Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-05
CORNHUsKERs SCORE AT START
First Counter Comes Within Five
Minutes Of Play.
AMEs SCORES TWO FIELD GOAL!
FORWARD PASS AIDS VARSITY
Nebraska Fails TO show EOrD, of
Missouri Contest and Misses
Chance Offered In the
second Quarter.

AIMEE, Ia, NOV. 4.-(Spectai Ielegfufn.l
Nebraska and Ames fought desperate
. 10 tie battle here this afternoon, with
ell honors almost even. The Cornhuskert
cid not play up 20 the standard OF theiI
work Ia the Missouri game and probably
lost through failure to show their rnettle
IN the second quarter. All tho scoring
vas done in the first quarter.
The Cornhuskers made touchdown
within less than five minutes OF play
The Aggies followed up with two we'll,
pointed field goals from the toe OF Left
Halfback Burse. Two forward passes
and an onside 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 pass to f.
Frank, who ran around the Ames left
end for touchdown. Q. Frank kicked
goal.
Immediately after the kiekofr, o. Frank
fumbled on Nebraska's twenty five-yar1
line and Ames recovered tho ball. No
gains could DO made. Burge fell back
TO 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 Slve-yard
line, Burge again kicked goal from place
ment.
CornhusISers tumble.
Though the Aggies put up z remarkable
defensive game and held the Co-nhuskers
In check during most OF the plhs. the re-
suit would have been in favor. of Ne
braska had the Cornhuskers held the ban.
Fumbling cost the visitors tho game. In
every quarter they dropped tho ovoid al
critical moments.
o. Franks tumble gave Anies 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 bali 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 as bril-,
liant generalship as he might. The post
ton of the Cornhuskers was just right
for q place or dropdSk. A forward pass
was tried instead. and Chapel inter-
cepted &C. 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 a tie count
looming up before them, they charged
and fought like men at war. So fierce
and concentrated were their efforts and
IN xfn mas aAl,
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 the Nebraska line and ends
for excellent gains. weyrough, left half;
Hurst, quarter. and Burge. fuIlback,
showed up IN brilliant work. Hurst car
ried back the ball GA punts for returns
Of fifteen and twenty yards.
Line Not ImpregnabIe.
Weyrough carried the bail around the
wings and off tackles for creditable gains.
Hunt, left tackle, was into every play
and several times sifted 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 fora
ward so hard that he was not checked
without substantial gains Owen rranl,
played pluekily. but the Anes men were
trained TO smother him and nearly al
ways broke short ruas.
Captain Shonka frequently broke
through the line and nipped plays Ia
their Inception. Ernie Frank was star.
lie held the ball on kicks and lodged SO
as TO puzzle the Aggies when carrying
II. Wearner ran the team well and
showed speed and power in his ball
carrying efforts.
Attack Not Varied.
Chauner did not play up 20 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.
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