Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08
SCALP CREIGHTON
Win Exciting Contest from the Local
Foot Ball Warriors.
BATTLE IS TERCELY wAGED
Creighton Excelled at Most POtnts
of n Game and Unable to
Make Headway Against
Kansas.


Kansas state Agricultural. IS; Creigh-
ton, O.
Playing it's pony baokfield against the
heavy Jayhawk "Aggies,' Creighton uni
versity was humbled TO defeat yesterday
through two drop kicks and one touchdown.
Except for q brief period In the second
half the local eleven was on the defensive,
and at no time seriously threatened the
Kansas goal.
The contest, particularly In the first half.
was one OF those games In which one ex-
poets to see the losing team simply immo-
lated, but as Kansas lost nance after
chance to score for one reason or another.
the conclusion finally came that Creighton
was not to be wiped off the map after all.
In the second half. when heavier backs
were playing. the contest was much more
even and Kansas was unable to make first
down and again, as in the first part of the
game.
The Kansas eleven may not be quite as
heavy as was claimed, but 1t lie a beefy ag-
gregation, nevertheless, and the backfield
is speedy. Speer, on a kickoff after q goal
from drop kick, ran seventy yards through
the Creighton team. the sprint being the
p~rettiest seen at the vinton Street gridiron
this year. He has the correct idea of open
field running. dashing past his man and
never slowing up in attempts to dodge. He
thus flashed past tackler after tackler and
was only brought down by the Creigbtoa
fullback.
Forward Pass U-nsuccessfuI.
Creighton tried the forward pass with
out much success In the second half and
showed either a lack Of coaching on this
play or else inherent inability to make the
most of the trick. While Kansas made
some good gains by the same play, Bates,
the quarterback. elected to try the on-side
kick more frequently, and this did not all
ways result successfully.
At straight foot ball Kansas excelled, the
heavier weight In the line telling consid-
erably In it's favor in this matter. There
were not more than the usual two or three
debates over rules in the game, but an
unusual incident occurred when Bowiby,
Kansas left end. was disqualified for slug
ging. Kansas was also penalixed half the
distance to its goal line. the amount being
thirty-five yards.
Drop Kick in Five Minutes.
A drop kick by Bates five minutes after
play started made the first score. and a
touchdown by Christian later in the half
~ " AhS ONneT bCOTS came In
the second part OF the game on another
drop kick.
Kansas lost three opportunities for other
scores in the first half, once through fail
ing to make the distance, once on a fum-
bled forward pass and once when an on
side kick was inJudiciously tried. In the
second half they were several times within
the twenty-yard line. but were now unable
to gain consistently.
~Creighton's defensive work was better in
this half, due in part to the heavier back
field and in part to the vigorous remarks
submitted by the coaches during the inter
mission. One fine point came I'D for the
referee to decide in his section Of the
game. A Kansas man, trying to catch an
on-side kick, held It for a perceptibla
period of time, then fumbled IL when ex-
actly on the sideiine. A Creighton man
fell on 1t. Kansas claimed that the bali
had been in its possession when II went out
OF bounds and should DO given the visitors.
The ruling. and probably the correct one,
was the other way.
Changes in lineup were frequent at the
beginning OF the second half, and through
II and except Magirl and one or two other
disabled Creightonites, nearly all the most
available subs were given a chance. IA a
curtain-raiser, the Creighton third team
played South Omaha High school and won,
q to o.
The lineup: