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Missouri Valley Eleven
Picked by THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Left End Hyland, la.
Left Tackle Harte, Nebr.
Left Guard . Wolcott, Nebr.
Center 8honka, Nebr.
Right Guard Ewlng, Nebr.
Right Tackle Temple, Nebr.
Right End Idler, Mo.
Quarterback Johnson, Kano.
Left Half Alexander, Mo.
Fullback Bond, Kans.
Rljjht Half 8tephenson, Kans.
There is such a wealth of material
in the Missouri Valley this fall that it
1b an extremely hard taBk to select an
eleven representative of tho confer
ence without leaving off tho team some
players who have earned a right to
be given posts. In making tho selec
tions for certain positions on the all
star eleven it is simply a question of
taking one of two or three, and in
some instances of four men, who are
all equally entitled to tho Job.
Take, for example, the picking of a
lino for tho All-MiBsouri Valley. Kan
sas, Iowa, Missouri, and Drake each
have one or two players who deserve
to bo en tho eleven, yet it is unfair
to tho Cornhuskors to replace some of
their forwards, slnco the Nebraska
line is wnthout doubt tho most pow
erful in tho valley and can outplay
any in tho "Dig Seven."
Five Cornhuskers.
There are fivo Nebraska forwards
who are placed on the All-Missouri
Valley eleven, although it Booms un
fair to Captain Gross of Iowa to leave
him out of tho line. Ho is one of tho
fiercest players in tho valley, and ho
has been a tower of strength to tho
Hawkeye lino. Only too true loyalty
to tho Scarlet and Cream keeps the
Dally NebraBkan from giving Captain
Gross a placo in the line.
Tho selection of tho eleven at this
date before tho clash between Mis
souri and Kansas is rather unfair to
tho Columbia eleven, for Roper's play
ers have not had a chance to show
their real metal as yet. Some of the
Missouri players' position on the All
Missouri Valley team depends upon
the showing they make against Kansas.
quet would nccompllBh a practical and
lasting good. Those and many other
quoBtions of liko import, discussod and
considered at tho annual Cornhuskor
banquet, would add much to tho im
portance of tho occasion and tho power
of our Institution and wo would bo
even proudor to name tho old U. of N.
aB our beloved Alma Mater.
FINANCES
By MANAGER EA3ER
Nebraska Substitutes
By ASSISTANT COACH HARVEY
2
The Cofnhtiske Banquet
By DEAN RINGER, '03, '05
There may havo been banquets to
tho victorious football teams of tho
nineties, but, if so, they wore limited
to a very small circle of athletes and
their admirers and supporters. With
tho coming of the great Booth to Ne
braska in 1900, however, and tho won
derful change which, he worked In Ne
braska's athletic world, conditions took
on a new and different aspect, bo that
in the yoar 1902, at tho end of perhaps
tho greatest football season Cornhus-
kerdom has ever known, Nebraska
spirit had grown to Buch proportions
that nothing short of a mammoth feast
to the gridiron men would justify its
longings. And" so it was that tho first
annual Cornhusker banquet was tend
ered the football team of 1902 in tho
largo banquet hall at the Lindell, al
though it was named on tho program
as "Tho First Annual Banquet of tho
Team of 1902." Tho glow of. college
spirit, however, was not to be dead
onod by a more misnomer and annual
Cornhusker banquets havo followed in
duo order 'and with duo regularity.
During the year that the writer was
in close touch with these Interesting
and enjoyable functions, all Interest
centered in tho great college sport
football. Very interesting stories of
tho beginnings of Nebraska football
seems as though tho great Cornhusker
banquet which has grown to such
splendid proportions, might well be
broadened in its scope to include
every legitimate phaBo of college life,
at least every phase of its athletic
life. For is not tho University of Ne
braska as a whole tho Cornhusker in
stitution, and should not tho term
therefore apply to every phase of its
activities? Yet the "CornhuBker Ban
quet" is thought of In connection with
but one branch of one department of
her interests.
A Bigger Banquet.
There is no better method of foster
ing and building up the traditions of a
great institution than by tho close
communion of its sons around an an
anual banquet board, and there is no
finer opportunity for launching an en
terprise of this sort than that present
ed in the present banquet scheme.
Continue the present plan, but let us
push the side-lines back until every
phase of university activity has a
chanco to crowd upon tho fiold. And
shall wo not build tho framework of
past achievements and future ambi
tions into one grand structure of Corn
huskerdom? Such a plan need not necessarily
crowd tho present sectional banquets
were told by those who were quail-0ff the program, but they could be
fled to relate them, while the feast
was not without its quota of college
yells and songs. Those early dayB
were times when collego spirit was at
low ebb. Few there were who knew
anything about university athletic
teams and many there were who cared
loss. To become familiar with these
traditions of years agono surely made
ono feel tho presence of a true Ne
braska spirit as well as a potentiality
for bigger days.
Not All Pleasure.
While it appears to a superficial ob
server that tho experiences of a grid
Iron man are naught but pleasant ones,
tho facts aro that many of them aro
real solid work performed In a spirit
of loyalty and affection for tho institu
tion under whoso banner ho fights. In
addition to his long hours of toll, his
abstaining from tho uso of sweet
meats, and tho bruises and knocks
which ho receives uncomplainingly, ho
still has tho responsibility of making
good in his class work. And so It is
that the honors bestowed upon these
men at the end of a hard Beason
should not bo, and aro not, extended
in, any but a feeling of gratitude.
It, seemed most natural, therefore,
to think of tho term "Cornhuskor" as
applying only to football, or" perhaps
to athletics as a whole, and It has
seemed easy indeed to think of tho
'Cornhuskor Banquet" as an ovent In
honor of only tho football warriors.
We would not minimize tho value of
football nor in any way detract from
the glory that is rightly theirs, but it
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made most informal so that they J3aseball
might afford the old opportunities of
close contact, and yot leave tho way
open for an even bigger and grander
Cornhusker banquet.
In perfecting tho plan of the new
CornhuBker banquet, in addition to the
"toasts" from men reproaenting the dif
ferent athletic sports, it would be well
to import some "old grad" who has
made his mark in the world and use
him as the central figure of tho feast.
Ho Bhould bo a man who would com
mand tho respect of business and pro
fessional men of tho city and state as
well as of the etudent body a man
whose words would bo worth carrying
away and pondering. He should bo a
man big enough, Indeed, to make this
event stand out as an important func
tion In tho life of our university.
In arranging a schedule for a foot
ball team there are a great many
things to take into consideration.
First of all, it must bo bo arranged
that ono hard game will not interfero
with another. That Is one game must
not endanger tho winning of anothor.
Too many important games must not
follow each other. It is a settled fact
that a team cannot possibly play moro
than fivo hard games in ono soason.
And this makes it necessary to play
games in sets of two; for Instance:
two hard faces, a rest and then two
more hard gamcB, a rest, and thon a
Thanksgiving day game.
Our experience has been that throe
Important games in a row aro entirely
too many. Tho team cannot bo point
ed to the first gamo and then remain
at its best for three games. Thero
must be a place for the players to let
down. A coach must point his team
for tho first important gamo. Thon,
barring accidents, tho team can remain
in good shape for a gamo on tho fol
lowing Saturday; but to hold them in
good form for a third gamo is almost
Impossible. Thero must bo a lull for
a few days or a week. After this tho
team can be pointed in about a week's
time for the next set of games. Each
man must be watched and handled dif
ferently, aB his caBO demands. Cer
tain players may not need as long rost
as others. Every Individual case
must bo watched.
As to Finances.
Then there Is the financial end. The
schedule must be such that It will pay
expenses. Thero is no otnor branch
of athletics that will help out in case
of a deficiency in tho gridiron sport.
Tho fact Is, football must help tho
other, sports.
It has not been long since our ath
lectlcs wore on tho wrong side of tho
ledger. After the season of 1905 two
of our professors and members of tho
athletic board gave their noto for $700
to cover tho deficiency and debts of
the board. Sinco that time this debt
has been paid off and a small surplus
accumulated. At tho beginning of
football for 1909 this amount was al
most $5,000. This debt has been
cleared after paying the shortage in
other sports. The following summary
shows each sport for the years 1906,
1907 and 1908:
Cr. Bal. Cr. Bal.
1906 1907
$3,542.54 $6,006.18
Cr. Bal. Deficit.
1906
248.87 $
Deficit.
1906
222.49 $
Deficit.
1906
During a gamo of football tho oyos
of tho grandstand, centered on tho
fiold of notion, soldom fall Bhort of
tho fiold Itself and glvo moro than n
passing glnnco at tho llttlo group of
playors huddled togothor In thoir
blnnkots on tho sidelines, waiting tho
call of their coach to fill tho position
of nn Injured or tiring team mato. To
thoso playcrB tho gamo haB nn intonso
Interest, not in tho play itself, but In
tho work of Individual players, whoso
positions thoy nro contesting for. Am
bition keeps tho now man interested
in his endeavor to loam moro of tho
position ho Is trying for, but to. an old
man, who probably for lack of wolght,
spocd or nggroBslvenosB has boon
kopt out of tho rogular line-up, ovory
mlBB-play or opportunity of his posi
tion, makes him tho moro anxious to
bo of sorvlco to his tenm.
Fow playors mako a rogular posi
tion on n team without some of this
oxporionce, and it is tho host moans
of learning tho gamo and getting tho
experience, thnt makes tho flnishod
playor, when ho Is called to fill a po
sition. It also creates competition and
thoroby enables tho coach to pick tho
best man for the placo and get tho best
combination for a team.
It is nocessary that combinations In
a team bo developed to got tho best
there is in -tho men and havo tho team
equally balanced, because a weak spot
in a back field or line makes as weak
a combination as a weak link in a
chain.
Tho developing of oxtra line or back
field men, who can bo used as consist
ently as a rogular, is a harder proposi
tion than tho dovolopmont of tho rogu
lar himself. A man must bo trained
and havo experience in working with
his team mates or tho team's strength
1b Impaired.
Subs Lacking.
This position of "substitute" and
lack of availablo ones has booh more
noticeable and moro carefully watched
by tho stands during tho present sea
son than over before in football at Ne
braska, and it Is only through oxtra
men to fill tho positions of tho regu
lars and fill them with tho same
strength and certainty, that a team
can bo consistent in its play.
Tho availability of substitute mntor
inl is in tho "scrub" team of tho foot
ball squad, who nro either groen mon
or Inollglbles and nro boing used in
practice gnmes ngnlnst tho rogular
toam. TIiobo mon aro moBtly frosh
from thoir high school knowlcdgo of
tho game and havo vory llttlo Idea of
how real football should bo played.
Thoy como with records as stars, but
aro found to bo lacking in tho vory ru
diments of tho gamo. Thoir training
and experience In dovolopmont comos
from their lmmcdlnto contact with tho
rcguars and tho tutoring of tho fresh
man coaches. Moro good mon aro lOBt
or spoiled, duo to lack of attontion,
and this through tho limited numbor
of coaches to train them, than for any
othor roason.
Care of Scrubs.
Oldor men can dovolop and train
themselves to n greater oxtont than
now mon who havo had but llttlo of
tho gamo and this is why groator
caro should, bo takon in tho start
Tho hoad coach can't loavo tho build
ing of his team to glvo much atten
tion to tho flrBt principles of tho gamo,
and unions thero bo onough assistants
who can properly and carofully train
these men, availablo material Is
shamefully wnstod and good mon lost.
Tho head coach at Nebraska is handi
capped ovory yoar in his numbor of
holpors and Ib crowdod and over
worked in oven giving tho oldor mon
tho proper nttontion, lot alono ovon bo
ing ablo to becomo acquainted with
tho now mon, from whom ho is to se
lect his material for future toams.
This year Minnesota has seven rogu
lar coaches and Kansas had fivo, but
Nebraska's coach, with but ono as
sistant was expected to turn out a
team capable of winning from both
Minnesota and Kansas.
Wo havo an abundance of material,
but it doos not get tho proper thor
ough training 'at all times, and this
Is vory readily apparent if you only
remember tho showing tho team mado
and how it developed at tho limes
when such mon as Westovor, Chaloup
ka, Cook and Mason, duo to thoir loy
alty to old Nebraska, offered thoir
services, without consideration, to help
mako Nebraska's team a winner.
Football
.$
1907
67.44
Deficit.
1907
254.86
Deficit.
1907
Cr. Bal.
1908
$639.05
Deficit.
1908
$ 66.87
Deficit.
1908
$ 816.84
Deficit.
1908
By an Ex-Conhtiske
GLENN MASON, CAPTAIN '06
138.-15 $
Deficit.
1906-
206.31
Deficit.
1907
$ 188.45
Deficit.
1908
4.58 $ 5.48
45.56 $
Tho report for 1909 will not bo mado
until January, but this will show base
ball about $100 behind, basketball a
little behind, and track about $800 bo
hind. Need of SurpluB.
This means that football must be bo
arranged as to bring in a largo sur
plus, or we will bo compelled to give
up tho other sports.
Thon looking at tho games from a
student's and a spectator's point of
view. Thoy want a number of good
(games on the home field. Now, in
Touch All Sections.
At such a banquet, although athletics
should receive their duo Bharo of at
tention, questions touching othor
phases of college welfare could well
be considered. The agitation looking
towards a new and greater institu
tion, where beauty of architecture and
landscape could have full swing with
nothing but tho generosity of Nebras
ka taxpayers to mark its boundaries,
could be taken up and new impetus
given. Tho leakage from a faculty of,
great scholars by roason of the meagre
salaries which our state sees fit to
give its members might be considered
with a view to offering some remedy,
for this unfortunate state of affairs,
I order to get such teams as Iowa, Kan
sas, Missouri, Ames, etc., you must
alternate the place of playing. Then
thero is Minnesota, who demands that
tho game be played in Minneapolis
most of the time, and it Is there or not
at all. Lots of other teams are anx
ious to go to Minneapolis.
Then comes the question of a
Thanksgiving day game. Many peo
ple say, "Why don't you get Illinois or
Iowa or some largo school?" The an
swer is, they are not allowed to play
a Thanksgiving' day game. The Chi
cago conference prohibits their pjay
lhg. Airies always plays Drake in
Des Moines and Kansas plays Missouri
in Kansas City, and where can you
find any other teams that will come
here? If we could get Ames In Omaha
on Thanksgiving day and have a gamo
such as' the Kansas-Missouri gamo or
If Town cmilri nlnv Thnnknirlvlni Hav
and by so doing, the Cornhusker ban-1 we would be fixed.
As tho ex-Cornhusker reviews tho
present season, ho finds it hard to
classify. From a careful a.tudy of tho
details of games played ho finds a
largo numbor of things which gratify
him and also an equal number Just
tho reverse. Thero Is no doubt in his
mind that tho team as a whole Is
composed of as fine material as ever
graced a Nebraska field. Tho strong
est feature in that reBpect is the lino.
What a husky, fast and aggressive
bunch of men they are! Three of
them should bo on the All-Missouri
Valley team, and at least ono of these
on the All-Western. Tho back fiold Is
almost on a par with the lino. With
a man who can hurl tho pigskin on a
bee-lino for thirty-five and forty yards,
and a fullback who gained consistent
ly through the Minnesota, Iowa and
Kansas lino, It seems preposterous
that they havo not won moro games.
But It seems that a team nowa
days must have one phenomenal back
field man. Minnesota had her Mc
Govern, Kansas her Johnson, but poor
Old Nebraska was without her Bender,
Benedict or Cooke. With one, of those
men, or his equal, there Is no doubt
in tho ex-CornhuBker's mind that Ne
braska would have had a very suc
cessful season.' Even without a
"Phenbm," results might have been
more favorable had It not boon for
the unpardonable penalties imposed
by "A" official in "The" gamo.
Features quite noticeable this year,
perhaps on account of their absence
last year and! tho year before, are the
excellent line plunging and tackling.
In this the ,ex-Cornhusker takes great
delight How ho rubbed hi eyes in
glad surprise to see a streak of 'scarlet
and cream flying horizontally through
tho air towards an opponent carrying
tho ball! Tho real ex-Cornhusker
says, "Well dono!" ovon If tho tacklo
Is missed, providing tho tacklor loaves
his feet. But if tho tackier merely
makes an unsuccessful grab at an
ear, ho thinks, "Its liko boing shot in
the back to miss a tackle without div
ing." It. seems, however, that tho strong
defense was offset by a weak offense
in the open game. Nebraska should
havo been strong In the latter, also.
Why sho was not Is not plain. While
thero was mysterious talk about
numerous new plays and startling
tricks, there was no great variety of
them displayed In any game. If thoy
did have them, it was either a case
of poor judgment or a lack of nerve
at tho critical moment. Tho latter
seems the most logical solution, as
may be borne out by tho record of a
number of punts being made with but
llttlo distance necessary to make first
down.
Perhaps the most painful feature of
the soason was the hlbornatlvo tend
ency shown in selecting the most ef
fective team. While there was an
abundance of material, there seemed
to bo a lack of accurate discrimina
tion in determining tho" proper com
bination. Half the season had passed
before the team was fully organized.
Thus the season has produced a
maze of conflicting sentiment. Some
parts of ty aro' to bo remembered' with
a thrill of. pride and Joy. Others are
to bo forgQtten in a loyal endeavor to
secure a winning team "next year. 'The
ex-Cornhusker takes his hat off to the
team of 1909-they loft their feei?
even though they tnlssed, the tackle.0
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