Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-09
NEBRASKA STILL WINNING
Defeats the Kansas ia Jhawkers by q Score
of Sixteen to Nothing,
KANSAS DEFENSE SURPRISINGLY STRONG
Cornhuskers Plainly Not in Best Of
Form owing to Light Practice
since Game with Has
keu Indians.
Rrom a STAFF Correspondent

LINCOLN, Nov. s.-(Special Telegram.)
Nebraska university moved down the
Kansas Jayhawkers on the gridiron today,
scoring sixteen points and administering a
shutout TO their opponents. Short halves
OF twenty-five minutes each were played
by mutual agreement, Kansas rather ex-
pecting a defeat and preferring to save its
energies for next weeks battle with the
Haskell Indians, while Nebraska has a hard
proposition to face in Knox college and
gladly acquiesced in the arrangement to
cut the time.
The result of today's struggle, while a
iforegone conclusion that the Cornhuskers
would triumph, furnished a surprise by the
splendid spirit OF the Kansans, who re-
isisted Nebraska's charges with Spartan
desperation and forced the victors to play
TO the very limit OF their energies in
lorder to win. Nebraska was able only to
score a solitary touchdown in the first half.
The feature was duplicated in the second
half, and with a goal from field repre-
sented the sum total Of its enforced effort.
The game was lacking in many OF the
spectacular features Of open play which
delight the onlookers and sets the rooter
wild with glee. Only twice Bender re-
llieved the monotony by scoring long runs,
but the game was devoted chiefly to the
playing of straight foot ball and both
teams in this regard performed creditably.
Nebraska plainly was not on edge. Having
been keyed UP to down the Haskell In
/ dams last week. Booth prepared for the
Kansas game by holding only light prac-
tice-this from the fear that his men
might go stale. Leftend shedd and his
substitute, Follmer. both were prevented
from playing because Of injuries. and Kan
aau mada this uinU of the NahrarEa line
their chief point Of attack.
J~ayhRwkers Are Strong.
Although out OF form, much Of the Corn
huskers' failure to pile up a greater score
was due to the cold, unvarnished fact that
the Jayhawkers put UP a strong article
of foot ball. stubbornly contesting the
Cornhuskers' rushes and even making con-
sistent Roadway when on the offense. Once
the Kansans advanced the oval forty yards
on a series OF fercely directed plunges, be-
fore losing It to their sdversaries. The
nearest, however. the Kansans came to the
Nebraska goal line was thirty-hve yards.
Detailed notes compiled on the side lines
show that Nebraska, by the use of straight
foot ball tactics, carried the ball only a
few yards short of 300, while the sum of the
Ja~yhawkers' efforts was but seventy-hve
Fumbles we're frequent at critical times,
this cause outing off any chance that Kan
sas might have had to score. and checking
the Cornhuskers twice when they were
close to their opponents goal.
Nebraskans score Promptly.
N~ebraska's first touchdown came of the
reel after the blowing of the whistle with
Out little delay. After an exchange of
punts. Booths p~roteges began a march for
the Kansas goal. Seventy yards they ad-
lvanced. the Jayhawkers fighting back stub
bornly, but unable to stop Nebraska's
charges. Bender and Bell, the halfbacks,
with thu aid OF a revolving mass formation
on tackle, scored gains of from two to five
yards on every plunge. Englehart at full
back varied the program by battering the
lime and never failing to make his dis
ftanoe. On the three-yard line Btchen, left
tackle, stole the ball out OF Euglehart's
arms, Bounding way like q shot, he raced
the entire length of the field and across the
goal. The trick, however, was witnessed
by Referee Clark, who called the ball back
and gave 1t to Nebraska on a ruling that
ut had been called down and was not in
play when Etchen wrested IL from the Ne
braska fullback, who was PROSTATE on the
ground. With the oval again in their pos
session only one more plunge was needed
and Englehart was through for the score.
benedict kicked the goal, Fer the re-
malnder of the half Kansas fought back
with commendable determination and held
Nebraska for downs when Its goal line was
threatened and the ball but twenty yards
distant from a score,
Bender Makes staS Play,
An electrifying dash by Bender netted
Nebrsska's second touchdown, The Corn
huskers had bucked their way for nfty
yards, when the J~ayhawkers' defense sud-
denly stiffened and threatened to hold for
downs. Benedict, the Nebraska quarter,
dropped back as II to punt instead, the