Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-06
LINKS WALK ALL
OYER OMAHA LADS
Capital City Backfield Runs Up 81
to 0 Count Against Mulligan's
Athletes.
M'MAHoN AND SCHMIDT STAR

Because a trio Of Lincoln's finest
young men refused TO allow eleven of
Omaha's sterling athletes TO IN any way
, interfere with their pursuance OF the
autumn sport. Central High school suf-
fercd Its third trimming OF the year at
Rourke park yesterday at the hands OF
Lincoln High school. n 10 O.
The three young men who made victory
possible for tho capital city lads are
Mcmahon. Schmidt and Andrews. A
couple Of Irishmen and Gsrman--what
could stop such a formidable array. It's
a cinoh Omaha couldn't.
Kaiser Schmidt is a pocket-edltion OF
manhood a. compared TO the remainder
Of the Link squad. which outweighed
Omaha several pounds to the man, but
he In fleet Of foot and OF n very squirmy
disposition. When he wasn't out-running
the locals he lodged through 'em which
end.
Mcmahon In very much bigger and
moro powerful than Schmidt and he In
almost as fast. What he didn't do TO
the Omaha line wasn't worth doing
Andrews also cut considerable figure
dropping back from hts tackle position
on frequent occasions, TO push the bali
forward a bit.
start Out in Hurry.
The capital city athletes started after
the home guard the minute the whistle
blew. On the first play a speedy young
ster by the name of Bowers pulled the
old shoe-string trick on the unsuspecting
Omaha warriors. Nobody saw Mr..
Bowers hide from view on the far side
line until he had gathered in a long for
ward pass from Andrews and was on
his way down the field.
The whiskered trick netted over forty
yards and put the ball on omaha's flf-
teen-yard line. Here the Central line
held like the German army and the
Links were helpless to penetrate II.
Omaha soon got the ball. but was
forced 10 punt. The remainder OF the
first quarter the ball see-sawed back and
forth with the visitors Juggling the pig
skin, but falling TO deliver In the pinches
whom the hail was under the shadow of
omaha's goal.
But IN the second period superior beef
and speed began 10 tell. shortly after
the quarter opened a forward pass from
Andrews to Bowers Melted forty yards
and put the ball on omaha's five-yard
mark. Three times Bowers tried TO skirt
the end for the five yards, hut three
times he failed. Omaha got the ball on
downs and Fuiiaway kicked
schmidt Makes Long Ran.
At this point Kaiser Schmidt became
prominent. Kaiser gathered In Full
away's kick near the middle OF the
| field and promptly returned II TO the
] fifteen-yard mark from which line MIR.
Mcmahon proceeded to register the first
! touchdown midst much cheers by tho
Lincoln rOoters. Andrews booted the
goal. Lincoln. I; Omaha. o
Following up this advantage the Links
drove home their attack with vim that
the Omaha lads could not Illustrate. After
the kickoff Omaha couldn't gain and
kicked, after watch Schmidt, Andrews and
Mcmahon carried the ball down the field
within q few feet OF the line and Cotton
pushed the ball over when Beard wasn't
looking, Andrews again kicked the goal
and the count stood Il to In favor OF
Lincoln when the whistle blew indicating
the termination OF the first half.
shifts Prove Futile.
The Central warriors came hack into
the game after the brief rest determined
TO make up the count. A series Of shifts.
formations and spread plays In which
hulllgan has been drilling them was at
tempted. but they failed TO net the de-
sired results. Omaha made gains on the
spread play particularly. but they wsren't
enough TO bring touchdOWns
Omaha really Outplayed the Links IN
the third quarter and almost held their
own In the final period. No SCORE was
made In the third interval but the links
put over another touchdown In the ulti-
mate chapter Just for good measure.
The visitors rushed the ball down the
field with the ever-reliabls Schmidt. Nc
! Mahon and Andrews working overtime
and MeAahon made a fifteen-yard plunge
as elimination OF the rush. which gave
Lincoln another six points. Andrews
again booted the goal this time. and the