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Vol. IX. No. 29.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1909.
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NEBRASKA SHOULD WIN
FROIHANSAS ELEVEN
POWERFUL CORNHUSKER LINE 18
"KING" COLE'8 HOPE.
MUST CHECK JAYHAWKER ATTACKS
1909 are Inferior to tho clfiven thnt
played Kennedy's men last fall. Two
tie scores with rather weak aggrega
tions and other performances not up
to Cornhusker standard, they assort,
point the season to date as a failure.
Ask a Nobraska student who Is
wearing one of the "Wo Must Beat
Kansas" buttons then "Can you really
do It?" You sober him down at once.
He 1b likely to tell that Kansas Is "a
whole lot stronger than last season
and that Nobraska 1b weakor and that
It looks as though we'ro going to got
it in the nock again." Yet ho has
faith In the CornhuBker players and
coaches and he thinks his team may
possibly win, but he would not bet
any money on it.
Well, is it true that Kansas is
Btrongor than it was last fall and that
the Cornhuskers are weaker than they
wero when they met tho -Jayhawkors
at Antelope park last November? An
swer It in tho negative. More prob
ably the converse is true.
The secret of Nebraska's power this
gridiron in the last two years. autumn lies In Itn nnwRrfnl lino find
Both olevenB have been polntecTHq In thla ,t nnDeara to havo tho edee on
this contest and both aro in the best he Jayhawkers. Last fall the failure
of til. Cornhusker forwards to with-
Kennedy's, Trick Plays Can Be Only
8mall Factor In Garrie If His For
wards Are Helpless John
son Is Man Feared.
BY C. E. ELLIOTT.
"Nebraska and Kansas, tho best
rivals and probably tho strongest
elevensMn the MlBBOurl Valley, meet
tomorrow Ina game that will un
doubtedly decide the championship of
this section and that should bo one
of tho most bitterly and stubbornly
fought battles played on ahv western
SCRIMMAGE WORK OVER
FOR SATURDAY CONTEST
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COACH COLE WILL GIVE VAR8ITY
NO MORE HARD WORK.
TEAM IN C00D PHYSICAL CONDITION
All of Cornhusker Squad Apparently
Ready to Give Jayhawkors
a Hard Battle
Tomorrow.
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Scrimmage work bo far aB the prop
aration for the Kansns game is con
cerned 1b over. Since Wednesday tho
players have indulged in no Tiard work,
Coach Colo being fearful of Injuries
that, would incapadltato any of tho
regulars for the crUcial struggle. Colo,
however, has not been lotting his
proteges Bluff any, but has boon put
ting them, through some hurry-up
tactics that would do credit to tho
famous Yost, under whom he got Mils
Kansas Center, Who Is One of the
Men in the "200-lb." Jay
hawker Line.
of condition for-a gruelling exhibition.
Since early in September "King" Colo
has directed Ills entire work toward
this Blngle game. , Coach Klonnbdv at
Lawrence, looking forward o another
"all-victorious" eleven, has been get
ting his material shaped to start tho
ilrst of the Missouri Valley contests
with a powerful oleven..In -Jayhawker-vlllo,
Nebraska is not somuch-fpared
as it was a year ago, and there is
much confidence there that leads tho
Lawrence students to, -predict .Ken
nedy's aggregation will repeat, with
Blightly lesB ease, the exhibition' of
last November,
Kansas has what is thought to bo
nearly as strong a team' as the cham
pionship aggregation of last fall. Re
ports from Lawrence aro to that ef-
feet at least, and certainly the Jay
r hawker coaches havo 'the material
"'for a' great winning team. - . ,
V At Nebraska no one would hositato
tuto toll you tnat tno uornnusitersoi;
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stand thexpnslaughtB of the Jayhawk
ors lost Cot&s team the game. At
that time tho rJebraska front was
supposed to be super-lor to anything
in the west, but the strong Lawrence
kmen came liero and outplay&Lthe en
tiro bunch of forwards. s.
This season tho Jayhawkers are
without the service of "Tub" Reed and
two other players who mado their.
line a stonewall. They undoubtedly
are Inferior to the bunch that out
played the Nebraska lino in Novem
ber. Their work so far this fall has
proved this statement.
Nebraska, however, has what is ad
mitted to be one of tho stoutest lines
in the west. Minnesota and Iowa were
helpless against it und it ought to
show up the Jayhawker forwards. If
it does, Nebraska should win the bat
tle tomorrow, for under the new rules,
adopted in 190G, as well as under tho
old code the line is of prime impor
tance to a winning eleven.
Without a strong bunch of forwards
a team cannot be successful. When
tho new rules were Introduced many
coaches at once began sacrificing beef
for speed and agility, believing that
a fast, shifty team wari tho only ono
that could win under tho new system
of play. A few of the coaches Btuck
to the beefy lino, and Just now tho
country is awakening to tho fact that
beef is pust as essential to a victori
ous eleven today as it was in tho
reign of the charging and flying plays.
Never was this better demonstrated
than in the gome between Minnesota
and Chicago last week. The Maroons,
had depended upon speed and trick
plays to win. St'agg had discounted
the weight of tho Gopher line. Ho
thought so did his supporters, Bcker
sall and the rest that Captain Page
and his team-mates would baffle Wil
liams' players with a bewildering at
tack of onside kicks, end runs and
forward passes. Tho line's prepara
tion 'was neglected,.
When it came to the show-down
Minnesota's strong line hold Chlcag6
helpless. Not a play could gain at
tho line or off tackle, and tho offense
of the Maroons was broken up. Wil
liams kept his- hacks several yards to
the rear of tho forwards, where they
wero able to Intercept onsido kicks
and forward passes, On thooffenBlve
tho Gophers with their heavy line bore
through the lighter Maroon forwards
and swept them completely off' their
feet.
The game was hailed as the beBt
exhibition of modern football ever
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BELTZER
Nebraska's Captain, on Whose
Much of Nebraska's Open
Play Depends.
Skill
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All week tho men have shown a ten
dency to be a little slow in getting oK
their feet and In getting into action.
It is safe to predict, however, that
when Cole has put tho final finishing
touches on the team this afternoon
that all Buch tendencies will, he re
moved. Good Physical Conditjon.
With the team in Its present condi
tion Nobraska "Will have ono of the
most perfect fighting machines, physic
ally, that ever defended tho Scarlet
and Cream. How woll this machine
has been trained Is 'another matto'r,
and remains to be-seen In Saturday's
contest. Owing to -the tendency ofl
the Jayhawkers to attempt to get on
the inside of Ills' plans this year, as
they did. last, Cple has resorted td
drastic measures. During tho prac-
rtvt $!& H
tlco this weok and most of laBt nil
Btrangors wero kept without tho gatoB
and only the occasional "punk" of tho
football told what was going on on
tho Insido.
, Tho team na It will bo Been in ac
tion Saturday will present a slightly
different nppparanco than formorly
and the playH will alnuiBt cntlroly bo
new. Colo Is not taking any chancos
on lotting tho Jayhawker spies undo
him ngain this year, and has cut loono
from almost ovory play UBCd carlior In
tho season, and the rehearsal of now
plays Iihb kept the CornhuBkor squad
grinding away until noarly dark. With
theBO plays perfoctod the Cornhusk
ers will at least havo something in
Btock to entertain tho JayhawkorB
which tho onomy has not yot encount
ered. Great Attendance Promised.
Win or lose, tho CornhuskerB will
not bo without an abundanco of homo
support, and tho naturo of that sup
port was well demonstrated In yeBtor
day's mass mooting In Memorial halL
Tho advanco salo of Boats is tho beBt
in tho history of tho Institution and
nearly ovory reservation in tho grand
stand, has, been Bold, impelling the Ne
braska managomont to tako hasty
BtepB to" enlargo tho stand. Ono block
of 300 seats has been reserved for tho
Lawrenco excursionists, who aro to
como to Lincoln 300 strong on a spe
cial" train. Tho managomont predicts
an nttendanco of over 5,000 spoctators,
and this number may bo materially
lncroased owing to tho number of
teachers who will probably attend.
8ome Switches In Back Field.
Nebraska will likely prosent a "how
lineup in tho back field, Prank going
to quarter, where ho haB already had
considerable experience. Magor will
take Frank's placo at right half, and
C'hauner will go to right end. Thlfl
.chnngo would materially incroaso the
weight of tho back field, and at the
same time leavo tho ends woll taken
care of. 7n,cao of Injury then, Bont
ley can be put nt quarter and Frank
put nt half, Btlll leaving Sturtzonogger,
n dependable sub.
Colo is not venturing any predictions
as to the outcome, other thanto de
clare that the Cornhuskora will not bo
found lacking in tho fighting' spirit and
that if tho Jayhawks win It wlil
not bo until after tho florcoBt struggle
of tho season on Nebraska flold. Tho
luck has been breaking against tho
Nebraska team almost from tho In
ception of tho season. Tho Jayhawks
woro tho horsoshoos last year, al
though they put up the bettor exhibi
tion of football, and Colo Is of tho no
tion that tho luck Is duo' to turn in
Nebraska's favor. Tho supporters of
tho game at tho Cornhuskor Institu
tion aro Impressed with tho boliof
that tho Kansas school has a fine team
this year and they look for a result
much closer than In 1908, when tho
Jayhawks lugged off the laurels by a
score of 20 to 6. Tho Impression ap
pears to bo general in tho Nebraska
camp that tho Jayhawks havo tho odgo
ns to the end and back flold positions,
while tho Cornhuskers havo tho better
lino. Shonka Is a whaling good center
and Is' fact learning to mako ovory
ounce of his 200 pounds count in Ne
braska's favor. Ewing and Wolcott
havo been thoroughly dependable al
hpiigh not Bhowy guards, while Tem
ple and Harto, tho two tackles, are as
good as tho best In the Missouri val
ley. Prom tacklo to tackle, Nebraska
has not had a better lino f or v many
seasons. Whether;or not the Jayhawks
can accomplish. much 'by hitting the
line remaln8,for"?Sa'turday to. decide'.
Meanwhile, tlie' Nebraska; r'oote'rs.en
tertain the notion that .'there will r he
very little dolfrg, Mr tho Jayhawks 1ri
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RALLY FOR JAYHAWKERS
THE BIGGEST IN YEARS
MORE ENTHU8IA8M 8HOWN THAN
EVER BEFORE KNOWN.
TRIED OUT THE NEW UNIVERSITY YELL
Rooting Leaders Believe that at Last
They Have Something Which
Will Drown Out the Famous
Kansas "Rock-Chalk."
"Tho beat rally In yoars."
"More enthusiasm than Nebraska
students havo over shown bofotc,
with orto oxcoptlon."
Theso and similar statements woro
hoard on tho campus yostorday aftor
tho Cornhuskor studonts loft Momorlal
hall to tho strains of Professor Sto
vons now Scarlot and Cream Bong.
With ropuntcd ahonrs and calls for
dlfferont members of tho team, with
speochOH from tho chancellor and pro-
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Kennedy's Right Tackle, Who Is One
of the Veterans Left from 1908,-
fessors, and with tho inspiring strains
of music from the cadet band, tho
members of the student body showed
the Cornhusker football team that they
aro 'back of them body and soul in
tholr fight' against Kansas on Nobras-
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ka field tomorrow. Thoy showed that
thoy appreciate the efforts the coaches
aro putting forth -to got tho men on
the football squad Into a formidable
machine to) tako tho moasuro of any
thing that Jtfio Jayhawker coach can
send against:. them. j
8plrlted Rooting.
Tho rally opened with several yells
given by the students, who had
assembled In largo numbers. Never
before on the occasion of a rally has
such a large assemblage of Nebraska
udonts gathered ?ln the chapel' and
,worked ui enthuslasni before a foot-jjall'-gamo
as, dId-'yesterday at '11
o'clock. DrrJcpndra waajcalleji for
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