Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 18, 1900, Page 15

November 18, 1900, THE Foot Ball Season of 1900 Full of Surprises The prises to the eason of 1900 has been one of sur ot ball world and will surely in the general style of play \ithout doubt the day of the famous Coach mark a chang Woodruff Pennsylvania guards-back for n on | passing away Pennsylvania most veteran team and two of SPECTATORS LINCOLN WATCHING the on the against reatest guards and all-round players gridiron today, went down to defeat the brains and speed of Harvard. rd hed a defense, coached to a finish, daitin the guards-back play, and was able (o hold Pennsylvania’s human battering ram and even hurl it back for losses. Their interference and great variety formations, which went off with mwagnificont of intri ate snap and dash, literally ran the Pennsyl vania ofl their feet Coach Knipe, who has been 8o successs ful with lowa's great eleven, has abandoned the ni tormation for the fasier and more open running game, and with this style of Jay won from Michigan, the most promising aspirant tfor the western cham- pionship Kunipe had the good sense and judgment to sce that Pennsylvania’s style of play w not a winner, ang he adopted the more open style and won a great vie- tory Nebeasan ‘Tarns the Tables, Nebraska turned the tables on its old op penents and defeated Grinnell college of lowa by a score of 33 to 0. This is quite to Thanksgiving day one year when Grinnell won by a score of 30 to a contrast 0 on a very slippery field Nebraska does not play like the team rep enting the State university cne year age The coach- ing had been very much deficient. Booth is certainly a much better man than the last year coach, and Nebraska is playing a smooth, even game, which is fast and has the get-away-quick” quality. For speed and team work they resemble Towa. They do not make use of a great variety of plays, but they are executed well and the runner is always well protected. Pills- bury is playing a strong game as a plungs ing fullback. The way he rips up the line when his team needs a few yards is a des light to sce, and his companions in the line seem to be able to open up the opposing Nebraska certainly has a strong team this year, and it is only a pity that the lovers of foot ball cannot see Towa and Nebraska come together this sea- son. Nebraska is weak in the kicking de- partment, both in handling punts and in line with ease NEBRASKA - kicking, and will be at a great disadvantage against a team using the Kkicking game What a pity Benedict could not have had a team like the present one to back up his great punting Who will be western champions? lowa certainly has the best claim, with Minne- GRINNELL FOOT BALL GAME AT sota next and Wisconsin and close behind Nebraska may be a possi ble winner. It is like this Minnesota and lowa are tie at present, Nebraska will Northwestern play Minnesota on Thanksgiving day and should Nebraska win and then Minnesota defeat lowa in the post-season game, it would look like a Nebraska championship. The Nebraska team deserves the highest praise for clean, gentlemanly foot ball. In the recent Grinnell-Nebraska game there was not the slightest sign of unsportsman- like conduct from either side and only three penalties were inflicted during the entire game, the captains repeatedly cautioning their men not to foul. This is as it should be, for the team that plays fast, snappy ball has no time to use unfair tactics, F. B. BARN Short Stories Well Told “Speaking of the press agents,'” said David Henderson the other day to a New York Telegraph man, "1 never knew a man who hated them more than old John Knapp of the St. Louis Republican. He was always afraid he would give somebody a free puff or print something for nothing. He never would publish a lawyer's or a doctor's name if he could possibly avoid it, for fear he would advertise them gratis, One morn ing a mention was made in the Republican they call it the Republic now of a man having died of Bright's discase. Old man Knapp hunted up the proofreader and called him into the private office. ““Why did you let that get into the pa- per? asked the old man, indicating with his forefinger the objectionable paragraph “‘1 don't see but that's all right,’ said the reader. “‘You don't, eh? Do you think we want to advertise that man Bright for nothing? He never had an ‘ad’ in this paper in his life.' " It is related that shortly after Bob Fitz- simmons had whipped Jim Corbett he was on a visit to Washington and visited the State department. It was at the time the ILLUSTRATED Johu Sherman BEE. was secretary of state and Bob asked an introduction, which was granted. Fitzsimmons looked sheepish and ill at case, but Mr. Sherman evidently tried to make him feel at home “Your recent contest was a severe one, | believe, Mr. " he ashed Mr. Fitzsimmons uttered a couple of in late Fitzsimmons audit words and grinned, b & cemed to have pretty thoroughly aroused the country, the contest, did it not Mr. Fitzsimmons scrutinized the brim of his hat attentively, blushed, grinned and vid The United States Qs a fine country v honor ind backed out of the office responding with short, sharp ducks of the head to the secretary of state's farewell bows., When the doors had closed upon the then world's champion the wrinkles at the ides of Mr. Sherman's eyes con tracted into a smile A great man that, Babeoek,” he said dAryly to kis secretary, and went on with his work The portly gentleman in the black cuta way coat lighted his cigar, leaned against the bar and puffed away contentedly, relates a New York exchange. Like most New York barrooms, it was a cosmopolitan place, full of many sorts of people A lean, hungry- leok individual, with grimy hands and the beard of an anarchist, approached portly gentleman cautiously 1 say, boss, could you let nickel,” he began tentatively What's the trouble?” asked the other “Well the fact is I haven't a cent, and 1T was out on an awful spree last night—and 1 want a bee He got the nickel. He looke the me have a you see, at the coin . COACH UNIVERSITY W. ¢. BOOTH OF NEBRASKA FOOT BALL TEAM. meditatively benefactor. he ejaculated at good fellow. 1 wish T had 0 I could treat you."” for a time, and then at his last, “‘you're a another nickel R W, Many are told as to the causes that led to General Howard's decided opin- jons on the subject of temperance, says the stories ON THE BLEACHERS AT THE NEBRASKA-GRINNELL FOOT BALL GA ME AT LINCOLN. New York Tribune while he stationed at the Kennebeo arsenal in fellow officer a drink of which reawakened a partly mastered desire and resulted the ma ruin. This circumstance, it ha made such a that he nence and its willing champion Another the more One I8 to the effect that wis Maine he gave a liquor been il deep became impression an advocate story on turn Howard wa ated from Bowdoin college before he was 19 same s romantic years old While there he becani paged to his future wife, then a pirl of 11 th daughter of Alexander PO Wailte of tland Me. A classmate had disgraced ) in drunken spree and the reports made youn Howard the offender. The parents of Mi Waite were strictly temperance people, and believing Howard guilty forbade him th AXie™) HARRY 1. CRANDELL LEFT HALY BACK NEBRASKA UNIVERSITY FOOT BALL TEAM The true bev water, In this 1 Ko at its call to do my duty or y of a soldier you.'' is cold pledge An Uncexpected Result Cleveland Plain Dealer: “You know how superstitious Bloxham is? *ls he?' Yep., He picked up a pin in the street the other day with the point turned di rectly toward him.' “Go oo “An hour afterward he received a tele gram announcing the death of an uncle from whom he hadn’t heard for veral CAPTAIN BREW - LEFT TACKLE NE- (g BRASKA UNIVERSITY FOOT BALL “And the uncle died fmmensely rich and TEAM. left him all nis property.’ “Not much. He had to pay the funeral house and for months he was banished with out knowing the cause of the change of sen timent. The guilty young man heard of the injustice done to his comrade and brought about a reconciliation. Howard's suffering during that time, it is said, filled him with expenses How it Happened Chicago Post How did that volunteer so much hatred for stroug drink that he happen to get captured by the enemy? never touched it again. Even on his way to asked the captain the front, when a number of the best elti- “Why, the fact i explained the lien zens of New York gave him a farewell din- tenant, “that he used to play on a college ner at the Astor house, he refused to drink foot ball team, and when the order to wine. There had been much wine served charge was given he tried to make a dash and when it came Colonel Howard's time to around the end to score a touchdown. | respond to the toast in his honor he arose guess he made it all right, but in some and taking up a glass of water said ways the game of war is played differently “Gentlemen, our country is in danger. 1 and he couldn’t get back.” GAY PARTY OF LINCOLN FOOT BALL ENTHUSIASTS