game." said Captain Pickering of the. Gophers. "It was a poor one, according to my point of view." 1 and tips the ball to one side before yylyy BY FRANK IN A GAME that was replete with indifferent football and yet sparkled occasionally wheu both Minnesota and Iowa pulled brilliant plays, the Gopher eleven yesterday triumphed over tho Hawkcyo football offering for the vear by a scoro of 24 to 6. Iowa, through the possession of a wonderful drop kicker, succeeded in getting two field goals across the bars, while Minnesota, slow to get her machine in operation, finally got started and slipped over four touchdowns with as many succeeding goals.

In the first quarter of tho game Minnesota was actually outplayed, and Iowa not only scored her first drop kick, but also was dangerously near tho Gopher goal, while tbo beat attempts of tho Gophers at gains were futlie. Later, however, Dr. Williams' pupils jumped into the attack as if they were in a real championship game ami it was not long before the Gopher gridiron mill was grinding out the touchdowns. Iowa's defense at the start was surprising, for hor line held beautifully and Minnesota's plays would not go for anything like good gains. As tho second quarter started, however, the Gophers began to find themselves and some first-class plunges into the lino brought forth the first touchdown of the day.

It was in the third quarter, shortly after the opening of the second half, that the one spectacular play of the day was made by Minnesota, and this canio when WRONG 7" y. i 4 1 i'kH rc 'y 4 y''y'iyyyyit- r- Hard Fight. By Fred R. Coburn. Without giving anybody much of a linfl upon their trun strpngth, or possible jvcaknewes, thfl Minnesota Uo-rbrs put four toucMownn over the Jowa gifja lino yfnteHay afternoon at tfrtbrort field and left the limping fellows with the ranary colored eweaters nly tho consolation that they ai-orcd.

O'firLen, thu Iowa enter, boott'd two field xoala for thy Hawkeyus, one of tfcern a truly wonderful kick, and saved bis team from a blank. Tho final count was 21 to ti. Minnesota fhowed nothing that had not been shown in tho Nebraska tramc. i'urthermorc, the Gophers laeked the epirit tbey put into their ConhuRker I victory with the exception of some i bright flashes of brilliant wok. In tho first quarter Minnesota looked like a beaten team.

They didn't have that I old firo behind each move and rjlunge into the line. They uot going just beforo the end of the second ouarter and shot over the first touch- down shortly before the first half ended. It was nothing but Minnsota in the third and fourth quarters, the Gophers cutting loose from some of their treasured forward passes for delightfully good gains mid three more touchdowns. Morrell, the goal kicker's model, booted all four goals with euuDby grace. Rosy and Eobby In.

Uosenwald and I'obiuson, Minnesota veterans, got into the game when not many thought there would bo a chance for either to play. Hobinson succeeded I in passing his last examination about an hour or so before the game started and hurriedly ducked into his football togs and ran onlo the field as left tackle for the team, it was not believed Rosenwald would play because of the bad bump he got earlier in the season, but the fighting halfback was not only in the line-up for keeps, but not once did he have time taken out. In fact this remarkable 1'reeness from injuries was one of the notable features of the afternoon's battle. Only once during the entire struggle was time taken out. That was toward ithe end of the game, when Melov, the 'little Iowa quarter, had to quit 'for .1 littlo more breath after some burly Minnesotan had spilled him heavily.

The came was cleanlv plaved and the penalties were lighter than in any jjamebn Northrop field this season. i Weather that was almost perfect attracted nearly ns large a crowd as the one that saw tho Cornhuskers play Minnesota a week ago. Kootors, figuring that Iowa would be easy and not worth the watching, stayed at home tnd saved their dollars for the big con- 1 test with the Chicago Maroons next Haturdav. Kven at. that there was a goodly delegation of the proverbial wealth and beauty" of the city in the stands and boxes.

A stiff breeze from the west made those who didn 't have fur coats long for them, but when the wind didn't happen to strike one the day Was a dandv. The wind played quite a part in the football contest, too. It was better than a twelfth man for the team which was fortunate enough to have the breeze blowing down the field with the kicks. No throp field was in much better condition than for anv previous game. Tho turf was a 'little spongy but there wore on .7 isolated cases' of the footing interfering wi a man's sprint.

Capron and Stevens Star. TTnlpli Capron nml Louis Stevens pulled oil the iav sprnn ('apron's das-h was for a matter of (10 -lards and gve the Oophers a touchdown. The lleet-1 noted quarter broke off tackle when Minnesota had the ball on its own 5u-yarI line, turned, lodged, squirmed and twisted past tackier after tackier. liven when he got bv tho line not one Minnesota Meter in the assemblage did more than hope the speedy boy would get away, but C'npron veemed greased. Nobody could lay a hand on him.

He eluded all of them nd when he sidestepped the last waiting Iowan and dashed like mad wu-ii a clear field in front of bim, the Gophers got ripht, up on their hind leas and said something that sounded liko "Nine rahs for Capron." Stevens' hike for 40 yards and a touchdown was no less sensational and Temarkablo. A forward pass, which Capron tossed, was nailed by Stevens in the air. An Iowan man was right "i 1 KVft Pvntj A- Wy-' t7Jf Jv--y 1 MAyiti ytyy yy 1 I I McEwen of Minnesota, jumps up I'hoto by Force, Tribune Start I'hotosraprier. the Iowan, seen to the right and1 of the Minneaotan, can get it. with aim and just how elevens cot.