Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-01
BLUFFS TEAM THE STRONGER
Omaha High School Falls Victim to Iowa
Beef and Skill.
GAME FULL OF FUMBLES AND BRIGHT PLAY
Teams Evenly Matched and Able to
Make nn Interesting Struggle,
but the Iowa boys Win
at the End.
GAME FULL OF FUMBLES AND BRIGHT PLAY

At University park yesterday afternoon in
the presence of a very representative and a
very boistorous crowd. the Omaha and Coun-
ell Bluffs High school foot ball elevens tool,
each others measure and the tangly- haired
contingent from the other side found them
selves to he two or three times the size of
the local students.
Council Bluffs won the day by the igno-
minious score of a dozen to nothing. Still. 1t
would be in bad taste to overdo the criticism
act, as the two teams stand a tie. the
omahas waxing their prohibition rivals
couple OF weeks ago by very decided mar
gin So it is horse and horse and the final
conflict will take place on Iowa soil.
Barring a very noticeable advantage in
the way Of beef on the Hawkeyes' side, two
more evenly matched teams would be diff
cult to find On the line and behind 1t the
men very clevery offset each other, except
in some few instances, where the Iowans
have both muscularity and speed in their
favor. Aside from the Bluffs first touch
down in the early part of the first half when
they worked the Criss-cross in great shape on
our boys, the play was very even, the action
being almost equally divided between the
territories of each eleven, although by some
odd chance each half ended with a touch
down and goal for the Hawkeyes and a big
fat, free silver horse collar for our darings
The Council Blufs team showed the ef-
fects of the excellent coaching young Dick
Stewart has subjected ii to and on the whole
is entitled to the fullest need of praise for
its timely and concerted work.
It was a rafting hard game from the
start; one well calculated to show the condi-
tiOn of the players and only possible when
men have been in active preparation for
some considerable time. That 1t was snappy
and full of tobasco sauce from the opening
kickoff was shown by the fact that about
half the men were more or less injured be
fore the pigskin had hardly gotten warmed
through. The crimson cOrpuscles from
Mather's prominent proboscis beSpattered his
canvas jacket after the very first miX-up.
and moment later young Mr.. Hopkins re
tired with severely wrenChcd wing. More
than anything else the contest in the sec
ond half evinced the effect of coaching the
Blufs boys had enjoyed and that which the
Omahas had been denied. The latter would
have shown better undoubtedly had they not
been deprived of the services of Captain
McKel and the early retirement of Hop
kins. While the game was a hard one ana
an interesting one, 1t was a long ways short
of varsity ball. But they will get there
in time. Both eleyens have splendid ma
terial. Yesterday there was too much fun
bling in which all the backs took a hand
The ball was frequently passed back too
high and the recovery was precarous. Twice
was a kick blocked and once Mather punted
forty yards after Jensen had broken through
and reached him. Mather ana Stewart made
good runs, being aided by fair interference.
In this respect the play of the Bluffs was
much better than that of Omaha The stocky
fellows steadied up their running backs and
kept tackles off with fine discrimination