Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-11
CORyHUSEER BEAT CRINNELL
Take Game in Which Grinnell Excels
in Fast Work.
GRINNELL MUCH LIGHTER
Iowa Lads Surprise the Nebraska
Boys in the New style Game,
but Cornhuskcr Beef
Wins.

LINCOLN, Neb.. Oct. 10.-(Special)-
Playing fast and fiercely and keeping up
a defense that bewildered the Cornhuskers
Grinnell went down to glorious defeat by
the score of 20 to 5 in two short halves of
twenty minutes each, to the the Corn
huskers who had not expected tho visitors
to have much of an offense. The game
was the biggest surprise of the season.
For the opening five minutes of play
the light Grinnen players swept the Corn
huskers off their feet and carried the ball
from their own thirty-five yard line across
the Nebraska goal line for the first touch
down of tho game. They worked the
straight old-fashioned foot ball with a nice
variety of modern plays and kept the scar
let and cream men guessing all the time.
After the first five minutes OF play Ne
braska seemed to get into form and came
back at the Grinnell men with the best
playing It has done this season. The attack
was rapid and strong, and Grinnell was
forced back gradually for a touchdown,
| which followed the first by Grinnell In q
few minutes. For the remainder of the
game they played their best, but the Wis
itors met every attempt to advance will
the hardest kind OF resistance, every yard
the ~Cornhuskers made they had to fight
to get.
Superior weight and beef that told every
time the Cornhuskers made a touchdown.
Three times in the opening half the Scar
let and Cream players advanced the ball
by end runs and forward passes to within
striking distance OF their opponents goal
line and then their beef broke down the
gallant defense of Grinnell and touchdowns
resulted. One time this occurred on a for
ward pass. Captain Harvey caught the
ball on the Grinnell twenty-yard line.
There were several of the visitors holding
on to him, but they could not prevent
a touchdown. for the Cornhuskers got
back of their captain and bore him over
the line.
Grinneu Moves Fast.
The Grlnnell play was remarkable. Out
weighed on the average OF ten pounds to
the man, the visitors made yard after
yard through the Nebraska line on straight
foot ball. This was not so much the case
in the first half as in the second. In the
opening half they played playSUWOs ;p;
opening half they used the peek a boo
style of play, but / nthe last on, with the
ball In their territory most of the time and
after Nebraska had solved their tricks,
they directed their attacks against tho
center line. Center and right tackle gave
way to them several times. once a fake
center play netted them forty yards.
This miserable showing of the line was q
disappointment TO Nebraska rooters, who
had thought the cornhuskers' line was one
OF the strongest in the west. When they
saw the light Iowa men pillow through 4
for long gains they knew something wal
wrong, and all hope OF victory over Min.
nesota went glimmering. Tonight they arr
predicting that the Gophers will have &
walkover unless the next few days see q
remarkable improvement in the Nebrasks
defensive play.
Pip" Cooke, the little midget center and
GROCER. full back. were the stars Of thu
game for Nebraska.
= Blair, left half. and Flanagan, left end
we're the stars for Grinnell.
Zeigler OF Grinnell kicked off at 1881
with Nebraska defending the west goal
C~haloupka caught the ball and returned
II TO the fifty-yard line. Birkner on Z
run around left end made twenty-fiv,
{ yards. setting the Nebraska Tooters e
, cheering. Beltzer on the next play wa
thrown back for a loss on al attempte,
D end run. Again Nebraska failed to 'gaiI
3 and the ball went to Grinnell on its owl
thirty-five-yard line.
GriRneH Scores First.
The visitors started out on their frs
play and sent chills down the backs o.
= the Cornhusker roOters. on a triple for