Nebraska at Haskell

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  The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, November 14, 1904, page 2

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  SPORTING NEWS. Haskell Indians Win the Foot ball Championship. The Red Men Clearly OutpIayed the Nebraska Eleven. CROWD WAS NOTLARGE C0rnhuskers Failed to Show Up as Well as Expected. Bendsr’s Playing Was the Most Spectacular Feature. Kansas City. Mo-, Nov 1.-THE Has kel1 Indians defeated Nebraska Saturday on a Kansas City gridiron by a score of II to 6. There was considerable feeling between the two teams and much rough play, but no one happened to get ruled out for foul work. A crowd of 1000 persons was in attendance. The game in detail was as follows: The Indians won the toss and chose the east goal. Cotton kicked off forty yards for Nebraska and Z. Houser returned the ball 30 yards. On the next play Falls fumbled the ball but a Haskell man fell on it. E. Houser car ried the ball through the line for 5 yards and repeated the trick for the other two. Archiquette went around the end for three yards and Gokey did the same thing for 20. Archiquette went through the line for three yards. Oliver and Dubois each advanced the ball three yards Will E. HouSer added four. Archiquette could only gain one yard on the next down but E. Houser made the other four on the next play. By two more line bucks i. Houser carried the ball four yards and Dubois added the necessary one yard by going through tackle. GOkey went around the end for seven yards and Oliver went through the line for one. At this stage Haskell fumbled but an Indian fell on the ball. Falls advanced the ball the necessary four yards on an end run. The Indians We’re penalized fifteen yards for hold ing. The ball was in the right position for a place kick ana p. Houser made one from the 35-yard line. Score, Has ken f. Nebraska o. Z. Houser Kicked off for Haskell sending the ball forty yards down the field. Bender returned it five. Birkner went through the line for three yards and then Bender punted forty yards. Archiquette returned the punt fifteen yards. Nebraska was penalized five yards for holding. Falls for Haskell carried the ball around the end for thirty yards. The ball was then on Nebraska’s 5-yard line. Gokey went through the line for a yard and Porter added three more. On the pext play E. Houser was pushed over for touch down. P. Houser kicked the goal Score. Haskell 10. Nebraska 0. E. HOuser on the next kickoff sent the ball to Nebraska’s 7-yard line. G. Mason returned it three yards. Bender on a quarter back run carried the ball three yards. Eager added the other yard. Robertson tried an end run but lost eight yards. Bender was forced 10 punt and sent the ball to the middle Nebraska’S 35-yard line. On the next play Dubois went through the line for two yards. The Cornhuskers held on the next down and the Indians could not gain. T. HouSer dropped back for a kick but instead of punting he kicked the ball between the goal posts. This KICK WAS IlduG from Ine oJ-YdTQ line. Score, Haskell IA. Nebraska o. On the next kickoff r. Houser sent the ball forty yards to Eager, who returned it fifteen yards. G.. Mason went through the line for two yards and Eager added the necessary three. Birkner and Glen Mason carried the ball six yards and Robertson and G. Mason added five more. With the ball on Ne braska’s 35-yard line the Cornhuskars fumbled and Falls fell on the ball. Gokey went through the line for three yards and Bull” Dubois broke through on the other side for twenty yards. On the next play, however, the Indians fumbled and a Nebraska man got the ball, which was then on Nebraska’s 10 yard line. Eager went through tackle for yard and q. Mason went through the same hole for two more. Bender did not wish to risk trying the same play again SO he punted thirty five yards to Archiquette, who fumbled the ball. and Johnson, Nebraska’s negro left end. dropped on it. G. Mason could not gain. while Birkher added only a half a yard. Bender was again forced to punt. He sent the ball forty yards to Archiquette who returned it twenty-five yards. He was downed by Bender on HaskelI’s 5O-yard line p HOuser made four yards through the line and Dubois added twenty more. Haskell fumbled on the 35-yard line and G. Mason fell on the ! ball Bender lost a yard on a quarter

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Nebraska leads 7–⁠2 in nine meetings, counting the five since this game.