imHHiHh
througYi" sport aro short-lived In
, -., our natures', and yot thoy must bo
given proper? stimulation to roach
such maturity as thojntnust have be
foro thoy entor upon their decline and
disappearance. Our games and sports
are so many customs which persist
as atavisms bocauso thoy serve the
purposos of stirring thoBO waBto and
abandoned' places of our natures that
thoy may drain thomflolves out nnd
coaao to servo as pools of Infection
to such parts of our organisms as
aro brought Into actlvo and necosBary
function under tho prosont social
ordor. Football Is best bocauso It
makes a more universal appeal,
shakos' a greator numbor of dormant
and Mont tlssuos and swells our
" qxporlonces mdro nearly to tho pro
portions fixed by our ancestral prnc
" tlcos than any other1 gamo. It doos
tlils for tho crowd that looks on ns
woll as for tho mon who participate
In it and so it is tho best of all tho
games to watch as It Is bcBt to play.
Thoro Is moro doing at all times and
th'o things that aro bolng dono aro
Just thoso which havo called for
shouts of oxultatlon and joy In tho
past Tho plays that constitute tho
gamo como within easy comprohon
slon through actual oxporlenco of tho
mon who watch. Thoy aro not aero
batlo performances which can bo
dono only by tho few aftor long
training. Thoy aro all of thom funda
mental, universal and of practical
valuo for subsequent life. Football
draws tho crowd bocauso it appoals
to tho crowd and tho crowd onjoys
It bocauso it calls out and arousos Uio
latont and Bleoplng qualities of hu
man naturo,that And no adequate stim
ulation in tho ordinary courso of
Ufo. It calls togother tho greatest
variety of classos of people and this
coming togothor tends to lntroduco
an oloment of liko mlndodnoss among
thom. It Is on this account as all
games havo boon a groat social force.
Tho reformations that havo boen
attempted have lmprbvod tho gamo
both from tho spectators' and players'
point of viow. More of tho players
have opportunities to display their
skill and alertness to turn a point
to tho advantage of tholr side. It
demands moro leadership and moro
varlod co-operation among tho playors.
Tho ball, symbolizing tho oIubIvo and
running quarry, Is moro of ton visible;
it darts out from this group of
players nnd Books Bholter in that
group yondor, porhaps only to bo
turned back or to fall a victim in the
hands of othors in its attempts to
escape a given pursuor. T1iobo are
situations that appeal to tho atavistic
' tendencies of human naturo, stirring
and thrilling organs that And no
adequate stimulations from tho every
day occupations of mon. This Is what
awakons tho shouts nnd scroams from
tho spectators that aro actual dis
coveries of their possesBors. In those
respects, tho now gamo Is a groat
improvement upon the old. Tho old
had gone too far In tho dlroctlon of
replying upon a fow skilled plays or
movements in which bruto force and
onduranco woro tho chief factors.
It was i not becoming unliko rowing in
which a movemont is repeated with
unvarying regularity. Tho old lino
plugging was heroic, but It did not
call for such a variety of endowments
f -In" players and lfewas beginning to
pall upon ,.thO prowd for thoy saw
llttlo hot KtQB going on and know
less about What was deciding tho con
test. It'lpakos no loss demand for
physical strength and endurance and
yet it makes much moro for speed,
generalship and mutual ajd among tho
playors in their several capacities.
Football Is king. Long llvo football.
THE 8PIR1T OF FOOTBALL.
(Continued from Pago 3.)
I have Bpoken in this paper of "team
work." Team work Is necessary in
life especially In modern life. Man
does not work all alono, however much
he thinks otherwise. Wo are all tied
together. Thoro cannot bo team work
without 'united action, and this re
quires 'both a leader and followers.
One cannot command successfully un.
til first. ho has learned to obey. And
both theao qualities are developed in
football.
Finally comes tho spirit of unity
which pervades tho team, a spirit
which makes it seem what in fact it
is an entity, This Bpirlt of tho team
I wish to consider in connection with
THJE DAILY
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Statistics of the Cornhuskers
i The 'Varsity.
Player. Position.
Johnson Right End
Chaloupka .Right Tackle
Frum .' . .Right Guard
Collins Center
Ewing Left Guard
Mattors . Left Tacklo
Harvey Loft End
. Cooke Quarter
Minor Right Half
Wellor (Captain) Left Half
Krogor .Full Back
Total weight of team, 1,922 poundB.
-Avorago weight of mon, 174 8-11 pounds.
Total wolght of lino, 1,279 pounds.
Avorago weight of line, 182 5-7 pounds.
Total wolght of bnckflold, 643 pounds.
Average wolght of backfield, 160 pounds.
Sub "N" Men.
Player. Position..
Hnrte ' Right Guard
Beltzer Right End
The 8econd Eleven.
Player. Position.
Beltzer Right End
Miller Right Tackle
Harto Right Guard
Porrln Center
Frum Left Guard
'Matters Left Tacklo
Patton Loft End
Bontloy Quarter
Burnett Right Half
Wellor (Captain) . . , Loft Half
.Beokloy Full Back
Total wolght of toam, 1,913 pounds.
Average wolght of men, 173 10-11 pounds.
Total wolght of line, 1,261 pounds.
Avorngo wolght of lino, 180 1-7 pounds.
Total weight of backfield, 652 'pounds.
Avorago weight of backfield, 163 pounds.
THE SCORES
Nebraska 53
Nebraska 39
Nebraska 30
Nebraska 6
Nebraska 22
Nebraska 10
Nebraska 16
Nebraska 63
Nebraska 85
Nebraska ?
tho osprlt do corps of a larger body,
tho spirit of unity that should pervade
tho college, tho college spirit.
Whatovor tho cauBO, college spirit
does not live and breathe hero as It
doos in tho universities of tho East.
In tho East it is tho most real and
most valuable asset of collego life.
It 1b that which ontors Into tho heart
niyl mind, tho flbro, blood and bono of
tho college man. It makes him" over
and sends him forth as an alumnus
with a mental and moral quality that
never can leave him, so long as ho
continues a man. It Is almost a re
ligion. It porvados everything ho
does. He bathes In It and drinks it in
every tlmo ho revisits Alma Mater. It
keeps him from bolng top-heavy In
times of success. It buoys him up In
times of sorrow and distress. How
would a'Yalo man feel without that
magnificent-grlt-that-dtstlngulshes tho
sons of old Ell? WhatTwould a Har
vard' man become if ho were without
that spirit expressed in the last stanza
of "Fair Harvard,"
"With freedom to think, and with
patience to bear,
And for Right ovor bravely to live;
Lot not mosB covered error moor theo
at its side
As tho World on truth's ourrent
glides by
Be tho Herald of Light and tho Bearer
of Lovo
Till tho stock of tho Puritans die?"
What cannot tho alumnus of old
Nebraska .become as ho Imbibes tho
spirit of the Scarlet and Cream the
combination of energy and fair play
both true products of tho West?
Studies aro generally individualiz
ing and do not of themselves go far in
developing collego spirit We must
think and feel alike with a conscious
ness that partakes of tho conscious
ness of tho whole University as a llv
lng, breathing soul which inspires us
with Ub spirit whenever wo rise to.
make ourselves one with it In tho
NEBRASKAN
Age, Weight. Year.
23' 172 1
22 185 2
22 185 1
22 180 1
20 - 190 1
21 185 2
22 . . 182 ' 2
22 138 2
22 160 1
24 180 4
19 175 ' 1
Ago. Weight Year.
22 180 1
19 163 1
Age. Weight. ' Year.
19 163 1
27 179 3
22 180 1
20 176 2
22 180 1
21 185 2
25 198 1
25 141 - 1
20 156 1
24 180 4
24 175 2
FOR 1907
Peru 0
South Dakota 0
Grlnnell 4
Minnesota 8
Colorado 8
Ames ' 9
Kansas 6
Denver 0
Doane 0
St. Louis '. ?
absence of other things that might de
velopo that University consciousness,
that collego spirit in us and in each
ot us, I. know of nothing better than
tho thought and action by which we
think and talk of oifr football team,
and tho way In which we cheer the
team on to victory.
REVIEW OF THE SEA80N.
(Continued from Page 2.)
of Colorado the following week with
out yielding up any of tho secrets
Coach Colo had hatched for Ames.
The mountaineers played splendid
football and twice scored through
the efficiency of Quarterback Stlrrett's
boot, but with luck favoring Nebraska,
tho Corhhuskors were able without
unduo trouble, to pile up a score of
22 to 8 a much more satisfactory
feat than had been hoped for.
Since tho contest with tho Gophers,
Coach Cole "had exercised every
.means in his power to conserve the
Btrength of tho team in anticipation
of another terrific game with Ames.
Tho farmers had performed almost
ns brilliantly against Minnesota -as
had Nebraska. Their team was large
ly composed of tho veterans who had
takon tho measure of Nebraska In
1906. With three weeks in which to
rocuperato from their experiences at
Minneapolis tho ''aggies" were de
pended on to present a front of great
strength to tho Cornhuskers, and
thoso who looked for this to'happen
were by no means disappointed. In
fact, but for faulty headwork on the
part of Fullback Willetts, who Bcored
a safety touchdown for which there
was no excuse, the farmers would
again have beaten Nebraska on Its
own field. As it was, after complete
ly outplaying Ames in the first half,
and being itself outplayed in tho sec
ond, Nebraska finally claimed the vic
tory by the narrow margin of 10 to
9 Two goals from tho field, the last
one coming when Ames apparently
had tho victory won,vwere what Cap- ,
tain Weller contributed to Nebraska's
score. With Willetts' safety, thoy
proved enough to overcomo the points
scored by Ames on a field goal and
the only touchdown of the gamo. In
no contest played on Nebraska field
had skillful kicking counted for so
much.
No harder gamo was ever played
by a Nebraska team than the ono
with Ames, yet oven that struggle
did not end the work of tho team.
Kansas was still to be met, and on
Its own field, at that. Though a rest
had been well earned .by Coach Cole's
pupils, It could not bo claimed till
the disgrace of 1906 had been wiped
out. So tho team once moro buckled
down to' woTfc Bruises and sprains
were forgotten. No gloating was in
dulged in because of what they had
already dono. To trounce tho Jay
hawkors was all Die wearers of scar
lot and cream cared to think about,
and they finally left for'tholr invasion
of Jayhawkerdom with' that the sole
object of their existence.
In tho end, it was easy. Kansas
was no match either in strength
or speed for the Cornhuskers: Had
tho same luck that was with them in
tho Colorado and Ames games ac
companied the Nebraskans on their
jaunt to tho south, they would have
overwhelmed their ancient rivals un
der a much more emphatic scoro than
the one actually rolled up." Accounts
of the gamo sent out from Lawrence
gave very scanty credit to 'the Corn
huskers for the gamo they played.
Their work so far outshone that of
their . opponents that the latter
must have felt an abiding grate
fulness to luck that they were
given the chance to hide tholr weak
ness behind a respectable score. As
It was, the jayhawkers fought with ad
mirable spirit and Nebraska, having
accomplished all it set out to do in
tho first placO) was in no mood to be
grudge its old rivals whatever satis
faction they cared to claim in their de
feat. The scoro was 16 to 6.
A week of rest followed the bout at
Lawrence, after which tho Cornhus
kers showed their affection for an old
pal by walloping his Thiplls by tho
modest score of 63 to nothing. "Deac"
Koehler, once a wearer of the scarlet
and cream, was the pal, while tho
Denver University team was tho vic
tim. The game was chiefly remarkable
for the speed with which Nebraska
piled up Its score, and for the facility
with which the Cornhuskers worked
the formations of modern football..
Not a Bingle untoward incident has
marred the success of the season. On
no occasion have the (Nebraska play
ers showed themselves to be other
than what their alma mater desires
them to be gentlemen. No sugges
tion of motives other than love of
the game and regard for their univer
sity has appeared as the cause for
their connection with the team. Every
one of them haB worked perhaps hard
er than Nebraska players were ever
Before called upon to work, but there
has been no complaining. Throughout
tho season their coach has commanded
the respect and affection of his pupils,
and their captain has proved the leader
of his men. It is not often that so
much can be said even of athletes Im
bued with lovo for their college.
THE SCRUBS.
(Continued from Page 3.)
existence. And while the "Regular"
Is takenNm long trips and feted by
everybody, the poor "Scrub" is totally
Ignored. Yot the "Scrubs" must bide
their time, for within, their ranks is
much ''Varsity timber, which next
year will win honors for "Old Nebraska-."
I might name each member of the
"Scrub" team and speak of his
prowess, but it would bo like calling
the roll of a victorious battalion aftor
a long campaign. It would be Impos
sible to determine to which. one
should be given the greater praise.
Therefore, I shall close this article
with the names of those "Scrubs" who
have remained faithful to the end:
Elliott, Berger, Sommerhaldor, Pear
son, Mager, Benson, Votaw, McCarthy,
Haskell, Burke, Frank, Stutzmacher,
Birkner, Wolcott and Captain Temple,
These are tho men who have made
possible Nebraska's . championship
team of 1907.
Wo all -admire their college spirit
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