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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 28, 1907)
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN W REVIEW OF THE SEASON By PAUL A. EWING Beginning tho soason with many handicaps whloh throatonod dlro thlngH boforo tho schedule should bo comploted, tho 1907 CornlniBkors arc about to ond with nil honor ns hard o task as tho woarors of scarlot nnd cream ovor fnccd. Starting tho yoar undor a coaclj wholly unacqualntod with his pupll8utholr captain tho only ronl votornn on tho roll, and with H. W. CRAIQ. Position, sub fullback; weight, 167; ago, 24; year on team, 4; home, Re serve, Kansas. ghastly recollections of n provlouu year's failures from which to oscapo, tho outlook at tho oponlng of tho sea son was anything but propitious for tho handful of warriors who roportod for duty tho. middlo of Soptombor. Tholr duty indcod, was far greater thnntho "moro schodulo promised throontorstnto contosts to wago, two defeats to avongo; tho championship of tho Missouri Valloy to bo rogalned a difficult program undor tho most favorablo conditions; a soomlngly im- posslblo ono with tho situation as it was when tho vnnguard of tho team invaded Lincoln. Tho 8UCC088 attained in carrying out tho work nsslgnod to thorn 1b too evi dent In tho baro record of tlo soason too nooil much discussion. Tho threat ened complications duo to tho chango In coaches failed to matoriallzo; in stead, half tho, troublos ok, tho team disappeared with tho arrival of the now leador. Minnesota was not do foatod, hut tho margin of victory In favor of tho gophers was so slender that -Nebraska's dofoat was haTdly oven disappointing Both Colorado and Kansas, tho other stato teams on countered, wore emphatically beaten, nnd with tho defeat of tho Jayhawkors tho CornlniBkors wiped out tho humili ation of tholr provlotis drubbing at tho hands ofHho southornors. ' .This feat crowned tho record of tho season; but tho groat game tof tho year had already boon played. Tho preceding "Saturday another trouble some memory had been forgotten when Captain Weller's boot proved' suffi cient to beat tho great team sent from Amos to humblo onco moro the colors worn by tho men of Nebraska. Perhaps this game will go down .la Cornhuskor history as tho .greatest over played on Nebraska field; sure ly it deserves to rank with tho thrill ing contest that marked tho closing of tho football career of John Bender, or with tho first clnBh betwooa Corn ruskors and Gophers In Lincoln seven years ago. By beating (ho farmors Nebraska again won tho title to cham pions of tho Missouri valley an honor not clnlmed by the -scarlet and cream slnco the Haskell Indians, now little moro than a Joko In thofootball world, scored victory threoyears ago. Next weok tho team will Jmirnoy to St. Lculs for tho last big game of the season, but Its real work haB already been performed. If victory Is achieved ovor the many-times veterans of tho Missouri university, the moro glory will bo attached to the record of the team of 1907; should it bo defeated, no disgrace will accompany defeat, nor will tho brlllance of previous perform ances bo dimmed. Tho season- opened with the game with Peru, September 28, but for two weeks preceding tho Initial contest a squad of about atocoro of men had been taking its preparatory lessons E. M. BURNETT. Position, sub right half back; weight, 156; age, 20; year on squad, 1; home, Omaha. under Coach Colo. First Indications wero that an unusual number of tho members of tho previous year's team wore to bo available. In addition to Captain Wellor, tho following men wore depondod upon to report early for practice; DonBlow, Craig, Matters, Ewing, Harvey, Chaloupka, and Cooke all of whom had already won tholr "N's." AH, In fact, did report, but Donslow was called to his home and Craig was forced to discontinue hls connection with tho team on account of his Btudles. An unexpectedly bril liant array of scrubs camo to tho res cuo, however, and for tho first three or four weeks competition for places on tho team was strenuous. Desplto tho fact that ho had no assistant early in tho year, Coach Colo managed to whip his material Into Buch shnpo that a Bcoro which recalled recollections of tho old-tlmo gnmo was rolled up agalnBt tho Peru teachers. Tho result of the game mado it apparent that in spite of tholr first discouragements, tho Corn huBkors wore to puove a formidable eleven. This impression was" con firmed in their second game, when they well-nigh swamped Coach Whltto- jmoro's promising team from South Dakota a team which Nebraska had been able to defeat the previous sea son only by tho decidedly disappoint ing scoro of 4 to nothing. A much hardor gnmo was oncounterod with Grlnnell, tho Iowans once' more dis playing a grit and endurance which Nebraska has already had occasion to become woll acquainted with on more than ono occasion. At that, how ever, tho Cornhuskers came out of tho gamo with a scoro of 39 to 4, a well-earned field-goal having glvon Grlnnell the first points of the year against tho .scarlot and ' cream. Tho first three games wore only ap petizers for NobraBka, but tho nertt ono was "another story." Thescene of It was onco more -Northrup field, and tho Cornhuskers' opponents Dr. Williams' Gophers. The game was tho hardest fought of any ovor en gaged In by tho two teams. The only touchdown waB made by Fullback Kroger, of NebraBka, but a couple of field goals by Capron, of Minnesota, wero sufficient to overcomo the early advantage of Nebraska, and although tho Cornhirakers preserved their goal lino from violation, tho northerners carried off the victory by a score of 8 to 6 a narrower difference than ever before marked the result of games between Nebraska and Minne sota. In view of tho ease with which NebraBka had been defeated by Min nesota In 1905 and 1906, and the dif ficulties the Cornhuskers had had to overcome boforo entering tho game, Its result was considered moro a vic tory than a defeat. The contest set tled once for all tho question of Nebraska's strength. After being keyed to a high pitch A. L. BEEKLEY. Position, sub fullback; weight, 175; age, 24; years on squad, Z home, Lincoln. In preparation for tho Minnesota game tho Cornhuskers felt somo ap prehension as to what would happpn In tho three big games yet to bo played. It was feared that a repe tition of what occurred three yearB ago, when the efforts of the Corn huskers to beat Minnosdta proved their undoing in tho ensuing game with HaBkell, might again occur. Tho Cornhuskers of 1907 proved to have been of moro durable goods than tho men whom the rods defeated, how ovor. Although every man on 'the team had played like u veteran In the Minnesota game, thoy yet proved themselves able to take tho measure (Continued on- Pagp 7.) ATHLETIC FIELD QUESTION By EARL O. EAGER "Wo nro out In the cold and have no place to lay our heads or put. our feet" Those words toll tho exact condition of athletics at the University of Ne braska at the present time. Wo of tho athletic department of this school ore outcasts. Tho Board of Jtogonts and Chancellor have driven us from the campus by giving our athletic field to "the Industrial School as tho site for a new engineering building. Without suggesting how wo are going to got another home for our athletics, tho havo taken Nebraska Field from us and havo left us destitute. Surely our athletic department is worthy of a place on tho campus. Are we not a part of tho University? Do wo not deserve a little recognition? It seems to me that an injustice Is being done us. The athletic department has a largo amount of money Invested in the pres ent field. It has been a hard proposi tion to scrapo together enough money to put the field in the condition It is today. Grandstand, bleachers and fences have been put on tho grounds nt no small expense. Tho expense of these Improvements has been -stood by the 'Athletic Board not ono cent have tho Regents paid. Does It not seem reasonable that the Regents, when they take the field from us, ought to stand at least a part of tho loss to the athletic department re sulting from such action. There Is not a school In .the country at which athletics aro not aided and helped financially by the University authorities. In some of the state schools the coaches are even paid out of tho university funds. 'We at Ner braska do not ask this much from our Regents, but we do ask that they give us a place for jmr athletics on tho campus. We ihavo a right to make this request We havo a great Inter est in this University. It is. our parents and our alumnae thathelpkeopitup. It Is not a private Institution. No manr group of men, ORLANDO BENTLEY. Position, sub quarterback; weight, 141; age, 25; -year on squad, 2; home, Lincoln. T though they may have the power, are Justified In throwing xme department out of tho University for another when (Continued on Page 4.) i V A. U-