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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 27, 1919)
T II K X ( IB SCHELLENBERG Halfback Second year W - ;: -Y7 i!7 WILDER Tackle Third Year " J t 4 f LYMAN Tackle First year 5B 6WANSON End First year CAPTAIN DOBSON Halfback Third year lit I , vv ,' .-.5 - I M i - -A.' JUL HENRY Halfback Second year JOBEs Halfback First year iff KELLOGG End Second year DANA End Firat year WRIGHT Fullback First year RUS8ELL Halfback First year 19 19 L4 " v. .... '. t 1 w BOGUE Tackle First year 1 4 1 T 'Li -I 4- WRAY Tackle First year RESUME OF THE SEASON Nebraska seeks no alabis. Every opponent on the Husker schedule was football aggregation of rare ability. Perhaps this year's Cornhuskers did not ehow a brilliant, flashy brand of football early in the season, but later tLey easily proved themselves the class of the Missouri Valley and the equal of sW team in the Big Ten. Today Schulte's men face the formidable Syracuw University eleven, the strongest contender for the honors of the East and If fortune favors the Cornhusker tribe, and their efforts are crowned with vic tory, then they will lay claim to the title of the nation. . The first three teams which Nebraska met in the poorly framed schedule were all teams of the highest calibre. Iowa and Minnesota both stand well in the Western Conference and Notre Dame has whipped everything tnt crossed her path, including WeBt Point and the strong Michigan Aggies. The Cornhuskers clashed with the strong veteran Iowa eleven in the opening game of the season at Iowa City. The Huskers had been 4rHUnf but three short weeks while the Iowans had already reached mid-season form. Captain Dobson was sererely injured early in the contest and was compelled to leave the fray. The Nebraska defense was greatly demoralized by tbo W of their leader and costly fumbles combined with the brilliant running u4 passing of the Hawkeyes sent the Huskers home defeated 18-0 in the initial contest f,CihUlte e hei0e8 081116 back Btron8 on the following Saturday played the Minnesota Gophers off their feet, the game resulting in a tie score. Fumbles again played a dominant part in the outcome, the Huskers losing sev eral chances to score by being unable to hang on to the pigskin. Bin Schellenberg placed his name on the list of immortal Cornhusker gridiron neroes in the Minnesota fra w . , .... , ,tm- ... . , ' -cuuiiig on me enure uopner ieam I It 7 thrUgh a broken flel fr touchdown: Dale's failure to ill u!r 8ltCUBed a tle "ore but the ten thousand spectators who pack esLn rthrUP FieW fe,t th Gophers were indeed lucky to escape with a tie score. bv tWWka l0B th thlrd ConteBt ot eason to the Notre Dame W llu Z Jl f U"9- The Irl6tmen bed a touchdown right off Husked L?' tT u k W" acPhed .0 smoothly and quickly that f i"ZTo V haPPeDeL Nevertheless they rallied an S. Srd irioV1 ?! firet of the game, but Notre Dame opene P Sd lt over 1 T that completely baffled the Hub". put over the winning count. Captain Dobson raised the Nebraska u