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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. In talking over the
Iowa and Ames games after they wen
over players on both teams told 'now
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NEBRA8KA CR08& COUNTRY TEAM
Which won the annual Western Intercollegiate run at Chicago on Saturday,
Nov. 14, the day the Cornhusker football team was defeated "by. Kansas
Ihcy had deliberately tried to put
Mm out of tho game by hard tackles
when thoy caught him alone in the
bnckflold returning a punt. Each
time Deatherage eluded the first
tucklers and when he was hit the
1 low was glancing. 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.
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