Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1896-10-18
WOODBINE WAS TOO EASY
Normal School Foot Ball Eleven Badly
Beaten by O. B. H. s.
HOME TEAM SHOWS GREAT IMPROVEMENT
General PIny Much Advanced and
Team Work Made Almost Per-
feet During the Last
Two Weeks.

The Council Bluffs High school eleven de-
featcd the Woodbine Normal school in a
rafting game Of foot ball at the Field club
park yesterday afternoon by a score OF 26
to 0. Two ty-fve-minute halves were
played. Since the opening game with
Omaha, two weeks ago, the boys have been
working hard, and have developed some OF
the strongest team play ever seen In this
city. The visitors lined up at least ten
pounds heavier than the little fellows, but
were outrun, outpunted, outplayed in buck
Ing the line, interference, tackling, and
though they put UP a plucky struggle, could
never get even near the coveted goal line.
The kick went to the home team In the
first half. Dick Stewart who has had the
benefit of playing in the schools in the
cast, took Mather's position at fullback in
this half Woodbine carried the ball for
short gain on the kick. 1t went to the
High school on a tumble, Anderson getting
the ball. After a hve-yard gain 1t was lost
to Woodbne in the same manner. Here the
visitors were played to standstill. On
the first scrimmage they lost seven yards
and failed to make up half the distance In
the remaining downs. For Council BLUFFS
w. Pardy sent through the line for
couple of yards and a second later circled
the left end for fifteen yards more. Stew
art and Flammant were sent at the Wood
bne line for small gains, when W. Pardy
got around left end for the first touchdown.
Flammant failed to kick out. Score: to 0.
Another kickoff by Woodbine netted them
forty yards, which H. Pardy cut down by
fve-yard gain before he was tackled.
Brother BIZ came next, and cleaned UP
nothing less than seventy yards in the long
est run Of the game. He came down the
field with a mill of interference churning
off the Woodbine hustlers The entire High
school team was in the mixup Stewart
then pounded out five yards through center,
Anderson rolled around center for three, and
Stewards tumble was recovered by Hutchi-
son with a gain, The ball was lost on the
eight-yard line on tumble Woodblne
made slight rally at this point and John
son got away from left end for fifteen yards.
Flammant managed to down the next Nor
| malite eight yards behind the line. and
| a tumble soon gave the home team the pig
skin. Stewart Anderson and Flammant
carried the ball to the ten-yard line. when
the rabbit foot trick was worked like a
charm. and r. Daley trotted behind the
goal posts before the embryo teachers knew
what was up Stewart promptly kicked
goal. Score: 10 to 0.
Woodbnes kick-off was taken by Stewart
| for ten yards. Flammant and Pardy worked
| the criss-cross for five yards, and II. Daley
ani Stewart the rabbit foot trick for eight
| retted fifteen yards II. Pardy took twelve
| more, when a fumbled kick lost the High
| school ten yards and the hall. Time was
up, leaving the ball on the center line.
II the first half had been a surprise, the
| second was still more of one. Stewart was
| badly hurt in the last scrimmage in the
| first half, and Mathers took his place. He
| might be rightly called the star line bucker
| in this neck OF the woods. His heavy play
soon began to tell as he was the only one
OF the home team equal to the Normalites
| in weight Woodbine's kick-off Melted them
| thirty yards. After few short gains by
| Council Bluffs, they got the ball back on
| downs, only to lose 1t in the same way a
minute later. The crack High school
| tackles, Anderson and Knox, rolled about
center for thirteen pegs. Pardy galloped
out eight more, rested, while Mathers tele-
| scoped center for five, and then followed
suit, Mathers going him two better in his
next plunge. Flammant got away round
right for three cross-bars, and w. Pardy
went the other way for one and half. This
had been constant batter, without a rest
or a signal. and the farmers couldn't get
on their feet. After pounding center for a
three and six yard gain. Mathers broke
through for touchdown. r. Daley failed
in his try at goal. Score, IA to 0.
Woodbne made another good kickoff
This was the only way they got down into
the enemy's field at all. Mathers caught the
ball on the dead run and ploughed through
without interference for over twenty yards.
1t was one of the remarkable plays of the
game. Four downs gave Woodbine a faint
hope, Flammant checked this. however,
by tackling Pritchard for an eight yard loss
A punt netted the visitors no gain. Then
began another of the great series plays by
the High school, Mathers was fresh. and
he took the brunt of the battle in line buck
ing Assisted by gains made by Anderson,
Knox. Hutchinson, the ball had been car
ried to the twenty-seven yard line. Here
"Old Hoss" Mathers got away from right
end. For the entire distance he waded
through the Normalites, giving no less than
three of them some of the prettiest straight
| arms ever seen on the gridiron. avoiding
and rolling out of as many tackles and
landing the ball between the goal posts. X.
Daley kicked goal. Score, 20 to 0.
Woodbine's usual kickoff was promptly
gobbled by Pardy and cut down two chalk
marks. After few short gains, Mathers
and II. Daley worked the rabbits foot trick
again for twenty yards. Simply out of
sight and something new" yelled the crowd.
Mathers followed this by a good punt for
thirty yards Flammant again went through
the Normalites, and got the man with the
ball five yards behind the line. This loss
was increased eight more yards before the
visitors lost the ball w. Pardy galloped
through the mass of scrimmagers and landed
his second score r. Daley kicked goal
Score, 26 to 0.
About five minutes were left and a slight
rally by Woodbine left the ball in the CEN
ter of the field when time was called.
The lineup:
Woodbine. Positions. Council Bluffs
Henshaw .......,. center. ........... Meisner
I tLalNA lAft