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1 i ^i^iSgjprt Section scs: s-. 1 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 r..\,-- v.- bucking tfcgop ld- thei tf i are 1^ 5 ar 8uceagfu St firame. but with the biz western foot-j^ Wl 1trfirst+ ^ft _.^ TJebrftskaf ^CncS i SS Sc offl tfle-AMfSesp RfafS Ne aska erritQry nPX ori th ba i 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^ -l..-1 .._-.-. "-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, ,1 Penaftjifjs.',#- No. Yards. :Yardsis 70 20 &!*'#:^^!^ Colored Paper Stock 90 il5=^"^ *Vt..l 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. '-5*#il' 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. f^sy- '$ i%