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VOL XIII. NO. 2.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1913
Price, 5 Cents
The Daily Nebraskan
FOURTEEN MAN TEAM
COACHES SAY SEVEN MAN SCRUM
WOULD MAKE THE GAME
FASTER.
REFEREE TO THROW IN BALL
Football Rules Committee Will Meet
to Discuss Question To
. morrow Night.
TRUNKS ARE STALLED
VAN COMPANIES UNABLE TO COM
PLY WITH DEMANDS OF TRAV
ERS FOR SERVICE.
NO BAGGAGE TILL SATURDAY
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(i;il f Dailv Nt'hiaskan ) -A seven
Tiian seium witli mi w inn forward, ami
with tlic usual s((n-inan backfleld
will be tin !m matioii which will jnol)
abl In- u--ed bv California and Stan
fold in this veai s big game 'I ho rcf
"oreo U11 he1- gMVen 1110 TUSK ur llmnv
lim the hall into t ho scrum If thlH
change, now being contemplated hv
the football anthoi it ies of both univer
sities, is finall) agreed upon, one of
the gieatesl icolutif)iis eer known
tf the game f)l rugb) will take place
For the past two years Home method
of opening u) the play and giving the
backs a better chance to handle the
ball has been sought by the California
and Stanford coaches It has long
been leali.ed that the monopoly of the
play bv the forwards was retarding
the populantv of the game of rugbv,
but the elimination of one man fiom
the te.ini-. was looked upon as a radical
step to be taken onh in case the pi oh
loin could be sohed In no othei way
Sonm tune ago Coach Sc haeffer of
California and Coac h Presley of Stan
foid decided that the increased smoth
ering of the ball by the breakaways
as soon as it got out of the scrum
made it imperative that the step of
changing the formation bo taken if the
spot t of i ugby was to hold Its own in
the esteem of the sport-loving public
of the Pacific Coast As a conse
quence the matter has been brought
tf) the attention of the football rules
committees of California and Stanford.
As )ot no definite action has been
taken, but it is expected that the ques
tion will be decided that the question
will be decided at the meeting of the
committee to bo held tomorrow night
Increased Open Play Is Promised.
It is thought by the coaches and
players that the inauguration of the
seven man scrum without the wing
forward will give the backs more op
portunity to open up the play, as the
ball can be gotten more easily with
this formation than under the present
eight-man scrum, and when the ball
does get out there will be no break
aways or wingforwards to smother the
halfback as soon as he gets his hands
on it. Thus the halfback will he able
to get off his passes easier and cleaner
and the other men in the backfleld will
be given their long-awaited opportu
nity to get into action. The burden of
offense and defense will be thrust
upon the backfleld men, leaving the
scrum men only to hook out the ball
to their halfback. The duties of the
forwards in the line-outs will be the
same and they will, of course, still be
expec tod to follow up the hall and to
gain ground by means of dribbling
rushes. With their work thus nar-
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I Continued on page 5
Borrowed Apparel Will Adorn Many
Students Until Rush of Business
Blows Over.
Colon d like a lainbow, shaped like
a diagonal octohedion, and in vaiious
conditions of son itude are the numer
ous suitcases which aie seen wandoi
ing about the campus dining those
legisti.ition davs Dad's gtip, which
he cained thiougb the war, or the one
w lib h ma had when she taught out in
Pawnee fount. are much in e idenee
At the transtei companies of the
oit) 1 1 links are piled to the ceilings
Flat .iiis hi ing fiom the station toui
tiers high and stole those boxes of
iiunient till lho can he distributed
oer the cilv Trunks which came in
YVodnosda morning had little chance
of being delivered before tonight, and
the late anhals will hao to keep in
-.eoluMon till Satutday il their suit
cases do not contain sufficient ai
mentiiie to enable the owneis to ap
pear in public Anv students desitou
')! jobs will find then) f r easih ob
tainablc at an van company in Lin
coin todav
ARMY AND NAVY GAME MAY
NOT BE HELD THIS YEAR
Cadets Make Contract With Carlisle
for Date of Scheduled
Game.
Whether or not the annual game be
tween West Point and Annapolib will
take place this year became a matter
of speculation throughout the football
world last night, when it became
known that the Cadets had closed a
contract to play Carlisle at West Point
on November L'9, the scheduled date
for the annual game with Annapolis
In jears past the Army Navy event
has been staged on Franklin Field,
Philadelphia, but during the last few
monthb there has been a long string
of attempts at agreeing on the place
to hold the liU.'l struggle. West Point,
according to reports, has urged the se
lection of the Polo Grounds, New York,
but it seems that the Navy representa
tives have refused to consider any loca
tion except the Philadelphia field.
Franklin Field only seats 30,000, while
the Polo Grounds would assure each
Institution a block of 12,000 beats
The significance of last night's re
port is apparently the severance of
relations for the present season at
least, for some time ago the Carlisle
Indian School was named as a suitable
substitute opponent. Carlisle had one
of the strongest teams in the 1912 sea
son and is ranked as a government
institution
West Point lias not issued an ofil
eial cancellation of the game with the
naval college, but this announcement
is expected from the office of the
Cadets' athletic manager within the
next few days.
HOW OXFORD PLAYS
RHODES SCHOLAR, HOME ON VA
CATION TRIP, EXPLAINS DIF
FERENCE IN ATHLETICS.
PICKS FROM LITTLE MATERIAL
Out of Ninety or a Hundred Men Must
Find Teams of Four or Five
Kinds.
I lorac e H Knglish, Nebi aska's Rhodes
m holai at Oxtoid rnlveisit), has been
spending his vacation In Lincoln and
leiiew nig old univeislt) acquaintances
He let ui ns as soon as sessions com
ment e, October ."
Win n asked b) a Nobiaskan report ci
as to the compai ison ot athletics at
homo and at Oxfoid, he gae the fol
low inn inteiosting interview
'To nuclei stand piopeilv the Oxfoid
sstem oT athletics it is necessary to
nuclei stand the dual system of college
and uiiiveisit) To the undergiaduate
the mi i i sit Is a somewhat shadow)
icality which intoi feres occasionally
with a Iran's peace b collecting Iocs
or k! in-; exams
Thioimh the college, if not actually
it, the student obtains his insti uc tion.
Within its walls he eats and sleeps,
atlf-uiis club meetings, pailicipates in
wild lactioual snuggles, and on its
t'-ains he finds an athletic outlet Now
Oxtoid s l.nnn students ate divided Into
twetit) two colleges, Mllllling llOIll
eight) to lluee bundled men each
Kaeh ol these little gtoups of nie-n
maintains a lull ciiot.i ol athletic
teams For example, Pcinhiokc Col
lege, of which I am a member, has
about ninet to one- hundred men in
actual lesideuco Dining the tall term
we hae from twelve to twenty fho
men bus) with daily liaining in rowing,
besides the old Kightsinon, who act
as coaches A nigby football team of
fifteen plavs tlnee or four games a
week, an association (soccer) football
eleven, as main and about thirty men
ire needed lor drill) woik at the track
In the second oi mid winter teini, both
football teams inn full blast as botoio
twehe nun and coaches labor dail)
to stem the spring floods b) lust)
work with the oars the finals in the
inter collegiate tiack tournament are
run off, and to cap it all a hockey
team of twelve men is started The
summer term is rather slack Nearly
every one has a part interests in a
canoe or punt and many delightful
hours arc spent on the rier, while
twelve faithful souls still work to up
hold the college rowing. Cricket gives
about twenty men a chance, and four
coutts are provided for those who do
not make the college six in tennis
All of this for less than one hundred
men. It is obvious nearly every man
finds his place on one of these teaniB
If a man is any good at all he Is
forced out for the sake of the college,
and the rest get their chance as subs
although the Knglish rules do not per
mit of substitution during the game
The result is that about seventy or
seventy-five per cent of the student
body play on some representative team
more or less regularly.
DUDLEY WILL ASSIST
STIEHM DEFINITELY DECIDES TO
RECOMMEND A DARTMOUTH
MAN TO ATHLETIC BOARD.
HARMON SI ARTS PRACTICE
Number of Alumni Will Also Appear
Upon the Field Before the
Big Game.
Coach Htlehin has definitely decided
to leeomiuend Chester P. Dudley of
Council Hluff.s, Iowa, as assistant var
sit football coach, according to his
statement Wednesday Dudley will not
In any way displace Dewey Harmon,
who was appointed last spiing as coach
of the Iroshniiiii ncpinel tint hn appoint
nient comes as a result of the long
continued agitation for an assistant
coach who has played eastern lootball
Dudley Is a Dartmouth ninn, playing
two years as halfback and one In the
position at fullback, during the sea
sons of HUM), 1910, and 1911. He was
not In school last year, but has been in
business with his father and brother
in South Omaha.
The introduction of the far east into
Cornhusker football this fall is a dis
tinct innovation Whether it will be
of an great value to Coach Slichm's
met hods which have boon so efficient
in the past is yet a doubtful cuestlon
Alumni coaches will still bo greatly
In evidence throughout the entire sea
son Jumbo has the promises of at
least eight former gridiron stars to
give their valuable coaching and ad
vice some time during the season At
ci isos of the season, such as before
the Minnesota game, all eight are ex
pec-tod to appear.
Indications point to an extraordinar
ily strong freshman squad this fall
Men well known In state high school
football are appearing in numbers to
register, and the competition for places
on the reserve eleven will be almost
as keen as on the varsity. Practice
for the freshmen will commence soon
under the direction of Dewey Harmon.
Kinie Frank, famed for his work on
the 1912 Cornhusker football team, Is
coaching the Doane College team this
fall.
(Continued on page 5)
CLASSIFY THE CACTUS.
Dr. Bessey Threatened with Policy as
to the New Dances.
Considerable suspense hung over the
campus Wednesday following the
Dean of Women's announcement of
policy in regard to the new dances.
Are these same contortions forbidden
when occurring out-of-doors?
If the tango Is forbidden under cover,
will Dr. Bessey be permitted to got
away with the cactus around the foun
tain? The case has been referred to
the National Congress of Dancing Pro
fessors for solution, and it is hoped
that a prompt decision will he ren
dered and the campus will soon re
turn to its wonted serenity.
Paul Roberts, '14, has spent the Bum
mer" in the forestry service in Utah,
and is expected back by the opening
of school.
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