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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1908 THE CORNHU8KER CAPTAIN. Captain .TanioB B. Hurvoy's foot ball caroor at Nebraska 1b the story of what a true American college man can accomplish In athletlcB when ho has tho right dogroo of determination and pluck. .Tamos Harvey camo to Nobruskn in 1904 and joined the football squad, thon being coached by "Dummy" Booth, nnd took tho knocks with tho other BcrubB, without making tho first team. The next fall ho roturnod to school and wont to work with tho CornhuskorB ngnln. Ho played on oouraglng ball and wns a star on his olasB team but ho did not mnko tho varsity. Ho wns not diBmayod by Ills two yoarB' failuro to get an "N," but made up his mind to show tho coach tho next Boason that ho was varsity ma terial. When 190G rolled around Booth had been succeeded by Coach Foster and Harvey proved to tho now diroctor that he was of Hrst toam caliber. Ho was plncod on tho var sity, and while not showing up in nny spoctnciilar work, yet ho played steady ball. LaBt season he showod groat Im provement over the previous fall. He fought florcoly and was nggrosslvo. At Lawrence In tho Kansas game Ills star began to shlno on the offensive ' play of tho CornhuskorB. , Ho played brilliant football at end in that game. At St. Louis last Thanksgiving ho worked hard and, although ho was on tho losing side, ho Bhowed up In some flno playing. The honor of lend ing tho 1908 Cornhuskers fell, to him and ho assumed hlB dutios this fall with a good record bohlnd him. During the season ho has played hard and aggressive ball In every game. In the Iown and the Kansas struggles hlB work was especially brilliant. Against tho Hnwkoyes ho featured In play with tho forward pasB. During1 tho Kansas gamo, with dofoat cortaln, ho fought like a tiger; broko up Jay hawker plays; and put himself into tho battlo all tho time. Ho has made Nobrnska a great captain nnd has kopt a friendly Bphit among tho mon on tho toam toward himself and toward each other. Ho has led his men in battling stubborn ly in every contest and has helped to develop a fighting spirit that has given Nebraska a great team. Captain Harvey still has two games In which to play, and ho undoubtedly will show up in thorn with ns brilliant playing as marked his work In tho Kansas gamo. Ho can crown his unl-. versity football career in no hotter way than to continue In tho -Wabash and Carlisle games his consistent and aggresBivo playing of tho other games of tho season. FOOTBALL THIS YEAR. Our success In football this jear at the University of Nebraska Is such as to leave no ground for tears or recrimination. Considering the se verity of tho sohodulo we have done !as much as could have been expectod. (Hbd the work laid out been of smaller ccompnss we should probably havo won 'tai Very game. No one ia ot fault -bebatiso of a slightly less pleasant re sult Moantimo there lis a sonso in which our football play this year has been very much moro successful than oVor bofo'ro. Wo havo played clean nnd .'nlr Players Jiavo kept up woll in their studios. Tho lino has been well backed by ntudont sontlmont. Financon havo beon on a fair and square basis. Thoro 1b good proBpect or victory ThankBglvlng Day. E BENJAMIN ANDREWS. WITH NEBRA8KA IN 1908. A brief rovlow of a few Important games of as strcmioUB n season as any football toam ovor passed through, coupled with a few Bid? observations, Ib all that will be endeavored to be given in this article. Thore Is no university In tho country which occu pies the peculinr position In football that NobraBka doos. Flrtt of all, she has her nntural i rivals In I he Missouri valley, the teams of which aro "pointed" and trained for the Nebraska contoBt. In addition, and aside from these teams, Nebraska meets .Minnesota each year early In the season, and Is compelled to uko every possible means to get into shape for that game. There is no chnnce for a team to lot up after the Minnesota gome until Thanksgiv ing, or after that day. os is the case thlB year. With fair luck two or three hard games can be played in a season and the better team wins In each case. Under tho conditions at Nebraska this year with Minnesota, Haskell, Iowa, Ames, and KaiiBns coming on successive Saturdays, It was necessary to develop rapidly for tho first hard game and then to allow no lot-up un til tho ond of tho season. To havo played through this scries of hard games without a defeat would havo bcon a romarkable achievement; Tho toam Bhowed caliber In all oxcopt tho Kansas game. The Min nesota, Iowa, and Ames games culled for every bit of energy nnd lighting spirit tho mon possessed. One who Is not familiar with the development of footbnll teams can hardly appre ciate the significance of "pointing" Hit team for a certain contest. The mental attitude Is as important as the physical condition of the men. A team can be worked to the proper mental conditions to play their best In two, or perhaps three games in a season, but beyond this number the task Is different. The energy Is sapped by the strain on mind nnd body. Those who saw the Minnesota, Iowa, and Ames games can appreciate how wearing these games were on tho men engaged In the struggles. The "do or die" spirit of the men who played In the Minnesota game was manifested near the close of the game when on three different occa sions short punts gave Minnesota first down inside tho Cornhusker line; und try as they might the Gophers could not piiBh the ball over tne goal lino. Tho Iowa game qalled for the same determination and physical exertion. With the score standing 1 1 to 8 and a dangerous drop kicker In the Iowa backlleld, the Hawkeyos in the last few minutes of play came near enough to Nebraska's goal to try a drop kick. Had the kick been successful it would have put Iowa In tho load, and prob ably would have won tho game. When the paSB, however, was made for tho kick, the Nebraska linemen seemed to go through as one man and by blocking tho kick prevented a Bcoro. Most of the men came out of tho con test bruised and sore. One week afterwards Ames was played In Omaha. For keen interest throughout, It was as near an approach to the Ames game of a year ago as any gamo could possibly bo. With both teams playing aggressive ball, and nt times brilliant football, and being so nearly matched that the result wns In doubt until the very last tho 'game called for tho oxerclso of overy faculty, both mental and physical, the men possessed. Wo have no excuse to offer for tho loss of tho Kansas game. Meeting Minnesota, Iowa, and Ames in three weeks and then playing tho heavy and powerful team from Kansas tho next week, waB moro than tho mon could stand, and we lost. There are two games remaining to be played. If wo aro mindful of tho spirit It takes to win such games, and, furthermore, if wo romombor that all tilings aro possible to thoso who istrivo with determination, wo will win tuoso two gamo8 and close what Is already ft creditable season with vic tory and much glory. "KINO" COLE. THIRD YEAR OF NEW RULE8. The third yoar of the now rules is practically closed and tho forward paBB, on-side kick and ton-yard rulo havo by this tlmo been thoroughly tested. Because of tho absolute ne cessity of back and weight under tho old rules and tho groat scarcity of this oloment In tho nvorago undergrad uate, unsavory methods wore only too frequently adopted by mon connected with tho torger Institutions, In their efforts to secure plnyors not only from the Bihnllor Institutions, but from each other, and the rules wore changed to Incrense as much as possible the Im portance of skill, spoed nnd headwork and to minimize tho Importance of weight. That the changeB have been most successful in abolishing such abuses can not be denied; they havo mnde the game more thrilling nnd inspiring to the onlooker, but it is doubtful If tho chances of Injuries have beon lessened. One noteworthy result of tne open game has been the chance afforded the smaller colleges to produce teams on a more even basis with the larger institutions. The on-slde kick und forward pass put a premium on skill, Bpeed and an expert knowledge of the rudiments of the game, such as tackling, punting, passing and catch ing the ball, and the player has many more opportunities to display IiIb In dividual skill or lack of skill than formerly. In fact tire large majority of games are now won from fumbles, goals from Held or forward passes. Such colleges as Drake, t'oe Mon mouth nnd Wabash are credited with, victories over strong stnte univer sity teams and a contest with them must new be reckoned with serlouj ttoEB instea 1 of being looked on in an easy practice game. F. D. CORNELL TRAINING FOOTBALL PLAYERS. That the training and conditioning of a football team is juBt as important ns the coaching has been proven this season. One only needs to look at the result of the Kansas-Nebraska game to see the truth of this state ment. The Jayhawkers were large and trained to the minute and put up tho best game that was in tuem. They were in great physical condition nnd had the advantage or the Cornhus'x erh in this respect wnich enabled them to win. Had the Nebraska play ers been In equally good condition, while the Jaynawkers might havo won, the score would not havo been so decisive. The Kansas team ''had three hard games in a period of twelve days and Nebraska had three hard games in a period of fifteen days. It so hap pened that the Nebraska game was the Initial big contest for the men from the Sunflower state, and the third fierce one for the pupils of "King" Cole. Tho Cornhuskers had just finished difficult arguments with Minnesota, Iowa and Ames, while tho Jayhawkors were just starting with NebniBkn, Iowa and Missouri on their future schedule. Kennedy's men held up well In tho Nebraska and Iowa games, but I dare say that by tno tlmo they reach Mis souri on Thapksglvlng thoy will not be playing the same fast gamo that defeated NobraBka at Lincoln, Novem ber x4. Tho question 1b asked whether 11 would bo bettor to have a greater in terval between tho hard games. I would reply In tho affirmative in an swering this question. But tho in terval between tho games depends on how many first class teams aro tto be met. In tne weBt nearly ali toamB figure on playing four nr flvo hard gamoB. Should four games bo. put two weeks apart for each contest It would mean that tho football olevon would havo to bo In shape by Octobor 10. This would hardly bo possible, for a player cannot bo I?opt In first class condition from Octobor 10 to ThankBglvlng day. If tlio plnyors are pormitted to tako a slump aftor each hard game it would mean that thoy would havo to do it on four occasions, and this would bo 'Impracticable. It Is hotter to point your mon for a certain date, and then havo ail tno hard games follow. At least, it would bo better to have two hard games fol lowing close together. This would permit tho players to take one slump and the coaches would nae to bring thorn out of this only once during tho season. This Is moro practicable than allowing the team to drop back after each of four big games. in conditioning players the trainer must know the mon. Ho muBt know how to lot them relax after a game and now to bring them up again. It may tako a week, or It may take oven lengor than this, and the coach must know tne exact period. Sometimes, then, will, the best of coaches, It is impossible to get a stnle man back Into form. There Is the mental attitude of the men, also, which must be guided away from over-confidence. Tho men, too, must be kept from feeling that they are defeated before they enter a game. All of these things have an effect upon the outcome of a closely contested game and must be carefully looked after by the conch. They aro almost as Important as the plays which are used In the games. EAHL O. EAGER. WILL DEPEND ON DEATHERAQE. In their quirter hick and general this year Mlssouil has a player who has Ingrained himself further Into the confidence of the team and of the btudent body than any signal cnller since the day of Blrney of the team er 1904. The smallest Tiger ever to ma'te a regular place In a Mlssouil lineup In recent years is Newland Deal borage, the Kansas City contribu tion to Monflnw'3 eleven. The aver age of the whole Missouri team be fore going Into a heavy game, and Deatherage is then always In the lineup, is 174 pounds. Yet Deatherage himself weighs only 138. The gritty little Knnsns City quar ter back first endeared himself to all Missouri rooters when he played In the last half of the last Kansas game at St. Joseph, putting new strength into the team, calling the right signals at the right time, doing everything ii a desperate attempt to remedy th( mistake of his first man when on th' Kansas thiee-yar.l-line. Deatherage j ; work In that game insured that h would rank liUh In Monllnw'u estima tion for this year's quarter hick, but If this work would not have placed him here all doubt would have been bettled by his remarkable playing this year. , Deatherage's strength a a quarter back lies In his steadiness. After that comus his determination and hli grit. He can hold his head for sig nals, as shown In the Iowa game, even while a whole team Is trying o lay him out. 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But there we.o several times that he was hit head on nnd then the surprise wns to see him be pulled out from under the 1'ilo calling Blgnals. When Deatherage Jp taken out of tho game there is al ways a moan from tho bleachers, with the advice "Let him stay In at any cost " It Is his reputation for grit and steadiness that has made him such a Tiger favorite. Monliaw Is depending on Death trage in the Thanksgiving game more than any one man on the team, if Missouri Is to win it will be by be wildering open work, such ais In tho Wasnlngton game. Deatherage must stand ready to bring out any of the twenty-four plays used In that game and In addition the other fifteen that Monliaw has not allowed his quarter back to use. Missouri has a total of thirty-nine formations on each side of the line, and each one has Its par tlculnr occasion. Had the right plav been called on the K. U. three-yard line last year the result might hav-? been different, nnd the coacheB are depending on Deatherage to run Mis souri's work this year differently. That he Is competent to do so there Is little doubt here. Deatherage started his football life on the team of Central High school in 1904. As the quarter back there .ie played through two season.-. When he came to Columbia In the fall of 1906 he waB clearly tho best quarter I ntho freshmen material, and he ran the team that yoar, and waB chosen quarter back of the "All American" team of that year. Last year he was Rutherford's chief un derstudy, and there were many who thought Hint he outplayed the regular quaiter. Deatherage may be chosen captain of the Tigers after the Kansas game. There will be no man on tho s'quad better entitled to the position. Princeton was not strong enough for Yale. The Bulldog outlasted tho Tiger this year at Princeton just as ho did last year at New Haven. That tolls the story, in the first half tho men of Nassau outplayed the sons of Ell, but In the last half the reserve strength and splendid nerve of tho Ccnnecticut boys told and they scored the winning points easily. The season drawing to a close has been sensational only in tho mannor In which the minor teams havo held again the major. It has emphasized the fact that 'under tho now rules, quickness, activity of brain and mus cles and nerve are of more value on the football Held than beef. From tho spectators' standpoint tho now game Is unmeasurenbiy superior to tho old. v-
