Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-15
WEIGHT NAlLS NOTHING
High School Boys Easily Defeat Thurston
Rifles at Foot Ball,
MlLITIAHEN WERE UNABLE TO SCORE
Boys Went Through the Line, Around
the End aud worked Timcworn
Tricks at Their own
sweet VIII.

The High school foot ball eleven defeated
the Thurston Rifle team at University park
yesterday afternoon, by the score OF ~ to o.
| As decisive as the score is, 1t fails to repre-
sent the difference between the two teams
Had the school boys played with more vim
and snap, they would have come nearer reg
stering 100 than fifty points, against their
opponents. Despite the onesded score the
| school boys did not give wonderfully fine
exhibition OF foot ball The od-time criss-
! cross and other trite tricks were worked sue
cessfully a number of times But they
would have resulted in greater gains had
| the players been quicker to get into motion.
There were a good number of long runs
All the High school backs played we'll, Leh-
| mer easily eXcelling. The work of Giles
pie, Crandall and Reed was also creditabe.
| The ends made some good gains, but were
| more tardy than players in those positions
should be. The line held its own against
| line of superior size and weight very we'll
| Turkey and Jensen were frequently taken
| from the line for substantial gains. The
| High school team played an offensive game
| altogether, and for that reason 1t appeared to
| advantage Seldom was 1t called upon to
| play defensive game but the little defens-
I've work 1t had to do was well done
The mlitamen have volumes to learn
about the great intercollegiate-and now
adays Observation-Disclosures. There is
| plenty of good material in the team notably
| the halfbacks and the guards, that might be
| developed with coaching. But II Is a mean
| slur at the game to say that tine soldiers
| played foot ball yesterday afternoon. They
struggled hard but their strength and force
was made to count for nothing by an igno-
| rance of the game. The High schools were
wore lighter by many pounds, but they ran
| the endo. pushed through the line and
/ worked the same tricks over and over again
with the greatest amount of freedom.
The wrotched work of the umpire allowed
| the game to become rough. He permitted
the interference to be tackled and allowed
| players to jump into scrimmage feet first.
Had he ruled several players of early in
the game, the remainder of the contest would
doubtless have been more clean.
SCORED EARLY.
The school boys scored their first touch
down in two minutes of play Long runs
by Schwartz, Hopkins and Crandall ad-
vanced the hall co that Lehmer had an
easy thing in making a touchdown. He
also kicked the goal Score: Go. The
school boys had the ball within fifteen yards
of their opponents goal and the prospects
were bright for second touchdown. when
they foolishly tried for a goal from the
field. The attempt failed. The soldiers now
had the ball for the first time. Coleman
made a good rl'n of twenty-five yards. and
was brought down by a fine tackle from be-
hind by Gillespie The same player was in
the way when the soldiers tried the other
end The Rifles puntod and Lehmer missed
connections with the ball. Then the Rifles
did some good work and gained through the
line. but they soon afterward lost the ball
on downs. Reed ana other High school
pupils pushed the ball the other way and
Lehmer went across the line for another
touchdown, from which he kicked a goal.
Score: 12-0.
There was a needless delay while the
officials and players discussed the game.
Soon after the debating society gave way to
the game, there was a third touchdown by
Schwartz. Lehmer kicked another goal
Score: 1S-0. Soon after the kickoff
Turkey picked up the ball on a bound and
made a run of twenty yards for the High
school. The latter team was hustlng for
another touchdown when time was called for
the first half. Score: 1S-O.
In the beginning of the second half the
Rifles showed some improvement some of
the backs actually following their nterfe,
encc. Lehmer and Crandall came to the
front again with long runs. and Lehmer
soon secured a touchdown and kicked the
goal Score: go. Ii was repetition
OF the same plays, runs around the ends
and the old criss-cross trick, on which Gran
dali made thirty yards, and the fifth touch
down and goal We're secured. Score: 800
The Rifles zigZagged across the width of the
field for awhile, and then Reed made the
sixth touchdown for the little fellows, Leh-
mer Keeping up his record for kicking easy
goals. Score: go. Crandall made the
seventh touchdown and Lehmer kicked the
goal in very few minutes. Score: go
The school boys had the bali within eight
yards of the Rifles goal when time was
called for the second half The line-up.