The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, October 03, 1939, Page THREE, Image 3

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    DAILY NEBRSSKAN
THREE
FTOt&aieirs "face
toaoglh problem
against (Soplhers
Jones hints lineup
changes; squad in good
physical condition
By John McDermott.
Nebraska's Cornhuskers face
highly touted Minnesota in one of
the feature games of the week at
Memorial Stadium Saturday. Minn
8ota rolled up a 62-0 ncore against
Arizona last
Saturday. A d
vance dope in
dicates that
Minnesota w'
have another
steam roller
this season.
The Huskers
emerged from
the Indiana
game with no
serious injuries.
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Husker i s e x- -gjgsa i O
pected to be in . V
shape for the XJZ&mtm
Gopher fray, victor schlqch
V 1 C SehleiCh. Lincoln Journal.
who was injured a week ago was
on crutches with a fractured leg
which will keep him on the side
lines for the remainder of the sea
son. The squad went thru a light drill
yesterday afternoon. Forward
passes and running thru plays
comprised the workout. The Husk
ers also viewed the pictures of the
game last Saturday, finishing up
with a chalk talk. Major Jones in
dicated that there might be a
change in the starting line-up
by next Saturday and said there
would be considerable juggling of
men during the entire week.
Last half thriller.
After a rather uneventful first
half, the last
half of the In
diana - Husker
game was a
thriller. Indiana
moved down
'J4
field after the
kick-off to t
score in eleven
plays. Passing
gained almost jj
all of the yard- I
age, altho Zim-
m e r returne
3i
the kickoff 45
twos?
yards.
N e b r aska's
score came late
in the fourth
HEMMAN KOIIKK
Unroln Journal
quarter and had the crowd on its
feet. On the disputed pass from
Rohrig to Petsch, which put the
Huskers on the one yard line, Roy
Juggled the ball as he went to the
ground. There was some discus
sion as to whether the ball hit th
ground before it was caught, but
the officials ruled the pass good. I
Pictures of the game shown yes- j
terday verify their decision.
Knight enters game.
With third end five to go for a
touchdown. Bus Knight came in at
quarterback, and on the next play
Rohrig took the ball, started
around right end, then handed the
ball to Luther who skirted left
end for the score. Rohrig's fake
drew the entire Hoosier line to
the right. Hermie coolly booted
the tying point.
Indiana flashed a gTeat deal of
power in the line, both defensively
Hnd offensively. Uremovich. Lo
gan and White, along with Ru
cinski and Harris were breaking
thru to smear the Husker ball car
riers. "Co" McMillan uncorked a
great passing game with Hursh
in the main role. His bullet passes
were hitting the maik consistently.
After a glimpse at the Hoosier,
it is exported that they will be a
strong contender in the Big Ten
race.
Running, attack hat trouble.
The Husker running attack was
having trouble getting under way.
Rohrig broke away for 12 yards
in the first half for the longest
run by the Huskers. Altho the
Huskers were outplayed, accord
ing to statistics, they showed plen
ty of possibilities. Their passing
attack clicked well in Uie second
half. Defense seemed to be their
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main trouble. It is expected that
this will be stressed In this week's
workouts. Passing seemed to both
er the Huskers more than the run
ning attack. A few running plays
went for nice gains but most of
them were throttled. If the Husk
ers could have covered up on en
emy passes it might have been an
other story. Protection for their
own passer seemed to be weak.
Three men were chasing Rohrig
on most of the passes, but Hermle
managed to outmaneuver the
charging linemen most of the
time.
Luther and Petsch in pass catch
ing roles turned in nice perform
ances. Butch also was a standout
on defense, batting down several
enemy passes. Both he and Rohrig
were moving up to make plenty of
tackles. R. Prochaska, Alfson,
Behm and Sam Schwa rtzkopf
were standouts on defense for the
Husker line.
HIS IT
by June Bierbower
The Indiana game has come and
gone, and with all the scooped up
passes, and questionable touch
backs, it was a tie. It's all nvor
now, however, and there's a little
affair with Minnesota coming un
Saturday.
It's interesting to note observ
ers' opinions on the Huskers.
They're all in agreement that the
pass defense, especially down the
middle, was very weak, and that
much work will have to be done
before the team runs up against
Hal Van Every.
C. E. McBride of the Kansas
City Star, to speak frankly, didn't
think much of the Huskers' me
chanical ability, altho he had lots
of praise for the spirit they show
ed in tying the old ball game at
the last moment.
Concerning Kansas, whom he
saw play Drake, and Nebraska
whom he saw against Indiana the
KC writer says:
"If KU is to win a game of
football in its own social set
this season it will have to be
against Iowa State at Lawrence
next Saturday, and if Nebraska
IS to make its CUStnmarw
liant bid for the Big Six cham
pionship after a season on the
ding Maj. "Biffer" Jones and
his staff face a lot of lesson giv
ing." "
After telling about how the
Huskers did charge to a touch
down in the last minute and a half
he adds:
"Even so the best vou rn..iA
say about the Nebraskans was
that they were a team that
wouldn't be beaten. That is high
praise, of course, and no doubt
the Nebraska coaches tonight
are rejoicing in figuring it will
be Just a matter of time to sand
paper the edges of a team that
doesn't know what it is to run
up the white flag."
There's one thing about the
Huskers' coming thru as they did.
Chances would have been about 50
to 1 that if the boys had been in
the same spot near the Hoosier
goal last year they'd have dubU-d
the task ahead of them. The fact
that they did t-orne thru in great
Kiyie, wnn terrific pressure on
them, shows that they have the
spirit it takes, as McBride Bays.
In fact, when it comes to keeping
the team's morale up, that tie Sat
iirdnv achieved In th wav It u-n
pronaoiy uia mem as mucn good
as a victory would have.
The fact remains, however,
that even tho Indians had a
whale of a team, Nebraska will
need lots of work before they
play Minnesota. That 62 to 0
score against Arizona Is alarm
ingly like the 69 to 7 tally the
Gophers piled up against North
Dakota State two years ago be
fore they lost to Nebraska. How
ever, lightning probably wouldn't
strike in the same spot so soon,
and It's doubtful that the Min
nesotans will get caught napping
again.
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BRUCE SMITH.
Above are two members of
the Minnesota backfield which
Saturday ran all over Arizona in
a 62 to 0 victory. Smith, widely
heralded sophomore, scored two
touchdowns in the Gophers' rout,
and Christiansen, a devastating
fullback, plunged across for an-
Weir arrives home Mondav
from Europe; tells about war
Ed Weir, Nebraska track coach, you think you've been in the dark.
arrived home early Monday after
being held up in Europe, and after
having been stranded with his
United States track team in Monte
Carlo without
funds, and ex
tremely glad to
get out of Eu
rope. His track team
sailed from
New York last
July 26 for a
nine meet sched
ule, but the out
break of the
war forced
them to cancel
their last two
meets at Rome
and Athens and
therein lies the
story of the
Monte Carlo af
fair. M Wrlr.
Uncoil Journal.
The American consul dispatched
a wire to Dan Ferris. AAU secre
tary when Weir and the squad, be
cause of the falling thru of the
meets, found themselves stranded
without enough money to eat. It
was ten days before the money
came, but Weir managed to obtain
credit for his team, and after get
ting the funds from the AAU the
party moved to Cannes, and then
Bordeau.
Caught at Monte Carlo.
Caught in evacuation measures
as they were leaving Monte Carlo,
the group nearly had to leave their
luggage there, but a hotel owner
loaned them a bus in which to
carry it. If that had not happened,
they would have been permitted to
bring only a small bundle with
them to hold on our laps.
As for blackouts, Weir said "If
w.
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other score. Smith, a 6 to 1, 185
pound triple threater, is the son
of aformer Gopher star. Chris
tiansen, a senior, is a Minne
apolis boy, and is the player who
nearly overtook Jack Dodd on
the latter's 80 yard scoring run
at Minneapolis last year.
you should have been over there.'
The party saw thousands of
marching soldiers at Cannes, and
took part in practicing in air raid
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Monte Carlo however proved tire-
some before they finally left.
Cheer at New York.
The 1.800 passengers on the
S. S. Manhattan on which they
returned let up unbelievable cheers
at the sight of New York, after
having ernssea the oeean in
crowded conditions. The Manhat
tan's ordinary load is 1.150, and
many people slept on deck chairs.
Weir said there are still 25.000 to
30,000 Americans waiting to get
out of Europe.
Fall baseball
drills begin
About thiry candidates turned
out for the first meeting of the
Husker baseball Bquad last night.
More are expected to report to
Coach W. W. Knight before the
end of the week.
A six-week fall practice session
is being planned, weather permit
ting. Coach Knight hopes to get
a line on promising material so
that he fan start out the season
next spring with a good idea of
what his material will be.
Returning letternien reporting
include: Alvin Schmode, catch;
Frank Runino, infield; Dow Wil
son, infield; Bernie LeMaster, in
field; Oscar Tegtmeier, infield;
Lawrence Anderson, outfield;
John McDermott, outfield, and
Dick Joyce, catcher.
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l-M football
play begins
Wednesday
Sigma Phi Epsilon
defends grid honors
beginning Wednesday
Pairings have been made for
the interfratornity touch football
league, and play will get under
way Wednesday at 4:15 p. m.
The 25 teams entering the tour
nament have been divided into
four leagues. Each team comjetes
in a round-robin schedule, the
winner of each league playing the
winner of another in the cham
pionship playoff.
In Wednesday's schedule the
Sig Eps, placed in league III, will
begin the defense of its trophy
in a game with Delta Sigma PL
Sigma Chi meets Chi Phi.
Sig Alphs play.
In league I the Sig Alphs are
paired with Alpha Sigma Phi; Al
pha Gamma Rho is pitted against
Theta Xi and the Betas tackle
Phi Sigma Kappa. League 4
teams do not play until Thurs
day. Sigma Nu meets Delta Theta PI
in league II; Delta Epsilon plays
Sigma Alpha Mu and Pi Kappa
I Alpha vies with Phi Psi.
! All games will be played on the
i new athletic development west
j and north of the Coliseum. En
i trance to the field may be gained
! at the gate in the south-west cor
! nor of the Coliseum. Tennis shoes
; are preferred to football shoes,
and absolutely no shoes with
spikes may be worn.
If it is impossible for a frater
nity to participate at the time
scheduled, they are asked to no
tify the Intramural Office four
. j - . i i. l.J
,
isfayctary p,aying time. The offi-
, cials are the absolute governing
i power on the field of play. Any
j protest must be submitted to the
I Intramural Office 24 hours after
j the scheduled play, and the protest
must be in Wilting, Signed by the
Fraternity Athletic Manager and
the president of the fraternity.
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