Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-16
Creighton Celebrated by
Defeating Wyoming 41-0
Cowboys Swamped by Local College Team, Playing on
soggy, Soft Gumbo Field; Coach Mills Early
Introduces Second String Men Into Game.

Creighton wallowed through the
gulnbo of Creighton field yesterday
to Al to 0 victory over Wyoming
State.
Recent SHOWS had made the sur
face of Creighton field soft and
SLOW" Neither team, as a .conse-
quence, could show its real ability.
The locals, nevertheless, outclassed
the Cowboys from start to finish
and showed that on firm footing
they probably would have swamped
the westerners under twice as many
tallies.
The cowboys fought gamely every
minute, but they were beaten before
they took the field. Their highest
hope, even before the opning wills
tie sounded, was not to defeat
Creighton but to hold the Blue and
White to low score.
Mills Uses Many Substitutes.
Coach Tommy Mills started send
ing in his second team when Creigh-
ton pushed over her first score,
few minutes after the opening of the
second quarter. As each athlete be-
came unrecognizable under his, coat
ing of mud, Mills jerked him and
sent in a nice clean substitute. For
that very reason Ole Paulsen sur
vived longer than any of his team
mates. His shiny white head dis
tinguished him from all the other
mud-laden warriors. until late in the
third quarter when even his head
was submerged in the slime. Mills
sent out an S. o. S. call for the
Creighton idol and Ole oozed off
the field to the shower room in the
gymnasium.
Wyoming came to Omaha as the
runners-up for the championship of
the Rocky Mountain conference.
The Cowboys had decisively de-
feated Montana State, Colorado
Miners, Denver and other prominent
western elevens. Many followers of
the game here, therefore, had ex-
pected a close game.
Long Thrills Crowd.
Despite the mud. Clifford Long.
Creighton's sensational quarterback,
thrilled the 1000 spectators with his
long end runs and brilliant lodging
of tacklers. Long and Capt. Gene
Leahy, Eddie Mullholland, Jimmie
Gordon and Harry Tevlin took turns
tearing through the westerners' de-
ferse for consistent gains. Creigll-
ton displayed better workmanship at
forward passing yesterday than they
have at any other time this year.
For the Cowboys, Simpson, Cline,
Layinan and Wilson stood out prom
inently as hard consistent players.
Simpson and Layman broke through
the Creighton line several times ard
without any interference. pushed the
bail ahead for II and l5-yard gains.
First Quarter.
Creighton kicked off The ball fell out
of bounds on Wyoming's 32-yard line. The
Westerners tried several plays from tan
dem formation and failed ito gain. Lay
man punted to Long on Creighton's 40
yard line and there the Cowboys ,u, held
and after hitting the line unsuccessfully
twice. punted again. punting duel be-
tween Leahy and Layman followed, end
ing with the ball on Wyomin as t5.yard
eight yards and Smith made first down.
Layman ripped off ~ yards around the
end and then hit the line for three yards.
A forward pass failed. Creighton stands
began to yell Hold EN-" and the Blue
and White did. Creighton took the ball
on downs, and Leahy punted out Of bounds
on Wyoming's 25-yard line. -Wyoming's
most serious attempt to tally had been
stopped The Creighton line held for downs
backs began to hit the line for short gains
and the quarter ended with Creighton
holding the ball on Wyoming's So-yard
line.
Second Quarter.
pretty forward pass. Mulholland to
Lucas, Melted IS yards Creighton hit the