Nebraska 6, Iowa 0 | Nov. 25, 1897
game might have appcareJ slow to Iho average
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spectator , from tno fact that there worn
no brilliant runs anil but little kicking. Tim
field wa too muddy nml the bull was too
slippery for ( bat. Iloth teams contented
themselves In making chert gaV.i by hard
pliingffl through the line or around thn end * .
The N'cbraskans ptoyed straight foot ball
They have tried the revolving wedge with
good success tills xcaaon , but It fell flat jcjlerday
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on account of the condition of the
flcld. The |ilaypr&coulI not n cu e the necessary
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footlrff to whirl about the ends. They
tried a few tricks , but In thn majority of
the scilmm iRCB they bucked the line for
short gains or ncnt around the end with
simple Interference
The ball was In the hands of the Nebragkantf
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most of the while , and they kept
the play almost completely In the territory
of the lownna Hut , as has been said already
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, they were unable to force the litter
back their goal Six times they were
brought to n standstill on the lowan's fivejard
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line on three, downs , and six times
Cowglll , who Is ordinarily & sure goal klcksr,
essijcl for a try between the posts , but each
tlmo the furious lovmni broke through nndblrcked
the kick. Then Cow gill tried no
moro and aft r that the lowans took the ball
on four downs ,
The lowans usetl the famous Pennsylvania
guard back play almost exclusively. The
miry condition of the field rendered this
style of play also somewhat cumberiome and
awkward , nnd they had to bo ordinarily satisfied
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with but short gains. The longest run
they made occurred In the second half , when
Chaxo went around Nebraska's left end from
the center of the field for fifteen jnrd3. It
was the only long run of the garno bcsldo-
Benedict's. . It occurred at the time that the
lowans seemed to have a good chance ofscoring..
The feature of the lowans' play was their
defcrslve work. On the offensive
they were much weaker nnd hero It was that
the Nebraskans surpassed them With the
ball In their possession , the scarlet nnd
cream representatives set to work to push
It down the field Into their opponent's tcrrltcry.
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. They could rcako but three to flvojards
at a time , but they continued to rush
It along until they were brought to the
standstill always on the Iowa goal.-
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the other hand the lowans were not
persistent In their attack , until the end of
the second hilf , when It was too late. Their
main desire seemed to be to keep on the
defensive. If they1 did get the ball they oppeat
ed to maUo only a halt-hearted off rtto
advance It with runners and then kicked
it as far as they could out of danger
They seemed to bo afraid of the Ncbmskanr.
NOT A PENALTY ENFORCED.
The gamp as a rule was a very clean one.
Neither sldo was penalised for offside player
for fouling of any chatactcr. There 'waeno
unnecessarily rough plaj As a consequence
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but few Injuries wore received by the
pHyors. The game was delayed but three
or four times on this account , and no ono
was compelled to retire except Hay ward. In
the second half the Nebraska tackle's leg
was wrenched and he was forced to the
field , but the Injury la of llttlo account
The fact that there was no rough
and that there was but little delay In the
progress of the game made It an attractive
one for the big ciowd of srectato-s who line !
the field. Considering the daj the nttcmlance
was very lirge. It being placed s-mewhcre
between 2,500 and 3,000 people A few came
In cunlagea and other vehicles , but the biggest
number patronlred the street cars orvvall.
ed. .
There was hardly a pcison on the field who
did'' not iport In ribbons , rosttes or flmvera ,
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the colors of his or her In the
contest All were armed with megaphones ,
trlimpcts or health ) pairs of lungs and |
throughout th" game the possessors kept the
Instruments ageing with aIm The Nebaska
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following was far In the majority
but the Iowa contingent was manifest ! ) th"
more enthusiastic end In fact gave the Imjpressloii
that the ) were the only ones onthp
field. The anly exceptlon was when
Benedict made his touchdown Nebraska
arose Into the'c.escendo ' then , but Iowa was
iu-oo vvlhd dlHcouragod and drowned Its
nrjgiiboy HJ jiiiwiOj Jminedlately afterward
Tltft , Ipiva .jell was manifestly to encourage
Its rets and the main strain was-
.Iloro
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Play ball. '
Iowa,
Of the entire, attendance It vvis estimated
that fully two-thirds If not mere were NebraM.
ins
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The latter freely commented on
the folly of taking the game on Iowa soli ,
since the main attendance was from this
sldo of the river. This feeling was not dacl
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eased by any means b ) the pool street
oar senlao , to this city which followed the
game , It too'c Just cno hour and twenty
minutes to make the trip fiom the rie'.d
Club grounds to this city.
DETAILS OP THE GAiMC.
Iowa won the toss nnd took the ball
Hobbj kicked off to Nebrask I's thirty-yard
line nnd WlbBlns c-night and it-turned It
almost back to the centei. Nibiaski t ien
begun Its plunging, str.ilglit foot b ill tactics
iv ilch It pursued throughout the gaint-
S'cdd went Into the center for two , "nrct
and live yards lespectlvclj. llencdlrt could
rmkono gain through the line , but went
yards urouml his end. Pearso Kilned .1
yard through the other -side of the line.
HajMardcnt around the other side for
llvo more. 3 eld m ulo two j.nds through
UiP center , Hnyvvard two moro and Turner
one Shedd In two p ungep gained n couple
o' lengths and then ) irds were m idetrou
h the center by Benedict and Williams
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rettj eetlvol > . Two and thioe yirdiiv
pro imde each time on repented plunges
until the lowti ten-yard line sui * reached-
.Shedl
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could niuko but ono yard thiough the
center and Williams another through ihc.
right a'do of Is line With three ) iudH to-
Bain on the third down Cow si 1 tried foil.
o.il. . Tlio kick vvu ) blocl.od and Shudd fell
on the ball near, the lowans' lUe-yard Mm-
WIMIaiis made'a couple of yards iiouncl
right end. Devma w.us huit , but recovered
In a few irlnuto" Wlllliuns was i nt once
mere, bu lost With tltieo downs nnd thrr
yards to gain Cowglll ng-aln tiled foi goul
but ontp moro the lowi line bto'te through
nnd blocked the klik The ball rolled over
low i's eoal with nil lovun on top of It ,
scoring a tcuchbat' :
Iowa brought the bull out to tftc * wentyfK&
yard line for a klckout Ilobbs'puntcOto
confer. S'rliiKov cauglit thu ball nndbiousht
It b ick ten yards to fort >
yard line. WI'Mnnia could not gain around
rltrht Mid , but In the try Deems mis a iln-
Injuied. . He vviu able to continue plij-
Shedd lost a yald at center. A ciuartcfbitk
hick sent 110 b ill to low is w o-yard line
where Wiggins downed the citcher wlthou1-
gain. . Ilobbs punted the bill to the I AI nty
llvo-jnrd line , from which Cowglll cairled-
It twelvB yirils to lowa'ti tlilrtoon-yard llnu-
Shedd , Henrdlut and Hiiyvvard were sent In-
BUiueaclon Into tic line , but could not BUlnn
Toot and the bill went to Iowa on dnwiunear'her
own ten-ard lino-
.IOWA'S
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OFFENSIVE Bl-KOIlT.
Iowa sought to advance the Inll by the guaids-bncit formation and by mtana of-
Mycr.i and Walker advanced It foui yurdi
Turner V BB laid out In ono of iho Berlminages
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for a momi'iit. Iowa fumbleil the
ball niut Wlggln i secuiod It on lowa'.s tcnyard
line. Shcdd could gain only two yards
on two center bucks and on the third down
OKiiln with thre e yards to gain Cow fill
tried for goal , Once moro the line of thelovvans
broku through nml blocked the
kick , but Cowglll got the bill on the llfteen- yurd -
line. Ivvo plunges thiaueh the line biought only a couple of yards and Cownil
) again tiled for goal. The kick vvas-
blocked , but thp ball remained In Nebraska's
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possession. A conplo more plunges
failed to brills1 moro than n. couple ofjnrds
nnd a qimrttrback kick landed the
Imll In lona'n hands on her three-yard lino-
.Hilibs
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punted It out of danger to lovva'-
nthirtyyard line , from which point Cow gill
advanced It seven yards. Ilcnedlct lost
four ynrdfl , Hnywnrd gained two nnd William
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* throo. and the ball went to Inwa on
downs A dozen yards were gained by nicresslvo
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iilunges with the guards nnd then
by n quarterback kick the ball was sent
to the middle of Urn field. Nebraska could
not gain on two tries through the center
and the quarterback kicked the bill to-
Iowa's live-yard line. Hobbs kicked It bickto
the thirty-yard line. Cowglll caught Itnnd
ran fifteen jnrds. Small gains were
made on two line plunges nnd then Cowgill
tried for Koal again. The kick was
blocked and rolled over the goal for atouchlmck.
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Iowa kicked out nnd sent the bill to Its
thirty-live yard line , Shedd brought It
back ten yards. A dozen line plunges by-
Shedd , Benedict. Williams and Hiyward
brought the ball to Iowa's eight-yard lino.
Williams gained only one yard and Hayward
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another through the line. On three
downs the ball was again on Iowa's liveyard
line with throe yards to gain. The
( mil was hero when the half ended.
Score : 0 to 0-
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THE SCOnn CAME.-
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the second half Cow gill kicked off for
Nebraska to Iowa's ten-yard lino. Deems
can led it bick fifteen yards , Stringer
bringing him to earth. Walker tried center
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without gain. Hnywnrd was laid out
for a few moments. Walker gained three
yards through ccntur, Deemsi another throe
and ChaHp four. On the next two downs
I own lacked a few Inches of making llvo
yards nnd the ball went to Nebraska on-
Iowa's forty-yard line. Hnywnrd , Pearse ,
Benedict. Shcdd nnd Wllllims were sent
Into the line -a dozen times nnd gained
from ono to four yards each time. The bill
VMIS down on Iowa's five-yard line. Benedict
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could then gain only ono jnrd , Shedd
could not jwln nnd neither could Williams.
The ball went to low.i on downs Iowa
kicked It tp the forty-yard line. The ball
was given to Benedict , who started around
le'ft end , but was stopped. When ho came
to a standstill nn opening In the Iowa line
appeared [it his side nnd ho ran along the
side lines thirty-five yards to n touchdown
Cowglll kicked goal. Score : Nebraska , 6 ;
Iowa , 0.
Iowa kicked off to Nebraska's ten-yard
line , but the ball was carried back llftecn
yards Benedict lost n couple of jards and
then Williams made four yards around his
right end. Iji the following play two men
of thp Nebraska team were in motion when
the bill was put In piny nnd the pigskin
was therefore given to Iowa. The latter
could muko no gain and Immediately lost
it on downs to Nebraska. Several line
plunges g lined a doyen ) nrds and then
Cowglll kicked to Iowa's twentyflveynrdlino.
. Iowa kicked to Nebraska's flftv-yard
line , where Cowglll was downed without
Fialn. Another kick put the ball In Iowa's
possession on Its fort-ard line. An Interchange
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of kicks left It In Iowa's possession
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at the same point. On n fake kick
Iowa g lined ten ) nrds nnd on n quartcrbiek
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kick another live. On another quarterb
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ick kick Nebraska got the ball nndon
shoit plunge" ! again carried it to Iowa's
sis-aid line With Wiggins' on side ,
Cowgll kicked the ball over Iowa's peal
on the chance that the end could fall on-
It An Iowa mm got It , however, and
scored a touchdown.-
On
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the Klckout lown sent the ball to her
fort-live-yard line , whore Stilnger fumbled
It. Deems went through centei for four
) ards nnd Mveis for two moro A quarterback
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kick sent the Mil to Nebraska's
thirty-y.ird line , where Iowa secured It-
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could not gain. In the play Hayward's
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log was hurt nnd ho vvas forced to
retire Wistover taklnci his place. Chase
skirted light e-nd foi ilftoen ) ords with 11
couple of nion on his back. Myers advanced
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the ball to Nobnska's ten-yard
line It vvas theio In Iowa's possession on
first down when the second half was
finished rinal score : Nobinska , G ; Iowa , 0.
The line-up was as follows :
Nebraska. Position. Iowa.
Stringer Left End Lnmberton-
Peirse Left Tackle Blickmore-
.Huuen .
L ft Guard . . (Capt. ) Walker
Melford Center Wright
Turner night Guard . . . Blackmoro-
Hnyvvcird , Westovcr.niplU Tackle. . . .Hcrin
Wiggins Bight End Eby-
Cowgill Qmrtcrbick Griffiths
Williams Left HnlfbicU Deems
Benedict night Hnlfbick Myers
Sliced (Capt ) . . . fullback . . . .Hobbs.Chiso
Cornell of Lincoln , referee ; Mathers of
Council Bluffs , umpire ; Rhoades of Des
Moincs , linesman , Touchdowns' Benedict , 1.
GoaJs. Ccnvgill , I.
WHAT THE CAPTAINS SAY.
The game resulted satisfactorily to Captain
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Shedd and Coach Robinson of the Nebraska
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team. The former said : "Tho closeness
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of the score was no surprise to uo, although
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wo felt confident of winning We
expected the score to bo about 12 to 0. We
did no bettei than we expected to do. I
think we outplayed them , since we had the
ball in theli territory nearly all the time "
Coach Robinson said : "W* did not expect
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to w In by a very large score. We know
tlist Iowa was working hard and that she
would give us a hard game. She has improved
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wonderfully. I believe that the team
can beat Kansas now by a score of 20 to 0-
Wo would have made a bigger score If wo
could have used our revolving wedge. The
"nen could not gain a footing for this mass
. -'ay '' , however , and It , therefore , could not
IB employed with success"
Captain Walker of the Iowa eleven v asomowhat
dltippo'nted at the result. Ho
said"We did not do any hotter than wo-
"xpectod I think that If we had had nouplc
of minutes more In which to play wevould
have scored The game wao a good
Mean one , free from all unpleasant Incidents ,
ml the ofilclals wcro satisfactory. "
Coach Wagrnhurst was upset at the result
'nd ? ald ho had nothing to say regarding
ho game.-