The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-16
.CORNHUSKERS ON
WAY TO MILL CITY
Coach Booth, with Squad Of "a
Men Left Lincoln Last
Night.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The journal. E";..
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 16.--Booth has discarded
his policy of secrecy on Nebraska field. and the
practice preparation of the cornhuskers is open
for the inspection Of the rooters. The practice
yesterday was jumbling mixture Of both good
in whirlwind fashion, Right Half Wilson catch
in, kickoff by the scrubs OH the goal line and
running the full length of the field, with Behe-
dict and Mcdonald making interference. for a
touchdown. ....
Then came a miserable slump. The defensive
side held the scrubs quite handily, but the
varsitys attack was far below par. Booth In
disgust finally. moved two of the regulars to the
side lines and sent in substitutes after which
the improvement was marked that the wor-
ried expression on Booths face changed to one
of glee. "a
Eager. Nebraska's midget halfback, tore off
two. touchdowns in eectrfying fashion, lodging
tacker after tackler, weaving in and out until
good for forty yards Craig, substitute full
back. also gave good account of himself. He
charged the line like frightened steer, once
bucking thru from the 2o-y-ard line to the goal.
and another time breaking loose for touch
down i'll which he went fully eighty yards.
Trick Works Well. '.@
The varsity next tried one of the new trick
plays Booth introduced early in the week. The
scrubs had no previous knowledge of what to
expect. and before they had recovered from theil
astonishlnent Mcdonald going from left end
had planted the BALI behind the goaI posts. =
|out of the Minnesota game because he Ia. 9
| freshman. in the scrub lineup and was
i turned loose ut bucking the varsity line. Twice
! the bulky black man ripped thru for. five yards
on each down. but Captain Borg began break
ing thru the scrub line at center and Taylor
was soon stopped for less on almost every
effort. .r 49,
" Booth is still in a quandary to the team
he will use against the gophers next Saturday
Right End Denslow is still on the hospital list
and the chance is remote at the best that ht
will be able to get into the game. Left Enc
johnson. who has been playing brilliant gam,
! all season, is not permitted to do any scrim
maging because of an injury sustained in tn,
bout with Colorado. Morse and Mcdonald wer
in at the end positions yesterday. while John
son followed the plays and gave the sub end
instructions.
Twenty-four Coming.
l. 3 Booth has made out a list of twenty -fou
players for the Minnesota trip The cornhuske
land Dr. Lees chairman of the Nebraska board
in charge. The physical condition of Denslo,
and Johnson will leave the personnel of til
cornhusker lineup in doubt almost until tn
last hour before the sound of the openin
whistle
A monster students rally was held yesterda
at the university at the cOnvocation hour. Char
cellor Andrews several members of the faculty
Coach Booth and few of the players spoke
and roaring volcano Of enthusiasm was txrne
: loose. The band is to go with the rooters' eJ
cursions which leave for the gopher camp FIR
day night.
DR.. Williams suggestion of Mccarthy forme
approved by Booth. This completes the roll
officials, Lieutenant Hackett and Phil Allen ha'
ing been previously selected umpire and rel
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