Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-15
CORNHUSEERS TAKE A BRACE
SCrimmsge Of Last Two Days Looks
More Like Winning Eleven.
SCRUB LINE IS ALL TORN UP
Defense Also shines ne Compares
with Previous Performances
md the FumbIinE Has
Decreased.

LINCOLN. oct. n.-(special)-T Ne
brasks football team held its last scrim-
mage practice this afternoon before the
game with Minnesota. Saturday. A light
signal practice will be held tomorrow aI-
ternoon and the eleven. accompanied by the
coaches and manager, will leave at 6
o'clock in the evening for Minneapolis.
The play of the team this and yester-
day afternoon has caused Cornhusker stock
to go up and local rooters are now offering
money hat Nebraska will win against the
Gophers. The entire team has shown a
reversal OF form since the game with Grin
nell and is playing fast ball. In the scrim-
mage work this afternoon the men made
the best showing of the season. Against
the strong scrubs, who have been able TO
hold the varsity on the defense and tear
through the line on the offence. the
regulars were able to gain at will and
blocked successfully all attempts of the
second team men to make long distances.
During the last two weeks, many times IN
the %scrimmage work the scrubs were able
to get down close to the varsity goal and
often scored, but today the goal line of the
regulars was never in danger.
On the offense the varsity played a brill
liant game which was marked by some
sensational playing on the part of several
individual Cornhuskers. Pip" Cooke, as
yesterday, was again a star, getting away
Tor several long runs and twice for touch
downs. One of his runs was for sixty-fiye
yards. Cooke this season has Improved in
lodging tacklers, and now instead of at.
tempting to circle the players on the oppos-
ing team he strikes out through their line
wherever he sees an opening. In this ne is
following the style of Johnny Bender and
Ia succeeding much better In escaping
tacklers. Two of his long runs today were
made right through a bunch of scrubs,
whom he evaded in fine style. He was so
fast that they coul dnot catch him. and 30
skillful in lodging that they were be-
wildered. The rooters are looking for him
to get away with a sensational dash or two
at Minneapolis.
Others Do Fine Work.
Kroger, Chaloupka, Frum, and Collins
also did some good individual work. Frum
and Chaloupka we're impregnable to the
attacks of the scvrubs, and no gains were
made through them. Chatoupka~ was given
the ball to carry several times and on each
occasion tugged It forward for several
yards. Kroger's play was of the dashing
sort, and in hitting the line when he was
carrying the ball he tore through the scrub
defense so fiercely that four or five men
had to pile upon him to stop his advance.
There was still some fumbling in the
play of the varsity but not nearly so much
as in the previous scrimmages. The men
threw the ball accurately on the forward
passes, and the ends got under 1t we'll and
missed It only once or twice during prac-
tice.
The showing of the last two days has
pleased the coaches very much, and they
are not so discouraged as they were at the
conclusion of the Grinnell game. They
seen in the better play OF the Cornhuskers
a good chance for victory over Minnesota
None of them will say that he thinks the
varsity is certain OF winning, but they al
admit that Nebraska's chances of trimming
the Gophers this season are much better
than they have been since 1902, when tho
score of the annual contest was 6 to 0 IL
favor OF the Cornhuskers.