Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01
BIC BATTLE IS SATURDAY
Contest with Ames Expected by All
to Be a Gruelling One.
ELEvENs ARE EVENLY MATCHED
lines Of Both Thought 20 he Too
Strong q Penetrate and his IL
Expected 60 Produce open
and Spectacular Play.

LINCOLN, oct. 31-(Special.)-Ames, Ne
braska's greatest rival and the most feared
Of all the teams still to be met this season,
Is next on the Cornhusker schedule. and
the game. which will be played between
The two teams at Omaha Saturday, Ia
lnxiously awaited by the students of the
state school. Keener interest and greater
enthusiasm is being manifested over this
coming struggle with the Iowa Aggies than
the students have shown over any game
since 1908, when several hundred people fol.
lowed the -Cornhuskers to Minneapolis ia
witness the annual game with the Gophers.
Practically the entire student body, both
boys and girls. will journey to Omaha Sat
urday for what is expected to be the "big-
gest' game In the Missouri valley this
fall. Arrangements have been made for a
special train to leave Lincoln about s
o'clock In the morning and arrive in Omaha
shortly before noon. 1t is estimated that
the university and Lincoln will send more
than 1000 people on this train. Accom-.
panying the rooters will be the Nebraska
cadet band of forty pieces, which will lead
a procession of the rooters from the unlor
depot In Omaha to a hotel at which the
Cornhuskers team will be quartered.
The advance of sale of seats for the game
has exceeded even the expectations OF
Manager Eager. Tickets were placed or
sale at one of the downtown stores Wednes.
day morning and during that day nearly
800 were sold. Up to 6 o'clock last night
the total number of reservations made wal
900. Manager Eager said that this large
early sale made it certain that over 1901
seats would be disposed of before the
tickets are taken off sale here on Thurs.
day.
GruelinE Game Expected.
The Ames game, from the standpoint Of
the coaches. will be the most grueling the
~Cornhuskers have been in this fall. The
teams are evenly matched, weighing abou
the same and having about an equal mum,
Der of veteran players in their Iineups
There probably is not ten pounds difference
In the weight Of the two lines, and in the
back fields the elevens weigh practically
the same. Both Of the teams are coached
by men who use a similar style Of play
which fact will make the Omaha game
a battle Of Greek against Greek, with eacf
side using plays that are not in any marked
degree disslnilar.
Nebraska, as we'll as Ames, will have L
depend on its line to win the game. Las
season the lines Of the two elevens were
so evenly matched that neither side coult
mako any consistent gains against the
other. At the opening of the contest tn,
Aggies started in with the intention of bat
tering down the heavy Cornhuskers, bu'
soon found that they were wearing them
selves out, and confined their plays tn;
rest of the game to open-work tactics
Nebraska had hardly expected to max,
an advance against the Aggies' line, and
after a few futile attempts gave up the
task, resorting to the use OF the forwar,
pass, the onside and drop kicks and en-,
runs.
Ames made a touchdown, but 1t was no
on straight foot ball or on a forward pass
1t was the result of a fluke and was mad
about the middle OF the second half. TIL
Aggies were on the Nebraska twenty-five
yard line, and Hubbard. playing at halt
drew back as II to try for a place kick