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.J V-"- be SDails Iftebrashan F VoL X. No. 43 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1910. Price 10 Cents, All-Missouri Valley Eleven r ; Tho solcction of an All-Missouri Valloy cloven for tho season of 1909 Is rendered difficult by but ono thing, that of determining juBt what mem bers of tho Nebraska team to omit. This statement is one which evory scribo In tho Valloy, however preju diced against tho Cornhuskers, must accedo to. Nobraska has conclusively won tho championship, but this is not in itself sufflclont 'to justify the plac ing of oight mombors of the eleven on tho first squad. Tho justification lies in tho fact that, man for man, tin Cornhuskers far outplayed their op ponents in their two Missouri Valley games. It is of courso difficult to weigh the roBpectivo merits of players who have not been seen In action during the season. Two of tho players selected in tho above list hail from Iowa, and wero pitted against tho Cornhuskers in 1909. Missouri is a team that the writer has never seen in a game, and tho (picking of men from that team must bo based on newspaper reports. Chauner at End. Tho selection of Chauner and Hy land attends is easily the best that could bcNmado. Chauner has devel oped into oho of tho best wing men ever seen on X. Nebraska team. In Picked by Gha DAILY NEBRASEAN either of tho Ames guards and as re ports from the Ames-Iowa game did not credit tho Hawkeyo star lineman, O'Brien, with outshining his opponent, Davidson seems to havo tho call. Thacher of Missouri is credited with being one of tho bulwarks of the Tigers, but, not having seen tho player In action, tho writer cannot give him precedence over mon 'whose ability has been shown. Tho selection of Collins at conter will be unanimous wherever an All Missouri Valloy team Is selected. "Sid" has all centers In tho valloy bested by a margin that admits of no comparison, and Nebraska critics are prono to believo that ho is not only ono of tho beBt centerB in tho west, but one of tho real stars in this posi tion in tho game. An assistant of Walter Camp, who saw tho game with K. U., is said to have mado tho state ment that Collins had but few peers in his position In the United States. Warner earned his right to tho po sition of quarter and field general by his smooth, consistent work of the season, and particularly his effective pers in commenting on tho gamo be tween Missouri and Bender's cloven in St. Louis said that when tho namo of "Tad" Hacknoy was montloned, all that could bo said of tho Missouri of fenso and defense had been summed up. Ho is accredited with playing a brilliant and desperate game. Hack noy Is tho tiger quarter. Ho Is placed at half, in order that his brilliant in dividual qualities may bo gained for the team. His faulty generalship and lack of ability to direct a powerful at tack has cost Missouri two dofeats this season in the hands of St. Louis and Ames, so he cannot displace War ner nt quarter. Minor of Nebraska has played a stellar game In his position and is as competent n back as any in tho valloy. He Is speedy, and had abundnnco of the other qualities that go to make up the great pjayor. His work was not so spectacular as Warner's or Frank's but this was largely duo to the fact that Minor's ability In forming Inter ference was made much use of to cur tain the runner. Amnions of Kansas has been the best ground gainer on tho Kansas game, his tackling and work In getting down under punts wjib superb. In handling thovforward pass ho has few equals, being ablo to take tho slippery pigskin at almost any po sition while going at full speedXTJils ability he has had little opportunity to exhibit, Bavo In tho Ames gamo, as Nebraska has not UBed the flip to any great extent. Hyland Is selected as the other end because of his proven ability and experience, combined with his skill in drop kicking. It will be remembered that Iowa tied Nebraska last year with two place kicks from tho field. A place kick dofeatcd Ames in the gamo between tho Hawkeyes and the Aggies. Nebraska had no man of real ability in this lino this year, a weakness which has cost many points. For thlB alone, Hyland should bo on any All-Missouri Valley team. Add that he Is a wonderfully fleet end an accurate tackier, and exporloncei? in carrying tho- ball, and his qualifica tions are sufficiently set forth. The selection of Temple and Shon ka. of Nebraska as tackles needs no explanation. Tho two men havo been bulwarks of tho team all year, have smashed opposing attack beforo It gained headway, and havo been adopt in opening great holes for tho backs to" plow" through, besides being them selves demons in lugging tho ball. Shonka's work at Kansas and Tem ple's long run with tho ball in the Ames game will bo remembered as features of those contests by all who wero fortunate to be spectators. Harmon Is New. Harmon is a new man in tho gamo, but in the short time ho has played, has shown wonderful ability as a guard. Ho outplayed his men in both tho Kansas and Ames victories, and added materially in the defeat of Den ver by tho quickness ho displayed In recovering fumbles and in dragging the opposition passes over the line. Davidson of Kansas proved to be an aggressive man on the defense, and a powerful carrier of the ball when -ealIed-upoirb3rHeil He-far-outplayed THE ELEVEN CHAUNER NEBRA8KA LEFT END 3H0NKA NEBRASKA LEFT TACKLE HARMON NEBRA8KA LEFT GUARD COLLINS NEBRA8KA CENTER DAVIDSON KAN8A8 RIGHT GUARD TEMPLE, CAPTAIN NEBRASKA RIGHT TACKLE HYLAND ...IOWA RIGHT END WARNER NEBRASKA QUARTERBACK O. FRANKV. NEBRA8KA LEFT HALFBACK HACKNEY ...s. MI880URI RIGHT HALFBACK RATHBONE, . . Z. NEBRA8KA FULLBACK SUBSTITUTES: END AND BACKFIELD, MINOR (NEBRA8KA), . AND AMMONS (KANSAS); LINE, O'BRIEN (IOWA), AND THACHER (MI880URI). ground gaining against Kansas. Jerry has speed, nerve, head and football brains. The combination in its Nth power la unusual and the player who 1b gifted therewith Is worth watching. Warner is as elusive a man with tho ball as was over tho famed Tommy JohnBon, and tho old grad may oven havo his sensibilities shocked at tho Indian contest by hearing Warner compared with Bender and not dispar agingly; His generalship In calling plays has been one of the most nota ble features of his work. Ho has had an exceptional number of formations to handle this season, and has never become rusty In his repertoire. Hackney as a Half. Owen Frank is another Nebraskan who will receive unanimous selection for his position. His twisting, slip pery runs and plunges through tho line have provon him an ideal ground gainer under the new ruleB which re quire a back to make his gains with out aid. Frank was probably tho in dividual star of the Cornhuskers in 1910, although" closely pressed for honors. Hackney of Missouri is se lected for the other halfback position because of his wonderful work for the -Tlgers-thlB-season, The St- -LoulspaJ thatNteam and is only omitted from tho line-up because his real position Is at end, where he does not outclass the Hawkeyo Hyland. Rathbone will round out tho above backflold. Fast enough to keep pace with tho speedy Hackney, Frank and Warner, a great line plunger under the new rules because of tho football Intuition 'which enables "Bones" to avoid a plleup, to slip and fall through every crevlco in tho lino for gains, and because of the difficulty of downing him oven with a clean tackle, the Nebraska fullback has earned his position. Doubly earned It, in fact. Rathbone is much under fullback weight, and has to use every lblt of that chunky, well muscled body of his count to make up for his handicap. That he moro than does this must be the verdict of all unbiased judges who have seen Nebraska and the other val ley teams in action. Temple to Be Captain. Temple is selected as captain of this team for two reasons: first, because ho has successfully led the Cornhusk ers to tho championship of tho valley; second, because he has the qualities desirable 'in tho leader. Quiet and not-solf-assertlver-without the least Bhadow of ogotlBin, ho Is liked and re spected by every follow plnyor for reasons aBido from his football ability. Ho Is tho typo of leador for whom men givo all thoy havo and then frioro, tho kind who own loyalty nnd unself ish devotion to a cause, or a school breeds a similar fooling among IiIb follows. Tho test of a team is In tho playing thoroof. This all-star aggregation will novor bo marshalled to combat, . but on papor, at least, It has all tho dcBlrablo qualities that go to mako a great toam. Tho lino is Bolld nnd In vulnerable, ablo to withstand tho bat torlng rnm attacks of tho hoavlost backs without assistance Tho ondB aro fast, ablo to stop nil would-be plays around them, or to covor tho rocolvor of punts. Tho backflold 1b Bwift, ver satile nnd full of flght. Tho cloven comprises export kickers of ovory va riety, and can both throw nnd handle tho forward pass. Bight of tho mon havo provon that tho fact that thoy aro individual stars does not linmnor a coach In subordinating thorn to team work. The Team's Coach. If a coach woro to bo soloctcd for thlB all-star toam, certainly William C Cole, "King", of Nebraska, has uarnW the "honor. Ho haB turned out two championship olovenB In four years, has taken Bocond place onco and wnB beaten out of a tlo for the championship in 1909 by a fluko touch down. Ho has mado this record undor as great handicaps as a coach coulff, bo expected to labor against. Dissension on former teams wns an old story. This was an olomont which has hampered Nobraska athletics for many years and was only evicted In 1910. Matorjal Iibb not been at Its beBt In each of tho past throo years, and ho has labored undor tho greatest wolght of nil In thnt tho entire duties of the coach havo been placod on him alone. Ho has had ono assistant whose time has boon fully occupied In coaching tho freshmen or scrub eleven. Tho ontlro work, not only or devising formations, but of teaching promising players tho elomonts o'r football, has dovolved on Colo alone. That ho has succeeded as well as ho has is the only wonder. It will bo rembmborod that at tho close of tho season of 1909, Colo's pop ularity as a coach was almost nil among the downtown sportsmen, while disloyal mombors of the univer sity body questioned tho advisability ' of retaining, him for another year. It requires moral courage of the highest" type to faco such adverse conditions and every commondatlon Is due the' man who has faced all critics and won from them his meed of praise, oven though it bo grudgingly bestowed. Deserves Recognition. , Not only as a "COttCh"orfo"Dtb"airdoeH the "King" of Nobraska gridiron war riors deserve recognition; ho deserves it as a coach of men. No body of men over represented a great state univer sity such as Nobraska, bettor ablo to hold up the reputation of tho school as a place whefo clean, manly ethics prevail, than tho men who leave H. after serving three years undf the regime of Cole. Ho is clenn to the core. Not n molly-coddle, but a big, red-blooded fighting man, earnest In "(Continued on page loi) r