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W? WWW WISmMlWL I I - - . . mm,m mm-3 IHI Haskell's BY BELL MUNDELL (AMiitant 8 ports Editor) The Huskers return home to day. With a lutsy pre-season workout at Curtis behind them, the NU gridmen are looking forward to more hard work in cluding their annual game with the Frosh September 23 before meeting their first foe, the In diana Hoosiers on Sept SO. Fundamentals .strategy, and good crushing contact work were served up to the men during their two and a half week stay at Curtis. Coach Bill Glassford an nounced that he expected to "clear town" by 6 p. m. last night. He added, "while we still have a long ways to go. we are defi nitely ahead of where we were a year ago." The final three days of drills were used to further break down the offense and polish the de fense details. The weatherman tried to keep the Huskers in doors this week sending down a heavy cold rain. But the Varsity sloshed over the heavy sod dur ing both morning and afternoon sessions and did very well, the rain and slippery grass failing to bog down the Scarlet aerial at tack which has received atten tion the past week. Chores in-, eluded blocking on the sled, pass defense, punt returns, falling on the ball and defensive drills. Good Weather "We have had excellent weather when we needed hot sunshine to round into condition, so we are not complaining about a little rain the last two days," Coach Glassford commented. Some of our games may be played on heavy fields and this will give an opportunity to see Graham Fears Not Ready for Baldwin MANHATTAN. First game length scrimmage of the year Saturday night by Kansas State College gridders convinced Coach Kalph Graham that there is a lot to be done before the tough 11 -game 1950 schedule opens Saturday night here against Baker university of Baldwin, Kas. Special stress will be put in this week on strengthing a weak ness in the middle of the defense line, Graham said. Emphasis also will be put on downfield block ing and pass defense. Varsity Routs B' However, the Wildcat tutor was satisfield with his varsity's performance in downing the 'B' squad 41-0. "Sure they looked ragged at times," Graham agreed, "but you've got to remember those boys only have been prac ticing a little more than a week. Another week and they'll be ready." Scoring was evenly divided as six backs hit pay dirt Tallies were made by quarterback Frank Hooper of Hutchinson from nine yards out, Fullback Elmer Cre viston of Manhattan on a 15 yard smash, halfback Ralph Tid well of Marysville on a 39-yard pass Interception gallop, halfback Hi Faubion of Phillipsburg on a three-yard TD dance; halfback Marvin Prate of Chicago on a nine-yard end run, and halfback Dick Towers with a 41-yard burst around end. Ross Estes of Blue Rapids showed he hasn't lost any of his xtra point conversion accuracy by notching five out of six. The senior halfback counted 23 points In 27 tries last year. Drawing special praise from Graham after the scrimmage was Gene GilL scatback letterman who is handling the No. 1 safety position this year. The Cherry vale 170-pounder brought back KTCTJ ABDrCT The workhort of the varsity, win be one of the few players who will see action both defensively and offensively. As a sophomore last year, Adduci was the regular fullback and was one of Glassford's "Iron-men". Glassford will use the two platoon system this year and not many of the players will be used far the entire game. At the beginning of fall practice, Glass ford wanted to have an exclusive two-platoon system, but work cuts 1 1 Curtis changed his mind. what the boys can do with a wet football." Glassford still in sists that, except for sophomores Bill Schreiner and Ken Schroe der, who returned to Lincoln, the Varsity will move out of Curtis intact. Players will be excused from practice Thursday in order to de vote time to starting their schol astic duties. Rough stuff will be resumed Friday in preparation for a satisfactory scrimmage with the Freshmen. Walt Spellman, sturdy Omaha senior, moved in at a tackle on the first offensive unit this week. Spellman, a workhorse during the 1949 campaign, has been al ternating between tackle and guard. Art Bauer, Shubert senior who has been working with the sec ond offensive platoon unit was at guard on the first team. Joe MeGill. center; Charley Toogood, tackle; Don Strasheim, guard; Dick Regier and Frank Simon, ends, completed the for ward wall. The backfield started with Fran Nagle at quarter, Bobby Reynolds and Bill Mueller at the halves, and Kay Curtis at full back. Ron Clark alterated with Reynolds and Nick Adduci shared fullback duties with Curtis. Three of the sophomores showed particular promise, ac cording to Glassford. They are Curtis who is from Laurel; Verl Scott, Mitchell linebacker, and Ed Hussman, Ogallala guard. All three are pushing heavily for a permanent position on the first team and are giving the veterans a run for their money. Curtis 190-pounder, who has been running and blocking with i K-State punts 15, 24, and 53 yards in four attempts. He was spilled in his tracks after taking a high punt on his other try. One-a-day drills for The Wild cat squad started Monday. Classes will start Wednesday. Ralph Tid well's heady defen sive work also pleased the head mentor. The junior defender in tercepted two passes and took one of them back 39 yards to score. Signs Helpful For Indiana U. Football Squad BLOOMINGTON, The signs are pointing toward better things in Indiana football this Fall Nc matter where the Hoosier grid der, now deep in practice on the campus, turns in the locker room, he sees some forceful reminder of what is expected of him. At random, a few read as fol lows: "It's not how big the dog is in a fight It's how much fight there in the dog." "Use your head 75 percent of football is above the neck." "More steam less exhaust. "Check their oil before they check your's." "Too many chiefs not enough Indians." "It's not what you get it's what you give in football." And, the last sign the hustling Hoosiers see as they head lor the practice field is: "When you pass through this door. Friendship ceases. The football field is where we get the job done and talk afterwards. Work COACH BILL GLASSFOR happy, but disappointed, returned from Curtis today with his football players after three weeks of heavy workouts getting his 1950 edition of the Cornhuskers ready for the season which opens with Indiana University here September 30. Glassford says he is farther along now than he was last year at this time. sharp recision. is in a position to bump Gerry Ferguson, a senior ballcarrier from Scottsbluff, from contention. Ferguson, as usual, was sidelined with ailments dur ing most of the Curtis campaign. Scott was rugged as a line backer and blocker in spring drills and he has appeared even tougher since drills opened at Curtis. v v I ; ,J, yr DON BLOOM The lightest man on the rrjuad, drew high praise for his excellent defensive work at Curtis. "Boom Boom," one of the fightingest players on last year's squad has been work ing out on both the defensive and offensive units. Jacobs Heading Consliucks Staff Last spring the Pub. Board an nounced the new staff for the Cornshucks, campus humor mag azine. Frank Jacobs is heading the editorial staff. Al Tully is the Business Man ager and his assistants are Louie Million and Vern Davidson. Man aging editors are Pat O'Brien and Bill Dugan. Faye "Bunny" Had dix received the Exchange Edit ors position. The Distribution I r 1 FREE DESK BLOTTERS WITH CAMPUS LAYOUT rn cr fo) (n) A fc? Q C3 IT K! THE DAILY NEBRASKAN S if SHU A Russman, who tips the scales a 190, is a deadly tackier and is making a strong bid for starting honors. dooutGranOMdtt The first Cornhusker dress re hearsal last Saturday produced six touchdowns as the Whites beat the Reds, 45-0. The prac tice game scheduled as a private preview of the revamped Ne braska offensive and as a trial run of the two platoon system was more or less a public exhibi tion. Several hundred fans from the area, a sizable delegation from Lincoln, and many of the players' next-of-kin watched. The exhibition was pleasing to sideline observers, who cheered an improvement over the initial display by the Nebraska squad a year ago. Glassford, his assist ants and those who have trailed the Huskers since the start of the Curtis camp were disappointed. The offense sputtered and the defense leaked at several critical j moments. There were costly fum bles and at times the blocking and tackling were ragged. But the football shown was rugged. Bright Spots Bright sports included a fairly impressive aerial attack fired by Fran Nagle in the closing mo ments; three sparkling punt re turns by Ron Clark and the all around offensive performance of Kay Curtis. Nagle carried the passing load when Bobby Reynolds was kayoed in the first quarter. Clark scampered 25, 40, and 55 yards with Red kicks and set up two of the White scores. Curtis scored three times with quick smashes from a few yards out, and aided materially in the Buffaloes Have Two-Hour Drill BOULDER. Instead of a regu lation game scrimmage. Coach Dal Ward threw more than two and one-half hours of rough grid play at his Colorado Golden Buffaloes here last Saturday. It was the first full-speed scrimmage for the squad since practice started Sept 1. Every player able to suit up entered the game. The greying Coach Ward was more pleased than displeased with the afternoon work. He said he thought the boys looked good considering that they had been practicing such a short time. At the same time, enough mistakes were made to convince the Colorado coaching staff they have a lot " of work before the first game with Iowa State at Ames, Sept. 23. "A few of the reserves sur prised me pleasantly," said Coach Ward, "and that indicates to me that all positions are wide open." Originally, the Colorado men tor split the Buff roster into two teams for the scrimmage. But come game time, he got so in volved in experimenting with in dividual players that the contest stretched beyond endurance and found some men playing on both squads. No score resulted then for specific Silver or Gold units. Manager is Al Ross. The Art Editor is Tony Eistedter and Hank Lammers is the Photo graphy Editor. The other business and editor ial assistantships will be an nounced at a later date. if O 17 11 NINE CHANCES OUT OF TEN WE CAN SUPPLY A USED TEXTBOOK AND SAVE YOU $$$$ BOOKS & SUPPLIES FOR EVERY COURSE. Li E E i"JiS n k(Bjdl blocking which frequently moved the White outfit into high gear. Only four players, according to Glassford's present plans, will see action on both offense and defense. They are Halfbacks Ron Clark and Bob Reynolds, Center Ted Britt, and Fullback Nick Adduci. The two units: OFFENSIVE Ends Larry Carney, George Paynich, Dick Regier, Frank Simon. Tackles Charley Toogood, Wayne Handshy. Guards Walt Spellman, Art Bauer, Carl Brasee, Rex Hoy, Tom Harper, Don Strasheim. Centers Joe MeGill, Ted Britt, Ken Schroeder. Backs Fran Nagle, Ron Clark, Bill Mueller, Clayton Curtis, Bobby Reynolds, Nick Adduci, Bill Wingender, Bob Barchus, Jim Sommers, Louis Lehman, Farley Pickering, Bob Schreiner, Gerry Ferguson. Defensive Ends Rich Novak, George Prochaska, Keith Colson, Bill Maxe, Herman Dinklage, Herb Reese. Tackles Don Boll, Jim God frey, Dick Goeglein, Paul Grimm, Bob Mullen, Keoith Feme, Don Carlson, Ralph Meston. Guards Ed Hussman, Don Pedersen, Dick Goll, Don Hop kins, Al Osborne. Centers Verl Scott, Hyle Thi bault. Ted Britt. Backs Don Bloom, Frank Meyer, Jack Carroll, Tom Hop kins, Jack Ladds, Jim Leven dusky, Tony Winey, John Sin clair, Joe Ponseigo, Stan Gerlach, Ron Clark, Bob Reynolds, Nick Adduci. RON CLARK The mighty mite, who ran the opening kick off back for a touchdown against Kansas State last year, has showed improvement over his last year's running. Clark, now that he has had a year of var sity experience, should be one of the mainstays this year. Largest Summer Class Graduated Biggest yet! That is the graduating class of the University's summer session. The 481 students who received their degrees July 28 compared with 437 for the same period in 1949, the largest previous sum mer class. X I Free I Covers J LD. Yx , ki i CHARLEY TOOGOOD Hustling for Nebraska and all-Ameri-can, has trimmed down his weight to meet the strenuous regular game work. Toogood has been given many compliments for his exceptional work at tackle. He made all-Big Seven last year and various football magazines have tabbed him as one of the best tackles in Big Seven circles. Cornhusker Football Schedule September 30 Indiana (Dad's Day). October 21 Penn State (Band Day). November 4 Missouri (Home coming). November 1 1 Kansas State (Vet's Day). November 18 Iowa State (Faculty Day). Games Away October 7 Minnesota. October 14 Colorado. October 28 Kansas. 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