Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-13
proved upon and several other weaknesses
ought to be bolstered.

proved upon and several other weaknesses
ought to be bolstcred.
The University OF Pennsylvania has still
TO get ready for a hard game, that with
Cornell on Thanksgiving day. Unless the
Quakors recover from their downfall at
Cambridge, in which their spirits were un-
doubtedly broken, they will have a hard
time with the Comedians. 1t is said at
Boston that there is an open rupture be.
tween Coach Woodruff and some OF the men
who did not do good work against Harvard.
II such proves to be the case old Penn's
chances for Thanksgiving day success may
be expected to grow beautifully less. Wood
ruff unquestionably did the best with the
material at hand. which, by the way. was
not by any means up TO the standard Of
former years.
In her game with Pennsy, Harvard per-
fected a method for smashing the Quakers'
famous guards back play, which was par
TALLY used by Cornell last Thanksgiving day
against Penn. The plan was that when
ever the guards were pulled back to make
their crushing onslaught into the middle OF
the line, some Of the Harvard rushers were
" IAN III bhSl ohh eioD We oAeS
and red leg in sight. The ends in the mean
while played well out and watched for the
man with the ball. In almost every instance
the plap was carried out SO successfully that
the Penn men could not gain the great
distance that has been usually made with
this play. Cornell partially stopped the
formation last year by this leg grabbing
process.
Nebraska had no trouble in capturing
the championship of the Western 1ntercol-
legiate association a week ago when she
met the Jayhawkers on their native heath
at Lawrence. The Drawn, muscle and skill
of the representatives of the Antelope state
easily trailed the colors Of the Kansans In
the dust of defeat even though the latter
put up a game fight. The fight for the
pennant, of course. is not very extensive, as
there are now only three cams In the
league, but Nebraska safely landed 1t by
skinning Kansas by a score OF IS to 6 and
Missouri AZ to O. Missouri may yet defeat
Kansas on Thanksgiving day, but even
then 1t would only be tied for second
money. Nebraska's remaining hard game
is the one on Thanksgiving day with Iowa.
| which will take place In this city or at
the Council Bluffs Driving park. but Iowa
is not in the league. 1t Is not at all i'm
probable that this last contest will be the
g~ridiron event of the season in this section
| of the country.
But while Nebraska has won the inter-
collegiate championship it will hardly be
able to pose as the foot ball champion Of the
Missouri valley. That honor seems to be-
long to the eleven Of the Kansas City Medi.
cal college, which administered the only
defeat of the scissor to Nebraska at Kansas
City last Monday. The band Of Antelopes
were hardly justified in meeting SO strong
a team after the gruelling struggle dowr
at Lawrence, and therefore their defeat il
excusable. They were bruised, sore and ir
bad condition. Nevertheless the Medics
beat them, and as they also beat Missouri
and lost to Kansas by the small score of
to 0. they seem to have first claim to cham.
pionship honors. This team is a husky
bunch of ex-college players and is trained
by a good coach In "Chub" Morris, a Yalen'
sian.