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Thursday, November 6, 1941 DAILY NEBRASKAN 15 hltts Occur On Sta.rti.nior Wnstkor TW F. Metheny Cops First String Job M. Athey Moves to Half And Thompson Gels Noil As Col. Browne Returns By Bob Miller. With Coach Harold Browne, lieutenant colonel in the army re serves, back on hand to give help to the crumbling stronghold af fectionately titled "Nebraska foot ball," the Huskers drove into the last days before the impending Gopher tilt. At the same time the major an- nounceu Heverm snuia in uie une- rJArup that will probably hold over for several weeks. The first was the appointment of Bob Ludwick and Clarence Herndon, senior end and tackle, respectively, to be co captains against the northern ag gregation. Metheny Steps Up. The first switch of major im portance involves Fred Metheny to the first string quarter's posi tion and the placing of Marv Ath ey behind Al Zikmund, due to Ken Simmons' injury. As was report ed in the Tuesday Daily, Marv Thompson has been changed from his regular position behind Fred Preston at left end to a right end starting berth to fill in the spot left by Gerry Kathol. Bobby Cooper, lefthanded quar ter, has been advanced to a sec ond string berth to take Metheny's place, and Dean Jackson has been recast as an end on the third squad. Leave Tonight. , The Husker entourage will leave from the Rock Island station at R n m. tnriav and will arrive in It Stillwater, Minn., Friday morning, where they will work out on the high school field in the arternoon and go to Minneapolis the morn ing of the game. There will be a huge rally to give the team the proper sendoff for the toughest game of their season and every Husker fan should arrange to be on hand for f me spini mat is umcausncu cic -will tell just how close the team wul come 10 dumping uie uopnera Vi jp there. Hazen Back. Along with the announcement that Simmons would not be In shape for the game came the no tice that Jack Hazen, end, had sufficiently mended from an ankle injury and that he would be In shape to bolster the end situation. A. L. Haskins, field judge who was the target of the recent squab ble down at Missouri, will again be field judge for this tilt. pos UK. L.T. L.C. C. R.O R.T. RE Q.B. Lll R.H r.a. A TEAM B TEAM Fred Preiton Jack Haien Vic BrhlekJi Joe Byler Kred Meter Lynn Meycra Howard Kelly Korrmt Bachman (ieorge Abel Bob Devlney Clar. Horndin Howard Marti Marv Thompnon .. HohLudwIck Fred Metheny .... Bob Cooper Imle Bradley ...Howard Vrbum Allen Zikmund ... Mar Athey Vlka Francii Wayo Blua Coeds Attend Hockey Meet At Iowa City Altho Nebraska women will not take part in the Midwest Field Hockey tournament for women to be held in Iowa City, la., Nov. 8-9, nine WAA representatives will leave for the tournament Friday. Eight teams Including those from Oklahoma City, Okl., Chicago and Wichita, Kas., will play in the tournament. Representatives expect to arrive In Iowa City in time for the open ing games Saturday morning. They will not return until after the finals have been played Sun day afternoon. Those attending the tourney are: Hollyce Copple, Barbara Slebbe, Jeanette Mickey, Roberta Seng, Dorothy Martin, Mary Ellen Mc Kee. Bernlce Alike v. Alice Muall- iter and Helen Becker. Mrs. Fern cracnt ana Miss Dorothy Zimmcr Lman of the phys ed department w Kutn Mathers, secretary or th department, will accompany the representatives. Trr?7 ft Vike and Zik Head North . . . : , . - 1 f ' -f TV r ; i u Lincoln Journal. Shown above are Vike Francis and Allen Zikmund, who have a special score to settle with the Gophers Saturday for the defeat that Minnesota tossed on Nebraska last year spoiling ' an other wise perfect season. This is the game that observers believe will be their best of the current season. Gophers-An Institution In Football-Rambling On Why is Minnesota good? Hundreds of football fans ask that question every season, and this season in particular the ques tion has been asked many times. There are probably many answers. Some of the answers are obvious. Minnesota is good this year be cause they're Minnesota. The Gophers, during the past ten years, have gotten the win habit; they have gotten used to the idea of being rated among the top five teams in the nation year after year. They have accustomed them selves to being the best in their conference the majority of the time, and the Big Ten is admit tedly made up of more consist ently good teams in the nation than any other conference. Bernle Bierman Good Too. Minnesota is good this year be cause one Bernard W. Bierman Is till the Gopher s head coach, and excellence and Bierman are fynonymous where the latter la found, the former is sure to be. Since returning in 1934, to his alma mater, Minnesota, after see ing service at Billings, Mont., high, the University of Montana, Mis sissippi A. & M., and Tulane, Coach Bierman has directed the Gophers to four Big Ten cham pionships, one co-championship and four national championship ratings, Minnesota Is good because, dur ing the seven years that Bierman has served as head man, the Gophers have chalked up a total of 1,255 points to their opponents' 343. Remembering the competition they play, the fact that the Goph ers averaged 20 points per game fii j a u in the 62 games played under Bierman previous to the current season makes rather convincing evidence. Score in a Pinch. Minnesota is good this season because the Gopher's can score In a pinch. They just seem to wait until they need the touchdown (Michigan . . .) and then score one (. . . and Northwestern). Master Bierman knows when to reach into the old bag of tricks and pull a fast one; he proved that last Sat urday. Minnesota Is good this season because of players like Halfback Bruce Smith and Fullback Bill Daley. Smith averaged 6.37 yards in 85 attempts last season, while Daley, carrying 38 times, averaged 7.47 yards per carry. The Gopher s great halfback of 1940, All-Amer- lcan George Franck, chalked up an average of 5.68 yards In 86 attempts. Odson at Tackle. In the line, 247 pound Urban Odson, leading Gopher All-Amer-lcan candidate from his tackle po sition, and 212 pound End Bob Fitch, rated as one of the leading defense ends in the country along with Guard Butch Levy do their share toward making this season's Gopher forward wall probably the best In the nation. Why is Minnesota good? These are some of the reasons, and how much the Huskers who play best when the going is rough est, and particularly against Minn esota teams can do to Minnesota when the two teams meet next Saturday at Minneapolis remains to be seen. I I -nrK k- Jm mi' n l- MMtirftMi l JhsL I j By Bob Miller J With the wildest display of journalistic abandon exhibited by the Kansas State Collegian, semi weekly effort of the Manhattan institution, in perhaps a decade, 210 point headlines adorned the top of the paper screeching, "Our Team is Red Hot ' on Tuesday They were certainly happy down there over the outcome . of the game Saturday and the enthus iasm must have held over until the paper's appearance Tuesday... 210 point headlines are about as big as they come. The shifting of Fred Metheny to the first string quarterback spot falls jusf right in our book and it is a change that we have been hoping to see all season.. .. Me theny who had his prep schooling at Lincoln high and who was on the three team of 1937, 38 and 39 that won the state title, was an outstanding quarter in high school and rated all-state. While on those teams, he played with Vic Schleich, Forrest Bach man, Bob Ludwick, Howard Debus, Lynn Myers and Dean Jackson; all of whom are now on the Hus ker squad. .. .Incidentally, several others of a slightly earlier vintage on the squad call Lincoln the place they re from.. . .Among them are Fred Meier, George Abel, Dale Bradley, Vike Francis, Don Bot torff, Bud Irick and Ed Nyden. About the switch that involved moving Metheny up from the sec ond string and shifting Marv Athey to a fill-in position behind Allen Zikmund seems about the smartest shift that has been made. ...Athey combines size and 6peed enough to warrant his turning out for track, plus a natural style of running to make him very effec tive at a half position. At quarterback, he did blocking to a very great extent but the first time he carried the ball he zoomed seven yards thru the K. U. mid dle to score.. . .With Simmons in jured and more than likely out of the Gopher tilt, his change came as a natural one since a capable reserve is needed behind the Blond Bruiser from Ord.. . .Metheny has appeared the more capable quar terback with deadly blocking and tackling mixed in but Athey's speed is needed on the team and he will be a definite addition to the running backs. The little team that will be con fronting the Huskers on Saturday boasts of a very light line.... It 'averages only 208.2-pounds while the backfield steps on the scales for an average of 192.8-pounds which gives the entire team a trifle over the 200 mark. Dan Partner of the Kansas City Star sports staff "Fullback Vike Francis hit the line with the power of a toy traiu with a weak spring." . . .This came as the result of the Viscount's showing against Man hattan but he drove for the lone Husker touchdown and that in Itself makes his showing all right. KState Victory Shoivn in Union Movies Tonight Most students still wonder how it all happened; how unimpressive K-State defeated the Cornhuskers last week. The camera record will tell the whole story of the mud and an Inspired Manhattan team when movies oi the game are shown at 7:30 tonight In Union room 315. There Is no admission charge. Big Six Two Mile Leaders Set for Meet Big Six two mile teams, who have been giving conference fans the run around, will run around for the fans on Missouri U's oval at Columbia next Saturday. Ed Weir, Husker cinder mentor, predicted Monday that the on coming distance derby would sur pass any previous Big Six title race in speed and competition. The Husker coach pointed out that five conference endurance men have trotted the two mile race un der 9:50. Ginn Tops. Bob Ginn of Nebraska; Lehman, Rmethers. Burns, and Lvda nf Ok lahoma; Edwards of Kansas; and inman or Iowa State all have sur passed 9:50. Ginn, durative Cornhusker dis tance ace, ranks as a slight fa vorite over Oklahoma's Bill Lyda. Holder of a 4:10 mile clocking last spring, Ginn has clipped the two mile route in less than 9:40. Paul Johrde, Jim Brogen and Ar den Kersey will also represent Ne braska. Snow forced postponement of the Iowa State-Nebraska two mile duel last Saturday. Barb Girls Group Postpones Meet Until Next Week Inter-house Council, organiza tion of barb girls, will not hold its regular meeting tonight. The next meeting will be held at 7 p. m. one week from today, according to Fern Wilterdink, president of the group. The change was made in order to give committee chairmen a longer time to organize their com mittees and begin work on their projects before reporting to the group. The postponement especi ally effects the social committee charged with outlining a social program for all organized barb women s houses on the campus. 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