THE DAILY NEBRASK AN
Sports Suffer
Slump During
Period of W;
Draft Includes Majority of
Athletes; Government
Eliminates Trips
LETTERMEN ORGANIZE
N' CLUB IN 1916-17
XVI
(Editor' Note)
This U U sixteenth chapter of mm
kutorical reamm of Nebraska ath
letics which has beea compiled hy a
aeaaher of The Daily Nehrashaa
sports staff. A chapter of this ac
coaat will appear ia each issae of
The Daily Nehrashaa for the re
asaiaeVr of the school year.
By Jack Elliott
Athletics at Nebraska took a de
cided slump during the war-time
years but the year of 1917 was not
called an unsuccessful season on the
Nebraska football field.
One of the most " 'standing men
of this year's team Captain Ed-
son Shaw, All-Missouri Valley tackle j
in 1915 and 1917 and selected as cap
tain of the mythical all-valley eleven.
Shaw was one of the chief factors
in the Cornhnsker football machine
of 1917 and the remarkable success
of the season. Another outstanding
Cornhusker football star was Hugo
Otoupalik, who played three years as
end on the Nebraska team. Besides
being a great gridiron star Otoupalik
was national amateur wrestling cham
pion at Nebraska and - coached the
1917 and 1918 Eusker wrestling
team.
s John Cook, field general of the
Husker football eleven, was another
prominent player in 1917. He was
one of the best open field runners
at Nebraska and his famous 80-yard
return of a punt in the Missouri-Nebraska
game went down in Nebraska
spall history as one of the big plays
in Nebraska sportdom. Cocik was ;
TifA V- ATI VCr.nn V..T1 .
athletics and head coach at Nebraska.
During the war like every thing else
the "N" club slumped and most of its
members left school. However it
was reorganized in 1919 and since
then had been one of the main organ
izations in Nebraska athletics.
Stewart Was Head Coach
In 1919 Dr. E. J. Stewart com
pleted huT third year at Nebraska
University as head coach. He came
to the Husker school from Oregon
Agricultural College, where he had
won fame for turning out champion
shjp teams in football. He placed
Nebraska back on her footing as one
of the foremost athletic teams in the
BULLDOGS CAUSE
HUSKERS LITTLE
WORRY IN MEET
Nebraskana Eally Outclass
Tracksters from Drake in
Saturday Tussle
TIMES HAMPERED BYWIND
play the best teams in each section of
the country, teams with reputations
such as Southern California, West
Virginia and Syracuse. All these
teams were on the Husker schedule
during the war but on account of
the world conflict these games were
cancelled.
"Doc" Stewart had charge of every
major sport at Nebraska and directed
his teams personally through each
season. Most schools had a coach for
each individual sport but Stewart
coached them all and believed in
keeping in close contact with all his
athletes and before he left Nebraska
for the war, he had won the confi
dence of all Cornhusker athletes like
no other coach ever did before.
Kline Fills Vacancy
In the spring Coach Stewart en-,
lished with Uncle Sam and was put
in charge of athletics at one of the
camps in the United States. W. G.
Kline was secured to fill his vacancy
until his return. Upon the shoulders
of "Bill" Kline fell the task of bring
ing a team out of chaos that the war
time conditions had wrought. With
Captain-Elect Rhodes in France and
five lettermen back with which to
mould his team, Coach Kline took
the helm of the Husker sports. Paul
Schissler was called from Hastings to
assist Kline in his task of building a
team to represent Nebraska in foot
ball.
Captain Ernest Hubka was elected
to fill the place as pilot of the war
time Husker team in place of Captan
elect Rhodes aid the team was made
quarterback and was given honorable : P of the following men: Paul Dob-
Cornhnsker track and field men
had little difficultv in defeating
country. Stewart's policy was to DpAk. Saturdav moraine at the
Stadium 92 to 38. Wind kept the
times down, although Glen Johnson
sped through the half-mile in 1:57.4
for. the best performance of the
morning.
Wyatt finished first and Wirsig
third in the 100-yard dash to give
Nebraska a lead that was never en
dangered. Wyatt eased in, in the
220, to let Lowe, sophomore sprinter
win. It nearly cost Wyatt third
place, Chew of Drake failing by
inches to squeeze in -between the
two Huskers.
Johnson Stars
Johnson and VanLaningham of
Drake, put up a great race at the
first of the 880, VanLaningham lead
ing to the last curve. Johnson
mention in Walter Camp's All-American
selection. Ed Kositsky was the
third Nebraskan to make an AH-Valley
team, getting a position as half
back. Dobsoa Was Great Fallback
Paul Dobson, Husker fullback and
one of the best backs that ever tra
versed the Nebraska field, was picked
by Walter E. Eckersall for bis sec
ond All-Western team and was picked
by C. E. McEride for the All-Valley
team. Along with the famous foot
ball men at Nebraska the year of
1917 wai Harold Wilder, another
All-Valley man and the most feared
guard in the conference. He re
fused to wear shoulder pads in the
games and his name goes down in his
tory with the many other Cornhosk
ers who made Nebraska famous for
its glorious football elevens.
The team was made up of the fol
lowing men: Lawrence Shaw, Wal
ter Kriemelmeyer, John Teter, Herb
ert White, Stanley Henry, Wayne
Mann, Edson Shaw, Ted Riddell,
Hugo Otoupalik, John Cook, Roscoe
Rhodes, Paul Dobson, Harold Wilder,
Harold MeMahon, Ernest Hubka,
Sam Kellogg, Farley Toung, Al De
tau. H" Clcb is OrgaaiseJ
The world war put athletic condi
tions at Nebraska in a poor condi
tion, the draft taking nearly every
football man from Nebraska that
played on the 1917 eleven.
The "N" club was organized dur
ing 1915-1917 by Husker athletes at
Nebraska, who had won varsity let
ters in one or more of the major
sports. It was organized under the
direction of Dr. Stewart, director of
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Freshmen Allowed to Play
Nebraska's 1918 football season
was a success despite the fact that
the war put things in an uncomfort
able position. The most serious loss
of all Cornhusker sportdom was the
leaving of Captain-elect Roscoe
Rhodes, who was called to Camp
Funston in April, 1918. He was
killed in action on October 25, 1918.
When the first call was issued in
September, sixty men responded to
the whistle, among which 30 were
freshmen. The ban on freshmen
playing football was lifted in the
Missouri Valley this year on account
of the war. But the blow of the
government when they took charge
of Missouri Valley sports and cut the
Husker football schedule was the
hardest of all. They took the Husker
schedule and cut, taking away the
West Virginia game and the game
with Syracuse. This left the Ne
braska team with but one road trip
all season, and that to St. Louis to
meet Dick Rutherford's Washington
Bears on December 7, 1918.
Nebraska Ties Notre Dame
October 5 opened the season with
Iowa University, the Husker eleven
losing to the Hawkeyes 12 to 0. Kan
sas was the next team and the Jay
hawkers were defeated by Kline's
eleven 20 to 0. Notre Dame was a
scoreless tie and the defeat of the
Washington eleven closed the season.
"Doc" Stewart came back to Ne
braska in time to coach basketball
and the Missouri Valley season
opened in Iowa with the Husker five
cleaning Drake 34 to 13. Grinnell
had been taken into the conference
and the Husker quintet met the Pion
eer five the next night and were
beaten by the baby member of the
Valley by the score of 24 to 14.
Nebraska finished third in the Mis
souri Valley race, Kansas Aggies get
ting first and Missouri second.
The track season of 1918 was a
very successful one and the Nebraska
thinclads managed to win second
place at Kansas City at the Kansas
City Athletic club meet, collecting 21
points. Ames was beaten 79 to 35 in
a dual meet and likewise Kansas was ;
beaten also 88 to 36. Minnesota and
Nebraska met on the track, the.
Gophers taking the count 70 to 55.
The Cornhusker track team won sec
ond place in the Missouri Valley
meet with 38 points.
(To be continued)
matched strids with him until they
came out of the last curve, when the
lanky Cornhusker cut loose with a
beautiful sprint as he pulled away
from the Bulldog runner. VanLan
ingham completely broke after John
son pulled away, finishing well to
the rear.
Bob Davenport won the 440 hand
ily, but Hobbs of Drake, nosed out
Campbell at the finish after a spec
tacular pick-up on the last straight
away. Wirsi'c Off Form
Frank Wirsig couldn't get going in
the pole vault and had to be satisfied
with a tie for first place at 11 feet
6 inches. Brunk and Carle, Drake
high jumpers, fulfilled expectations.
Brunk took the leap event at 6 feet
2 inches, the best mark made at the
Stadium since Poor of Kansas and
"Hobb" Turner of Nebraska finished
collegiate competition.
Huskers cleaned up in the dis
tances, taking first, second, and third
in the mile and two-mile, and first
and third in the half-mile. Drake
had the edge in the hurdles, however,
Penquite winning both races. Krause
had the edge to the next to the last
barrier in the highs but lost out at
the finish. He lost his step in the
lows but finished an easy second.
Penquite showed that he will be hard
to beat next week in the valley meet.
Weight Men Have Big- Day
It was all Scarlet and Cream in
the weights. Ashburn won the shot
put with Hurd third. Pospisil, Hard,
and Durisch finished one, two, three
in the discus. Almy, Mandary, and
James respectively, carried off the
first three places in the javelin. An
drews made a leap of 22 feet 111-4
inches to win the broad jump with
Doty taking second.
The Husker relay team took the
measure of the Bulldogs in a sensa
tional race. Lowe, running lead off,
finished three yards to the rear.
"Stew" Campbell picked op half of
the distance. Then Frank Dailey
collected most of the remaining dis
tance, giving Wyatt the baton almost
on a par with Drake. Wyatt battled
his way to the pole and increased his
lead on the final stretch.
Summary
100-yard dash: Wyatt, Nebraska;
Cockayne, Drake; Wirsig, Nebraska.
Time: 10.6.
1 mile run: Johnson, Nebraska;
Chadderdon, Nebraska; Sprague, Ne
braska. Time: 4:42.6.
220-yard dash: Lowe, Nebraska;
Wyatt, Nebraska; Chew, Drake.
Time: 23:3.
16-pound shot put: Ashburn, Ne
braska, 44- feet 1 inch; Boettger,
Drake, 42 feet 7 3-8 inches; Hurd,
Nebraska, 41 feet 6 1-2 inches.
120-yard high hurdles: Penquite,
Drake; Krause, Nebraska; Fleming,
Nebraska. Time: 16 flat.
High jump: Brunk, Drake, first;
Carle, Drake, second ; Page, Nebraska,
third. Height: 6 feet 2 inches.
440-yard dash: Davenport, Ne
braska, first; Hobbs, Drake, second;
Campbell, Nebraska, third. Time:
52.1. I
2-miie run : McCartney, Nebraska,
and Hays, Nebraska, tied for first;
Sprague, Nebraska, third. Time:
10:26.0.
Pole vault: Wirsig, Nebraska, and
Dalby, Drake, tied for first; Mac
Veety, Drake, third. Height: 11 feet
6 inches. -
220-yard low hurdles: Penquite,
Drake, first; -Krause, Nebraska, sec
ond; Sherer, Drake, third. Time:
26.3.
880-yard run: Johnson, Nebraska,
first; VanLaningham, Drake, second,
Chadderdon, Nebraska, third. Time:
1:57.4.
Discus throw: Pospisil, Nebraska,
first; Hurd, Nebraska, second; Dur
isch, Nebraska, third. Distance: J 40
feet 6 1-8.
Broad jump: Andrews, Nebraska,
first ; Doty, Nebraska, second ; Myers,
Drake, third. Distance: 22 feet
11 1-4 inches.
Javelin throw: Almy, Nebraska,
first; Mandery, Nebraska, second;
James, Nebraska, tiurd. Distance:
174 feet 8 1-2 inches.
1-mile relay: Nebraska (Lowe,
Campbell, Dailey, Wyatt) Time:
3:30.6.
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mat are uomg experimental work
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to find out the best methods used in
this work and investigating the pos
sibilities of such work in the various
agricultural engineering departments
of the country.
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