Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-01

| He Is young man and a thorough sports
man, possessing the true spirit of competi-
| tion characteristic of all eastern college
athletes.
Probable Change in Style.
1t is probable that there will be change
in the style Of Nebraska playing. The coach
believes in q kicking game and much time
| is being devoted to this kind OF work Later
in the season several innovations will be
introduced and new ideas as to open forma-
ton OF the line will be tried. Mr.. Branch
is thoroughly in accord with the Athletic
Board Of the university and so far every
thing connected with the team has been har-
monious-a condition which did not exist
last year.
The coach was seriously handicapped at
the first Captain Williams did not arrive
| until few days ago and other old players
| who intended to try for the team delayed
| coming out for practice as long as possible.
| Only few of last years men are in the
| university and naturally most of the candl-
| dates are green. One noticeable fault is
that they all tackle too low. There has
been no lack of interest during the past
week, however, and a squad Of from twenty
to thirty canvas-garbed men may be seen
| every afternoon on the university campus,
| all working like trojans under the direction
Of Coach Branch and Physical Director Hast
ings. The latter has charge OF the second
eleven.
The first portion of the season will be
spent in training the men to play straight
hard ball, without attempting any fancy
formations. The development of kickins
powers will continue as rapidly as the abil
ity OF the players will allow. The whole
team lacks beef. but 1t is thought that by
quick, aggressive playing this disadvantage
may be overcome. A reasonably light team
with good active line is nearly always as
good or better than heavy team composed
OF slow players The indications are thar
the men will be so close together in ability
and weight that no one will tower over his
fellow-players. What is known as "stae
playing Will be eliminated as far as possI-
Die witE the Idea of increasing the standard
OF team work. All OF the candidates are
showing UP in good form and the old men
VIII be given strong run for their former
positions. The style OF playing will be
the one used SO successfully by Yale, with
Harvard notifications
Back of the Line.
For positions back OF the line the candi !
dates are Benedict and Williams, last vear's
halfbacks; Gordon, who is inexperienced
Sedgwick from the York High school team.
Ryan. from the Lincoln High school team.
and Carver and Bell from last years second
eleven. 1t is hardly probable that either
Williams or Benedict will be replaced, but
their positions are open and IL the other
candidates develop into better players thew
will be tried on the team
There are only three candidates for quar- |
terback-Crandall and Turkey of Omaha and
Drain, all OF whom played on the second J
eleven last year. Crandall is in excellent
condition and is playing much faster game
than his competitors.
For tackles the candidates are Brew /.
Pearse. Hewitt and Voss. Pearse, who has
played on the team before Is considered
one OF the best tackles in the west. Kings !
bury and Pillsbury, last years tackles, are
both out OF the game, as are also Meford !
Hansen and Turner. the three center men, /
For ends Liebman, Stringer and Cortelyou
are training hard. The latter Is a green
player. but is developing good speed Drain |
may be tried on one of the ends. For the |
three center positions the candidates are !
Plowhead, Tyson. Dasenbrock, Ringer, Wal |
lace. Koehler and Hewitt. Tyson, Wallace, :
Ringer and Koehler are showing up in the
best form. All OF the candidates weigh less
than 100 pounds, which is considerably less I
than the average of the three center men |
last year.
The first regular game of the season |
will be played at Ames. Ia, with the Ames |
college team. On October IA Nebraska will !
line up with the Kansas City Medics on !
the university campus and the following |
Saturday the championship season will open |
with a game with Missouri. October 2S the /
team will go to Kansas City for a game
with the NEEDLES. The biggest game OF the |
season will be with the Kansas university |
team November IS, This game will probably |
decide the championship. Other games will
probably be arranged with Tarkio. Drake,
the Young Mems Christian association Of
Omaha and possibly Washburn.
In practice game here today, the Ne
braska university foot ball team defeated |
the Lincoln High school eleven by score
OF to o. All the candidates for positions |
on the Varsity team were given trial In !
the game, twenty-one different men par
ticipating on the university sides. The uni
versity team made no attempt to pile up a |
large score and II had no trouble in keep |
ing the High school aggregation a good safe |