Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28

there is progressing a great search. The
prospect at present is that Captain Juneau,
for years right end, will be pulled back
to play it. He is light, but his ability In
carrying the ball should make him a premier
at running it as a back, and his place at
half will make 1t possible for him to help
out at his old place on end with his re-
markable defensive play. The end who
will take his place may play half on the
defensive. II Will be strange for Juneau
TO be moved TO "a back position after a
college career in the line, but the reason
for it is that it seems easier C. present
to find a good end than a good back.
The Wolverines say they will have more
beef than ever, and that is a big boast, for
the Michigan team has been a monster one
recently. There are some line gaps and
two back places to fill up at Ann Arbor,
but Coach Yost now says that he has al
ready accomplished the task and is ready
for the season to get busy.
Sizing up the remaining conference COL
leges, 1t may be said that Northwestern is
the only one that has shown any marked
strides in Improvement. Illinois has ad-
vanced a little beyond expectations, but
Chicago. Purdue, Notre Dame, Beloit and
Minnesota have done about what was pre-
ulClOu " luGh n Week ago, dlNUOukn II Is
interesting to note that Coach Williams Of
Minnesota is now telling how his eleven is
not a bunch OF new ones, after all, as he
has all the time had a big company of
last years men on hand at camp, but has
been keeping It quiet. Nebraskans will be
glad to hear, too, that KoehIer, the Corn
husker center for three years past, is
making mighty good at the Midway college
and will probably be Stages first center.
Down at the University Of Nebraska Coach
Booth is at last beginning to feel Just a
little discouraged. Prospects for returns of
every old man on the team save two had
caused him to build high hopes. but as this
two has grown gradually to four and FIVE
and six things do not look so we'll. Even
at that the Cornhuskers would still be in
fairly good shape would orley Thorpe get
out and play quarterback, as expected. He
is not yet out, and hat important position
Is giving Booth much trouble. He has a
fairly coed man holding it down in Benedict.
hut the boy is a freshman and very young,
with no varsity experience. with a sea-
soned team he might do, but there are SO
many other youngsters and new ones IN
the makeup that an old head in the middle
is an essential. Crafty Thorpe, with four
years experience behind him, could take
hold OF that half-green team and do won
ders which a coach can never do, because he
is not in the game. Westover still does not
despair OF getting Thorpe out. and mean
while he is devoting energies to making
every other place on the team as strong as
possible. A feature Of the last week wal
the advent OF Lou Palmer, the Princeton
end and member Of the All-American team
He has started In to work up the end ma
t~erial, which is rather plenty. but light.
Captain Westover has determined to play
very little save in the big games. as b,
still has some trouble with that little bloot
clot which formed under his skull as a re.
suit Of seven big Gophers landing on him
last year.
Hubbard, who was thought to have eente.
cinched, has found a keen rival in Borg
who has been besting the nrst squad man ii
practice lately From his position on tn
scrub eleven Borg has been coming through
Hubbard pretty often and stopping plays
and they are contemplating moving him u
to the hrst eleven.
Dean Ringer. the veteran, will play Ief
guard sure, and Maloney. last years sub
%stitute. is the strong man so far for rlght
He weighs 22O pounds and is a power o
defense.
Westover has q tackle place, but whe
he is not in the game another will b
needed, and so far Briggs, Wilson and New
ton are three most promising for the tackl
positions. Out OF the trio Westover hope
TO get one crack man.
"Chiek" Shedd started in Just where b
left on last season and has been improvin
every day, so that he is already playing
very fast left end. The other end is sti
a tossup, as IL is finally definitely learne
that Cortslyou, last years star. cannot re
turn. He is in California with an invali
mother. Follmer and Eager, two light bu
active boys, are candidates. but the appear
| ance Of Mike Thomas OF Omaha with h
1866 pounds and speed and kicking abilit
/ would be a welcome sight for the eoaehea
as he would take that right end beyond
doubt, provided he was up 70 his usui
game.
E Ollie Nickel will doubtless be the stanC
{ ing fullbaek, and promises better every da.
For halves there are Bell and Bender. n
old men, and Englehardt OF Omaha is ais
5 being trained for that job. He is gettir
p used to the fast varsity style OF play. an
( VIII probably make q good man later.