Skip to main content
The largest online newspaper archive
A Publisher Extra® Newspaper

The Lincoln Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 13

Publication:
The Lincoln Stari
Location:
Lincoln, Nebraska
Issue Date:
Page:
13
Extracted Article Text (OCR)

SPORT SECTION THE LINCOLN SUNDAY STAR Nebras Ka's st LINCOLN, SIX DAY, OCTOBER 1927. SECT10X CLASSIFIED ADVERTISINQ EIGHT PAGES TW YEAR. Missouri Tigers Ahead Huskers at Finish, 7 to Q. Bengals Repeat On Huskers Lincoln Hi Team Smothers Waite, 31-13 Action In World Mizzou, Out-Yarded and Out-Downed By Overwhelming Margin Makes Best of Scoring Chance. BY sHEHMAN.

rni Mo Oct. 8 Wow and then ouch, some- thins to he done about this'. For the third successive year the l'nlTersity of enteretUh. team in annual duel with the I eulPed for the third successive year the I on the gridiron at new Memorial ntadium. was quite as heart-rending as previous bat perhaps the Huskers were toasters of the Tigers basic department of the XEB RASE AT 1GERS STATISTICS SHEET in every basic aepai game the had the it of the one decisive break to h.ejor- tunes of the struggle, converting that break in to their single touch down ar.d subsequent extra povn.

But they had something more than that which was the pot ent factor in Nebraska overthrow Thev had on the sideline a master They nao on 0winn en fren 1 IM WiWMvmfl. Net strategist tn the person Owmn Henrv an inspired tutor in the pig- skin pasume who apparently r.ow- the magic key to the secret chamb- era which lead to the throne of victor- the master-who can and instruct his the which winning a gridiron battle thev deserve to lose. some Henry Strategy, roach Henrvs genius was dem- hke a bolt of coming out of a dear the second per Hjf huskers by din; of a brilliant offensive drive which had as Ci a nAunge by the indomitable Blue Howell to a touchdown. Henry pulled open the switch and turned on the current A Howell fumble, following a Missouri kick into Nebraska tern Tory, gave the Tigers the ball on the of the field Inr ud v.Hr,ïkm rida n. STIFF TESTS FOR Lincoln High Eleven BIG TOWN TEAMS Ortrbs Waite Team Lincoln at York, Tech at Grand island On Book Spectacular Runs Feature 31-lo win This weekend.

and Over Famous Yorkers Seldom Fail To Give Capital City Hot Argument. i College BV GREGG McBRIDL. Lincoln and Omaha Tech, leading metropolitan contenders for the mythical Nebraska high school football title, mill defend their laurels against a pair of out-in-the- state teams this weekend. Lincoln is booked to appear at York against Coach Floyd Gautsch 3 chjne has gone moleskin gladiators The Red and Black gridders always have a tough time at Ybrk and a victory for the capital city may largely hinge this vear on the manner in which the Browrues have survived the Saturday battle with Waite high of Toledo. Tech at Grand Island.

Omaha Tech will invade Grand Island for a game with Coach Roy Pierces Third City aggregation Grand Island was the only team to defeat Lincoln last season and the Third City outfit has nine letter men in suit this season the vetei- ans including Tom Phelan and Toledo, Ohio, Eleven. BY GREGG McBRIDE. A fighting Lincoln high school team carried the of Nebraska interscholastic football to a spectacular in an interactional ftrid hatlle Saturday at the Nebraska Memorial stadium. oach H. Browne Black eleven scored a sensational triumph over the tamous Waite high team of Toledo.

0., 31 to 13. It was the second time in two years that the Matte ma down to defeat. Lincoln high turning the trick last season. CROWD AXD BOOKS OX SERIES MW ORK. Oct.

8 Off it on the fourth and last game of the world's Commission's Club's mtm of side Seizing the one scoring opportunity which confronted the Tigers during the 60-minute struggle Henrv rushed Captain HamarA. his raising mainstay, and Bert Clara, the Tigers demon receiver, onto the battle scene. -WaaMastea. its -MiiRtMit, Okla- Two Flamank failed but a piuee, third attempt, with Tarr on the receiving end, netted 15 and the Tigers were on their scoring way Plunges at the Nebraska forward wall were hurled back without netting substantial gains, but Flamank had another pass up his sleeve and hurled the oval with deadly precision to Clark, who snagged the spinning ball out of the air while landing back of the Nebraska goal. Tiger Toe Deadly.

The touchdown which knotted the score had been achieved by the Henry aggregation and the subsequent extra point sownt was registered on the score board when the Tiger mentor sent in Maachoff whcee toe sent the oval spiralling oxer the crowbar The score was 6 Missouri's favor and the hard plunging Nebraskans thereafter had no adequate reply The Comhuakers credit, it be said in full truth that they gave in fighting spirit but It went for naught on Shall of a lost cause The roid statistic of the combat dis- rlose that the Huskers had the Tigers ou classed in every fundamental essential of the strife The margin vards gained and first was so lopsided in Nebraska's favor that iContinued cm Page rnt 5. S. at a SS: KonMi, His 1 hi Lu Ml S. hi n.mf At kc stiu atlf Ai Ndw. At At At Urtai VortBsl S.

At St. at Tratktn, At At 1 At a At 1 it At Iti a. At Uos At A bb lesa a At I At Cvrttt. 1. 21 eia Lincoln-Waite Statistics.

LINCOLN HBCtA I s. I Mtich- 14; bbi First rushing First penalty Yards gained rushing Yards rushing Forward Forward incomplete Forward Forw ard completed Yards gained Net yardage gained -----------Punts Pant average Punts blocked Blocked recovered -----Punts returned Kick off yardage Kickoff returned Ball lost on Ball lost on downs Penalties Penalty yardage Field goals attempted Field goals HIGH. 2 1 5 1 1 6 0 0 0 147 90 41 13 291 7 12 1 3 23 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 01 8 0 0 0 8 148 78 40 10 276 I 2 3 4 10 61 40 55 31 4U 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 a 53 20 65 1 2 3 0 6 59 97 148 304 24 0 0 27 51 I 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 6 1 0 0 1 2 1 03 6 5 0 25 40 1 0 0 0 1 6 9 0 0 First downs rushing downs penalty Yards gained rushing ards lost rushing -M Forward attempted----Forward incomplete Forward intercepted Forward passes complete ----Yards gained Net yardage Punts Punt yardage Punts blocked Blocked punts Punts retorned Ktckoffs Kickoff yardage Kickoff returned Fumbles Ball lost on Hal! lost on Penalties Penaltv vantage Field goals attempted Field goals succesaful I 2 1 1 4 814 0 0 1 0 1 26 43 31 39 139 11 13 9 14 47 0 0 9 9 18 0 0 4 2 6 2 1 3 0 a 3 6 9 0 0 42 109 151 15 30 64 134 243 4 5 2 1 35 41 37 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 19 47 1 0 0 23 55 0 0 89 144 39 51 70 0 163 0 0 2 02 0 0 0 0 0 01 0 1 1 0 1 24 15 0 5 10 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 Moore, outstanding players in slate high circles last season Creighton Prep will tackle Omaha South, with the odds favoring the latter team. Omaha North jovr- neys to Council Bluffs to meet Abraham Lincoln, while Omaha Central will entertain St. Joseph in another inter-state game of interest.

Fairburv and Superior. Fairbury and Superior, a pair of outstanding teams in their section, will collide in a southeast game of interest The contest is slated for the Superior gridiron. Another game of equal importance is the Plattsmouth-Ashland set to on the latter grid Both squads are pointed for a big season. Other important southeast Nebraska games include Crete at Beatrice. Tecumseh and Peru Prep and Auburn at Nebraska City.

The Curtis Aggies will face Chappell and a une la plays at McCook in the important southwest Nebraska games The Aggies eas, favorites at Chappell, while McCook would seem to hold the advantage ui the other game. Cambridge On Way Back. Cambridge tackles Gothenburg in a feature game of the central sector After a rather drab season in 1926. Cambridge apparently is set to beat back to a place on the grid map. Lexington invades Kear- nev and North Platte wiW journey to Cozad.

the latter team being latter team being coached this year Continued on Page Two IS. City. Utck At At A At A At aVrW 1J: At IS: A At ort Rftcttas S. At 4 A At rBBfc, 1 i i Continued on Page Two Press Box Observations On Huskers Columbia nor lark mainstay game, but BY TV" Coarh Henry made good on that neither Flamank two of bis batkfield would start the claim that both crippled to lace flrr had refutation danng ond period when the pair into the game and full, pulled the forward- pa attack which Kraakas overthrow vautued ability U. was not once pul to the were led toward forward fhpp ng the baU.

lt football gaxne of nari- vwradoxe. The had everything which thr fm tball crew everything, in fact, but tie winning end of the score did all field, the will have a plant capable ot fifty fise thousand for thetr gridiron VIOLET MACHINE CRUSHES ALFRED New York t. Backs Sprint and Plunge To Easy Win. NEW YORK Oct Schick Meehan's New York University troupe roiled up one of the bigger, scores in Violet overwhelming the feeble Alfred team bv a 65-0 count st Ohio Field, yes hall of fame outfit, last small" rival before taking on its major foes, enjoyed a complete field day Alfred forward New ankees Sweep World Series After Retiring Gehrig and Meusel On Strikes, Miljus Cuts Loose With Wild Pitch and Yanks Win. JAYHAWKS LOSE TO WISCONSIN 11 Badgers Down Jayhawks By 26 to 6 Score At Lawrence.

The stad.um located in a natu ral hollow or amphitheater about blocks from the Missouri U. campus The completed structure built on a foundation of solid rock '4L foaSTTt Uto Brtoto LA WHENCE. Kas Oct Glenn Thistiewaites red-jersey ed gridiron warriors from Wisconsin overwhelmed the University of Kansas football team here this ernoon, by a score of 26 to 6. Inability of the Kansas team to BY MES L. KILGALLEN.

stop Captain Crofoot. quarterback. YANKEE STADIUM, NEW YORK. Oct. the ninth ay hawkers jMmaiir Piime with three men on the baaes, enabled the team from the north inning of a dramatic hall game wnn i to smother the The Jay- two out and the tied.

John ig hawkers lone score came late In nothing wnere m- Aiirec Pittsburgh let go a wild pitch that the ponod when Cochran, all snould have been and dashed, pitcher of the MtlsDurgn champions of 1927. sophomore end for Kansas, picked hither and yon unul the visitors ma(je New ork the world up Badger fumble on his own ten goal line was reached lt the ball game. 4 to 3. and ot llrie and raced ninety yards -A- bum four consecutive f.rwt rim. second quarter and that been since itth The shades of night were falling across the field in that tense mnfh inning when Miljus unloosed the wild pitch He had gone into the box in place of Carmen was pitching great ball fact, on his way to At At 4tfl Hali At At A At MtubeU-Mluhdl.

At IS; A Al A4 mb At 11; 4 At All 14; I 4U 2. At HeuiinfforA 6 At IS; Ul. A At st rwiist. ti; a St MrCwt-MKnk IS, IS At 12; A St At Mortb A At IS; A At bcb A Al A At bb A At tS; A 14: A At A At II. 4, At WA At PBtat.

At Alk IS: AIW bb A At IS: GfBBt. A At biub A A At 24; A At bb 4, A At 4 At A At Srk.ukt Cltf, II; (9 0 At 14; A At At II. At 4, aiwkaU At t. AI IS; bb I iS; At IS, 1t; At A At A sensational brand of smashing football alternated with some brilliant broken field work on the part of the Lincoln backs enabled the Red and Black to roll up a 31-point lead before the Ohio machine got started Standing out prominently in the Uncoin triumph was the work of the capital city forwards. The Browne linemen not only stopped the Toledo running attack, but opened wide holes through which the backs darted for substantial yardage Perry Shines BrighUy.

The Saturday game produced a great exhibition of broken field Perry and Boulter each contributed a number of spectacular runs, three of which resulted in touchdowns Hswk Waites star broken field runner and the elusive Waite ivalfback was continually squirming and whirling away from a swarm of Lincoln on his return of punts Smooth interference on the part of the Lincoln team made possible Lincoln's early lead The Red and Black trail-blazers were out in front cutting down the field of taeklen and bowling them out of the play. The Waite running attack collapsed before the stonewall defense of the Lincoln line and the doans fell back on theri aerial tactics early in the fourth quarter. A series of nicely executed plays which combined a double pass behind the line of scrimmage with a forward pass kept the ball in Lincoln territory moat of the final periods Hawk, flash ball-earner in the Toledo backfitfld, delivered the two touchdowns. plunging across for one counter and trapping a pass from Apel and negotiating a broken field for another tally. Lincoln Scores Early.

The brilliant open field running of Halfback Art Perry factored In scoring Lincolns first touchdown. The Red and Black team ran tha kickoff back to its 26-vard lice and then marched the oval 74 yards up the field to a touchdown On the second play Perry swung around end for 43 yards and two more plays brought the bail to the Waite 7-yard line. Line carried lt across with Tindall smashing over for the touchdown Perrv repeated the performance and 4. a. ruta- pen- ball od to the 12; bbbb A A At 4 it: A At It; A At At 4.

At it. a Continued on Page Two 24; Sva- tl; Luk. again in the opening Lincoln carried the Waite 2-foot line only to loee It on a fumble Boulter's Flashy Return. Quarterback "Ding" Boulter of the Lincoln team, however came to the rescue and returned the kick down the sidelines yards, being downed on the Waite four-yard line. Perry plunge ended the first quarter.

Packer drove over for the second touchdown at the start of the second quarter and before the period over Quarterback Boulter raced around end for 30 yards and a third Lincoln touchdown The second half opened with Lincoln nding along with an 18-0 Continued on Page Two) halfback who kick-off in the ed across the fie mev to the goal zig-zagged vard murr qui fid i for a 77- Cap- down the field for a The the try for point failed The game was played before a crow- of approximately 1S.OOO in a newly completed Memorial stadium Hill and He was. in lero role I He had T.TrT far dis- nearly a million or me ITT violet moat consistent backs, rsitv fund two Th. p-r-v th, to pL. thioush B.ryl Fci- wi. tonight at vU the hash back also scored when his bad break and will make the return via regular half-back, fillad the bases but Omaha arr in I incoln oyer another touchdown The Up had Koemg the Rock Island Sunday morning aU pointers were accounted bunted safely He had purposely at 9 44 jcrbv Lechard Grant.

Moose Bun- Babe Ruth Ruth had md van and Ed Weiner who blocked with a home run earner Herb Gish, Athletic director, and covered fumbles and ran for ln lhe and Miljus was taking John Selleck business manager, did touchdowns. Alfred could do no not accompany the Huskers on the lng stop the mid rushes of nig Moment of violet runoers and eonstatiUy was lr the big moment of forced to punt Box Statistic of Fourth Series Game am Jay hankers Try Line. Purdue Makes Merry At Harvard Expense 19'0 Kansas, opened the game at- to puncture the heavy When this was found the Jay hawkers were tempting Badger 1 to be ine futile attack. the tim but never once display tng mlikeg Nebraska in the kicking department prtaec three qakk bv from regular twc of these kirks rolled auay from the safety man, bet tine Mocked and rebounded 38 the Nebraska gaai. the gaming of the oral.

nn three occassiorvs, the aoai from DU. VjT mhuaker guard, on the end ol every attempt but HaTcSe ot kicks gave the Tiger, any thing tb worry over new stadium The Msaiing rapacity shfhtly to emm of twewty thousand. The of canerete in the twa to net nr sfii "Mr tnrfsi DirfcW VI ben this work to finished and eight of are erected at the north end af the return journey Berth headed tonight for Karisas City where the directors of the new Big Six conferences are to pcw-wow all day Sunday at the Kansas City Athletic club, in Uniting football and other for the new organization ci leading Missouri Valley schools Frneat Nebraska's head roach, waa heartbroken ever the defeat but the Nebraska players, railing a special session in the dresatng room immediately lowing the game Bearg mental wounds bv adopting a resolution in which thev shouldered all the blame for the Nebraska reverse Vint Lam sor. epofceewsn for the ven, described attitude tings of the by saving The defeat was not Bearg fault, but our own We had the plays and the players to win the game It was a touch break to lose in the of such an advantage in. yardage and first downs but football to a game of breaks and the Goro- huskers are not complaining There are six remaining on our schedule and the Comhuskem will oe there to win every game for i Nebraska and for Bearg SCHUYLER WINNER LAST TWO GAMES SCKVYtlk Nrfe Oct IdiWkt WatMO la IS ta Foinl last 4 to Fngrti Rot iormtr taker, a team ari taruod it CouOow at fullkaeS of ball pattaytor CHADKON EAGLES GET 113 POINTS HADRON.

Neb-, OtA Be Heve it or not. (hadron Normal ran up 117 in defeating Omaha I- here today. And to top it all off, it was the second game of the weekend for the fagloa, hadron having defeated the Rapid City, 6 Mines by a lop sided score here yesterday. the men on; mine down; the score tied, and the worId hanging tn the balance Miljus surveyed the batter rtc was Lou Gehrtg next to Babe Ruth the greatest homerun hitter in bkae- ball Miljus tightened lito belt a couple of and began to pjtch It as so dark the ball cou.d hardly be seen 'Strike oner Lm Ormsbv as Gehng swung. another Then ball and then, "Strike three Gehrig threw his on the ground in disgust and walked, down, to the dugeat Fanned Two Miljus tightened his belt another notch and looked over the next batter He was Bob Meusel, a great hitter, veteran of world Putting everything Ito had on the Miljus struck him out too The double rnkeout with the basei loaded and so much at stake, was one of the most significant pitching achievements ever staged fas a world And then came up Tony Continued Page Two ef Bsmhart, 11 viuf, rf Wright, Trapues, is OrsntiutCR, 2b Hsms, BmlUi, ---Gooch HtU Totals AB PO A i a i i a 4 1 0 I 0 4 1 4 4 a a 4 a il 0 4 0 a i 1 0 I I 6 i si a la i PAMRIDGE Maas Oct.

i whirlwind from Whitesboro Tex. named C. Welch. playing hto first college game as leit halfback for Purdue took hto place in the football hall of fame in the sodium here thto aftemoon due crushed Harvard by a score oi to 0 A second Slagle Ptwctum. a second Mahan of Harvard, a sec ond Barrett of wonder player, was this 'unknown and unheralded young Texan Carrtatn Cotton Wilcox, with ms leg injured, was on the sidelines Purdue today and softened the turf somewhat.

Coach mptre then Cumw. ef Rutti rf Oehna, ib Mettati, if Unth, 2b Dugan, tb OeUUU, fsrfc. AB PO A 4 13 3 4 i a 4 i a i 14 i I 6 ft 4 4 1 I 4 assai 4 1 0 I forced to resort to passing which also availed little The first touchdown of the game came early tn the second quarter when passed 15 yards to Cro- loot who stepped over the goal line Late the same quarter a series of bnliant line plunges by Rose, Badger half, placed the Northerners in scoring position and then Rose, after carrying the ball down the fieid. tore through the Jay- hawxers for 14 yards and a touchdown Rose again started early in the third quarter when he made the jimmy Phelan was not third touchdown for team At the minute the oper.u^ the start of the quarter. Captain sounded the minute weien Crofoot 45 yards before he ot Harvard was doomed, was uomned on the Kansas 37-vard pun Harvard Hilly.

line Rose took the ball on the next Lafayette uto rucra wound n-ht fnd Jrir and for 37 yards and a touchdown The Crimson defense for fumbled and the a. Him. buried a foe- covered for Purdue on Ham Totals 4 la a fot Hilt IB for Bnub U) osi ras was -1 Urm Ttsflt Bububvso Two rut run. Rath, gasvlftos OoufeU- litten te ta ic Wngfet te Harm Putas t. Yors H.u Off Hill hits I nias is inalags aff Miipus.

1 hita, i rvr. Ib Bail -Off Hm a te tou- a. 3 MS. 4 I -3 UwptfSS Qsiglry, PaO for point failed and the score stood at 19 to 0 rofoot it i The Rose-Crofoot combination scored the final touchdown lor the I Badgers shortly after the start of the last quarter when Badger isssassc eaptain took a from Rose who stood on the 15 yard line ihe try for goal was good Only a few times during the game were the Jayhawkers psuu the 50- vard line, and were on the defensive practically ail of the game The najsaing attack by Ash vrphomore back was deceptive to the but the Badgers had little to worry about because Ash's could not hold baU when he passed it to them Crofoot, rsdger captain, was the outotand- (Continued on Page Two ward pass fully fifty yards to Hutton for the third down Hu yellow jersey with mid; hie yellow helmet blackened Welch digging his Cica into the sod on Harvard's 3-jard as the final whistle stopped the first time that Harvard had ever been defeated by a Western Conference team Welch, a 1 M-pounder entered the game in place of Guthrie Run- ring around the Harvard Welch soon had the ba; in Crimson territory The crowd of 30 ono that ha'f-filled tne great concrete horseshoe, wild with a of line plunges, scored a touchdown A Welch to Hutton, failed for the point after touchdown. Hhow In the second period the yellow- jerseved and yellow-helmeted huskies from the Hoos er state, furnished plenty of thrills for George Ade and of other Purdue alumni who were in the stands Welch ran back a punt to midfield A forward pass.

Wilson to Welch, gamed ground for Purdue and then Welch hurled the ball fifty yards into the open hands of Hutton who dropped over the line for a second Purdue score. Wilson kicked the point after touchdown Soon after the opening of the third period Hutton, the lanky Purdue end. yanked down a from Guaranaccta Line smashes by Welch and an exchange of punts between Welch and Donaghy put the ball in Harvard territory Cros- covered for Purdue on 14-yard line Koransky alternated with Welch in flattening down the Harvard defense and finally shot through the Crimson for a third Purdue touchdown Wilson failed to kick the goal. Harvard Down. The fourth period Harvard, by rushes and forward made a gallant Garrison finish tor a try for a tally Welch alert on hto own 25-yard line and Intercepted a Crimson forward hurl.

Next came two pretty open- field rum by and a of line smashes by Her and Guthrie Welch war set for another Purdue score with the ball on 3-yard line when the final i whtotle blew.

Get access to Newspapers.com

  • The largest online newspaper archive
  • 300+ newspapers from the 1700's - 2000's
  • Millions of additional pages added every month

Publisher Extra® Newspapers

  • Exclusive licensed content from premium publishers like the The Lincoln Star
  • Archives through last month
  • Continually updated

About The Lincoln Star Archive

Pages Available:
914,989
Years Available:
1902-1995