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Oury, age twenty-three, weight 170, height 5 feet
1 1 J inches, played half-back for the champion Omaha
High school team. He has played left tackle for two
successive years on the 'varsity, which is without doubt
his proper place. When there was no other sure gain
he could be depended upon to open a hole for the
backs. He is almost sure of a gain of a few yards
either by bucking the line or running the ends, and
this season carried the ball a great deal. He is the
most conscientious trainer in the team, and always
comes out of a game as fresh as he went in. Through
the whole season's work he has not had occasion to
call time.
Flippin, age twenty-five, weight 1S5, height 5 feet 11
inches, has gained an enviable reputation for himself
in the four years he has played hall-back. He has
great physical strength and endurance, but is not so
swift and so is not as great a success at end runs as at
blocking or bucking the line. I lis success at the lat
ter is due to a great extent to the holes made for him.
I lis reputation has gone abroad, and the sight of him
always strikes terror to his opponents. He is undoubt
edly one of the greatest and most well known half
backs in the west.
Shuc comes from the southern part of the state. He
is five feet nine inches tall, weighs 160 pounds, and is
twenty-four years old. He is of stocky build, and
breaks up interference in fine shape. By a little prac
tice he would make one of the best end rushes in the
country.
Wiggins, weight 145, age 29, height 5 feet 10 inches,
is undoubtedly the best tackier on the team. He has
been unfortunate this year in being injured several
times, but has put up a splendid game whenever he
has played, lie carries the ball behind a block from
his position at end in good shape, and could be made
into a fine half-back. He breaks up interference well,
and gets down the field on a punt in fine styl
Hay ward, height 6 feet, weight lGS, age 17, is the
" kid " full-back of the team, and gives promise of be
ing a phenom in that position. He played end on the
Nebraska City high school team where he learned to
tackle low and hard. He punts as well as any man
on the team, often sending the ball from forty to sixty
yards. He plays a gritty game, bucking the line hard.
He is a safe man to play back, as no one ever passes
him. He gets into the blocking well.
Wilson, height 5 feet 10 inches, weight 1S5, age 23,
comes from Nebraska City. He had his initial exper
ience in foot ball last year, playing left guard on the
varsity, which position he again filled this year with
more than ordinary skill. He breaks through well,
often tackling the runner behind the line. He is good
at making holes. His strongest point, however, is his
blocking. It is hard to find a guard who gets into the
interference so well as Willy Wilson.