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was procured, but just as it was about to bo ion. Mo made a frantic ollbrt to secure it,
put in play the first one was discovered hid- incidentally sacrificing the respect ol every
den under the Bakerilo's sweaters. This was spectator of the game. Yont had just made
of course only a playful joke. If our visitors a seven-yard gain and was holding the ball
hadn't been divinity students wo would have with both hands. "Ugly" Taylor was sitting
concluded that they wanted to swipe the on him, punching him in the ribs. Yont was
0I' just about to call foul when the umpire did
Well, we tried the checker-board again for so. Yont of course thought tlml he had seen
lifteeen yards. The ball traveled down to- Taylor's "chicken." He was rather sur
wards Baker's goal as usual. We lost it for prised when he found that he was the one
a minute but soon got it again and kept it who was supposed to have made the foul,
moving till it was over their five-yard line. Mr. Toomey has a face on him like a three
Then it was given to them on a close docis- dollar Waterbury watch, and he kept it right
ion. Mottor fell back of the line to punt, but with him. All the kicking that Crawford
he made a botch of it. llo had hardly got could do availed nothing. Baker took the
his hands on the ball before Shue was on ball and played it to the center of the field
him. He dropped the ball and Crawford before time was called.
fell on its neck and wept. The crowd of That Baker was outplayed there is no
course went wild. Crawford kicked goal doubt. The ball was in their territory nearly
and the score stood Nebraska 10, Baker 6. all the time. Heller's run was a scratch and
Baker started, as usual, with the gridiron, should have been stopped b' Flippen or
They didn't use this to as much advantage as Lowry. The second touch down was fairly
we did the Hying wedge. This time they earned. Both of ours were earned twice
made eight yards. Our men seemed to lose over, once from the players, who are a fine
their ginger for a while. Though they fought set of fellows, and once from the umpire,
hard Baker made a touch down without who certainly was misguided,
losing the ball. Most of it was made by Heller and Taylor are Baker's best play
short end runs. They punted once for twelve ers. Taylor was handicapped by a sore
yards and Yont should have got the ball but knee.
did not. Taylor, who had come into the Shue's tackles were, as usual, excellent,
game early in the second half, missed goal Baker's halls did almost all the bucking,
and the score was tied. Mottor is not up to Heller's standard, but
In the next start Nebraska used the plays a good game,
checker-board for fifteen yards. Whipple Wilson and Oury are as immovable as a
and Oury then made a dozen yards and Flip- stone walK After a few t,.;als Baker stoppe(l
pen four or five more. Baker then got the pi!iyjng the ball against that part of the line,
ball in a scrimmage. They seemed afraid Wq tQ Umt To .8 cu of a
of our line and tried a punt. Wilson got the Qn Y(mt ncnr lhe end of thc wng
ball. fifurti vnrds nearer the center. INe
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braska kept up her good work and the ball
was carried to within two yards of Baker's
goal line. Yont and Flippen did most of the
work, but Oury and Whipple were by no
means dead. The game was practically
won. Never has Nebraska got over the five-
the most brazen-faced piece of robbery ever
perpetrated on a ibotbnll field.
Whipple's plays were as successful as ever,
He gained every time.
Taylor said after the game that the only
foul he saw, when Toomey claimed one on
ii- 1 c m 1 , ... u ti,;u timo Yont, was the one he was making himself,
yard line and failed to score, liut tins time
we were playing against a new kind of fool- Baker played Doane on Monday. The
ball. The umpire saw Baker's claim to the score was 10-0, in Baker's favor. A touch
championship of the west sliding into obliv- down and goal were made in the first half
