Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-27
HUSKER-SOONER
GAME COMP AIRED
WITH MAT MATCH
Nebraska Showing Against
Oklahoma likened to Joe
Stecher's Appearance
With Ed. Lewis.
By KARL LEE.

The Nebraska. Oklahoma foot ball
game, while not exactly the treat it
was expected to be. was revela-
ton to Nebraska fans of the grid
IRON. In some respects it can be
compared to the Stecher-Lewis
wrestling match Of 1916.
Bennic Owen, rated as a first
class gambler. invaded Omaha with
but a single intention--to beat Ne
braska with second rate team. 1t
was his plan to so mystify the
Huskers with forward passing
game that he would have the goat"
of the doughty Nebraskans.
Oklahoma Accomplished Mission.
He accomplished his mission, Ok
'ahoma not only kept the Huskers
guessing throughout the entire pc
Rod of play but in the last quar-
ter. on trick play, crossed the Ne
hraska goal line, tieing the score.
As result the game ended a 7 to
Z tie when it should have been an
easy Husker victory.
Coach Schultz of the Nebraska
eleven was we'll aware of Owens
plans. In the chalk talk to his clan
at the Hotel Fontenelle Just pre-
vious to the game, which the writer
attended. he cautioned his men on
the possibilities of the outcome and
requested that they play an entirely
defensive game.
Kick whenever in doubt" he
said.
The Husksrs did exactly as their
coach had instructed. Thus the TO-
O00 fans who attended witnessed a
foot ball game that was not a foot
ball game. Sonsidered separately,
the open game OF tho southerners,
had a majority Of the passes sue
oeeded it would Justly have been
called brilliant foot ball.
Intercepted Passes.
But this was far from the case.
The Husker machine was gagged
to block and intercept passes. SO
perfect was their defense that in
three instances when Quarterback
Davis of the Sooner aggregation
hurled 35-yard passes it was a
Husker end who blocked and Jug
gled the ball, the latter finally be-
ing recovered by an Oklahoma
wing man.
In the successding three games
with Ames, Missouri and Kansas,
the Cornhuskers are calculated to
break far away from their oppon-
euts. Ames will be met at Lincoln
Saturday; Missouri at Columbia,
Mo, the following week and Kan
sas on November Is, Homecoming
Day" at Lincoln.
The defeat of Syracuse by Wash
ington and Jefferson by a score of
IS to 0 completely disarranges the
Gepe on eastern foot ball leadership.
Syracuse lost purely by being over
confident. The defeat also blasts
the dope that Nebraska is to meet
the eastern champions, Syracuse
on Thanksgiving day. The New
Workers probably are as good as
anv in the east. however.
In the Western conference Ohio,
State defeated Michigan The teams
were doped as leaders for the Big
Ten title and on the outcome de-
pended the answer to the question:
who will be Western conference
champions?' Iowa defeated Min
nesota, thereby proving that Ne
hraska lost hanorably to the Hawk
eyes. Chicago now is the only dis
putting "runner=up' in the confer
ence,
Ames and Kansas played a 6 to 6 |
lie. Missouri. the other team doped
fer tic Val1"v leadership, is still in
the open Her meeting with Ne
lras',a on November 7 will prove
TIC teams worth as Valley leader.
Nebraska is still in the running for
the Valley title.