The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-15
NJ CORNACK HAS
STRONG ELEVEN
Northwestern Coach Raises Stand
ard of Team Tenfold, Encour-
aging It's Following.
Special to The journal.

Chicago, Oct. l4.-The long-looked-
for reversal Of form on the part of the
Northwestern football squad came this
week. After the feeble showing against
the Wabash college eleven, the purple
took decided brace, showing. the first
flashes of genuine varsity football. En-
couraged by the improved form of their
team, Northwestern students are now
looking forward to the Chicago. game,
Two weeks ago Northwestern stu
dent would not have backed his team
to beat Chicago at odds of 16 to 1, but
this week the Methodists were offering
their money on the annual contest at
2 and 3 to /. y =.
, The improvement of the team dur
ing the past week has been for the
most part in the backfeld. Johnson
and Reuber have been playing as they
never played before, and Coach Nc
Cornack is working up a versatile Of
will be depended upon to gain the bulk
Of the ground for Northwestern this
season. johnson has regained the form
which he showed at Carlisle two years
ago, when he was selected by the ma
iority of critics for the post Of all
American quarterback. In the daily
scrimmages his clever lodging runs
have been the features of the play,
while his defensive work has been SUI
perb. e-
Sensational Kicking.
Captain Reuber has done excellent
work at place-kicking. Wednesday he
kicked seven goals out Of as many
trials from the 80 and 40-yard lines.
One of the goals was negotiated from
the 37-yard line from the side lines.
Turner, the plucky little end, has also
been doing some star work in the line
Of field goals. His droP-kick1ing has
been little less accurate than the place
kicking of Reuber. The purple prom
ises.. to be stronger than ever before
in the goal-kicking department, and any
time they get within thirty five or forty
| yards Of their opponents goal line g
goal from the field will be the line OF
@' northwestern received new recruit
last week in Reynolds, 210-pound
dental student, who will be given 9
thoro tryout at tackle. The purple has
been woefully shy on heavyweight line
men this season, and the addition Of
Reynolds to the squad was the cause
Of great rejoicing. It is hoped that the
big fellow will be, able to fill one Of
the tackles, both of which. were oper
at the beginning of the season owing tt
the graduation Of Kafer and Allen, the
star tackles of theelast four years.
Tries "Jump Play
| Something new like. the et strap de
vice " used by Nc Cornack at Dartmouth
kwill no doubt be. sprung in the biz
games. A new play known as tn
jump play, has been given a trial an(
the ground that it Melted against tn
scrubs in the scrimmages has led Nc
Cornack to believe that it will be al
effective as the whoa back play, which
Stage used against Michigan with sucl
telling results in 1900. In this play
the end is called back to aid the backs
one of whom plays outside Of tackle
thus increasing the power Of the attack
Dedication Of Field. 81
The new Northwestern field was de
dicated yesterday with the Beloit game
! Coach Mccormack intended to open tn
new field for the Chicago game, bu
| changed his p1a1rs when he recalled tn
hoodoo which has always lowered owe
the home team at the dedication Of neJ
gridirons. Mayor Dunno made the frs
/ kickoff IN the Beloit game