Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-26

nlone. South Dakota recovered the pdiit
when Gray tapped II with his fingers
Flanagan, Piatz. Luts and Shannon
also put up a neat game OF foot ball and
Wise easily held his own with Vidal in
the punting department.
First Half Slow.
The first half was tame affair. with
both teams trying to gain advantages
through punting. As Vidal had the wind
he did little better than Wise. but 1t
gained him nothing.
Vidal attempted his first field kick in
this period. Parliman heeled a fair catch
on one of Wises punts on the forty-yard
mark and Vidal tried place kick. which
fell short.
The second quarter was a repetition of
the first. with neither side able to make
any appreciable gains. In this period Platz
tried a drop kick from the forty-yard
mark. 1t fell short.
Both Teams Open Up.
The third quarter was the period which
appealed to the half-frozen spectators as
both teams opened up In the hope of
gaining score.
South Dakota kicked off 20 Creighton
on the Blue and White thirty-yard mark.
Creighton was penalized fifteen yards for
holding, right off the bat. but Dutch
Plats Immediately got back the yards
by quick run around the Coyote left
flank Here Mir. Brooks was handed the
gate and South Dakota penalized thirty
five yards. This placed the ball on the
Coyote thirty-five yard mark. but Creigh-
ton lost its chance when Platz was
thrown back fifteen yards on the next
play. Dutch then attempted a drop kick.
but II went bad.
The ball was taken out to the twenty
yard line for scrimmage and after falling
to gain the visitors punted to the middle
OF the field. Creighton took the ball and
tried forward pass. sprague intercepted
the pass with clear field. Creighton took
the ball and tried a forward pass
sprague intercepted the pass with a clear
field In front OF him and he sprinted
forty-seven yards up the field before
Marty Flanagan made hero out OF
himself by running him down. On the
next play the Creighton rooters went
wild. for South Dakota flmbled and the
alert Lutes fell on the pigskin. Wise
punted back thirty-five yards and here
Parliman made his thirty-five return.
bringing the ball right back where II
was. The Creighton line was stone
wall and held for downs. after which
Wise punted. The Coyotes also punted
and the period ended with the ball In
the middle OF the field.
vidal Fails Again.
To start the final chapter Wise punted
one high I'm the air and Vidal ran the
bali back to the scrimmago point from
which Wise kicked. The punt was very
short Hanson made five yards on a
eriss-cross and then South Dakota made
! its first successful forward pass. from
Parllman to vidal. Failing TO gain fur
Their Vidal was called upon to work his
toe. The kick was from the forty-two
yard line and went wide.
Wise punted to the forty-elght yard
mark after the Blue and White was given
the ball for scrimmage on the twenty
yard line. The Coyote charge was futile
and again Vidal essayed field goal
This time II was from the fifty-yard line.
The kick made the distance. but went
wide.
Creighton again punted from the TWEEN
ty-yard scrimmage line and again Vida
tried to kick, after his mates failed e
gain ground. The attempt this time wa
for forty-eight yards and the ball and
Vidals toe missed connection. with tbs
result the p.gskin went low. short anS
vide.
RFetghtOn Has nalI.
Once more Creighton punted when tn
ball Was taken out for scrimmage. Wis
booted TO the middle OF the field McCor
mick lift the line for nine yards bu