Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-03
PERU EASY FOR NEBRASKA
Cornhuskers Defeat Normal School
Eleven at Lincoln.
SCORE OF THE GAME IS sc TO 0
New Rules Are Applied for the
First Time and Prove SatisfRc-
tory TO "I<inR'' Coles
SCORE OF THE GAME IS Sc TO
Men.

gram liking" Coles Cornhuskers opened
the foot ball season of 1910 by overwhelm-
ing the Peru eleven by the score OF 6s to
In game marked by the brilliant work
of the Nebraska backfield and ends.
The game was little changed from the
old style of the play until the second half
when Coles pupils opened with a wonder
full exhibition of the use of the forward
pass and advanced the ball at will. Warner
Chauner and Frank alternated on the play
and twice Chauner broke through the Nor
maltes for a touchdown, after spectacular
runs of from forty to fifty yards.
While the Cornhuskers have always been
| successful In the use OF the forward pass,
the work In the opening game was a reve-
lation to the rooters and furnished grounds
for the championship claims of the Corn
huskers. Cole has announced his intention
| of building up an offense In which the for
ward pass is ito be the main feature
The game was very satisfactory from the
Cornhusker standpoint. The Peru team was
not so strong as last year which accounts
| partly for the diversity of the scores in
1909 and 191o'for the opening game, but the
! Cornhuskers' despite the lateness of prac-
tice have already developed a wonderful
| scoring machine. Warner is wonderful
quarterback and his passing was as fine
as has ever been seen on Nebraska field,
with Chauner and Warner using the for
ward passuthe team was able to make
large gains almost at will
Cole and the officials were frank in dis
cussing the game afterwards The new
rules seemed to meet with their approval.
The forward pass and the rule allowing
players to return after having been taken
out aroused favorable comment. Cole was
l - -
In the third and fourth quarters, Cole
changed his lineup and almost an entirely
new team. was on the field when the final
whistle for time blew.
Captain Temple won the toss, With a
stiff wind In his face Gelwick kicked to
Frank and the ball was returned twenty
five yards. The next play, a forward pass
to Chauner, was out of bounds. Nebraska
kicked and Peru fumbled the BAIL the
Cornhuskers recovering II on the ffty-yard
line.
Warner made fifteen yards on a quar-
terback run. Forward pass to Lofgren went
Wild, but a moment later Frank broke
through for long run, crossing the goal
line, only to have the ball brought back
for a penalty. Rathbone made nve yards
on a straight buck and then the ball was
kicked over the goal line.
Peru kicked out and Frank returned the
bali to the thirty-yard line Warner made
ten yards and then the ball was carried
over for the first touchdown on a series OF
line bucks, Rathbone carrying the ball,
| Frank kicked goal. Score: 6 to O.
Made on a tumble.
The next score was made through a
tumble, Gclwick fumblng the ball on the
thirty-fiveya yard line and a Nebraska man
RaIII ~
kicks ard then Temple tore through the
limo for fifteen yards Rathbone was pushed
over for the second touchdown. Frank
missed goal. Score: IL to O.
E. Frank made a pretty return of twenty.
five yards on the next kickoff A kicking
duel followed and Lofgren made the third
touchdown, securing the ball on a tumble
o. Frank missed the goal. Score: II to O.
In the second quarter Nebraska scored
three more touchdowns using straight foot
ball.
In the last two quarters Nebraska began
to take advantage OF the play under the
new rules. Rathbone kicked off and the
runner was nailed in his tracks. Collins
broke up the next play for q loss of q
yard. Collins blocked punt and Rathbont
grabbed the ball behind the goal, scorins
a touchdown.
II The remainder OF the game was repletC
with forward passes, in which Chaunel
raced for fifty yards for a touchdown anC
few minutes later duplicated the trick
Warner ran the entire length OF the fielC
, for a touchdown behind splendid interfer
ence. The game closed with the ball IL
/ Nebraska's possession on its own forty-yarC
} line.
Except for the time consumed. the gam,
/ differed but little from that under the OLD
! rules from the spectators standpoint 1
took fifty minutes to play two quarters O
fifteen and ten minutes each owing TO tn,
: frequent penalties. Nebraska was tn,
aggressOr and was penalized severell
throughout the game. Following is tn,
r lineup:
PERU. NEBRASKA