Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-03
NEBRASKA LACKS TEAM WORK.
Lincoln Players show Tnrdy Energy,
but DO Not work Together.

Lincoln Players show Tnrdy Energy,
but DO Not work Together.
As an organization, machine to play foot
ball, tie Nebraska eleven failed to show one
solitary point of merit on Thanksgiving day.
Each player made praiseworthy efforts to
save the game after the dismal showing OF
the first half but failed to take into account
that he must subordinate himself into the
cog of a wheel. The interference was scarcely
worth mentioning and there was little sys-
tematic effort made to pull down an oppos-
ing runner In the first half the Nebraska
partlsans thought of their team charitably
and offered them wealth of sympathy. They
felt that the Lincoln aggregation had simply
met a squad of stronger, heavier men and
that it was only a question of the lighter
players sliding along over the eXpanse OF
mud under pressure of brute force. In the
second half, however, the local team dis
played a strength and vigor which over
matched its opponents. but came too tardily
to save the day. Then the wearers of the
scarlet and cream were moved by righteous
resentment that their favorites had not risen
to the occasion more seasonably.
The two touchdowns scored by Grinrell
were probably the most sensational ever
witnessed on an Omaha field The actor in
the first was Lyman, left end, who took an
icy plunge for the honor of his college, When
he was in full career he encountered Drain
of Nebraska at the brink of the pond. The
local player gathered the runner into long
embrace and together they fell overheard.
The force of that splendid sprint drove the
men through the water over the goal line.
Needless of a bitter wind from the north,
the young amphibians shook themselves and
reported for duty.
The second touchdown came about through
a punt and left the Nebraskans dumb with
surprise. Their goal line was in danger and
the ball was sent back to Benedict for
kick The spherod rose high and fell
squarey into the arms of Halfback Burd on
Nebraskas thirty-yard line. Burd fastened
his fingers into it's slippery surface and held
on. Before him lay clear field and he made
a dash for the goal line. Not one Nebraskan
interposed and the runner passed between
the posts without deviatng from straight
line. 1t was marvel of good fortune and
cleverness, opportunity seized and carried
out in the style of a veteran.
Iowa's interference was a thing to com
mend. The man with the ball threw him
self into the action low and hard in almost
every case, finding that his fellows had
found a hole large enough for him to oc-
cupy for a good gain The runners progress
was further enhanced by the hundred
weight pressing in the rear, the Nebras-
kans being plainly heavily outweighed
Wheeler, a center of splendid avoirdupois
assisted each onslaught on the line to the
limit of his 210 pounds, while Thiel and
Capron, weighing 174 and 1913 respectively,
lent their weighty influence when occasion
offered. Wheeler is also considered formid-
able as a drop kicker, and the enemy's goal
is in danger anywhere within the forty
yard mark For Nebraska, Drain, Pearse,
Crandall, Hunter and Kingsbury did their
duty like men, and, in fact, there was not
| laggard on the team during the second
half, the only portion of the game regard