The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-13
Minnesota's Sturdy Gridiron War
riors Gave Vaunted Nebras-
kans Terrible Trouncing.
Varsity Line Held Like Stone Wall
Against Assault Nebraska
Was Outpldyed.

pionship of the West will belong TO th9
Gophers With two more weeks Of prepa-
ration, Dr. Williams proteges will be in
shape to hold their own against any team
In the country. If any one doubted the
strength of this years varsity team, he
doubts no more The Gophers' team OF
1901 is stronger than the team Of last
year.
All the Minnesota boys played good
ball. Fee was perhaps the bright partic-
ular star. He bucked the line for good
gains al the way through. La Fans was
also consistent ground gamer and
Evans and Thorpe both put up a fine Of
fensive game. Aune and Rogers were in
evidence at all times, and Capt Knowl-
ton backed up the line as only he can do
1t Dobie was in every play, tugging and
pushing and fighting like fiend for vic
tory With some systematic interference.
he would have made some good runs, but
did very well as it was. Page and Flynn
and Mueller were invincible. All things
considered, Fee and La Fans did the
best all-around work
Pillsbury and Westover were the stars
for Nebraska. Pilsbury's line bucking
was grand. He is certainly great foot
ball player Westover was quick to break
through and stop Minnesota plays. Gran
dali and Bender seem to be very fast
men, but Minnesota took good care of
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busy in the early part of the game
All things considered, the Nebraska
team played more scientific and uni
form game than Minnesota did Their
team work was better, and particularly
was their interference in marked con-
trast to that of the Gophers This is
Mlnnesota's S weak spot. Inere was prac-
tlcally no interference. Over and over
again, when Dobie caught a punt he was
0OWned he oh
way simply because there was no inter-
ference to assist him. But the defense OF
the varsity team was magnificent 1t was
indeed stone-waH line, and Nebraska
butted against it over and, over again
without making a dent Nebraska's de-
tense was also very good, and five differ
ent times they held the Gophers on downs
within five yards of their goal But it
availed them nothing. Whenever they
got the ball, which was not often, they
could make no gain against the univer-
sity's impregnable defense. Even after
they had thrown in their two star end
gamers, Bender and Crandall, they were
unable to get around the Minnesota,
ends. At no time was the Minnesota
goal in danger. The ball was close to the
Nebraska goal throughout the entire
game, and with a little more ginger the
Gophers might have made at least ore
more touchdown. if not two Minnesota
lacked, too, in systematic team work
The individual work was OF the star or
der, but the men did not play together
as they should, and as they rai:st when
they tackle a team like Wisconsin. that
has been built up for years on definite
system of play
But all this will come and there VIII
be no disposition to offer any criticism
on the work of the team yesterday after
the glorious result. Nebraska played a
trit1e faster than Minnesota-but it cid
no good. They were up against harder
proposition than they had expected, and
their confidence proved ill-founded. Ne
braska went into the game confident of
the result; the university went in feeling
that they must win, but expecting q hard
game, and somewhat fearful of the big
cornhuskers. They soon found out that
any fears they had were groundless.
NEBRASKA BEGAN WE'LL.
contingent had a chance to use its long
pent-up enthusiasm For Just three min
utes the Minnesota rooters were stricken
with heart failure. Nebraska started off
with ferocious rush which swept the
Mlnnesotans off their feet. The Ne
braskans were very rapid in their forma-
ton and play and it took the Gophers a
little while to get on. Time after time
Nebraska ploughed through the line and
smashed the ends. Then the thousands
of Nebraska rooters rose as one man and
shouted themselves hoarse. ''We'n make
it fifty to nit," Goodbye Minnesota
where's your coin?" "Oh. how easy
these We're the yells that they shouted
forth in their wild glee as they saw the