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fMB fHSSfERffil. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. Vol. XXVI LINCOLN. NKIMASKA. NOVEMBER ft. 18B No. f JFe are the Champions, Thorpe kicked off forty yards and Van wesleyan DEFEATED. xoT a walk-a-way. Ooozer seut it back thirty. Nebraska The game advertised to decide the theu starts down the field with twelve, championship of Nebraska has been t'0lir-six; sevon and so on till almost over played and wo hold the belt. It was a the Une bufc gives UP therG and lets Wes" game of extremes. There were a great leyan try lt a while' Thev bllck for a many star plavs on both sides and some smal1 gain anfl then Punt n the shuffle poor playing " In the latter, it must be a Wesleyan man Sets the baU bt they admitted that our team easily held the soon punt again to1' twenty-five yards palm, for to say thai they played rocky and Thorp takes the balL Wiggins goes most of the time but mildly expresses it. ar0llnd the 01ld f1' a fine nm of thirty After a brilliant beginning in which we -vards and theu Packard floes the same scored twelve in almost as many minutes, and Pllts lt behind the posts. Shedd the team almost went to pieces and' kicks an easy goal and we have six didn't get together again until the latter Tho kick off is thirt-v .vards and ThorP part of tin- second half. Our opponents carries ifc back oight Thelinejs Kjioke1 played us good ball as we expected, in a '0UPle ot times and titteen yards made. I'aH considerably better than most of the Theu Hansmi does his great act and (111 Jl 1 .lI 1 j 1 ci"vii anticipated. They have a very strong team for a small school. How ever, everyone of their points,, with the I 1 Ml I 1 1 i.1 1 j.l m'.iiuittn coming mruugji i no line wmi the pigskin wouldn't have made a greater hit. He makes twenty-five yards and exception of the difficult goal kick-by fclieu stoPs tor some uuknown reason. Elginfritz, was due to poor playing on We buck the lino for some good gains "i- part and not to anv brilliant moves and then fumbl- Wesleyan takes the by them ball, but soon does the same andNebms- Vandoozer won the toss and chose the ku goes at the bufik again and makes six" west goal and shortly nfir thvot. n'nlnn.k teen yards altogether and then hands ----., -w- . ,-., -..m. Hie men spread out as follows: NKUKAMM I'fMlTKIM Melfonl lungnn HilllBtJIl Kollar Turner Peare WigBjs Shedd I'aekard Thorp, Capt 'ook left end left tackle lufL guard center rjght guard right tackle right cud light half left half quarter Wkulkyan Iyeonard Dunn Hoffman S toner Gilbert, Lyle ThoniuK Klgenfritz Van Doozer, Capt Carver OIkou, Fitcbie H. Fitchin full.imek UihfialHi Lee. Dnim,. ",.,. .......!..,.. vi., ooane College, referee; Noble, VVcHleyan, and Cam "n. U. of N., linemen. over the ball on downs. Wesleyan is cautious and punts thirty yards. We try the bnek and then a couple of punts are exchanged. The ball is rushed up to the line and Shedd carries it over and also kicks goal. We now have twelve to nothing. Now Wesleyan pulls herself together and makes some points. The ball goes over th goal lino on the kick off and is brought to the twenty-five yard line. We make some yards, and then stop mak ing gains. The punt is tried but Wes- .v M l ' 1 i ,1 J ' t :'l I ;fi
