Sunday, November 23, 1941
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Snow and Wind Add Fined
Touches to Dramatic Game
By Norris Anderson
Memorial Stadium, Nov. 22
Nebraska's Scarlet and Cream
football banner, soaked and drag
gled, was pointed south to Okla
homa today. Behind on the snow
swept Memorial greensward waa
an Iowa U. team tht had fought
a game but losing battle in snow
and a biting wind.
There may have been better
football games than the annual
classic between the Huskers and
Hawkeyes but fans would have to
delve far into the records to find
a fray that could match the cur
rent fracas for thrills, sheer de
termination, and sentiment.
Huskers Come Back
Vike the Viscount Francis sup
plied a liberal amount of both
fL-. thrills and sentiment by returning
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Francis Regains Prestige
victim of an early season slump,
Vike moved with old-time power
to swing the battle tide midway
in the third stanza. A hasty Fran
cis stab through the middle capped
a 100-yard Husker march that
opened when Dale Bradley speared
an enemy kickoff on the goal line.
Co-hero of the Husker conquest
was Fred Preston. It was Preston,
a defensive dynamo all afternoon,
who paved the way for the second
Husker marker by blocking Hawk
eye Farmer's punt late in the
fourth period. Preston's momen
tum bounced the ball 30 yards
backwards where Jack Hazen,
soph end, outmaneuvered two
Hawkeyes for the touchdown. An
other accurate Francis placement
settled the issue.
All Stand Out
A list of Husker standouts
would include veritably the entire
team. Marvin "Bub" Thompson's
sterling defensive play, Abel and
Herndon's always great work
Metheny's generalship and tack
ling, Zikmund's running they all
stood out. Freddie Meier, Charlie
Duda, Vic Schleich, and Joe Byler
were other gems.
Husker bandsmen won plaudits
from the shivering crowd during
the intermission. One trombone
tooter summed up the situation
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Frosh footballers will get their
chance to show their offensive
wares tomorrow afternoon at 4
o'clock when they divide up for the
last intra-squad game of their sea
son. Pictures of the contest will be
taken and rivalry is keen at every
point on both of the teams, picked
by Coach Ad Lewandowski. Since
it is the big event of the calendar
for the frosh, a big turnout Is
expected. The game will be on
the field west of the coliseum.
with "It was like mugging an
Eskimo." The 25-milc per hour
gale failed to stop Don Lentz's
band from forming "Iowa" and a
state capitol before retirement.
Tom Farmer, Iowa's top back with
71 yards in 20 attempts, had praise
for Husker linemen Abel and
Herndon. "They were mighty
tough," chirped Farmer from the
rubdown table. "Vike Francis was
driving, too."
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praised too highly, pulled It down
and headed for the east sidlincs,
going for 27 yards before being
forced out of bounds.
After a line buck had failed,
the Huskers cut Allen Zikmund
loose on a reverse that carried
the ball up to the 40. Considering
the showing that preceded, it
looked like a faint but useless
rally on the part of the under
dogs. The fans were cold and they
were sure that the same was true
of the Huskers. They were all
wrong.
Thompson Provides Thrill.
With the ball on their own 40,
they lined up again and this time
the unexpected happened. Marvin
Thompson, a defensive star at end,
sneaked around behind quarter
back Fred Metheny and took the
ball on an end around play for
nine yards. Vike Francis, show
ing an amazing comeback, drove
through for a first down on the
Iowa 47.
Vike took over and in two plays
he had moved the ball 12 yards
ahead. Zikmund got two, Metheny,
three and Francis, nine, to put the
ball on the 21, deep in the Hawk
territory.
A fumble and a one yard loss
In the line put the ball on the 25.
Bradley dropped back to pass but
decided differently when he saw
an opening around his right end.
He took off and finally ended up
on the Iowa 4-yard line. In two
plays, Francis drove it across and
then added the extra point after
the 98 yard drive of the Husker?
had succeeded.
Six Points Difference.
The Huskers were within six
points of the favored Iowans and
there were 12 minutes gone out
of the third period. The two touch
downs that the Hawkeyes had
scored earlier seemed just as big
after the Husker touch but they
hadn't given up hope.
Iowa did all of the scoring that
was done in the first half when
afttr a concentrated drive had
netted 77 yards and a touchdown
in the second quarter.
Tom Farmer Shows Plenty.
Chief contributor to the drive
was Tom Farmer, junior running
star for the invaders. He did
everything in the drive, plunging,
blocking and passing. When the
rush had stalled on the Husker 34
and it was last clown, Farmer
cocked his arm and let fire a pass
that clicked to Al Couppe for 21
yards and a fjre down on Ne-
DrasKa s id.
A three yard loss followed by a
pass from Farmer to Wilford
Burkett placed the ball on the 3
where Farmer carried it across
He missed on the kick that was
destined to decide the game.
This was accomplished after
6Vi minutes were gone from the
second period, ending the scoring
for the half.
Hawkeyes Do It Again.
With a determined look on their
faces the Hawks came back on
the field after the rest period.
They kicked off with the wind
again and held for downs, forcing
Bradley to punt out on the Ne
hraska 45.
On the first play from scrim
mage, Bill Green was trapped
back on his own 44. Farmer then
whipped a pass to Clarence Parker
which was good to the Husker 41
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Farmer then passed for 18 yards
to Cuppe down to the 23.
Husker in Vain Attempt.
The fighting Huskers dug in and
held for three downs and the fans
sank back in relief. Their secure
feeling was soon shattered as
Farmer again dropped back to
pass and he found waiting arms
on the person of Bill Green who
caught the ball and dove eicht
yards to score. This time Farmer
converted and the cause seemed
hopeless.
It was at this point that the
Huskers look over. After they had
scored the first touchdown, the
Scarlet gridders traded off the
possession of the ball several times
with Iowa, finally coming up with
it on their own 35-yard line and
three minutes had passed in the
fourth quarter.
Punt Is Blocked.
Bernard Mertes fumbled but re
covered on his own 30 on the fol
lowing play and the Hawkeyes de
cided to punt. Farmer dropped
back and both lines poised for the
punt. The punt failed, however,
as Fred Preston, playing a stellar
game at his end spot, hurtled all
blockers to meet the ball as it had
left Farmer's foot. The ball he.'id
ed for the end zone with one
Iowan and three Huskers in close
pursuit.
Bill Green, the Iowan, could not
get to it in time as Jack Hazen
plopped on it in the end zone for
the tying touchdown. Had .Green
fallen on it, however, it would
have meant but two points for the
Huskers instead of six. Again
Vike Francis dropped back for the
crucial point and again the ball
sailed true and the score stood at
14-13. From here on nothing ex
citing happened and Nebraska
ended up with the ball on its own
40-yard line.
Preston Leads Winners.
For a victorious Husker team,
there were many stand-outs, Pres
ton for his defensive work;
Thompson for the same. Fred
Meier and George Abel and Clar
ence Herndon, all three, were bad
news for the Hawks. In the back
field, Vike Francis, in providing
eight points, made himnelf popu
lar once again with Nebraskans.
Dale Bradley, although his net
yards gained was negative, turneJ
in a stand-out game as did Zik
mund and Metheny. After the
game Bradley was slated to have
an X-ray taken to determine,
whether or not there were any
ribs broken after the bruising aft
ernoon. Well, the game is over and we
won. It's a different feeling than
usual but a good one and about
everyone in the Huskerland have
the same feeling that was voiced
after the game by Head Mentor
Biff Jones:
"It's a grand and glorious feel
ing to win a game like that, isn't
it?" he asked. We agreed.
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