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Show NEBRASKA WINS FROM WASHBURN, 19 TO 0 lTNCODN, Neb., Oct. 4. The university univer-sity of Nebraska football soason was opened today in a battle with the Washburn Wash-burn college team of Topelta, Kan,, which Nebraska won by a score of IS to 0. The game was fought on a field heavy with mud, which aided the heavy iNobraskans and enabled them to seep through the line of their opponents almost al-most at will. Captain Purdy wont over for tho first touchodwn, but fumbled the ball. Quarterback Quar-terback Towlo fell on it, but failed to kick goal. The local eleven centered their attack on the Washburn line, making mak-ing long gains through center and tackle and occasionally sweeping around the ends. In tho final moment of play Halfbacks Half-backs Hardy and Bearg of Washburn, by plunging through the Nebraska forwards, for-wards, assisted by penalties, carrlod the ball to the Nebraska three-yard lino, but could not score. |