Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-19
outCOms Due to Superiority Of Team and
Ia Tactics on Field.
wINNEsoTEs BEST MEN IN THE GAME
Change After Change Made BY LsSeH to
Stop KebraSka's Onslaught
wEsTovERPLAYs SAFE AND LANDS ON TOP
Nebraska Captnin Holds His OppO-
henJs in Check During First Half
and Smashes Them Com
pIetely In Second.

MINNEAPOLIS. Oct. 1s.-CSpecial Teie-
gram.)-The University OF Nebraska foot
ball team stepped out of the second class
in western foot ball on Northrop field this
afternoon and defeated the University OF
Minnesota team by a score of to 0.
There was nothing hukelike about the one
score made in the game. II was made by
steady, hard foot ball and the victory was
as clearly earned as in any game ever played
here. Minnesota is eliminated from the
race for the championship in the western
field and next season. If not this, Nebraska
must be a quantity to reckon with when the
schedules are arranged by the managers Of
the Big Nine"
Victory Beyond Dispute.
The game today was a more pronounced
victory than the score shows. The score,
which was made during the last five min
utes of play, was the result OF brilliant end
running followed by hard line plunging
but it came at the end of the fourth chance
Nebraska had at scoring and after the play
had been well within Minnesota's territory
during the entire last half. With the pos
sible exception of the first ten minutes OF
the game Minnesota had no possible chance
Of scoring except on a fuke, and during
! the game the ball was on the Minnesota side
! Of the center and the Minnesota team was
J on the defensive two-thirds OF the time.
Moreover. Minnesota had her best men In
| the field, with the exception OF the injured
| Davies and Lafans, aud used them up and
put subs in afterward, and was backed W
/ by 1000 wild roarers for the maroon and
| gold. But the Williams open offense and
the inability Of the Gopher team to find any
/ play or any place that could be tried with
certainty Of gain broke the teams spirit
and made the last few minutes of the game
comparatively easy for Coach Booths men.
How Nebraska Won.
1t was the Princeton tandem and the re-
volving wedge on tackle with Bender car
rying the ball in the tandem which won the
game for Nebraska, that and the fine judg-
ment and the conservative play exhibited
| by the Cornhuskers. During the first half
Captain Westover contented himself with a
slow sure game in which his men showed
that they could smash the maroon and gold
offense at will, and thereafter kept kicking
the ball down into the Minnesota territory
and allowing the Gophers to slowly work 1t
back as far as they could.
| In the second half, with the Minnesota
team groggy, the Westover aggregation
adopted aggressive tactics and using Ben
der, Bell, Nickel and Englehardt to carry
the ball, went around the ends and through
the tackles and showed conclusively that
they were OF the class Of which champions
are made.
The teams we're Of even weight, but the
Booth men knew more ball and had more
head and easily excelled in tackling and in
getting through interference, while the end
work WAS far superior TO that shown BY
the Minnesota team.
OIes Take it to Heart.
Minneapolis is in mourning tonight for 6
lost championship and it will take many
DAYS to get the team and the rooters bach
into the spirit they had before receiving
the rude Jolt of this afternoon Many
persons thought Nebraska would score but
few If any of the local rooters had any
idea that Nebraska would be the team tC
put the Williams crowd out Of the running
this year.
Nickel kicked on at s:10. twenty ysrdi
TO Strathsrn, who fumbled to Ringer
Ringer took the ball i've yards, through
left tackle, but an attempt to repeat thu
play resulted in no gain. Nebraska trieC
a mass on center and mass on tackle
losing the ball TO Minnesota on down, oil
! Minnesota's twenty y-fVe-yard line. Ne
braska at once broke through the line. bu
on the second, Gray went through Ne
brAskas right for a short gain. Knowltol
hunted. but Nebraska blocked the kick
Knowlton recovered the ball on Minneso
ta's thirty -hve-yard line. Minnesota triei
Nebraska's center and left tackle in vain
s,hacht went through Nebraska's oente
, for the first down, but Borekman fumble
the ball in the next play, Bender trappin
Il near the center OF the held Nebrask
5 failed with a mass on Schacht, Bende
, shot through the line for three yards an
) Nickel punted thirty yards 10 Knowltor
who was downed in his tracks Minnesot
started back with a mass on right an
then on left tackle. but the CornhuskerE
{ line held. and Knowlton's punt was agai
blocked. Knowlton recovered the ball 0
Minnesotas thirteen-yard line.
. Nebraska ResistIess Ends.
AEain Knowlton tried TO punt and Rgsi
d Minnesota was unable TO hold back Ne
b braska's ends and the third kick va
blocked. Nebraska securing the ball In II
d mixup on Minnesota's thirty-yard line. NJ
$ braska tried the line, but failed TO gal
q and Minnesota was pensiiEed ten yards fS
4 odside play. Nebraska struck the Lin
( again in vain, and the ball was then give
| TO Minnesota for Nebraskas holding
the line Minnesota slammed through II
Z line for a fve-yard gain and again for
ward. Knowlton was forced 70 kick
Bender, who was dovned on Nebraska
hfty-yard line. Minnesota massed on ~
braska's center for a gain Of yard, b'
Westover got through on the next pla
tAckling Minnesota for loss. Knowltc
, kicked forty yards 10 Benedict. who mad
4 a sensational run through the line for 70
: ty-hve yards. but Umpire Allen called bot
> teams back and gave Minnesota the ba
: for Nebraska'E holding in the line.
e Fight in Nebraska Territory.
N Van ValkenbuTg replaced BorekmAn
Ie left half shedd broke through MINI
J. sofas line and tackled Gray for q loss
70 the hrst down. Van tried Nebraskas LEI
= but was unable TO gain, and KnoWltS
punted 10 Benedict. who was downed
is NebraskA's ten-yard line Benedict r