Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1896-11-27
Nebraska and Iowa Unable to Score
Single Point
HAWKeYES MAKE DESPERATE ATTEMPTS
Iowa's Gladiators Battle Fiercely for the
Coveted Touchdown,
DEFENSE OF U. OF N. IS WONDERFUL
Protects Its Goal with Determination Mar
vellously Successful.
ENSE OF U. OF N. IS WONDERFUL
FEARFUL ODDS CALAMITY OVERCOME
Heavy Line of the Conuucring Iowa
Men Unable to Brcnk the
sturdy Resistance of the
NcbrRsknns.
Ncbrn ska, q; Iowa, q.
Kansas, 30; Missouri, q.

Kansas, 20; Missouri, q.
For almost three hours yesterday afternoon
Nebraska and Iowa struggled upon rough
and slippery field OF ice, and most of the
time in n snow storm, in their annual cham
pionshp foot ball game. When time was
| called account of darkness, with a
minute of the half still left, neither
eleven had succeeded in crossing its OPP
ponent's goal line and the contest ended
with the score 90 The tie gave the west
ern championship to Iowa, for even had Me-
| braska won they would have been tied for
| the title
Tomorrow afternoon the teams will meet
| again and make an effort to decide the SUI
premacy.
more dsagreeable day could not he
| imagined for the game. When morning
dawned rain was falling steadily and this
changed into sleet as the temperature went
down with the advance of the day. At noon
the regular foot ball field at University
park was a solid sheet of ice and it was
found necessary to stake off another grid
! iron on another part of the grounds. This
was but slight improvement. Soon after
the game began snow commenced to fall
and continued to the finish On account OF
! the inclemency of the weather the game,
which is usually attended en- masse by tho
society people of the city, was not wit
messed by many of swelldom. The attend
ance was about LOCO, consisting principally
| of students and alumni of the two univer-
stiles represented on the field and by foot
ball enthusiasts not to be deferred by the
| weather.
The game was hard fought contest and
was filled with incidents calculated to keep
up the enthusiasm of the spectators to the
l ON IN condition nf IA fpppnni
lied Iowa's advantage in weight to a great
degree, and to this is due Iowas failure to
score. AS it was, its goal was never threat
| ened, whereas two different occasions
| II had excellent opportunity TO cross Me-
braskas line. One occurred in the first and
| the other in the second half.
When the first half was within fifteen
minutes of the end the ball was on Me-
| braskas fifteen-yard line, in the possession
| of Iowa. The contest was waged within
| these fifteen yards for the next twenty-five
minutes, for the timekeeper's watch stopped
and the fact was not discovered until the
half was forty-two minutes long. The ball
! changed hands frequently, until Iowa had
| 1t within five yards of Nebraska's goal
the first down. Here Nebraska stood like
a rock and held like stone wall against
| the rushes of Iowa's backs. BY a mistake
! the officials allowed Iowa five downs, but
on the last the ball no nearer the goal
| than on the first down. Nebraska rushed
| called it was on the ten-yard line, in Iowa's
possession
Again in the second half Iowa seemed to
be in sight of victory. The half was within
a few minutes of being up, with the ball in
| Ncbraska's hands on its fifteen-yard line.
| Nebraska gained nothing on two downs
and Thorpe dropped back for a kick. Mil
| ford, center snapped the ball back to him,
| but 1t flew over the quarterback head in
| the darkness. 1t rolled to within a foot of
| la
| it. squabble ensued and both captains
| finally agreed to call the game. Throughout
| the game Iowa showed to better advantage,
| had the ball the greater part of the time
and kept 1t largely in Nebraska's territory.
IOWA BUCKS VICIoUSLY.
With the wind blowing stiff breeze from
| the northwest. Captain Thorpe Kicked off
| for Nebraska and the game begun. The
| punt was against strong wind and failed
| to carry more than twenty yards. Iowa
at once began a series of short, strong
PUSHES against the Nebraska line which was
| expected to be such easy thing. The
line of the Lincoln men held well and the
gains through ii were not worth mentioning
Then Iowa called upon Meyers its sturdy
and feet-foOted right halfbacR to advance
the ball. He responded with run OF
twenty-five yards. There was a futter
among the gold-colored flags, but the red
| and white waved a moment later when
Iowa lost the ball to Nebraska on bad
tumble.
Nebraska realized the strength of the
opposing team and at once massed its
strength back of the line for a tandem play
1t gained a few yards the first time. but
on repetition of the play The Iowa team
was there low and ready to break il up.
Nebraska was forced to punt and under
adverse circumstances. as the wind from
tho west was strongly against them. For
Iowa Meyers took the ball on a thirty-yard
run between the left end and tackle. and
then followed a series of short PUSHES In
stopping one of these Jones' Nebraska's
left end, was hurt, but pluckily resumed
play moment later. The ball went to
Nebraska before Iowa had a chance to push
II any further along toward the Nebraska
goal. The loss of the ball was for some
| rank holding in the line by Iowa. Cap
tain Thorpe brought JOY to the Nebraskans
by gaining four yards on fake kick. An
attempt TO go through the line was unsuc-
cessful, and Thorpe kicked for twenty
yards. Hobbs returned the ball for Iowa,
the exchange Of punts giving neither side
an advantage. Holbrook made short gain
for Iowa after Thorpe had returned the
punt OF Hobbs. Then there was some FUN
bling by both sides. Hobbs failed 10
gather in Th0rpes second kick, and Wig
gins missed the plgskn after Hobbs had
let 1t get past him. Iowa finally captured the
ball, twenty yards away from Nebraska's
goal. With the coveted goal In sight tho
Iowans now put on full head of steam,
but the excellent tackling of Thorpe and
Shedd all but neutralized their best efforts.
Turner. the big right guard OF the Ne
braska team. too, showed that he was able
to stop the advances OF the Iowans. On
lowa's last chance to save the ball he waa
through tho line like a fash, taekling the
runner back Of the line and throwing him
for a loss OF two yards. II was an elegant
piece Of defensive work one OF the most
meritorous individual plays OF the game
NEBRASKA ON THE AGGRESSIVE.
Tho ball went to Nebraska, Iowa having
failed TO gain the requisite five yards, thanks
to Turner's timely tackle Cook was sum-
mOned and answered with a run OF four
yards for the Lincoln lads. DUNCAN, the
left tackle went through the otner w2g
for two yards and was followed by Virgins,
who pushed 1t along three yards further.
Then Nebraska commenced to pour through
| the stalwart line OF the Iowans just like