Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-13
0. H. S. WINS CHAMPIONSHIP
Lincoln Unable to score Against the Gats
City Youngsters.
CLEAN FOOT BALL GAME WELL WON
HeadvvOrk Distinguishing Feature of
h Contest and the Home Team
O~utshincs the Waiting Eleven
In This Particular Respect.

the blue and the black. the colors OF the
Lincoln High school, at the Ames avenue !
ball grounds yesterday afternoon. In one
Of the prettiest, cleanest and hardest Tough:
foot ball battles ever witnessed in this city
the local gridiron favorites swabbed upon
the chalk ribbons with the shapes OF the
Lincolnites by a score Of II to 0.
1t was q conflict Of think tank against
think tank. Pound for pound the two teams
compared favorably. In Interference and
clean tackling the Capitol city lads had per-
haps the better Of It. In kicking and punt
ing the Oman boys were the superior. The
contest was one Of kicking against tricks
and kicking won. The scale was turned by
brains. And In display Of gray matter the
toozied topped warriors Of Omaha outclassed
the chrysanthemum show from Lincoln.
The contest was for the championship OF
Nebraska and more. In addition to placing
the Omaha lads upon the pinnacle Of the
interscholastic foot ball ladder OF the Ante
lope state, the result gives the local High
school team a chance for the interscholastic
championship Of the Missouri valley and
the championship OF the interscholastic
league Of this section Of the country. This
league Is comprised Of two sections-the
eastern and the western. The champions Of
tt, former are the Council Bluffs eleven
since it defeated Red Oak by a score Of 6
to Q and Nebraska City has withdrawn.
! The premier team Of the other is Omaha,
inasmuch as it has beaten Tekamah by q,
score Of % to s and has now skinned Lin
| coin, which defeated Tekamah also by a
score Of 40 to 0. THU the interscholastlc
championship Of the Missouri Valley de-
pended upon the result Of yesterdays game
and now hinges between Omaha and Coun-
Gil Bluffs. The decisive die Is to be cast
next Saturday when the purple and white
OF Omaha and the purple and the red Of
Council Bluffs engage at Council Bluffs.
Played Clean Ball.
In view OF the fact that so much de-
pended upon the game, the absence Of rough
ness was remarkable. Both sides INDUCED
short arm tolts in the heat of the battle,
and certain willy athletes did hurdle duty
with their legs. But these improvised
steeplechases were about evenly divided,
and barring a few petty cases Of bruises,
there were no accidents. Lehmer Of the
Omaha contingent was forced to retire in
the second half on account of injured bel
lows. but the game as q whole was remark
ably free from rough tactics.
There are a number of players who might
be picked out as the heroes of the struggle.
Among these were Thomas. Dickinson,
Brown, Englehart, Thurkles, Lehmer, Tracy
and, indeed, about the whole of the Omaha
eleven. OF the Lincoln foot ballists Half
back Pilon and Quarterback Benedict might
be selected as the premiers. But the re-
mainder Of the team was not so slow, and
altogether they put up a game OF which
they have no reason to feel ashamed.
Thomas whisked the bali to Fullback
Nickel on the first kickoff. the pigskin fall
ing on the forty-nve-yard line. PAon grabbed
1t and skirted around the left side for TWEEN
ty-hve yards. Lincoln made q few inef-
fectual efforts to get through the line. but
Omaha succeeded in getting the ball on its
own thirty-yard, line. Thomas kicked to
Lincoln's thirty Ave- yard line, the ball going
out Of bounds. Lincoln, bringing the ball
ten yards In. used Its first trick. Pilon,
touching the ball down, went around
Omaha's right end for thlrty-fve yards. A
quarterback kick Melted fve yards more
around the left end, but on the next three
downs the Capitol City team failed to gain
and the ball went to Omaha or downs.
Omaha, however, lost the ball almost imme-
diately on her own forty yard line. Several
Of the local players succeeded in oozing
through Lincoln's line and finally Thomas
kicked to the ffteen-yard line of the Capitol
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the ball ten yards, but further plunges failed
in any gain and on a quarterback kich
Omaha got the ball on Lincoln's forty-yard
line.
AS soon as Omaha came into possession
of the oval 1t commenced a series Of Lint
hammering tactics that brought the ball t.
Lincoln's thirty-yard line. The first o
Omaha's attempts at a quarterback kicl
enabled Shedd to secure the ball for Lincoln
on the hirty-hve-ya line. Nickel at
tempted to kick, but Roberts broke through
tho line and blocked the punt. Dickinson
went between left guard and tackle for tel
=. yards. Englehart made a series of success
siye rushes that brought the ball to Lin
l coins hve-yard line. Dickinson wa
t crowded through right guard over the line
, scoring the first touchdown right benin,
D the posts twenty-five minutes after the ref
/. cree called time. Tracy failed to kick goal
Reynolds kicked of to Omaha's fifteen
yard line. The pigskin was captured b.
3 Lehmer, who returned it fifteen yards. J
r tumble by Quarterback Pritchard enable
{ Johnson to get the pigskin and he advance
It to the thirty-two-yard line. Lincoln sen
her halves into Omaha's line and succeede
\ in driving the ball down to the fifteen var
, line, but there it failed to find any yawn
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got the ball on downs. Tracy tried a plac
;, kick. but the punt was blocked. Thoma
kicked to Lincoln's ffty-yard line. A kick
!, Ing duel followed without advantage I
\ either side and the half ended with tn
4 ball exactly at the center Of the field.
In the second Half Nickel sent a dribblin
kick to Brown on Omaha's twenty-fve-yar
line. Tracy attempted to return the pun,
d but Right Guard Tobin blocked. RICH
L Half Pilon ducked around the left end 70
a twenty-five yards and Left End Johnso
e sneaked the ball Ave yards further. but O
her ffteen-yard line Omaha secured tn
n ball on downs. Roberts advanced leathe
hve yards and Thomas kicked to Omaha
hfty-yard line. Pilon fumbled the bal
Brown snatched 1t and invaded the enemy
acres for ten yards. Tracy followed TIL
n with fifteen yards around the left enc
landing on Lincoln's thirty-fve-yard lin,
Thomas punted thirty yards and followin
up this star kick he made the pretties
tackle OF the game by downing Nickel afte
the latter had returned the ball twent
yards.
" Omaha Held Too Well.
Omaha demonstrated that 1t was possesse
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