Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-24
BATTLE ROYAL
At Fl. OMAHA
Fl. RILEY GAME
Seven Balloon Men Carried
from Gridiron on Stretch
ers Provided by Kindly
Medical Hosts.

"hooo lily, NOV. Io.-N opcCldl
Telegram)-Using all the tactics of
rugged warfare, tactics they might
we'll have used against the Huns to
excellent advantage had they been
fortunate enough to have taken part
In the rousing finish on the western
front the gridiroa, gladiators-gladia-
tors is right-of the Omaha Balloon
school and the Fort Riley NJ. o. T.
I. battled-battled is right-to a IA
to "a draw at association park yes
terday afternoon.
The day was cold and the chilled
atmosphere together with the fear
OF the FLU" probably held the crowd
to lower figure than the promoters
had counted on. At that some 5000
persons saw the game, braved the
Keen cutting wind and the army
elevens cleared money on the game.
The field furnished fairly fast foot
ing and they gave the spectators
full run for their tax at the gates.
During the intermission between
halves the big army balloon was in
Hated and at the finish of the game
the Omaha officers gave an exhibit
ton flight.
Huns Should Be Thankful.
The athletes of old man linden
burg and old man Ludendorff have
a lot to be thankful for. Things
might have gone a lot worse with
them over there on the war fronts
IN France and Belgium
For instance the Huns might have
had to face the frenzied rushes of
the boys from Omaha and the boys
from Fort Riley. Maybe the Hun
doesn't know what it is to have a
cleated shoe bark his shins or a
raW-boned elbow jab his jaw, and
IT he doesn't he has something more
to be thankful for. Had the foot
ball warriors who piled their trade
on the association park field this af-
ternoon ever given chase to the
Huns there'd been a greater chorus
OF "kamarad" over there than ever
greeted the ears of the A. f. F., and
that isn't disparaging our present
lighters over there either.
The service elevens played the
game in the real way with a few
frllls and furbelows of rough stuff
thrown in, but the spectators were
pleased, so what were the odds?
Omaha Forced Back.
: Omaha was forced down the field
at the start of the game, two pretty
forward passes engineered by the
/, Indian left half, Lasley, figuring
largely in the advance. A medic was
thrown back 10 yards on an at
tempted end run with the ball on
the Omaha l5-yard line. But Lasley
I regained the ground separating the
balloon line for 7-yard plunge. The
Riley team had seemingly taken the
Omaha eleven by surprise and be-
fore the latter could recover the ball
had been carried to their 13-yard
line. On the third down the Indian
went around the end and placed the
ball under the crossbar. A seventh
point was added with a kick that
landed in the bleachers.
Tue balloon school recovered from
their, trance and put the medics on
the defensive. Eudaley planted
hope in the hearts of the Omaha
supporters, but it was dashed to the
ground, together with Eudaley, by
Lasley, who broke their several in,
terferers. ..
Weight Gives Omaha Advantage.
When the Omaha men resorted to
straight foot ball their weight gave
them all advantage and by concen-
trating the attack on the light Riley
men the balloonists rushed the ball
to Riley's 3-yard line at the begin
ming of the second quarter. Eudaley
went over and goal was kicked,
evening the score. A 20-yard run
by Eudaley and a corking aerial lift
gave Faulk the opportunity to view
the posts from the outside. With
the successful booting of the pig
skin the score stood IA to 7.
Riley balanced the score ledger in
the third period. Lasley shot for
ward pass to Randels and he sped
past the white lines for 80 yards.
Another pass from the hands of
the clever Indian to Randels scored
the second touchdown for Riley and
the score was evened when the kick
cleared the posts and bounded into
the foremost rows of the bleachers.
''Treat EN- Rough" 3.
The play was rough and furious in
the last period. Anything and every
thing was attempted. Seven Omaha
men were taken out on account OF
injuries. Neither team could secure
any material advantage and the
game ended with the ball near the
middle of the field.
Lineup:
FORT RILEY. FORT OMAHA,
Kelsey ......... ..Le............... Falk
Thires ............l t......... Anderson
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