Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-11-15
Continue To Conquer.

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Continue To Conquer.
By adopting the tactics of that noted
Roman general, Fahins Maximus, who
always defeated an opponent by run
nlng away at the critical stage of a
contest, the foot ball team of the
Creighton University of Omaha yes
terday afternoon saved themselves
from thorough "trouncing" at the
hands (and feet) of the local foot ball
team. Ever since the commencement
of the foot ball season this year the
members of the local team have con
the game with the Creighton
team the hardest on the schedule and
have practiced with the sole thought
of making at least showing against
the husky youths from the University
and how we'll they succeeded will be
vouched for 10y every person IN the
small but highly enthusiastic crowd
which witnessed yesterday afternoons
contest. When the College aggrega-
ton arrived yesterday noon they were
as full of confidence as the modern
dinner pail is supposed to be full of
esculents. They tossed beautiful bou
quets at themselves to the effect that
they were about the most torrid ag-
gregation of foot ball players that ever
came down from the histrionic pike.
Whether the glorious game of foot
ball was in vogue during the times
when the Bible was written we are I'M
able to state, but just the same some
thing is said in Proverbs about pride
and naughty spirit going before a
fall Before the close of the day yes
terday the Omaha group Of embryonic
scool teachers received fall. and q
most decided one in both figurative
and literal sense.
In the toss up for choice Captain
Cook won, choosing the wind and west
goal giving the visitors the kick off.
Promptly at 3:45 Creighton kicked off,
sending the ball into Missouri Valleys
% yard territory Then commenced
the hardest struggle for supremacy
ever waged on the local gridiron. The
visitors outweighed their opponents
by an average of Is pounds which the
locals attempted, and with excellent
success, to offset this handicap by the
use of science and skill in place of
brute force. On the first down Mis-
souri, Valley advanced the ball four
yards, on the second seven and on the
third the ball went to Creighton on q
tumble. Slowly the pig skin was
forced back into the territory which
the Valley youths were so vallently
endeavoring to defend against the
terrible smashes of the visitors, Slow.
ly yet surely was the ball, still in the
possession of Creighton, placed in the
Valleys dangerous territory. The To-
cal youths took brace held the pom
derous visitors on towns, and a few
minutes later sent Cook across the
Creighton goal line for touchdown
after spectacular end run of almost
fifty yards Cook failed to kick goal,
making the score 5 to 0 with the 0 in
favor of the visitors Creighton kicked
off, held Missouri Valley for three con-
secutive downs, secured possession of
the ball and then started to play the
most vicious game of their lives. They
pounded and butfeted the lighter line
of the locals until the ball rested on
Missouri Valleys five yard line.
''Thlrd down, one yard to gain, Creigh-
tons ball" said the referee. The pal
pitator down in the vicinity of
the lower left rib of every
loyal rooter was doing stunt of q
most energetic nature when of sud
den there was thud, which some
writer's are prone to describe as "dulI
and sickening" and before the excited
gaze of the c. OVID (?) there appeared
the spectacle of young athelete tear
ing through the supposedly invulner
able line of the Creighton team, tack
ling the man in possession of the bal
and carrying him back distance OF
nearly five yards before he was downed
This saved the game for Missouri Val
ley and the person to whom is due th.
entire credit is Leslie Beebe who oc
cupies the responsible position of righr
half back for the Valley team. Ono,
more in possession of the ball the Val
legs sent it back by slow degrees to-
ward their opponents goal when i
was lost on tumble. Then the heft.
backs Of the Creighton team CON
menced hammeripg the line again an.
were making gains at each down whel
in forming one of their plays the,
made fowl formation absolutely for
hidden by the book of rules. The,
were warned by Mr.. Davis of Eagl
Grove, who was umpiring the last hal
of the game that their manner of for