Tl lvSDW. DECEMBER. I, 1928
TWO
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN,
The Daily Nebraskan
Station A, Lincoln, Nebraska
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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
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TWENTY. EIGHTH YEAR
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MUNRO KEZER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
MANAGING EDITORS
Dean Hammond Maurice W. Konkel
NEWS EDITORS
W. Joyce Ayrea Lyman Cass
Jack Elliott Paul Nelson
Cliff F. Sandahl Douglas Tlmmermsn
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITORS
Vernon Ketring William T. McCleery
Betty Thornton
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Chff F. Sandahl Joe Hunt
William McCleery Robert Lalng
Eugene Robb
MILTON McGREW BUSINESS MANAGER
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS
William Kearns Marshall Pltxer
Richard Rlcketts
FOOTBALL AND THE WOLVES
"The best thing that could happen to Nebraska
vould be to have the Cornhuskers lose every foot
ball game for a couple of years." To this statement
ui a student close to the athl;tic situation in the
Iniversity, The Daily Nebraskan, is with regret,
inclined to agree.
After the Missouri game, Coach Bears was
hailed all over the state, as a great coach. He was
credited with having put on the field one of the
master teams of Nebraska history, a team whose
coaching was such as to establish it with the great
of all time. Eut after the Pitt tie and the Army
defeat, the "wolves began their howling."
The Daily Nebraskan as Just as sorry as any
sports writer of the state at the failure to win
those games. It was just as sorry as any of the
thousands of Nebraska alumni. But this paper is
highly disgusted with the caliber of sportsmanship
shown by sports writers and alumni of the state,
openly and by inference in the concluding weeks
of the 192S season.
The concluding statement of the student quoted
above as saying that an unvictorious series of
games would be beneficial to Nebraska is a vigor
ous assertion of a sentiment in accordance with
the opinions of The Daily Nebraskan. He says:
"If they'd lose every game for a season or
two, perhaps they'd appreciate a coach who could
take them through a season of tough games, with
but one or two defeats."
Three fundamental causes lie at the root of
the expressed and inferred dissatisfaction with the
Nebraska team and Its coach. They are:
1. Failure to realize that the other schools in
the "Rig six" have material very similar in quality
and quantity to Nebraska, and v Itli .finances to se
cure Just as adequate coaching staffs, a situation
which was not true for a period of years when
many alumni were still in school.
2. Over-estimation of the Cornhuskers when
they win and failure to give them and their coach
due credit, when they lose, as well as failing to re
cognize the merit of the opposition when a loss is
rung up against Nebraska.
Z. The betting element in the alumni which
raises the howl of the injured wolf when it makes
a bad guess and finds a Husker team defeated when
the bettors had predicted a victory.
The first of these causes has operated since
Coach Bearg's arrival, to hamper his efforts to
build successful contenders. AlumnJ and sports
writers alike, accustomed to a long series of Ne
braska victories, forgot that the other schools which
cow form the. Big Six" had grown in material and
resources to a near equality with Nebraska. The
organization of the "Big Six" from the old Missouri
Valley conference helped to bring a recognition of
that fact. If Nebraska had dropped a couple of
close games this year to "Big Sir" schools, further
recognition of the fact might have been gained.
But as a result of Coach Bearg's success in de
veloping his material far pant the point of develop
ment of the material of the other "Big Six" schools,
his smashing winning of the "Big Six" title is pass
ing over and the attitude taken that that is a mere
matter of form.
One of the best examples of the second cause,
that of over-estimation of the Huskers Is furnished
by that most readable of sport writers, Frederick
Ware, of the Omaha World-Herald. Mr. Ware has
never been a particularly strong supporter of Coach
7iearg but the adulations heaped on the Husker
mentor after the Missouri game were piled about
as high as Mr. Ware could pile them. Then came
Pittsburgh and Army and the return to veiled al
lusions to the "smart coaching" of the Nebraska
team. Sunday, Mr. Ware spent two columns laud
ing the Individual merits of the Husker team, con
gratulating the assistant coaches, and attacking the
record of the season as being entirely inadequate
with continuous references to the fact that the
team was not developed properly. Falling once to
mention Coach Bearg, Mr. Ware's remarks can
hardly be Interpreted as anything but a slurring and
inferential attack on the mentorship of Ernest E.
liearg.
Delighted as all Nebraskans must liewe been at
Mr. Ware's selection of nine Huskers on his all
"nig Six" eleven, a glance at other all star selections
could hardly fall but give one the impression that
Mr. Ware was over-rating the Huskers and under
rating the opposition, a feat very easy for the over
enthusiastic supporter of any football team to do.
Clyde McBride of Kansas City, veteran official
and sports writer, and probably as keen and astute
an observer of football as Mr. Ware, with the added
advantage of having seen the conference teams in
action from the field Instead of from the press box,
finds room for a horde of Huskers but reduces the
number to six. A similar situation is found in the
case of Ed Cochrane, another sports writer who has
had a chance to see the players from the field.
Leslie Edmonds, another official, gives the Huskers
even fewer places. To the outsider, there could be
only one conclusion that Frederick Ware was over
enthusiastic about the Nebraska players.
And The Daily Nebraskan ventures the opinion
that, the reason for his over-enthusiasm Is because
Coach Bears built a great team, team which took
advantage of the material offered, a team which
by rolling over "Big Six" opposition made all of
Its players look outstanding to the lover of Husker
teams, so outstanding that the, fino playing of op
posing players went unnoticed from the press box.
If one gains the belief that Mr. Ware is the
ouly one who has been guilty of over-estimating the
Huskers, permit The Nebraskan to correct the im
pression. There have been others, both sports
writers and alumni along with less numerous groups
of students. Mr. Ware merely furnished a delightful
illustration of the tendency.
Other Students Sav-
FOOTBALL JUSTICE
Why should a good football play
er "get away' 'with breaking uni
versity rules on scholarship when
"Just a student" must obey these
rules? I
The thing I have in mind is this:
A certain student In the university
Is down in more than the allowed
number of hours. He is notified to
"see about the matter" and In most
cases, if the number of hours in
which he Is falling is comparative
ly high, he is denied the privilege
of remaining In the university. He
may bo workng so that he does not
have much time for study, or he
may have difficulty In getting the
material. In either case, he Is ustt-j
ally dismissed, and If he is allow ed j
to remain, it is after much argu
ment and explaining.
But consider the football star
For those who criticise the Huskers or their
coach through either of the first two causes, The
Nebraskan is merely regretful. It in too bad that
their enthusiasm, that their loyalty, that their zest
for victory has run away from them.
For the disappointed betting element, The Ne
braskan has no sympathy. There is no one quicker
to raise the cry of "Gel the Coach" than the losing
bettor. There Is no poorer sport In sportdom than
the fellow who has lost a sizeable bet on an inter
collegiate football game. If a series of Nebraska
losses would cure Nebraska's betting alumni of the
habit, it would remove perhaps nine-tenths of that
criticism of defeat and over-laudation of victory,
which has been the curse oi eurasua loomau ioi . h0 comes from gomc famous ;..
a good many seasons. . scn00i team. Perhaps he is taking
j fifteen hours and is down in ten of
' Discussion of the merits of a coach is alw ays j them. Or perhaps the case may be
involved iu difficulty. This whole discussion has,worse jje js gPnt R "down" slip
been based on a standpoint merely of victory and Hn asked to "see about the mat- j
defeat, a most unstable scale upon which to weigh ; lPr Thg "seeing about the mat- j
the worth of an athletic mentor. On this scale jter- resulta In his getting "special
which is the only one to which the out-state zealot .permission" to remain in school,
show s much concern. The Daily Nebraskan feels i Tnig Bp(,ciai permission means that i
Coach Bearg has shown his worth. Hampered by if hft promises to play football, his I
unfriendly alumni, over enthusiastic sports writers, studies can be "arranged."
improved athletic situations in other conference j Tnis may be "football justice."
schools, he lias built teams which have maintained DUt )t g not rght. The University
Nebraska's reputation for great athletics. of Nebraska has Its aims and I
ideals. Is this institution to.be a!
H is wheu one analyzes his other qualities that lootball factory or a university of:
his value to Nebraska athletics becomes most ap-; learning? Why should the athlete
parent. There is no harder worker than Ernest ', get more consideration than the
Bearg. There is no more conscientious servant of j "ordinary student" who is trying ;o
the University than he. His great work Is with get an education, not recreation? i
youth, the youth that in a few- short years is to An instructor puts down a grade!
govern and be governed in the state of Nebraska. in a book. This grade goes to the !
If he molds that youth in the best Interests of the 'registrar's office. Then why. tin j
state, he is a far greater coach than if his achieve- ;er all laws of Justice, should a'
ments consist merely in the recording of scoreboard j coach be permitted to "fix" certain j
victories. ; grades, or to give certain athletes'
The Dally Nebraskan resents the criticism of special privileges that the other;
Coach B-; u a.cuse it fails to tell the whole story, 'students cannot obtain? Why
It fails to tell ib story of a man who is success- j should one's football ability in flu-1
fully working with the youth of the state to help Lnce his grade that has been given j
in the university's mission of sending to the state, j ty tne same instructor who grades
a better, a cleaner, a more vigorous, a more active. jtna other students?
a more honest citizenry. It is hard to understand jt sePms to be a fact that univrr-;
the state of mind which permits the taxpayers of gng are more interested in get-:
the state to be swayed more by consideration of llnp football stars than in making!
the hollow fame of football victory than by tne educated men. Who w ill leave his
lasting significance of well-trained youth.
(mark In the world, the football1
I hero or the member of P.B.K.? By ;
I all mean of fairness, which should j
ibe the one to bo dismissed, the stu
TODAY'S SPECIAL TUESDAY
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BANANA SHORT CAKE
ANY 5c DRINK AT
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ALSO OTHER SPECIALS
OH CAPTAIN! NO CAPTAIN!
Scholarship of football players receives a se- dej)t wno trips nard DUt cannot
vere jolt today at the hands of a member of the mak, tne grade, or the football star
student body In the column, "Other Students Say."'wno jgt give a hang, but does
Undoubtedly an exaggerated opinion, it does offer lay foolDaii
food for thought as to tendencies of attaching too j y-hni ad'-rn'ages are there in
great importance to athletic endtavors. Comments , cuttlT1K c, . t, day before a
of Dean Thompson and Athletic Director GIsh n i football fauir 7 Why should the
the article are carried in the news columns today. j pIaj.er!( riwll FUcn grants, when
Of more serious concern to The Daily Ne-:,he eturter. i,wsf.if cannot iave
braskan. in an internal analysis of the football lhem ? .-9,,ir,:iu men are praised
uatlon on the Nebraska campus, is the football f"P- an(1 their prowess on the
talncy. An office that until this year has been ' grldlron b. ,,0 PVPr gfvf.g Rny
a plaything of fraternity politics, a source of dis- : (Q the elliJf nt n()i throuph
sension both within and without the team, the,harJ gtU(Jy amJ ,OI)g ,.lb(,r bas
time for an election of another football captain j ma(Jp hmself preat ln a bra.nch of
must bring concern to the lover of Nebraska edura; ion ? Nobody holds rallies
ka'l- for him and gives him the "rah-
The fraternity political situation was solved for : ran or Alta bov."
this year by the election of two captains. It will ' T'hil)k u" over which is more i.n
be a rare year that two equally worth-while players ! nt a g00(J footbau ,,iaver or
from opposing fraternity factions will be available ; a gtud,.n,? ,,rom r(.sults ,,
for such a system of joint captains. The institution yw u f as ,he (cioI.
has already seen in recent years the effects of i ron,miu,. leaus tow ard the
fraternity politics in the election of captains. Little ' foo,ball tar
excuse for the continuance of the situation Is to j ORDINARY STUDENT
be found.
It Is easy to say: "Let the captain be elected i xov-nimd portrait fhotngraphrr-At
on merit alone." But anyone conversant with stu-,
dent politics knows that such a thing is not. pos-j
slble. It might be don.i once ln a while after a re- .
niarkably apparent example of the folly of electing
a factional captain without Just merit. But, year
in and year out. Nebraska can expect to see any
elected captain chosen by the fraternity political
faction having the most letter men. Such a man
may or may not make the best captain. Too often (
he will not.
The Daily Nebraskan advocates the abandon
ment of the system of athletic captaincies. It ad
vocates that In substitution the coach be given the :
right to select a field captain for each game who :
will be the official leader of the team on the fild
during that game.
In support of this position. The Nebraskan pre- 1
sents the following: ,
1. Factional election of athletic captaincies is '
inimicable to the best interests of Nebraska's teams,
because it often fails to reward the proper man,
and because it encourages dissension in team and
university.
2. Any elective system of captaincies is open ',
to a primary objection. The outstanding player If j
often not the best leader of a team's morale. An
elective captaincy must do an injustice when the
two abilities are not vested In the same player.
It Is an Injustice to the outstanding player If he :
is not selected. It Is an injustice to the team's
need If the morale leader is not chosen. An ap
pointed csptaln would not be expected to be the
outstanding player. The coach could readily, there
fore, appoint as field captain the man best fitted
for the position.
3. The appointive system would remove the
tendency to swelled heads which often afflicts an
elected captain and would remove much of Internal
Jealousy snd striving for the honor of the rsptaincj W,
since little importance would attacr to the cap Vi
talncy under the game by game appointive system
The captaincy would, in other words, become as it
should be, a cog In the team. Instead of a special
honor.
At first thought, the suggestion may be re
ceived unfavorably. The Dally Nebraskan asks that
a little aerl ius 'bought be given the plan In the be
lief that It offers a chance to take a significant step
towards Improving the Internal situation of Ne
braska athletics.
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