Tuesday, November 4, 1941
DAILY NEBRASKAN
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DeCorrevent Penetrates Stiff Defense
rrevalent on the Hps of fans
throughout Nebraska is one ques
tion . . . "Just what, is wrong
with the 1941 Husker football team
and what about the Kansas State
fiasco, Saturday?" is the question
and maybe there is a right to ask
It . . . Nebraska is one team that
is on the same lines as a hot and
cold shower system with the cold
tap being on for the last three
Saturdays.
Nebraska hat a lot of possi
bilities that haven't been devel
oped and probably won't exhibit
a finished product until next
year . . . The fellow's spirits
have been ruined by the support
which they have received from
the campus "quarterbacks" that
seemingly think they know what
the trouble is and would offer
the Biffer their services if they
only had time . . . This sort of
support rather burns us up be
cause Nebraska is sending one
of the best groups of fellows
on that field that can be found
any place in this country.
Just take a look through the
program and you will find a bunch
of fellows that are the typical
undergraduate . . . They are play
ing, football because they yen for
the game and not for any return
that they are getiing . . . They
feel low when they lost and take
any defeat ten times harder than
the most school-spirited fan in the
state . . . They give their all when
they are in the game and nobody
can ask for more.
As soon as a team of the caliber
that is inherent in Nebraska teams
is bogged down by three losses,
invariably there will be talk of
getting a new coach and his teams
will be criticized for failure to
show anything that resembles foot
ball ... At this point there is talk
about the offensive tactics that the
Huskers use but if the ones that
do the running-down would watch
they would see a great many
things that they do not know exist
... At any rate, all of this "down
the coach junk the team" talk
had better be stopped or there will
be a letdown in the spirit that will
Gophers Plan
Continue Win
Huskers Face Hard Job
Of Tripping Minncsotans
With five games behind them,
including two wins and three
losses, Nebraska's Cornhuskers
began serious preparation today
for the face-off this weekend
against a Minnesota team that has
power-housed over two of the
nation's greatest teams, Michigan
and Northwestern, in sueessive
weekends.
Minnesot a-Cornhusker grid
rivalry dates back to pre-war days
when Bernie Bierman, now the
Gopher coach was footballing his
way to All-American status, and
thus far this season, Bierman has
enjoyed his best record in a long
time.
Tops in Nation.
While Nebraska will be fighting
a to break a three game losing
streak, the Gophers will be out to
keep their rating as tops in the
nation. To date the Gopher's
toughest opponent has been the
injury jinx, and most of that in the
backfield.
Possibility that Bruce Smith,
whose performance this year has
shown good signs of the All-American
berth, may be out for the sea
son brought gloom to the Gopher
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result in the worst season that a
Nebraska team has ever experi
enced. Oklahoma turned in an upset
victory over Santa Clara, a week
past, and the accomplishment
was more the result of the un
dying spirit that was shown by
the Sooner fans after their team
had lost by 40 points to Texas
. . . Coach Dewey Luster attrib
uted the win to the support that
the team received rather than a
miracle . . Saturday will see the
game of the year as far as Ne
braska is concerned and we
think that with the proper spirit
on the part of the Husker stu
dents that the team can come
close to upsetting the mighty
Gophers . . . enough about spirit.
Gerry Kathol, friendly Husker
end, is in St. Elizabeth's hospital
here in Lincoln with his right leg
broken . . . His leg was broken
below the knee and the big bone
was fractured in one place while
the smaller bone had two breaks
in it . . . He will be in the hospital
for the rest of this week and will
be in a cast maneuvering on
crutches for the next six weeks.
His injury came midway in the
third quarter when Kansas had
possession ... As we saw it, Mike
Zeleznak was trapped behind his
line and there was a pile of play
ers around him . . . Then from his
end position it looked like Kathol
rushed in for the kill and hurtled
the bunch lighting with his right
leg tucked under him and another
player . . . Dale Bradley who was
about ten yards from the scene
saw it all and paid that when
Kathol came down that there was
a cracking sound like someone
breaking a stout lath and could
be heard over the field.
Gerry remained conscious all
the time on the field and his
first worry was about his folks
... His loss will be a big one
to the team since he seemed
to tide the Huskers through
their tight spots with his spirit
on the field.
Defensive Star
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Gene Flick.
quarters following Smith's injury
in the Northwestern game Satur
day. Other key-men on the doubtful
list include Herman Frickey and
Bob Sweiger, both injured in the
Michigan game, altho Sweiger will
probably be in his halfback slot
after a part-time game against
the Wildcats.
Still inact is the Gopher line,
whose devastating work hate al
lowed for the steamrolling sched
ule the Minnesotans have followed
this season.
Lineman honors went to center
Gene Flick who figured as key
man in the trick play which beat
Northwestern. Rated as one of
the best defensive centers in the
Big Ten. Flick will do his bit to
keep the Huskers busy come Sat
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A play that nearly doomed Min
nesota's hopes against Northwest
ern Saturday was this one when
M. Thompson
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Of Kathol
Huskers Show Injuries
Ag Coaches Send Team
Through Drill Monday
Recuperating from the shellack
ing banded them by underrated
Kansas State on Saturday and try
ing to get the injured into good
hobbling mettle, the Huskers took
MARVIN THOMPSON GEBALD KATHOL
Lincoln Journal
it easy very easy Monday after
noon. With Gerry Kathol laid up in
the hospital with his leg broken
the coaching squad called the team
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Bill DeCorrevent (49) got loose
for nine yards before he was run
out of bounds. The Minnesota line,
however, allows very few of these
together and gave them a minia
ture pep talk and also announced
that end Marv Thompson, junior
from Mitchell, would be switched
to the right end to fill in for
Kathol on the starting line-up.
Thompson was on the sq'iad last
year but a leg injury ea''y in the
season cut down his playing time
this year. Since this season nas
been under way, he has pushed
Fred Freston for a starting berth
at the left end but with the vac
ancy, the Biffer decided that he
would be switched to improve the
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to happen and if the Huskers can
accomplish the job, they will be
doing exceedingly well.
Lincoln Journal.
defensive strength of the starting
team.
Trainer Elwyn Dees gave a little
report of the injured list with Herb
von Goetze out of the Minnesota
fray for sure and perhaps Clarence
Herndon. George Abel who Dees
kept from the greatest part of the
game favoring a bad leg, will be
all right for the approaching fray.
Latest injury to hit the camp
came to the "hard-luck kid"
again Kenny Simmons was
brought in with a knee that had
been popped out of joint.
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