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Vol. IX. No. 16.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1909.
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NEBRASKA ELEVEN HUMBLES
MM! MINNESOTA TEAM
CORNHUSKERS HOLD GOPHERS
TO A TIE FIRST HALF
COACH-WILLIAMS MUCH FEARED
MANAGES AFTER VALIANT
14 POINTS ON KING
Nebraska. Minnesota.
Chaunor 1. o Pottljohn
Johnson
Harto 1. 1 Walker
Wolcott 1. g Mohlstad
Shonka c Parnara
Ewing r. g Powers
Temple r. t McCreo
Magor r. o Rademacher
Bontloy q. b McGovorn (c)
Beltzer (c) 1. h Johnston
Rosonwald
Rathbono f. b Smith
Prank r. h Stevens
Total weight of team: Nebraska,
1,880; -Minnesota, 1,884. .Total weight
of line: Nebraska, 1,276; Minnesota,
1,243. Average weight of toam: Ne
braska, 170 10-11; Minnesota, 171 3-11.
Average weight of lino: Nebraska, 182;
Minnesota, 178. Averago weight of
back field: Nebraska, 151; Minnesota,
160.
Yards Won and Lost.
Yards gained by Minnesota 286
Yards gained by Nebraska 55
Yards lost by Minnesota 14
Yards lost by Nebraska 22
Yards gained on forward passes:
Minnesota 38
Nebraska 14
In a battle-royal In which the Corn
huskera fought gamely to the finish,
Nebraska went down to defeat before
the powerful Minnesota eleven at Om
aha Saturday. The game was one of
the fiercest in the history of tho two
schools, and reflects great credit on
tho gameness,vof tho Nobraska eleven.
Neither side scored in tho opening
half, and tho advantage seemed to be
with the Cornhuskers when the
whistle sounded for the ten minute in
termission; but in tho second half the
Gophers secured two touchdowns and
a field goal, making the score: Min
nesota 14, Nebraska, 0.
Held to a Tie.
It was in tho first half that Nebras
ka demonstrated her spirit by holding
tho Gophers scoroless and giving
Coach Williams one of tho biggest sur-
prises he has over received. In both
the Iowa and Ames games Minnesota
scored at will in tho first half and was
content to finiBh tho game with hor
i scrubs. Not so in Saturday's game,
however. Coach Williams' men were
compelled to use every ounce of re
servo strength and ovdry lota of strat
egy their seasoned condition gave
them to finally pull out a victory, and
In doing so they lost forever tho ser
vices of hor star. Johnston, who was
compelled to do more than -his share
In trying to beat down tho Nebraska
defence, sustained a broken leg, which
will keep him out of tho gamo at least
this season and perhaps forever.
Line 8trong.
NebraskVS lino proved surprisingly
strong. This was what was considered
Nebraska's weak point when she,
played South Dakota two weeks ago;
and the fact that Nebraska was able
to hold Minnesota scoreless and that
the line Actually outplayed their op
ponents In- the first half is a great
demonstration of the excellence of the
work of Coach VKlng" Cole In build
ing up this wonderful defence. Ne
braska's center and tackleB were In
vincible and time and again ' they
broke through and spoiled Minnesta's
playe before they got started.
t i Minnesota Lucky.
"It was not until the Becond ' half,
-when the light Nebraska backfiold
beaten down by tho onslaught, of .their
opponents, weakened and Bhowod;poor
form in-handling the ball and running
back punts, that Minnesota washable
to 'score. At that both ,6t Minnesota's
touchdowns wore, of a rather lucky
order. The first resulted from, a long
forward pass to Rademacher, who bad
sneaked but to the side .linos when
the. Nebraska team -was, interested in
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TEAM OF MINNESOTA HUSKIES
EFFORT TO SCORE ONLY
COLE'S PROTEGES
and downed by Franck. Tho second
touchdown resulted from a blocked
kick which cost Nebraska noarly bcv
enty yards, and tho flold goal was the
result of a fumbled punt
Every man on tho Nobraska team
fought for every Inch there was in
him, and it would be hard to pick tho
stars. Temple and Harto at tackles
did noble work, both on tho offense
and defonse, whilo Ewing and Wolcott,
considering tho fact that Ewing has
only been out two days and Wolcott a
week, did marvelous work. Shonka
at center surprised both himself and
his team-mates by his accurate pass
ing and unexpected speed. Ho has tho
making of a great center. Johnston
and Magor at ends put up a groat
game in preventing long gains around
tho wings.
In tho back field Captain Beltzer
shone, whilo Franck, Bontloy and
Rathbono all played well until weak
ened by the heavy onslaught they
wore compelled to suffer.
McGovern 8tars.
For Minnesota there were two stats:
Johnston, who was Injured, and Mc
Govern, captain and quarterback. Mc
Govcrn's running back of punts and
his long gains in tho second half -wore
chiefly responsible for Minnesota's
victory. Timo and again he brought
the crowd to their feet or held them
breathless by his wonderful agility in
warding off tacklors.
Nebraska Spirit.
Tho attendance came fully up to ex
pectations. Tho big stadium was
jammed with somo 8,000 raving en
thusiasts, mostly wearing the scarlet
and cream of Nebraska, but well
sprinkled with the maroon and gold of
tho Gophers. That Minnesota would
win was such a foregone conclusion
that the comparatively slender margin
by which they accomplished tho feat,
was almost In tho nature of a triumph
for tho Cornhuskers, who camo upon
the field with slender hope to bolster
thom up and with no enviable record
for tho past few weeks upon which to
rely. It was a conflict of desperation
and the magnificent defense piled up
beforo the mighty masses of tho fain
nesotans will long bo a source of joy
ous remembrance to tho worshipers of
Nebraska and a lasting tribute to tho
consummate skill and ability of "King"
Cole, tho grand coach of the cream and
crimson.
From tho timo the huge bands of
"huskers" began to fill the stand -and
their corps of rooting officials took
cbargo, it was a caso of braving out
what appeared on the faco of It to be
an impending and devastating storm.
It was with courageous and desperate
ly smiling faces that the thousands
from Lincoln watched their braves
take tho field and saw tho seasoned
and formidable forces of tho enemy
confidently array themselves against
them. It was oxpected that a gory
slaughter was about to occur but, Oh,
you Cornhusker spirit
Game. In Detail.
Tho game started with Nebraska de
fending tho north goal. Franck of Ne
braska kicked off to McGovern, who re,,
turned to tho thlrtyiyard line. McGov
ern punted to Franck, who returned to
Nebraska's gorty-flvo-yard -lino. Ne
braska fumbled tho ball; and Rade
macher recovered It on the thirty-five-yard
line. Johnston made t fifteen
yards around Tight end. McGovern
made four arouhd'loft end, Heresmln
nesota was penalized flfteon yards for
starting before tho ball was passed,
whlch-brought the ball on Nebraska's
forty-yard line. JohnBton on a cross
buek, made one yard around tight end.
Here Johnston made no gain on a dou
ble pass. McGoyorn punted to Bontloy,
who returned to tho eight-yard line.
Beltzer punted to Johnston, who re
turned to Nebraska's forty-yard line.
On a forward pass from McGovorn
to Johnston, another loss was regis
HALF-BACK JOHN8TON 8U8TAIN8
A BROKEN ANKLE.
Minnesota 8tar Who Played 8trong
Game Against Nebraska First Half
Off the GiMdlrorrfor Season.
Taking with thom their star half
back, tho Minnosota team left Omaha
Saturday ovonlng at nlno o'clock, full
of Borrow and with little satisfaction
from thoir victory ovor tho Cornhusk
ers. Johnston, tho groat half, was un
ablo to walk with tho rest of tho team,
for in the opening mihutos of the sec
ond half tho Bpeedy Gopher sustained
an Injury that will keep him out of tho
gridiron gamo tho rest of tho season,
and maybo forever. Whilo carrying
tho ball and trying to penotrato the
adamant lino of the Cornhuskers, tho
speedy little defender of the gold and
maroon was tackled, and In the mix
up suBtnined tho broken ankle which
will lose him his chance to make tho
all-western eleven this fall.
Lyle JohnBton has had his leg broken
before, and this injury will bo of a
more serious nature than If It was the
original fracture. Coach Williams
said of tho injury: "It was a fearful
blow to lose Johnston, who may not
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play football again In his life, and cer
tainly not this year."
Sorrow prevadeB the Gopher camp
over the awful blow to hopes of tho
Minnesota -rooters who had expected
that the gold and maroon would be
tho colors to claim the western cham
pionship this year. The work, of
Johnston was to bo tho main factor
In this victory, and with his loss from
the Gopher lineup tho possibilities of
such a result are very Improbable.
Tho work ot Johnston nnd McGov
ern is the best that has been seen this
year on a western gridiron, and the
chances are that the work of McGov
ern will not be so effective as It was
before the Iobs of Johnston.
A touching incident occurred after
the game when the members of the
Minnesota team were gathered around
the bedside of their injured comrade.
Many attempts were made to comfort
him, and finally Captain McGovern
Bald, 'Ho has' lost his place on the all
western,, but let's give him something
bettor. Who will be captain jnext
year, fellows?"
"Why, Johston, of course," every
one answered. Thus for the first time
tho precedent of Minnesota for the
election of tho captain wag broken and
a leader for the groat' gridiron team
was elepted by open ballot All the
votes of the members of the team
were cast for the star half-back as he
lay in tho ' Omaha hospital with a
broken leg,
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CORNHUSKER TEAM ONCE MORE
IN FRONT RANK IN THE WEST
MINNESOTA GAME SATURDAY
CHANGES SITUATION
NEBRASKA ELEVEN, BY UPSETTING ALL F0RCASTS OF
D0PESTERS, LEAVES KANSAS A RIVAL WITH HARDLY
EVEN ODDS AGAINST SCARLET. AND CREAM
By C. E.
By upsetting all "dopo" through its
brilliant fight against Minnesota at
Omaha Saturday Nebraska pushed it
solf into a position whero it now ap
pears to bo tho loading contendor for
tho championship honors of tho Mis
souri Valloy which Kansas surrepti
tiously wronched away from this
school last November.
Tho magnificent play of tho Corn
husker lino, on tho defense and offense
equally well, and tho splendid strug
gle of tho pony back-field against a
startling variety of attack forecasts
an easy victory over Iowa, unless
Coach Grlfllth haB whipped his Hawk
eyes Into shapo much moro rapidly
than thoir showing in either tho Min
nesota or Coo gamo assured. In any
ovont, oven though Grlfllth and his as
sistants bring about a cheat change
in Iowa's play, tho Cornhuskers should
have no hard task In disposing of their
opponent in tho meeting on tho new
Nebraska field Saturday.
Kansas 8tlll.
KansaB is the only othed member of
tho Missouri Valley "Big Seven" that
Nebraska will meet this year, but
Ames and Missouri the two schools,
who with Nobraska, Iowa and Kansas,
form tho "Big Five" of the conference
are weak this fall as compared to
tho last three years, so a victory ovor
tho Jayhawkers after Iowa has been
laid away would glvo Nebraska undis
puted claim to tho Missouri Valley
title.
It is, of course, a little too early to
judgo what strength Kansas is likely
to exhibit agalnBt tho Cornhuskers in
tho game on November 6. Yet, to de
cide from tho showing in tho games
already played, it must be said tho
Lawrence team does not appoar as
strong as it was last fall. A bare vic
tory over Oklahoma and an extremely
shady winning from tho Kansas Aggies
Indicates there is something loose in
Coach Kennedy's much touted football
machine.
There is this much to be said in ex
tenuation, however, of tho Kansas
showing in the Oklahoma and Man
hattan games: the teams the Jayhawk
ers were up against are very strong
this fall. Tho Aggies, of recent years,
have been just about as strong elevens
as are found in most western schools,
and it will bo remembered It was
only two seasons ago that the Man
hattan team defeated Kansas. Okla
homa began attracting attention In
southern football circles last year and
has been regarded as a "comer" since
then. This fall that school is repre
sented, by a strong eleven tnnd Kan
sas had a mighty hard tussel to get
out wlth.n small margin of victory1, i,J
Instead of discounting tho work of
tho Jayhawkers so far this fall NeT
braska should assume that they have
not struck thoir gaiC, and aro coming
up stronger later on, for that seems
most probablo, considering tho mate
rial CoachKennedy has on his team.
8even Veterans.
There 'arb seven veterans of the
championship eleven of last fall and it
seems incredible that ,a team with
those men should go through the fall
without playing a powerful game. The
Kansas line has been somewhat weak
ened, but ,thero still remains, almost
intact, that charging, smashing back
flold, which plowed through tho Corn
huskers seemingly at will last fall.
With those seven veterans on tho
team, and "with four other men who
were considered varsity material last
fall, taking the. places of the missing
stars of 1908, Coaches Kennedy and
Mosse aro bound to turn out an aggre
gation during the next, thrco weeks
that will put' up a terrible fight against
Nebraska. Tho only possible, way the
Cornhuskers can win that battle will
bo- to play with the same aggressive
attack and dogged defense that they
put up against Minnesota.
n In the game last-Saturday Nebras
ka's supposedly 'weak line played an
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ELLIOTT.
Irreslstablo gamo from tacklo to
tackle; Tho addition of two mon at
the olovonth hour added a tower of
strength to tho front end, protecting
tho Cornhuskers' light back-flold, hold
tho GophorB moro than oven in tho
oponlng session of as brilliant a gamo
as has been seen in this stato for
many years.
Analysis of Game.
An analyst of tho gamo, with spe
cial roforonco to Nebraska's play and
with an 'oxposo" of tho way Minnesota
scored its points, will indicate what
Kansas may -expect when that team is .
mot hero next month.
During tho first half, tho Nobraska
lino, .as Was Btated before, kept tho
Cornhusker goal out of danger. On
tho dofenso It was Impenetrable and
on tho dofenso it worked wondorB. At
the start tho Gophers tried ovory posi
tion in tho lino, seeking an invlnciblo
point. Thoy found nono, and then re
sorted to tho work of their rapid
backB.
But the Nobraska linemen and backs
wore fresh and what tho former did
not sift through and break up tho sec
ondary defonso nipped before any
great gains wore made. Temple, at
right tackle, proved a terror with his
charges. Shonka, from center, shot
around and caught tho swift Johnston
or tho slippery McGovorn bofofo thoy
got to tho backs. Bjg 'Tub" Ewing
did such effective work at guard on
the same Bide that it was impossible
to gain.
On tho right Harto and Wolcott, tho
latter not in tho best of condition,
while not proving as aggressive on tho
offense, wore a. stonewall to tho at
tack when on tho defensive Magor.
right end, playing his first big game,
was a sensation, protecting his wing
and doing heroic work on tho defense.
Johnson, at left end, scattered Inter
ference during his stay in tho game
and kopt his side well protected during
tho opening half. In tho final session,
however, hlB secondary defense weak
ened and his extremity was circled by
tho fast McGovern.
The "Pony" Backs.
Nebraska's "pony" backs proved
themselves competent In backing up
the line on tho defense during the
opener, but they weakened in the sec
ond half and failed to put up tho gamo
that was demanded to bring about the
downfall of tho Gophers. On tho of-'
fense tho back-field was much' weaker
than Minnesota's, and could make lit
tle headway against the solid Gopher
lino.
But. despite this weakness in tho
back-field, which will probably bo rem
edied before long, the Gophers never
would have scored but for the lucky
turn of ovonts In their favor." Their
two touchdowns were , due moro to
luck than to football strength or skill.
Tho first touchdown camo as a result
of a forward pass, which one Corn
husker failed to watch. It,' though,
lacked the element of luck' that the
other scoring did. ,
A - blocked punt which ' Nebraska
failed to recover was tho cause ot the
second touchdown. It was not earned,
although the falling on the ball after
its flight has been checked is part of
tho game. 'Then the last scoring Was"
done after Captain Beltzerf fumbjed a'
punt booted to him by McGovorn,- giv
ing Minnesota tho ball on' Nebraska's
twenty-yard lino, where1 the Gopher
captain kicked It over '; the -crossbars
for thro,o points. t t,
When It Is considered, then, that
Minnesota scored on 'Nebraska In
rather a lucky manner ho intention
to discredit tho powerful play of tho
Minnesota back-field being meant) tho
team that played such-a plucky game
against, the, strong northern men must
have many possibilities. These, or
most'of them, can be shown within the
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