Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05
Steady Advance Made by Eleven
Under His Tutelage.
.ECOND NEBRASKA SHUT OUT
Games Show How He Developed
Strong Eleven.
HAS PLACE LONG AS WANTS IT
Foot Balls Evolution Mt Normal
school brings Out Corps of Wig
oroua y Imbued with
College Spirit.

PERU Neb. Dec. A-CSpecial)-Out OF
n situation which seemed to presage GER
tain defeat, Peru this season developed a
winning foot ball team. Before the ar
rival OF Coach Burnett the boys kept up
daily practice under the direction OF Cap
tain Stewart, but nothing Of a definite ma
ture could be accomplished. on october 6,
three DAYS before the Tarldo game, Coach
T.. NJ. Burnett Of Omaha arrived. He had
played four years on the Omaha High
school team, having been coach and cap
tain in his senior year, and for tow years
was at the university, one year as cap
tain Of the freshman team and one year
on the varsity team. The result of the
Omaha mans. efforts is shown In the rec
ord Peru made.
For the Tarkio game the coach tried to
develop the defense. Only two old mon
were back. Six had never played the game
before. The only hope was to keep the
score down. The game was well played.
Beck, Gilmore and Sims starred. Captain
Stewart after gritty work was hurt. This
final score was II to 0 in favor of Tarldo,
as compared with 16 to 0 and 32 to 0 in
previous years.
Better Showing with DOUne.
on October 16 Peru played at Crete with
| OOdne COlleBe. II lGdll Ahu y iNNpN~
cred from injuries received in the Tarkio
game. Stewart and Gelwick Of the back
field were out. Colburn and Neff were
taken out of the line to fill the back field
places. The week was spent in coaching
the line on defensive work. The Doane
game resulted in a score of II to o in favor
of Doane college. Doane easily outclassed
Peru, but expressed surprise that the Peru
team put up so hard a fight in spite Of
their crippled condition.
The Wesleyan game the week following
told a different story. The team was
greatly improved physically and the results
Of Burnett's coaching began to tell eff
fectively. The boys were catching the true
spirit Of foot ball and were ready TO play
the game. The game was called during a
high north wind. Peru resorted to kicking,
while Wesleyan relied on their tackles
around" play. The feature of the game
was Stevens seventy-five-yard run on a
forward pass. He was held at the five
yard line and Wesleyan punted out Of
danger, The first half stood 0 to 0. ono
touchdown each in the second half, with
both teams failing to kick, left the score
5 to 5, Beck's splendid punting was COM
mented on favorably by the Wesleyan en-
thusiasts.
Midland Defeated.
The game between Midland college.
Kansas. and Peru at Auburn was an tx-
pertinent. Auburn turned out a large and
enthusiastic crowd, provided the grounds
and treated the boys royalty. Midland
came with a well trained team. They had
been told all the Peru plays and knew
what to anticipate. The game was hotly
contested inch by inch. Beck's punting
and fifty-yard end run, Gilmore's iron
cross bucks and Lincoln's excellent work
at full were the leading features of the
II game. In spite of the rough ground the
forward passes were somewhat successful
l and Peru not only held down their oppo-
nents, but crossed their line for a touch
: down and kicked an easy goal. The final
, score was: Midland, 0; Peru, G. Consid-
4, cradle Indignation was expressed that
someone had told all the Peru plays to
Midland.
| In a heavy rain with the athletic field
covered with water and thin clay mud,
, Kearney commended with Peru in a hard
= fought game November IA. The crowd was
1 small, but frenzied with enthusiasm. Ref
, cree Mcdonald said after the game: Peru
I outclassed Kearney at every stage of the
; game. Peru has a well coached team;
t Kearney has heavier men, but they play
I individual ball" The ball was In Kear-
y ney's territory most Of the time. Three
! times Kesrney was forced to punt out Of
l. danger from behind its own goal line and
r It was the falling on a fumbled ball bY
I Kearney that resulted in a safety. giving
> Peru the score of 2 against o for Kearney.
E The score in no sense indicates the relative
d strength of the two teams.
n Beck SIN star.
5 The field was still heavy in the second
university game. which was played in
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by twenty loads OF sawdust which had
been spread upon It. The weather was
, ideal. .The game was a real contest
throughout. both teams playing excellent
ball. The second Nebraska team used the
{ onside kick. punts. the forward pass and
a rowfo fake play. Gibson made good
ground gains for the university during he
second half. End runs were tried very lit
tie by either team. The Normalites' main
offensive plays consisted In short kicks
and cross bucks. The only touchdown was
n made by Peru in the first half on a fake
. place kick from the twenty-yard line. just
r after the ball had been recovered from a
, long punt. Beck used a great deal o. head
4 work In placing his kicks, making his kick
ing the feature of the game. The Normal
I played a hard, fierce. grinding game. being
= little marked by spectacular plays
Al Hastings Thanksgivins day the climax
was put on the years work. The first
half opened with a fierce onset of Hast
> ings and Ia looked for a while as n the
Peru goal would be easilv crossed. but
when on Peru's ten-yard line the defense
% Peru strengthened and Hastings had
4 eight yards 70 20 on third down. They
tried a short Kick which landed IN tho
. bands o. Beck. Who carried O. down tho
fled Cor uiusty-tvs yards and was downed
. on The eishtyard line The next play was
a cross buck b. Gilmore She Weat q