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FOOTBALL EDITION Th Daily Nebraskan VOL. XVII, NO. 56. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. LINCOLN. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 29. 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS L CLAS IT SIRAC NEBRASKANS W W SE ODAY SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC THREATENS TO DEVELOP IN THE UNIVERSITY Rigid Precautions Being Taken to Prevent It's Spread EIGHT WERE ILL MONDAY Campus Closed Next Week to Those Not Vaccinated, Immune or Examined Before students, members of the faculty and University employes may enter the campus next Monday morn ing they will be compelled to show nroof of vaccination or immunity from smallpox or' officially signed certificates of good health issued on that day. This is the order given out by Chancellor Samuel Avery and Executive Dean C. C. Engberg, . in order to check a wide-spread epidemic which, it is feared, may develop fol lowing the discovery last week of a number of cases among the students. Eight persons, all of them students, were reported to the authorities Mon day as ill with the disease and sev eral more have been added to the list since that time. Some of the origi nal eight are known to have attended classes while suffering from smallpox in a well-developed stage. Stringent Measures Necessary ' University and city authorities, in the face of these conditions have .taken up the measures mentioned as the most conservative policy that can be followed under the circumstances. The city health department is co operating with University medical men in the attempt to check the dis ease. DfTERCLASS FOOTBALL BRINGS FAST GAMES Unusual Interest Shown in Sport This Year TITLE STILL UNSETTLED Juniors and Freshmen Will Play Off Scorlc Tie Next Week Interclass football has attracted more attention this year than in sev eral years past and as a result a num ber of good teams have turned out and some genuine battles have been fought. The senior class bad the only weak team in the tournament. This of course was due to the small num ber of upperclassmen who are In school this year, it having been almost impossible to get eleven men together from the fourth-year class. Among those who appeared, Andrews and White, center and guard respectively, showed more real football ability than my other members of the team and were as good or better than a similar pair on any of the class teams. The Juniors put a strong team into the field who battled the freshmen to a tie In the first championship match, Two Syracuse Backs Expected To Give Huskers Trouble Today 1 J 9 ' X 'WILD BILL" FINSTERWALD The Eleventh street entrance to the campus will be open to students who can present certificates showing that they are free from smallpox. Those who have not been examined or treated must go to the Armory gate. In cases of immunity from vaccination one year has been set as the limit for the infallability of the vaccine. The student or faculty mem ber must have written proof that he has been vaccinated within the year or else must have written proof of sound health. Free Inspection and Treatment The city health department has of fered to vaccinate students without charge, and three members of the University faculty, Dr. Waite, Dr. Lyman and Dr. Philbrick, will ad minster the treatment. Free medical Inspection will also be given students by these persons. Students who fore go vaccination must secure a' certifi cate of good health daily. Students remaining on the city campus during the Thanksgiving re cess or who return before 5 p. m. on Sunday afternoon should report to the physicians at the places desig nated upon the campus for inspection or vaccination and receive an official card which will permit them to enter the campus on Monday morning. All students who have been inspect ed and receive their cards by 5 p. m. Sunday will report at the Eleventh street entrance to the campus on Monday morning and will be admitted on presentation of their cards. All students who have not been In spected by 5 o'clock Sunday night will (Continued on page Bi.teen) showing more defensive power than it was suspected of having. Brown, Pickett, Jackson and Reed have shown the best form on this team and have caused practically all the trouble made for opponents. Sophomores were plentiful when it came time to make up a second-year team and as a result held the fresh men to a tie score when the two met in the preliminary battle. On a sec ond try, however, they gave in to a superior defense. Redelfs, Eldridge and Peterson, all linemen, did good work for the second-year men. The freshmen look like the best team in school in spite of the fact that they made but a little better show ing than the Juniors in the champion ship 'oattle. The fact that the first year men failed to score against the third-year team can probably be at tributed, however, to the fact that their star, Bekins, was suffering from a recently sprained ankle, although playing most of the game. Sherman, quarterback, Thompson and Bailey, ends and Ernst, tackle, showed strong in the play of the first-year men in the game with the Juniors. The Juniors and freshmen will meet again in a championship battle after vacation. Dope points to the first-year men to win, although the Juniors are considered to have a chance to slip enough scores across to win the cham pionship. 5 ' ' MATT BROWN Leader of Syracuse Attack Against Huskers n I iV , 4 H ' O CAPTAIN ALFRED "TY" COBB Captain Alfred "Ty" Cobb of the Syracuse eleven is one of the leading tackles of the east this year and has been making trouble for every team that the Orange eleven has faced this season. It was due to his ab sence as much as to anything else that Dyracuse gave in to the attacks of Pittsburgh early in the season. His presence in the game this after noon means that the Cornhuskers will have a hard time gaining through the left side of the visitor's defense. THREE CO-EDS AWARDED SCHOLARSHIP HONORS Junior, Sophomore and Fresh man Girls Ranking Highest Given Pan-Hellenic Badges Three co-ds, Francis Strlbic, Lin coln, Marion Whitaker, Clinton, Mo., and Grace Ross, Blair, were awarded scholarship badges by the women's Pan-Hellenic council at Convocation yesterday. Francis Stribic with the remarkable averaee of 88.03 led the freshman class of last year, Marlon Whitaker ranked first in the sophc more class with 95.74. and Grace Iloss headed the Junior class with 95.68. Elsie Johnson of Broadwater had the highest ranking of the Junior class but was declared ineligible be cause she had won a scholarship badge last year. The custom of awarding the Hclioiamhip badges ia an annual one. This vear there was some talk of abandoning the awards because of the money given to war funds, hut tna Pan-Hellenic council voted at a meet ing Friday that the custom should be continued. Prof. Louise Pound reaa the names of those that were to be given the badges. These Pan-Hellenic prizes are open to competition by all women taking regular work In the University. Last year the winners were Helen White, '17, Elsie Johnson. '18, and Martha Winters, '20. CORNHUSKERS AND EASTERNERS WILL DECIDE INTERSECTIONS, HONORS Syracuse Favorite in First Contest Between Schools HUSKERS READY FOR FRAY Missouri Valley Champions Prepared to Fight Best Battle of Season Today With a final light signal workout and a last chalk talk the Cornhuskers finished preparations yesterday for the most important intersectional battle ever staged on Nebraska field or ever played by a Nebraska team. Nothing in the way of thorough pre paredness has been overlooked by the coach in preparing to meet the big eastern invaders. Defenses have been worked out, to meet their attacks and many new plays that have not -been used in a game this season have been drilled into the men. An offense combining end runs, line bucks and as fancy an assortment of trick plays as has been seen on Ne braska field In many a day has been prepared for the Syracuse eleven and if it fails it will be the failure of the best attempt the Nebraskans are cap able of making. In Paul Dobson the Cornhuskers have a man who should cause the eastsrners all kinds of trou ble.. He can smash the line, run the ends, drop kick or punt or forward pass, and can do all with a great amount of ability. On him, as much as on any other man on the team, will depend the success of the big battle today. Huskers Backfield Heavier The Nebraska backfield which will be coiriposed of Dobson, Hubka, Schel lenberg, McMahon and Cook, will slightly outweigh that of the east erners. On the line, however, the Orange eleven will have an advantage over the Nebraskans of more than fifteen pounds to the man. It is prac tically certain that the lighter line Nebraska has will be used during the greater part of the game as Coach Stewart is inclined to depend more on the speed of his forwards than on their weight. At right end Kellogg, the new regu lar on the team, will probably be the choice to start the game. Kellogg has been used in practice at that posi tion for quite a while but it was ms wnrk in the Kansas itame that showed that he has the making of a real end. His speed and weight will make up in nnrt what he lacks in experience. Rhodes will be at his regular position on the other end of the line. "Dusty" will enter this game in better con dition than any battle during the sea son and should give the Syracuse backs a great deal of trouble. Shaw Against Cobb rantain Shaw will be at his usual post at right tackle, battling the east ern captain, Cobb. Shaw will enter the game in only fair snape mu me best battles he has put up this season have been under Just such conditions. Captain Shaw, Born Fighter, Who Plays His Last Game Today Captain Shaw was born a Cghter and thrives best when he has to fight the hardest. Nebraska has had captains that have earned greater names in the football world than has Shaw, but , there has never been a captain at the Cornhusker Institution who fought harder than Shaw does when the tide of battle is turning against his team. The one biz asset that makes Shaw a capable captain Is his ability to get the members of the team with him Every man on the eleven has the great est respect for the playing ability of the captain and every man admires Shaw as one man admires another. when that admiration is of the highest and truest. Shaw will Dlar his last game for Ne braska today and predictions are that. lesplte the fact that be is sunering from iniurles he will day a game that will be worthy of a Nebraska captain. Wilder will probably be shifted to the other tackle as he has been playing that position during the practices of the week. If Wilder is kept at his regular place at guard, Kriemelmeyer, Munn or DuTeau will hold down left tackle. In the practices of the week Du- Teau has been playing at right guard and has been showing up in the same form that ho exhibited in the Kansas game. It is expected that if he gets into the game today his experience and fighting qualities will be worth much to the center of the Nebraska line. Kosltzky will be stopping Syracuse plays from his old position at left guard, with the same reckless abandon that he showed in the Notre Dame game. Big Battle for Day Bill Day will have the hardest fight of the season at the center position. This midget made big Frank Redzew ski of the Notre Dame team look like a mediocre player, but he is up against a different proposition today. If Day can give Rboinson as many' lessons in how the center position should be played as he has the other centers that he has met this year, Nebraska will indeed have a candi date for the all-American eleven. John Cook or McMahon will be at right half for the Cornhuskers and from this position will direct the at tack of the Nebraskans. It is prob able that the veteran Cook will start the game at that position and give way later to the young speedster. Schellenberg Is practically a certainty at the other half position and is booked to play his best game of the season. Dobson and Hubka will hold down the fulback positions with Otoupalik ready to relieve either of them. Hubka will be valuable for his line smashing and blocking ability and will be use ful on the receiving end of forward passes. Dobson,. as has been stated, will be at the engineering end of many of the Nebraska plays. "Dope" practically concedes the easterners the victory by a big mar gin. But dope is known to be fickle and the Cornhuskers are hoping to prove that it is so in this case. It is known that the Orange eleven fears the Nebraskans and will not be going into the game with any feeling of over-confidence. The one chance the westerners have is to outfight their bigger eastern opponents. The regular lineup and weights of the men follows. Finsterwald, 175.. F. B. R. F. B. Dobson, 170 Malone, 165 R.H Cook,' 170 Meehan, 150 G.B L.F.B. Hubka, 180 Brown, 180 L.H.. . Schellenberg Schwartzer, 170.. R.E.... Kellogg, 173 Segal, 190 R.T...Shaw, (e) 180 Thompson, 220 R.G.. ..DuTeau, 185 Robinson, 190 C Day, 158 Alexander, 195...L.G...Kositzky, 178 Cobb (c), 205 .... L.T Wilder, 182 Brown, 170 L.E.. .. Rhodes, 170 CAPTAIN EDSON SHAW (