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About The Hesperian / (Lincoln, Neb.) 1885-1899 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 12, 1896)
fcV TUB HI3S.PERIA-N !) obtained a severe drubbing at her hands. Our boys aro in splendid form, however, and by Thanksgiving will be able to put up a very fine article of foot-ball. The Omaha game will undoubtedly be a good one this year and a" large delegation should go up and cheer the boys on to victory. Lost the Kansas Game. scour. 18 to 4. Nebraska kicks oft and the ball is re turned a short distance. Then a stretch of see-sawing took place and Nobraska owns the ball. Two kicks are blocked by Kansas. Nebraska gets the ball and w forced to punt again. The ball is stopped on our one yard by n jayhawkor, and Bonn the Indian half-back is pushed over and goal kicked. After the kick-off the Kansas guards worked the tandem buck for twenty yards audi hen losi. Thorp kicks but we soon -,. the ball on downs. Ends get on side for th. quarter kick. Wig ghisgets tin. ball ami makes our one touchdown. Thorp punts out for a try t goal but the ball is not caught. -Kansas six, Nebraska, four. Kaiwn, kicks off and Nebraska takes "all to foriy ynrd line and time is called. SECOND HALF. At the kick-off Thorpe carries the ball I j?1' thi,t' yrd Hne. Nobraska punts. j Mnsns man jumps into the air after 2 but is petted a little by. Dungan 1 Poiu, falls on the ball. The Laur- nce .man Hainis he was trying for a fair a ,!i( lrhe iicial os Kftsas the I and fi toon yards. Hero's where the v2fl m ?H' Bflftn now s tY W ,,11U,l1thePs and goal isdueked. " Sl's l 1 by twelve to four. tuudl kiek"off' thw rds piyi ball to i, Lho,'P Pul' Kansas rushes M, venteen yard line and loses again. Thorpe punts. Then by plung ing they slowly work to another touch down and goal. Score; eighteen to four. Kansas now does most of her work on end plays but no more points are made. NOT SO WITH THE MEDICS. By agreement, the halves at Kansas City were only twenty-five minutes. Ne braska took the south goal and the wind. The Medics kick off, Thorpe runs back a few yards with the ball and then punts. The doctors phing awhile and then give over the ovoid. Wiggins makes fifteen yards on a cross buck but loses the ball. Medics advance ball to our five yard line and then lost. Nobraska punts, and the Medics take the ball at the center. They plunge for a few yards, lose, and Thorpe punts again. Ball goes over the line, Medics put it down, touch-back. After the ball is brought to the twenty-five yard line, Nobraska makes one play and time is called. No score. SECOND HALF. Nebraska kicks off and the Medics make a good run back. They lose on end runs and give us the ball. We ad vance a few yards and punt and the doc tors do ditto. Thorpe makes a free catch. Soon after the kick we get the ball again. See-sawing is the order of the day, and we get to the fifteen yard lino. Thorpe gives Turner's signal but his (Turner's) opponent is on to what's up and grabs Turner. The official sees the foul and gives us ten yards. Five yards to make. A fumble is made and the ball bounces back- to Whipple who carries it over the line. Shedd kicks goal. There. is one-half .minute left to play. The Medics make two rung and get a touchdown but I fail goul.&Thore. was much dissatisfaction, over allowing the touch-down as even one line up, and run would take much more time than was : ,1 'HI ! i fl m .n n l 4 mm . I V