Omaha daily bee., 1893-11-12
PLAYED In THE BLIZZARD
Omaha and Lincoln High School Teams
Put Up a Lively Game,
LUCK WAS WITH THE HOME ELEVEN ONCE
whatever OF Favorable Fortune Fell With
the Binding snow Lighted with tho
Gate city Boys-status OF the
Championship Race.

Foot ball players are not made of the stun
chat ainches at wet or cold. 1t is under
stood. IN fact, among its devotees, that no
match may be abandoned for any reason
other than snow deep enough to render 1t
impossible TO get over the ground or a frost
that makes falling too dangerous. The spirit
and even enthusiasm with which the High
school boys of Omaha and Lincoln lined up
at the Young Mems Christian as
ISOLATION park yesterday afternoon
was evidence tina they were constt-
tuted of the genuine article; anu the
game they put up, with weather conditions
as discouraging and uncomfortable as ever
a foot bali team was confronted with, is
proof sufficient that the game can be played,
weather permitting or weather dissenting.
The Lincoln boys had brought with them
quite a handful of spectators, including
several admirirg girls with tin horns and
black and red ribbons, ready to urge them
on to victory and acknowledge and applaud
their every success. The boys had built n
fire at the back of the grand stand and the
weather soon put a very chilly damper on
the ardor of those who had no duty call to
the field of action. Yet there was quito a
number of onlookcrs, mostly schoolmates Of
the players, wrapped in macintosh and
ulster, watching the play as well as was
possible through the binding snow.
Close Work All Through.
1t was not by any means the spectators
alone who suffered from the bad weather.
The ground was covered with snow when
the boys lined up at 800, and as the game
went on the fall increased in force. The
effect of this, of course, was to make indi-
vidual work unsatisfactory, II not absolutely
impossible, and from start to finish the play
did not once become loose or free.
This may or may not have been an
advantage to the. Omaha bows. but certain it
is that they hardly ever failed to make
ground when once they got the ball down in
the scrimmage.
Right at the start this was especially
noticeable. The ball was gradually taken to
the Lincoln line, and after ten or fifteen
minutes, during which it had never once
been free, Purvis got it out of the pack for
an instant and scored n touchdown. Shell
don converted and Omaha led by six points
to none.
After some moro scrimmage work, Cook
made n short run for Lincoln, but he never
really got free and his course was almost
horizontally across the field. More scrim-
maging, and Ralph Hoyt got the ball over
the line and himself kicked the goal. thus
equalizing the score. In the tussle just be-
fore the line was crossed ore of the Lincoln
men, Webster, was injured and his place in
the team was soon taken by Mosher.
just before the end of the first half Gard
ner scored for Omaha and kicked his own
goal, making the half.time score: Omaha,
II; Lincoln, q.
Omaha's Last Touchdown.
After the interval Lincoln started out by
Il little ground. but the Omaha boys
took the ball across the field and gradually
worked it back to about the center. Here
Billy Ayers got hold of it. and, with n Clear
field, made a bee line for the goal. This was
the one piece of pretty individual play of
the afternoon, ana even this an unfriendly
critic might well have ascribed as much to
luck as TO skill. Gardner had an easy kick
ut goal, but sent the ball under the post.
There was nearly another half hour left
for play, but there was little more done. The
bail was kept very near the center of the
field, and except for one or two
short spurts. was in a tight scrimmage al
most the whole time. The grand stand had
long been empty. ana the few spectators
who were courageous enough to follow the
players up and down the field were longing
only for the welcome sound of the whistle
which should announce that the battle was
over.
No change was made in the score, which
stood at the finish: Omaha, 10; Lincoln, 6.
The following are the names of the players
and THOR DoSitiouS.