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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24.
GOOD L08ER8.
Tho football soason of '00 has
brought BUCC08H to Nobraska In tho
boat sonBo of tho word. Our playorB
havo received no sovoro accidents and
our moBt worthy oppononta havo con
ceded that Nobraska haa played n
cloan, vlgorouB gamo. Tho studont
body has shown a flno spirit. It has
boon courteous to our rivals when in
Lincoln, approclatlvo of tho work of
the toam and loyal both In victory and
In dofoat. Our work ban boon froo
from any suspicion of graft, dissipa
tion and slugging.
On tho whole I think tho finest
spirit on tho part of tho team and of
tho studont body has boon shown In
tho way In which both havo domon
stratod that NobrnskanB aro good
losers. No group of mon was ovor
moro manly in dofoat than our toam
after tho Minnesota and Kansas
gamos. No body of studonts ovor
showed a flnor spirit. All Nobraskans
havo roaBon to bo moro proud of tho
unlvorslty than thoy would havo had
Its toam won a succession of bril
liant victories and yot showed Itself
unablo to maintain tho truo Nobraska
spirit in a singlo dofoat.
S. AVERY.
BETTER MATERIAL.
Ono of tho striking faults of tho No
braska team, as noted by oastorn col
logo men, Is tho lack of trained mater
ial enrolled In tho froshman classes
of tho university. In tho oastorn col
logos tho high schools and prepara
tory acadomlos annually sond to tho
big institutions mon who aro fully
trained In tho rudiments of tho gamo
and who aro already mon of no mean
ability on tho gridiron. At NobraBka
almost all of tho material Is dovolopod
from tho start by tho university
coaches.
This comparison botwoon oast and
west has boon mado by a number of
men. Captain Holntzolman, formorly
of tho army elovon at West Point, is
ono of tho critics. Other mon with ox
porionco on oastorn teams havo said
tho Bamo thing. Harvard, for instance
has a dozen or moro preparatory
schools within easy roach. Tho foot
ball playors in these schools recelvo
tho aid of tho Harvard athlotes In
every way possiblo Tho Harvard
players, whon thoy aro out of prac
tice for Bomo reason or other, tako a
hand at coaching tho minor teams.
Tho younger players aro given
chanceB to watch tho Harvard gamos
and practices, so that thoy acquire tho
Harvard way boforo over registering
In the Cambridge institution. When
theso men como to Harvard thoy aro
already well equipped playors. Thoy
know tho rudiments of tho gamo as
played by Harvard and they can at
onco begin tho moro advanced work.
But at Nebraska tho now students
Tmows'jUtlo of football. His knowledge
lias usually been acquired in a Jxlt-or-miss,
flnd-oiit-alono method. Ho does
not know tho proper way to do the
very fundnmontal things of tho game,
All 0f this ho muBt learn after ho
roaches tho univoralty and ho Is do
layod by Just that much In his dovol
opmont as a varBlty player.
Prom all of which arises tho ques
tion: cannot somo nrrangement bo
mado whoreby Nebraska's high school
studonts may bo brought Into cloBor
touch with tho athlotlc Interests of
tho university and dovolopod along
linos which will bring thorn to tho
unlvorslty with a proper knowlodgo
of tho gamo?
GRADUATE COACHE8.
But It is not bolter preparation of
mntorlul alono which gives tho eastern
unlvorslty Its groat olovons. Another
big factor In tho caso 1b tho work of
tho graduato coaches.
Every yoar mon travel In Bomo
casos hundreds of mlloB to bo back
at "their alma mater during tho coach
ing Boason. Theso men aro tho stars
of past years, mon who havo carried
tho ball for Prlncoton, or Harvard, or
Yalo, or boiiio other of tho schools
ranking high in tho football standings.
Thoy como back in somo cases for a
monoy wngo as assistant coaches, but
frequently thoy como back without re
muneration to assist in putting forth
another groat toam.
Such work as this Is not possiblo
at Nobraska on anything near tho
scalo which obtains in tho oast. Tho
Nobraska mon havo not tho monoy to
afford such coaching. Yot it is pos
siblo to a certain oxtont, and tho
week just boforo tho Minnesota gamo
this yoar Baw It working to a greater
dogreo than has obtained in tho past.
In ono wook then Coach Colo had tho
aasiBtanco of oxCaptalns John Wost
ovor, Glen Mason and J. B. Harvoy, of
"Bill' Chaloupka, and of othors who
havo at ono tlmo or anothor defondod
tho Scarlot and Cream. This was but
a starter, but It is to bo hoped that
next yonr moro of tho ox-CornhuskorB
may bo ablo to devoto a llttlo tlmo to
tho aid of their alma mater.
8TAGG,8 8UGGE8TION8.
Tho peorlosB Stagg, coach of all
things athlotlc at tho Unlvorslty of
Chicago, Is convinced that somo
changes aro nocosBnry In tho football
regulations. Tho 1909 fatalities havo
been numorous and spoctacular and
they havo boon glvon promlont placo in
tho prcBB of tho country. Tho grid
Iron gamo has boon consequently
harmed, and tho Chicago board of con
trol haa Instructed Stagg to do what
ho can to remove somo of tho danger
ous olomohta.
Horo nro Stagg's suggestions, tho
first dofinlto outllno of football re
form yot announced:
"I would amond tho rules of football
as follows:
"1. Allowing two chances to make
ton yardB, or increasing tho distance
to fiftoon yards and giving a toam
throo chances, as Walter Camp has
suggested. In this way forward pass
ing will bo encouraged by making tho
ubo of tho play moro often necessary.
"2. By prohibiting pushing or pull
ing of tho runner wltli tho ball, which
now does a lot of damage for, first, a
singlo player now If often struck by
tho combined forco of two or throo
mon; and, second, It takes tho com
bined falling undor or on top of tho
attacking playors to stop" thom.
"3. By making a penalty for crawl
ing wltli tho ball, which would on
courago Btandlng up in running.
"4. By Increasing tho penalty for
piling on a player unnecessarily.
"5. By emphasizing tho need of tho
referee's blowing his whistle when tho
ball is stopped, thus preventing mass
ing." SEASON TICKET8.
For tho second tlmo tho plan of soil
ing Boason tickets at greatly reduced
rates has been tried at Nebraska. In
troduced in tho fall of 1908 tho system
has survived two seasons and has mot
with tho unqualified approval of tho
student body.
At tho tlmo- when tho athlotlc board
was debating tho introduction of tho
season ticket plan somo objections
wero raised on tho grounds that the
proposed systom would not yield as
much to tho management as tho old
arrangements. It was held that the
lowered price of admission w6uld re
sult in decreased Incomo. On tho
other hand tho supporters of the plan
declared that the new system would
bring out larger crowds of students
anil that tho result might bo an in-
creased incomo, cortalnly not a les
sorted ono. Tho athlotlc board would
havo tho monoy avallablo earlier In
tho soason than if it waited for tho ad
missions at each gamo and thlB would
bo an advantago.
Tho results of tho two years' trial
havo boon at least fairly satisfactory.
In 1908 over $1,500 worth of tickets
woro sold up to Dccomber 1. ThlB
yoar nearly $1,800 worth havo been
disposed of to dato.
Tho season tickets admit students to
all homo athlotlc contests, including
football, basoball, track and basket
ball. Thoy sold in 1908 for $3 unre
Borvcd. This year a change has been
made, whereby for $5 tho student or
faculty members can purchase a re
served tlckot guaranteeing him a re
served scat at all homo games. The
Introduction of tho $5 ticket was wel
comed by many, although tho sales
woro not as largo as might havo been
oxpocted. A majority of tho studonts
preferred to take their chances In tho
bleachers and savo money.
Whatever tho vlow of tho manage
ment, tho tickets aro approved by the
purchasers. Money Is Baved and, what
Is moro, the student who has tho ticket
frequently goes to contests ho would
not attend under other conditions. This
fact boosts tho attendanco at minor
games and holps to produco tho win
ning spirit.
1909.
With tho Thanksgiving Day game
with Haskoll, Nebraska will close a
season In many ways peculiar. Start
ing out with a Bquad which fow side
lines oxpocted to develop Into a team
of high quality, Coach Colo managed
to turn out a team which for a tlmo
threw a scare Into Missouri Valley
championship aspirants.
Tho South Dakota gamo was a dis
appointment to tho rooters and many
wero tho forebodings of later defeats.
Tho Knox gamo was entered With
many fearing tho Iobb of tho gamo to
a minor college Nobraska won and
La weok later put up tho sensational
fight against Minnesota. Wlith that
gamo tho Cornhuskor stock wont soar
ing and student optimum prophesied
an oasy victory over Iowa.
Iowa sprung a surprise by hofdlng
tho Cornhuskers to a tie, and two
weoks later tho doubts of tho rootors
as to tho Kansas gamo woro answered
by tho" 6 to 0 flguro In favor of tho
Jayhawkors.
After tho Kansas contest tho No-
braskanB had two weeks In which to
proparo for Denver. Watchors of tho
practlco wero fearful of another de
feat, but tho scoro resulted In a close
victory for tho Scarlet and Croam.
Summing It up, tho comparative suc
cess of tho season rests on tho gamo
with Haskell. If that contest Is won,
tho yoar cannot bo counted a failure.
Tho toam which at first was not ex
pected to do great things has done
much moro than was thought probable
in tho first days of practlco. Tho fact
that tho rooters became unduly opti
mistic and expected big things of the
1909 squad doos not altor the fact that
moro has been accomplished than tho
oarly September Indications pointed
to.
Upon tho gamo Thursday, then, rests
to a groat degroo tho measure of Corn
huBkor success. That gamo should
bo won.
THE 1910 8CHEDULE.
A glance at tho past soason's
schedulo shows that tho Nobraska
management must do one of two
things in making up tho next year's
list. It must either play tho larger
part of its "big" gamos away from
homo, or new schools must bo taken
on in tho placo of old ones dropped.
Tho reason for this is obvious. This
year Nobraska played six of oight
games In Lincoln. Iowa, Kansas, Min
nesota, Denver and Haskell rank as
tho "big" games of tho schedule and
of theso, throo wero played In Lincoln.
Minnesota was taken on in Omaha and
Donver at Denver.
Next fall, Minnesota, if that school
plays Nebraska at all, will Insist upon
Minneapolis as tho place of tho con
test Kansas expects tho annual Ne
braska game at Lawronco in 1910, and
Iowa will desire tho next Hawkoye
contest at Iowa City. This leaves Deri
ver and Haskoll to be reckoned with.
In all probaballty Denvor will como
to Lincoln and Haskoll is a likely prob
ability. This would give Nebraska two
big games and three minor contests on
tho homo gridiron.
In order to secure another big gamo
for Lincoln it would bo necessary to
tako on a school not on thlB year's
Bchedulo. Ames or Missouri are tho
most likely candidates for tho place.
It Is doubtful whothor Ames could bo
Induced to como to Lincoln, as Nobras
ka really owes the Iowa collogo a re
turn gamo at tho Ames field. Missouri,
however, Is represented as willing to
schedule a game with tho Cornhuskers
and it is possiblo that Coach Roper's
Cotnhusket 19 iO Captain
Within a few days tho 1909 Corn
huskers who havo won "N's" by their
gridiron prowess in defense of the
Scarlet and Cream will elect a captain
for 1910. The man so chosen will lead
tho Nebraska team of next year In a
series of contests fully as hard as that
of 1908, or of tho season just clos
ing. Ho must bo a man of ability on
tho field, of high personal character,
and of unhampered zeal for Nebras
ka In Bhort, ho must bo a man full
to tho brim of real Nebraska spirit,
if the 1910 Cornhuskers are to have
tho encouragement which Is given by
respect for and confidence in the
leader.
Tho ideal football captain is the best
player on tho team. In stories, the
captain Is always tho man who plays
tho best gamo, who does the sensa
tional work, and who receives the
plaudits of tho grandstand. Yet it is
not always possiblo to measure up to
this Ideal. Frequently the best player
on tho team is by no means tho man
best fitted to hold the men together.
For one reason or another, while they
admlro his personal prowess, he may
not havo the personal qualities which
fit him for leadership. Or, while per
fectly ablo to do excellent -work un
der direction, he may not havo tho
ability to direct.
A gridiron chief must bo the
strongest man among strong men, If
bis success is to be marked. He
must be of a character such that he
can weld his team 'into a unified, ma
chine, a body of eleven parts working
as ono, without jealousy, without lack
of confidence, without any of those
petty troubles which sometimes bob
up to spoil the work of the best Indi
vidual players. The right Bort of cap
tain should bo ablo to avoid friction
between members of his team. He
should be able to inspire in his team
mates that spirit of confidence and
disposition to help each other which
is ono of tho first things to mark a
great football team. -
Yet personal prowess counts for
much and the man who can not do a
llttlo better than most df his team
is likely to bo a failure. Ho must at
least not lay himself open to a charge
of slufllng. Even though his natural
ability may perhaps not bo tho best,
ho should bo recognized as tho grit
tiest, most stubborn man of tho team.
In times past Nebraska has sometimes
had its star as its captain and some
THE RECORD OF 1909.
Nebraska 6;
Nebraska 34;
Nebraska 0;
Nebraska.. 6;
Nebraska 12;
Nebraska 0;
Nebraska 6;
Nebraska ?;
HASKELL
Haskell ? 29;
Haskell 50;
Haskell 17;
Haskell... 12;
Haskell...., 0;
Haskell 14;
Haskell ; 8;
Haskell ?;
men can bo Induced to como to Lin
coln. This would give Nebraska a
good quota of homo gamos, of which
ono would probably bo set for Omaha.
But with Denver, Iowa, Minnesota,
Kansas, Haskoll, and Missouri or Ames
on the list Nebraska would havo al
most too large a schedulo for comfort.
It would seem necessary that some ono
of tho number bo dropped and tho
chpice is not an easy one. It lies be
tween Iowa, Minnesota and Kansas,
unless the homo games are to bo
butchered, which Is not desirable. Dif
ficulty In getting dates may settle tho
question without tho necessity of a
choice by Nebraska.
times it has not. In the latter cases
It has Invariably happened either that
tho year was more or less of a failure,
or else tho captain had an unusually
powerful personality. This is rather
the unusual situation.
Of the 1909 probable winners of tho
"N," four will not be eligible for foot
ball next year, owing to the three- '
year rule of tho Missouri Valley con
ference. Theso are Beltzer, Johnson,
Ewing, and Harto. Temple and Bent
ley havo each been two years on the
team and are both eligible. Bentloy
has won his "N" as quarter for two
years past. He was sub-quarter in
1907 when "Pip" Cook held that posi
tion regularly and ho played the big
ger part of tho Ames-Nebraska gamo
in Omaha, which resulted in a 23 to
17 victory for Nebraska. This year
he played quarter until the Minnesota
game.
Temple, tho other two-year man, has
played right tackle both years. He is
only 21 years old, but he has played a
strong gamo in his lino position. His
tackling has been better than the av
erage this year and he has dlstin
tlngulshed himself by his energy in
getting through the opponent's line
With tho three-year and two-year
men removed there aro seven men
with ono year's varsity -experience.
Thoy are Shonka, Frank, Magor,
Chauner, Hascall, Rathbono and Wol
cott. Of these Shonka and Rath
bone are distinguished most for tho
energetic spirit which they have put
into the game Both havo shown flno
samples of Nebraska spirit, Shonka in
his tireless charges and hard tack
ling, and Rathbono in his fearless
plunges through tho lino for frequent
substantial gains.
Frank at half and quarter has played
a fast game. Ho is accurate in his
passing of the ball and may develop
into a capable director of plays. Has
call filled the quarter's placo in tho
Iowa game.
Magor, Chauner, and Wolcott havo
done good work, for first year men, and
have won the notice of tho rooters at
every game Wolcott's return to the lino
just before the Minnesota game mado
a noticeable difference in its defensive
ability. Magor solved a difficult prop
osition at half back for Cole, and
Chauner did tho Bamo thing at end.
Here, then,- aro the thirteen men
from whom a 1910 captain will prob
ably bo picked. A change In the
method of awarding "N's" may mako
a difference in tho slate, but tho
chances aro ' that ono of the men
named above will head next year's
Cornhuskers. Which do you favor?
South Dakota 6
Knox , 0
Minnesota 14
Iowa 6
Doane 0
Kansas 6
Denver . 5
Haskell ?
FOR 1909.
Independence o
Chllocco Indians 0
Barnes University 5
Texas University 11
Baylor University 12
Rolla 8chool of Mines 10
Denver University 5
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