Nebraska 10
Kansas 5

Crimson and Cream of State Varsity Waves Victorious at Lincoln

LINCOLN, Neb. Nov. 13 — The second game for Nebraska in the championship series of the Western Intercollegiate association was played here on the Campus today between teams representing the University of Kansas and the University of Nebraska.

Nebraska won by superior team work in a game in which there was entirely too much wrangling for the good of the sport.

The Kansas team came from Lawrence full of confidence and had no other thought than that they would win the game and it was simply a matter of how large a score they could run up on Nebraska. Nebraska, on the other hand, had heard of how overwhelmingly Kansas had defeated Iowa and was not so certain of winning, but went into the game with just the spirit that wins games.

Kansas Contingent

Kansas was accompanied by about twenty-eight rooters who made themselves heard several times during the game. ...

Omaha had over fifty in her delegation to the game. ...

The scene on the field as the teams came running out was one long to be remembered — colors on all sides with the crimson and cream predominating on the west side of the field, extending the whole length of the bleachers was a mass of variegated color. On the east, the ropes were packed with people, while back of them were fully decorated tallyhos. The largest of these was the Phi Delta Thela. ...
The Kansas team came upon the field about 2:50 and was heartily cheered, but when the state team came out a few minutes later the applause was simply deafening.

The Game Begins

Nebraska won the toss and chose the south goal. Kennedy kicked off forty-five yards for Kansas, the ball being caught by Cowgill, who returned it fifteen yards and the great game was on.

Here the Nebraskans started toward the Kansas goal and gave the final exhibition of line bucking tandem bucks and revolving wedges ever seen in the west. They moved the boasted Kansans down like they were high school players. First Shedd would plunge the center for four yards, then Williams would skirt one end for seven and Swartz the other for four, Pearse would gain six and Hayward ive.

Trouble Begins

The Jayhawkers were absolutely helpless before the terrible onslaught of the Nebraska giants. Never once did they hold the home team for a third down until they had carried the pigskin to the Kansas thre eyard line. Here the umpire, who was a Kansas man, saw it was time to do something desperate. So on what seemed a mere pretext he ruled Cowgill out for slugging and gave the ball to Kansas. This started a series of 'kicks' which occupied considerable more time than foot ball for the rest of the afternoon. Finally Nebraska had to give in and Kansas had the ball. The ball did not move by ten yard jumps now. The famous guards back plays did not work against the Nebraska line. First they gained one yard then two yards and then no yards owing to a beautiful tackle by Mr. Pearse and it was Nebraska's ball on the draws. Three plays and the ball was cattled over by Shedd who kicked a goal making the score 6 to 0 in favor of Nebraska.

Goal From the Field

Kansas kicked doff fifty yards and the ball was returned by Swartz fifteen yards and then Nebraska showed again her vast superiority over the Kansas team. Instead of gaining one yard or two yards Williams started off with ten yards, then Swartz gained twenty yards, then Williams gained fifteen and if he had not run out of bounds would have had a clear field and a touchdown. Shedd went straight into the line for fifteen and Williams took it again for six. By these big jumps they carried the ball to the thirty yard line, when Cowgill tried for a drop kick from the field and Kansas had the ball on her two yard line. They carried it up the field a ways, when Nebraska got the ball but soon lost it for holding in the line. Kansas worked the ball to her thirty-three yard line when she tried a goal from the field by means of the place kick and while the ball evidently did not go between the goal posts a goal was allowed by the referee. No other score was made in this half which ended with the score 6 to 5 in favor of Nebraska.

Second Half

Benedict took Swartz' place in the second half and did good work.

Nebraska kicked off and downed the Kansans on the ten yard line and during all the rest of the second half the ball was never out of Kansas thirty yard line. Just at dark, with five yards to gain on the last down, Cowgill kicked into goal and the ball was recovered by Wiggins, making a touchdown for Nebraska.

The crowd went so wild that the field was soon thronged with people and could not be cleared long enough for Shedd to kick goal, so the final score remained 10 to 5 in favor of Nebraska.