Nebraska 23
Iowa State 10
Oct. 8, 1898
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Omaha Bee
Sunday, Oct. 9, 1898
SHUTOUT GAME FOR HASTINGS
First Foot Ball of Season Between 'Varsity
Crew and College Eleven ,
SCORE IS SEVENTY-SIX TO NOTHING
Nebrnnkit Hey * ' Work Shown Vti Well
( or n DeKinnlnR nnd Its Line
In Too S ron : tor the
VUltor * .
LINCOLN , Oct. 1. ( Special Telegram. )
The first foot ball game of the season was
played on the University campus between
the University eleven and Hastings college.
The game was one sided and the Hasting .
team was totally unable to make gains * n
their downs , while the University boys
scored at will. Tbo visitors lacked both
weight and practice , whllo the 'Varsity team
did satisfactory work. There was a goo !
sized audience , but the dust made the day
very disagreeable.
The line up was as follows :
University. Positions. Hastings.
Melford c Dugan
Hansen lg Burgess
Hummel ! rg Brinkman
Klngsbury rt Hhorer
Plllsbury It Madgett
Stringer le Broulotto
HPast and Elliott. . . . re- Heller
CowRlll quarter Cooke
Wllllnms Ihb Breed
Benedict and Drain. , rhb Bailey
Qarrett&Lclbmann. fb Webster
From the very start the game was played
with vim and dash , which was the result
of the excellent training the team had re
ceived from Coach Yost. The men handled
the pigskin remarkably well for so early In
tbo season and with the exception ot ono
fumble they played a remarkable gamo.
The university team came on the field at
3:30 : and fifteen minutes later tbo Hastings
team appeared on the field amid cheers.
There was some guess work as to the out
come of the game , but a tow minutes' playIng -
Ing settled all guess work. Nebraska won
tha toss and chose south goal with wind to
their back. Hastings kicked off at 3:50 : for
fifteen yarda. Benedict returned the ball
sixty-five yards and two moro plays resulted
In a touchdown. This pace was kept up
until at the end a score of 76 to 0 was piled
up. Although Hastings was outclassed tbo
team played plucklly to the end of the game.
Nebraska's Interference was remarkable.
Klngsbury , Plllsbury , Stringer , Benedict
and Williams all distinguished themselves
by long runs. Lelbman'n and Elliott both
unknown quantities showed their ability as
foot ball players , Lclbmatm bucking the line
hard and Elliott making long end runs. Mel-
ford repeatedly opened holes through the
line. He also kicked eleven goals without
missing one.
Garrett , the old ' 90 fullback , played at his
old position , but not being In condition was
forced to leave tbo game at 'tho ' end of the
first half. Cowglll played his old position
of quarterback. His Interference work was
something remarkable and bis placed kicks
from the field could not have been better.
Score : Nebraska , 7G ; Hastings , 0. Touch
downs : Plllsbury , S ; Klngsbury , 4 ; Wil
liams , 1 ; Stringer , 1 ; Lelbmann , 1 ; Elliott ,
1. Cowglll , 2 place kicks from the field. Mel-
ford kicked eleven goals.