Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-27
COYOTES NARROWLY ESCAPE
South Dakota Barely Beats Creigh-
ton by 8 to z Score.
BLUE AND WHITE FORCE PLAY
GcsCly FpmbIes Near Coal Line and
DAd GeneTAIship Prevent Locals
Scoring when Tonchdo,vus
Were I'm sight.

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In q Turkey day battle which bristled
with open and spectacular plays, the
South Dakota Coyotes escaped by a
fang's breadth with the annual bnttle
with Creighton university on Creighton
field yesterday afternoon. The climax
of the big battle was a thriller. and the
crowd of 5000 people were screaming
wildly for the local boys to win. With
the score 0 to against them. and with
five seconds to play, Creighton lined up
for the final scri1nmage, with the Coyote
posts thirty yards distant. Tamisiea, the
big linesman who does the drop-kicking
for the Blue and White. dropped back
and prepared for a try at the distant
posts. Before he was quite prepared.
Burford sent the ball sailing back. and
Tamisiea in desperate effort sent the
ball hurting toward the bar. To many
in the stands it seemed to clear the bar,
but it really flew foot wide and the big
game was over.
Score First Touchdown.
For the first time in history Creighton
scored touchdown on South Dakota
1t came in the last quarter. with about
three minutes to play and was Of the
hair-raising variety. Creighton had bat
tied the Coyotes In South Dakota terri
tory for three quarters and could not
score. Platz. the demon halfback on the
Blue and White. standing on his own
thirty-yard line, threw long forward
pass to Captain Bill Brennan on South
Dakota's thirty-five-yard line. Although
two Coyotes snagged brennan, he es-
capped both and flew the remaining yards
for a touchdown. Amidst a landslide OF
applause Tamisiea booted a goal.
Creighton Forces Play.
The result of the game does not indi-
cate the brand of ball displayed by the
two teams. With the exception of the
first quarter Creighton had the ball in
Coyote territory most of the time. and
on several occasions Ferguson of the
visitors punted from behind his own goal
line. Creighton lost the game because of
poor generalship when near the Coyote
goal and because of fumbling early in the
game.
Both of the Coyotes counters came in
the first quarter. After two minutes of
play Ferguson kicked. and both Platz
and Carrig fumbled the ball and Potts
of Dakota recovered. Vidal booted a
drop from the twenty-yard line.
Following a tumble by Shannon, Wiley
recovered the ball and line plunges car
ried it near to Creighton's goal. On a
fourth down Arehart was offside and
Creighton lost five yards and it was still
South Dakotas ball and another chance
at goal. Parliman carried it near the
line and Ferguson plunged across. Potts
missed goal.
The first quarter ended with the ball in
Creighton's possession on the Coyotes
forty-yard lire.
tumble l. Costly.
In The SECOND quarter Creighton carried
tho ball near The Coyote goal. Carrlg
was tackled. threw the ball along the
ground to Riatz. who picked It up and
shot 1t TO Arehart on the Vineyard line
This latter gentleman promptly muffed
the bali and chance, for a touchdown
vas lest. The quarter ended after Vidal
had carried the ball on a thirty-five-yard
ran around left end. on q criss-cross. to
C:eishtons ;wclve-yard line
The third quarter was all CreIebton's
The Creighton line which had not been
SO brilliant IN its defense. threw hack
tho rushos Of Vidal and Sprague. while
the Creighton ends downed the fleet par
iman and Vidal PLATE was hurt when
mis- head struck violently against the
hard earth, but the game little halfbaclS
would not leave the fray.
Blue and white Seem Dnxed.
Another touchdown was lost to Creich-
ton when a forward pass from Platz To
brennan fell into Parliman's arms and
the little Irishman was downed on his
own One-yard line. On the following pSly
Rurfurd blocked Ferguson's punt and the
bah fell on South Dakota's ten-yard line.
While Creighton men looked on Coyote
bounced on the ball.
Forward passes and line plunges by
Wise and shannon carried the ball to the
coyote three-yard line. With three yards
to 80 on the final down. and with the
Grandstand screaming for a touchdown,
a forward pass over the line failed.
Vidal tried a drop kick from the fifty
and another from the forty-three yard
mark. but both failed.
early in the game Tamisea tried drop
from the thirty-three yard line, but
missed.
Platz, as Usual, Stars.
For the Coyotes Vidal was the best
ground gamer. Parliman played a pretty
game at quarter. For Creighton the work
OF Platz at half, Wise ct full and Bren-
mans reception OF forward passes fea-
tured
Tsmlsea's kicking was superior TO