The Minneapolis journal., 1902-10-15
FOOTBALL
HARD WORK NEEDED
Minnesota Team Must Display Su-
'perior Speed and Science to
p Win From Nebraska.
Gopher Eleven Will Be Minus the
Services of Some Valuable
A. Men Saturday.

Minnesota Is still working hard behlnd
closed gates in preparation for the nrst
hard game Of the season, that with Ne
braskaL next Saturday. The cornhusker
eleven. according to reports from Lincoln
will weigh a shade more than the gophers
which means that Minnesota must WIN py
superior speed and science. Whetner tnls
can be done is a question, especially
since the gopher team Saturday, on ac-
count of injuries, will not be the strong-
est that could be selected II al the piaS-
ers were in good physical condition.
The greatest loss will be that OF Davies,
who has done better work than any half
back who has been out this year. Latans
will not be able to play, and 1t Is probable
that Downing or Irsield will go In at
right half. O'Brien, one Of the most
promising candidates. is still bothered by
the knee which was injured month
ago.
Van Valkenburg will probably play left
half, and Knowlton and Harris will fill
I'D the backfield. The line is even more
of a problem, outside of Flynn and Rogers.
There is a strong feeling among the root
ers that Gray, on his showing this fall'
Is entitled to the place at right end.
None Of the tackles has done tirst-class
work, Warren and Schacht perhaps ex-
ceiling the others slightly. The guards
probably will be Flynn and Strathern,
with Webster at center
Small Crowd From Nebraska.
Nebraska will not send such record
breaking excursion to Minneapolis as she
did last year. The railroads have gotten
together on the rate proposition, ana nave
fixed the figures for the round trip at
$s15, all Of the roads to get a piece OF
the business. That means, judging from
reports from Lincoln, that not more than
two or three hundred persons Will make
he frtr from Nebra aSEa.
The cornhusker management sent &c
Manager Luby for 100 reserved seats, ano
200 general admission tickets Luby de-
clined to forward the latter batch, the
association having made a rule that nc
general admission tickets shall be sole
before noon on the day of the game, ant
the visitors will have to take their chance
with the local rooters. AS 1000 ticket:
were sold last year at Lincoln for the
Minnesota game, 1t Is evident that tn'
crowd Of Nebraska men this year will b
small.
The Western Passenger association ha
fixed an excursion rate into Minneapoll
for Saturdays game from all towns "ltnl'
a radius Of 100 miles. One fare ana
third is the rate granted. Similar excul
sions have been asked by the Mlnnesot
management for the games with llllnol
and Wisconsin, but the request has bee
taken under advisement.
Stiff Practice at Lincoln.
Booth, the Nebraska coach, installed tn
atiffest practice Of the season yesteroa
at Lincoln by way Of preparation for tn
eophers For a solid half hour he CAV
the scrubs the ball and permitted them t
plunge into the varsity line.
Frequently the second team made II
distance and was as often held for downs
but Booth would not allow them to SUI
render the ball. Sixty yards they worke
it down the field, but the varsity final
held, and after the gruelling had gone a
most to the limit the big coach relente
ana turned the oval over to Captain Wes
overs first eleven. On the offense tt
varsity did not make any too satisfaction
a. showing, but five minutes Of play su
feed to yield a. touchdown, after WINK
the squad was sent scurrying back to II
''gym."