Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-23
OMAHA UNI BEATS
TRINITY COLLEGE
BY 10 TO 0 SCORE
nwans 0utcIassed in Every
Department Except Tack.
ling-Morton and Hickey
Stars of Game.

p Trinity college of Sioux City fell
before the feet of Omaha universit,
yesterday afternoon at Creighton
held. The score was 70 to 0.
Omaha outclassed the Iowans ir
every department except tackling
Ihe Trinity tacklers were sure and
low. Omaha, on the other hand, was
Giraffe with one or two exceptions
and its failure in this department oil
The game kept the score from mount
ing higher.
The locals outweighed Trinity.
This advantage told when Omaha
hit the line.
Omaha took the lead five minutes
after the game opened when Deutch-
or crossed the Trinity goal line on
plunge through tackle. Trinity
opened the game by kicking off. The
Omaha backield bucked its way
from its own 40-yard line to the
visitors goal on short plunges.
Deutcher took the ball on the
lowans' 5-yard line and pushed over
TOR the first tally. Thompson failed
to kick goal. Score: Omaha, 6;
Trinity. 0.
Trinity End Runs Fail.
Trinity braced. Her lighter line
repealed the Omaha drives credit
ably. During the second period
Trinity hit the line without success.
End runs, too, failed and Eddie
Hickey, quarterback and captain.
began to open up with forward
passes. Hickey on the passing end
and Bride on the receiving end CON-
pleted several nice plays and ad-
vanced the ball deep into Omaha
territory. With the ball on Omaha's
ls-yard line. Hickey tipped a pass
70 OConnor, but Reutcher inter-.
eeNed it and Omaha punted out of
danger
At the opening of the third quar-
ter Omaha kicked off to Hickey,
who returned IL yards. Trinity
started another march toward the
Omaha goal, using short forward
passes for consistent gains. Bates
fumbled, however, when play neared
the center Of the field and after sew
eral line smashes by Thompson and
Morton, Morton carried the oval
over the Trinity line for the second
touchdown. Morton failed to kick
goal. Score: Omaha, IL; Trinity, 0. |
Omaha kicked off and Trinity ad-
vanced the ball to its own 45-yard
line. Hickey forward passed to |
O'Neill who put the ball into
Thompson's hands Is he stood sur-
rounded by six Omaha players and
the lengthy Omaha fullback raced |
nearly 50 yards with his six-fnan
ncdyguard across the Trinity goal
line. Morton kicked goal.
Passes Blocked.
In the fourth quarter, Trinity hit
the line and ends with marked sue
cess. Hickey and Bates made nice
gains around the ends. Near the
center Of the field, Hickey at
tempted . forward pass to Verzani.
but Bobbie Morton intercepted it.
Omaha tried to forward pass but
Hickey, the Trinity star, cut it off
on his own 45-yard line and carried
it back to Omaha's 28-yard line
The Trinity backheld hit the line
for short gains, bringing the bali
to Omaha's 20-yard line. Verzani
tried drop kick but it went wild.
Omaha took the ball on its 20
yard line and pushed through to
Trinity's 35-yard line where the
whistle ended the conflict.
Bobbie Morton at halfback for
Omaha and Eddie Hickey at quar-
terback for Trinity. were stars of
the game. Morton's tackling and
end runs were features of the game.
Hickey's work both offensive and
defensive were remarkable.