Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-11
lie CAME AT MORNINCSICE
leighton Scores One Touchdown in
First Half, Opponents in Second.
pTH ELEvENs TUMBLE BADLY
Dor Judgment on Part OF Morning
side Quarterback Robs His Team
Of a Chance to Win the
Contest.
pTH ELEvENs TUMBLE BADLY

IoUx CITY. Ia, Oct. 1o-(special Tele-
m.)-rhe ANNUAL gridiron battle between
rningside and Creighton university of
aha, which was played on Bass field
afternoon. ended in a tie, s to s
ach team scored a touchdown and in
Their case were goals kicked. Creighton
Mt over the Methodist goal line in the
of play. and the Sioux City colleg1ans re-
turned the compliment in the second half
after ten minutes OF fierce ~scrimmage.
Terrific line plunges, following Morgan
thaler's sensational th~irty-yard run around
the left end, which brought the ball to
Morningside's twenty-yard line, gave the
visitors their touchdown.
Morningside's touchdown resulted from a
finely executed forward pass. The ball at
the time was on the Creighton thirty-yard
line, having been brought from near the
center Of the field on a series OF end runs
and tackle plays. The Morningsiders
brought into the play the new Chicago
formation for the play, the ball being
passed from Smylie to Smith, who shook
off a couple OF tacklers and raced over
the goal line.
While the game was desperately fought
on both sides, the play was extremely
ragged in spots. ~Creighton's tendency 10
tumble cost many yards, due to difficulty
which seemed TO rest with Quarterback
Riley. Mornings side was weak In the same
position, Smylie displaying the poorest kind
OF judgment in running his team. In the
first half, with the ball on Creighton's fiji
tenn-yard line on the third down and nine
yards to gain. he called for a skin tackle
play, when either a place or a drop kick
was the only logical thing to do. The
Creighton eleven outweighed their oppon-
ents close to ten pounds to the man, but
despite this fact II had no advantage in
plunges directed at tackles and guards.
The Morningside secondary defense was
especially effective. The locals main weak
ness was in handling punts, several fumbles
being costly.
The forward pass was brought into use
four times by each team. The Omaha men
worked 1t successfully twice and Morning
side players made gains with 1t three times.
Morganthaler made a thirty-yard pass to
Rice in the first half, but the speedy end
was downed in his tracks. 1t was used a
few minutes later for a six-yard gain. A
strong wind from the northwest was a
/ handicap to the pnters of both teams.
Smith outpunted both Bakule and Boyle.
Creighton won the toss and chose to de-
fend the north goal Will the wind at their
back. For the first ten minutes OF play
Creighton had Morningside or the run,
the Methodists being unable to solve DIT.
KenEy's shift plays. The play soon was
in Morningside territory and Creighton
then pulled off its first forward pass with
flattering success. a gain OF twenty yards
being registered. Morningside recovered
the ball on a tumble and Smith kicked e
the center of the field. Behind splendid
interference MorgaIthaler then shot around
left end for thirty yards, which placed tn,
ball on the Morningside twenty-yard line
Stevens went through guard and tackle fol
a total Of ten yards on two attempts and
then Morganthaler went through RICH
tackle for a touchdown. Creighton con
tiIued to play at top speed for five min
utes and then Morningside braced and out
played their opponents for the remained
OF the half. In the second.
In the second half Creighton was tn,
greater part OF the time on the defensive
Creighton showed poor judgment in no
kicking several times when the wind wa
in its favor. After the kickoff, which wa
fumbled by Rogers on Morningsides' fit
teen yard line. the locals held for down
and then commenced a procession up tn
Continued on Second pa-