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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 26, 1908)
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN- know tho ronson for it. I would llkd to boo a Bystom that would onablo ovoryvBtudont to boo nil games plnyod, and I havo g'lvon much thought to tho subject. I bollovo that tho com ing loglalaturo will glvo ttio univer sity an athlotlc nold, If proporly np prpachod. I .bollovo that athlotlcB aro a neces sity In tho university, that thoy do volop with the health of tho playors and spectators many of tho qualities of good cltlzouBhlp, and to a groator dogroo than any other slnglo univer sity activity. An analysis of tho last financial ro port of tho athlotlc hoard bIiowb that financial huccobb did not dopond on tho studont supp6rt. What I I am gottlng at is, that aftor tho athlotlc Hold Is provldod an annual appropria tion of $5,000 per year by tho hoard of rogonts for athlotlc oxponsos will enable tho athlotlc hoard to Issuo ulty, alumtin, and other friends of tho unlvorslty could still bo doponded on to attond games and to pay roason ablo prlcos for ndmlBslon. Tho ontlre amount of tho appropria tion would probably not bo usod, In fact, In a good yoar thoro would bo a BiirpluB. (Last year thoro was a Bur pluB of $5,500.00.) At any rato, tho ultlmato object of athlotlcs would be accomplished; peanut politics would bo eliminated and wo would lnvarl nbly boat Kansas. 1 THE . SECOND TEAM f CHARLES BORG g X & 0000000000000OiP In tho procoss of dovoloplng a foot ball toam, tho tackling dummy, charg ing machlno, and tho second toam bo long In tho samo catogory all aro moans to tho samo end. Wo florae tlmos feol sorry for tho tackling dummy and shuddor at tho smashes tho charging machlno recelvos, but It Is Boldom wo hoar any concern ox pressod ovor tho dlscomflturo of tho second toam, although It Is tho most Important adjunct of a football toam and rocolvcB tho hardost knockB. Tho casual observer may fall to tako any notlco of tho socond toam or glvo It any credit for tho work It does, but anyono who has had any connoctlon with tho development of a football olovon knows how indiBpen sablo tho scrubs aro for Its success. If tho varsity receives stiff opposition in practlco Bcrlmmages It gots the taato of reai battlo which puts It Into shapo. for tho hard games. Show Loyal 8plrit. A groat deal has boon said about collogo spirit and loyalty to tho unl vorslty, but no bettor demonstration of genulno college spirit can bo found than In tho loyal work of tho second toam. Somo of thorn aro Hrst-year mon and Inollgiblo, whllo othOrs havo but tho faintest possibility of ovor making tho varsity nevertheless thoy contrlbuto all thoy aro able toward Its buccobb. Unllko class teams It doos not rocelvo tho backing of class mates with songs and yollB neither does It havo rooters to proclaim its merits. It Is from tho ranks of tho socond tertm that our best players aro re cruited. Tho "novor dlo" spirit which makes a football playor Is sure to bo found in a man who has spent a year or two on tho scrub team. Such mon novor loaf, novor quit but work ovory mlnuto thoy aro on tho Hold, whether In practlco or In a gamo. They Deserve Praise. This year tho second team at Ne braska should recelvo special com mendation, as, in addition to tho usual hardships to bo endured, , thoro has beon the problem of an athletic Hold twenty blocks from tho university requiring almost an oxtra hour ovory day to bo devoted 'to tho causo of football. Somo ' excellent work has beon done by its various members such work as assures a strong toam for Nebraska In tho future. CORNHU8KER BANQUET. Tho annual CornhUBkor banquet, which is tendered tho team each fall after tho close of the season, will be given at tho Llndell hotel tho night of tho Carlisle gamo, Wednesday, De cember 2. Tho price of plates will bo ono dollar. Organized Football Rooting' a 1908 Tho time has como when organized and systematic choerlng is as import ant a factor in football as tho work of tho team Itself. Tho day of spon taneous cheering, has passed and it is necessary to present a solid front of trained "rooters." In past times it has boon customary f&r tho supporters of tho football toam to rise In a body and yell Incoherently when their team made somo brilliant or spectacular play. Now tho fact Is realized that tho toam needs tho strongest support when it Is being hammered and beaten; when tho ob! ject of tho opposing toam seems to Guy Montgomery BBBBBBV rk Gf BBBbV BBBBBBBk .m ttL BBBBL BBBBBBBBB m I BBBBk QBBB kyY bbbbLbV I 11 Til W 1&3 BBBBBBW I IV I II 1 I bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbB H bbbbbbbbbbbbbbH bbb- bbbbHbbbbbbPjbbbbP bbbbbbF - Nebraska rooter bo to crush tho very spirit of tho op ponents. Not only does this organized cheer ing support the team in its hardships and aid in getting victories, but it 1b significant to the outsldo world of tho splrijb that animates the college throughout. With those facts in mind lot us bring thom near to ourselves, ponder the conditions that oxist in tho Uni versity of Nebraska and try to find wherein wo aro strong and wherein wo aro wanting. The. cheering of tho Nebraska root ers has not lacked spirit. Thoro is an abundance of tho keenest enthusiasm i jfriGce tt in our school and It is exhibited gen erously, but at times there is fault in tho way it comos forth. How can we got tho best results, L,et us make somo suggestions to bo considered for tho next season, so that if followed perhaps Nebraska can win recognition from those who appreciate good cheering. Watch Yell Leader. . Let us take two general principles and work out tho problem according ly. Thoso principles aro: Be not solflsh in cheering, and watch tho yell-master at all tlmos. As was said abovo, there 1b likely to bo uncontrolled enthusiasm when our team makes somo brilliant play. This Is all right and proper but lot us reniembor that when tho team Is down that cheering must bo as strong and perhaps stronger. This Is what wo mean by tho first general prin ciple. It Is selfish to cheer uncontroll edly when wo are winning, but If Is the generous spirit that cheers when we oro losing. Unless we keep In touch with tho yell-master there Is danger of violat ing tho first principle. Thoro is more danger In making our cheering mean ingless. It Is not necessary to lose sight of the gamo In doing this for a glance at the yell-master should tell us what to do; and how much bettor we can cheer whllo knowing what it Is for? The leader must bo In touch with the team and tho rooters. By this only can tne best results bo ob tained. We have our jells, let them moan something to us, let them bo a part of our lives, so that when the team and collego nqod us we can bo ready to show forth in a way that means something that spirit which is behind the yells. These yells sound glorious when we are victors, but thoy sound magnificent when wo meet defeat. Fellows, next year tako up the thoughts that have boon stated horoln and try to bring the standard up so that an example of keen collego spirit and organization may bo sot to those who come after. THE SCRUBS f g RAY F. ELLIOTT jjj O000000000000 Tho success of any varsity team de pends upon the spirit of tho scrubs. They are tho mon who do tho work and receive no honor, except possibly to win a place on the regular toam tho following season. Every scrub who puts on Jils football togs and shows up at the practlco regularly during the season, Is a "statesman" to his college. Tho varsity playor gets his honor in winning his "N," and in do ing good work in tho games during the season. The scrub's glory con sists in getting beaten up by the var sity in trying out new plays, a "standing-room" ticket to tho games played at home, and probably a trip to somo near-by town during the season. The ambition of any football player Is to win his regular position, so that after learning tho different formations, ho knows exactly his position in oach formation the instant tho signal Is called. Tho scrubs havo no regular position, and aro shifted sometimes three or four times in an evening's practice. Their plays aro novor the same, as for instance this season, they practiced formations for a couple of weeks and were beginning to get the plays in very good working order. Tho assistant coach watched Minnesota play, came back, throw tho plays of the scrubs to ono si.do, and began on the Minnesota plays. They had to master these formations in two even ings, play them against tho varsity for two evenings, and then Btart in the next Monday on tho Iowa plays. Tho next week was spent with tho Ames formations, and tho following week with Kansas plays. Iqi all they havo about two hundred different plays up their sleevo. Their spirit is shown by their mas-, torlng thoso playB, and using them with almost as much preclson as tho opponents of tho varsity, who havo given their whole season's work to mastorthe same plays. Tho success of tho scrubs this season is shown by tho way tho varsity broke up the strong formations of Minnesota, Amos and Iowa. I wish to say for tho scrubs this season, that thoy havo boon coming out regularly to practice and havo shown the true "Nebraska spirit." I wish to sincerely thank oach and ovory ono of thom for their work dur ing the season of 1908. LAST YEAR FOR THREE. Captain Haryoy, William Chaloupka and "Pip" Cooko aro tho only three year men on the Nebraska team, and thoy will end tholr football careers In tho Carlisle Indian gamo next week. Frum, Krogor and Ewing aro sen iors, and If thoy tako a degree next spring will not bo eligible for Nobras ka football again.
