Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04
DOANE EASY FOR NEBRASKA
COrnhusker Play Shows Improvement
Over Peru Game.
STILL INCLINED To BE SLOW
Substitutes for Nebraska In second
Half DO Better In some Respects
Thar the Regulars in
the First.

LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 3.-CSpecial Tele-
gram)-Nebraska found Dosne to be easy
this afternoon, and won the second game
OF the season by a score of 43 to 0. The
Cornhuskers played a strong game on the
defense, but their offensive play was
ragged. 1t was only at the opening of the
game and at infrequent intervals during
the contest that they displayed flashes of
brilliant foot ball. Several fumbles and
poor head-work kept down the score on
the Nebraska side.
The Dosne line was no problem for the
C~ornhuskers and they made gains at their
will, gut the Nebraska players chose to
use the open game and resorted constantly
to end runs and forward passes. The pass
was worked several times in the second
half for long gains, and Nebraska lost
ground on it only twice during the game.
The Doane ends could not stop the plays
directed at their wings. and the C%ornhusk-
ers made good gains repeatedly around
them. The visitors put up a better defen-
sive game than had been looked for, and
during the second half were able to get
through the Nebraska line. which was COM
posed Of several substitutes, and break UP
the Cornhuskers play. They, however,
found the Nebraska line a stone wall when
they were playing on the offense, and did
not once make their distance through II.
Nebraska's main weakness was in the fire.
quent fumbling and the failure to see open
lngs where the players could have adj
vanced with the ball for long gains. The
same slowness in getting off-plays that
was noticeable in the Peru game again
characterized the play of the Cornhuskers,
although 1t was not as marked as a week
ago.
A bunch of substitutes was in the Ne
braska lineup in the second half and sue
ceeded in making more points against the
visitors than the regulars had done in the
opening half.
Substitutes show Up Well.
The time of each half was 20 minutes.
Doane found the defense of the substitutes
was as strong as that of the regulars and
tried to make gains through the line, but
failed to make necessary distance at any
time. Cooke was in the game for the
C~ornhuskers in the second half and made
some spectacular runs. One Of these was
for fifty yeards, and another was for sixty
yards, and resulted in a touchdown. This
touchdown was not allowed by the referee,
who held that the quarterback had not run
five yards straight out from the place
where he received the ball. Every time
Cooke was given the bail to carry he made
long gains. His work as quarterback in
running the team was better than last sea-
son.
Harte, playing at right tackle for the
Cornhuskers in the second half, did some
brilliant work that had not been expected
Of him. He was given the ball to carry on
several occasions and ran Gown the field,
warding the tacklers until three or four
man I.1 q, rr4 "a InII ~ hin % sNaA htu
progress. Nebraska started out in the
opening half with a speed that led the
%rooters to expect a large score, but the
fast playing was soon dropped and the
game was carried on in a slow fashion.
The first touchdown was made in one min
ute and a half of play, but it took much
longer to get the other points In the first
half.
, DOane Dangerous Once.
The goal line Of the Cornhuskers was
I in real DANCE once during the first half.
? Birkner. on Nebraska's forty-yard line,
tried a punt. which was blocked by Crit
fiths Of Doane. The ball bounded back
toward the Cornhusker goal and two
Doane men after it with the Cornhusker
players following them. Right Guard
: Bronson secured the ball but fumbled it,
and before he could get up to run the ten
yards to the Nebraska goal Cooke was
! on him, saving Nebraska from being
\ scored against. Kroger kicked six goals
from touchdowns for Nebraska, making
all he attempted.
Captain Harvey won the toss and choose
: to defend the east goal. Birkner kicked
! off for Nebraska to Doane's forty-five.
a yard line. Doane failed to gain and was
4 forced to kick. Cooke got the ball OF
5 the thirty-yard line. Birkner and FrunI
A made several long gains through left tackle
4 and guard, taking the ball to the Doane's
n ten-yard line, where Kroger on the next
. play went over for a touchdown. This
was made in one minute and a half OF
play. Harvey missed goal. Score: Ne.
r braska, 8; Doane, 0.
T Arnold kicked off for Doane to Ne.
braska's thirty-yard line. Chaloupka an6
Kroger each made fifteen yards through
s left tackle and guard. Blrkner, on a rur
around left end. made twenty-five yards
e A forward pass from Cooke to Harvey
Melted fifteen yards more. On repeated
attacks at left guard and tackle, Krogei
and Birkner carried the ball TO within
IT two feet OF Doane's goal. Better OF
the next play went over for the seconc
IT touchdown. Kroger kicked goal. Score
n Nebraska, II; Dosne. o.
Cooke Makes Great Run.
e Doane again kicked off and Nebraska
soon had the ball down 10 the forty var,
II line. Here Cooke made a fifty yard run
X around left end. On several gains through
le both tackles by Kroger and Chaloupka, Ne
a braska took the ball to Doane's three var,
line. Here Nebraska lost the ball on
ID tumble. Heartwell tried a kick, which wa
blocked. He fell on the ball. but Harve,
was on top Of him, scoring a safety 10
II the Comhuskers. Score: Nebraska, "a
Doane, O..
= After the next kickoff by Doane, whet
the ball had been taken to Doane's thirt
yard line on end runs and line blungei
Beltzer ran thirty yards aroun left en-
for a touchdown. Kroger kicked goa
Score: Nebraska, 10; Doane, 0.
W Doane kicked off again. Nebraska, o
~ several gains by Birkner and Chaloupk,
IN took the ball TO the fifty yard line. Cook,
ls on a siXty-five yard run around left enc
made a touchdown, but the referee Gale
him back and penalized Nebraska fiftee
yards. Cooke had not run out five yard
20 the laft frnno ubara he racafva1 the hal