Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04
CREIGHTON STARTS OFF FAST
Wins First Game Of Season wit
Highland Park.
BLUE AND WHITE BOYS SPEEDY
Run Circles Around the Boys from
Des MOines and Encourage the
Rioters by showing
Made.
Creighton, 2s; Highland Park. 0.

| Creighton, 26; Highland Park, 0.
Creighton showed superior coaching, had
larger men, had more substitutes to be
used on a warm day and played the gam
enough better to romp away with the
Highland Park team from Des Moines Sat
urday afternoon at Vinton street park by
the SCORE Of 26 to 0. The day was more
suited to base ball than foot ball, but Il
was most pleasant for the spectators, who
lined the bleachers and the east side OF
the field in carriages and automobiles.
Creighton had considerable more weight
on the line n showed clearly al the way
through that the Omaha team was better
schooled in the science of handling the
pigskin., Creighton's goal. line was never
in any danger of being crossed by the Iowa
lads, while on the other hand, Creighton
gained enough yards to nave made a couple
of more t~ouchdowns.
The game had the crudeness Of an early
season contest and little advanced foot ball
was manifested. Five times the forward
pass was tried. four times by Creighton
and once by Highland Park and each time
it was a foozle. No one was around to
catch the bail after the throw, and it fell
on the ground for a penalty each time.
The Creighton lads showed they were not
used to handling a new small pigskin and
it repeatedly slipped from their hands,
because OF lack of practice in carrying the
smaller ball.
It was evident to the Creighton ~rooters,
however, that Coaches Kinney and Schnei-
der have the material OF hand for a splen-
did team at Creighton this year and the
wearers of the blue and white have reason
to feel elated over the first appearance Oh
their team on the gridiron. Not only have
they a good supply OF heavy men for the
line, but the heavy men are also fast and
they have plenty of fast men back OF the
line. This was shown in the second halt
when the entire back fitld was changed
at one time with the result that a touch
down was made from midfield In two plays.
The halves were limited to 20 minutes each
because of the war weather and the earh-
ness Of the season.
sIerks = Find.
C sierks, at center for Creighton, was a
tower OF strength and won the plaudits OF
the rooters on several occasions. He had
never seen a foot ball until he came to
Creighton this fall, and his early work has
won iii a sure place on the team. Nor
g~anthaler was a host in himself, and broke
through repeatedly Even when he had his
shoe torn from his foot he played nearly
nalt the game Win Dul one ohoSs byHSAi
and Bloedorn at the guards positions gave
good support to Sierks, and Highland Park
was unable to gain through that solid
phelaux at center. The guards repeatedly
broke through and stopped any prospect for
an end run by the opponents.
Creighton made the first touchdown In
seven miutes from the first Kickoff. Creigh-
ton had worked the ball by various devices
to the fifteen yard line where a quarterback
fake lost the ball to Highland Park.
booted the ball with his left toe, but Bloc
dorm made a pretty block and It was
Creighton's ball or the three yard line. A
tumble on the first try lost a yard, but
Creighton kept the ball. The signal was
then given TO Morganthaler and with no
Highland Park man touching him he car
rled the ball over the line. Creighton made
five touehdoWns and failed at goal on all
but the last.
Hronek and Boyle were the stars after
they were called into the game IN the
second half. Coach Kinney called for an
entire change OF backs. with the ball in
the middle OF the field. Doyle took the
ball on the first down for a quarterback
run and made ~forty-five yards to the four
yard line when Morganthsler carried II
across.
Hronek and Boyle each made several
CONTINUED on Second PaEel