Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-04
INTEREST AROUSED IN CAME
Annual Foot Ball Contest Between Nebraska
and Iowa Universities,
GIVES PROMISE OF BEING BATTLE ROYAL
Nebraska Team, strengthened and
Improved, VIII GO on Field with
single Thought of Victory
Iowa's Marvellous Record.

AS the time approaches FOR the annual
foot ball game between the State universi
ties OF Iowa and Nebraska interest is becom
ing thoroughly aroused and the contest at
Ames Avenue park this afternoon gives
promise, so far as attendance goes. OF
being one of the most successful in the his
tory of these annual games.
Enthusiasm, such as nothing other than
a foot ball game can arouse, will be on tap
in neat quantities and there will be no hes
itancy in spending it. It will not be con-
fined to the adherents OF either side. The
admirers OF Nebraska's university players
will vie with the adherents OF the 1owans
in cheering their favorites to victory and
there will be an unlimited number on hand
who enjoy big foot ball game because of
its exhilarating excitement. These will be
impartial in their plaudits and the Ne
braskans and the 1owans will receive their
full need of praise whenever either side
makes point worthy of recognition.
The selection OF the Young Mems
Christian Association Athletic park
on Ames avenue as the scene
of the contest could not have been improved
upon. 1t has every requisite needful for
| game Of this kind. The grand stand offers
room for an enormous crowd. The decision
! to play the game in Omaha was wise one,
| LOT lOOL Dali eulUuSldSIn III lH1S Clly was
never greater than at present largely owing
to the interest aroused by the splendid
record made by the High school team. With
all these conditions existing Managers Col
| lett os Nebraska and McCutcheon of Iowa
are in the best of spirits in anticipating
! big crowd
The Iowa team, in the pink of con-
| dition and eXultant over the success
full season which it had, arrived in
Council Bluffs from Iowa City yesterday
They will remain quietly on the other side
of the river until time for the game Satur-
day indulging in sufficient practice to lin
ber them up in good shape for what prom
ises to be the stiffest contest they have en-
| countered this year. The Nebraska team
will arrive in the city this morning.
Accompanying them will be bevy Of uni
versity students-young men and women
| who are confident that the Nemesis which
| has followed in the wake OF the varsity
| team this year will for just once turn its
attention elsewhere.
Standing out in bold relief TO the brilliant
record made by the Iowa team this season
! is the miserable, unfortunate career of the
Nebraskans. Four games have been played,
Each was an overwhelming defeat with the
! exception of one game with the Kansas City
Medics. resulting in a tie-6 to 6. On the
march has been unchecked. Their goal line
| has not been crossed yet and when the husky
| Nebraskans line up against them they
| will meet the same team which surprised
the whole western foot ball world this fall
by holding Chicago down to tie--5 to O.
just week before Chicago made new leaf
in foot ball history by defeating Cornell uni
versty. This fact does not necessarily
mean, however, that the big crowG which
will go out to the grounds this after
| noon in street cars, in tallyhos, in carriages
or as pedestrians, will see a one sided, un-
interesting game. On the contrary, the con-
! test is anticipated by foot ball men as one
OF those snappy, gingery kind which brings
the blood up to the boiling point and adds
| unprecedented vigor to the lungs
| Experts in footbal!ology assert that Ne
braska stands the better chance Of winning 9
for no other reason than that she has had
such miserable luck already. They say that
| team which has beeu constantly victorious
goes on the field overconfident and because
of this one fact is frequently the victim OF
defeat, especially when the opposing team
is buoyed up with the one thought, we
| must win" ,, .....
| Nebraskans in Improved Condition.
The Nebraska team is in better condition
UOW ludH IL HdS DetN dI any liLic uuiih5 NhS
season. The addition of Kingsbury at right
tackle strengthens the line considerably and
adds confidence to all the other players.
Kingsbury is one of the fastest players at
the university and has improved wonderfully
each year. The defeats Of the sea-
son have been OF value in view
of the approaching big game
in that they have shown the varsity many
of her weak points and the coaches have
been diligently laboring to overcome these
defects, with what success Saturdays game
will show. Coach Branch has been assisted
during the last week or more by graduate
coaches Virgins and Mauss, and with the
training and instruction which has been
given the Nebraskans it is not too much to
believe that they may be the victors in the
forthcoming contest.
The Iowa team will be composed, with but
two exceptions of the men who defeated Ne
braska last year by the narrow margin of
6 to 5. The team has shown greater i'm
provement this season than any Of the west
ern organizations and it's continued victories
have been the marvel OF foot ball men every
where. 1t has had some remarkably diff
cult schedules, but has not yet suffered de-
feat Both teams are Of similar weight, the
Nebraskans averaging 1874 pounds and the
Iowans practically the same. This is of in
terest when it is remembered that ia
pounds is the average considered necessary
by expert coaches and captains
The game will be called at o'clock and
capable set of officials will preside over
the playing. The lineup OF the two teams
. will be as follows:
Iowa Position Nebraska.
| Watters.......... Right end ......., ,Cortelyou
| Ely............ Right tackle .Kingsbury
Brockway,..... Right guard Wr!nger
Baker.............. Center ............ * oehler
! Burrler.......... Left guard ,............ Brew
. Warner. Left tackle ........... Pearse
. +. A. Williams. Left end ....,.....,... Drain
. G. Williams. Quarterback ,..... .Crandall