Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-22
VIC HALLIGAN'S TOE
SAVES CORNHUSKERS

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line. and each was made from an angle.
Iowa's touchdown was the real sensa-
tionai play OF the day. In the fourth
quarter. after 1t appeared all was hope
lessly lost, a forward pass from Parsons
to Carberry opened the way for a score
from the thirty-five-yard line. Just a
minute before the same play was tried
the pass executed perfectly. but Potter
, tackled Carberry behind the goal so
hard that the Hawkeye end dropped the
BALL.
Nebraska surpassed Iowa IN hut two
departments. forward passing and Halli-
CAMS kicking.
Little Quarter Stars.
Gross. Garrettson, Parsons and Car
berry were much better ground gamers
than the NebraslSans. Gross especially
was strong. He wiggled his way for many
yards. and It generally took two men to
down him.
Nebraska suffered severely from penal
ties, The officials chalked 10 yards
against the Cornhuskers, as compared to
forty-five against Iowa.
| Carberry. the Hawkeye kicker. out
punted Howard. his kicks averaging over
forty yards.
Nebraska missed a golden opportunity
to upset the Hawkeyes at the very OPEN
| ing of the game. The ball was Nebraskas
on the two-yard, but it could not be
pushed over. II that score had been made
would have disappeared and considerable
OF the Nebraska fight would have come
into its own.
Goal Kick Fails.
| Bruckner kicked off to Rutherford, who
returned the ball to Nebraska's forty
yard line. First downs were made and
then Halligan attempted his field goal.
1t failed and the ball was Iowas on her
twenty-yard line. On a fake punt forma-
ton the ball was swiftly passed to Gross
( The Iowa quarter fumbled the ball and
Vic Halligsn was instantly on top Of it
on the fIve-yard line. Rutherford slipped
and was thrown back four yards. where
upon Halligan plunged through for seven
yards. pulling the ball on the two-yard
line. Iowa held and kicked out of dan
| ser. and a beautiful opportunity was lost
| Carberry kicked out forty-flve yards
and Potter returned five. A forward pass
Potter to Howard netted twenty yards
and Rutherford and Chamberlain together
manipulated eleven more.
| first Point scored
From the twenty-five-yard line Halli-
gan scored the first points OF the game
by a neat place kick directly through the
posts. The ball zig-zagged back and forth
during the remainder OF the period and
the quarter ended with the bali in Ne
braska's possession on its own twenty
! five-yard line.
In the second quarter Halligan added
-
Howard punted 20 open the quarter,
and the kick went outside. ten yards from
the kick. on Nebraska's thirty-five-yard
line. Nebraska held and Parsons tried a
place kick. which fizzled.
Nebraska Rushes.
An Interchange of punts followed, and
! Parsons attempted another place kick.
only TO fail as before. Nebraska followed
by rushing the ball from its own twenty
yard line 10 Iowa's slxteen-yard line. only
10 lose the ball on downs. Carberry
punted forty yards to Nebraska's forty
yard line. A penalty gave Nebraska five
yards. A forward pass from Rutherford
70 Halligan Melted fifteen yards. and a
second one from Potter 10 Howard eight
cen yards.
Delamatre plunged four yards. and Hal
iigan booted the goal from the thirty
1 yard line just before the half ended
Halligan kicked off 20 Donneily in the
second half and the Hawkeyes started a
rush toward the Husker goal line. With
Garrettson bearing the brunt OF the at
tack the ball was pushed TO within strik-
ing distance Of the Huskers' goal. But
Rutherford intercepted forward pass on
Nebraska's fifteen-yard line and the
danger was over
The ball vas kicked out and ths Hawk