Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-31
Coach Cole Uses Substitutes in the
Back Field During Most Of \
the Game.
TRICK PLAYS HELD IN RESERVE
Players Also Instructed to Take No
Chances Of Injuries.
ALL COME OUT IN GOOD SHAPE
DOsne Puts Up an Unexpectedly
Stubborn Defense.
LINE IS ESPECIALLY STRONG
Nebraska Line, Composed of Resulsrus
Puts Up the same Consistently
Good Game as In Previous
Contest.
Players Also Instructed to Take No
Chances Of Injuries.
INE IS ESPECIALLY STRONG

LINCOLN, Neb., oct. ~s0.-(speciAl. D.
with substitutes in the baokfield for
most of the game and with several new
players in the line during the second
half, Nebraska this afternoon defeated the
Doane collegians, ~ to 0, on Nebraska
field In two short halves.
The Cornhuskers played under strict or
ders to hold in all new plays and to con-
serve their strength for the Kansas game. =
In obeying these instructions they were
content to permit the Crete men to ham
mer away at the line without making
gains and to essay a great many open
plays themselves. n
Doane was helpless before the stronr
Cornhusker forwards and succeeded IL
making its downs but once, that beint
on the third attempt, when an end run
netted about five yards after the frs
part of the distance had been made on
straight football.
Nebraska made a touchdown in each
half. The initial scoring was lone after
Wilkinson fumbled one Of sturtzneg-
gers punts. A husky C~ornhusker recov-
cred the oval on the Doane twenty-yard
line. On the first play Mayor took the
ball to the five-yard line. when he and
Rathbone executed a neat forward pass.
1t took a great effort to push through
the Crete teams line for the remaining
distance to the goal line. but Temple
finally plunged off right tackle and
showed the oval over. Rathbone kicked an
easy goal.
1t was not until toward the flag end OF
the second session that the Cornhuskera
got their second six points. Arnold punted
from his own thirty yard line to Ne
braska's fifty yard line. Captain Beltzer,
who had just been sent in to take Me-
Donald's place at left half, caught the ball
and raced back to the Doane five yard
line in the p~rettiest piece OF broken field
running seen on the Nebraska field In sew
eral years. He received the ball on the
north side Of the field and when he was
stopped at the five yard line ne was nearly
at the south side of the grounds.
In two trials Harte was thrown across
the line for this second touchdown and
Frank kicked a pretty goal. For the rest
OF the game Nebraska was contented to
punt the ball and kept It well into DoanO
territory.
Nebraska Goal AIway Safe.
Nebraska's goal never was in danger dur
ing either half of the contest, though Ar
mold Of the visitors tried to place kicks
that went wide OF their mark.
The Doane defense was much stronger
Niau AH6 COInluSheIb ndQ hnIlClpaNSd ana
for the first half was a big puzzle to the
new backfield. Greenness of the substi,
tutes in the backfield kept the C~ornhuskers
from gaining more ground tina they
should have.
At the opening of the game Cole sent
Rathbone to quarter, Mcdonald to right
half, Elliott to full, and SturtzneEger half.
This quartet did not work well on the Of
Tense althOuQh fhaf yvara asron. - A.
defense. Rathbone hurt his shoulder in
the early minutes Of the game and was
replaced by Hascall. who played a good
article Of ball.
Shonka at center for the ~Cornhuskers
played another Of his spectacular games
and held the Crete center to the bad all the
time. He was in nearly every play ana
distinguished himself by making several
pretty tackles.
During the closing minutes of play Cole
sent in two regulars for the back field.
One OF these was Beltzer and the other
was Frank. Frank took Hascali's place a.
quarter and showed up in some fast play.
sturtznegger stayed through the whole
game at right half and did some excellent
work in running back punts. He did not
do any fumbling and punted well while
that task was left to him.
Arnold and Holbut did the kicking for
Doane and were nearly equal to the var
sity punters. Arnold got off several Kooa
punts in the second half.
Griffith, left end OF the Doane eleven.
played a brilliant game and broke up sew
eral Of the Cornhusker plays. He ives
speedy in getting down on punts, and,
with Hartweli. right end. prevented many
long returns by the CornhuAkers.
Wilkinson. quarter. kept his team playing
fast ball and used excellent head work az
the critical periods.
Forward Pass Works Well.
The Cornhuskers were very successful in
the use Of the forward pass and onside
kick and succeeded in executing each OF
them on three or four occasions for good
gains
All the Cornhuskers were careful to pre-
vent any injuries and at times when they
might have made good gains by using their
strength, they held I'm reserve their forces.
Coach Clark OF the Crete men had his
men coached to break up several OF the
cornhuskers' plays and many times they
succeeded well in doing this. The attempt
TO pierce the Doane line was often frus-
trated and the cornhuskers had to kick
or resort to open plays.
Inc NepFaskh FORWARDS again played the
superior ball that held a solid front against
both Minnesota and Iowa and the Doane
men were at ines bewiidered in trying
TO drive plays at the. guards and tackles.
WOlcott showed up In fine form at tackle
and played the best game Of the season.
Harte, Temple, and Ewing put up the same
steady game that marked their PLAY
against Minnesota.
With the exception OF Rathbone the
whole cornhusker team came out OF the
game in fine shape. Rathbone's injury to
his shoulder Is not believed IL BE- ssrions