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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 20, 1897)
- .5gRgf??r -rtwfyFyw''?' jrygpSSijS'jscs- Hr-' THE COURIER. 4' ft I r b v. r t f it I r r c The Giidiron. Nebmska'ssuiieriority overany t vain Kansas men. Tlie result, after much wrangling, was that Nebraska lost the ball. The certainty of scoring wasde gg fjttff gg'iitMWftOi 33fBCiiaa, west of the Mississippi has clearly been naxd M tb,s and Kamas drew ui-iuwiisiiiilcu ill uic ui'ii'iii niiii.ii iv administered to the Kansas university team last Saturday. Tlierc were one or two unfortunate things about the game, however, which it is well to comment upon. Primarily the wrang ling, and afterwards the tatting. The first is due in a large extent to the latter, and had there been no wager ing whatever. Kansas doubtless would have accepted her defeat more grace fully than she did. The visitors accuse the tudentsand home people of ungcntlcmaulincfs. If the students of the university and the residents of the city were guilty of this, more injury has Iteen done than van be realized. Those accused, on the other hand, deny any such impu tation and say that Kansas insulted the team, management and the school by its flaunting money in their faces and scoffing at the institution, and sneering at the coach and players in dividually. If this is tmc the stu dents showed the right spirit by standing up for their alma mater and team, and not accepting the jeers cast at them. It is unfortunate that a large number of that class of men known as "sports" accompanied the visiting team. This kind of men, as a rule, respect nothing and seriously endanger the good feeling between schools. Doubtless the articles which have been appearing in the Kansas City unicrs have had much to do with the spirit whicli was engendered. They were written by Coach "Woodruff of Kansas, and the (wasting style and extravagant expressions show decided ly poor judgment and bad taste on his part. The members of the Kansas team after tint appwinmce of these letters felt themselves calbd upon to" do so much that the least defeat meant bitter disappointment. The feelings of the Nebraska contingent before the game was more that of hope than of certainty. Of all the reports they had read of the visitors, together with Iowa's overwhelming defeat, almost made them think that Nebraska would not gain the pennant this year. When the home team came out vic torious then.it is not strange to think that they exulted over the "rooters."' of the fallen team to a certain degree. This whole portion of the affair is to be deplored. "What must be done is to sec that it never happens again. This is necessary for the best inter vsts of football. It was a typical day for the game with just enough frost in the air to put snap into the play and yet not to make it uncomfortable for the spec tators. The whole ground was en- its guards back for the interference so famous in the Iowa game. Whether the Nebraska line could stop this-and the ends get in behind, was the ques tion which everyone was asking. It was not a question whether the home team could make gains or not. It was which would gain the most rapidly. To the pleasant surprise of the major ity of the people the Kansas line was crushed and the man with the ball downed almost instantly. The fake play which had worked three times for a touch-down inthe Iowa game, was entirely unsuccessful, and almcst as soon as taken the hall was returned and the "varsity eleven scored. A second time the home team push ed up toward the Kansas line but. ac cording to the umpire, the team play ed offside, so yielded the ball. Con siderable punting was done at this pcrioa of the game in which Kansas secured to a slight degree the advant age. Nebraska's quarter-back kicks failed twice through the poor judg ment of the kicker. The ball in both cases was kicked ahead into the Kan sas' full-back's hands instead of just over the line and off to one side, as it should have been. Toward the end of the second half tip visitors played better ball than at any time during the game. By steady cross tackle plays they succeeded in carrying the ball twenty or twenty live yards. This was finally broken, and seeing they could get no nearer to Nebraska's goal line than the twenty five yardline. they tried the Prince ton place kick. Whether it was suc cessful is much in doubt, but the um pire said that it was and so it must be taken. This caused much dispute and dslayed the game for a considerable space of time. However, the teams lined up and the remaining few min utes were played out with no particu lar incident. The second half was like the first in many respects. Nebraska showed up stronger in getting down the field on the kick-off, or else it wis Kansas' weakness. The man who caught the ball on the kick-off was downed within two yards of the line, and in this par ticular Kansas showed poor judgment, for if the ball had been permitted to goon the line untouched it would have been taken out to her twenty five yard line and she would have re tained possession of the ball. . As it was. however, she took it where downed and being able to make no ground punted. 'J he "varsity took the ball and pushed it down and put it across the Kansas line on a quarter back kick. Nebraska's end. who fell upon it. was judged off-side by the 1 11 PIANO CO m 1 Whose Ware Rooms are at 130 So. 13th Street, Liocoln, Nebr., are General Agents of the Shaw, Weber, Wegman, And Jewett Pianos. A Proper As (gMpamiMifflit to a full, rich voice is the full, rich, elastic tone of a really first-class piano; a tone remarkable for its sympathetic brilliancy;. Our pianos are noted for this kind of tone; are durable beyond question and we charge no more for acknowl edged perfection than others have for crude ex periments. ? I I MATTHEWS PIANO CO Western Representatives, 130 So 13th st. tageajseen(B get off a strong side kick. It was necessary to yield certainty to speed, and this always means a considerable number of yards. The coach of Nebraska and her former coaches, in commenting upon the play while it was going on. said it was nearer that of an eastern game than had ever been seen in the west. There was a greet amount of dash and tiercenees put into the play and each man seemed to realize how much was dependent uion him. The team work was more like that which is to be seen on an eastern field, and indicates that this season has produced the lest team that Nebraska has ever pro duced. Gko. C. Siieui. dotcopic effects thrown on her aB she dances in the wait between act& thht aie very pleasing. ..cn1 1 . i mitit: tf ntwinlf. nurl 1iiiVfvl lainlvthe interest which wa taken l"Ire' :"!d. th(i K,lnts a.i,elto in the game. When Kansas kicked oti with a slight wind in herfavir Nebraska took the ball and returned it seventy nrnliliiv ivirrlc l mnilrlnv wml0M j i . , ." r r,J...- .i, during which the game was called on aiuLshorl end runs. The former the ,. . count. This was unreasonable. Ne braska argues, for the end crossed the line after the three backs, and yet the backs, so said the umpire, were all on side. This caused the third dispute, visitors seemed unable to solve, while account of darkness. she could not break, the interference In this game ebraska showed up of the latter. It had been maintained i" 'aster and better form than the that there was no team in the west visitors, or at any time this season, that could pierce Kansas' line: and it The plays were chosen with good judg wastoseeif this was true that those ment and were executed unitedly by watching waited so anxiouslv. But the players. The 'varsity's line proved thev were rapidlv put at rest on this- stone wall to the other team, which point. cy were unale to skirt by end runs When within two vards of Kansas' op pierce by line bucks. The backs line. Nebraska lost the ball. Two got off faster than in the Missouri charges were made to the officials at Ramc and proved to be in much better tiiU point Kansas accusing one of the condition. The one weak point which home team of fouling a plaver while showed a little raggedness and which inmotion. a similar charge being pre- must be at once remedied was the ferred by Nebraska with regardtoone formation for punting. It did not of itsplavers who was under a mass of " sufficient time to the kicker to THE THEATRE The Warner Comedy company at the Funke has been playing to very good business all the week. The com pany is distinguished from most of the lepertoire companies on the road by the possession of a repertoire worth play ing. Their plays are translations from French and German comedies and re vised versions of old plays, forgotten by this generation, but with a literary fra grance as pleasant and stimulating as old wine. The vapid 'and dismal plays, that mo3t repertoire companies are con tsnt to appear in, obscure tjie view of histrionic talent, which, very often, is found in the low priced companies. Mr, N p. Scoville of the Warner Comedy Co.' is a comedian of originality. Hk work has individuality, a quaint personal flavor that makes it worthy of serious consideration. Mrs. Seville's character work, in a lesser degree, has the same cbiracteristic. Cora Warner's dancing is very graceful and there arc new kalei- When will the time come when "Un cle Tom's Cabin" will lose its charm to he rising generation? Judging by its present freshncs, its alluring powers will Le perennial. There is something in the skillful combination of the pa thetic and the humorous that never fails to fasc'nafe, and the story tb.it it tells of the suffering of the poor slaves appeals directly to the finest eensibilities of the human soul. Such playr are better than sermons. They point a moral and adorn a tale. They leach us lessons in thougbtfulneM and charity. They impress on our minds the pie cepts of the golden rule. Mrs. Stoxe's tcok is cne of the greatest books of lit erature, because it deals with questions cf immeasureable human import, and the play itself is one of tbo?e simple matter-pieces that can never die. "if it does no more than to krep alive the memory of the rise and fall of ore of the greatest iniquities that history dials witb.it was cot written in vain. The Davis colossal Uncle Tom's Cabin company will appear at the Funke Thanksgiving matinee and night, Thurs day. November 25. Prices 10, 20' and 30 cents for both performances. Scats on sale Wednesday, 10 a. m. ONE CHILD'S IDEA. "Tmdaa.gweaibig'ooaunnow," Said Mill, Ut five "Ybii see, I was a dotty feat, Then I was borned aKvel" fc: s. . -Ut .