Wednesday, October 22, 1941
DAILY NEBRASKAN
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Rule changes have been occur
ring year upon year. . .The reason
for these changes can be given
by Curt Riess of Esquire sports
staff... "Of course they changed
the rules last year. They always
do. It keeps football safe from
ever being thoroly understood by
the paying customers (and by the
players as well)," was the Riess
comment.
There have been five important
changes made this year due to an
increased demand for them . . . The
first four are more important than
the last one but there are days on
which the last one has a very de
ckled effect on the outcome of a
game... The following is h sum
mary of the changes :
Number one: A player may en
ter the game at any time thruout
the game instead of only once in
each quarter... He may communi
cate with his teammates as soon
as he gets into the ball game...
This is a change from the rule
that one play has to elapse before
the substitute can speak to the
other ten players.
Number two: Whenever a pass
is incomplete on the fourth down
behind the opposing team's goal
line, it is not ruled a touchback
this year... When it was ruled a
touchback, the ball was brought
eut to the 20 yard line. . .This sea
son things are different, the pass
is just the same as any other in
complete pass and the ball goes
back to the line of scrimmage and
the opposition takes over from this
spot
Number three: Contrary to what
has gone before, this season it is
permissible to hand not pass
the ball forward at any spot be
hind the line of scrimmage. . .This
change permits something that
has been done anyway for ten
years or so without violating the
rule forbidding a forward pass to
be made from a spot five yards
behind the line of scrimmage.
Number four: If the kicking
team touches the ball inside the
opponent's ten yard line after a
punt, it is ruled a touchback and
the ball is put in play on the 20
. . .This does not permit the mem
ber of a kicking team to let the
ball roll close to the goal line be
fore downing it... This would
force the defensive team to take
the ball from that point and would
give them little or no chance to
run with the pigskin.
Number five: During the last
two minutes of play in either half,
if the team in possession of the
ball (having used up its three le
gal 'times out') takes time out to
make a substitution the referee
will signal for time to begin as
soon as the substitution is com
plete... The referee is required to
notify the coaches when but two
minutes of play remain in each
half.
This concludes the major rule
changes for the 1941 season ... Of
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Teams Fight Way Into Big
Six Conference Leadership
t Huskers, Tigers and Sooners
HIU 81 X STANDINGS.
W. L. T. Pts. Op.
Nehranka 2 0 0 46 0
MlKHcmii 2 0 0 74 13
Oklnhoma ....1
Iowa State 0
Kantian 0
KannHH State 0
0 0 16
2 0
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1 0
2 0
0 32
0 51
Confirenc Knult Ijtut Wok
Mlxnourt 3 Iowa State 13
Oklithnma 16 Kansas State 0
Nonmnfrmire Kexnlts ljt Wfk.
Indiana 21 Nebraska 13
Marquette 33 Kansas 7
Conference Games Thin Week.
Horn Tram. Visitor. Score.
Missouri Nebraska 7-20
KanRiis Iowa State 0- 7
Nonronfrrrnre flames This Week.
Home Tram. Visitor. Seore.
Oklahoma Santa Clara 13-33
Kansas State has an open date.
By Bob Miller.
With Nebraska and Missouri
tied for the league leadership in
the Big Six conference at two
wins and no losses, the games this
Saturday will see a general shake
up of the entire six teams."
Missouri and Nebraska will get
together down at Columbia to de
finitely decide the leader and this
is the game that will more than
likely produce the final winner.
Oklahoma ranks on a par with
Dom teams but thus far the Soon
ers haven't registered.
A general analysis of the top
teams:
Mizzou First.
Missouri: Pre-season dope indi
cated that Coach Don Faurot's Ti
gers would be a threat and so far
this season they have been con
firming the reports. Nineteen var
sity regulars returned when prac
tice started. The Tigers with Har
ry Ice and Bob Steuber have a
consistent ground attack without
much emphasis on passing and
they depend upon the T formation.
Losing only to Ohio State this
season, Missouri has turned in de
feats of Colorado, Iowa State and
Kansas State. In the two con
ference games, they have run up a
total of 74 points while giving up
13. If the Tigers can pass the
Huskers Saturday they should
go on to the Big Six champion
ship. Huskers Close.
Nebraska: Coach Biff Jones has
a lot to do this season if he ex
pects to get the first spot in the
conference. Winning over Iowa
State, 14-0 and over Kansas U.
32-0 placed the Huskers in the un
enviable spot of the over-lord.
The results of this were seen
only too plainly Saturday against
Indiana when the end situation
stuck out like a sore thumb and
the fullback position was not on
hand to fill up holes that the
course, there is the one concern
ing the use of three balls on a
day when playing conditions are
bad... This insures the teams that
they will get a relatively dry ball
and it wU no more necessitate the
official wiping off the ball after
every play.
Notice department: Lincoln high
Central did the expected Friday
nipht in winninir over Northeast.
13-6... It was played before the
largest crowd in the history of
Central a oval and was complete
in every angle.
Hoosiers were making in the Ne
braska line. If these obvious faults
are not corrected and if the in
jury list mounts, Nebraska will
have no hope of coming out on top.
The Huskers operate off a varia
tion of the T with single wing
backs in the majority.
Sooners Strong.
Oklahoma: The Sooners are the
question marks of the conference
due to the fact that they have
only appeared against a second di
vision team in Kansas State.
In Junior Golding, Coach Dew
ey 'Snorter' Luster has a high
scoring back. They work off of a
different formation wherein the
backs lineup in the shape of an A.
The system has worked however
and it turned in a defeat of the K
Staters, 16-0. This week Okla
homa meets Iowa State and it
will be a . little easier to see how
the Norman team with a new
coach at the helm will come out in
the Big Six. All indications place
the Sooners on a par with the Ti
gers and Huskers. The Sooners
meet Santa Clara in a non-conference
skirmish Saturday.
Lcamie Leaders
In Barb Football
Face Owl Team
Competition in Barb football is
on the last lap, with two teams
battling for first place in League
II, and first spot in League I still
within the reach of three teams.
A. C. B. C, always a strong con
tender, appears to be top team
this year, having the best chance
in League I, with three wins and
no losses.
The nearest competitor, Ag
Cafteria, fell before the triumph
ant boarding club boys last Thurs
day, 6-0, and is out of the run
ning unless a rejuvenated Owl
team can conquer A. C. B. C. as
it did the Baldwin Hall team,
12-0.
Pioneer Coop, in League II,
staged a last minute drive and
beat Stratford, the league leader,
to gain a tie for first. The playoff
promises to be one of the best
games of the season, as both
teams have small, fast men.
Some 15,800 Wisconsin high
school students will be guests of
the University of Wisconsin at
the Badger-Syraruse football
game Nov. 1.
CHICAGO
$8.75
Kansas City. . .$3.20
Des, Moines . . .$3.50
Omaha $1.00
Soo City $2.60
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Mizzou Plots
Husher Loss
on Saturday
A Nebraska football team badly
banged-up by bst Saturday after
noon's encounter with Indiana has
been working late this week in
preparation for the all-important
conference game with Missouri
next Saturday at Columbia.
Prospects of a victory over the
Tigers were somewhat dimmed by
the fact that three members of
the first eleven may not see serv
ice in the Huskers' third Big Six
game of the season.
And in the meantime, down in
Missouri the Tigers were groom
ing therntelves for Saturday's
game with a crushing 39-13 de
feat to their credit handed to the
Iowa State gridders at Ames. It
was the same Iowa State team
that Nebraska defeated 14-0.
Missouri's Backs.
The great combination in the
Tiger backfield, Steuber, Wade
and alternating with Ice, may be
considerably weakened unless Red
Wade, the Missou' quarter, recov
ers from an injured hip muscle
which has kept him benched and
inactive in this weeks practice
sessions.
Vernon Eowen, who fills the No
2 halfback position has a knee in
jury which may keep him on the
bench this weekend, while Lou
Milla, starting fullback who gave
way to Don Reese in the start
ing lineup against Iowa State be
cause of a bruised hip, will be
back in his usual slot.
High Scoring Ouftit.
In two conference games, Mis
souri has piled up an impressive
74 points, while the Huskers were
totaling 46. To date, the Huskers
have not been scored upon by a
conference opponent, while th Ti
gers' second team yielded 13
points to Iowa State.
Only ten games have been
played in the Big Six conference,
but from all appearances, the win
ner of the Nebraska-Missouri
game will finish in top place at
the end of the season, if compara
tive scores and showings mean
anything.
Whoop Our Mistake
The article about Interfrater
nity touch football is yester
day's "Daily Nebraskan" er
roneously stated that Waldo
Winters and Edsel Wibbels
were the stars of the Sigma
Nu-Sig Alph touch battle. Win
ters and Wibbels did not par
ticipate in the contest.
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Playoffs Begin- in IM
The first bracket of the
championship round of inter
fraternity touch football will be
filled tonight after the Beta
Phi Gam contest scheduled at
4:30 p. m. The Sigma Nus and
Farm House will meet to de
cide the other finalist Monday,
October, 27 at 4:30 p. m.
Coaehes Pick
Fred Preston
Squad Line-up Changed
As End Picked Captain
With the announcement that
Fred Preston, senior end from
Fairbury, would captain the Hus
kers in their third conference tilt
at Missouri, Saturday, the entire
. squad moved
witn a
great
deal of fire into
the coaches pre
scribed work
outs yesterday.
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, ing au me ieit
F J side of the line
also a starter
JJ from last sea
son. Standing
6-3 and weigh
ing 190 pounds,
he commands .
respect on the
. FRED PRESTON
gridiron as well
Lincoln Journal as off,
Squad Changes.
As important as the announce
ment above, was the announcement
on the bulletin board in the Husker
dressing room that greeted the
gridders when they came down for
the practice period.
It was the line-up changes after
the game last Saturday that every
one has been waiting for. Kathol
stays at right end while Howard
Marting moves in to fill the spot
left by Clarence Herndon.
George Able stays at guard and
now for the big change. Howard
Kelly has stepped up to the first
string center spot and Fml Meier
shifts to the left guard position
to close up the spot left by Herb
von Goetz. Schleich, Preston, Zik
rnund, Athey, Francis and Bradley
maintain their positions.
On the seconds reading from
right end to left are Ludwick,
Bordy, Deviney, Bachman, Meyers,
Byler and Thompson. The backs
are Simmons, Metheny, Blue and
Debus.
For thirds at right end are Pro
chaska and Hazen; right tackle,
Hirsch, Wilkins and Hennings;
right guard, Bryant; left guard,
Duda and Irick; left tackle
Nelson. In the backfield In the
number one spot is Jackson, Sindt
and Hanson; number two, Cooper;
number three, Salisbury; number
four, Long.
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