Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-08
IN The WORLD OF SPORT
Opening Of the Foot Ball Season is Propitious
for the Popular Game.
OMAHA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS WORKING HARD
All Kinds of Autumnni sports Are
Receiving Their Due Attention the
Country Ovcr-Omaha Hunters
Anglers Having Good sport.

The eastern teams have all played a
game or two apiece with some minor col
lego team, and but little can be CLEANED
from the records made in those games.
The Harvard varsity team had an easy
opponent In Williams, and in two ten
minute halves ran up score Of rs to 0.
Although It was apparent from the first
kickoff that the Williams men would have
no chance of stopping the Harvards for any
length OF time, yet in the eyes OF the Har
ward coaches the game was one OF which
the Crimson should be ashamed. To quote
William II. Lewis, the play was the poorest
varsity work ever seen on a gridiron. III
the first half the Harvard line was
composed wholly of varsity men, but be-
fore the second half ended only two varsity
men remained in the line. Those were c.
Sargent at center and Boal at left guard,
All the other men were substitutes. The
feature of the game came in the second
half, when Gierasch, who substituted Par
ker made two runs Of forty-hve yards each
around Williams left end, both times scor.
Ing a touchdown. 1t was clever work, ana
the brilliant lodging brought forth much
applause. 1t seemed very much as II Ben"
Dibblee was doing the feat, especially as
both men are about the same in height and
movements. Sawin kicked easy goals, ana
before time was called he succeeded in add
ing another touchdown, besides kicking a
goal, making the total score 26 to O. The
substitutes in the second half played
up in much better style than was expected,
but the varsity men failed to do them
selves justice.
Pennsylvania ran up a score OF 20 on Le-
high at Franklin Field, OF which only
fifteen points were made in the first half
The fumbling of the Quakers was atroclous,
they losing the ball once on Lehighs ten
yard line when a touchdown seemed i'm
minent.
In Yales first game 1t defeated Amherst
by score of 23 to 0. Sharp and Dupee,
= ale's new backs, had little difficulty in
getting through the Amherst line for
good gains, while Perry Kefer, who did
some sensational work on the Yale field
two years ago. cinched Amherst's ends for
repeated short games, and for two runs OF
forty yards each. The work of some OF the
players was very poor, especially that of
Finke at quarter and Mcconnell at center
The unsatisfactory feature OF the showing
made by Yales new players was that the
best playing by the new men in the rush
line was done at the tackles and on the
ends OF the line. Yale wants new men most
for the center OF the line, and there the play
was weakest. The game, however, showed
that such veterans as Stillman and Coy and
Hubbell will be lucky If they hold their po-
sitions this season.
Cornell played Hamilton college, and al
though this Is usually a weak team, sue
ceeded in scoring only IL to 0. Kansas uni
verstty started the season with game with
the Haskell Indians hy tn
The Indians played fast, snappy game in
the first half and neither side was able to
score In the second half Harris, the Indian
quarterback, was injured and had to leave
the game after which the Indians lost heart
and allowed Kansas two touchdowns Had
Harris stayed in the game it Is doubtful
If Kansas could have won.
Northwestern started the season last Sat-
urday by losing to the alumni team 1S to o.
1t was practically a contest between Van
Doosen and the present team, and at nc
stage did the players who are to wear the
purple this fall stand the least show OF
winning. The olo star back tore through
the line as II 1t was made OF paper.
Cornell is rapidly coming to the from
with claims for recognition in first class
season 1t lost to Princeton to and tC
Pennsylvania IL to g. losing by but one
touchdown in each case, we are forced Il
the ccnclusion that the Ithacans know
thing or two about the game, and that 4
they could but once break into the charmed
circle they would be likely to form a con
siderable part in the final positions of tn
different teams.
Though the Carlisle Indians are full,
In Cornell's class on the average, they coult
never hope TO be classed as true rivals o
the best college teams. They win always b.
attractive for their uniqueness, simplicity
pluck and dash. They will be respected 70
their manliness, They will be plentiful.
applauded IL they win from any Of our first
class college teams But they cannot b.
classed college players, and for that rea
son cannot be said in the true sense of tn
word to be rivals of the college teams.
Neither should they be reckoned as of tn
athletic club class They are organized
disciplined and responsible. They are in
class of their own and have nothing to b
ashamed of. No matter where they pla
they have their hosts OF admirers and sym
pathizers, both among the spectators an
opponents
The idea that the eastern foot ball team
are so far ahead OF those OF the west wa
exploded last fall by the record OF the Chi
cago team with Pennsylvania, and the yea
before when Harvard had a hard task t
win from Michigan by a score Of to 0.
Barring a trick play, the score In the Chi
cago-P Pennsylvania game was l to IL, an
when 1t was over, and Pennsylvania had es
capped with only one more tally from Hersh
bcrger's phenomenal kicking, the Quaker
found relief behind a smile of calm superi
ority. The score was 23 to II, but Pennsyl
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