Omaha daily bee., 1893-11-19
The Thanksgiving Game.

The Lincoln boys with their great Flippin
may expect to have an easy time with the
boys from across the Big Muddy. If they do
there may also be a big disappointment and
surprise in store for them. The Denver
games of the two teams are no criterion.
TIL Iowa eleven had just begun practice
several changes for the better nave been
made since then. On the other hand Ne
braska had the experience of several hard
fought battles.
1t is also true that the Kansas Jay
Hawkers beat the Hawkeyes, but only by
''fiukes' and bad umpiring, it is said. A
man named Heath, whom, it is alleged,
had coached'the Kansas team, did that job
and his work at times was so raw that the
crowd on the side threat tened to mob him,
while one burly ex-Pennsylvania student
offered SO to any one who would smash the
jay Two rank errors, in themselves enough
to change the game to an Iowa victory, was
first allowing Kansas five points for a punt
over goal, and the other was allowing a
Kansas off-slde player to carry the ball over
for touchdown after a punt by their full
back, Then, too, the brace the Iowa eleven
took in the second half Of the game! They
scored twice and only allowed Kansas to
cross the goal lines once.
These things show conclusively that the
Nebraska collegians will have to fight hard
or lose. Iowa feels confident of victory. For
about a week now they have been coached
specially on stopping Zine smashes,' so that
the invincible Flippin may run against u
stone wall with jagged projections in the
Thanksgiving day game. The offensive line
work and end playing of the team is con-
tinually growing better, and the interior
ference as now played is hard to break
through.
Omaha people will remember Stiles and
Hall, the be-whiskered center and guard re.
spectively. Well, they are both gone now,
but in place of Stiles, as the Kansas City
Times said, Iowa has a man named Rogers
who looks like Sandow, the strong man, and
who can gives Stiles a quarter and beat him
the half at center playing" Rogers weighs
1874, and yet Stiles never met his equal. As
guards Iowa has big Bob Ingersoll at left,
who weighs about POS pounds, and plays in
proportion. He bucks the opposing line like
the great Bob" Ingersoll attacks the
churches. AT right guard is ''Snowballi
Pritchard and his nose mask, a modest 1888.
pound boy, who made "Hamil, the hole.
maker" OF the Kansans, "a hole-maker foI
the other side" as a Baker university man
told him after the game at Kansas City.
All Tackle Iowa has "Blocky'' Aldrich,
who played guard last year, and Van Ooster
bout, who plays his old position this year in
greatly improved form.
Iowa's ends are the ~nerviest men on the
team-White and Tyrrell-both new men as
regular players, but of some experience and
hard and sure tacklers.
Prince Sawyer is at his old post at quar-
ter and in good form and is a veritable ''never
tumble and grea. man with the runners.
Myers and Hess are the half backs. Myers
Familiarity called "Dago.' is the star player
of the team and never fails to make ground
on his line smashes.
Captain Elliott is the veteran football mar
of the team and has played before an Omaha
crowd twice already, and should be a famll
lar face. He played tackle two years; last
year ne played half back, but now he cap
Iains the team from the full backs post
There are few better punters, surer grounc
gamers or more quick sighted generals on the
football field than Elliott. he watches
every opportunity and plays the game with
vim and to win. He has the entire conf
dence of his men. Mr.. Elliott was employed
in the Office of Rich, O'Neill & Sears unit
the opening of the football season again thi.
fall.
lowa's team will not disappoint its ad
mirers and expects TO win the league tropb,
this fall.