Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-17

3ophers on the Nebrasxa tventy-fivs-yard
me q few minutes later. The Minnesota
captain booted the oval 70 Beltzef and the
batter fumbled. In me scramble for the
elusive spheroid Pettlohn got the ball. At
lacks At the line Melted but five yards and
Captain RcGovefn zen back TO the twenty
Vineyard line and booted the bah %squareiy
over the cross bars. Score. Minnesota, ~;
Nebraska, o
Nebraska Nbt Discourneed.
Nebraska was not discouraged by the
scores made BY It's opponents and fought
back gamely all the time. AZ the game
closed, though. the Gophcrf were crowdinE
k"Kiex' Coles men back toward the No
braska goal and u looked like another
touchdown. but CornhusSer spirit saved the
day and time was called with the BAH on
Nebraska's ten-yard line.
standing out above all other men on the
team for spectacular playing ives Temple,
right tackle. lie had his opponent, Walker,
outplayed at every point Of the game and
constantly broke through and blocked
plays. He went around back OF the line and
caught McGovern and johnson when those
two fast players were. trying 10 break
away.
Doing nearly as good work az Temple,
although not so spectacular, was Harte'
left tackle. He played Tackle McCree to
a standstilI and smashed up interference
time after time when either Johnston or
McGovern was trying to go through FOR
long runs.
Nebraska's two guards. Ewing and VOL
colt. played their first game Of the season
and we're stones in what proved TO be a
real stone wall" Ewing considering the
fact that the first time he donned a uni
form was last Thursday, played a power
fui game. wolcott, who made HIS first
Appearances at practice last Monday. held
up the defense on his side Of the line
like a veteran.
Both Game Fighters.
At end both johnson and Mayor fought
eamely, and but for their grit the wings
would have been skirted for gain after
gain. As IL was. in the first half the ex-
tremities were invincible. Mayor. In his
first big game and only his second for
Nebraska. ala some sensational work
Time after time he lodged in behind the
Minnesota line and prevented advances
johnson struggled like a Trojan at his end
and, although many OF the plays attempted
by MoGovern and Johnston were directed
at his post, yet he held firmly, until the
closing minutes Of the second half, when
ne was succeeded by Chauner, who did
good work.
shonka. the big 9OO-pound center. who
had not shown up well in the other games
Of the fall, surprised himself and the
entire Nebraska bunch. He smashed his
way through the opposite center and
tackled many times He II was that Otter
tackled a Gopher and brought him to the
around when the Minnesota man had eE'
eaped many ~tacllers.
All Work Like FIends.
In the back field all the Cornhuskeri
worked like fiends. They were mighty
strong on the defensive and piled into the
Minnesota men fearlessly. Frank failed
70 do any OF his sensational work, mainly
because the Cornhusker interference wal
very poor.
IL was on the offense that Nebraska
was weak, and mainly because there wal
no interference. Frank and Bentley sew
erai times apparently were on the way
for large gains. when a lack Of proper
protection brought them down for one
yard gain or small losses.
Rathbone played his tsrsS game for th'
Cornhuskers, being at fuilback. IL,
ploughed into the line on the defense ant
with better interference would probabl!
have made many gains on the offense.
The scarcity of substitutes undoubtedi,
prevented Nebraska from making a nucl
better showing in the second half. Flo
any position in the backfield there was bu
one good man who is cor sidered TO be o
varsity material. He is sturtzenegger, bu
King Cole hesitated about sending hin
IN. believing II wise to keep the regular
at their posts until they became completed
exhausted.
The backs did not tight in the last hal
with the vim that marked their play in tn
opening session. They lacked the agsres
s~iveness which new men probably woul
have had and which might have change
the score. The less accurate handling q
the hall in the last half showed that tn
backs were not playing their best game.
Pickering IL Missed.
Minnesota missed Pickering at fullbacl
for smith was far from being a terror, an
"a Was only in the last minutes OF N
game that he played strong bah. His sue
cess with the touohdowns could have bee
achieved by any man on either team.
Stevens. right half. shone dimly besid
MoGovern and Johnston, and he could M
gain ground with tho ball. The Nebrasis
tacklers found him easy meat and nippe
several OF his charges before any groun
iRd been made,
Rosenwald. who replaced Johnston
ANAh~AN1 otAtA@A AtAta NtAAA-4 uoNA
work in the last ten minutes and dro,
against the cornhusker lines for freauel
plunges OF three ana five yards.
Pett5ohn and Rademacher playing n
ends for the Gophers. were equally stron
on the defense and offense. There wei
no large runs made around either e.
trenity.
G0pherA BETTER ON Forward Pass.
The forward pass was used with mo-
success by Minnesota than by Nebrask
The Cornhuskers tried it five times, b
we're successful only In one instance. Mi
nesota used u several times. once galnir
a touchdown as the direct result Of Il. al
other times making gains OF twenty az
twenty-five yards.
Mlnnesota's success with the pass ind
Gates that Coach Williams has been gf
Ink more attention to the development
this play than he has in other years. II
players did not try II very often in Il
first hall, but the opposition OF the Cor
huskers made Il imperative tina he "a
cover his hand In the second session.
An onside kick was attempted by \
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