Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-22
SCORE TwEETY.ONE TO THREE
Scarlet and Cream Players Only
Score Field Goal.
WILLIAMS MEN IN FINE FORM
Forward Pass Nets Two of Their
Three Touchdowns.
STRAIGHT FOOT BALI THE OTHER
Gophcrs Use Strong Secondary De-
tense and Play wCII In Every
Department of the Grid
iron Contest.


MINNEAPOLIS, Oct 21.--(specisl Tele-
gramD-Westegn conference football, as
played by Minnesota, again asserted its
superiority over that brand Of the grid
iron game played by the leading univer-
sity of the Missouri valley conference,
when the powerful Gophers, through bet
ter playing in every department of the
game triumphed over the fleet Corn
huskers on Northrup field this afternoon
by the score OF p to 3. Two touch
downs. resulting from the forward pass;
ono touchdown coming through straight
drive at center, and one goal from place
ment gave Minnesota its victory over the
Cornhuskers. A kick from placement in
the closing minute Of the contest by owen
Frank placed three points to the credit
of the hard-fighting men from Lincoln.
Minnesota has a powerful, offensive
eleven and staunch, rugged and defen-
slve machine, against which the visitors
were unable to gain consistently. The
Nebraska line. as had been feared. fell
Gown under the attack of the williams
players and gave way yard after yard.
it was not so much on the defense that
the line failed as 1t was on the offense
strong enough to keep the opposing line
men from sitting through and breaking
up Cornhuskers' play, often before these
plays had started.
Gcphers Play with Spirit.
The Minnesota men had a charge, dash
and push that felled the Nebraska de-
Tense at practically all times. In the
Minnesota backfield Powers, Pickering
and Capron displayed excellent work at
all stages, Pickering worked wonder
fully, both on the offensive and defen-.
sive. Playing defensive end. he drove
into the Cornhuskers' interference and
often stopped two and three men. The
Nebraska backs lost their interference
through the heroic work of the Minnesota
captain, and their pet plays were good
for naught.
On the return Of punts, the Minnesota
backs scintillated. They caught the BAH
securely and then rushed back for many
yards on the return.
Pickering, Capon and Stevens all were
excellent in this part Of the play. Capron,
TO whom Minnesota owes one of its
touchdowns from til forward fling, won
a warm spot in the hearts of the local
rooters through his broken field run
ming. He swerved off from tacklers
side stepped and gained yard after yard
when carrying the oval.
All the Minnesota men exhibited a
fine tendency to plunge forward after
being tackled. This last lurch forward
did much for them. Several times Ii
Feeuited in their just barely making
their downs. They were seldom thrown
back after being tackled. The light Ne
braska players were frequently forced
TO turn and fall toward their own goa
line. The Nebraskans. for the most
part, tackled hard and well. Minnesota
players always tackled hard and brought
the Cornhuskers to the ground with
thud.
Bright Spots for Nebraska.
There were moments of brilliant play
by the Cornhuskers in all quarters of
the game. The offense gained grounu
four times on the forward pass. The
backs ran the Minnesota ends well in
the second and fourth quarters. Raceiy
made away for two gains of twenty
yards Potter ran well and evaded the
tacklers for good gains. o. Frank was
speedy all the time and once made a
run OF thirty yards, Elliott, playing left
guard for Nebraska, made much trouble
on the defense. He was especially bril-
liant during the closing minutes of the
contest. Two forward passes attempted
by the Gophers were crushed by him.
a punt by Pickering on the Minnesota
fifteen-yard line was blocked through
Elhotts grand rust into Minnesota ter
ritory. The blocked ball was recovered
by the Minnesota captain.
Nebraska was handicapped in the
punting, Pickering booted the oval for
forty and forty-five yards regularly,
while o. Frank did not get more than
thirty, and often only twenty-five yards
on the exchange of punts the Gophers
gained a great deal In the opening
quarter, the punting nearly cost Nebraska
a touchdown. A tumble five minutes after
the game started gave the Gophers the
ball ON the Nebraska twenty-yard line.
Then. because the Nebraska punter could
not kick the ball back any great distance.
Minnesota kept the oval in the Corn
husker territory. Three times the Ne
braska line was forced to hold the
Gophers for downs within the ten-yard
line during this first quarter. Once the
masterful exertons OF the Cornhuskers
kept the ball from going over when It
was within one foot Of the goal line.
Ends DO Good work.
Neoraska's end did fine work in the
first half. and the Gophers found that
the players. chauner and Lofgren, could
not be outwitted. For the first thirty
minutes II looked as If Tobln end
Walinder, playing wing positions Tor
Minnesota would be easy for Nebraska
10 get BY. They were skirted for several
Good gains. They braced in the second
hAlf with Pickering playing defensive
left end and kept down the total yards
made on ends by NebraskA.
During the second half. 1finnesota