Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-11-28
RECORD OF NEBRAst,
Crrom a star correepondent.

Nebraska IL, NOrthwestern ,.
(From a STAFF Correspondent
LINCOLN, Nov. 27.-tSpecial Telegram.)
The foot ball season of 1902 at the Uni
versis OF Nebraska was terminated today
in a blaze of glory. Before 5000 people.
the greatest crowd that ever assembled
about q Nebraska gridiron, the unbeaten
Cornhuskers administered q decisive defeat
to the Northwestern university eleven.
scoring twelve points and emerging from
the contest with their own goal line still
uncrossed, a record not achieved by any
other college aggregation in the country.
Nebraska, not having lost a game this
season or even being scored against.
on the record claims the championship
Of the west. 1t defeated Minnesota. which
in turn defeated Wisconsin and Chicago,
against which Nebraska did not play.
Michigan today also defeated Minnesota.
and while it was by larger score than
Nebraska's victory, it was scored against
in this game as well as several other dur
ing the season.
Nebraskas victory, however, was not
easily bought. Prohting by their superb
fight against Illinois last week, the Method
lists entered into the play today with the
spirit Of demons The transformation
wrought in HOLSTERS men was surprising
to behold. They charged with spirited de-
termination. contesting every inch Of terri
Tory and Displaying an ofIense which puz-
zled the Cornhuskers to the limit. Once
the Methodists spurted and carried the oval
from the middle of the field 10 win the
coveted shadow of NebrRska's goal posts.
but the whistle blew for the end Of the
FIRST half and deprived Hollisters men Of
ss..IY.- "a.
Cornhuskers goal.
Charge Umpire with Unfairness.
Booth, the Nebraska coach. and his pupils
charge that Hall, the umpire, ex-captain
at Illinois university, was grossly unfair
in his rulings. Eleven times the Corn
huskers were penaliEed, seven Of which
were for holding, the punishment each time
being the loss of the ball. Most of the
penalties came after Nebraska had carried
the ball far into their opponents territory
and the surrender of the oval absolutely
precluded any possibility OF piling up a
score on the MethOdists. One Of the penal
ties was particularly exasperEting. Ne.
brRska had smashed its way sixty yards
by STEADY plunges, q single spurt by Half
back Bell, accounting for a third of the
distance. The ball was finally carried over
by Fullback Englehart. Umpire Hall. how
ever ruled that Guard Ringer was guilty
of holding. He refused to allow the touch
down and turned the ball over to North
western on its One-yard line. Baird i'm
medately punted out Of danger, the Me-
braska warriors capturing the ball and
instituting another onslaught toward the
Methodists' goal, but the final whistle
I called them to q halt.
Nebraska in Poor shape.
Nebraska went into the game in q rather
weakened condition. Captain Westover
limped from the effects of an abscess which
had confined him to his bed for the last
week. Quarterback Benedict was crippled
/ by a badly wrenched knee, and to add to
| his injuries he received a blow in a scrim.
mage which deprived him OF his senses.
He recovered, but played the last fifteen
minutes almost in trance. scarcely know
ing the signals. The absence OF Shedd ~
/ left end weakened Nebraslka's defense.
/ Follmer, who substituted Tor the crippled
regular, was much too light and North
western directed its chief attack around
/ and against the left wing.
/ summary OF the gains scored by both
! teams shows that Nebraska advanced The
! ball 1896 yards as opposed 10 124 for North
western. Twice the MethOdists held Ne
! DThbkh luI uoNub anu GuuhtittA punt
while the Cornhuskers' defense was Of sum
/ cient virility either TO capture the ball on
| downs or force Baird TO punt on seven
! different occasions.
! NorthWesteru's chief reliance on the at
/ tack was q tandem formation, the backs
| plunging straight ahead into the line OF
else swinging around the ends. Fullbach
/ Fleager found himself bafied In most OF his
I attacks OF NebraskR's center, the Corn
/ husker guards refusing TO give way
! Around the ends the Methodists had bet
! ter success, although Cortelyou, At Ne
/ brRskR's right extreme, threw most OF the
| rushes that came his way. Around FolL
mer and his successor, Thorpe, Northwest
| ern found little trouble in gaining. Van
ruyper, behind a solid wall Of interference
once spurted twenty yards and Rogers IL
the second half repeated the performance
Nebraska's Attack ClOck-Like.
Nebraska's attack IN the main worked
! with clocklike precision. Tackle masses
with the halfbacks carrying the bali
yielded satisfactory gains, but the lins
plunging OF Nickel and Englehart, both al
fullback, was responsible for most Of Ne
braska's advances. Nebraskas superiority
in the center position was one OF the strik-
ing features, the Cornhuskers' forwards
opening holes in the Northwestern line
which nettsd five and ten-y yard smashes on
almost every effort. Booths protegeE
varied their attack by using the ends Il
carry the ball, OOrtelyou once breaking
loose for a fftsen-yHrd dash. A quick lime
opening yielded twenty yards, with Bel
carrying the ball. Nebrasks's longest single
gain Fake plays were attempted al this
by both teams, but with poor success.
Benedict, who does Nebraska 8 punting
! was unsteady from the effects Of I