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Kansas, outweighed 27:lb. to the man, was no match for the powerful
Cornhuskers, who pounded their way thrice across the field for tcuchdorns in the
first half, overpowering tne hapless Jayhawkers, who fought doggedcly.to hcld them
to a 0 to 20 first halt score.

Nebraska possessed a gang of stalwarts. Nineteen men on their squad
averaged 189 lb. to the man. While the Kansas average for the starting line-up was
162 lb. to the man.

Governor Henry Allen of Kansas, as well as a great crowd of loyal Kansas
followers, were astounded by the sheer driving power of this superhuman Nebraska
Juggernaut.

Trooping exultantly off the field at the end of the first half, the hap-
py Huskers shouted to the small boy who was: marking up the. scores fin those davs,
with erryon). “Say, sonny, you had better lay in a fresh supply of chalice. Yon
are apt to run out during the second half." These remarks furnished 4 suggestion
for scme remar«s to the team between halves, but to.all appearances we let the

challenge go unnoticed.

The Eansas players threw themselves upon the Poor in rene dressing
room, heartbreken, many of them weeping onenly. They felt that they tad disgraced
themselves and wneir school. Fear and depression possessed them. dutch Lonborg
was cne of the men most troubled, -

Between halves =t was our custom for the: players who had seen action to
lie still and close their eves, relaxed. All subs” itutes were to. assume the role
of trainers, sponging the fsecs and necks and. hands of the oe wan hed heen in
battle. As. a mother: ssonges the hands and -face ofa fatigued ard. nhevvous child;
so did these self-appointed trainers supervise the care of these worn ani frayed

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During these mihutes of*recupersiion,: I went quietiy from man to men,
patting them on ther backs, whispering words of encouragemant. In ihis waz, I was
endeavoring to drive owt the fear and sneme cf their setmingly certsin and over-
whe.ming defeat. While I was about this.tesk, an aluarus of eariier football fame
broke into the dressing suarters, swearing, 'Blankety, blank, biank, etc., you boys
are a bunch of white-liwered so-= sand-so's; and won't f — eT blankety blank Ne-
braskans, like our oldtimers did;"..:° ee =

I cut him short, with these words, "Shut up! No one except a fool or a
mule can be cursed. I am running’ this team, and I’ 4am darned proud of these —
even at this stage of the game." : -

Turning to my men I said, "Boys, I am not afraid of you or of this game.
Governor Henry Allen, Chancellor Lindley, and ten tnousand loyal Kensas rooters
are out there praying for you to cceme throuza!

"Did you hear those cocky Cornhuskers as “hey sircde off that field after.
the first half, saying that the toy on the scoreboard ' would run out of chaik? They
think that tney have you dom and out:

"We have just begun to fight. And I mean it. Dutch, I want you to play
just two plays, this next half. Do you hear me? Play formation Y and formation X.
Of course, you will use some decoy plays, but stick to these two forward-pass