THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
CORNHUSKER
GRID SQUD
BEGINS WORK
First Official Practice Held
Saturday Morning on New
Memorial Stadium Field
Fifty Candidates Report.
FIRST GAME OCTOBER 6
Head Coach Fred Dawson and
Assistants Have Difficult
Task to Mould 1923 Ne
braska Football Machine. .
Football, 1923.
Illinois Urban, Oct. 6.
Oklahoma Lincoln, Oct. 13.
Kansas Lincoln (Homecom
ing), Oct. 20.
MissouriColumbia, Oct. 27.
otr Dame Lincoln, Nov. 10.
Iowa Stat Ames, Not. 17.
Syracuse Lincoln, Nov. 24.
Kansas Antes Lincoln, Not.
29.
Faced with the hardest schedule
ever arranged for a Cornhusker grid
team, Head Coach Fred T. Dawson
and his able corps of assistants be
gan the task of moulding the 1923
Scarlet and Cream gridiron machine
Saturday morning when the first of
ficial practice of the season was held
on the new stadium field. About
fifty men donned the moleskins for
the first practice.
With the ten 1923 lettermen who
have returned, and between twenty
five and thirty varsity i"seconds"
and freshmen from last year in the
squad, Coach Dawson has a formid
able array of pigskin material to
work with. The problem of rebuild
ing the Husker forward wall made
by the graduation of five of the
mainstays of the 1922 line, is ex
pected to take the largest share of
attention of the Husker mentors.
Coach Dawson has mapped out a
careful program for the squad for
the short three weeks remaining be
fore the Illinois game at Urbana
October 6. The first few practices
are being devoted to light work
punting, forward passing, handling
the ball, and exercises designed to
condition the players. Boxing and
punching the bag also form a part
of the daily drill. ,
Because of a Missouri Valley rul
ing which prevents coaches from
taking charge of their teams before
September 15, Captain Lewellen
was in charge of the light workouts
which were held last w;ek on the
drill field. The candidates, outfitted
in track suits for these practices, ap
peared in fine shape and ready for
hard work. Several of the veterans
looked to have taken on weight dur
ing the summer months.
Captain Verne Lewellen, whose
wonderful punting in the Notre
Dame game last Thanksgiving will
long be remembered by Husker fans,
has .been working out all summer,
and is in excellent shape for the
coming season. "Lew's educated
toe" is still sending those high spi
rals as far and as high as ever, and
his punting is expected to prove a
vital factor in the Cornhusker at
tack this year.
A fierce battle for positions on
the Scarlet and Cream eleven is
promised. In addition to Captain
Lewellen, Dave Noble, Herb Dewitz
and Rufus Dewitz, all veteran half
backs of proven ability, will be con
tending for places at the halfway
position. Eoland Locke, freshman
star last year, is also expected to
make a strong bid for a halfback po
sition. Former Captain Hartley's place at
fullback will be a hard gap for the
coaches to fill, although Ced Hart-
man, letter man, played in a major
ity of the games last year, and'filled
the position admirably. Doug Myers,
a sophomore, promises to provide
Hartman with stiff competition for
the fullback berth. Myers starred
on the 1922 yearling team.
The quarterback position, made
vacant by the-graduation of Russell
and Preston, is one of the chief wor
ries of the Husker coaches. It is
expected that halfback Herb Dewitz,
who performed at the pilot position
in creditable fashion on several oc
casions last year, will earn a steady
position at the helm this year, al
though Al Bloodgood, former Beat
rice star, will undoubtedly make a
strong bid for the place.
Filling the end positions will
cause Coach Dawson so little
amount of trouble. Scherer and
SchoeppeL who stopped all assaults
aimed around the Husker wings last
year, have both been graduated.
Klempke is not expected to return to
school. Thomsen and .McAllister,
1922 letter wingmen, are in" fine
shape, and are expected to carry the
brunt of the work at the ends this
year. Choppy Rhodes, Swanson and
Leo Black, freshmen ends last year,
will be other strong candidates for
the wing positions.
The biggest task confronting-Dawson
and his staff is, however, rebuild
ing the rest of the Husker line. Wel
er, AU-Amcrican tackle, and Wenke,
Weller's teammate, are mining.
Peterson, selected by Walter Camp
for his third all-American team, is
not eligible this year. Guards Ber-
quist and Bassett, the only regular
linesmen to return, ma bo shifted
from the guard positions to the
tackles. McGlasson, letter man, is
expected to fill one of the vacancies
on the line. Nixon is not expected
to return to school.
A largo number of "Varsity sec
onds" and freshmen of last year,
will fight it out for the vacant berths
on the line. Packer, Rorby, Hal-
berslcben, Ogden, Hendrickscn, Rey
nolds, Wier, Westaupol, Hutchinson
and Jeffries are included in the
large squad of candidates for line
positions.
VALLEY SCHOOLS PICK
1923 PIGSKIN LEADERS
Four Conference Members
Elect Halfbacks Other
Five Choose Lines
men. Three of the " Valley schools
besides Nebraska . i . picked half
backs for the leaders of their 1923
football elevens, and the other five
conference institutions have chosen
linesmen to lead their teams. The
two Missouri schools, Washington
and Missouri U., have chosen cen
ters for captain. The following is
a complete list of the captains of the
football teams of all the Missouri
Valley schools and the positions they
play, with the name of the football
coach at each institution:
Drake University William Boel-
ter, halfback; Ossie Solem, coach.
Grinnell Hugh Nichols, guard;
A. H. Elward. coach.
Iowa State (Ames) Ira Young,
halfback; S. S. Willaman, coach.
Kansas Aggies R. E. Nochols,
tackle; C. W. Bachman, coach.
University of . Kansas Charles
Black, end; George (Potsy) Clark,
coach.
University of Missouri C. Smith,
center; G. Henry, coach.
University of Nebraska Verne
Lewellen, halfback; Fred I T. Daw
son, coach.
University oil Oklahoma Pete
Hammert, halfback; Benny Owen,
coach.
Washington University "Bud"
Cantwell, center; A. B. Wimberly,
coach.
Glen Preston, quarterback on the
1922 Cornhusker football team,
takes up his duties this fall as head
coach at Wesleyan University at
University Place this week. Pres
ton's appointment to this post was
made last spring soon after the res
ignation of Coach R. B. McCandless
of Wesleyan was announced. Pres
ton, Husker center last year, who
Dlaved on one of Walter Camp's All-
American teams, will assist Preston
as line coach.
Word has been received at the
University of the appointment of E.
V. Allen, captain and star miler of
the 1922 Nebraska track squad,, as
an instructor at the University of
Dlinois. Allen was one of the fastest
mile runners in the valley, and fin
ished first in practically all his races
last year.
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5TYLEIX FOR 'YOUNG MEU
OUTLOOK IS BRIGHT
FOR DISTANCE TEAM
Only Two Lettermen Cross
Country Not to Return
Expect Largo Turnout
for Team.
Prosnects for the Cornhusker
cross-country team 'for this fall are
exceedingly bright Two veterans
of the 1922 team, Captain Bowman
and Hartman, have been lost thru
Graduation, but three Jettcr men,
Captain Hyde, Haskell, and Gardner,
1923 track captain, are back, and
will form the nucleus of the team.
It is expected that J. Lloyd Mc-
Mastcrs, coach of tho harriers for
the past three seasons, will be back
again this year to take charge of tho
distance squad. The ten harriers
who won cross-country numerals
last fall and a large number of run
ners from last year's freshman squad
are also expected to answer the first
call for candidates. Zimmerman
and Cohen of the varsity track team
will put in a strong bid for a place
on the harrier team. As in past
years, the Omaha medics will prob
ably have a squad of men working
at the hill and dale sport.
The old Belmont course north of
town will be used by the harriers
again this fall. The schedule of
meets for the 1923 season has not
vet been completed, altho it will
probably include several dual meets,
besides the Valley conference run
in November.
PUBLICATION OFFICES
IN UNIVERSITY HALL
The Daily Nebraskan, Corn
husker, and Awgwan Now
Grouped in Room 10.
With the beginning of the 1923
1924 session, The Daily Nebraskan,
Cornhusker, and Awgwan offices
will be found in University Hall,
room 10, formerly the trade school
print shop. The room has been re
painted and fitted especially for the
use of the publications. Seven
desks have been placed in the new
office for the use of the business
managers and editors.
The Daily Nebraskan office will
be on the south side of the room and
the other offices at the other end.
Tables for reporters and copy read
ers are arranged for busines6-like
discharge of duties.
The new arrangement will put all
the publications in closer touch with
the School of Journalism and will
give the former offices to the admin
istrative department, which have
been cramped for room.
Telephones have been installed
for the use of the offices, lights have
been arranged for the convenience
and comfort of those working, and
everything will be conducted in a
business-like manner. A partition
may be used to cut off the Awgwan
and Cornhusker offices from the
Daily Nebraskan, thereby avoiding
trouble that may arise from the con
fusion. Entrances to the offices are
on the east and north.
STUDENT COUNCIL
Student Council meeting. Very
important meeting will be held
Thursday at 3 o'clock in S. S. 107.
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