Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-19
CORNKuSkERS
Lose, IA TO 8,
TONOTRE Dame
Visitors Back Field Too
Fast for Nebraska Boys
Brilliant Run Made by
Bergman.
BY KARL LEE.
Staff CORRESPONDENT.

opening minute OF play--cauSed the
defeat of the Nebraska Cornhusker:
by the University of Notre Dame by
a score of ID to 9, in today's annua
game at Nebraska field.
In tnis particular instance, A
Bergman. brother Of the famou.
Dutch Bergman, who has per.
formed in stellar capacity on numer,
Gus previous occasions on Nebraska
field, took the ball from George
Gipp, ha.tback, on the kickoff on his
cwn 5-yard line and raced 81 yards
for touchdown. The count was
never beaded.
Nebraska Fights Gamely.
Nebraska fought gamely through.
out to. entire game. In the first hall
a b-tering ram attack by the Husk-
ers 2cainst the Hoosier line, through
the agency of Halfbacks Dobson
and Wright and Fullback Dale, two
times brought the ball within strik-
ing distance of the Notre Dame goal
line. IN the second instance Wright
scored on a line buck. Dale missed
goal.
The half ended with the score,
Notre Dame. J; Nebraska, 6.
Battle Husker Ends.
In the second half, Notre Dame
Opened up Directly after the kick
off with the ball in their possession,
the Hoosiers sprung series of for
ward passes that completely baff1ed
the Husker ends. 1t was Gipp to
Bergman, Balkan to Kirk and Miller
10 Balkan for four passes that sent
the bail under the Nebraska goal
posts.
In two instances, when the Wis.
itors had, via the aerial route,
brought the ball within sight of the
Husker goal, the home lads held.
The .hird time, however, Bergman
was sent over for a second Notre
Dame touchdown on line smash
through center. Captain Bahan
kicked goal He also kicked the first
goal from field.
Schultz Machine Crulnbles.
From that moment, early in the
Z third quarter, the Huskers played in
frenzy of fear. The machine that
Coach Schultz had built up crumbled
easily. Its morale was gone. Later
when Captain Dobson drop kicked
brilliantly from his own 43-yard
line, the Huskers showed a Sigh,
return of spirit. But the moment for
scoring had passed.
Coach Knute Rockne's men played
with striking sureness. Outweighed
on the line, with buoyance oil
spirit their forwards smashed into
and over every play that the Huskei
backs engaged in. Schellenberg
whose versatility won touchdown
and a tie score from the powerful
Gophers week ago, was stopped
frequently. Likewise other backs
failed.
Big Crowd at Game.
A crowd Of 5000 jammed ever,
seat in the grandstand and bleach
ers. During most of the game there
was wave of feeling over the vas
audience that Nebraska would win
And it was decidedly a Nebrask;
crowd. The Hoosiers knew thei,
game, however, tucked away thei
score and played for time.
The Nebraska team entered thu
game with three substitutes in thu
lineup. Wright displaced Schellen
berg at left half: Wilder played il
Hubka's tackle, while Wade Mum
assumed the weaker position a
guard. McGlasson started at quar-
ter instead of Howarth, the Huske
veteran.
Change in Lineup.
In the final quarter, shortly afte
Captain Dobson's brilliant drol
kick, the Husker coach caused a re
arrangement of his team tina
looked promising. Hubka was shift
ed from the line. to the back field
while Schellenberg a short time be
fore had resumed his position a
left half. Howarth became tn
teams pilot.
Hubka began proceedings b,
smashing twice II yards for tw'
first downs. The ball then was OF
the Husker 45-yard line. ST:
minutes remained to play. Schel
lenberg, though stopped short
managed to dart approximate.
some Is yards on three runs owe
the Notre Dame left end. TIL
Huskcrs lost the ball, however, tw'
minutes before the game ended.
Visitors Have Advantage.
Notre Dame possessed the ball a
but brief intervals. In these, how
ever, her speedy backs, Gipp an,
Bergman, under the guidance o
Captain Bahan at quarter, were abb
to smash over for the necessar,
gains and execute the fatal forwar
passes. Final statistics concerning
ground gain and advances on punt
gave. the visitors the advantage. NJ
braska regards the defeat dubiousll
1t is generally stated that tn
Huskers should have won. Will
with the ball, their plunging backs
Wright, Dale. Dobson and Schellen
berg. made powerful attacks to
weighty gains. What the tear
lacked, apparently, was quarter
back capable of marshalling his met
The playing of the Nebraska end
also was weak.
Scouts Watch Catholics.
Counter-argument from Notr
Dame cohorts gives out that ha
Bergman not made his brilliant 9,
yard run for kickoff, the Notr
Dame team would have "opene
up" considerably earlier than I'll
third quarter, with results tn;
would have been disastrous. A
Army scouts were in the CRANE
stand, and the Catholics meet II
Army soon. the team held off.
Statistics show that the game W;
played closely. In eight punts, NJ
braska averaged IS yards. In 70,
punts, Eotre Dame averaged
yards Notre DANE romo1eted e,