Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18

NEBRASKA AND GOPHERS TIE
Neither Side Is Able to Score in a
Gruelling Contest.
H0NORS EVENLY DIVIDED
A Good Kicker such " Both Teams
Had Last Year Would Meant
Score for Eleven which
Possessed Him.
EVENLY DIVIDED

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi. oct. H-(speelA
a gruelling contest. With
honors nearly evenly divided, Nebraska
played the mighty Minnesota Gophers q
0 to 0 tie at Northrup field this afternoon.
Neither side endangered the others goal
in the first half, but in the second Min
nesota three times went down to Ne
braska's three-yard line. where the Corn
husker line held as a stone wall. In the
last five minutes OF play in the final half
the Gophers carried the ball over Ne
goal line from the visitors five
yard line, but the touchdown was not al
lowed. Farnum, Minnesota's right tackle,
had fouled Collins n Referee King
brought the ball back. giving II to the
C~ornhuskers on their, three-yard line. On
the next play Minor punted out of danger
for Nebraska
Play in the first half favored the Corn
huskers. Minnesota could not gain through
the Nebraska line or around johnson and
Harvey, the Cornhusker ends. being forced
to punt most OF the time. Nebraska was ac-
tive and secured all the punts sent. into
their territory by McGovern. and managed
to keep the Gophers from advancing far
with Nebraska's punts.
Each side tried to get a field goal during
the game. Birkner, from Mlnnesota's thir-
ty-five-yard line, attempted a drop kick in
the first half, but the ball fell short by
fifteen feet. McGovern, In the second half,
tried a place kick, but was blocked by
Chafoupka. Had either side had . skilled
drop or place kicker the score would not
have been a tie. With Captain Weller OF
last years team in the game Nebraska
would have surely scored. and II Mime
sofa had had the services Of the great
Capron the Gophers could have made one
or two field goals. All during the game
when Minnesota was within striking dis
lance Of Nebraska's goal the local rooters
moaned over the loss OF last seasons star
quarter.
Gophers n Surprise.
The showing of the Gophers was a pleas
ing surprise to their supporters. Nebraska,
among the students and the betting fra
ternity Of the Twin Cities, had been picked
to win, the mighty GoYhers being doped
TO go down to defeat by about two to one
downs. Minnesota's line had not been ex-
pected to bold against the o~nslaughts OF
the Cornhuskers. But it did hold we'll
excepting for three minutes in the second
half, when Nebraska started a march down
| the field, going yard after yard on straight
/ lOOl JAIL ohN WAACh ~ O0N
| close to their goal the Gophers braced and
| held Nebraska for downs
Nebraska played the best game It has
put up this season. The men played to-
gether, doing great team work. Cooke
| failed to get away for many long runs.
The Gophers had been raine to watch
him, and only once was he allowed to
pevade their ends for a long distance. Me-
braska's ends, Captain Harvey and John
son, played a spectacular game. Mime
sota's left half, McGovern, who had been
figured on to repeat his feat of the Ames
/ game and make several long runs for his
team, failed to get away from the Ne
braska ends. Johnson and Harvey nailed
play after play around their wings with
great success. They showed remarkable
speed in getting down on punts and re-
covering onside kicks.
Poor p%unting in the second half nearly
lost Nebraska the game. Beltzer. played
at left half in the first part OF the contest,
punted for Nebraska and made forty and
fifty yards on each attempt. In the second
half Minor replaced Beltser, whose in
juTed shoulder made his retirement neces-
sary. 1t fell on Birkner then to do tho
punting and he made a failure OF It. his
kicks went high in the air and not moro
than fifteen yards forwsrd. On this ac-
count Nebraska was not able to get the
ball away from It's goal line the last half
when it secured the ball.
On their five-yard line three times the
Cornhuskers secured the bail after holding
Minnesota Tor downs. They could only
gain a few yards on straight foot ball and
were forced to punt. Birkner sent the ball
only a few yards on these kicks. and Min
nesota, recovering it, was always in dam
gerous proximity to N~ebraska's goal. Had
Better been in the game during the last
half. he would have kept the ball, away
from Nebraska's goal.
BiR Improvement in Line.
Kroger and all the line men played a
star game. The line showed 30 per cent i'm
provement over the Grinnell game, both on
the defense and the offense. McGovern.
R~ademacher and Atkinson were the stars
for the Gophers. McGoYern caused the
Cornhuskers more concern than any OF the
other men. He was given the ball &c carry
several times in hopes that he could get
away for a touchdown. He was closely
watched, however. by the ~Cornhuskers,
and although he made several good gains
through the line, was not able TO become
dangerous.
The game was the hardest fought that
hd9 bNNh BiayNu NA"Nc AAcot bdmo teams
since 1902. when Nebraska won by q 9 20 0
score. After the first five minutes q play
It could be seen that the elevens were
evenly matched and that there was TO be
another great foot ball game on Northrup
field.
The game was witnessed by a crowd OF
1000 people. The gates at Northrup field
were thrown open at 1;45, and many stu
dents waiting at the gates went in then.
At 2:l5 the south bleaehers were well filled
and a string Of people was pouring In al
all the gates. At 2;2o the Minnesota band
appeared on the field and was greeted
with cheers. The Nebraska rooters and
band arrived at 2:S5. The Nebraska band
paraded around the field and was cheersd.
The Nebraska team. lead by Captain Har.
vey, ran onto the field at $50, and Blrkne,
and Better at once began to warm 10 a,
%punting. Minnesota came onto the fiele
at 3 o'clock. Nebraska won the toss. and
Captain Harvey chose to defend the WesI
goal.
start of Game.
At s05 Farnum kicked off for Minnesota