Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-09
HASTINGS TEANCELEBRATES
Colds and Women Of Faculty Ban
quet Foot Ball viotOrs.
CLAIMS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Analysis OF the seasons scores on
which Demand for TITLE Rests
Team Consists of New
Men.

HASTINGS. Neb.. Nov. S.-tSpeclalD THE
victory Of the Hastings college foot ball
team at Bellevue Saturday was celebrated
with a dinner. speech-making and a gen
er8l iOlifCadOn AZ the college last night.
The affair was arranged by the goods and
the women OF the faculty and was com
pete surprise 20 the members OF the team,
who expected merely an informal demon
strauon in recognition OF their victory
After the dinner which was served in
Alexander hall there was speaking by
Coach Holste. Captain Sherrch. Director
Yarndley. Rev G.. w, Meyer and others.
College yells ana songs were given with a
vim. and then there was a reference 10
what Hastings must do to win the final
game in the state series, the one at Peru
next Saturday. Following this part Of the
celebration there was a convocation Of stu
dents and q big bonfire on the campus.
No athletic triumph in a long time has
brought more JOY 70 the local institution
and It's friends than the one over the old
rivals in the Omaha suburb. for by II the
team took first place in the rank OF the
Intercollegiate association and the state
championship is as good as won for
Hastings.
Bellevue Claims Championship.
pionsbip race had narrowed down practi-
cally 10 Bellevue and Hastings Bellevue
had defeated Peru Is to and Wesleyan
to O. Peru in turn had held Doane to 0.
The Peru-Doane game. in view of Belle
vues Overwhelming defeat OF Peru, com
petely eliminated the Tigers Hastings
had defeated Kearney Normal q to 8 and
tied Grand Island. Both Wesleyan and
Doane refused to schedule games with
Hastings except for date early in the
season, contrary to custom, so the only
comparison possible between Hastings and
these two teams Is through the scores of
Dcane games with other teams. Hastings
is the only team that has crossed Belle
vues goal line this season.
In the accounts Of the Bellevue Hastings
game published in Omaha and Lincoln it
was asserted that Hastings was not pen
allied. Members of the local team wish
IL to be understood that II was a penaliza-
ton that brought forth their greatest and
most effective effort against Bellevue. BY
the penalty imposed the ball was put on
Hastings three-yard line and Bellevue had
three downs In which to make goal Hast
ings held Bellevue at this crisis. recovered
the ball and advanced steadily TO Bellevue
twenty-yard line. where 5herred made a
uIop KICK lot goal.
Hastings Meut All New.
The victory OF the Hastings team was
especially notable because the line from
end to end, with the exception of one, was
composed Of men who had never played In
college game before this season and
smith, who played center was new in thai
position. having been shifted over to re
place. sims, who quit HE team earlier IL
the week. Smith had only two or thres
days practice at center before the Belle
Vue contest.
Coach Holste, the ex-Maroon who has
guided the foot ball men OF Hastings col
lege in the last three seasons, is giver
great credit here for the Development OF the
team. The fact that his team won a
Bellevue after the opposing team had mad,
eleven points in the first three minutes OF
play shows the resourcefuinsss OF the ma
chine and emphasizes its ability to play
scientific, rather than haphazard. foo
ball