Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-22
SCORE TwENTY.ONE TO THREE
Scarlet aad Cream Players Only
Score Field Goal.
WILLIAMS MEN IN FINE FORM
Forward Pass Nets Two Of Their
Three Touchdowns.
STRAIGHT FOOT BALL THE OTHER
tense and Play WCII in Every
Department of the Grid
iron Contest,

IRON Oontthts
MINNEAPOLIs, Oct. 2t.-(Special Tele-
granny conference football, as
played by Minnesota. again asserted its
superiority over that brand Of the grid
iron game played by the leading univeT-
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 21 to g Two touch
downs, resulting from the forward pass;
ono touchdown coming through a 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-fghting men from Lincoln.
Minnesota has a powerful, offensive
eleven and a 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.
Gcphcrs Play with Spirit.
The Minnesota men had 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 scintllIated. 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 Tx 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
Fesuited 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 grouna
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
tacl1lers 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
EIliotts grand rust into Minnesota ter
ritory. The blocked ball was recovered
by the Minnesota captain.
Nebraska was handicapped in the
puntng, 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 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 exertiOns OF the Cornhuskeri
kept the ball from going over when Il
was within one foot Of the goal line.
Ends DO Good Work.
Nebraska's end did fine work in tn,
first half. and the Gophers found tina
the players. Chauner and Lofgren, couit
not be outwitted. For the first thirD
minutes it looked as II Tobln Ant
Walinder. playing wing positions foi
Minnesota would be easy for Nebraski
10 get By. They were shirted for aevera
good gains. They braced In the secont
kalL with Pickering playinH defensive
left end and kept down the total yard
made on ends by Nebraska.
During the second half MinaesotI