Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-18
BELLEVUE WINS CHAMPIONSHIP
Decisive Victory from DOane I'm Hard
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ChEiE, Mob, Nov. lt.-(Special BELLE
vue college foot ball team won decisive
victory from Doane today by i to 5.
The Bellevue team was ACCOMPANIED bv
sixty loyal supporters, who were pitted to
yell against Doanc's SEQ rooters, but they
made enough noise to send Bellevue across
Doane lines for two touchdowns. Doanc
the game on a tumble.
FOR Bellevue this was a critical and most
important game. 1t meant the champion
snip OF Nebraska colleges, and IL was won
by, straight and honest foot ball. Although
lighter, Bellevue's superiority was clearly
manifest The back field can nowhere I'm
the state be eXcelled. The two great Ben
sons, Tones and Harle are as speedy
omoination as can be found. Both Of
Bellevue's touchdowns were made by long
runs, and the visitors repeatedly gained
around Doanes ends. Doane placed de,
good ball, but lacked support Bellevue
had recourse to punts during most of the
game and always gained Captain ]. Ben
half, but he would not leave the game r.
Benson was always able to hit DOane's line
for gains. Bellevue's line was like 4 stone
Henderson in the line Doane found hard
proposition In the last few mtnutes Of
ruled out for smuggling, although il adj
mitted he struck in self-protection.
Doeno played good ball throughout the
game and was defeated only because Coach
WhitmOre's men had superior team work
Bates, Doanes quarter, played careful
game. and several times thew advanced the
but when touchdown seemed i'm sight thay
We're either held or they fumblcd.
DOane kicked to Bellevue. b. Benson re-
turned the ball five yards. r. E. Rice was
! crippled on first down and Patton put in.
/ Doane was penaliZed five yards for offside.
a. Benson tried punt and was blocked.
| Doane lost the ball on tumble. Benson
| kicked and Doane was held for downs.
| Bellevue punted and Doane returned the
/ kick. Bellevue again punted and Marvel
| got the ball Bellevue punted on first down.
! DCane punted. \. Benson returned the
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! Doano tried OFF tackle plays. but EedIns
! broke through and stopped them. Doanc
and Marvel mace forty yards on a forward
pass, Bellevue punted. DOane returned
kick, Doane then got the ball on Bellevue 8
| five yard line and Kearns broke through
and stopped plays. Doane was held for
downs. Bellevue tried kick, passed too
high. Doane blocked a kick and Benson
touchdown. They failed for goal Score
Doane, D; Bellevue. o. Bellevue kicked IN
the advantage on neither side. Bellows
made several end runs and Harte went
} through the line for forty yards. b. Ben
tried a place kick Harte blocked the kick
! and TOlles got the ball and made an Sl-yard
J run, which took some of the tuck out OF
! the Doane rooters. He carried the ball
/ over the line and Grant Benson Kicked
! the goal making the score Bellevue, 6;
After the ball had been booted back and
! forth up and down the cid for four minut rs
| Grant Benson tucked It under his arm and
! sCoOted for seventy-iVe yards on one OF
! the pretticst plays ever seen on the Doane
/ field. He cut in and out between and
| around players, but seemed too oily for the
. DOane Tigers to hang onto. and before thew
I could stop him he had placed the ball back
| OF the goal line after seventy-five yard
| run and then kicked the goal Bellevue. 12:
] poanC, ;.
] The remainder Of the game was success
J sion of punts. Three times Bellevue got
within five yards Of DoaRes goal but in
b Yariably fumbled. End runs worked well
for long gains, and HaTte and Ben Benson
J went through DOane's line at will. Day,
4 Doanes great tackle, made consistent plays
; IN the first part OF the game, but soon
/ wore himself out. In the last few minutes
I of play Doane. on account Of several heavy
penalties INFLICTED on Bellevue for uffside
/ play, helped by Days magnificent line
! bucking, got the ball to Bellevue's ten-yard
I line, when time was called. The llnup:
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