Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-05
NEBRASKA PLAYS
TIE GAME AT AMES
Desperate Foot Ball Battle Against
Aggies Ends with HonoTs
Even, 6 to 6.
C0RNHUSKERS SCORE AT START
First Counter Comes Within Five
Minutes of Play,
AMEs SCORES TWO FIELD GOALS
Left Half Burge Boots Ball .Accu-
rately Between Posts.
FORWARD PASS AIDS VARSITY
Nebraska Fails to show Horn, of
Missouri Contest and Misses
Chance Offered in tbs
second Quarter.
CORNHUsKERs SCORE AT START
First Counter Comes Within Five
Minutes Of Play.
AMEs SCORES TWO FIELD GOALS


Nebraska and Ames fought desperate
60 6 tie battle here this afternoon. with
ell honors almost even. The Cornhuskers
aid not play up TO the standard Of their
work in the Missouri game and probably
lost through failure to show their nettis
in the second quarter All tho scoring
was done in the first quarter.
The Cornhusbers made a touchdown
within less than five minutes OF play.
The Aggtes followed up with two welt
pointed field goals from the toe OF Left
Haifbsck Burge. Two forward passes
and an ouside kick brought Nebraska s
score. The first pass gave ten yards.
The onside kick Immediately sent the ball
thirty more yards, with the bail on the
ten-yard line. Warner made a pass to f.
Frank, who ran around the Ames left
end for a touchdown. @. Frank kicked
goal.
hmm cdiately after the kickoff, o. Frank
fumbled on Nebraska's twenty -five-yari
line and Ames recovered tho ball. No
gains could DO made. Burge fell back
10 the twenty -seven-ysrd line and booted
an accurate goal.
Immediately after the next Kickoff
Hurst made an end run CT forty yards,
and with the ball on the forty 3ive-yard
line, Burge again kicked goal from place
ment.
COrDhuSlsers FuDble.
Though the Agg1es put up q remarkable
defensive game and held the Co-uhuskers
In check during TnoSt Of the plk., the re-
suit would have besn in favor, of Ne
braska had the CorIihuskers held the ban.
Fumbling cost the Visitors tho game In
every quarter they dropped tho ovoid at
critical moments.
o. Frank's tumble gave Ames lis first
chance TO score, In the final period. With
the wind at their back. the Cornhuskers
twice fumhled the bali. just within Aagie
. territory, when Il was booted on punts
Ames recovered the ball each time. Ne-
braska was fighting hard in this final
period and seemed about to score on
three or four occasions.
During the final five minutes of play
the ball was taken to. the Aggie twenty
yard line. Here, on the third down,
Warner perhaps. did not show a. brir-
liant generalship as he might. The posi-
ton of the Cornhuskers was just right
for a place or drophsk. A forward pass
was tried instead. and Chapel inter-
eepted It, Tho ball was Immediately
worked back to the same position where
Potter was Just ready TO try for a goal
when time was called.
Lack Fighting Spirit.
Until the last quarter the Cornhuskers
lacked fighting spirit but with tie count
looming up before them, they charged
and fought like men at war. SO fierce
and concentrated were their efforts and
so vigorous was each mans work that
giant Captain shonka was forced TO
leave the game after a hard tackle OF
Burns, who was injured to the extent
that he was taken from the battle.
The Ames players made a gallant fight
and rose so high in their attack that
they charged tho Nebraska line and ends
for excellent gains. weyrough, left half;
Hurst. quarter. and Burge. fulback.
showed up In brilliant work. Hurst car
RED back the ball on punts for returns
of fifteen and twenty yards.
Line Not ImPre9nabIe.
Weyrough carried the ball around the
wings and off tackles for creditable gains.
Hunt, left tackle, was into every play
and several times slfted through the Ne
braska line. In the fourth quarter.
Purdy, playing fullbsck, played a won
derful offensive game. He charged the
Ames line with drive and force that
brought long advances. lie hit the ends.
surged off from tacklers and drove fore
ward so hard that he was not checked
without substantial gains. Owen Frank
played pluckily. but the Ames men were
trained 20 smother him and nearly al
ways broke short runs.
Captain Shonka frequently broke
through the line and nIpped plays "a
their Inception. Ernie Frank was a star.
lie held the ball on kicks and lodged SO
as to puzzle the Aggies when carryinej
II. Wearner ran the team we'll and
showed speed and power in his ball
carrying efforts.
Attack Not Varied.
Chauner did not play up to the game
he presented against Missouri. Nebraska.
lost IN the second and third quarters be-
cause its attack was not varied enough.
More deceptive forward pass formations
would have given Nebraska fine chances
OF getting a victory.
laras