Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-27
WABASH TRIMMED FOR FAIR
COrnhusksrs Defeat Little Giants
Twenty,seven to Six.
WORST BEATING IN TWO YEARS
Heavy Field worse Handicap 10
r Lighter Team and Partly Respon-
sibIe for h Magnitude OF
Their Defeat.

Giants from CraWtordsNlllei lnu' a. Ah
telope park this afternoon by the score
OF "a 10 8 in two short halves OF thirty
minutes each. This was the most dis
astrous defeat the men from Indiana have
suffered in two years and the third
shutdown made by Nebraska was the
FIRST one scored against them on straight
foot ball this season.
The ~Cornhuskers did not wing the Lit
tile Giants, however, without having 10
exert themselves in the first hair. Dur-
ing this period the Wabash men put up
A stubborn fight and but for two fumoles
by Quarterback Hargrave they woulu
have kept the score much lower lhey
played a brilliant game on both me OF
Tense and defense, considering the great
handicap in weight against them Ihey
we're outweighed several pounds 70 the
man and found the combination OF peer
and a heavy field too great a haholcaP
for them to overcome.
The Little Giants started the game with
p Aggressive play and for awhile held their
oSu against the great Cornhuskers, but
,bev were soon worn out by the pounding
OF the heavy Nebraska men and by the
close Of the initial half the purple or
'iKing Cole" had things about their W
way and were sweeping the visitors OFF
their feet.
- The field was heavy and prevented any
very fast play, although Nebraska made
a few long runs, Cooke, Beltzer and Bent
= ley showing up on these. the muduy
ffeid was d greater handicap to the light
indiana players than to the Cornhuskers,
whofwere able to depend on their weight
10 beat their opponents.
wabash TacEIes Brilliantly.
The tackling Of the Wabash eleven was
the best seen on a Nebraska field In many
years. The visiting players, in the open
ing few minutes Of the game, surprised the
spectators. with their gallant defense They
went after, the Nebraska runners IKE
tigers and plunged at the man cvarrying
SNthe bail with such force that his advance
MAS stopped at once. Their fierce tacklins
+, prevented many gains by the cornhusk
wabash Is a team used TO and fitted Tor
the open game, and today could not worK
any or their plays owing to the heavy line
of the C~ornhuskers. Repeatedly play atter
play was broken up by the Nebraska men,
who plunged through the Wabash line and
caught the man with the ball. h Little
Giants found It nearly impossible to make
any consistent gains around the ends Of the
Nebraska team.
Nebraska was in great form t~oday-the
y u u DCGh III AliA1 R@s
a. brilliant game during the first half with
An OF the regulars in the lineup. There
was not an apparent weakness in the team
The Mne held like a Stone wall in defense
and In offense played a great aggressive
game. Cooke and the baokfield were ex
tremely fast and worked all their plays Of
RAPIDLY,
Bsltzer was the star for the Cornhuskers
HIS p1ntlng was a feature of the game. Hi,
kicks averaged forty. yards and We're thi
. best he has made this season. He played
a. fierce game, on the defense and tackled
the best OF any man on the Cornhuskei
eleven. ~ tI n,
Regular out I'm second Half.
'KinE1 Cole put in several substitutes
during The second half in order to saw
the varsity players for the game viii
the Carlisle Indians next Wednesday. HaC
the regulars been allowed to remain II
the lineup during the entire game tn
score on the Nebraska side would hav'
been higher and wabash probably woul'
not have scored.
us>, Collins, Birkner. Cooke, johnson, Frum
Better, Harte and Harvey were all re
moved from. the lineup after the secon,
hair and substitutes placed in their posi-
tious. II was while these substitute
wersa in the game that Wabash made II
touchdown. This scoring by the Littl
Giants was done In the last minute o
play .,
The Nebraska substitutes for fifteei
minutes had been more than holding thei
own against the visitors and were OF
their W twenty-five-yard line. Hawkin
had just been substituted for Hargrav
al quarter on the Wabash team and wa
fresh. Slaugh ter punted for Nebraska a
this point and sent the ball TO Hawkin
on the Nebraska forty-yard line. TIL
observation-disclosures caught the ball nea
the south side OF the field, darted towar
the Nebraska goal running north. Tn
Nebraska substitutes could not catch hir
as he ran through them and he took tn
ball across the Cornhusker goal line.
The first two touchdowns made by III
IS ~Cornhuskera were due to the fumblin
and poor headwork OF the Wabash quaI
4 ter, Hafgfave. The first came from
punt by Beltzer from his own thirty-yar
line TO Hargrave on the Wabash fifty
yard line. The Little Giant quarter fun
bled DE ball and Captain Harvey OF NJ
brasRa picked IL up and raced -forty-fiV
yards for a touchdown.
One ON Straight Foot Ball.
The second scoring was done in abo'
the same way, Beltzer pynted to the cent
OF the field ana darBraNe mLA1udSeu II
punt. ChaloupkA OF Nebraska raced l
and took the ball before q Wabash play
\ could get II. He carried 1t across the go
line on a forty-yard run with Johnson &
terfcrins With him. Nebraskafs thii
Touchdown was made on straight foot be
from. the Wabash t~wenty-yard line. Whe
the Cornhuskerse recovered the bail fro
ia punt, Birkner and Kroger carried Il
tball on line plunges to the Vineyard lin
where Kroger went over for a touchdov
bon a drive at center.
4 sturneGEer made Hebraska's fourth touo
down In the second, half. running arouI
bright end from the Wabash fifteen-yR'
lime. The final scoring for the Cornhuske
was done by Bentley. Harvey tried
konsids Kick ana the ball was caught
&the Nebraska quarter who ran through
bfogen field TO the Wabash goal, sevent
1--WE yards from where he eaught the ba
lie did some clever lodging on this III
whtehsNas tne most Sensational feature
lie NebCaska play.
The corhhuskers came out of the gar
. In fine physical condition and will be