The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-08
HAD A TOUGH !. Fight ! !. | |
Nebraska Surprised at the Stubborn
. Game Put Up by Colorado !:
University Eleven.
Cornhuskers Were Only Able to
Score Through the Errors Of :
/. Their Opponents.

:! Reports Of Nebraska's game with Colorado;
Saturday. indicate that Booths team has not
huskers' scores were due to errors on the part
Of Colorado. In the first half the westerners
fumbled on their thirty yard line, and Nebraska
second half. Colorado had kick blocked Mt their
own seven-yard line. Then it was an easy mat
ter to push the ball over. --z| = -...e ~.
Nebraska won principally by her superiority
In the kicking game Although the .Cornhuskers
far outweighed their opponents, the Colorado
men put up strong defense and frequently
forced Nebraska to punt. 80 ~, -.
Booths men had but six plays but they had
these six down pat. A close formation was
employed. the backs standing close to the
line that the quarterback almost hidden from
view With this formation almost the entire
weight OF the team was thrown against the
Colorado line, but after Nebraska had gained
steadily for a while. Colorado held stubbor1lly,
and thereafter. although the ball was in Boul-
der's territory most Of the time, Nebraska. with
all her weight, could carry 1t over until four
minutes before the end Of the first half. The
Rocky Mountain News, of Denver, thus sums up
the work Of the Cornhuskers r.
BENDER AND BENEDICT STARS.
a feature of the game was the defense which
each team put up against end runs. Boulder
not having possession of the bali to any great
extent, did not: have opportunity to try many
end runs but those tried were stopped for losses
or from three to five yards Nebraska was
no more fort lnate with its end runs. In these
plays the end was instructed with the ball,
the halves never trying to carry it. s This gave
a great line of interference and as the play
swung into the open it difficult to how it
could be broken up The line of interference
swung almost the field before tempt. was
made to cut it down. Failure to .work the END
runs gave opportunity for some very pretty.
tackling.. and it common thing to
the man carrying the ball picked out from: be-
hind his interference and thrown back several
yards. -...,
Benedict, freshman at Nebraska, and Benz
der. an old player, were easily the stars of the
game, and each put up exhibitions which would
entitle him to play on the best team that has
been seen in Colorado for many n day. Bene-
the days when the team came. out here and wal
loped d. A. C., and he has the making of big
college player. He did all the punting for the
team, and on exchange of kicks he would out
punt Rubidge by from fifteen to. twenty yards.
Benedict also played back to receive the
vanced it by some very pretty work. bowling
over the men in front of him, lodging, jumping
over and wrfggling through, until he would
add from ten to fifteen yards to what he should
have had.
Bender was the man with the ball for Ne
hraska. The manner in which he hit the line
was astounding even to the Boulder rooters,
who have seen many ferocious line buckers.
Boulder's only chance for a long run. and pos
sibly a touchdown. was spoiled by this man.
The ball was in Boulder's possession and close
to the side line VIII m the old. time Boulder fake
ference was sent around the end toward the
center Of the field. After it had moved away
the man with the ball made dive for the hole
close to the side line. The entire Nebraska
team. with the exception of Bender. fooled
by the trick. He saw the man standing there
twinking got his man and threw him back fully
three y:rlS'