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jWecfoesclav, April 18, 1945
THE NEBRASKAN
IS I SEE IT
By
The basic principle of football
is bodily contact, but for some
reason the University of Nebras
ka squad seems to veer away
from it. It is only thru practi
cal experience that the untested
can become good football play
ers. The showing of candidates for
the annual spring practice this
spring wasn't much to boast
about. And it is my firm be
lief that one of the reasons for
this showing was the statement
that there would be no scrim
mages in this season.
The showing: of last fall's
team was not too rood, and yet!
those who practiced last fall will
back me when I say that one
of the main reasons for 4hLs was
the lack of any rough, tough,
preparation for the tames. If a
tcamful of veterans eonld take
the field, and every man after
that that entered the game had
the same amount of experience,!
there would be no need of prac
tice scrimmages. But when l!
the players on the field are ii
experienced, the team that hus
had the most scrimmages will
come out on top nine times out
of 10.
Here are some facts that
might prove interesting about
last fall's campaign. In the
month of preparation between
the start of practices in Septem
ber the team scrimmaged no
more than 10 times at the most.
They went up to Minneapolis
and got soundly whipped, the
same happened at Indiana two
weeks later. After losing to
Kansas, the team had two days
of hard scrimmage, and the fol
lowing Saturday beat a Missouri
team that wa srumored to be
one of the best in the Big Six.
The next week there was no
scrimmage, and the Huskers lost
to Iowa.
Then the team returned to
Lincoln, and put in a week of
"full speed dummy" and lost one
to the Cyclones. With a week's
rest and three hard scrimmage
under their belts, the Huskers
trimmed the K-Staters. Then
with no more scrimmages, the
team lost to the Oklahoma Soon
ers. So there the facts stand. When
the team scrimmaged, they won,
when they didn't they were
knocked over like ten pins in a
bowling alley.
There is another side in favor
of scrimmages. The boys out for
Cyclone Men
Shirk FB Drills
AMES, Iowa, April 14. Back
field prospects are light with only
five or six promising candidates
trying for berths on the 1945 edi
tion of the Cyclone grid squad,
according to Coach Mike Michal
ske who has been puttinig the
squad thru its spring paces.
Line prospects seem to be a lit
tle better with a reserve list giv
ing depth to the forward wall
now bolstered by the return of six
lettermen. Gallaher and Paetz,
ends; Cole and Bond, tackles; Fat
hauer, veteran guard; and Riding,
veteran center, are the lettermen
who have reported for spring
drills.
Line Material.
In addition to this material,
Michalske has the following line
material from which to build his
defenses this fall: Jensen, end;
Pusch and Johnson, tackles; Vbel
ker, Hufman, Spindler and Hayes,
guards; Lindgren, center.
Pusch and Johnson are both
transfers to the school. Hufman
was on the squad a year ago as
was Hayes. Spindler, another
transfer, played on the B squad
at Purdue a year ago. Lindgren
was also a Cyclone squad mem
ber last season.
In the backfield department,
only two out of the first 12 backs
have returned. Ten of the first
12 backs have disappeared com
pletely and. picking looks a little
on the slim side. Dick Howard
and Chuck Heidel are the only
two veteran backs to report andi
Howard is the only first string
back.
Backfield Candidates.
Backfield candidates who are
now shooting at berths on the
1945 squad are Hiserodt, a squad
member a year ago; and Litwicki,
who was out for the squad last
season. New backs are Koob and
Hinkley. Healy is another back
IliTRAMURALS
If the fair weather continues,
the intramural Softball schedule
will be resumed this afternoon.
In all cases the teams participat
ing will be notified in time to
prepare for the games. The
rules are the same as posted be
fore. The teams must be on the
field and ready to play at five
o'clock. All games will be five
innings in length, or will end at
5:50. The intramural director
asks that all teams be prompt,
so that the games may be run
off as scheduled.
prospect. Graham, a 140 pound
back from Ankeny, also has
shown promise despite his size.
Also marked as promising are
the following line candidates:
Weinberger, Zlomke, Abraham
son, Wahl, Bunge and Rapp.
practice get tired of blocking and
tackling dummies all day. There
is nothing like a scrimmage to
liven up a practice, and those
practices without a scrimmage
day after day can become awfully
monotonous.
Another fact that I want to
bring to light is that there are
quite a few of last fall's mem
bers still on the campus, and those
combined with a number of other
men, would make an appearance
if the spring football practice
suddenly developed a week or so
of scrimmages, topped off by an
intrasquad. It would be worth it
to have a scrimmage, so how
about it LEW???
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