The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-19
G0PHERS Rs CRUSH UI] .......
! y. !. ANCIENT RIVALS
Nebraska Team Out telassed
......@ in Football Battle on
4 Northrop Field.
Minnesota Scoring Machine
Works With a Wonder
: ~ I: full Precision. !.
BY orLouehlin.

:; Minnesota IS "never quit policy in
foot brollgsh ]
tory over Nebrasaa Yesterday after
noon or Northroph Two weeks
ago, when Minnestsa, crippled and dis
organized, met sttht tah badgers sand went
down ITO defeat taru the medium of
a goal from field, the fair weather.
friends Of the team lost heart and
announced that minnesota WAC no.
good and would get; licked soundly by
Nebraska The loyal rooterss in the
university and outside friends retained.
their, confidence in the players and their
coach and yesterday g score over Me-
braska, $50, was a complete vindiea-
tfon Of this confidence. ~ So j.. = 5s:'5 81 !,
Minnesota Is victory can be called
more of a romp than contest, altho;
this Characterization of the play does
not do Justice to the defeated Nebras-
kans, who were outclassed and out
generated but not disgraced. :. Coach
Booth g men fought pluckily all of the
time and were not to be despised at
any stage of the game. Each team
played the. game to the limit of its
ability and the best team won. Z.
Minnesota's Play.
Minnesota's 8 play was the most scien-
tifc and polished of any seen upon
Northrop field this year. DR.. Williams
had brought his machine up to a high
stage of efficiency. Its power appeared
tozhave no limit and Nebraska was a
worthy opponent. The plays were va
ried and. executed with a telling pre-
cision. The players showed individu-
ality and willingness to sacrifice per-
sonal performance in the less spectacu-
lar work of team play. There was a
help-along, stick-with-th the-man with the
ball swing to the play that accounts
for the big score. It was a. clean-cut
victory in an afternoon of clean play
and one that wiz 60 down in gopher
football history as memorable. 80
Crowd Was Large.
Ten thousand rooters thronged the
big stands and cheered the struggling
players. Minneapolis was not selfish
in the cheering, but encouraged the
visitors as well as the home players.
The roofing was vigorous thruout the
new yell and finding it a wonder at
noise making. The gopher band was
out in full strength and at critical
times cheered the players by playing
Minnesota while the rooters rose
and sang the refrain.
The Nebraska band was on the side
| line, few rods away, an dthey, too,
added to the noise and "harmony' of
the afternoon. During the intermission
between the halves both bands paraded
the gridiron, while the rooters amused
themselves with the old and new yells.
- Weather Was Ideal.
The weather was ideal for football
not too warm and not too cold. There
4 was just enough chill in the atmosphere
to keep the players moving fast and all
things considered, the sport, the
weather and the spirit combined to
make an afternoon which the enthus.
lasts will be long in forgetting.
1t proved to be Nebraska g most
crushing defeat at the hands of Mime
sofa. In years gon by the Nebraskans
/ have occupied an early place upon tht
/ gopher schedule. They trained for the
game as their greatest contest and
brought their players up to pitch fol
the battle with the gophers.
Minnesota Was Ready.
Minnesota did not dare to put TIL,
| team in shape for the Lincoln players
as there was the danger Of staleness
This year Nebraska was placed on tn,
d schedule in a position where it wa
schedule in position where it wa
/. Continued on Cd Page, 5th Column.