The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-10-20
BIGGEST NEBRASKA GAME
COACH BOOTHS PLAYERS FACE
MICHIGAN SATURDAY..
THE EFFORT OF THEIR LIVES

Booth and His Eighteen Players VIII
He Is Not so Confident as His Team.
The Battle Royal.
The coming week Is to he nm event.
full one from an athletic standpoint at
Nebraska university, for II will wit
ness the clash of Booths CornhusiCrs
and Yost's Wolverines ON the Ann
Arbor gridiron, Tho annual conflict
with the Minnesota Gophcrs generally
claims chief attention Mt Nebraska,
and there Is no diminutiOn In the In.
tercst in this years Minnesota game,
but sentiment Is deep rooted within
the student body at the Cornhuskcr
institution that the Michigan game af-
fords Nebraska her best opportunity
to attain fame In foot ball circles. A
surplus of hardihood Is required to
predict that Nebraska is to prove vic.
torious but there are few, at least
willing to confess that Michigan is
not to be forced to the limit, and on
this basis the enthusiasm OF Corn
high pitch. Coach Booth and his
squad eighteen players strong, will
depart for Michigan Wednesday night,
laying over in Detroit until Saturday
morning and going to Ann ArbOr only
a few hours before the whistle sounds
the beginning of play The joints Of
the Cornhuskers will he limbcrcd in
cd gt,
Booth hopes to marshal his mon on
the Ann Arbor grdiron in condition
; to give the Wolverines a stirring tus-
sci for the honors.
Will Hustle Their Work.
: Booth Is determined to drive his
men at a fast pace in the practice this
week. Only three days can be de
voted to sCrimmaging before the de
parture for Ann Arbor, but there will
be no tagging and every moment will
be made to count. The Strengthening
of the defense is to claim chief con
sideration. Michigan's charges are
noted for their rapidity and Nebraska
will likely be forced to the limit II
= the effort to check Yost's speedy for
nations. The potency of Nebraska's
defense, in fact, will have much tC
: do with the final result. II Booths
cohorts can hold at the crucial mo
ment, one of the really stirring games
e of the year in western foot ball circles
l. Is assured, for the Cornhusker offenso
n Is a force to be reckoned with in any
forecast as to the issue.
Wolverines Working Hard.
T. Ann Arbor, Oct. 17-After the sig
e nal defeat of the strong Vanderbilt
y foot ball team, probably the stronges
}. team that the south has ever sen
g. north to contest with northern col
r lege team, the Wolverines are prepar
" ing for a hard week of secret practic,
l. in anticipation OF a hard game will
r Booths Cornhuskers next Saturday
|, While the undergraduates, facult.
d and team claim to anticipate an eas.
p victory for the Michigan team owe
s. Nebraska, Yost pretends not to shar
d in their confidence. He said after tn
l. game with Vanderbilt Saturday
IS Booth is evidently planning o SUI
d prise similar to that which he worke
Is on Minnesota three seasons ago. II
would sooner win this game than an
that was ever played by Nebrask
foot ball team and he is working eN
cry scheme and plan to accompls
D. this feat.
Il do not take any stock in any @
Al the reports which have been sent on
q from Lincoln, and | think that tn
n small scores which have been mad
n by the Cornhuskers against the veal
q er teams so far this season are par
s. of well laid plan on the part c
II Booth to throw the student body a
e Ann Arbor off the track and they hav
y surely succeeded, not only in convint
'e ing the students that they have II
team at Lincoln, but they have force
that idea into my team. Nevertheless
| am onto the game and will keep theI
hard in secret practice all week an
)" try to take some of the overconfidenc
out of them Overconfidence has los
- many a game for superior team
a. Nebraska is striving for recognitio
u in the big nine and would do anythin
!" to win this game or even to make
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