THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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UEBRASKA COACHING STAFF
PRODUCES FIGHTING TEAMS
wh Bearg Ends Third Season With Six Victories and Only
Two Defeats; Lost to Missouri on Break and Dropped
Close Game to Undefeated Pitt Eleven
PRESNELL RECEIVED ALL TRAINING UNDER MENTOR
Opposing Squads Made But Three First Downs Through Hus
ker Line in As Many Games; Oakes, Scherer, and Black
Assist in ouuaing strong Aggregation
By Jack Elliott
Coach Ernest E. Bearg, head football mentor at Nebraska
and his coaching staff have turned out one of the best Cornhus
ker football teams in many years.
Nebraska did not win every game on the 1927 schedule
but it is not always the all-victorious football team that does
credit to its coaches. It is the common saying that the best
team will always win. uu oiu axiom may De true but it very
oMnm works season in and season out.
This year on the gridiron the scarlet-clad Cornhusker
football team went into eigne Dames and came out victorious
in six of them. The first defeat of the season was at the hands
of Missouri at Columbia. The loss of the Mizzou-Husker game
was largely a break for the Tigers. Critics and sport writers
throughout the conference were unanimous in saying that here
was an example 01 wnere ine pest team loses.
The Missouri game showed up
any places that could be improved
in the Red machine but the weaker
team on the field came through the
battle with the longer end of the
count After that game team after
team fell before the mighty Husker
eleven and then came the Pitt Pan
ther game at Pittsburgh.
Bearf Proad of Fighter
The Nebraska ns came out of this
pine on the short end of the count
but the brand of football displayed
by the Husker eleven was far from
kAinff a iiccmre tn its rnflrh snrl 1
coaching staff. Coach Bearg and coa turned out Nebraska elev-
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bis assistants were justly proud of I, , , "-
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youth. Presnell also received all his
three years of football training un
der the tutelage of Coach Bearg.
This flashy gridiron halfback is
purely a product of Nebraska's foot
ball coach.
Coach Bearg has been at Nebraska
for three years and all three of the
seasons he has been here he has
turned out football teams that are a
credit to the University of Nebraska
He has not turned out elevens that
go through, the season without a
single defeat. But the Husker
their fighting band of football war
riers.
Those were Jie only two contests
dropped all season and the record
the Xebrasia eleven had en the ether
six teams shows to Husker football
fans that Coach Ernest Bearg turned
out one of the best Scarlet teams in
any years.
Presnell Developed To Put
Beginning at the season, no punt
er could be found in the Husker
camp. That is no punter who could
handle the other departments of the
game in a satisfactory manner.
Bearg took Glenn Presnell in hand
and made one of the best punters
braska, characteristic of Cornhusker
fight and the true spirit that has
prevailed at the Husker school for
many years. This the students ask
of their coach and nothing more.
Coach Needs Assistants
But the task is a big one, much
too big for any one man and to as
sist him in his work Coach Bearg has
three men who follow his ideals and
the ideals of Nebraska.
Coaching the Nebraska line is
Coach Bernard "Bunny" Oakes, one
of the greatest line coaches in this
section of the country. "Bunny's"
work coaching the Cornhusker line
this season was one of the great ac-
in the Valley out of the DeWitt hievements of the 1927 season. He
Congratulations to the
Sucessful 1927 Cornhusksr
Team
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Coach Bevf ia dereAopiaf what has
bee acclaiiwed as aae of the Has
ers strsoffest a rTf atioos. Care of
the mm was in the bands of Dr. Ev
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a stroae; freshsmao team which cave
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turned out a Nebraska forward-wall
that was the strongest in the Miss
ouri Valley if not in the Middle
West
Hasker Line Holds
Only three times during the first
three games was an opposing team
able to go through the Husker line
for a first down. Critics through
out the country after the close of
the pigskin season praised the work
of the Cornhusker line, the line that
held the powerful Syracuse Orange
eleven without a score.
I Coach "Bunny" Oakes came to
I Nebraska . from Illinois where he past football season.
graduated. He figured very prom
inently on the Illini gridiron during
his university career and is giving
all he learned and more to the war
riers of Nebraska.
Scherer Coaches Eads
Coaching the Nebraska ends is Leo
Scherer, a former Nebraska football
player. Coach Scherer turned out
wingmen this season that speak for
their coach. Such men as Lee, Ash
burn, Lawson, Sprague, Shaner and
others are the products of Coach
Scherer and his services at the Hus
ker school are invaluable. Coach
Be&rg said, "To have men to work
with like Scherer, Oakes, and Black
is as much as any football coach can
expect and that is why we are suc
cessful with our football teams."
Coach Charley Black, bead bas
ketball coach assists Coach Bearg
with the Hunker backfield. Black re
ceived bis football training at Kan
sas university and was also one of
the outstanding basketball players
t the Jaybawker schooL Black came
to Nebraska from Grinnell where
be coached a year. This is his second
year at Nebraska.
Next year the Nebraska coaching
staff will have a great array of good
Corn Cobs Lead in Instilling and
Preserving Husker Spirit at Games
By Frits Daly jkan during the past season. When
To the Corn Cobs of Pi Epsilon j the team left or when the team came
Pi, men's national pep organization, I home, the Corn Cobs were there to
falls the lot of instilling and pre-! give them a rousing cheer. They led
serving the far-famed Cornhusker the rallies, they worked hard to keep
spirit. At rallies, on the campus, up that renowned Nebraska spirit
between classes they are always .and when lots of enthusiasm was
present cheering, shouting, trying needed, the Corn Cobs provided it.
to stir up enthusiasm. Much credit!
is due to the Corn Cobs for the won- SoU 24- Pro, rams
derful spirit displayed during the I Th wtrlr a 11imfl- tit a f filial
ttball season. invt.m. .f mv - M.
weing deprived oi weir stunt De-1 ned on by the Corn Cobs. A total
tween halves of the games they have J 0f 24,000 programs, issued by the
concentrated their efforts more on ; University, was sold at the five
the house-to-house rallies and the tbis yeAr an increase over
cheering section. They aided the t last season of 7,000. A staff of
Innocents in managing the organized j forty men handled the selling. From
By Dong Timmerman
At the close of every successful
football season, reviews of the grad
uating players and future material
for the gridiron sport are com
pounded and frequently published.
Very few of them, however, concern
themselves with the freshman eleven
which not only bears the brunt of
the Varsity practice but must train
men to fill in the gaps vacated the
season before.
Head Coach "Choppy" Rhodes, as
sisted by Line Coaches Keim and
Lehman, has had the task of mould
ing a large and eager squad of year
ling gridsters into a smooth working
eleven. Starting with a squad com
paratively devoid of stars, he has
turned out a fast, ground-gaining
team which gives any Varsity lineup
sufficient scrimmage.
Men Keep Grades Up
Keeping the freshmen eligible is
another hard job consigned to
Rhodes. Only two players from a
squad of over fifty face the possibil
ity of failing scholastically.
Yearling ends will have their big
chance next year as five Varsity
ends are graduating. Roland of
Beatrice, and Maasdam of Omaha
Tech are the outstanding ends on
this year's freshman team. Roland
scales around 160 pounds and with
his height of six feet, promises to
win a berth on the Varsity next fall.
He has plenty of speed and, with
Maasdam, gets down fast under
punts. Roland performed in the
backfield while in prep school, and
is occasionally shifted to a half po
sition by Rhodes.
Maasdam Shows on Defease
Maasdam shows up best on the de
fensive. He combines blocking ef
ficiency with pass intercepting to
round out his effectiveness at the
wing position. Urban, Omaha pro
duct, and Sell of Fremont furnish
an elongated pair of ends. "Morrie"
Fisher, Lincoln; II. L. Jackson, Bea
trice: C. W. Paul, West Point, are
other ends to show up in the year
ling lineup. Fisher is by far the
best pass-snatcher of the outfit but
came out irregularly, and failed to
get a steady position. He seems
like another logical candidate for
the 1928 Cornhusker eleven.
Broadstone, hailing from Norfolk,
and Eno, six foot tackle from Col
lege View, compromise the cream of
the yearling tackles. Broadstone,
because of his track ability, gets
down under punts with alacrity par
alleling Eno's efforts. Broadstone
weighs 193 and shows lots of
I strength on his side of the line.
Gordon Eno, playing his second year
on the yearling eleven, shows pro
mise of developing into a Husker
regular. Combining speed and all
around line ability, Eno stands out
as an exceptionally good tackle.
Simmons of York, Gilbert from Om
aha, and Elliott of West Point, are
other tackle players to merit spe
cial consideration.
Regular Guards Look Good
Guard candidates are not so num
erous this year, but the two regu
lars are plenty good. Bill Galloway,
hailing from Crawford and an un
defeated high school team last year,
and Elmer Greenberg, husky Omaha
boy, are the players in question.
Galloway is built a lot like "Dan"
McMullen and plays his position in a
similar manner. As for Greenberg,
his actions on the defensive mark
him as Varsity caliber. He is fast,
getting down under punts, too. To
bin, Regier, Wittwer, and Burgeson
are the substitutes for the guards
berths.
Don Phillips of David City is
easily the class of the centers.
Stockily built, he repulses all thrusts
at the pivot position and passes the
pigskin ( with accuracy. Phillips
looks like the main understudy for
Ted James next fall. Don weighs
around 200 but has a lot of speed
with his poundage. Maasdam, when
not working at a wing position, fits
in at the center station very nicely
as does Campbell, a Friend protege.
Maasdam's forte is playing floating
center, at which job he proves very
effective, according to the Ag Col
lege center who pastimed against
him in a game early this fall.
Long Shines in Backfield
Rhodes developed an exceptionally
capable backfield this season. Long
journeying to Nebraska from Buf
falo, Wyoming, handled the yearling
eleven in most of its scrimmaging
with the Varsity. Long can punt up
to fifty yards and hurl a pass to
Frahm or Russell for a nice gain
when yards are needed. Perhaps
Howard Roland, who spends most of
his time at the end position, will
perform at the quarterback location
daring the 1928 season. From his
experience on the Beatrice eleven
backfield, Roland should be able to
perform with dexterity at such, a po
sition. The star of this year's freshman
elevta and a valuable "find," F. H.
RusselT, comes to Nebraska from the
camp of the Wildcats, the Kansas
Aggies. Performing at a halfback
position in the game between the
two yearling elevens last year, Rus
sell accounted for the greater por
tion of the yardage gained by his
team. He is a great plunging half,
and once he gets beyond the ling of
scrimmage, a hard man to tackle.
Russell runs close to the ground and
with the aid of a powerful stiff-arm,
eludes numerous tacklers on his fav
orite off-tackle jaunts.
Scherxinger Pants and Passes
His running mate, Vic Scherxiu av
er, is another valuable addition to
the squad. Vic played with the Has
tings College eleven lat. year and
shows the result of this experience in
his work on the yearling backfield.
The fullback position is filled by
Harold Frahm. Frahm had the po
sition clinched from the first prac
tice session because of his ability on
defensive and offensive formations.
Other backfield candidates who
have been called upon by "Choppy"
Rhodes include Nelson of York,
Erck of Lincoln, Carrier of Morrill,
Rowley of Dewitt, and Faytinger of
David City.
student cheering section inaugurated
this year.
Sororities Visited
Before each rally, every sorority
house on the campus was visited as
a "starter" to the evening pep meet
ing. Members of the organization
furnished entertainment for the co
eds, followed with a song and "one
big one for the team." By the time
that the rounds of the houses were their present organization and be-
completed it was time for the bigme a member of the national or-!
rally to start and here the Corn Cobs ; grajzation of Pi Epsflon PL Mem-?
continued their work. jj chosen by the group itself '
"The Corn Cobs wUl appear in full and are selected from the student
uniform" was a notice often found body at large. At present the mem
in the columns of the Daily Nebras ; bersbip totals about forty. j
the funds received for selling pro
grams, the whole organization made'
the trip to the Kansas Aggie game!
with the team. I
The organization first made its!
appearance on the campus during
the 1920 football season. They'
were set up as a means of providing
entertainment between halves of the
games. They later changed into
Attendance at
Hasker Games
Passes Record
In last year's football issue of the
Daily Nebrankan it was considered
phenomenal that more than 104,000
persons should see Nebraska play.
Again, however, an increase is reported.
More than 121,000 football fans The following tab!-; shows the at-
matrial and is looking forward al- HW the Cornhusker team in action J tendance at gar.ts this season:
ready to the coming 1228 season. tW season. The exact number,! Ames at Lincoln ,lbl.
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121,074, in comparison to last year's
attendance of 104,625 gives evidence
to the ever-increasing interest in the
Action on the 12:45 rule for
women students at the Ohio Ft
University will be taken soon by the American sport.
re-organized council on student af- Eecord attendance for any one
fairs because the rule does not act ' gme during this season or last,
uniformly. j was at the Thanksgiving game this
, ; I year with New York University
entrance to au fraternity dances played in Lincoln. The home eame
Missouri at Columbia 8,1 C1.
Grinnell at Jincoln 7,i75.
Syrarn ,tt Line '!a- 21,121.
Kansas at Lincoln 13s5')2.
Pittsburgh at PitUburgn 2i,C0'J.
Kansas Aggies at Manhattan ,
410. New York: at Li.icli 28,104.
Total 121,071.
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which had the next largest attend
ance last year was with Missouri
when 16,348 persons witnessed an
important game on the Husker
j year was playel with 28,204 fans in
the Nebraska Jl'tucrial stadium.
! Nebraska played five games Iz
1 Lincoln this year, aid an equal
number iu the 1926 season. The
number of persons who attended
home games last year was 62,887,
while this season's attendance ex
ceeded it by more than 15,000 peo
ple, with a total of 79,889.
Twenty thousand four hundred
and sixty-nine fans saw Nebraska
play Washington at Seattle last
Thanksgiving, while 23,101 persons
attended the Thanksgiving game in
Lincoln this year. This is an ex
ample of the increase that was shown
m attendance at all games, and In
the LuUl nXUadzutS SI Vc'IL
The men of the Nevada Campus
lack one qualification of a gentle
man in that most r.f them nrpfer
brunettes.
Freshmen at the University of j
Iowa will wear dark blue uniforms!
for IL O. T. C. instead of the darb j
olive now used. j
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After the Dane
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