Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-01
WEST DIES MONIES TUE WINNER
Final score to @ In Favor Of Capital
City Eleven.

Final Score - to q In Favor Of Capital
City Eleven.
The Council Bluffs High school went
down in defeat before the West Des Mones
High school yesterday afternoon on the
Manawa gridirou, the visitors winning by
score of to 6. BY it's defeat yesterday
the Bluffs boys lost their chance for the
pennant in the state high school champion
ship race and will now have TO be content
with third place. The game was a fast
one from start TO finish, but the boys from
Des Moines proved too fast for the Bluffs
lads, and, besides that, outwelghed them
nearly ten pounds TO a man. Despite these
odds, the Bluffs team put up a rafting
game and during the greater part of the
first half it looked as IL the visitors would
be defeated The game was witnessed by
a crowd Of something over 1000 the cold
weather keeping many away who had
bought tickets.
Captain Nicoll won the toss for the home
team and chose the north goal. Macomber
kicked off. The Bluffs boys we're unable
to gain and Nicol punted, Des Moines re-
turning the ball about twenty yards. BY
series of line smashes the visitors ad
vanced the ball to the twenty-yard line,
when Macomber kicked a goal from the
| field making the score 4 to 0 in favor Of
Des Mones. Des Moines then kicked the
| ball to Cooper and Council Bluffs pulled
| itself together and made number of good
| gains by Hawkins, Cooper, Cutler and
| Benjamin. The Bluffs team, however, was
forced to punt and Nicoll kicked the ball
over the line, where one of the Des Moines
team attempted to fall on II, but was
nicely interfered with by Williams long
enough to allow Dimmock to fall on 1t
and secure a touchdown for the BLUFFS
team. Nicoll then Kicked very difficult
| goal.
This seemed to put fresh blood into the
| Bluffs boys and they kept the ba1l\in Des
Moines territory for. the rest of the half.
| Council Bluffs. just before the close of the
| half. got within scoring distance and Nicoll
had a chance to kick goal but the ball fell
short about FIVE yards OF the posts. The
! half ended with the ball in possession of
| Des Moincs and the score 6 to in favor
of Council Bluffs.
In. the second half the Des Moines team
resumed its line smashing tactics, and the
! Bluffs boys were unable to stand the line
plunges Of Macomber, who made big gains
1 through both sides Of the line. Gradually
the visitors forced the locals back toward
/ their goal until, when within about twelve
yards, Macomber was forced through for
| a touchdown, but he failed to kick goal
This made the score to in faver of Oe'
MONIES. The Bluffs boys rallied and for a
time it looked as If they were going to
score, but the visitors proved too fast and
too heavy for them Craignile was laid
out by hurting his shoulder and his place
was taken by Seeger. Council Bluffs had
| another chance to score, but failed on .
place kick. Punting in this half, as in the
i 9rat fraunanf and in this roaDeCi
honors were about evenly divided The
| half ended with the ball in possession OF
Des Moines and dangerously close to the
Bluffs goal. Score 8 to 8 in favor OF West
! Des Moines.
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