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Well, One More Valley Team Knows What Its Pennant Chances Are HUSKERS SAVE GAME WITH AMES BY A LUCKY KICK Nebraska Eleven Unable to Penetrate Defense of Iowa Aggies and Barely Win, Three to Naught.- COREY MAKES FIELD GOAL Captain Gets Ball on Fumble and Makes Only Score of Game. FUMBLING MASKS FLAY By FRED S. HUNTER. Lincoln, Nov. 4. (Special.) Dis playing a splendid defensive game that thwarted every hostile attempt to score, but woefully lacking on the offensive, Doc Stewart's Cornhuskers won a 3-to-0 victory over the Ames Aggies by the skins of their teeth here today, and cinched their seventh successive Missouri Valley champion While it was a victory for Nebraska- and it won the conference title, the clash was annoyingly dis appointing to the greater part ot tne 7.000 spectators who were in at tendance. Nebraska went into the fray a heavy odds-on favorite. Popu lar bets were that the Huskers would win by fourteen or fifteen points. And the Ames boys who coppered these wagers went home heavy winners. Huskers Lucky to Win. The Cornhuskers outplayed their opponents, as the figures will tell, but it was a general verdict that Stewart's men were pretty lucky to win. In the third quarter a fumble by Aldrich gave Captain Corey an opportunity to attempt a goal from field and Captain Tim was equal td the occasion. Nebraska had at least two chances to score touchdowns, but threw them away. Both the Huskers and Aggies gave remarkable demonstrations of de fensive foot ball, but fell down with a sickening thud on the offensive. The Cornhusker line new nice stone wall. The Ames charges crumpled before it like tender wheat before a tornado. Once in a while Slosa scamoered off a tackle or around an end for a fair gain, and occasionally Aldrich and Johnson negotiated a few yards, but these gains were made inconsistently and could not De niaae to count. Corey Saves Day. Corey's goal kick occurred imme diately after the opening of the third quarter. Corey kicked of fto Sloss on Ames' twenty-eight-yard line. Al drich fumbled and Nebraska recovered the ball on Ames' twenty-nine-yard line. Johnny Cook skirted the Aggie right end for eighteen yards, but his mates could take it no further, so he signaled for Corey to attempt a place kick from the eighteen-yard line. Cook held the ball true and Captain Tim booted it directly between the up rights and thus manufactured the only three points counted by Stewart's men. ' Sloss and Dobson staged a punting duel during the remainder of the quarter, with the" ball in Nebraska territory most of the time. The final period was slowly played, with neither team showing anything, and Dobson and Sloss kept up their punting duel when their team-mates failed to gather in any ground. Omaha Well Represented. A big gathering of Omaha foot ball fans went down for the game. The South Side stock yards bunch paid their annual visit to Nebraska -field, about 200 going down in a special train and taking George Green's band along to provide a little competition for the university bands of Nebraska and Ames. Mary Megeath, queen of Ak-Sar-Ben i.nd her ladies in wait ing, were guests of'Erevitt Bucking ham on the special. The regular morning trains to Lin coln were leaded with Omaha fans and on the 9:15 train a score or so had to stand up the entire trip. The special train at noop carried about 350 on it, which made the Omaha repre sentation a pretty sizeable one. Ames Kicks Off, - Ames chose to kick off to Nebraska at the start of the game. Doyle took the kick and carried the ball to Ne braska's forty-two-yard line. The Huskers failed to gain on the first play and to make it good were slipped a fifteen-yard penalty because an over-anxious lineman held. Dobson fell back and punted to Ames' thirty-five-yard line. The Aggies could not gain and Sloss punted. Neither could the Huskers gain and Dobson punted right back. Caley reeled off a nine yard run, but the Huskers stopped a moment later when Doyle fumbled 'and an Aggie pounced on the pigskin. The Aggies managed to make two inches in three dpwns and Sloss was called upon to kick again. Four Hen in One Position. On the next scrimmage Shoemaker was laid up and removed from the ,game in favor of Schalk. Just a few 'moments before Shoemaker had taken Erskine's place when the latter was injured. A little later in the game Evans went in for Schalk when he was hurt. Thus four men -played in this position in the game, three of them being removed on account of injuries. Nebraska drew another, fifteen-yard penalty and Dobson kicked. The Aggies started a spurt here and the spectators began to worry a little. A forward pass trom aloss to jonnson netted fifteen yards, after which Johnson reeled off five yards and Sloss four more. But on the next play Johnson fumbled and the Husk ers were saved. ' The Aggies had a distinct advantage in the first quarter, keeping the ball in Husker territory most of the time. Hawkers Lose Heart. The second quarter opened with the ball in Ames' possession on Ne braska thirty-eight-yard line. A few seconds after the start of this period the Kositsky play was pulled off. Sloss fumbled and the Cornhusk- (CantlABed ob Fag Two, Celumsj Om) COLGATE DEFEATED BY YALE WARRIORS New Haven Overcomes Visitors in Final Period by Seven to Three. NO SCORING IN TEE FDZST New Haven. Nov. 4. Yale defeated Colegate here today, 7 to 3. Neither side was able to score in the first period. At one time Colgate had rushed the ball to Yale' three yard line. Successive attempts to carry it over failed against the Blue defense and Legore getting the ball ran it back thirty-six yards out of Yale territory. Yale missed a field goal from the forty-two yard line by a narrow margin. In the second period a thirty-yard run by Spencer carried the ball to Yale's twenty-yard line, from which West kicked a field goal. Legore later fumbled a fair catch and Col gate recovered the ball in midfield. The half ended with the ball in Yale's possession on its own forty-five-yard line. Colgate was penalized frequent ly for holding and offside play. Score: Colgate, 3; Yale, 0. There was no scoring in the third period. Legore missed a field goal from the thirty-five-yard line after Yale had advanced the ball by a long forward pass. Neville to Legore. A poor kick by Hubbell gave Yale the hall on the visitors' fifteen-vard line at the close of the period. Score; Col gate, 3; Yale, u. Yale scored in the four period when, on a fordward pass from Ne ville, Legore took the ball and car ried it over for a touchdown, from which the goal was kicked. Repeated attempts at forward passing failed to gain for. Colgate. In the last sec onds of play Hutchinson attempted a field goal, but the ball struck the goal post and bounded away asi the whistle blew. Final score: Yale 3; Colgate, 3. Lineup: YALE. COLGATE). dates X..B- R.H Nellson Taft L.T. B.T Horning Black L.O. R.Q Barton Vow . ....C. C Carroll Qalt R.Q. L.0 Good Baldrige "..R.T. L.T Weet Comerford R.E. L.E Caeteltanos E. T. Smith. .... Q.B. Q.B Anderson Neville ....... L.H.B. R.H.B Hubball Legore R.H.B. L.H.B Bek Hutchlnsod F.B. F.B Gillo Commerce High Loses to Souths By Single Kick ' The High School of Commerce lost to the South High school, 7 to 6, in a game witnessed by a large crowd yes terday. The two' teams were pretty evenly matched, putting up a fighting contest. The boys from the packing house district found the Leavenworth Street school's line like a stone wall and rarely made their downs. The Souths made their touchdown in the second quarter when a punt by Carlisle was blocked, Graham re covered the ball and ran with an open field before him across the line. Gra ham kicked goal. The Commerce score was well earned. The team- fought its way down, the field by end runs and line plunges, Carlisle, going over for a touchdown. Their fate came when E. Rokusek failed to kick goal. Dworak, halfback for South, was put out of the game in the first half by the referee for unnnecessary roughing. - Captain Reeves was the star of the game by the way he fought through out the game,, breaking through his opponent's line- on the defense and breaking up their plays. His mates, Conhiser, Dewey and Carlisle, did most of the effective work on the of fense, while Rugie was the main fac tor of the South Siders. The, lineup: COMMERCE. I SOUTH RtOH. 9. Rokusek L.E.1L.E Corr iarsch L.T. L.T Caldwell' Huth L.G. L.G Peteraon leeves (o.) C. C Hedgren loss ...R.Q.1r.O Jielm anderson R.T.lR.T Rugle 11. Rokuaak ....R.E.R.E Graham onhtser Q.B.Q.B.. Etter Morearty L.H.IL.H Hunter Dewey R.H.IR.H Dworak Carliala F.B.F.B Banner Substitutes! Emlgh for Dworak, Stoetsel for Morearty. Officiate: Montgomery, ref eree; Hater, head linesman. Time of quar ters: 16:00. Heinie Harsch Wins From Champ Owens In Fast Pool Play Heine Harsch held his nerve to the end in a nip and tuck game with Champion "Billy" Owens last night at the Subway pocket billiard tour nament. In the twelfth frame the score stood 82 to 69, in favor of Owens. The balls were breaking bad for Harsch until he suddenly pulled a tough combination and won the game with an unfinished run of 31 balls, the final score being 100 to 82. Referee "Dick" "Stanley's quick, clean cut decisions have been well received by both spectators and play ers during the tournament. There will be no game Saturady or Sunday. Grand Island High : Wins From York a . York, Neb., Nov. 4. (Special Tel egram.) Grand Island High school foot ball eleven defeated York, 7 to 0. The game was slow and neither team showed any pep. Owens of Grand Island intercepted a forward pass and ran fifty yards just at the close of the game. Stars for Grand Island were: C. Ingleman, Owens and Commins; for York: D. Meyers, (jlasser and Morgan. Lineup GRAND ISLAND. YORK. Van Dtcar Tate Mohler .... Richardson Hill ...... D. Myers C. Myers ..... Bowers OlauM- H. Inaleman....R.E, R.K.. R.T.. R.O.. C....( L.O.. L.T.. L.E.. Swift R.T. Donovan R.O. Patlmer C. Owens L.G. Odun I..T. Janet ...L.E. Commins ......... Q. KIrsh .....F c. ing-ieman b.h Marsh L H R.H. LH. Mornan Webber Referee: Sam Wauch. Nebraska. Umolre McFarland. Head linesman: Zlnns, Orand Island. Edrar Team Wins. Edgar. Nb., Not. 4, (Special.) The Ed far and Falrbury Hih school foot ball teams met on the Edgar irtdiron yesterday afternoon and thee Ed gar turn won a hard fought batUa, U to 4. GOPHERS HUMBLED BY ILLffl ELEVEN Illinois Springs Biggest Sur prise of Season by Defeat ing Minnesota. SCORE, FOURTEEN TO NINE Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 4. Min nesota' hope for a clear claim to the Western Conference foot ball cham pionship was shatterd today when Illinois, already defeated by Ohio State, sprang one of the biggest sur prise of the gridiron season by hum bling the reputed powerful Gophers, 14 to 9. Illinois scored two touch downs in the opening period and kicked two goals, while Minnesota counted its nine points with a touch down, goal from touchdown, and a afrtv in the third Deriod. The game, one of the hardest fought battles seen here in ecent years, consisted for the most part of new foot ball, although Minnesota at times gained consistently with straight line drives. Punting Honors Even. With forward passes, Illinois ex- celled while punting honors were about even. Minnesota made several costly fumbles and Illinois was penal ized several times for off-side and for holding. A record crowd witnessed thegame. In the first few minutes of play Ma comber made a touchdown and Knapp kicked goal. After the kickoff a for ward pass was intercepted Dy Kratt and Macomber kicked goal. Score end first period: Minnesota, 0; Illinois, 2. Illinois punted to the Gopher fifteen-yard line, Wyman attempted a forward past to Baston, but the ball missed its mark. Baston punted to the Illinois thirty-five-yard line and An derson carried the ball twenty yards arouna rigm ena. Illinois iosi mteen yards on the next olav. but followed it with two successful forward passes which netted eighteen yards. Kicks to Center. Baston received a punt on his own ten-yard line and kicked to the center of the field. With an end run and a forward pass Illinois placed the ball on Minnesota's thirty-five-yard line. Buckley intercepted a forward pass on his own twenty-yard line. An exchange of kicks ended the period. Score: Illinois, 14; Minne sota, 0. Illinois kicked to Long, who ad vanced the ball fifteen yards from his own ten-yard line. The aerial route, Wyman to Baston, netted ten yards and Sprafka and Long each gained five yards through center. A for ward pass failed. A second forward pass, Wyman to Long, counted for fifteen yards. Illinois was penalized five yards for off side. Another pass, Wyman to Long, placed the ball on Illinois' twenty-yard line. Later P. Hanson went over and Baston kicked goal. Kicks to Macomber. Minnesota kicked to Macomber. who was downed in his tracks on Illi nois' fifteen-yard line. - Macomber kicked to Sinclair, who was downed in the center of the field. Baston kick ed to the Illinois ten-yard line. The Illinois players rushed for the ball. which was fumbled and rolled over the goal line, counting for a safetv for Minnesota. Score, end third period: Minnesota. 9; Illinois, 14. Fourth period: With an end run and two forward passes, Minnesota carried the ball to Illinois twenty yard line. Minnesota lost the ball on downs, and Illinois, failing to gain, kicked to their own forty-vard line and recovered the ball on a fumble. The Illinois could not gain by straight foot ball, but advanced the ball to the Minnesota twenty-yard line with a forward pass. , Illinois attempted to kick a field goal, but Baston rushed in, snatched up the ball, and ran to the center of the field before he was downed. The quarter ended without further scor ing. Final score: . Minnesota, 9; Illinois, 14. Lineup and summary: MINNESOTA. ILLINOIS. L.B Kraft L.T. . Rundqulat L.O O. Petty C Schlauderman R.Q Stewart Baston (C.) L.E. Townlejr .L.T. Sinclair .... J, Hansen.. Mayer Hauser , , . , Buckley . . , Long Sprafka ... H. Hansen, Wyman .... L.O. C. ...-B.O. R.T.IR.T... R. Petty .R.E. -Q.B. R.B ChrletianBon Q.B. . . Macomber (C. ) L.H.B Sternaman L.H.B. ..R.H.B. R.H.B.. Anderson . . Kropp F.B. F.B. . Score by periods : Minnesota , o a f o !"" 14 0 14 Referee: eMans, Pennsylvania. Umpire: Juneau, Wisconsin. Field Judge: Grady, Northwestern. Head linesman : Graham, OrlnnelL Time ot period: 16 minutes each. Minnesota Safety: Sternaman. Touch down: Sprafka. Goal from touchdown: Baston. Illinois scoring; touchdowns: Ma comber, Kraft. Goals from touchdown: Ma comber (2). Substitutes Minnesota: Carl ion for H. Hansen, Anderson for Sprafka. Illinois none. Yale Wins Annual Cross-Oonntry Run New Haven, Conn., Nov. 4. Yale WOn ttl ann.1 wra . with Princeton today, Yale's captain being the first to'finish in 36:26 1-5 for the course of a little over six miles. B. R. Shotwell, Princeton cap tain was seconU The team score was: Yale, 20; Princeton, 35. Condi tions for the run were good. Franklin Academy Girls' r Team Loses and Boys Win Franklin, Neb, Nov. 4. (Special.) 7i, Frsllltlin academy girls' basket ball team was defeated on the home field by the Cambridge High school girls. It was a clean, hard game, and while the academy girls showed su perior team work, Cambridge won by expert basket throwing. The academy foot ball team defeat ed McCook High school team on the academy field by a score of 6 to 0. The teams were well matched and the game was a hard-fought one. AUUnn Risk Defeats Chadroo Normal. AlllanM, Nab.. Nor. 4. (Spaclal.) Al llanca Huh scboot defeated Chadron Normal yastsrdar. 41 to 4, (hoiia-n rre.tlr out weighed by Chadron. The tame waa wlt naaaed by about 1,000 people, the business men of the city havlnr ralsnd, funds and opened th. gate to all achool children tr.e. ' Gothenburg High Wins. Gothenburg, Neb., Nov. 4. (Special Tel.. gram. ) Gothenburg High defeated Broken Bow High at Broken Bow today. 4 to 0. Gothenburg plays Orand Island bsr. nsit rrlday. . . SPORTS SECTION of The Omaha Sunday Bee Four Active WASHINGTON FALL BEFORE I0LYERIK Michigan Overwhelms St. L Eleven by Score of Slxtjj Six to Seven, MISSOURI TEAM TOO LI Ann Arbor, Mich, Nov. 4. W gan's powerful foot ball eleven whelmed Washington university Louis, 66 to 7, here today. The souri team was too light to with the battering attack of Yost's me in the last period Michigan s almost at will. Washington got a touchdown i second period when Kling interc a forwald pass and rarufifty yart the score. Dawson kicked goal. Maulbetsch was a team in hii making great gains through Was ton s line and scoring tour 1 downs. Busick played a good for the visitors. Doane Overruns an Outkicks TeamFn ' University of 0m; - Crete, Neb, Nov. 4. (Special, gram.) Doane won its first ga the season yesterday by wallopii University of Omaha to the tund to 0. The game was featurd much punting, Johnson of (I having the edge in that r r i- - 1 I l t) ...1 UlllUllil H.11KCU tu unci, wuvj icui the ball ten yards. After losing t ball by kicking, Dqane attempted a goal from placement, but failed. In the second quarter after a for ward pass by King netting twenty yards, Jeffries raced twenty yards for Doane's first touchdown, and the goal kick was successful. In the third quarter Doane completed two out of three passes attempted, but was com pelled to kick out of danger. After intercepting a pass in the last quarter McDonald went forty yards for an other touchdown. With seven min utes left to play McDonald made an other spectacular run of thirty yards for the last touchdown. Goal wa kicked. McDonald, Jeffries and Hay lett starred for Doane, while Dele matre, Yokum and Jonnson starred for Omaha. Lineup: DOANE. OMAHA. Bayer I..E. Bluet (C.) L.T. Dewson-Hobson. L.O. Ij.TB Johnson L.T.... . Konbmaker Cohen . Flnklnstetn .Selbert (C.) . ... Furbush .... Simmons .. Delematre Leach L.Q... C R.O.... R.T... Kreba .C. Norrl Kemp King McDonald Haylett ..R.O. . .R.T. ..RE ..LH ..F.B. R.E... LH..., IF.B... R.H... Klnney-Mlckle .B.H. Tokum Jeffries-Powers. Q.B. (Q.B. Crawford J. Riddel.. Campbell, referee) and umpire, Hajtlnifs, headllnBtnan. Huron College Blocks Kick and Wins Game Rapid City, S. D., Nov. 4. (Special Telegram.) When Huron college blocked a punt of the School of Mines on the Mines' goal line a Huron man fell on it and scored the only touch down of the game here today. Huron failed to kick goal. Huron won, 6 to 0. Neither team gained through the line or round ends and both did much punting. Boughton, fullback for Huron, was badly injured in tackling and sustained a serious con cussion on the side of his head.. It is thought he will recover: Edgar Defeats Falrbury. Edgar. Neb., Nov. 4. (Special.) Edgar High school came back Friday In whirlwind fa.hlon and surpr'-aed Falrbury. Coach Roscne had given the locals' lineup a com plete ehakeup. The new combination worked like clockwork, throwing Falrbury for losses at will and plowing Its own way through for touchdowna. Devore at halfback showed up especially strong. Strawaer's peases and Wager's end runs were also features. Falr bury's only scors cams' on a fluke when Falrbury failed to place kick and one of their men recovered the ball and raced eighty yards for a touchdown. They failed to kick goal. Early In the season Falrbury defeated dgar, 1 to . 3 i OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 5, 1916. Members of the Ames Foot Ball Team I" ) (Ml) I" 41 Impervious Defense Southerners in Middle of Field Till Very Last. SEVEN TOUCHDOWNS MADE Cambridge, Mass.,' Nov. 4. Har vard's foot ball team beat the of fense of the University of Virginia today for a total of fifty-one points, the Crimson's high score of the sea son, while an impervoius defense held the southerns at midfield the entire game except for a few minutes. The contest was a remarkable ex- hibition of Harvard's secondary atrcnKin, as six 01 tne eleven men who started the game .against Cor nell, were not called into play at any time and the Crimson still presented three almost complete teams. Seven touchdowns were made, with goals from six of them, and Bond also kicked a field goal standing thirty-two yards away. Sioux Falls High Routed by Lincoln Sioux Falls, S. D Nov. 4. Out weighed, outplayed and outclassed in every department of the game, Sioux Kail High went down to defeat yester day at the hands of the Lincoln, Neb., High school, by a score of 60 to 0. At no time during the game was the Sioux Falls team able to get the ball inside the Lincoln forty-yard line. On the other hand, the Nebraskans marched up and down the field al most at will, puncturing their op ponents' line and circling their ends without an effort. Lincoln's machine like interference accounted for the thirty-three points piled up during the half and Lincoln passes, specta cular runs and intercepted Sioux Falls passes were responsible for the other twenty-seven points in the sec ond half. rancriniT Doane always IllllSllfrlwaaaaBaa. strong and his year will probably prove no excepion. Beaver City Loses Two Games to Holbrook Holbrook, Neb., Nov. 4. (Special Telegram. )---The Beaver City basket ball and foot ball teams played here yesterday afternoon. The Holbrook girls won in the basket ball game, 14 to 4. The boys were victorious in the foot ball game, 26 to 14. The Farmers' institute and stock show was held here Friday and Sat urday and good crowds were in at tendance the two days. The stock as well as the poultry exhibit would do credit to a large tair and great inter, est was taken in the affair. John Dalton of Lincoln, who is con nected with the State Live Stock Sani tary board, did the stock judging. Warren Pratt of Beaver City, judged the poultry. J. S. Bolibaughs hardware store was entered early Friday morning and some cutlery was stolen. The Beaver City town foot ball team played here this afternoon and won, 19 to 0. Kewpie Kilduff Bats Aqainst Walt Johnson Kewpie Kilduff, the demon Rourke shortstopper who goes to the New York Giants, got a taste of big league base ball the other day at Joplin, Mo. He batted against Walter Johnson. It is not necessary to mention how many hits he didn't make. Johnson and Grover Alexander tangled up in a battle and ' Kewpie played short for Alexander's team. George Cochran of the Topeka team played third, Dave Griffith of Wichita did the catching. Goldie Rapp of St. Joseph and Tex Jones of Des Moines played on Johnson's club. Johnson's team won, 3 to 2, when Alexander's support broke down in the ninth. The hits were even at seven each. CREIGHTON RUNS I RINGS ABOUT THE ST. LOUIS ELEVEN Wonderful Control of Forward Pass Shown by Omaha Team Brings Twenty to Noth ing Victory. TERRIFIC LINE PLUNGES Catholics Show Excellence 14 Every Department of the Game, TWO GOALS FROM FIELD St. Louis, Nov. 4. (Special Tele-- gram.) Creighton university had an easy time beating St. Louis university, 20 to 0, here today. A wonderful ssytem of forward passing, terrific line plunges and two goals frorrfHhe field by Captain Plata turned the trick. Not since the old days when Coach' Cochems' St Louis university team was champion of the middle west-has St. Louis seen the forward pass worked so neatly as by Creighton. Plata directed the aeriaV passes so cleverly that the ends on the St. Louia university team were little more than spectators to the completion of ths Creighton plays. . Plays Rings Around St Louis. The Creighton backfield played i ings around St. Louis. Platz, Lutes, Flannagan and Long, in fact, gave the first real exhibition V true backfield class that has been seen in St Louis this year. The first score of the game came in the first quarter, when Platz shot a field goal from the twenty-yard line. In the second quarter Platz kicked another field goal from the thirty-yard akmg tne score b to U. first Jones, Bellevue. Head hneHmanTTftTrflfflflJ1 Aurora High. University of Omaha Team May Meet Wyoming Eleven Manager Finkenstein of the Omaha university foot ball team has received a telegram from the manager of the Ttuiiiui. eia.t. uiiivvia'.ji, naniug iui a game with the Scarlet and Black team on the latters' field. Finkenstein says he is willing to accept, as he has one open date for this season. If the Wyoming team accepts the proposition of the local team the game will be played November 17 at Ducky Holmes park. Franklin Academy Wins . From McCook High School Franklin, Neb., Nov. 4. (Special.) The Franklin academy foot ball team defeated the McCook High school team Friday on the Franklin field, by a score of 6 to 0. This is one of the fastest games ever played here. Frankling scored a touchdown just before the close of the first half, but failed to kick goal. The Cambridge High school girls' basket ball team defeated the academy girls in a game played before the foot ball game, 28 to 8. . Ames Rooters at Home . Watch Game Play by Play Ames, la., Nov. 4. (Special Tele gram.) The hundreds of Ames root ers at home, who jammed Agricul tural hall assembly, to watch' the Ames-Nebraska game, play by play, by wire, adjourned in a happy frame of mind. The telegraph jooters were sad over the drop kick which did 'the trick, but at that they eralized it took a good team to make that game pan out as it did. II I r .mi ii ,i