CHAMPIONS AGAINNebraska Hoada tin Procession in Western
Toot Ball Circles.
OLD SCORE WITH IOWA IS MADE EVEN
Wagonhurst's Mon Beaten in a Contest Both
Oloso and Olcan.-
HAWKEYE'S
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' REMARKABLE DEFENSIVE PLAY
Desperate Stand Oloso to Goal Made Time
After Time.-
BENEDICT'S
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RUN GETS THE ONLY SCORE
Thirty-rivo Yards Through the Line for a
Solitary Touchdown.
NEBRASKA SURPRISED AT RESISTANCE
SiiHiircti'il Snap 1'rorcn the Hardest
l'roi ltloii .SonrlcM a nil Crrnm llu-
Kncomitcrril During the
I'rcxiMit Sunnoii. *
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Six to nothing ! Champions again , and not
the shadow of defeat to mar the record ot
1897. No wonder tbo Nebraska boys wcro
happy last night. And the old red lantern
hangs high In the belfry.
Upon the muddy , miry , sticky gridiron on
the Field Club grounds In Council Bluffa
yesterday afternoon the yellow-backed football
eleven of the University of Iowa went
down it , glorious defeat ibefore their redswcaterod
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foemen from the University ot
Nebraska In ono bt the cleanest and hardest
fought contests ever seen In this suction ot
the country and by the narrow margin of sir
points to nothing.
This touchdown and the goal that followed
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declares that the Nebraska lads are
the better of the two aggregations , but It ia
questionable whether any uonpartlsan spec *
tater of the great game will bu willing to
admit that the victory It beyond dispute
oven with the score before bis eyes. To the
lowan that touchdown may be easily construed
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as a gift of luck. To him who looked
upon It as it was being made with Impartial
eyes It waa the result of the quickneos of
Benedict , the hero of the Nebraska team ,
to seize an unexpected opportunity and ofaa
oversight on the part ot the lowans.
This oversight , or bit ot carelessness , was
the only defect In the most marvelous defensive
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game that has eve.1 been exhibited
by any foot bill eleven In this "section '"oT
the country. Again and again the red representatives
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of the prairie state gathered together
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their strength and forced their yellowbacked
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opponents back and back Into
their territory until it seemed that a touchdown
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must bo the result.
Back and back the lowans would go until
their five-yard line wculJ ha reached. In
this, thnir last ditch , they would always
make their stand and with tiger-like ferocity
would rupcl the savage attacks upon their
line. Again and again at this danger point
they held the Nebraskans to a standstill ,
secured tha ball ou downs and quickly kicked
It back ,to thu center of the field und out ofdanzur.
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BENEDICT'S GREAT PLAY.
There fate came when It did not seem tobe
Impending. The Nubraskans had the ball
and were slowly forcing It down the field ,
but It was on the ihlrty-flvo-ysnl line. When
thn ball was parsed to Benedict not one of
the spectators looked for more than a two
or three yard gain. Benedict dashed toward
the left side of his line and stooped against
a stone wall of.Io.su. brawn an muscle. Ha
struggled and plunged , but could not gain
''in Inch-
.Taen
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right by his side there opened and
yawned a big hole between right tackle and
end. From this hole to the goal there waaan
absolutely clear field. All the lowana
were In front or In the rear ot him to stop
his progreEs. For an Inttant the halfback
hesitated and then the opportunity flashed ,
upon him. Through the hole ho slipped and
down the field ho lied along the side line ,
thirty-five yards to a touchdo-nu. Ho was
ten yards away before hU action was noticed
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by ills opponents and although they
went at once In pursuit r. t one of them
touched him until be vui- Behind goalposts
with tbe bell zafcly i..cked away beneath
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bis arm-
.Pandemonium
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broke loose upon the fleld.
The Nebraskans , who bid come full of cuifldenco
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that they would easily down the
lowans , had become silent as the flrct half
ended and tiio second waa progressing without
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much hope of a touchdown. For a moment
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tbcy dlij not realize that the expected
had coma at lust and then they pianccd and
danced and jumped and yelled like crazy
men , and , for that matter , like craiy women ,
too. i
UNEXPECTED , BUT VERY. WELCOME.-
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was thus that the victory wan achieved.-
It
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was completely and entirely unexpected.-
To
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bo sure. It may bo figured that Nebrauka
had the better of the came from tbo fact that
it kept the ball tha greater part of the whIle
in the lowan's territory , but It must bo considered
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that they wuro never able , hard as
they tried again and again , to push it over
the covejed lino.
Once inoro the ball was kicked oft and once
moro the Nebraskans by short gains forced
It down Into the lowans territory. This tlmo
the yellow-backed players showed their ginger
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before the danger line wan reached. Oa
their twenty-flva-yanl Una they secured it
and then they showed what they could do inan
offensive way-
.IOWA'S
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DE3PERATE WORK. -
The backs , tbo guards , tbe tacklca fell
upon the Ncbraskans rlko so many fiends.
They bucked tbo line , they went uround tbeend.
. It was the turn of thu Nebraekana to
fall back. They could not rtnlat tbe onslaught
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, although they threw themselves
boldly against tbo attacks. Back they fell
into their territory , until tho1 hearts of tnolr
followers sunk within them and they frantic ,
ally shouted encouragement. The lowans
were now on tbe Neraakana ten-yard line
anil a touchdown seemed a potolblllty If not
a probability. Then ttie surlliwhistle ot tiio
referee dashed their hopes to tbo ground.-
Tbe
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second half ended In their defeat.
These were tbe two features of the
Benedict's touchdown and the
energy displayed by the at tn.9 euot
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tbe second hnlf. Outtide ot tbeta Ui
