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A Review of the Seaion and of the
Team
Tossed ubout like a cork on the
ocean, thi) I'JIX CornhuskcrH stuck to
.their posts unit pulled through u wild
and moHt uncertain season on I ho grld
Iron. Tolling day ufter day and often
until after dark, they would K t all set
for a big game, only to have the In
fluenza epidemic boh u; at the last
minute and force the cancellation of
the engagement.
The nun Muck lo their posts, how
ever, In fplte or the dix ouragements
and aro deserving of every hit of
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Mils season. I lie laci in... emu ku.im-
produced a new and different star Is
a noticeable fad In reviewing the sea
hoii's names. No one member or the
aggregation stood out most eonsplcii
ously and eclipsed the others as has
been done in former seasons.
Captain lluhka, perhaps has played
the most consistent brand of football
of any man on the, team, lie started
the season ut fullback, but was trans
ferred to tackle when Al Dutcati fell
victim to Dan Cupid's shaft and
left school in favor of matrimony.
Hubka was called back from his posi
tion on the line, quite regularly, to
carry the ball and to do the kicking,
and he did as much lugging as the
back field regulars.
The Back Field
Howarth jumpod In at the quarter
back position direct from last year's
freshman team and his ability in re
turning punts and in directing the at
tack has been worthy of note. Mc
Mahon played a great game against
Iowa at the first of the season but in
jured his knee in practice and has
been out of the lineup ever since.
Schellenberg left for the infantry O.
T. C. prior to the Kansas battle but
participated in the first two games of
the campaign, starring in the 19 to 0
victory over the Fort Omaha balloon
school.
Mill Lantz stepped into the varsity
lineup a product of four years of
active high school life and succeeded
in making his mark at Nebraska
first shot. Jobes and Hartley were
graduated from last year's freshman
squad and Reynolds, on the 1918 var
sity basketball five was induced to get
out for football for the first time. All
three men made good as regulars and
distinguished themselves against the
M.illoonists.
Line a Stonewall
The line men never get the praise
that the back field members do, but
the Nebraska linn, has been the one
thing that has brought the coaches
complete satisfaction. They never
had to worry about the condition of
the line and it always held firm against
enemy attacks.
With the exception of Kriemelrueyer
all the line men are playing their first
year on the varsity. Dana, Neumann.
Cypreanson, and .Monte Munn have
had no previous college experience
but the others were promoted from
the second stringers.
Freshmen Playing for First Time
This is the first season for centur
ies that freshmen have been allowed
to participate in intercollegiate sports
and the Husker team is composed
largely of first year men. The restric
tion was lifted by the government offi
cials at the organization of the S. A.
T. C. October 1.
A few sidelights on the lives of the
members of the 1918 Cornhuskers may
be of interest to the followers of the
Scarlet and Cream. It Is truly a Ne
braska aggregation, an even dozen of
the men having been born in the Corn
husker commonwealth.
Captain Ernest Hubka
Captain Ernest Hubka hails from
Meatrice high school where he first
donned the moleskins. Two years at
that institution, playing tackle and
fullback, won him all-state honors
and prepared him for a try at college
football the following year when he
entered the university. He proved
his worth w hile on the freshman squad
in 1916, and last year he broke into the
varsity eleven at right end. Later he
ras shifted to fullback where he work
ed against Kansas. Hubka was placed
on the first all-Missouri valley eleven
by Eugene T. Dyer in Spaulding's
Football Guide, and was given a place crs in the mid-western conference,
on the second all-valley team by C. He threw a scare into football clr
K. McBri.ie of the Kansas City Star. 1 clcs about the middle of the present
Krney lluhka wan elected captain
of (he present hand of warriors about
u month ugo, taking the place of Schel
lenberg, who wan chosen to act as
captain when "Dusty" Rhodes left for
service In the army. He played at
fullback early In the season but wan
switched to left tackle Jjust after the
Iowa name.
Ho ranks with the moM consistent
performers In recent years, and the
best of It is that he will be hero next
year to continue the good work he has
begun.
Elmer Schellenberg
M out people believe that Schellen-
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the fact Is true, but he played three
years at Johnson, Nebr., before he
went to Meatrlce high school. He came
to the university in 1S1G and worked
in the tack field In the freshman line-
i up. The following year he started the
i season against Wesleyan and carried
; away the blue ribbon in individual
i work. He was planted at half back
or left fullback, as Doc Stewart ar
ranged the back field, and there he
stayed throughout the season, factor
ing materially in most of the games.
Schelly inaugurated the present sea
son with a fine showing of class, but
; when the call for officer candidates
j was issued, Schellenberg was picked
' to go. His departure for Camp Grant
crippled the team seriously just before
; the Kansas encounter. It was hoped
that he might return to finish the sea
son if he were discharged in time, but
Schellenberg probably saw it differ
ently and went on with his officer in
struction. He may be back for the
basketball season, but it is not known
now.
He was on the varsity basketba'l
team last year and was out for track
in the spring, making good in each
bran eh.
Paul Dobson
Paul Dobson. one of the greatest
back field men in Cornhusker history,
has just returned to the fold after a
six months' absence in the naval
vice. He got back in time to partici-1
pate in the last regular game of the j
season which is played today with
Notre Dame. He enlisted In the navy I
last spring, and was first sent to the !
Great Lakes station at Chicago. He !
distinguished himself on
the Jackie
aggregation and brought the bacon I
home in the two games in which he
played, one against Iowa and the other!
against Illinois.
To go back to the beginning, Paul !
has played football ever since he was j
table to distinguish a pigskin from I
an Easter egg. He never made it a I
business until he entered Ulysses high j
school years ago. He got his first les
sons in the gridiron game from Max
Towle, the wizard quarterback of '12
and '1?., who was c oaching the Ulysses
team. Dobson played two years on
the eleven at full back and was captain
the last year.
In 1915 he entered Nebraska and
was out for freshman football. The
following year he went in against the
Drake Mulldogs, substituting for Doyle,
and assumed the duties as a regular
against Oregon. From then on there
was no stopping him. His reputation
as a punter started in his high school
days and that is still his strong point.
He was a junior when he went to war
and may be in the lineup next year.
Harold McMahon
"Curley" McMahon came to the
Huskers a seasoned football man from
Lincoln high school, where he played
for three seasons at end and half back.
In his last year at the capital city he
was picked for all-state half and was
considered so good that he was given
the captaincy of the star eleven. He
was one of the mainstays of the track
team also and represented Lincoln in
the Missouri valley track meet, piling
up envious records. He started his
athletic career at Blair, Nebr., where
he played a year on the football team.
Upon entering the university in
1916, he made a berth on the fresh
man squad and then got into action
s a regular against Michigan the fol
'owing year. Last year he played at
right half and was picked by Missouri
valley officials for the third best right
halfback in valley circles.
McMahon is a track man of no mean
ability, havnig been selected by sport
ritics as one of the ten fastest sprint-
SIDELIGHTS ON NEBRASKA'S WAR-TIME ELEVEN.
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season when he waH.alh.l ( hum-v
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ru.' ,hiv later. Mac onlv
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the Iowa combat but U expected to
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Notre l,a fore where he wcihled the billy a
Walter Kriemelmeyer nimmer. He came from rairbur)
The big towering six footer who has )is broihcr after one year of football,
been lllllng in at right Kuartl is Walur ,wo years as captain and center on the
Kriemelmeyer. playing his secon I bat-ketball quintet and two more son
year on the varsity. II- came from hon on the track His one year at
Cambridge high s. hod three year- Lincoln hiKh contained a few honors,
ago with four years experience on the lle was ,,( ked a- all state tackle in
football team. Cambridge high school football, all state center In basket
It will he noticed is playing Lincoln ball, being a number of the state
high for the champlonsnip o:
braska this very afternoon, which goes
lo prove Unit "Slakes" was brought Uj
in a good school. lie has one nure
year yet at Nebraska before he grad-
miles.
Bill Lantz Clarence Swanson
One of the besi all around athletes, Swam-on had three years of foot
that ever donned a llusker uniform is ball, three of basketball, three of base
Mill Lantz, midgei right halfback, who ' ball and two of trac k and was captain
Is Jud beginning his career at Ne-', f each team in his senior year at
braska as a freshman. He attended Wakefield. Nebr.. before he packed
Kearney high school two years and j his grip and came to Nebraska a year
while Ihere played tvvo seasons of foot-1 ego. Last season he made the fresh
ball, two of track and one of basket-j man squad and and played at halfback
ball. He received honorable mention but so far this year he has been sta
for all-state football honors for the Honed at right end. His basketball
two vears' service on the team. j experience led him to get out for the
Lantz spent the last two years of
high school at Ravenna where he ex
panded on his athletic record. He
was captain of the football eleven both
seasons and wan picked as all-state
left halfback in 1915. He played both
seasons of basketball and served as
captain both years, receiving honor
able mention twice. He was out for
track every year and was captain the
last two years. His track team won
the central Nebraska championship
two times and last year came out
fifth in the state meet at Lincoln. Two
years of baseball stand to his credit
and on top of all this he was coach
for three years of football, basketball
ser-jnd track. In fact Mill Lantz just
naturally "ran" things all through his
high school career
His athletic record at Nebraska
Promises to equal and surpass wnat
be did in his high school days and he
vi" make his mark in all-American
sport circles.
Harry Howarth
Quarterback Howarth is also playing
''is first season on the varsity and has
proved himself an able general and a
dependable man with the ball, lie
first saw service on the gridiron at
West Point, Nebr., where he played
three seasons and was captain one
year.
lle was picked for captain and
halfback on the all-star eleven repre
senting Northeastern Nebraska.
He played three years on the high
school basket flippers at forward, one
year on the baseball nine, guarding the
first sack, and one year on the track
team with the weights and dashes.
He was out for freshman basketball
last season and is out for a regular
berth this year.
Roy Lyman
Roy Lyman, the big husky navy i nobis was induced to try his hand at
bird, is a product of the western Kan-'he game. He had never been out be
sas plains. Although he was born ! 'ore but took to it like a bulldog to a
in Nebraska, he spent his entire child
hood in McDonald, Kansas, and the
hearby vicinity. Before he hit the
Cornhusker camp he had never played
football in his life, but under the tu
torage or Doc Stewart and Coach Kline
he has developed into a wonderful
defensive and aggressive guard. He is
an old hand at basketball, however,
playing four years on the high school
five and participating in inter-frat
games last season. He indulged a lit
tle in baseball out in western Kan
sas, playing center field and pitch.
This is his first opportunity at var
sity football and he holds the proud
distinction of having not missed a sin
gle minute of play in any game thus
far.
Wade Munn
Another all-around athlete is Wade
Munn who is playing his first year of
varsity football this season at left
guard. Three years of football at
Fairbury high school and two years
of basketball got him In condition to
take over a regular job on the fresh-1 state forward for his brilliant playing,
man squad at Nebraska last season. This is Neumann's first year on the
He also was on the freshman track regular football eleven, being sta
and wrestling teams. Baseball is an-iticned at leit end. He says he never
other of Ms accomplishments but has! Played the gridiron game before but
not had a chance at that in the uni-J'be quality of his performances do not
versitv Wade is often confused with ' prove it.
, n, i..i.t V:ine. who was on the.
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loam laM oar ,
Monte L. Munn
w. !'.. kill brother is
the young
Ki8n, who has been holding down the
He came to the
,,,Vot job all sea-on
llntker f.ibt from
the Lincoln police
champs last winter, aim u-
,js - " u track. He was captain-elect
; the football eleven when he left
M hend. He has not missed a singu ,
minute from a game this season, which j
is an enviable record. j
indoor siort last winter, but as it was
his first year, was not eligible for the
varsity.
Harold S. Hartley
Hartley took the place of Hubka at
fullback when the latter was shifted
to the tackle position early in the
season and he has been holding his
job in a very creditable manner. This
is his first year in the university, com
ing from Harvard high school where
he made a record as an all-around ath
lete. He was four years on the foot
ball team and captain the last sea
son, four years on the basketball team
and captain the last two, four years
on the track tetani and one year on
the baseball team at which time ne
was captain of that. Harvard
wouldn't have amounted to very much
if Hartley hadn't been on the class
j roil, would it:
Raymond Jobes
, Jobes won his spurs in the Husker-
, .layhawk game this season; while
, snppc ry wnn mud. ne wiggieq tnrougn
the Kansas defense time after time for
: long nains and carried the oval a total
of 72 yards, a record not equalled this
season. He was a member of the
freshman squad last season and sub-
stituted for McMahon at right half in
the first game with Iowa. He broke
in again against the Balloon School
but was kept out of the Camu Dodge
battle on account of injuries.
Jobes is a Nebraska man. having
been born and raised at Tecumseh.
Two seasons there, he was playing left
half on the football team. His future
years in Nebraska may bring new and
greater honors.
Harry B. Reynolds
When football material was scarce
at the fust of the season, Harry Rey-
tramp's coat-tails. He has made
rapid strides in the game and pulled
down the laurels in last Saturday's
con Hid with Camp Dodge.
Basketball is his bent, however. He
played guard on last year's Husker
quintet and in 1917 played on a team
which copped the Y. M. C- A. league
championship.
Madison, Nebr., claims him and his
record at the Madison high school
proves that he made an impression in
those parts. He played two years of
football", three years of baseball and
four of basketball and was captain of
each team once. Reynolds is a senior
this year and will probably not be
with the Huskers next year.
Richard Neumann
Dick Neumann made a name for
himself in the state basketball tourna
ment two years ago when he led the
Columbus quintet up to the semi-finals
against Omaha. He was three years
on the Columbus team and was elected
captain in 1917. He was Dicked all-
Herbert Dana
Dana hails from Fremont hiK,
Hchool where he played basketball
three years and was awarded the iap.
talncy and all state center honor
1917. lle did not play in mh football
but was on the track and baseball
teams four years and was track up.
tain one year.
Dana saw eight months' service (M1
the Mexican border with the Fourth
Nebraska regiment. National (Juard.
While down there he made a pluce
at right guard on the regimental foot
hall team. In competition with r.oo
other soldiers. His eleven won elRht
out of nine games played.
This is Dana's first year at Ne
braska, but he Is a comer in football
and basketball.
"Bubbles" Ross
Kminct II. Ross Is another graduate
from the last year's freshman squad.
He has got Into action at right guard
In nearly every game so far this sea
son except when his anklo has been
on the hum. He played on the Super
ior, Nebr., football aggregation three
years and was captain In 1916. He
was also on the track team specializ
ing with the weights. He stales that
he was horn in Kansas just eight miles
south of Superior.
"Zip" Cypreanson
Cypreanson says that he was horn
In Wisconsin, went lo school in Kan
sas and was educated in Nebraska.
This is his first attempt at varsity
football, but he had two strenuous
years of it at Lincoln high school,
which won him the honor of all-state
halfback. He was three years on the
basketball team and was forward on
the state champion quintet last year.
He was placed on the all-state basket
ball five and given the captaincy.
Cypreanson was one of the first
twenty-nine men of the S. A. T. C. to
be sent to an officers' school. He was
down at Camp McArthur for six weeks
and played end on the battalion team.
Quite unexpectedly he appeared last
Saturday in the Camp Dodge gante,
having returned to Lincoln in the
morning.
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