Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-26
FOOT BALL, KING OF SPORTS
Reign Of the Pigskin eliminates During the
Thanksgiving Season.
NEW INTEREST is MANIFESTED IN GOLF
Western Base Rail Association Is
Assured, with Omaha the Leading
Member-Destiny of Cricket
Is Discussed.

Member-Destiny of Cricket
Is Discussed.
The Nebraska varsity eleven passed
Through the city Thursday on its way TO
meet the South Dakota university men at
Vermilon. The boys we're in good spirits
and fine physical condition and expected to
have little difficulty in subduing the husky
Dakotans. Captain Williams of the Nebras-
kans has practically withdrawn from the
team and did not accompany 1t on the north
ern trip. Left Tackle Pearse is now acting
as captain and most of the players expressed
themselves as well pleased with the new
arrangement. The lack of harmony in the
team has been responsible in large meas
ure for the wretched showing made during
the. present season The eleven has bee1 at
the mercy of two factions contending for
the ascendency in university athletics, and
as result the feeling was altogether absent
which is necessary to proper team work
This lack of sympathy probably accounts
for the defeat one week ago in Lincoln at
the hands of Kansas. The weak spot on that
occasion was through left guard and tackle.
Pearse, in the latter position, invariably
broke up the interference, which was hie
duty as prescribed by orthodox rules, but
Captain Williams, at left half, failed for
some reason to etop the runner, the task
devolvng upon his position.
The game with Kansas was one OF the
most spectacular contests Of the year. Bene-
dict, one of the two veterans who played
on the varsity year ago. immortalized him
self by kicking four goals from field, record
which has never been scored as far as known
on amy foot ball oval. Nebraska was in
debted to these four kicks for twenty Of the
twenty-five points scored against Kansas
thirty-sx, and without them would have
made sorry showing. One of the kicks was
from the Kansas forty-yard line and another
passed between the posts from a distance
of forty-two yards. Benedict also made sew
eral notable runs with the ball and all OF
Nehraska's gains in fact were made by open
plays Kansas relied upon its bulk rather
than sprinting ability to cover ground and
the captain sent his backs through the Ne
braska line almost at will. The visitors out
weighed the local team twelve or fifteen
pounds to the man and had the advantage of
excellent team work in mass plays
The management of the Ames avenue park
is making extensive arrangements for the
Nebraska -Grinnell game on Thanksgiving
day and, expects an attendance of 4000
large delegation of Grinnell students will be
present with supply of purple and black
ribbons and a Council Bluffs contingent will
as usual swell the ranks of the Iowa sup
porters until as in the case of the game
with Iowa City, they may outnumber the
local rooters.
The Grinnell players are looked upon as
formidable opponents, having made better
showing against the University Of Iowa than
did the Nebraskans They held Iowa to a
score of 12 to O. while the Lincoln boys
allowed the Hawkeyes to reach 3O. .Grinnell
has vanquished Drake university this sea-
son by a large score and has had equal
success with Missouri, SO that the Nebraska
partisans have no reason to hope for. an
easy victory. Since the breach has been
healed in the Nebraska ranks a great i'm
proyement in team work is expected and
the Thursday game promises to be the most
evenly contested local match of the year.
The High school eleven put in con-
scentious work during the week for the
game with Tekamah yesterday. The con-
tinued rain of Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday was not regarded as an obstacle
and the first and second squads gathered
regularly to go through the signals in the
mud and water. This awakened zeal in
dicated that any overconfidence, which may
have been eXcuSable after an unbroEen list
of victories, had been effectually removed
by the defeat at Lincoln.
Tekamah is considered a formidable foe
and worthy of all possible preparation. Dur
Ing this season it has ruin up 123 points
against opponents and in return has suffered
no hostile runner to cross it's goal line. The
team has been trained carefully under the
direction of Coach Hopewell formerly a
University of Nebraska guard, and is made
up of heavy material.
The local High school Is bending its chief
energies, however to attaining perfect form
for the game with Red Oak on Thanksgiv
ing day That eleven has a clean record
for the season and is easily the first High
school team in the state. The game will
occur at Red Oak and local enthusiasts
expect to accompany their men to the scene
in a special train. low roundtrip rate
has been secured, providing a party of $50
is made up. Many more than that num-
.ber were easily secured for the excursion to
Lincoln two weeks ago
The Nebraska Iowa Interscholastic cham
pionship, according TO the rules of the
league, was decided by the game between
Red Oak and Lincoln at the latter city yes
terday. The league is divided into two cir
cults eastern and western consisting of Red