Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1896-10-19
GOSSIP FROM The CRiDIROy
Saturdays Games Present fhs Usual Iiri
Of Surprises and DiFsppo.1lr1ttts
Billy GARDNER The HERO or CHICAGO
omnha's White-Haired LAD Captures
GLORY Galore at FuiIhnck on Mar
shnil FfeId Against The
oberifn College Eleven

Saturdays games o. The great American
college Sport developed g rreEttr number
q rurJ-ises th4n have teen recorded or any
dEy tins season. The mnEt Agreeable sur-
prise 10 OmlhtnE was the victory q Chi
cage over Oberln by such a decisive score
Us go 10 @. Omaha is particularly inter
ested in The success Of The CHICAGO teEm this
seaEau because Of the presence q two
O-aha buys % h. Gordon Clarke Is play
iur Quarterback in fine STYLE ana Billy
Gardner is covering himself with glory
wherever be is played. In tie game q
week AGO with Iowa he was PLAYED al end.
and his brilliant work largely helped 70
break " the Iuwuns' interference On
wednesday be WAS played a hEli-hack, and
did some clever tackliug and made some
fine runs on Saturday be was advanced 10
full-hHck and came ou q the
contest The star q the game. His punts
were long and straight. mis- line buCkinr
was valuable and his ilCkauE was superb.
Bat u was ms run q scvHrty-fve yards
after breaking through rne OherLn line
that made him the hero q the game
Clarke PLAYED well at quart erback, hut
cot mixed NJ with beher the quarter-hack
cf The opposing Tenn and 10th were ruled
OF. Coach StHCr Is greatly pleased with
the continued Improvement q the Chicago
team. i l. Is kept u there viii not be
much doubt about the outcome q the great
Thanksgiving Day game Win Michigan,
" bose team is none TOO strong This year.
The result Of the Yale Dartmouth game
was another pleasant surprise, al least
10 YaleusiEns and their friends. Turty-twu
points were rolled " aCainss The boys from
New Hampshire In forty minutes This Is
yale's best showing and looks especially
formidable after the score q only 1s puiE-s
against Dartmouth 10y IennsylvHr MIA one
week ago. The Dartmouth team was much
weaker on Saturday than when Il met the
Quakers Pour Of its best players were no;
in trim FOR the Yale game. Since Yale has
but one important game o. its schedule
this wear. the one with Princeton II viii
be the policy Of Captain MU-Thy's team 10
roll as large scores as pussi tie against The
minor college teams thai VII h. met. This
is probable 70 convince Pennsylvania. Ear-
ward and Cornell that Yale could turn
them down, TOO. Il i Cured 10 associate
with them.
The Harvard eleven made good showing
In its game with Brown The score being
Z. 10 Yale had previously MADE il Is
arairst the Baptist lads from Rhode Island
Dunlop was OIL for his first game ana
he has had cid fine work G; his old place
full-bEck. Captain E5Ear Wrirh tinEton al
half-huck Frank Shaw al center and Eeale
al quarterback die the bes- work Harvard
barring accidents viii run away from
Cornell at Ithaca on Saturday.
Princeton took trio " ne Hudson and
scored u points against Uncle Sans future
warriors al West Point. f.aird the full
BACK DROPPED goal from ne beld In the
! first hall and Barnard scored touchdown
| IN The second hAE. TIE haE was in the ga
oe-s territory nearly al TIE lime. buI cnst u
! fu-nbles prevented Old NASSAU irrrn doing
] more scoring Captain Ctrz-En showed he
mad two good SIS on ia 'f-sIscs, irl R.i-.-
and kusenE Brten and Kelly and Eannnrd.
with The preference given 70 ne frs. pair
/ The CO oets made great stand and forced
| They showed that George Dyer Curneil's
Old hat-back. had been dniHg some Eood
Toe University OF Pennsylvania shut on,
! JehiEh. - TO @. The latter team always
| does loi Of talking before SIS bis games
and this year y IS reI,oiieG NAT the ouBk-
J ers really were worried rs feer they would
be scared on But fortp nlinutes were
! played and Penn had nc t-outlls in advHnc-
/ inr the ban n viii. The most important
fact about the game w4s The presence OF
| WDsE Woodruff. the celebrated guard. at
! full-hHck he made three Of the six ;oach-
| ui-rlter and sc puwerfrii -Ft-erlrth mikes II
almost impossible 10 resist his plunEes into
( he line. StannGrd was played in ms place
| n guard and did fair work. The change is
/ likely 70 Ice made permanent. Is il Will give
/ Penn one Of the strongest full-bacl1s seen
4 on the C-idiron for many z day.
Cornell showed q falling OF IN its work.
/ and unless ali hands al Ithaca take on a
I BIG brace they won't stand much chance o.
/ winning Saturdays game against Harvard
Eighteen p1inis were SCORED against TUFTS,
/ though il should bs stated thai only a few
| minutes OF TIE second hEf wee p-ayed, a.
! The Tufts team wanted % catch q train.
EeschHm and SrkeeTer. the half-hacAs
| ala good work but were the only players
| IN The back fed who dld F.rnel M.
guard, succeeded in kicking but one goal
! ouI OF four trials CurnelIs interference
was poor, and the defense WAS not strong
Michigan had IN easy TINE with an easy
teEu-LHks Fcrssf-the final score being
| into Purdue j 10 Q, T1s team from me
| University q Illinois wenl over 10 81 Louis
and blHc-ed The Missouri tigers eve for
/ 20 points. The Columbia boys were without
Z ne services OF heir captain. Shawal.
Coach Patterson appears % have developed
no one else TO run The team in The captain :
absence. Unless the Yale sub can phi some
! ginger into Lis Missouri lads they VIII come
out rail-snders in the Western ln.srcul-
! leEiare Foot Ball association
Hector CUwan took his Kansas players
Out 10 Denver, and they showed Their aI'-
! 10y turning down The strong Denver Athletic
! club eleven s 10 G. Kansas Is going 70 be a
| factor and an important one in the race
] for the western championship
Brother Robinson ras succeeded IN i'm
! parting some OF his own dash and vim 10
/ thf players II Lincoln l.ilo ihsN me 10
] trouble IN turning down Duane. 20 10 @. Re
has given especial attention 70 Whipqle, and
I Is fast oeTelqplns him lnlo one o. me beSt
I own TOmmie C-eiEh IL trying for full-hack.
/ ana nav vel displnce The dlminutive Pack
/ ard. who held thai position in Saturday :
game with some credit 10 himself Ne
! lraska is unfortunate N being called upon
! 20 90 q large amount Of travelling this year,
/ and their only game on a-ne grounds has
! been I-aYcd They 20 70 ColUrnplE on Sat
difficulty in defeating The Nissourians than
| they did q Venr ago The Nebraska ] owa
game here on THANKSGIVING day promises 70
/ he the warmest seen here for 4 long time.
as All Bun, PENIS famous oars-nEn ana
/ center rush. j. quietly teaching the boys
/ across Ire river al The tricks OF the game.
/ As il is reported that he has good material
ms team should be hummer.
Western LeREne MaEnEIes Meet.
/ CHICAGO Oct. IS.-The Western Base
/ Ball League maERates held a secret meet
4 ing Al the Victoria hotel today. Charles
I Corniskey. manager Of the 81 Paul tram
1 said. when asked IN regard 10 the proceed
I iuEs q lie meeting. We cid nuthir- Of
! any Importance. We heard the reports
] from The delegates Who were sent 10
New York and anything of importance VIII,
/ Of course come up al the meeting 10 he
/ held November T."
indianapolis and Minneapolis were not
I represented. and this canshd- comment ~
I those interested in the base ball situation
/ The Representatives Of rhe clubs present