EIGHT
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 1 1.
1028
OTERHOUSE' ENDS
SUCCESSFUL SEASON
All-American Guard
Greatest Team in Recent Years Runs Rough-Shod Over
Big Six Opponents to Take Championship Title
Of Newly Formed Conference
-.ARMY GIVES NEBRASKA ONLY GRID DEFEAT
Pittsburgh Players Hold Eleven to Tie Score While
..Huskers Eke Out One Point Win Over Invaders
From Syracuse University
(By Jack Elliott)
Nebraska's scarlet-clad Cornhus-
Iter' football team just closed a
most successful season on tbe
."Krldlron, one of tbe best In recent
years. The Cornhusker eleven
piled up more points during their
victory campaign than any other
Big Six team and also held their
opponents to the lowest score In
tbe conference, allowing but one
Big Six eleven to cross the Scarlet
goal.
Tbe championship of tbe Big Six
conference was. won by Nebraska
by virtue of Us string of five vic
tories over conference foes, it was
the first year in the newly formed
conference and it was evident
from the opening of the season
thai the Husker eleven had one of
th.jnost powerful elevens in the
Middle West With a backfield
composed of such men as Blue
Howell, Reb Russell, Clair Sloan,
"Dutch" Witte, "Bud" McBride and
others, the Huskers Inaugurated
the season by taking in Iowa State
and from then on until the Thanks
giving battle with tbe Kansas Ag
gie Wildcats in the snow, the Hus
kers clearly demonstrated their
prowess in Big Six football circles.
Critics were unanimous in their
praise thatt he Huskers were one
of the most outstanding gridiron
eleven In the entire country. The
"powerhouse," as the name given
to.Jhe Husker backfield, was
"earned throughout the first of the
season as the Scarlet machine
mowed down one opponent after
another. The age-old rival, Mis
souri, was the climax of the con
ference season and it was in this
game that the Cornhusker "power
house" ploughed down the Black
and Gold Tigers from Columbia.
Husker Open at Ames
Up on State field at Ames, Iowa,
the Cornhuskers opened the 1928
gridiron season. It was hot out on
the stadium field that afternoon
and the opening game of, the sea
son found the Husker eleven a
trifle shy on the art of the colle
giate game. But the Iowa State
eleven was troubled with the same
thing and when the referee
sounded the end of the opening
tilt, Nebraska had failed in both
attempts to make the extra point.
Blue Howell, co-captain of the
Cornhusker eleven was the Husker
back who ploughed through ihe
Iqwsl line, for repeated gains and
' victery.- ..wlcV&msket-TH:fc
crossed the Ames "line for touch
downs. "Reb" Russell, quarterback,
l im1 playing his first year with Ne
- braska, completed the "power-
, .house" tactics of the Nebraska ele
ven. The Husker eleven returned
?'ro-' Lincoln, more experienced than
' before the trek to Ames. The next
iZs&in on the nine-game Nebraska
schedule was with the Montana
'"'Bobcats from Bozeman and opened
"ihe home season for the Nebraska
ileven.
Saturday afternoon, October 13,
"Nebraska lined up against Mon
i.tana State to show the home folks
how the. CotphuBker "powerhouse"
"really looked in battle. . .Before the
"igame was well -under way, it was
evident that the Bobcat eleven was
'-no match for the men of Coach
Pearg The final count of the
C;ame found Nebraska with a 26
; to 6 score. Nebraska led 13 to 6
"at tbe end of the opening half but
.throughout the second period, the
'' -Husker eleven tore loose with a
"powerful offensive attack that
.edtld not be coped with by the
j .iiioen from the Rockies., Montana
I "State's score came when Worden,
: "-fullback picked up a Nebraska
fumble and raced 90 yards for the
j inolo counter of the afternoon tor
rh Bobcats. -
8yreu Gives Battle
Syracuse university was next on
Kthe Cornhusker slate and Coach
,Xew Andreas brought his orange
.iulad eleven to Nebraska touted as
-one of the foremost gridiron elev
ens in the east Headed by captain
ilal Bay singer, one of the greatest
v passers in the east, the Syracupe
tf!)even was out to avenge the de
feat of the previous year. Here the
Cornhuskers were to meet the first
'real lntersectlonal test of the sea
son. The first east-west conflict on
.the heavy schedule of nine games.
Coacu Bears had worked his team
itrto top condition for the Orange
ii.me and oa October 20 the scarlet
olad Cornhusker eleven took the
Tteld against the Syracuse Orange
- of New York. With their attack
built around ''Sammy" Sebo and
.'.Hal Bayslnger, the Orange had
V swept through three games so far
...during: the season and no defeats.
-The Syracuse-Nebraska game had
."not been under way more than ten
- minutes when "Dutch" Witte had
(lipped a sizzling 11-yard pass to
Clair Sloan for the first Nebraska
' ncore of the game. A perfect kick
' from placement by Witte put the
score 7 to 0 and later proyed to be
" the winning point of the east-west
fsra. - - - - n . ...
"BayMnger td Lewis was the com-
hination responsible for the Syra
cuse score which come late in the
- bfcond quarter and the kick was
" missed bringing the score 7 to 6.
iiiis was tta final score of the in
; teraectional game and Nebraska
UH tnus put another game away
in the wla column.
Ed Cochrane officiated tbe game
i'-'-n called enough penalties on the
: .Hrabka team to cover the length
" -the yrldiron. Time and tlm
in tho Nobranka team was pen
for offsldo, while the daz-
work of. "Dutch" Witte also
lif ci the twenty-three thousand
i io Memorial stadium. Wltt.e's
k was onn of the best eih.ibi
i on ths lT'iUr field all awa
it Hissed tne ball, passe-i and
wra the ability of a vei-
fJ: Sjrafuse game put
. , r'rbi'iifit h. xiott prepared for
1 .-!
the greatest conference game on
the home schedule, Missouri. For
three years, Nebraska had lost to
the Tiger eleven and the game this
year found an unbeatable spirit on
the Nebraska campus. Beat Mis
souri was the slogan at every turn
on the campus and Coach Beaig
drilled a Scarlet machine to take
the Tiger and win the Big Six con
ference, y
One of the greatest football
crowds in the history of Nebraska
streamed into .Memorial Stadium
on that memorable Saturday after
noon to watch Nebraska beat the
Missouri eleven, a thing that fans
had anxiously waited for for threw
years.
More than thirty-eight thousand
Cornhusker fans witnessed the bat
tle between the Tigers and the
Huskers and also saw a Nebraska
team administer the worst defeat
to a Missouri team that had been
given in many years.
Howell, Witte, Russell Star .
The work of Captain Blue Howell,
"Dutch" Witte and "Reb" RiibrpII
was the outstanding event of the
arternoon. The three Husker backs
pounded the Tiger forward wall
unui tne 24 to 0 score was rolled
up. Keb Russell, 205-pound quar
teroack on the Husker eleven.
pounded and drove the Tiger wall
for long gains. Hitting the center
or tne line was Russell's favorite
piay and he was the outstanding
oacK or tne game. His long drives
were sensational and twice during
ine Dame ne broke through the
Tiger line for 20-yard gains.
It was in the Missouri game that
the traditional Missouri-Nebraska
bell trophy was started. Before the
game the bell was presented to the
Missouri representatives for the
victory, annexed from Nebraska
last season and after the game the
bell was returned across the field
to the Nebraskans who will keep
the bell until the Cornhuskers jour
ney to Columbia next year.
Four straight victories were
marked up in the Nebraska win
column and now the Nebraska
Cornhuskers drilled for the third
conference game, Kansas at Law
rence. Kansas was one of the
stronger elevents in the conference
and the Huskers were meeting the
Jayhawkers on the Kansas home
coming day. .
Jayhawkers Fall Victims
Floundering around on a soggy
field, the Nebraska eleven could
not seem to get started against the
Kansas eleven and twice let the
Jayhawkers go through for a first
down. But the second half proved
that the Huskers were still the
mighty team that they were re
puted to be. Throughout the second
period, the Scarlet and Cream
eleven ran through the Jayhawkers
at will and piled up a 20 to 0 score
and again holding their opponent
scoreless. Six wins aud no defeats
for Nebraska so far during the
season.
The next game on the Nebraska
schedule was Oklahoma at Norman.
It wa down in Soonerland that the
Huskers piled up the largest score
of the season, beating the Sooners
44 to 6. With the Husker offense
revolving around Clair Sloan and
Captain Blue Howell, the Nebras
kans tore through the Sooners at
will to put their seventh game in
the win column. Clair Sloan was by
far tbe outstanding man of the
game. The flashy Husker back ac
counted for ten points during the
opening period. He scored from
touchdown, dropklck and placeklck.
Returning to the Husker camp
from Soonerland, the Husker met
the powerful and fast Pitt Panthers
from Pittsburgh. It was a fluke
game, played In a downpour of rain
and the field was a sea of mud,
hlch made the Husker line driv
ing attack futile. It was the first
game of the season that the Ne
braska eleven could not get away
for a first down. Pitt used the ut
most of their football strategy to
put across a touchdown and a vic
tor. The final score was 0 to 0 and
the first game of the season that
the Huskers had not put in the win
column.
Army Takes Huskers
The Array was next. The great
est lntersectlonal game on the Ne
braska schedule appeared now on
the gridiron card. But Cagle and
his crew of Cadets proved to bo too
much for the Scarlet ' from Ne
braska and put over a 13 to 3 win
and the first defeat for Nebraska.
Playing the second half in the fast
fading daylight, the Army put over
their second touchdown and
cinched the' game.
A snow battle on Memorial Sta
dium field with the Kansas Aggies
closed tho season for Nebraska.
The final score of the game was
8 to 0.
The curtain was down, the 1928
football season was over and the
Nebraska Cornhuskers had gone
through a most successful cam
paign on the gridiron, one defeat,
one tie and seven victories closed
the season for one of the greatest
elevens ever turned out at Nebraska.
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FOR HHBBJWDUB
Thirteen Registered to Date;
Practice Sessions Begin
Before Holidays
Chaunoey Hager, captain of the
1928 29 Varsity rifle team, is call
ing for tryouts for positions on the
team. Mn can try out every after
noon between one and three
o'clock. Thirteen have already reg
istered. Those who have been practic
ing this last week with the Inten
tion of filling a place on the uni
versity team were the following:
Elton J. Fee, Merrill M. Flood
Chnuncey Hager (captain), P. R
Hofferber, Richard A. Kossek, J,
P. McKnight, l G. Summers, F. L.
Sunderne. M. W. Towell. C. Web
ster. A. G. Williams, and E. Jerry
Swobaila.
Thirty Matches This Year
'Over thirty matches are to be
fired ihls season. The first group
will be fired the week alter Christ
mas vacation so Captain Hager
wishes that all students trying out
will get as' much practice before
vacation. Four positions will be
fired; prone, siting, kneeling, and
offhand (without sling). Ones try
Ing out should register with Serg
eant McGimsey at the gallery and
turn In to him a target fired in
each position. The official N. R.
A. target will be used.
that is not worn regularly as street
clothing. It's a costume or cos
tumeles3 affair, s'll vous plait.
Menu Failed to "Crash"
In days 'long gone by, some en
terprising ' males attempted to
"crash" the portals by . dressing as
the sex to which all nien are sha
dowswhat happened was not. re
corded. The Cornhusker party is an an
nuo) affair lor all university girls,
and is the only affair of lis kind
during the year. Prizes are given
for the prettlent, most original and
funniest costumes. A girls' orches
tra provides musit for dancing
after the. prizes have been nwaYuVd
So, borrow the boy Iriehd's Tiiv'
and tho roonimale's atrlng or bead,
and come' to the party wh"
women are what they are and lnen
are absent.
New York University Anmn,,,,.
ment was made this week of t,
marriage of Kenneth Elmer Strohe
New York university football star
to a musical comedy actress known
on the stage as Bella Harrison
Strong Is a member of I he all easi
eleven that Is to play an all-weat
team at San Francisco, Chrlstma,
Eve. . '
i Congratulations to
Coach Bear g and
the Team
Dan McMullen, the most consistent player on the Cornhusker football sauad and who has Dlaved
nis last game for Nebraska. McMullen has completed three years of playing with the Cornhusker
eleven and this year he was one of the outstanding linesmen in the country, receiving honorable men
tlon on many of the All-Star selections of the country.
Dan weighs 215 pounds and is Just about as high as he Is wide. He played four quarters In every
game or tne season and only called time out but once for injury. He leaves a place in the Nebraska
line that will be hard to fill next fall.
Cheering Section Is Big Success
In Second Year Since Conception
Nebraska's cheering section In
its second year became one of the
leading organized cheering units in
the country, being secon.d to none
In efficiency and with the doubling
of its size over last season, one of
the largest.
A total of eight hundred and sev
enty ardent fans from the Nebras
ka Btudent body filled in the two
other sections on the studeiu side
of the mammoth Memorial stadium.
Co-eds as well as men students also
helped to complete the total of .stu
dents and formed letters and fig
ures as designed.
The Increase in size of the sec
tion in the 1928 season enabled the
unit to put on several moving
stunts as well as the usual block
letters for Nebraska and visiting
teams.
Cheering Caps Worn
Cheering section caps in the
Cornhusker colors, Scarlet and
Cream, were worn by everyone in
the section and helped add to the
colorful display. Tickets in this
section were at a minimum and the
members of the student body clam
ored to buy the tickets.
High lights of the stunts put on
by the cheering section were the
huge S placed inside the" Orange of
Syracuse which was wiped out by
a huge red N, the twisting of the
Tiger's tail at, tbe Missouri gam,
the ridin gof the Army mule, and
the stunt for Dad's day, a father
and son shaking hands. Careful de
signing on the blue prints for the
stuuts enabled the students to do
these several moving stunts.
Block letters for Montana, Mis
souri, Syracuse and Pittsburgh
were also Included as well as ti.e
huge N U which was displayed at
lach game. Stunts for the Kansas
Aggie game were rendered impos
sible due to the terrific storm pre
vailing at that time.
Section Enjoya Growth
The section, sponsored bv the
Innocents society, senior men's
honorary, was started last year
and has made rapid advancement
since its introduction. Much of
the credit for the success of this
year's organization is due to Carl
Olson, who was in direct charge of
its activities and designed all the
stunts portrayed by the students.
The section represented a lot of
work on the part of the students,
especially Olson, and . the Corn
husker Btudent body is to be con
gratulated on its work.
The Husker cheering section
garnered a great deal of fame and
praise throughout the season and
was accorded .the distinction of
being one of the best in the coun
try. It is the only organization of
its kind in the middle west.
"Just as efficient as the cheering
section of Leland Stanford univer
sity," was the comment of the Pitts
burgh Sun's sports writer, who
witnessed the stunts put on by the
Nebraska section from the press
box In the west stand at the Pitts
burgh game. The Pitt man was
lavish In his comments on the
cheering section stunts.
"Leland Stanford university has
the largest section of this sort in
the country, but they have been
working on it for a number of
years, and Nebraska need not take
a back seat for tnem, lie declared.
GLEE CLUB PRESENTS
AT
Twenty-Two Men and Girls'
Quintet Make the Trip
Wednesday Night
The University 31ee club, con
sisting of twenty-two men, a quin
tet from the girl's octette and
other University talent under the
direction of H. T. Decker put. on a
musical program in Omaha
Wednesday evening, Dec. 12.
The program was extensive, last
ing an hour and forty-five minutes
and consisted of a variety of num
bers. Earle McMunn gave a group
of solos which were much appre
ciated by the audience. Warren
Chiles and Emerson Smith gave a
number of snappy selections,
Chiles presiding at the piano. A
quintet of girls selected from the
Girls' Octette also gave several
numbers.
The Glee tlub, which took a
major part In the program, Is com
posed of the 'following men: First
tenors, Harold Holllngsworth,
Stanley Swenson. Cyril Winkler,
Stanley Klger and Nicholas Sharp;
second ' tenors, Kenneth Allen.
Lloyd Mitchell. Harry Prltchard,
Jack Wheelock and Jim Woodard;
baritones, Donald Carlson, Merwyn
Cramer, Hen Joyce, Henry Nestor,
Roger Robinson and John Ste
phens; baRes, Wendall Groth, Os
car Osferlund, Lloyd Robinson,
Clifford Sandahl, Emerson Smith
and William McGaffln. The Glee
club was accompanied by Mrs. II.
T. Decker.
The girls' quintet was composed
Bruce Calls for Men
To Serve at Banquet
A call has been Issued for
eighty men students to serve at
the Cornhusker banquet tonight
at the University Coliseum. All
students desiring to serve
should call the Student Activi
ties office at once according to
Charles Bruce, general chair
man of the function.
Girls' Annual
Fun Fest Will
Be Gala Affair
"No men and I suppose that in
cludes dogs allowed!" Whoopee!
And a good time will be had by all
lyider such conditions at the Corn
husker parfy given under the aus
pices of the A. W. S. board at the
Armory tonight at 7 o'clock.
The reason for the ban on the
opposite sex is for the reason that
all bans and social conventions con
cerning suitable and adequate cloth
ing are temporarily abolished when
the only requirement governing the
selection of the evening's raiment 1
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