FOOTBALL EDITION
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Daily Nebraskan
VOL. XVII, NO. 56.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. LINCOLN. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 29. 1917.
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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
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'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
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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.
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MATT BROWN
Leader of Syracuse Attack
Against Huskers
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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
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