Veterans return to every
position as 1940 prospects
are rosy for Cornhuskers
BY JOHN BENTLEY,
Lincoln Journal Sporta Miter.
A preview of Nebraska's foot
ball team for 1940 can bring noth
i ing but satisfaction because there
are veterans for all positions.
Sometimes a team can be top
heavy with seniors but most
coaches would rather chanoe this
than depending upon unseasoned
players. By positions, the outlook
is something like this:
ENDS: George Seemann and
Jack Ashburn are gone but with
Fred Preston, Bob Ludwick, Chick
Carper, Ray and Jerome Prohaska
around, the wing situation can't
be described as acute.
TACKLES: Sam Schwartzkopf
will be missing here, but Royal
Kahler, Forrest Behm, Leonard
Muskin, Clarence Herndon, Hub
Knickrehm, Edgar Haynes, Jack
Nelson and Francis Leik will be
back. Leik was with the squad
this past season but did not com
pete. He is a 210 pounder from
whom much is expected when he
moves into an activo role.
Guards strong
GUARDS; Only Bill Herrmann
Is lost from one of the greatest
collection of guards which the
Huskers have ever boasted. Those
returning include Warren Alfson,
Ed Schwartzkopf, George Able,
Sam Fuenning, Arlo Klum, Hub
Monsky, George Stearns. It will
take a super guard to crash
through here.
CENTERS: Bob Ramey is lost,
but both Bob Burruss and Fred
Meier are back. Meier was com
ing along at a rapid rate toward
the end of the season. Howard
Kelly, hampered by injury last
fall, will also be around. And a
fine broth of & boy he is.
BACKS: Harry Hopp and Her
man Rohrig will be back and the
only losses from the ball carrying
department will be Adna Dobson
and George Porter. Wayne Blue,
a big, fast lad from Tecumseh
who was carried with the varsity
last fall did not compete so has
three years ahead. Bob DeFruiter,
Bob Kahler and Butch Luther,
three of the best when it comes
to reverse plays; Vike Francis
and Henry Rohn at fullback; Bus
Knight and Rop Petsch to do the
blocking and signal calling, and
some pass catching (see play by
play account of Oklahoma-Nebraska
game), along with Theos
Thompson who has another year
remaining if he wants to take it
rather than a degree. Don Rubot-
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Many schools
coming
to rally
Sixty-seven schools had made
reservations for the All-State
Football rally at the chamber of
commerce by yesterday afternoon,
and representation was expected
to come up to 75 by tomorrow.
Schools who will be represented
by coaches, superintendents and
players are: Ashland, Ansley, Au
rora, Beatrice, Bertrand, Brady,
Burwell, Cambridge, Central City,
Chadron Training School, Con
cordia Teachers, Crawford,
Creighton, Crete, Curtis Aggies.
Davenport, David City, Deshler,
Eagle, Edgar, Elmwood, Elm
Creek, Exeter, Fairbury, Fair
mont, Friend, Fullerton, Geneva,
Grand Island, Harvard, Holdrege,
Homer, Humboldt, Kimball, Beth
any, Cathedral, College View.
Jackson, Lincoln, Lyons, Mil
ford, Minden, Nehawka, Nelson,
North Platte, Odell, Omaha Cen
tral, Ord, Pierce, Pilger, Platts
mouth, Rising City, Seward,
Shelby, Shubert, South Sioux
City, St. Paul, Superior, Sutton,
Syracuse, Talmage, Taylor, Te
cumseh, Wauneta, Weeping Wa
ter, Winnebago, Wilber.
torn, Ken Simmons, Marvin
Thompson and Jack Vincent are
other squadmen and all bus Sim
mons have three full years ahead.
The list of players who were
in this year's squad, but did not
compete includes Charles Carper,
end; Francis Leik, tackle; Wayne
Blue, back; Sam Fuenning, guard;
Edgar Haynes, tackle; Howard
Kelly, center; Jack Nelson, tackle;
Don Rubottom, Marvin Thompson
and Jack Vincent, backs.
It is understood that three
others are returning after a year's
layoff, including Jack Stubbs and
Vernon Braasch of Norfolk, and
Clyde Preuss, Madison.
The best way of not getting
too high on an outfit such as this,
is to think back to the Oklahoma
situation this past season. The
Sooners went into the fall cam
paign with much the same sort
of setup in the matter of big and
experienced players. And you re
member what happened to them!
There's enough natural ability
scattered thru the Hu.sker group
to supply all the needs. If the boys
want to play football, there' a
big year coming up.
Nebraska farms
number 133,678
Nebraska has 133,678 individual
farms according to one of the 27
maps of the state which have been
recently placed on display by the
geography department on the
walls of the second-story hall of
former musium. This map shows
the distribution of these farms
over the state by use of dots, each
dot representing 25 farms.
The DAILY NEKRASKAN
Enemy flips
net more
than rushing
Things would have been won
derful if they'd just had a better
pass defense. Things were very
good at that for Nebraska's Corn
huskers, but a look at statistics
for the past football season shows
very clearly why the Huskers' op
position trusted to passes to beat
the Huskers.
Nebraska gave up 883 yards on
forward passes, and only 858 net
were gained on rushing plays from
scrimmage. The opposition gained
84 yards on laterals for an 1,825
net. On the Husker side of the
fence, the Jones boys piled up
1,193 net yards netting more than
100 yards from scrimmage every
time they played except in the
Indiana game when they couldn't
get under way, gaining only 34
yards from scrimmage. Nebraska
gained 324 yards on passes, 19 on
laterals, for a 1,536 mark.
Missouri was the big offender
on passes. Paul Christman threw
three touchdown flips, as the Ti
gers gained 189 yards on forward
passes. They got another 16 on
laterals, and 121 yards from rush
ing to give them a net yardage
gain of 326 against Nebraska
most yardage piled up against the
Huskers all year.
Christman completed eight of 13
passes against the Huskers to give
him an average of 23 yards on
everyone completed. Two fell in
complete and the Huskers inter
cepted three of them.
Nebraska's opposition attempted
136 passes in all, completing 60
of them for a .441 average, with
an average gain of 14.72 yards
per completed pass. Nineteen
enemy passes fell into Husker
hands, several of them at times
when the opposition was close to
the Nebraska goal line. The other
57 attempts were incomplete.
Sooners turn
down bowl bid
Oklahoma's Sooners turned
dwon a Cotton Bowl bid as the
Big Six gave Missouri permission
to play in the Orange Bowl
against Georgia Tech. The Soon
ers, who lost in the Orange Bowl
to Tennessee, thought they had
had enough football for the year.
A telegraphic poll of Big Six
schools succeeded in getting per
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Twenty-two prep gridders
place on Sigma Delta Chi
honor roll; four, repeaters
BY GLENN TRUMP.
IJneoU Journal 8portiwrilr.
Twenty-two Nebraska high
school lads are ripe for all-star
plucking after a poduceful season
and win positions on the annual
Sigma Delta Chi honor roll.
These 22, threats in all depart
ments of the game, represent the
opinions of coaches, officials and
critics in all parts of the state.
Of these 22, only four are re
peaters. Howard Westering,
Omaha Central; Dale Bernhardt,
Norfolk; Marion Kohel, Crete;
and Howard Debus, Lincoln, won
berths for the second straight
year.
The competition was unusually
stiff this season for honor roll po
sitions. Nearest to being unan
imous selections were Bob Craven,
Crete; Thco Ossowski, Beatrice;
Don Vestal, Fairbury; Marion Ko
hel, Crete, and Howard Debus,
Lincoln.
The Honor Roll.
ENDS: Bob Craven, Crete;
Chemistry graduates
accept positions
Three graduate students in
chemistry have accepted positions
recently. C. Kenneth Banks of
Kansas City, Mo., will be a re
search chemist with Parke-Davis
Company at Detroit. Joe Parker
of Birmingham, Ala., has joined
the organic chemical division of
the R I. Du Pont company labora
tories at Wilmington, Del. Both
will receive their doctor of phil
osophy degrees in June. Allen Ring
of St. Marys, Kas., has accepted
a position as chemistry librarian
for the Mallinckrodt Chemical
Company of St. Louis.
Varsity squad gets bid
to hear Russ Morgan
Russ Morcan and R. H. Pnulov
manager of the Turnpike, will play
iiosi io au iNeDrasKa varsity root
ball men Sunday evening. The two
have invited all members of the
squad to be their guests that eve
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Melvln Keszler, Lincoln; Howard
Westering, Omaha Central
Waldo Winter, Jackson.
TACKLES: Dale Bernhardt,
Norfolk; Rudy Matulka, Omaha'
South; Theo Ossowski, Beatrice;
Vernon Stiner, Hastings. '
GUARDS: Ken .Johnson, Col
umbus; Alvin Lampe, Beatrice;
Herman Peppier, Mitchell; Don
Vestal, Fairbury.
CENTERS: Marlon Kohel.
Crete; Dick O'Neal, Bayard.
BACKS: Lawrence Baum
gaertel, Scottsbluff; Jerry Car
penter, McCook; Howard Debus,
Lincoln; Jerry Durham, Has
tings; Don James, Falls City;
Glenn Lamoureaux, Valentine;
Marshall Neihart, Jackson;
Billie Wachtler, Creighton Prep.
Those who also won noteworthy
praise include:
Ends: Elmer Blackbird, Walt
hill; Doyle Copeland, Guide Rock;
and George Dunn, Creighton Prep'.
Tackles: Raymond Hale, Sar
gent; LcRoy Nelson, Curtis; and
Keith Stolhlorf, Wymore.
Guards: Paul Dalton, Neligh;
Jerry Livingston, Nebraska City;
and Henry Frlcke, Alliance.
Center: Tony Mancuso, Creig"1.
ton Prep,
Backs: Milo Havranek, Wilber;
Frank Hronek, Omaha Central;
Roy Long. Blair; Don Gallup,
York; Kenneth McClure, Have
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