Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-24
BELMoNTs CLAIM THE REMNANT
Defeat DietE Yesterday and Call
ThentseIvea ChamRa.

themselves Champas
The Belmonts defeated the Dietz Athletics
Sunday at Dietz park by q score of 4 to
0, and on that basis claim the independent
foot ball championship Of Nebraska II
was their first meeting this season.
The crowd yesterday was large and the
enthusiasm at fever heat. The outcome
was cheered vociferously and long.
The game opened with the Belmonts de-
Tending the east goal, and Dietz kicked off
TO Bressman. The Belmonts, using short
rushes combined with forward passes and
a variety of on-side kicks, quickly and
steadily carried the ball down TO the enc
mics ten-yard line before being held. Ham
ilton missed a field goal and Dietz put the
ball in play at the wenty-five-yar line:
Dietz could not gain consistently and
kicked, whereupon the Belmonts started
another procession for the west goal.
TIL whole first half was a repetition OF
this play, except once the DietEs held for
downs on their courtyard line, and again
we're saved on their one-yard line by a
tumble. In this half Hamilton of the Bel
monts missed two more attempts at goal
from field and Jenkins missed one. but Just
before the whistle blew for the end of the
first half Jenkins fell back nearly to the
thirty-yard line and drop-kicked goal
points of the game.
Al the opening Of the second half Dietz
came back strong for a time, making con-
sistent gains. and il looked as II Belmont
was spent. but before the Athletics got any
where dangerous the Belmonts got their
second wind and ran the Dietz off their
rect. Inc bein1OntSs uN IOTWdfu pdFSeS ana
Steck's fierce line smashes. worked the ball
to the courtyard line from the east goal.
where they had first down. It was here
the Belmonts claim their own sympathizers
robbed them of a sure touchdown. as the
cheers interfered with hearing of the sig
nails and a mistake in them resulted In a
tumble. Thomas secured the ball and
punted out OF danger.
The remainder of the game resulted in a
punting contest in which the ball was kept
sailing between mid-field and the losers
goal line.
The chief ground gamers for the Dietz
were QuiEley and Moran. Quigley made
several end runs for good gains. and be-
fore being injured Moran. with the help
of Goodrich, performed some assaults on
the Belmont line. The all around work of
Coady was good. The entire Belmont eleven
was individually in the llmellght time after
time. The work of Bressman, Carroll.
Steck and Bruggeman in getting through
the heavier Dietz line piled up the Ath-
letics' plays for losses many times. Roche
and Moon were towers of strength on the
line, while Buchtel and Yousen repeatedly
opened holes in the Dietz's right side
through which the fierce smashes of Steck
gained many yards for the Belnonts.
were one of the individual features of the
game. coupled to the varied forward passes
Of Hamilton to Mannlgan and Mannigan to
jenkins.
A reasonably accurate outline Of the game
shows that the Belmonts advanced the ball
al yards. while the losers only advanced It
40. With the exception OF only a few min
utes of each half the Belmonts kept the
ball continually in Dietz territory.
All through the first half Hamilton
Thomas went in in the second half for
Dletz IL was his long kicks that probably
saved the Dietz goal line from being
crossed.
The work Of the officials was satisfactory.
Left Tackle Buchtel of the Belmonts was
formerly nf Denver university. but lately
he secured p p~osition with a firm in LIN.
coin. Thie did not prevent him from be-
ing on II" rs the right side of the Dietz
line can test. The lineup Of the teams
was.