Carleton at Minnesota

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  The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., September 29, 1901, page 8

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  U” TEAM IMPROVES IN HEATING CARLETON BY $50 SUBS PLAY IN SECOND HALF Showing Is Not enc for General Rejoicing, but RIOTERS Are Satlisted with Progress BEING Made. Even when the weakness of the aggre- cation from Mortified is considered, it must be admitted that the varsity showed considerable Improvement over last weeks form. The play was no faster yesterday than in last Saturdays game against the two Central high schools, but the interference was much more effective and the plays were executed with smooth ness. Carleton was outweigher by at least | twenty-five pounds to the man, and against the varsity veterans they pre- scented a green team. Plucky little fell | lows, they met the herce ruSneS of their | big opponents with all the small stock | of strength and football science they pos | SeSSed With every possible handicap against them they played just as doggedly at the ! end of the second half as when the game ! started, although more than half of them We’re almost TOO groggy to keep their feet. NO TEST OF STRENGTH. Considering the weakness of their OPP ! ponents, yesterdays game cannot be taken as real test of the varsity teams ability. In the first half Minnesota gain I ed almost at will through the pitIfully / light line of their opponents. Only once were they held for downs, and rarely did they require the limit of | three plays to make their distance That steady smashing of the guards and tackles would have been Irresistible to | much stronger eleven than Carleton On the defensive play no accurate crit | c1sm of of the ‘VarSity’s work can be made, for only twice did Carleton secure | the ball and both times she was forced | to punt on the third down. In the. second half DIR. Williams gave | the substitutes and opportunity to display | their ability. Nine of the second team | men were put in, and only Dobie and scrubs, naturally, did not make as good a | showing as the first team. There was / considerable fumbling, and the slowness | with which the plays We’re put off en- ! allied Carleton ruSherS to break through and stop Minnesota repeatedly without | gain. After some five minutes of this sort of work the subs awoke to the fact that | they were in football game and their play thereafter was not open to much | criticism. Little can be said of the individual work of the Minnesota men. With their ! great advantage of weight and expert | ence it is needless to say that all sur passed their opponents. The:e were few sensational plays dur ing the game save a sixty-yard straight buck through the center for touch | down by Knowlton, and a thirty-fivcyard run by Evans in the second half. | knowlton won applause by his neat work in kicking goals, not failing on one of his four trials Bidlake, in the second half. showed up well in punting. FUMBLEs WERE FEW A gratifying feature of the play IN the first half was the almost entire absence Of the fumbling which has hitherto char actelized the work of the varsity Not More than two fumbles occurred IN this | half, and one of these was eXcusable, Fee dropping the ball after hard tackle. All things considered, the showing of the varsity was such as to give encour | agement. True, the plays were executed. | slowly, and an aggressive line would have broken up many of the formations before the runner had fairly started: In | deed, at one time during the half, Carrie ton three times in succession broke | through and downed the Minnesota run ner behind the line Against a really strong team much more speed would have been necessary to make the Gopher offense effective. More | over, the interference often failed to put the opposing players out of the read, and frequently only superior weight AID strength enabled the runner to push his | way through for a gain. Still, if the play continues to improve | during the next week as it has during the past seven days, the team will be in fair | ly good form to meet the physicians and | surgeons next Saturday. COMPARED WITH LAST YEAR. comparison of this years score with | last years is interesting. Last year, play ! ing on practically the same date Sept. ! Carleton in two twenty-five minute | halves, or eight tonchdowns: as compar- / ed to six for yesterday. when twenty | minute halves were played. | This year the shorter halves in a meas use account for the smaller. sccr”a. a n | the fact that Carleton was Stronge Inst | year, is partly offset by the fact that this / year Minnesota played the second team ! in one half while last year the rep’1larS | played through the whole game. Sti it | must be admitted that the play yester 1a7 ! did not show the Improvement over last | season at the number of veterans on the present team would have led one to | expect. The lineup: Minnesota–Regulars: Rogers, left end; Fee left tackle; Flynn, left guard; Page, | center; Mueller. right guard; Schacht, right tackle; Tiff right end; Dobie, | quarter; Boeckmann left half; La Fans, right half; Knowlton, fullback. | Observation-Disclosures Boeckmann, | left end: Waist, left tackle; Kicker, left guard; Freeman, right TICKLE; Evans, right end: Allen left half; Thorpe, right half: Bidlake, fullback; Carleton-HarNs, right end; Wilcox | (captain), right tackle; Moses, Knox, right guard; Crane, center; CLANCY, left | guard; Faith. left tackle; Hayes, left end; Miller, quarter; Hendrickson Lee, left | half; Gundy, left half; Gleason, full | back Touchdowns. La Fans, Knowlton, Bo 9,ahao9na, Fee Allen & goals from | first, Minnesota a. Carleton 0; score, Sec ond half, Minnesota II. Carleton 0; final | score, Minnesota 35. Carleton O; umpire, ! Harding; referee: Jones; time of halves, ! 20 minutes THE GAME IN DETAIL. Carleton won the toss and chose the ! north goal. pobie kicked off to Gleason, who car | ried the ball back for ten yards Carrie | ton bUcked the line, but failed to gain | and after three downs Cundy was com 1 PEELED to punt. Minnesota’s ball Muel- / Ter took the ball for run of fifteen | yards around left end, and after two minutes of play La Fans put the ball | over the line for touchdown. Knowl- ton kicked goal. Score: Minnesota, c; | Carleton, 0, Harris kicked off to Dobie. There were | slow gains now on Minnesota’s part. ! Boeckman went through left guard for ten yards and Flynn soon followed with | seven. Rogers went around right end for five yards and Knuwlton bucked the line in fine style, adding six yards. La | Fans then took the ball through left guard for five, and Boeckman hit the line for a touchdown. Knowlton kicked goal Minnesota. IL; Carleton, 0. Carleton kicked off to Dobie who fun hled and was downed in his tracks Schacht took the ball on the first down and carried it five yards. Tiff was hurt, but stayed in the game. Knowlton took the ball for the longest run of the day, sixty yards, for a touchdown. Breaking through center, he had a clear field with the exception of Harris He lodged Har- ris, carried the ball behind the goal posts and kicked his goal. Minnesota, IS; Carleton, O. Tiff caught the ball on Carleton’s kick off and carried 1t back ten yards; then Knowlton fumbled a pass and Carleton dropped on the ball. Moses carried the EalI three yards. Carleton failed to gain the distance and on the trird down w. compelled to punt to Dobie. who was

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Minnesota leads 9–⁠0 in nine meetings, counting the three since this game.