Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-21
CREIGHTON BEATS BELLEVUE
University Team Takes Game Full Of
Surprises and Flukss
SCORE is TWENTY-FIVE TO ELEVEN
Game Much More Omen Under the New
Rules and Possesses Greater
Enjoyment 10 the
Spectators.

In foot bail game full of surprises and
1ukes and misplays and changes of front
! Creighton won from Bellevue ut Vinton
street park Saturday afternoon by a score
OF % to II. The halves played we're each
twenty-five minutes and after battling for
the first half the score stood to Q, nei,her
side being able to score, although the ball
was in Bellevue territory most Of the time
All the scoring was done in The secotd
half and interest was taken all the way
through Creighton made the first touch
down and missed the goal. IL looked as
though that would be all the scoring DONE
but Bellevue soon made touchdown
from which Benson kicked a goal. and the
score was to in favor of Bellevue, and
the Bellevue rooters were happy. for that
looked as though it would surely be the
last touchdown. Such was not the case
however, for Creighton started to score inn
mediately and scored three touchdowns
and Bellevue one before time was called
Creighton's first touchdown was made by
Aylesworth after a twenty-yard run behind
perfect interference, the first Creighton had
shown. and this was the only score made
by straight foot ball during the entire
game. all The rest being made by fiukes
or sensational plays.
New Rules Make Game Omen
The game demonstrated one thing con-
clusively. and that is the new rules have
thrown the game open and made it much
more interesting to the spectators. Bronze
who handled the Creighton team after
Rooney went out, did not stop to try
plunges or fakes or any other kind of foot
ball except to kick at every opportunity,
and at this he excelled Grant Benson, the
faHVa ~ a.
come with reputation of being a splendid
Kicker. Benson was tackled hard on the
first down and had his leg hurt. and this
seemed to put him practically out Of the
game as far as fast work was concerned.
although he executed some brilliant stunts
before time was called.
After Aylesworth had made the first
touchdown the ball was kicked back and
forth. when Harte lost the ball on three
trys at the distance. Creighton imme-
dia tely kicked and on a quarterback fake
Bellevue made thirty yards Bellevue i'm
mediately tried forward pass play and
the ball was thrown to Aylesworth with a
clear field, but Ben Benson overhauled him
on the ten-yard line. Creighton tried three
times for the distance, but failed, losing the !
ball on the three-yard line. Benson kicked
thirty yards and Bronze returned the kick
on the next play, the ball being caught by
Grant Benson. who clrcled the left and
ran the entire length of the field for a
from which goal was kicked,
making the score 6 to S.
Exchange of Punts.
A few exchanges Of punts were made in
the middle of the field until Bronze finally
got one off to the right. when Stevens beat
Benson to 1t and ran for a touchdown. the
goal being kicked, making the score II to G. |
After the next kickoff the ball was again |
punted back and forth until Bellevue was |
forced to kick from the fifteen-yard line |
poor pass for kick was missed by |
Benson and Bloedorn got the ball ten |
yards from the goal and carried it over |
The goal was missed and the score was |
16 to g.
Bellevue kicked from the center of the |
field and Creighton returned the ball on |
the first down before the backs were in |
position. Stevens got the ball and ran |
forty yards for a touchdown, from which |
a goal was kicked. making the score % to 8. |
Time was growing short when BelIevu. |
kicked on. Bronze Immediately kicked and |
Kearnes blocked the kick. captured the |
ball and ran half the length of the field !
fora touchdown, making the score p to IL |
kearnes had been breaking through the
line on every play and the spectators had |
been expecting him to get one OF Bromes
punts before he did, as lie was always right
on the ball.
Creighton IL the Heavier.
The Creighton team outweighed the
Bellevue boys and the latter were the
livelier of the two. although they played
as though they had stage fright and
fumbled necessarily. The new game re-
CURED considerable more handling of the |