The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-14
Nebra ska Expects to Win,

Special to The Journal
Lincoln. Neb., Oct 14.-The cornhusk
er football team expects to defeat Min
nesOta Saturday in Minneapolis. This
hope is founded on something more that
patriotism. Never in the history of foot
ball al the University Of Nebraska has a
team been produced that played as swift
ball as early in the season as the present
team this year. Though no remarka bly,
high scores have been run up by the
Cornhuskers in the four games played, ex-
cepting the game with Doane college, no
opponent thus far in the season has shown
ability to carry the ball even within bet
ting distance Of her goal line.
Nebraska has scored 106 points in the
four games, and every one of the fifteen
men on the varsity squad has been tried
out in at least two of the games, while
several have played in all four.
There are new men the team this
year. men who have never been under the
guidance of an experienced, careful coach
But these have developed into players of
the phenomenal variety. They have come
from the high schools of the inland Ne
braska towns, each recruit having been
a star on his respective team. Couple
with this the steady. persistent playing of
men like Ringer and Westover, who have
faced the cornhuskers' foes for four
years, and remarkable team is the re-
suit.
VI the men OH InlS years team VINO Will
be remembered by Minnesota are COrtel-
you and Shedd, ends, Bender and Bell,
half backs, MISSIONER, tackle, Ringer and
TObin, guards. The two new men on the
eornhuskers line this year are Wilson.
sitackle. and Borg, center. Borg is heavier
than Koehler, who played the position for
Nebraska last year Wilson is a first year
man. He came from the Illinois state nor
NAL school this fall, with but little foot
ball experience. He weighs 1856 pounds
and has played in each Of the four games
this year. Hard work and persistent
plugging is all that secured him the posi-
tion he holds. Another candidate for
tackle, Is Mason, an old Lincoln high
school player, who weighs about the
same, and has a reputation for great
work in advancing hte pigskin. He has
failed to put up better football than Will
son.
New Men In Back Field.
Behind the line are two high school
stars. Nickel and Benedict. This is the
first year on the varsity for both. Bene-
dict played quarterback on the Lincoln
high school team for four years, and
Nickel played fullback for the same team
for like period. During the four years
the two men played with the high school
the eleven held the inter scholastic
championship Of the Missouri valley:
AS a rule players with such strong high
school reputataions seldom make good on
varsity team. Benedict and Nickel have
smashed that rule to pieces. They have
not only made good on the team but have
outplayed their opponents in the same po-
sitions on other teams as we'll as out
chasing the older candidates who pre-
scented themselves for the places. Thorp,
the most famous quarterback Nebraska
ever produced, until this year, expected to
find no trouble in making his old position.
Benedict has outplayed him in every way.
He is not only long, sure punter, but
has head for field tactics and football
generalship that surpasses anything ever
seen on Nebraska's campus. He weighs
165 pounds and has never been compelled