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Kansas, outweighed 27 lb. to the man, was no match for the powerful
Cornhuskers,..%7ho; pourcec.theiniwoy thrice across,the.fiela,Zor tcuchdowas in, the
first hadi. overpenering tie hapless Jayhawkers, “who fought . doggecty to held them
to a Oto 20 firsi.hal? score,

Nebraska possessed a gang of stalwarts. MER ot, men on their squad
averaged 169 1b..to the man. While the Kansas average for the starting line-up was
162 lb. to the man. ve : :

, Governor Henry Allen of Kansas, as uk as a eee crowd of net Kansas _
followers, were astounded by the sheer driving = of this superhuman Nebraska.
Juggernaut .

~ Trooping exultantly off the field at the end of the wt half, “the hap-
py Huskers shouted to the small boy'who was marking up the scores (in those days,
with crayon). ."Say,.sonny, you had better lay in a fresh. supply of chalk. You
are apt. to.run out. during the second half." These remarks. furnished a. suggestion

for some. remarks to. the team between halves, ‘but. to all appearances we let the.
challenge go unnoticed. aa

The Kansas. players threw ahaa upon the floor in their dressing |
room, heartbroken,, many of them weeping openly. They. felt. that. they had disgraced
vhemselves and their school. Fear and depression possessed. them. Dutch Lonborg |
was one of the men most troubled, ... hg

Between halves it was our “custom for the players who had seen action to
lie still, and close, their eyes, relaxed. All substitutes were to assume the role
of trainers, sponging the faces and necks and hands of the players, who. had been in
battle... As a mother sponges the hands and face of. a: fatigued and nervous. child,
so did these self-appointed trainers SUPT AS ‘the. care. of these worn ana frayed -
athletes. Lo y hie: '

need ee iat

During these minutes ae neruporah ion. I went quietly. froin man to man,
patting, them.on their, backs, whispering words of encouragement... In this. way,.1,was
endeavoring to drive out the fear and shame of their seemingly certain and over-
whelming defeat. While I was about this task,. an. alumnus of earlier football fame
broke into the dressing quarters,. swearing, "Blankety, blank, blank, etc. » you boys
are a-bunch of white-livered so-and-so's, and FORE Eg eH those Dlankety blank Ne-.
braskans ,, like our oldtimers did." Se Ne i ?

I cut him short: » with these words, "Shut Ow - No one exces a foolor a
mule can be cursed. I am running this team, and I am darned proud of these boys,
even at this Stage of the game."

* Turning to my men I said a | r am — afraid of you or 2 this. game.
governor Henry Allen, Chancellor Lindley, and ten: thousand: ‘ada Kansas rooters
are out there praying for. you to. come through!

"Did you hear those cocky Cornhuskers , as: they strode off that field after i
the first half, saying that the boy on the. scoreboard: woud run out.of chalk? They...
think that they have you down and out. el i

"We have just begun to tight. And I-mean it. “Butch, I want you to play
‘ust two plays, this next half. Do you. hear-me?. Play formation Y and. formation X,
Vf course, you will use some ny pAaye “but stick to —_— two forward-pass