Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-25

Four of the best gridiron teams
in the middle west are poised il
Omaha this morning for th'
whistles that will announce tn,
clash Of Creighton and Marquett.
and that of Nebraska and Oklahoma
at Rourke park this afternoon.
Today's will be the first event o
this kind ever staged in Omaha.
Nebraska, long stranger to. th'
metropolis of the state, has for
saken her place in the Missouri Val
ley conference in order to play or
an Omaha field.
Creighton, represented by ths
best team that has ever battled un'
der the Blue and White, will tangls
with Marquette at 1:30 this after.
noon in the first game between
these two schools in FIVE years. Mar.
quette, Haunting the reputation ol
playing the Wisconsin Badgers of
their feet two weeks ago, will op-
pose the locals with the best aggre.
CATION the Hilltoppers have eyel
had. That game in itself commands
the attention of middle western
foot ball.
Hilltoppers Timber Up.
The Hilltoppers arrived in Omaha
at II a. M. yesterday. A brisk
"limbering up" in the afternoon or
Rourke field showed the team to be
in excellent condition.
Coach Jack Ryan of the visitors
said last night in regard to his
teams chances of victory today: III
Marquette plays like they have been
playing, Creighton hasn't chance
tc win."
Coach Tommy Mills of the Blue
and White eleven was less en-
phatic. He said:
Marquette has good team. They
look like well-seasoned players, but
Creighton is being represented by
II of the best men she has ever
had. Creighton wilLbe outweighed
Injuries to certain players, too, will
count against them. But every man
on that Creighton team will fight to
the last inch. II Marquette wins
they'll have to admit, at least, that
they've had to battle all the time. !
think it will be close game, with
Creighton victorious"
Five hundred Creighton students
paraded the streets last night with
hearses, signifying the demise Of
one Marquette.
First in IL Years.
At $3.50 on the same field, Ne.
braska will face Oklahoma in the
first contest Nebraska has played
on Omaha ground in II years. The
Sooners arrived yesterday at 5 p. m
Three of their stars had been left
in Norman, Okl., the university's
home. Haskell, an end, although
he made the trip to Omaha will
probably be unable to play. In spite
of the loss of these four regulars
Coach Bennie Owen of the Sooners
was promising Nebraska the stiffest
tussle they ever have experienced
at the hands of Oklahoma men.
Were not promising to walk
away with Nebraska" said Owen,
but we have the best team Oklaho-
ma ever has had and Nebraska is
going to appreciate that fact"
II feel that the Nebraska team is
just mite bit stronger than it was
when we played Notre Dame last
Saturday." said Coach Henry
Schultz of Nebraska. 1--WE are con-
fident of victory, though the final
score may not be lopsided."
A majority of the 10,500 seats
placed on sale two weeks ago have
been purchased. Several hundred re.
served seats are still being offered
at the Offices of the Omaha Real
Estate Board, Eighteenth and Far
nam streets, while nearly 1000 non
reserved general admission seats
will be placed on sale at the foot
bali field today. The gates will opel,
at 1890 p. m.
Schultz Confident.
Coach Schulte's warriors arrived
at 3:45 p. m. yesterday and imme-
diately drove to Eourke park by
taxicab for = light drill. A heavy
wind from the north swept the field
and the cooler weather was respon-
sible for more pep than the Husker
squad usually shows. Schultz ran
his team around the field, giving
the new formations last once ovef
and sent the men in.