The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-01
NEBRASKA COMING
Foster, with Twenty Men, Starts TO,
Minneapolis Tonight.
Special to The Journal,

Special to The journal.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov: Coach Fosters corn
husBers were given their final scrimmage prac-
tice yesterday afternoon at Lincoln in prepara-
were s turned on to illuminate the field. It was
by Tar the stffest practice ever seen on Ne
braska field. Foster keeping his pupils hammer
ing away until full hour after the usual time
FOSTERS program is to iron out the wrinkles
IN y signal practice today, after which the
t sornhuskers will pack up their moleskins and
board train for Minneapolis.
MI Inc student rooters have arranged to give
rosters squad a noisy Sendof. Cadet drill has
been suspended for Thursday and the students
Including the goods, 1000 strong, are to march
Members Of the faculty, Student leaders f@ and
members Of the football eleven are on tile card
ior speeches. the prime result being to stir
enabled the cornhuskers four years ago to make
the Minnesota trip and return to Lincoln with
string of gopher skins, trophies Of their only
victory over the husky northerners.
Twenty Players. ,r ..
4, Coach Foster has made out list of twenty
PLAYERS TO- be taken to Minneapolis After the
terbacks, early in the week. the pendulum Of
fortune swung back in Nebraska's favor. Bene-
S Sist is stu housed us in hospital and cannot
ankle has mended rapidly under the influences
OF the bake oven and it is now reasonable Ger
tainty that he will pilot the cornhuskers at the
the other varsity. performers barring a few
MINOR na hurts, are In fine physical trim and OH
edge for the Saturday game. The daily prac
tlces or the week have done wonders In the per-
lection Of team play and in the solution of
other problems which Foster has introduced for
sps use against the sephers The Ne
Minnesota. eleven and he refuses to make any
rash predictions as to a Nebraska victory, but
he Is sanguine that his proteges are going to
wage much stronger battle than in any preyf-
GUS game this season. -. .. &-1-
The Minnesota eleven is classy enough to
t rank With the strongest teams in the country
day practice land am not so presumptuous as
to predict that we ought to defeat them l do
say: nevertheless, that the cornhuskers are In
better condition and at higher point Of foot
ball development than at any time this fall
The Ames game was not a fair test Of Ne
braska,s strength. All Of the luck. an i'm
factor in any football game broke in the
day am sure could trim them by a de-
cisive score. In this I base my assertion upon
the marked improvement in our otfense and de-
displayed by Quarterback Cooke and the fact
that only few of our men will enter the con-
test with Minnesota, hampered by injuries
was badly scared early in the week on account
of Cooke, but he is In fairly good shape and
should direct the Nebraska eleven UNNECESSARILY
better than in the game with ,Ames.
Much of our chance Is upon the DEVELOPMENT
OF what Is known in football as the helping
spirit. If the cornhuskers will dig in hard and
help one another in every minute of play, I
see no reason why Nebraska should not
hold Minnesota fairly even and at least score.
The ten-yard rule, in the face Of the defense
that Nebraska Sa ought to put up, should make
sistently advance the ball. Our best chance is
to pull or some trick, score the first touch
down and disconcert our opponents. One thing
certain-I am confident that Minnesota viii
not be disgraced'a