Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-07
CREIGHTON WINS
FAST GAME, BIT
knflicts Second Deseat on St. Thomas
Suffered by that School in
Six Years.
IMPRovEMENT BY LOCAL TEAM


IN the best game OF foot bali seen on
rreishton field in many a day, Coach
Mills gridiron machine yesterday hum
bied st. Thomas COLLEGE By the score Of
n tofT The victory is the second any
team has gained over ST. Thomas in
xix years. The other defeat was at the
hands Of Manchester college last year.
p to 9. and st. Thomas wiped that out
by coming back at Manchester. 40 to 0.
this season.
The battle was hard fought and
Spectacular to the finish. Creighton
showed Immense Improvement over its
sarly season play. while st. Thomas also
produced something that sent repeated
thrills into the crowd.
To Paul Kamanski. the lengthy creigh-
ton center, belongs the honor OF scoring
the first touchdown. Creighton had
Kicked off and recovered the ball on a
tumble during the first scrlnlmage. A
forward pass TO MICRO sent the leather
over the goal line. but It was here
knocked out Of the little quarters hands
and a general scramble for its possession
resulted. Kamanski recovered the pig
skin about six inches from the line, with
MICRO and Captain Shannon sprawling
over which "Si' lost no time in doing.
TaI<es BAH on tumble.
Creighton again kicked off and on
another tumble by 81. Thomas Lutes
recovered with clear field before him,
but lost the nikskin. another Creighton
man falling on IL. Then commenced a
display OF terrific foot ball by both
teams. Line smashes. end runs, hard
and desperate tackles. and forward
passes followed each other rapidly.
! Flanagan finally tore through the entire
opposition on a trick play for forty
yards, following which a neat pass from
Nigro to Hale scored Creightons next
tally. Platz kicked goal. Score: Creigh-
ton. Il; st. Thomas, o.
The second quarter was scoreless. Far
rell, Sullivan and Ward negotiated a
number of nice gains for the visitors,
but as rule the Creighton defense was
invincible. Lutes. Flanagan, Shannon.
stapleton, and Wise time and again
smashed to pieces the attack Of the
visiting backs. and on only few oc-
casions was first down made. In this
period clever trick forward pass, Platz
to Brennan. Melted Creighton about
thirty yards. and was followed immedi-
Rtely by another peg by the same parties
for ten more. PIats then tried a field
goal. but was standing too near his own
line. and the kick fell short.
when saints Score.
The Saints made their only points in
the third period, but the score was
earned. ST. Thomas kicked off Creigh-
ton made no gains and Wise punted A
forward Tass, Farrell to Ward. advanced
the leather. and penalty to Creighton
for holding added fifteen yards. Sullivan
broke away for twelve yards more, and
the following play a pass from Har.
Ifngton to ConIuy. brought the ball
across the chalk from the thirty-yard
line. Several Creighton men tried tc
block the play. but without avail
The remainder of this quarter was spec
tacular. Conway, St. Thomas wizard lief
end. snapped up the ball when Nigrt
dropped It after receiving a forward pas
from Plats and raced thirty yards be
fore being downed. few seconds late
Piats repeated the performance fo
Ereighton. tearing down the field sizt,
yards on an intercepted pass He wa
brought to halt on the twenty-yard line
but his run gave Creighton its thirt
touchdown. A risky forward pass, whicl
one Of the visitors stabbed at an,