The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-10-28

lOrOuS news would lead those who are
figuring on form to the conclusion that
Nebraska would be no match for the
Gophers.
Splendid Form.
The true state of affairs was given
yesterday, the first straight line on
the Cornhuskor team which has been
Obtainable in Minneapolis. Gilmore
! DObic brought the first news that Ne
braska was strong, and he saw them
in the Boulder game. Saturdays
watching Of the team demonstrated
that the list of injured" has been
made mp largely of the men who are
classed in Minnesota as the "impOs-
siblc" section of the scrub. That pre-.
yariCation has been rcsortod to was
| indicated by the playing of one man
at least who a day or two before was
! heralded as badly injured Deep
! gloom has been reported over the alb
sence or quitting of men who could
not have made the team with the as
sistance of locomotive TO boost them
along. All along under this smoke of
deception which the string fionds have
| been kicking up, Coach Booth has
been working like a beaver and per
iecting team which Nebraska cnthu.
siasts when not speaking with strang.
ers-withOut questioning them too
closely to be the greatest
in the history of the Nebraska game.
! Through It all Booth has not made a
| direct statement of injury or fear.
The correspondents have relieved him
Of the need for any such action. There
! has been nothing TO show that Booth
| SympathiZed with or inspired the
| stories, and locally it is thought that
the string fends found the subject a
prolific one, abounding with material
with which TO keep the frankfurter
pot boiling in their respective domi-
Giles.
Nebraska will bring a splendid team
to Northrop field, and, if all signs do
not fail the struggle will be a mem
Orable one in local football annals
A wealth Of sturdy material is in the
hands of Booth and Westover, and
there are husky substitutes in plenty
for every position. Old men are re-
turning, and to revert to the appeal
of the bally-ho in front Of Persian"
dancers tent at the state fair, there's
nothing to it, but something doing
every minute"
Watching Bender Case.
&c it,St tnh inf he
antics over the Bender,FenlOn case
with considerable interest. II will go
no further locally than careful
watching No matter how the case
comes out, Minnesota will not protect
| Bender or Fenlon, permitting the Uni.
versity of Nebraska to settle the mat
ter. II is announced today that the
chancellor has agreed to let the mat
ter drop after the reported declaration
that he felt the men used their ability
for gain.
Nebraska, in her contract with Min
nesota, agreed to play and live up to
| conference rules, an organization, by
the way, which Nebraska has been ca.
| ger TO enter for year or two. Confer
ence rules are strict. Ugly stories are
out concerning Benders amateur
standing. He is known to have played
baseball on the Beatrice, Neb, Cream.
cry team last summer at $40 a month
until the middle of July, when his sal.
airy was boosted to $50. The registrar
of the University OF Kansas has in
his possession afidavits to the effect
that at one time Bender received mon.
ey for playing ball on well-Rnown
professional team, and these charges
miliar to the authorities in control OF
Nebraska athletics, having been pre-,
sented by Kansas last year There is