The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-24
NEBRASKA EAGER
Already Plan Is Made for Post
Season Battle.
TrifIe OF Defeating x. e. and
Tigers in Way.

Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 24-Consterna-
ton reigns in the region of Des
Moines Ia. The attack is 50 acute
that, according to certain football pub
conference of Missouri Valley colleges
the big Six, of the West-may
have no champion eleven The Ames
Aggies have whipped the Missouri
Tigers, Drake has taken a fall out of
Kansas, and, in event the Nebraska
Cornhuskers should triumph over Mis-
souri, and Kansas. as the dope now
reads, the premiership question must
remain unsolved because Nebraska is
scheduled to play neither Ames nor
Drake.
rather pftifu1 state of football
affairs, if it were true, only Nebraska
supporters are unwilling to admit the
accuracy of the premise. In fact. these
same Cornhusker boosters have hit
upon a plan of relieving the tension
which is so bothersome to the Des
Moines writer's who are grinding out
the mo championship" dope. The Ne
braska prescription IS easily filled
The Cornhuskers in the first place,
purpose to humble the Tigers ina re
peat the dose at the expense of the
Jayhawkers. Next on the program is
a post season battle either with Ames
or Drake. the Cornhuskers scrapping it
out with the stronger Iowa eleven.
MAY Play Post Season Game.
The post season game suggestion, in
fact already has been made to ath-
letic authorities at Nebraska and is
now under consideration. The time is
not ripe for formal negotiations be-
cause, for one thing. Nebraska has not
yet whipped the Tigers and the Jay
hawkers, although Jumbo Stiehm and
his pupils are sanguine that the Tigers
and the JayhaWkers are assured of
defeat Ames and Drake are to clash
before the regular campaign is ter
minated and if the victor should re
fuse to take on the proteges of Stiehm
in an after-season engagement, the
dispute. There could be no crawling
or stalling to sidestep a settlement of
The Missouri valley con-
ference rules provide for post season
games to decide basketball cham
pionships and if a comparison of
scores were to make it impossible to
dope a gridiron championship. the
logic of the situation would literally
the Cornhuskers and the vic
tor in the Ames-Drake clash to play
football and settle the problem of
which is supreme
They Are Putting for Ames, Too.
Perfect frankness on the Part of Corn Z
husIxer followers compeIs the admission (
over Drake No hostile feeling Is nur- 1
tured toward Drake 1t is a case. rather. |
get at Ames- Last fall the pupils or 4
Stiehm were held to to tie score OF /
he AmeS gridirOn- The Agg1eS kicked /
.wo goals from the field, while the Corn
luskers executed the only touchdown.
kicking goal This year that
tate of affairs would not be tie. as Ne
3raska would have won by one point, but I
hat tie game has ranked with the Corn i
luskers and Stiehn's players were sore
Y disappointed when it was finally an
lounced that Nebraska. and Ames woUIt 4
Tot clash this fall on the rectangle and
mash that 1911 tie. The failure to sched-
lie a Nebraska-An game has been
harged to the Aggies. although all sug-
estion of ill-feeling was dropped after
n ARRANGEMENT was entered into to re
une g-idiron relations in 1913 But il
he present campaign should chance 10
luddle the selection of a champion eleven
will be Nebraska's purpose to solve the
robIern through the medium of a post
eason encounter And somebody in Iowa
ill have to play football or the premier
hin will once more belong to the Corn
uskers on decision by default.