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By O'Leughlln.
'INNESOTA triumphed over
over her ancient foe, Ne
braska, on Northrop field
yesterday afternoon by a score of 13 to
0 in the most sensational came of the
local season. Minnesota's triumph
came thru the medium of two field
goals by "Bobby" Marshall and a
touchdown made by "Bad Bill" Ittner.
Nebraska gave the gophers a scare of
pronounced proportions. Two weeks
ago Ames defeated Nebraska in a de
cisive manner. Ames came to Nor
throp field for its annual drubbing and
it was administered in the usual style.
From this it was reasoned that Nebras
ka would some alone and take a worse
beating than ever, but right here the
dope went wrong.
Nebraska of yesterday could have
swamped Ames, at its best, by a "score
of 24 to 0. It was virtually a new
team. The cornhuskers had turned the
ame trick that Minnesota performed
last year-developed wonderful man
ner under the spur and sting of a de-
ball event of the year but a week away
the gopher coach did not feel like tak
ing chances. He picked a team which
seemed strong enough to win and his
judgment was vindicatedbut not until
after the rooters had had thirty min
utes of discomfort.
To tell the truth Minnesota played
a lethargic game in the first half. Ne
braska presented a very heavy lineup
and there was little if any difference
in the weights of the teams. Safford,
at center, is a light man and Weist is
another comparatively light chap.
Doane in the backfield is not heavy and
this trio went far to even up any dis
parity in weight which might have ex
isted.
Offense Was Surprising.
Nebraska's attack in the past has
never been brilliant. It has been hard
pushed with great spirit and pluck,
but Foster has worked a complete
hange in the cornhusker attack. It
was fast and made up almost entirely
of tricks, fakes and forward passes.
On straight football the cornhuskers
were lost. They could do nothing. In
the first half their attack perplexed
Minnesota and the team unquestionably
went into the air, for a time. They
rallied, however, at critical stages and
held the Lincoln team with a
Minnesota's offense was powerful,
crude at times and not greatly diversi
fied. In the first half the team play
was not up to the needs and the inter
ference was wofnlly inadequate, the
men played doggedly and without spir
it save when the Nebraskans menaced
their goal. The first half was deeid
edlv in favor of the visitors.
Then came the change. The gophers
came out for the' second half with line-
First half
Second half
CHIEF POINTS OF THE GAME
Yards S^imdhy rushes from snapback.
Yards gained by punts
Yards lest by penalties
Number times penalized
Foster's Men Show Surprising Strength and Held Gophers
to a 0-0 Score in the First Half-^Final Score 13-0
Maroon Coaph Watches the Plia^^ Kt
up unchanged: Hebraska\kicked off ajad
the ball by line jabs and slides off the
tackles was rammed straight up.fo the
center of the field, The gopher line
was ripping, great holes in the Nebras
ka forwards and gains .of five to seven
down were the result. At the center of
the field Larkin punted $o. within seven
yards of Nebraska goal ,ind the ball
was not returnee!. Minnesota got it op
a fumble-on the .first play.. -Marshall
failed on a place kick and-'following
the kJckbut Minnesota worked the ball
down to the 25-yard line to be held
after which came a*, "exchange of
punts. The gophers were speeding ,an^
steaming up.
Getting the ball op' Nebraska 'a 40-'
yard line they literally smashed it
down and over for the first touchdown
of the day,' Ittner doing herpic work
and making the touchdown. Marshall
missed the goal.
Minnesota then kicked' off' to Ne-
80m
scrimmage, was compelled to send in U^,^
a mixed team. The
yU^ll^ttrtnti
de$ult0I
ef 8 go
tfae
%r- i. ii. J: +v 1 Une and startedo anotherr march straight
Minnesota, thru injuries of the week
fi
omittedehplayersi
grim
determination that went far to make up
for any of their shortcomings.
Minnesota's offense was circum
ecribjed. Dr. Williams had evidently
instructed that only straight football
should be played and the orders were
carried out to the letter. Comparative
ly few plays were unearthed. The
presence of Professor A. A. Stagg, in
the grandstand with Walter Eckersall,
may have had some effect of this kind,
but it is safe to guess that the offense
against Chicago will be different.
The cornhusker offense in the first
half was of the whirlwind variety.
The gopher ends were tricked on sev
eral occasions and the Nebraskans
went up the field in a style that was
far from pleasing to the Minnesota
rooters. Then the gophers braced and
a battle royal ensued. It raged up
and down the field for the length of
the first half with neither side adoring.
The forward pass came into evidence
with the visitors, and Nebraska has a
pass that is dangerous. Minnesota
soon tumbled to the tricks and they
were not so gainful. Marshall and Itt
ner were working like Trojans on the
ends, with Marshall having the time of
his life with Johnson, the Nebraska,
left end. The veteran cornhusker was
holding like a drowning man at straws
ajid it is to Marshall's credit that he
kept under such trying circumstances
and did not resent it.
Cooke, the Nebraska quarter was
perniciously active. He got thru to
work the backfield hard to get him on
several occasions and was downed once
or twice by the last man between him
an/d the gopher goal. Marshall was
out as a field goal kicker, and while
his first attempts were failures he per
sisted until he succeeded. Cooke one
escaped around the right end and elud
ing the backs went streaking down the
field with Shuknecht alone in pursuit.
It was a sensational run, the best of
the day, but Shuknecht. after a magni
ficent pursuit, landed his man on Min
nesota's 15-yard line and threw him
out of bounds. This was the high tide
pf the Nebraska offense and after that
it waned.
Power with Crudeness.
MINNESOTA.
Rushes.
No. Yards.
37 49
Totals 86
First half
Second half
Tbtals
345 11
NEBRASKA.
Bushes.
No. Yards.
21
18
31
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up to the 10-yard line, whereed Marshalfl
made his second field goal. This, in
brief, was how the points were made.
This performance set the rooters in
better humor. Minnesota had vindi
cated the play outlined for the day,
and while the score had not been large
it was sufficient to the needs. The
Second, half found the Nebraskans
weakening fast and while Minnesota
played thru without A substitute go
ing in, the. cornhuskers were sending
out -fresh material all of the way thru
the half. Minnesota was in splendid
physical condition, and not a man re
ceived an injury of a serious nature.
The same held good with the Nebras
kans.
Coach Foster deserved a great deal
of credit for the showing of the Ne-
braska team. All things considered,
they played a fine game and one i
which, they could have1
beep nothinn
but winners against. a team of les.3
class and strength. than Minnesota.
Save for a few minor cat slaps'' here
and there between play-heated players,
it was clean thfuout'. There was' n'pt a
visible attempt on either side. to. do a
bodily injury, and the officials liad
llttle trouble with the men.
The new men in the gopher lineup
showed up strongly: Weist played the
big negro guard Taylor, to a standstill,
and out of the game. When Minne
sota sent a succession of heavy" Hne
plunges oyer Taylor he weakened and
was forced to retire- thru physical in
ability to contimie,- Doane, the new'
halfback played a'sensational game on
defense and well on~ the'offense.' The,
burden of carryipg. .'the ball "fell to
Shuknecht, Current and Ittner with
occasional dashes by Case. -These men
did yeom&n* service-and the tryout was
a great proving of ^beir physical con
dition. Marshall played a great game
on the end, when he could get .away,
from Johnuson 's clinging arms. He. was
fast down the field,
5apc
Minnesota. Nebraska.
345 343
30
2
Punts.
NQ. .1.Yards,:
185
210
165
:m
343
Punts.,
No.
.5 190
10
12
208
Minnesota average. 4 yard in 86 rushes. ,,_.-
Nebraska averaged 6.7 yards in 31 r^esV'
Minnesota averaged 31.01 yajtfte In 11 prints^''#'
Nebraska averaged 25.7 yards In 12 punts. ^^WsS'^'^-ftf'Vy^xsj^
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"-t: i:
to
was guic to
snot the --Nebraska- offense in trick
plays.
Ittner's Pimping.
Ittner did not shine ip the .first half
as a defensive end "but on, the offense
his spectacular work 'more than over
came his weakness in .allowing himself
to be boxed and sucked in by the Net
braskans. Larkin, 'at auarter, played
a steadv game*, showing improved kick*
mg ability, but was a trifle shaky in
generalship at times tit critical points.
90
8
Penalties.
.No.. Yards..
2 -30
the'gopners-.
'ir^J 1 fJ?
i
2 30,
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Penaftjifjs.',#-
No. Yards.
:Yardsis
70
20
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He played safe, rather thuja attempt
ing a spectacular driving of the team.
Safford was strong, very- strong, at cen
ter and there was nothing to complain
of in the work of Smith and Case. "Vita
showed some newness at the tackle po
sition, having crowded over in the re
quirement of the. day to make room
for Weist, who played histoid position
Those "who knew, the Minnesota at
tack, best felt a quajni of. sorrow qver.r
the grief of the Nebraska tackles and
guards. It was a treniendous buffet
ing -they received, yefc they stood up
%o the work in a praiseworthy man
Was for Nebraska alotte. It did show
ner :.In fact, every man On the COrH- Little tried Minnesota's Tight for three yards.
husker t?am acquitted himself credit- Cooke gotS away on a fake to the 45-yard- line,
ably. Not a man could have given any A try-ann Minnesota's center gave a rery short
more
th th
that Minnesota is in line for a hard J^
for' Chicago. The power is there and
the second half demonstrated that the
speed can be' brought out. It will be
polish, polish, polish all of this week
for the gophers.
It is not at all unlikely that extra
hour "work will be called for and the
electric-lighted field and the ghost ball
will be 'worked full time. Minnesota
has much work ahead in perfecting for
the maroons. It will be hard, grind
ing .work, but it will have to be done
before success can be hoped fpr.
Today the gophers are unquestionably
stronger that the maroons. They are
stronger in the line and the stronegr
in the backfield. The maroons doubt
less lead in speed and polish. If Ir
Williams "can whip his wards into shape
in the five days yet remaining before
the game, it will be one of the great
est football battles seen in the west
in many years. Stagg is rumored to
have a brilliant attack and a widely
diversified one. The attack of Nebras
ka vesterday was }ust what was need:
ed for the gophers. It will put them
more on the alert than ever. It was
grindjhis week Fefore the team leaves I^*^ Sr^Vdtag^-^ ^-i^ iback,
smsxrwaemB&rmmm&mm
NEBRASKA ENTERING THE FIELD.
I V-^BCStSMtSS,
have \i&en swamped In aa ingie?ioa$
manner. The new rules worked more
to" the advantage Of the cornhuskers
than\ti~~,+Jt
The only time I ee
4-iT' itwL ^,,nv.+o -Vio
ther Mjnnesotans took advantagQe''ft# of the
possibilities 01 the new rules was in
rooters looked over to where. Coach
They just smiled.
and still hard enough for good running.
The Nebraska rooters were notable
by their absence, but the Nebraska
team when it appeared on the field
was given a sample of Minnesota sports
manship. The gophers cheered the
cornhuskers in a royal manner and when
-eyer one of them was forced to leave
the field he was cheered and applauded
not for leaving, but for his showing
while in.the play. This was the rule
even in the first half, when things
looked tb be going against Minnesota.
$very good play by the visiters' was
applauded. Especially praiseworthy
was the work of Cooke, Little', Smidth,
Weller, Johnson and .Drain -for Ne
braska. Each of these- fejlows received
'the hand" for meritorious perform
ance.
The Nebraska team, none the worse
for their hard play, left for home over
the Great Western at 8 o'clock last
night. The coaches and players ex
pressed themselves' as pleased over their
treatment,-but regretted that they did
not score. The gophers held a "re-
.union supper" on the East Side last
night and fanned thru the play of. the
afternoon in earnest stvle.'
Iiooksd to Be Matched.
There.'was little difference, so far as
appearance went, in the-flize of the
mf The ffophers -Tiad them on on
ditien and.tliis told heavily ii'the last
half. Taken.as a whole it*was' a'grea^
battle- for the spectators and of* ab
sorbing interest. for the. entire sixty
minutes.-
The^ work of the officials was satis
factfc in the main, altfib one or tw^o
very serious blunders were made in
ther rulings. As-.they in no w|se af-:
ifected' the final result, they were al
TO^ijrtrforgotten
whenthee]play n,v?, ,,*fr mmwsMi** wHen
tn galne
a
nesota showed weakness. This was a
Serious mistake. The real thoughtful
th
baH
th endefdr\:
Nebraska-
Minnesota
Ittner left -end
Vita .....left tackle...
Weist left guard...".
Safford....,-. center
Snflfh ..right: guar*..
Case
.Tlghtf.'end
HarVev
Smldth. Drain for Cooke, Chaloupka for Taylor necht hit Nebraska's right for
fro"11,pla1ce-, TouchdownIttner.
mentMarshall 2. Misse Goa Following
TouchdownMarshall.
OfficialsReferee, Hackett. Empires, McCar
thy and Hoagland. Head linesman, Allen.
Time of halres, 80- minutes.
The Detail, of the Play^
The klckoff came at 2:12", with Larkin,send
ing the ball out of bounds oh Nebraska's 15-yard
llnie: The kick was recalled and on the next
attempt Larkin sent to Cookt on Nebras.-
ka
20-yard line whoItreturne i fire yards
away on a double .pass' to
So
iuldt
sai
Vm.1 it- -i- Minnesota's 37-yard. line. Nebraska libit tried a
There"Was^SOmething Of a disappoint- {forward pass..and Haryey carried tie ball to
melit to'the Minnesota rooters who at- Minnesota's 10-yard line, going- on "the short
tended the'game to get a line on what side, play beingytoward the.dnorth,ga side of .,rfoa
would QCCUf at Chicago. The work
W Nebraska lost on a straightt buck into tporarilyd.ss
ethe_an
the bla was carrie near the pass wa bad
fien=" Kill
0
1
Smidth dropped
apparently to try for a place kick from the
40-yard line. The play was an attempted fake,
which[resulted in a loss and Minnesota got the
ball on its own 40-yard line. Shuknecht smashed
thru to the 47-yard line and one the next play
placed the ball five yards further. Ittner went
three yards on Nebraska's left and Doane failed
to gain on a try on the same
spot.!^,Ts
tto
J
Thib put the
le
Ne
tier ow
on th
hree
i*lassn was'recalleMinnesota'--h xowattline"t, empc
one or two short kicks. They did not I hindehisse Weis breakin thru
show- a single forward pass during the from hisn own 25-Vard line, to Larkin,
atter'noon.
yard8 Cas
Wtagg was Sitting and did not say much, four yards and ShuknechtNebraskVs
a
yar
Condition. It was soft enough to pre- 50-yardJine and pnnted to Nebras-
yent injuries when men weFe tac&ed
and Ne
linea Lttl
wa throwngfor losiSmidt be
downen in hi traek on
wkickewda
Th rnntprn wfij-A onnrallyv Sfttisfled *5'-var
1Ine
-SatlBnea
braska lost fifteen yarda more for holding,
with the victory. The expressions over smtath dropped back ta. lis owa lo^yard line
the game varied. _Th05e...W,ho speak:, once more and punted' to. Doane on Minnesota's
without thinking declared that Miri-1
40-yardsin
line. He
wn
i^4.- 1^1- i i- ^i, I Kai
madNebraska'- a.madje
short return,
ten *ards rttner*a sent in again fdr a
ttner a slide oft left tackle
yards. Shuknech a gain of
tw
leftt for gamed two yards
ot
try on Nebraska'.s left.'- Current .ou-
went straight in for for two" yards.
The ball went Nebraska
theio
own IB-yard l}ne.'more.o Nebraskae immediatelyback kicketd
the
balonp
The weather conditions were ideal.
The sky was overcast, and the after
noon was. not warm enough to cause
any .great discomfort to the players. ,_
The gridiron had been blanketed V|ith I three yards oft Taylor and Current went straight
hay all Of the week and-Was'in good
wen
Larkin baldroppedh
1
going out of bounds on their own 45-
th
yard line. Minnesota's ball. Shuknecht went 15ne' **er
fo
20'yor
kMinnesota's
a
bounds. Weller got a scant yard on Minneso*
8
FOOTBALL RESULTS
Minnesota 13, Nebraska 0.
Michigan 10,. yanderbilt
Wisconsin 18. Iowa 4.
Notre Dame 2, Purdue Ot '-I,
Drake 10, Haskell 0, V
Ripon 17, Marquette 0../ .'/V
Ames 22, South Dakota 0.
Belolt 17. Mllwauke P. & S. 6.
Yale freshmen 21, Exeter 0.-
Lafayette 14, Washington-Jeff'gon I
Yale 1Q. West Point 4.
Culver 11, Lake Forest CU
Belolt Acad. 10,.St..John's*Aead. 0.
Harvard 9, Browm 5,
Princeton 42, Dartmouth 0.
Carlisle 9. Syracuse 4.
Amherst 12, Massachusetts ag. 8..
"Mlddletown 5, Springfield Train. 0.
Cornell 23, Western U. of Pa. 0.
Penn. State 5, Annapolis'0..
Lehigh 0. Dixon {0 v'J-,7
Illinois Varsity *B, freshmen 6.1y "v
Ohio State 6, Oberlin 0. -it
MISOELLANEOUSi
Kenosha H. S. 0, Waukegan H. S. 0.
Worcester (Mas^.)^Holy Crbss "8,
Fordham 5.
Trinity (Hartfdrd) 6, Hamilton 2. s^-
Williams 23, Colgate 9.
?Tufts 12i Bowdoin 5. 'r~^&Jl
St. Uuls y. 34, Kansas U. 2. '$]
Alabama 16, Mississippi A. &. M. 4.'
l*
&
Georgia Teeh. 11,f Alabama A. M. 0
-Blckneii 21,'Vlrgfirtia 5.
fVlrginTa P. I. 18, Roanftke 0S,"aft|
Mississippi 17, Tulane U. 0. ^3-:|j
Georgetown 4, North Carolina 0.
Sewanee. 17, Tennessee 0.*" &iS|
Tennessee C. B. Col. 5, S. W: B. U.O.
Clemson (S. C.) Col. 0, Davidson' 0.
ta's left side. Cooke got away on a fake to
Minnesota's 47-yard line, Larki,n making
first tackle and Marshall the final. Smidth made
i a shortn sidee kic45-yard
sPot-
yarl
-tackle..
Marshall... rlghV-
Larkin.............quarterback Doane.v .,..left .half
Shuknecht ..right' halfi,...,...". .Little
CurrenMCapt.) fullback Mason (Cant.)
SubstitutesBy Nebraska, Denaloir lor
I
Wludo
yar own
'.V.Taylor
W JJT
Parkin kicking frothe
Current., who got thte balle Minnesota'sa line. Doan wen four Nebraska'to left end Ittne made on mk
M^H? th
8&-y< Hne, sent the ball to Cooke on
..'...nice Nebraska's 35-yard line. He' returned it two
,..Smidth yards, bat fumbled on the tackle and' Smith
..-..Cooke ...Weller
fell on the ball.
Smith Breaks In.
Smith went four yards oyer Taylor and Shuk-
oned
yard. Marshall
place kick The kick was a goo one for dis
Craig for Mason,__ Ewlng for Wilkle. (dropped back to Nebraska's 45-yard line for a
niS i
tance, bat went outside of the goal posts for
a touchback. Smidth, kicking from his 25-yard
line, sent the ball to Doane on Minnesota's
50-yard line. He returned it to Nebraska's 37-
yard line. A plunge on Nebraska's right gave
three yards, but no gain resulted on the next
try. Marshall tried another place klck| from
the 45-yard line, but the kick was poor, going
to Nebraska's 10-yard line, and Weller ran
it back twenty-fire yards before he was tackled
and thrown out of, bounds. A forward pass gave
Nebraska eight yards. Cooke got away on a
crisscross to Minnesota's 10-yard line, Larkin
missing the tackle, and Shuknecht getting him
after one of the most brilliant runs seen on
Northrop field.
Nebraska tried Minnesota's left for one yard
and Safford waa play tem
Welle made two yards a tr off
Minnesota's left dropped back a tfia
brln&,nhurtthestoppingonthoMinnesota'se
play
a fleld"goaT"from
Minnesota's25-yard"iineysTh andCook be
yar
dow
was tackled fo los of
a
0
play in the center of the field.
Ittner went straight^thrsu for six yards. Shuk-
necht
gai on Nebraska's righ
batfailedsn
we
an-
ra i
a
1 l.
pas Wellernfumbled, but Nebraskta red
to Minnesota.
V*
Doane gained one yard on Nebraska's right
and Larkin, from his own 20-yard line, punted
CORNHUSKERS CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA
TAYLOR TAKING OUT TlME ON THE GREEN.
the ball to Cooke, who returned the ball to
Minnesota's 40-yard line. Johnson made a yard
on a delayed pass thru Minnesota's right. Mar
shall broke thru and got Weller In his own
tracks and a penalty of fifteen yards against
Nebraska. This put the ball near the center
of the field.
Forward Passes.
Another forward pass went into Boane's hands
on Minnesota's 38-yard line, but Doane was
tackled before he could benefit by getting the
ball. Ittner, despite flye tackles, plunged with
the ball to Nebraska's 50-yard line, but the
next play gave Mihnesota no gain. Then Cur
rent went straight thru for two yards. Larkin,
kicking from the center of the field, sent the
ball to Cooke on Nebraska's 25-yard line. He
fumbled the catch and the ball rolled back to
the 35-yard line. The play was recalled and
Nebraska was given another penalty of fifteen
yards for holding. Another attempted fake on
Minnesota's right resulted in a loss of three
yards for the cornhuskers. Smidth kicked out of
bounds on Nebraska's 47-yard line and Mat
ters fell on the ball. The next play gave
Nebraska one yard, but they were penalized
fifteen yards for holding. Nebraska tried Min
nesota's center, for no gain. Smidth punted from
his own 20-yard line, kicking ont of bounds on
the 43-yard line. Minnesota's ball. I)oane
broke straight thru for seven yards and Smith
went straight thru for two yards. Shuknecht
went two yards for first down on Nebraska's
right. He made six yards more in the same
spot and Current gained two yards over Johnson,
the giant guard. George Case made two yards
for first down once more. Shuknecht plunged
into the Nebraska right for one yard and Cur
rent failed to gain on a jab straight into the
line. Minnesota was penalized fifteen yards for
holding.
Marshall dropped back to Minnesota's 42-yard
line for a try for a kick from placement. The
kick went to Nebraska's 10-yard line to Weller,
who returned it to his 32-yards line, where he
was forced out of bounds. Doane got Johnson
for a loss of two yards on a try on Minnesota's
left. The next play was offside, Nebraska gain
ing four yards but losing five yards on the pen
alty. Smidth, kicking from his 10-yard line,
sent the ball tp- Larkin on Minnesota's 43-yard
line. Doane gained about two yards and Minne
sota lost fifteen yards for holding. Larkin,
from Minnesota's 20-yard line, sent the ball to
Nebraska's. 50-yard line to Cooke, who was
downed near the center of the field. The ball
was brought back and Nebraska lost five yards
for offside play.
Ittner failed to gain on Nebraska's right.
Shuknecht was tackled on try around the
same end and lost two yards. Larkin kicked
from Minnesota's 25-yard line to Little on Ne
braska's 45-yard line. He was downed in. his
tracks..
Losing on Fakes.
Nebraska's next fake resulted in a loss of two
yards. They fumbled and Minnesota got the ball
op Nebraska's 45-yard line. Ittner went straight
thru for three yards.,
Saffordinmadeeatobad
and Larkin fell on the ball'
pass
tim recover
It. Larkin, punting from his 53-yard line, seat
the ball to Waller on the 10-yard line. He
was downed without a carry back. Smidth im
mediately dropped back for a kick and sent the
ball to Current on Nebraska's 40-yard line. He
returned it five yards. Current made three
yards on Nebraska's left and Shuknecht tore
away for five yards more on Nebraska's right.
The half ended here with the ball In Minne
sota's possession on Nebraska's 25-yard line.
Score, Minnesota 0, Nebraska 0.
Second Half....
Nebraska .was the first to return to the field
for the second half, Minnesota appearing a few
minutes-later. Johnson, at 3:10, kicked off
for Nebraska, sending the ball to Shuknecht on
his own'3-yard line.- He"ran It back fourteen
yards. Doane got away for four yards On Ne
braska's left and Ittner plunged thru for seven
yards over Nebraska's right guard. Ittner went
In. again for two yards. Shuknecht went eight
yards around Nebraska's right end and Current
went straight in for" four yards. Ittner made
severi yards on Nebraska's left, and Current
went thru for two yards more., Shuknecht made
two yards, this putting the play exactly'in the
center, f the field. LarMn dropped" .back to his
45-yarC line and.pnnted. to. Wttle on..Nebras
kass'. 10-yard line E,e was downed in his tracks
by Marshall. This was the prettiest*and longest
pupt up to this time of the day. The next at
tempt was on Minnesota's left, but Doane made
a hard tackle and the Nebraska man fumbled on
hi 10-yard line. Minnesota did not eain on
Nebraska's right. ItfHe* smashed thru for
two yards on the le/t side.' Marshall dropped
EOSPECTIVE defeat at the hands
of Nebraska brought out the
fighting spirit of the Minnesota
rooters at yesterday's game and there
wa|r a revival of that old fighting spirit
which has made the maroon and gold
megaphone brigades the terror of the
big nine. All thru the first half the ad
herents of the gopher team Tiad fre
quent cause for heart failure, but they
stood to their work and followed the
lead of their yell captains without hesi
tation even in the darkest moments.
When the tide of the game had turned
and Nebraska's plucky but exhausted
warriors were gamily going down to
defeat, the gopher rooters cheered for
their opponents with a generosity and
heartiness never before seen on a west
ern gridiron.
"Long John" Sinclaire, the rooter
king, is the man behind this change in
bleacher tactics. True to his determi
nation, announced in chapel in the
morning, to call for cheers for -Nebras
ka and put down all exhibitions of
"muckerism,"' he saw to it that the
cornhuskers were cheered as they
left the field and a couple of rowdies
who ventured a protest escaped person
al chastisement at his hands and more
from the rooters by beating a hasty re
treat.
Ideal weather and the prestige at
taching to Nebraska, despite its defeat
by Ames, drew a crowd of about nine
thousand people to Northrop field.
Everywhere there was confidence in the
ability of Minnesota to defeat the corn
huskers by a big score, and there was
Jittle intensity in the cheering as the
maroon and gold warriors trotted onto
the field. Nebraska's coming was ac
knowledged by a spontaneous outburst
of cheers from the stand and bleachers.
The band blared out some catchy mu
sic and the game started.
Just as the teams lined up the band
swung into the impressive strains of
"Hail Minnesota," and the Minnesota
men and women stood up in their
places while the outsiders looked on
and wondered what was the matter.
Then came the kick off.
Nebraska Threw a Scare.
Nebraska, doped as an easy victim,,
started with a dash toward the gopher
goal. Surprise and consternation ruled
the grandstand. The few backers
of the red and white broke forth with
taunting applause for the work of
their favorites. But the surprise which
demoralized the mixed crowd in the
grandstand had an opposite effect upon
the undergraduate contingent in the
bleachers at their left.
Prompt and vigorous came the crash
ing cadence of the "new yell," as the
rooters followed the waving arm of
their leader. Again Nebraska shot a
play around for a big gain and again
the rooters cheered, this time with
more fervor. Each added gain for the
visitors brought out more cheering
from the gopher rooters. Last week's
game had given the megaphone weild
ers a chance to get in
training
and it
showed in the wayh the6yh shot out the
ai^TT^r ?&
Rah
Rah
R"a~
:a
Ski-U:Mah,* Minnesota."
While the alumni and overtown folk
wondered and shuddered as Minneso
ta's line plays failed to gain the requi
site ten yards and Nebraska's dashing
and spectacular trick play netted
startling gains the rooting cohorts set
tled further into the colar. Their work
was cut out for them. They were there
to root^ to root some more and keep
on rooting. They did it. Theirs not
to question the ability of their team or
criticize the policy of the coach who
ordered the style of play. They were
Vart.IV.
Fear ofDefeat Brought Out Qreat Dem-
onstration of Minnesota Fighting!^
Spirit on the Stands.^ 1
there to follow the orders of the rooter
king, whether their team won or lost.
All the time-honored traditions of
Minnesota rooting were followed.
"Minnesota never quits,"' was the
maxim on which they had been
trained. The seniors stood to the work
while Michigan's magnificent team bat-i
tered its way to the gopher goal line,
and had joined in the frenzied yells
which inspired the maroon and gold
warriors in the desperate rally which"
tied the score, the underclassmen had
heard the story and done their share
at other hard-fought contests. Even
the freshmen, seeing their team in dan
ger for the first time, caught the sbir*
it and rooted like veterans. "Skx-U-
Mah everry timebattle the oppositionofgainssorder
an inch,
WHAT THE COACHES SAIDsi
DE. H. Ii. WTtiTiTAMS, MinnesotaThe work of the Minnesota team
is still crude and about a month behind what it usually is at this time
of the year. During the next week a great deal of progress will have to
be made if the team is to win from Chicago. Nebraska* should be credited
with having played a fine game.
COACH FOSTER, Nebraska^-Naturally I am disappointed, but
Nebraska put up a splendid fight. With a little more interference'
we should have made two touchdowns in the first half. Our team was tod
Ught and was beaten down towards the last by the powerful Minnesota
offense. AH the men on the team played the game, and the work of Cooke
especially, who at the .beginning of the season knew absolutely
about football, I consider remarkable. J^saff/"' ^SW ':A'-?Z*&gnothin
Minnesota has a *remendous offense-^it wa^*1ilmbslrSr(l^sebIe^lttt
the fault of her playing seemed to be a lack of diversity of plays* When
the gophers go against Chicago, which I consider is the best coached foot-
ball team in the country for diversity of plays, this will count heavily
against Minnesota's ,chances.. Chicago, with her ten-second backfield,
looks like a haid nut to crack.,.
the five
generations of rooters, were followed
to the letter.
Time was called on the first half with
the score 0 to 0, and the crowd shocked
and surprised at the failure of the Min
nesota team to score on the eleven
which had bowed to Ames. On every
hand there were comments and expla
nations. "Minnesota had fallen off in'
form." "Nebraska had come up.",
Minnesota would score in the sec
ond half." "The gophers were wear
ing the cornhuskers down and would
win yet." "Dr. Williams was not
showing his hand on account of the
Chicago game." All these and many
more reasons were offered and dis
cussed. The band marched out on the
field and paraded up and down, play
ing something. Nobody cared much.
There seemed nothing to be jubilant
over.
Ttnarit 'Ra'TflffO" T&OB.
Then the band halted in front of
the grand stand and again played the
song which means so much to the Min
nesota man, whether student or gradu
ate. This time there was no hesita
tion over what should be done. Care
less and irreverent in victory, the men.
and women of the university hear the
call of their alma mater in adversity
and rose to their feet. Even the har
dened sport who came as to a sort of
gladiatorial combat was impressed.
Things were different in the second
half. Nebraska had shot its bolt and
failed. Minnesota, by superior strength,
had worn her plucky opponents down
and was slowly piling up the score
which meant victory. The grandstand
broke forth with wild yells of applause
as the gopher play tore great holes in
the red and white line. The. bleachers
answered with their steady cadenced
cheers, alternating the "Ski-U-Mah"
with cheers for the men who pulled off
the spectacular plays.
Minnesota scored and the band
played "Hot Time." Taylor of Ne-.
braska was carried to the sidelines.
"Long John" Sinclaire, true to his
promise of the morning, called on his
followers and they responded with the
"new veil," followed by "Nebraska,
Nebraska, Nebraska." Minnesota was
cheering its opponents. Two "muck-"
ers" called to the rooter king to "cut'
it out." He descended from his post
on the wall and started for them. The
rooters got there first. As one man
they rose and shouted "put them out,
put them out." The "hoodlums" did
not wait to be put, but left, hurriedly.
That yell sounded the death knell of
the ''mucker" on Northrop field.
Speaking of the incident afterwards,
Mr. Sinclaire said that he did not rec
ognize the pair as students and was con
fident that they were not.
When Cooke of Nebraska, battered
and worn out, was carried from the
field he was given the Minnesota yell
with his own name, thrice repeated, at
the end. The same tribute was given
to Weller. This is not the first time
that Minnesota has applauded its
plucky opponents, but it was the first
time that they had been cheered in a
formal way.
Most impressive of all the varied in
cidents of the rooters' section was that
which followed Minnesota's final riore
The band again played "Hail Minne
sota" and the rooters, 1,500 strong
sang it standing with uncovered heads.
When this was over Sinclaire called
for the old yell and the rooters, still
standing, sent its sonorous syllables
booming over the field.
While there has been better organ
ganized cheering, more enthusiasm be
cause there was more need of enthusi
asm, there has never been more^ hearty
of more sportsmanlike cheering at
Northrop field than that of yesterday,
under the leadership of "Long John.'''
Working with Mr. Sinclaire in the lead
ing of the cheering were Donald Blair
and Ed Swenson.
After the game, a pall of doubt and
uncertainty seemed to hang over the
crowd. Minnesota had won from Ne
braska, it was true, but could the team
win from Chicago
Certainly it could not with those ta*
tics. But the wiser rooto* toqk ?t.
fort in the thought that the whole ex
hibition might be nothing more than a
little comedy arranged for the benefit
of Coach Alonzo A. Stagg and Captain
Walter Eckersall of Chicago, who
watched the game from the grand
stand.
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Baltimore Wlmien^, ~|t.
Special to Tb* Journal. /C~T^?
Baltimore, Nov. S.The winners of today's
races were Tudor, Hooray, Weirdaome, follow
On, Simple Honours and Hanthorn.
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