Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01

place KICK from the thirty-yard line sOOi
after the opening Of the second half. Ne
braska's score was ten. Two drop kick.
by Weller gave eight and a safety made b!
Reppert of the Aggies gave the other tw'
points.
Chances of Victory About Even.
with practically the same teams tina
played last year in Lincoln facing eacl
other again in Omaha next Saturday, tn
game should be another great battle. wit
the chances of victory evenly divided
Neither team can hope to gain through
it's opponents line. At least Ames, al
though It nay have had some high hope
early in the season OF breaking down I'll
Nebraska line, cannot expect to do any
thing of that kind since the wonderful
showing Of the Cornhuskers against Min
nesota. And reports from Ames indicat
that Coach Clyde Williams has seen tn
hopelessness of directing plays against tn
Cornhusker line and is devising other ne7
plays calculated to work better under tn
new rules than line attacks.
Ames has had considerable success wit
tho forward pass, and on this play ha
depended for a great many gains this fall
Coach Williams expects to have this in
novation working in good shape by mex
Saturday and will attempt to fool the Corn
huskers with it as he did last season. Dur
ing the second half of the game a yea
ago this play wrought all kinds Of havo
in the Nebraska ranks. 1t was employs
five times in quick succession for lon
gains after the opening Of the second hall
and resulted in the Aggies being able t
tie up the score with a drop kick from tn
thirty-yard line.
King" Cole has never figured on Nc
braska being able to do any succs<
work against the Ames line. Wit
weight and the strength Of the
always in mind, he has been build
a 'peekaboo'' defense by which he
to win from the Iowa Aggies.
been building up plays adapted
now defense during the last tY
and the varsity has employed I
great success against the scrub
tice.
Neither Strong in Ktc
Neither of the teams is strd .
kicking department. The 9
probably have the edge on the
punting, but in drop or place
elevens are about on a par. Z
does the punting for Nebrask
form, boots the ball consistently s%44&
and fifty yards. "Si' Lambert
punter, has not equaled that
his kicking this fall. In pla
however, Lambert has been fai
full and is a match for Kroger,
drop and place kicker. In the
Ames game three weeks ago he
ball over the crossbar from
yard line for a goal from
Kroger has been handicapped
two weeks on account Of an ~
and has not been able to prs
kicking. Just before the Cornl
for Iowa City he was again 60
form and did some encouraging kicking.
These two men should play a very in
portant part in the game at Omaha neS
Saturday If it becomes an open-play COZ
test, as is very probable. with the forwar
pass and drop and place kicking in pr
dominance. Both of them are hard fighter
and can stand a great many rough scrin
IMAGES without being injured, so the chance
are good for their staying in the game
it's end. When it comes to the poir
where neither side can gain, that tea
> which is close to its opponents goal wi
be forced to try a drop or place kicl
Then it will be simply a question as
which man is in the better form.
Kroger is kicking we'll Ames will hay
none of the best of the work in this d,
partment, and If Lambert is in good for
Nebraska will be in no better way TO g.
: the game on drop or place kicks than Il
Aggies.
Game Worth SEEING.
Nebraska rooters are looking forward
this game Saturday as the greatest eXhib
tion Of modern foot ball that has bee
seen in the west this season. They al
going to Omaha convinced that the tea
which wins will have to fight even
I greater battle than either Of them put l
last November, when Nebraska bare
, nosed out a victory by the score of 10
9. The rooters look for much spectacul;
playing and many thrilling runs.
l Cooke, the fleet quarter of the Cor
= huskers, who was out of the Iowa gan
today on account of blood poisoning
= his right foot, will be back In form ar
I at his old position. Considerable attentic
will be given to Cooke to get him baC
into form again TO do some of the sens
t tional running which characterized his pla,
ing last season. Nebraska felt his a
sence today in the hard struggle with Il
I Hawkeyes, and will need him next Satu
? day to keep the Amos ends busy trying
stop his runs around the wings. Wi
Cooke in the game Nebraska's chances
Q winning will be greatly enhanced.
A plan is on foot at the state school
arrange an annual foot ball game b
tween the Nebraska and Kansas fires
men teams to be played each fall ne,
the end of the season, One year it w
be played in Lincoln and the next
Lawrence. An attempt was made last "a
. to inausurate this game, but the Kansi
freshmen would not play on Thanksgivir
. day and the Cornhusker first-year mi
could not arrange to play at any 9th
time, The matter was dropped after tn
attempt and was taken up only recent
: 1t is probable, If the arrangements ca
be made this fall, that the game will
played in Lawrence after Thanksgivin
: The freshmen of neither school wish
, play on Turkey day. for the varsity elevei
OF both Institutions have games on tn
day and the freshmen want to witness the
2 first teams in action.
Are Weak.
The Cornhusker freshmen have the wea
est first-year team that has appeared
the state school for several years. La
year the freshmen foot ball players we