Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-16
NEBRASKA'S BIGGEST CANE
Eyes Of the 0ornhusksu FIXED On Feny
Field at Ann ArboL
BOOTH WILL HAZE HIS TEAM READY
starts "wednesday with Eighteen Wen
for Detroit, where ne VIII Rest
Until Saturday and Prac-
tice signals.
BOOTH WILL HAZE HIS TEAM READY
(From a stan Correspondents


LINCOLN, Neb., oct 15.-(special THE
coming week is to be an eventful one from
an athletic standpoint at Nebraska uni
versity. for It will witness the clash Of
Booths Cornhuskers and Yost's wolver-
ines on the Ann Arbor gridiron The an
nual conflict with the Minnesota Gophers
generally claims chief attention at Me-
braska, and there Is no diminution in the
interest in this years Minnesota game, but
sentiment is deep rooted within the stu
dent body at the Cornhusker institution
that the Michigan game affords Nebraska
her best opportunity to attain fame In foot
ball circles. A surplus Of hardhood Is re-
quired to predict that Nebraska is to prove
victorious, but there are few, at least, will
Ing to confess that Michigan is TO not TO
be forced to the limit, and on this basis
the enthusiasm Of .cornhusker rooters has
been keyed at a high pitch. Coach Booth
and his squad, eighteen players strong,
will depart for Michigan Wednesday night,
laying over in Detroit until Saturday morn
ing, and going to Ann Arbor only a few
hours before the whistle sounds the begin
ming OF play. The joints of the Cornhusk-
ers will be Iimbered in Detroit by a stiff
signal practice and Booth hopes to marshal
his men on the Ann Arbor gridron in con-
dition to give the Wolverines a stirring
tusselsfor the honors,
Knox Affords an Idea.
The Knox game last Saturday was more
Of a mud shower for the Cornhuskers than
the stin practice preparation Booth had
hoped for. So far Nebraska has played
four games. and \in two of these Booths
proteges have been forced to disport them
selves upon a sticky gridron. Knox put
up snappy, aggressive fight and the
Cornhuskers were forced to work for all
they got, but It was not such a game as
Booth had wished. A dry field is an abso-
lutte requisite to the development of a fast
onense, whereas the Cornhuskers and their
opponents found themselves ploddlng along
at snail's pace with at least two pounds
OF black Nebraska mud clinging to each
foot
In many respects the game was fairly
satisfying. Knox charged Nebraskas line
aggressively, retaining the ball nearly a
dozen times on downs, and the Cornhusk-
ers' defense was put to it's only severe test
OF the season. Meanwhile Nebraska's Of
fensive tactics were a force which the col
legians could not stay. Taylor and Cotton
the big men Of Nebraska's line, rammed
their way through the Knox forwards al
most as they pleased and carried the ball
many yards before being downed. Tackle
masses also proved effective Schmidt, Lit
TO advance the oval on this formation
Michigan will present much beeher front
than Nebraska next Saturday, but the con-
viction Is quite general in the Cornhusker
camp that the offense of Booths proteges
will not prove wholly impotent and there
are to be some badly misguided prophets
at Nebraska II the contrary eventuates.
VIII HustIe Their Work.
Booth is determined to drive his men at
fast pace In the practice this week.
Only three days can be devoted to scrn-
magtng before the departure for Ann Arbor,
hut there VIII be no tagging and every mo-
ment will be made 10 count. The strength
enng 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 in the effort to check
fosts speedy formations. The potency Of
Nebraska's defense. in fact will have much
TO do with the final result N Booth s
cohorts can hold at the crucial moment
one OF the really stirring games OF the
year in western foot ball circles is assured
for the Cornhusker offense is a force to be
reckoned with in any forecast as to the
issue,
wolverines Working Hard.
ANN ARBoR, Oct Especial AFTER
the signal defeat OF the strong Wander.
biiN Apob jail tedint PROBABLY the strongest
team that the south has ever sent north
to contest with northern college team
the Wolverines are preparing for a hard
week OF secret practice In anticipation of q
hard game with Booths Cornhuskers mex
Saturday.
While the undergraduates. faculty ant
team claim to anticipate an easy victory
for the Michigan team over Nebraska Yos
pretends not to share in their confidence
He said after the game with VANDERBILT
Saturday: Booth is evidently planning
surprise similar to that which he worke,
on Minnesota three seasons ago. He would
sooner win this game than any that wa
I. ever played by Nebraska foot ball team
and he is working every scheme and plal
10 accomplish this feat.
II do not take any stock In any OF tn
reports which have been sent out fror
Lincoln, and think that the small score
which have been made by the Cornhusker
against the weaker teams so far this sea
son are part of a well laid plan on tn
part OF Booth 10 throw the student bod
at Ann Arbor on the track and they hav
surely succeeded, not only In convincin
the students that they have no team a
Lincoln. but they have forced that ide
into my team Nevertheless ! am onto tn
game and viii work the men hard In secre
practice all week and try to take some o
the overconhdence out OF them. over