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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER U, J907.
Price 5 Cents.
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SECRET PRACTISE
GRINNELL TEAM PLAYING BE-
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Report From Grlnnell .Says That the
lowans Are Practising Hard and
Men 'Are in Good Condition.
FACTS ABOUT THE GRIN
NELL GAME.
Weights of Grlnnell Team.
Weight
Name. Position: Pounds
Sparks, Center ,MQ'
Campbell, R. G 190
Zelgler, R. T. 180
McCarty; R. E 140
Pierce, L. G 180
Hartsom L. T. , . . 165
Flanagan, L. E 150
Brundage, Q 150
Bleamas'ter, R. H 165
Balr, L. H 155
Turner, F. B ..185
Total Weight , 1830
Average Weight, 166 lbs.
Grlnnell expects a score of 24
to 6.
Dr. C. B; Hamilton is the
Grlnnell coach.
W. C. Bleamaster is captain
of the Grlnnell eleven.
The' game will begin at 3:30.
Reserved seats are 75 cents.
Bleacher tickets are 50' cents.
THE OFFICIALS.
Referee Cornell, Lincoln.
Umpire Fuhrer, Crete.
FleldJudge iPlnneo, Lincoln.
Head Linesman Irwin, Lin
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(By W. 'It: Metzi Athletic Editor of
GrJnb)l .College Pally.)
ITho Grlnnell eleven his year Is one
of the .best' ivo have had for years,
f but, of course,, we do not expect to
" win the gamowlth Nobraska Saturday.
4 The prevailing opinion hbrb seems to
too that tho Corhhuskors will' win by a
score of 24 to 6. r ,
"The Grinnbll team Is In. charge of
Dr. C. B. -Hamilton, who has coached
.'some Ave or ten years In this state
' with splendid success. '
' Wllford C. Bleamaster Is captain of
, , our team. Bleamaster Is a senior and
has a vbrIlHant-record as a high school
and colleg? athlete. He lives at Clin
ton. TwjKof' our-h'oaYlost and most ng-
gresslve men In the lino' are eacbaf
fectod with a strained tendon In the
) vicinity of the knee which will prob
ably keep them out of the game, or
,.at least a part of, It The team will
be materially weakened if these men
are kept out of the contest. With the
1 oxceptlon of these two men, the en
tire team" Is In good physical condi
tion ands will be able ,to endure, the
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18 AN EVIL.
Eckersall Scores Secret Practice. Cus
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Writing In tho Chicago Tribune
Walter II.- Eckersall, the famous x
Chicago football quarter attacks se
cret football practice and makes n call
to get colleges to abandon It. He Nays
In part:
"Of all tho evils which have besot
college football and robbed it of Inter
est to the, students and warmer enthu
siasts secret practice has beon one of
tho worst. In former years spies were
unknown and the doings of a team
were as open as daylight. Now an
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eleven is hedged about with such se
crecy that not even its closest support
ers can tell a lineup an hour or two be
fore a big 'game.
Back in tho '90's, when colleges had
at. good teams comparatively as they
ever had, secret practice was unknown.
Tho men appeared on tho open cam
pus each night from four o'clock until
dark with all tho energy at their com
mand. No attention was paid to the
side lines or to the spectators, and tho
team became highly proficient in lbs
chosen plays.
Tho result was that everybody knbw
the team, know Its work, knew Its
strength and its wenknosBOS, and nat
urally great onthuslasm abounded.
Whether a college student whs greatly
interested in football or not, he could
hardly help getting the fovor with the
great crowds on the campus each
night, and there wan not a man in col
lego who could not tell something
about the olovon.
All this is changed. After the first
few days of work tho team goes Into
secret practice, and not one word of
reliable information can bo gained
thereafter. If a man Is hurt deception
i.i practiced to conceal IiIb real con
dition, and nono of tho arts of men
dacity are forgotten In attempts to
keop from friends and enemies tho
names of tho men who will appear in
any game.
Football writers are admlted to the
secret practise In some Instances, just
why nobody can over determine, for
they are bo bound by promise of so:
crecy that they cannot write one word
of Information which they glean nt tho
football Hold. No one collego can bo
blamed for adoptirig this policy of so
(Continued on Pago 3.)
CHKD0toOCKCHK0lC
FOOTQALL
GRINNELL vs. NEBRASKA
SATURDAY, OCTOBER TWELVE
3:30 p. m. ' ::
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KOCKIKTO0KC
TO BE REPRESENTED.
Farm. Will Send Students to the Stock
Exposition.
Nebraska will bo represented this
year In tho students' stock Judging
contest at the Chicago International
Live Stock Exposition to bo held In
December. In this contost each state
agricultural school may bo represented
by Ave students who Judge horse's, and
by five who Judge cattle, sheep and
swine. Nebraska haJ never been rep
resented because the instance ha .
made tho expense prohibitory. Tills
year the South Omaha Stock Yards
company has gonorously donated .$200
to pay the expenses or flvo students to
be sent from this school.
Students eligible to 'this judging
team are those now registered In tho
University who have taken ono year's
work In stoclc Judging or who are
Graduates of the School of Agricul
ture. Professor Smith Is giving special
training In stock judging to tho stu
dents who are eligible to tho team.
The class will meet at tho Judging
pavllllon on tho State Farn every
Saturday morning at nlno o'clock un
til about tho middle of November,
whon the five mon showing the great
est proflcloncy will be chosen for the
team.
So far only about twelve men have
reported for this work. All men who
are eligible should report to Professor
Smith at once In order that Nebraska
may have the host possible representa
tion nt Chicago.
TO MANKATO.
Fifteen Members of Freshman Teom
Will Go There.
Flftoon members of the Freshman
football squad will loave at 3:25 this
aftornoon over the Rock Island for
Mankato, Kansas, Whore they will
play the high school team of the city
tomorrow. Tho 'Mankato bunch is
strong, -but tho Freshmen are said to
ho stronger and expect to take tho
Kansans Into cam,p. The line-up of
the men who will go follows:
Benson '.... Right End
Wblcott '. Right Tackle
Pearson- .....". Right Guard
Elliott Center
Sommerhalter Left Guard
Temple Left Tackle
Magor Left End
McCarthy, Haskell ...... Quarterback
Frank, George Fullback
Smith Left Half
Stutzmagor, Votaw Right Half
Admission, 50c and 75c
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HOLD GOOD RALLY
"THERMO PNEUMATIC8" 8TIR UP
ENTHU8IA8M.
Chapel Is Filled With Students to Hear'
Cole and Help Start the Root
ing for the Big Gffime.
If tho onthuslasm which was ox
hlbltod at the football rally yesterday
morning is any Indication Nobraska
will certainly have a winning football
team this year. Thoro was enthusiasm
any amount of It, and enthusiasm,
according to "King" Colo, Is what
makes tho "do or dlo". sontlruont In
tho tenm.
The band was on hand, and by 'stir-,
ring music, patriotic and otherwise
did their share to help Nobraska devel
op a strong team. Captain Worfkzir
was tho "master of cqremonles" and
as a starter appointed ten big men to
get Captain Weller. The big mon sal
lied bravely forth, but thoy never re
turned. Captain Worklzor Is much
worried and Is organizing a soarchlng
party.
"King" Cole was enthusiastically
called for and after a little strong pep
suasion appeared before tho, crowd.
The noise was so great that ho could
not bo heard for several minutes
While tho conch did not talk enthusi
astically ho spoko earnestly and' In a
manner that showed how determined'
ho Is in his effort to -build up -a ttfa?
chine that will not bo beaten this, sea
son. Ho declared that 'tho students
have duties to perform which are Jugt
as Important as tho work of tho team
Itself. Among these things the most
Important Is enthusiasm and cheering
at football games. It Is -also impor
tant to have such a feeling among tho
students that the football players will
feel It their duty to keop themselves
In training. "King" Colo spoko of th'o
schedule of games which tho team will
be called upon to play this year,; and
emphasized tho point -that It woufd
require tho hardest and most consis
tent kind of work to bo successful.
Dr. Bolton was next called upon
and.after a few parses about the, ladles
declared that what we needed were
thermo pnoumatlcs, "hot. lungs."
Dr. Maxey 'then ascended th,o' ros
trum. After telling the usually, good
Jokes, he declared' that football was
still the same old game and, that it
always would bo the same old game
that deserves the support, of every
'body. Ho entirely, agreed with Dr.
Bolton that heated lungs were very
Important for ouruture success,
Medical Society.
' The Medical, Society will hold a
meeting In U. 207 Saturday, October1
12th. ,Dr. 'Word will address. tho$;
meeting. Everybody welcome.'
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Stock veryf day. No "comd-backi"
In anything served at Tli'o Boston "
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