The Minneapolis journal., 1902-10-20
great. praise from the visitors for his


after the latter's appearance on the field
a fake play, around his end brought the
bail to the twenty yard line and paved
the way for a touchdown. Grays plays
were open. to criticism, but not really
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| Gophers Get Bad Start.
Minnesota started off badly MiclSel's
| kickoff was low, and Strathern stopped it
| but fumbled, and the scornhuskers had the
ball in Minnesota's territory. Nickel i'm.
mediately bucked the left side Of the line
for five yards, but a tumble gave Mime
| sofa the ball and relieved the tension for
a moment. Nebraska's line held like
adamant. and Knowlton was signaled for
a punt. Minnesota tried a new forma-
ton and 1t was not a success, the corn
huskers blocking the kick Minnesota
managed to get the ball again in the
mixup. and the gophers tried the line. A
| tumble by Boeckmann gave Nebraska the
ball again at Minnesotas f1fty-yard line
but the gophers held for three downs and
| Knowlton held Benedict's punt at the
| tWenty-yard line.
| Then Minnesota got a scare. The new
formation on the punt failed again, and
the kick was blocked, but Knowlton fell
on the ball and tried again.. For the
| third successive time Nebraska broke
| through and blocked the kick. but the
ball went over Nebraska's line, and rolled
|
| Minnesota Plays Good Football.
Then the gods favored the gophers who
got the leather on a tumble Bidlake
bucked tackle for five yards, but then
| Nebraska held and an exchange Of punts
followed, after which Minnesota for few
moments played sturdy football Know]
ton hurdled the center. Gray skirted the
end for three gains of five yards each,
Flynn hit the line for eight more yards,
and the ball was pushed by this means
from Minnesota's thirtyyard mark to Ne
braska's hfty-yard line, the first time the
sphere had been In the cornhuskers' ter
ritory. Then the gophers were forced to
punt, and Benedict returned the ball. Har-
ris getting eight yards on the return.
Minnesota kicked again, and Benedict
ran the oval back forty yards, but Allen
saw an offs1de play, and gave Minnesota
| the ball and q ten-yard advance. That
put the ball on Nebraska s thirty five-yard
line. and a couple Of exchanges of punts
followed. Then Minnesota gained ten
yards on short plunges off tackle, and got
fifteen more as gift from Allen for foul
work on Nebraskas part.
| Score Was Due.
This brought the ball to the f1fteen-yard
line, and here the gophers should have
scored, but the cornhuskers' line was too
strong and the visitors took the ball on
| uO"l1S. DSueulCL puHLeu out OF DANGER,
and time was called minute later
On the whole Minnesota had the better
Of the first half. Nebraska attempts to
gain ground off Minnesota's center were
frustrated by the good defensive work Of
Minnesota's halves and ends. During the
| intermission Coach Booth evidently talked
some to his pupils, and they started the
second period with rush. Benedict ran
the kickoff back to the twenty-five yard
line, and Allen gave the visitors ten yards
for offside on the first play.
| Then the cOrnhuskers tore up Mime
sofas line for steady gains, bringing the
ball to Minnesota's forty -five-yard line.
Van Valkenburg got two ribs broken by a
kick in one of the scrmma ages, and Lig-
| gett took his place. Ten more yards for
offside brought the ball to Minnesota s
| thirty-yard line, and ten more yards were
gained. when Minnesota held for downs.
Nebraska tried what looked like a fair
place kick, but bad pass gave the goph-
| ers the ball on the thirty -five-yard line.
The ball changed hands twice on FUN
bles and the gophers tcied the bucking
game. getting eight yards before Knowl-
ton was forced to punt Two exchanges
OF punts followed Harris running back
| the kicks with good success, and then
after short gains netting fifteen yards,
| Shedd got around the left for twenty-five
yards. Had he waited for his blocker to
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touchdown right there but he didn't, and
little Harris brought him to earth at the
twenty -f1ve-yard line. Sig was laid out by
the force Of the collision, and lost a
couple Of molars, but pluekily resumed his
place. ..4 -. !.
Gophers Take a Brace. :.
The gophers here braced and held dog
gedly, Nebraska losing two yards on two
plays. Benedict failed to get place kick
hut ~{5 rtoe.-
yard line, and things looked very shaky
for the gophers." Vainly trying to1advance
the ball, Minnesota punted and then held
Nebraska for three downs. Benedict tried
another place kick and failed. Mime
sofas defense was stronger, and the Wis
itors could not gain consistently through
the line. -
Harris got the leather at the fifteen yard
line, and Knowlton again had to punt,
Benedict running the ball back to the
thlrty-fve-yard line. third attempt at
a place kick by Benedict was no more
successful than the others, and Knowlton
again punted out Of danger. >".:.
Then Freeman and Downing went in at
right end and right half, and Nebraska
celebrated their arrival by going around
right end for twenty yards.
Nebraska Gets Touchdown.
, That was the finish. The ,cornhuskers
tore the lett side OF the line clear open
, and went through for eight yards. Then
Bender hit the right side for five more
The ball was now on Minnesota's two
yard line. and twice the cornhuskers
, smashed viciously into the line That put
the ball within. six inches of the goal line
and touchdown seemed inevitable Il
not only seemed SO. but was, for on the
> next play Bender went clean over Their
Benedict kicked the goal and it was al
, over Time was called shortly after the
kickoff, with the ball in Minnesota's grasE
at the fifty-yard line. The lineup:
I Minnesota. Position. Nebraska
Rogers left end Shcdd. FOllmel
Warren ......... left tackle ......... Masor
Flvnn (captGin) -. lem guard =. Ringer
= strathern right guard ......:... :: Cottor
Schacht right tackle =. Westover (cap.)
Gray. Freeman. right end ......... Cortelyor
, Harris ......:..... quarter Benedict
BOcckmann, Van
Valkenberg aud
e Liggett left half ............. Bel
r Didlake.
Downing ....... right half Bender
Nickel and
r HnowltOn ........ fullback Engelhar
Observation-Disclosures. Goal from Touchdown
r Benedict. 'Umpire-Henry Clarke of Omaha. Ref
e eree-Phi Allen of Chicago.
HIGH SCHOOL GAMES. -. - ::
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