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THE NKBRASKAN
atactic.
Ncbruskii took tho northeast goal mid thc
game began. Unkcr used the gridiron start
and made seven yards. Next they played
stoi.knI stomcn! stoucn ! through the line and to their surprise only
That is the general verdict as to our game made three. They then lost a yard and were
with Baker on the 28th. " Baker take 'cr!" noro slirprisol than ever. They tried it
these Kansas preachers yell. If they can't arain but gained nothing, and the ball was
"take 'or" foy fair means they seem quite ()urs Oury took it ten yards just for a start
willing to do so by foul. It is getting to be n( yonl ni!Ue lcn just to keep him eom-
thc usual thing for Nebraska to play against pany Whipple and Flippen followed and
twelve men ; but even with the umpire's aid yont's next try was a seventeen-yard run.
the sky-pilots could do no better than to tie Thcn thc umpjre got in his first good work
the score. for na.ei. anl called a foul on Hopcwelb
The day was a perfect one for playing, but This gavp the m lo nakcr. They played
not very good for drawing a crowd. Old it down lhe foU aboul xriy yixns n sov.
Sol deserted us and it was quite chilly. Nev- Q till iinc playSi Tnen Heller, thc man who
erthclcss there should have been three times runs witfo fois fret and lets the wind toy with
as many people on the grounds as there were. i,js waving hair, got the ball and ambled
With a team playing as good football as ours gajiy down the lield for a sixty-yard run.
it is scandalous that not one quarter of the FHppen failed to tackle and Baker scored
students turn jut to a game. Neither do thc tncj,. f,rsl touch down. Farrar kicked goal
people of the town take the interest they afoout sjxtCon minutes after the play began,
should in the game. This shows a lack of Nebraska started from the center with the
metropolitan spirit. Football is tub fash- Dcland checker-board which Doane used to
ionable game in the East and if the Lincoln such g00(i advantage and made eleven yards.
elite were " on to their job" they would turn Flippen then made thenty-three. His thumb
out in larger numbers. had neen pul oul )r joint early in the game,
But to return to our mutton, or rather to bul lhat didn't cut any ice with Flipp. Yont
our pig-skin. Bak.-r won the toss as they lhon mnde a vard but losl lhc ban. The
have in every game this year, and took thc skv-pilots then made fifty vards on twenty
ball. Larrabee acted as referee, and Toomcy, pavs most of lhcm made" by Heller and
an innocent, ministerial-looking youth who Mo;tcr the hjlfs. The nmpire made five of it,
usually plays fullback for Baker, tried to act hmVevcr, on an imaginary offside play. Our
as umpire. Larrabee was fair us usual. hoys then got their mad up and stopped the
What Mr. Toomey usually is we don't kn -,v, thing right there. Four downs gave us thc
ball, and it was rushed steadily down thc
field by Yont, Flippen, Whipple and Oury,
but he certainly was not fair this time.
The teams lined up thus :
I1AKKR. NKBRASKA.
Gaines right-end left Johnston
Farrar right-tackle-left Oury
l:ogle right-guard-left Wilson
Pendleton center Hopewell easv goal.
5 lleft-tackle-right Whipple
Potter lefl-end-richt Slim.
Crawford
Flippen
Yont making a twenty-yard gain. Flippen
carried it over the line almost between the
posts. Crawford, for some reason, missed an
mien quarter
Motter rigbt-half-left. ,
Heller left-half-right.
Thomas Full
Toomey umpire
cooper
Taylor
Mucsse ) Substitutes
Mcsstnger
.Yont
. Lowry
f Micfarland
I Carney
. Frank
Wiggins
I Cameron
Baker started with the gridiron again and
made nine. Then they didn't make five in
four downs and we took the ball. It went
steadily down the field and when time was
called was on Baker's fifteen yard line.
Score of first half, Baker 6, Nebraska 4.
When it was time to play again the ball
was missing. After a short delay another
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