The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-08
X. U.-NEBRAsKA AFTERMATH.
Comments on the Contest by a Lincoln
Paper.

From the Lincoln, Neb., Star: 1T
was the first big game that 1 have
seen since coming to Nebraska Where
every penalty called was right and
every penalty that ought to have been
caught was given" said king" Cole
after the game with the job Of UNI
piring that Joe Curtis put up today, we
would have beaten Haskell last year.
Holding in the line and tackling inter-
ference was what won for the Indians"
Cole was the happiest man in the
country. He told the players between
halves that it was his last K U.-Ne-
braska game and they knew what he
wanted. He got just what was coming
The alleged touchdown in the fourth
quarter which Kansas claimed, was
the cause of many excited arguments.
The first came at the game. Masker
blew his whistle, declared that the ball
was out of sight and dead and ordered
Minor off the fence. Then a small boy
tossed the pigskin to Tod Woodbury.
who ran through the gate and Kansas
claimed the points. Masker stood pat
and Bert Kennedy, st. Leger Mosse
and Cub Rood, K. u. coaches, trotted
out on the field and entered into argu-
ment of the heated variety. Cole stood
| his ground on the side lines, confident
| that Masker would do the square
thing. His action was much appre-
/ ciated by Masker, who stood pat on his
| decision.
| At the hotel in the evening the ar
gument waxed hot. The first intima-
ton of a protest was given Coach Cole
by a Star man. He then made the
| statement on the decision that ap-
| peared in the Sunday Star. After sup
| per Cub Reed dropped in for chin
| fest He fell in with Earl Eager The
little manager had practiced up for
| sOme of those speeches on a sodded
| athletic field he is going to make il
the legislature this. winter, and Reed
had the worst of it. Later Kennedy
| showed up and put in the evening beef
| ing in a gentle and unobstrusive man.
| ner. He put in his time largely with
bunch of K. U. sympathizers. Last
but not least, the one and only Tommy
Johnson put in appearance Tommy
| was the square one. NO beef1ng there
All he had to say was that Kansas was
lucky to get OFF as easy as she. did,
/ Kansas had one stunt which might
well be copied at Nebraska. For the
past two seasons, the Cornhuske1
/ rooters have been practicing with an
''N'' of rooters. The Jayhawkers made
their K. u. in an original manner
raising umbrellas in unison. then clos
ing them at once. The red and blue
letters seemed to spring right out Of
the crowd and to fade back into 1t. Il
was a pretty sight.
Hearts went to acting strangel1
when a Kansas guard Tipped through
the Nebraska line near the beginning
of the third half and dropped on the
ball on Nebraska's two yard line. L
Hooked bad. Did you ever see base
ball game where the home team pu
a man on third every inning but cam
iscore him. Along about the seventh
inning an error and popup puts mer
on second and third for the visitor:
| with nnh0dV ont When the nifPhP1
fans three in a row. some relief re
suits. There was also SOME relic
when the referee disallowed the pla1
and penaliZed Kansas five yards fol
an offside.
That bear talk from K. u was no
so much bear" after all. Kennel.
had three letter men to begin will
and was so busted with driving a de
Tense into his line huskies that h,
| lacked versatility in play. The swing
ling guard around play was absolutel!
the only formation that andanRaras