Nebraska 10, Iowa 10
Nov. 24, 1892
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NU ROSTER
THEY HAD TO QUIT TIED
Nebraska and lowa ailsd to Reach a Deflnito
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Coao'us'ton. '
SPLENDID STRUGGLE ON DOTH SIDE-
3riipplu Sccurit * n l.nrco Miaro of OorjC.lnrj
for HIiiMoir , aiilMa j-or lt ta nllrokcn
Note Dctalli oftlio
Uumo.
Ton to ton , A Uo. That was the score nl
the lormlnatlon of the great Interstate foot
bail gnmo ycslordnv afternoon between tha-
'vnrsllv - elevens of Nebraska anil Iowa.
The old tlmo rivals m.ulo It a draw tter Aosperato
but royal stmirgle. Owing to Ihoxtrcmo
cold weather nol moro than llvouiidrod
people assomnlcd at Sportsman's
ark to witness the co'iiou ol skill, brute
orco and cndurnnro, but what iho crowd
nckcd in numerical force It made up In onhusiasm
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, lor foot ball , llku pugilism , Is al-
.vnys
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moro thrllllnt ; than ennobling, and It Itfrliftd
soul Indeed that will not warm up
urine, tbo progress of a battle for blood line
ntothAtof jostordnv.-
'Ihero
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wcro n number of tally ho coaches
n tbo srbunds , flllod with fomlnino cdmlreraf
the brawny cultured nthlelos, wrhilo the
ahiuco ot the throng lined along the ronosnclosing
iho flold , nearly every ono dUplnynz
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the coloi-s of Ihoir fuvorllo loam , rod and
vbtto for Nebraska aud old cold for the boys
ver the
uvcr.Wlicu
ttio Y H dime.
The teams made lliclr appearance on the
rounds nt the same ilmcrnnd , of course , roicived
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nn ovation. Thu precocious student
ivns ttiofo in his moil robust form , and their
pposlng slogans , mingling togathor* In anncomprehonslblo
Jir on , made iho wintry
lr quaver llko some mythical monster inmm.
. For outlandish sound commend mo tobe
rural collegiate picbo ; ho can glvo abollor
factory foriv j ards in 100 , ihon go by
Ins If It wcro tloJ lo a post ,
Thev all earned Ihelr salaries yostiraay.
They wore profusely bedecked with the
colors of their ropcctlvo uiuvorslilos , armed
with the execrable tin bom, nnd In recountion
of any brilliant play , whether they understood
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it or not , they made iho park fairly
ihrick. Thuadmirer ot iho Nebraska team
veio considerably in the majority , and rest
assured they lost but few opportunities to
cheer any irood plnv tnndo by the locnl men.
But in any light , all that woat to tbo park
veslcrday htlerucon oxpocliug loseo a great
irume of foot ball did not go homo disappointed.
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Afler n very brief delay. Lieu tenant 1'rincaof
Port Omaha wus" selected as umpire
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, nnd ChnrJlo Wll on of Ihls
city roloreo. 'J ho two gentlemen are
bolh collcgo crndual' !? , alhletes and
adepts in iho peerless game of foot ball , yet
ncitucr distinguished himself as an adjudicator
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of the giaccfui nnd dolicalo points tutno
gumo. In fact they were bolh a trillo
severe on the Nebraska bovs. Tlielr roll nod
efforts to he thorotiehlj Impartial led to ono
or two decisions tlial wore considurnbly off.
However, u is doubtful if Iheeti two onerous
jositlons could have been moro adcqu alelyor
- acceptably lilted , alien you.coms to cotirsidoi.
tlio luiock-dov.-n , rough-and-tumble
battle lhat had to bo adjudicated.-
Xelira
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kaVon the TOSA.
Erorythln
.
? In readiness the referee flipped
a big John dollar Into the air, Contain Johnson
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said Headn and heads she came. Sors'obrasliu
took iho bull and thu rofcroo' *
whtstlo signalled the start.-
Tuo
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subjoined diagram shows the position !
of Iho plavcrs as Inoy lined up :
MSIIIlA'-Kl'b TRAM.
Johnson
Mosuer * Klppln
* I'aco
*
Olher Yont Junes Churoh
*
* Huuo IIououoll Sinclair
Hull : Hlzg Johnson
4 *
Sanford Alilrlch Ostcrhoiit-
Sanyur
Uiwson * Elliott
* *
I.arrabeo
*
TEA1I ,
I'llpuln ' Marled for Forty Viinls-
.Tbo
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muscular your.tr Nebrsskuns started
in at what looked lilu n wlnmnur pace.
The ball was pnssi'd bacKJo Fllppln , xvho ,
by the way , is a foot ball plaver of the tlrsiclas
, and bit made a brilliant, run of fully
forty yurJs , when tackled by Larraboe.
Johnson ibon madn a successful udvunco
through tbo center for ton yards more , Flippin
bv sheer force cainine live moro on Ibaihird
down. On Iho fourth (Ho back Yont
got Iho ball , but was downed before ho could
make tiny boadivay , but. in the llfth Jonas ,
after Flippln had carried the pigsKlu within
a foot of the line , ruttdo a touch down nod
the Nebraska adherents went wild. Their
cbeors were deafening.
Oliver essayed to kick a goal , but
made a miserable failure of it,
Did Sumo lliistltni ;, '
At the sound of the rofcroo's whistle the
two teams again lined up trldway between
their coals and Iho Prohibitionists nt once
begun to crowd their antagonists. They bad
a magnificent' rush line , and with nil of Nebraska's
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vuuntod muscle and brawn it looked
ns if hlU' wus going lo full Ignomlnloualy.-
Kvon
.
blc , bkillful Vilptiln failed to got in his
characteristic stone wull work-
.Bui
.
Ihcy nil fought llko-Trojans und the
crowd looked on in fovcrish anxiety ,
bawycr made the lln.t material caln by a
dash 'round the left and , for which he roccilved
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u crushed proboscis. But a real foot
bill player doasn't notice a llttlo lliing like afraclurod
ir o ; it tukos an ax to make him
oven think .'.J's hurt.-
Folloivlng
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Bawyoi'a success Larrabco on
two coiisecutl vo turns added n dozen yards tolha
gond, und Nubrnska begun to grow a
tort ot cerulean luio about the BUI" .
On top of this BDO lost ton yards
more on two ' 'oifsido playi. " Bv nmlsarablo
fumble Killott lost the ball ,
Yont oiDturing it. H was lost again , hownvor
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, to the loxvans on thu fourth down , and
iu n few moments mnro tnuy wore in dangerous
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nroxlmlly to thu Nebraska lino. U was
an unxloas moment for the admirers of Iho
red nnd wnlio, and rolittf came only when
Lwabee bioko Ihrough a weak snot in tha
center nnd scored a touch down ,
Tlio Prohibitionists then took a turn at the
tin horn , end wunn Larrabeo kicked a goal
liioy fntily howled In ecstasy , Tnls left
the Bcoro standing lowu, 0 ; Nobrasku, i-
.loua'n
i.
SiMioml Touch Dotrn.-
On
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a resumption of hostllltloi , accordlngto
the porBplcuily of Umnlrti Prince , Nobruska
lost thu ball on a foul at the very ilart , and
by a porsUtcnt ruaorting to tbo push wedge
Dawtion , Hull , Lnrrabso r.nd Johnson did
some tremendous work , Johnson finally
inuitlr.c a br.-al : through the canter , und bya
float sprint of iwoniy yunls , snored Iowa'*
second loucb down Iho most Intonee
excitement ,
Klutod at hi * previous success , Governor
Larrubco endeavored lo propel the plfjikln
from the too of his cutter over Nebraska's
coal , but hu wus doomed to dltcoinfllure.-
lla
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didn't come within a uillo of it , more or
loss , purllcularly losti.
But this mada ihu score 10 to 4 , and mayba-
Jowu wasn't feolinu proity good.-
In
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what romalnnd of tno 11 nil half nothing
moro was nccompluhud than a whole lot ofrudhot
scrimmnt'lnf , in which bolh Bawyer
and I.arrabeo of ihu loiva team were to badly
It.jortnl as to ba compelled to ratlro, Blulr
and Mcyets lauln ;.' their places. .
The ipuclntort ran and jumped and danced
about nn thn froz n tuil In a vain effort to
keep from fro-iiui , boforn tbo whistle
snundej for tbe tccond half , but U did
cotno * o exciting wn the conflict that nil
Boomed to forgot the discomfort * occasioned
by the wontbor and eagerly pressed forward
for points of vntitngo to see tno finish.
Some Il t l ItntVcitk ,
It was ret nny ono's game , notwithstand-
ing
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Iowa' * load , nnd both shies toolc their
positions with nil the florco dolcrmlnntlon-
tliat marked the inauguration of the strlfo.-
Tno
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cnptnlns wcro both on the nlort nnd
urged their raon to strain every norvcnnd-
liber In the cnmo of their Haunting color *.
Iowa started oft llkon cyclone nnd gained
fifteen yards , when by n hold-In on the line ,
they gave up the ball to Nebraska. The In-
juries
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that DMessltntcd the retirement of-
hnxvyor nnd Lnrrnbco , Loth model athlete *,
crippled the lads from over the bridge un-
mensurably
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, and worlCnt heroically as they
might, they could not atom the rush of the
pmboldenod Nobrnskans , who with
George Kllppln us the premier guy , np-
iienrod
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to bo lit to tackle liny tcnra In the
A touch down followed by n goal would tlo-
thoscoro , mid the hitherto noisy 1'rohlbltlon
rooters wore ns calm null sccinto ns If nt-
tending nrjycr mooting. Fllpnln , with the
Nebraska cohort'nt Ills brawny back , was
grmiunlly but auroly approaching thocovotcd-
A'suddcn nvalancho ot sound burst upon
the cold ulr. nnd through the gathering
gloatn the gigantic form of Nebraska's dusUy
right half was scon cleavjng tbo air hko a-
Hnlvator. . Another leap and ho will bo there.
Movers ccs the peril his colors are In and
innkus udivofor Fllppin'a back ; the next
Instant hols outstretclio.il on the sore nnd
yellow swaul with n bellows to mend.
nip makes his touch down
I'andoinonlum ensue * , and It is many min-
utes
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before the field can bo oloarod for n
resumption of business.
Then Oliver redeems himself.-
Ilo
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klcKs n goal nnd saves Nebraska from
Inevitable detent.
That kick tlod the score , 10 to 10.
And thus It remained.
Had to He a Draw.
Herculean efforts , put forth on the part of
each opposing force , could accomplish nothing
after that , and at the nnd of n n.uartor of an
hour moro of almost tcroclous struggling
Kaferco Wilson's whlstlo shrilly plorcod the
nlr , nnd the great interstate collcgtuto foot-
ball game for 1BU1! was history.-
A
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draw.-
At
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tbo cessation of active operations the
rrow'd became moro boisterous' than over , If
that wcro possible , and the Held was quickly
n wanning with whooping mon and screaming
boys. liutlt was too cold , and growing dark ,
and suddenly realizing that tbo fun was all-
over , tbo nark was deserted la loss tlmo than
it takes to toll It-
.Fllpplu
.
, the colored Nebraskan , played a
grand gomo for tbo locals , whllo Pace and
Johnson nnd Moshor also.dld nooly , and Yout
and Howe wore always whore they wore
most needed. The men on the line all did
gallant service acd their eouraoeous attack
and defense will lone bo roin.ombored by-
16vers of thogamo. For town Lirriibeo , Hull ,
Dawson , Johnson nnd Sawyer came in for
the lion's shire of the credit , but all did ex-
tremely
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well. Nclthoi'sldo was disgraced.
They made a royal light , but Ibo fates were
particularly nropilioui to neither , at least ,
that Is what they probably think.