Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-19
SPORTING GOSSIP OF WEEk
Omaha Nay Get q Cornhusker Game Next
Pail, Maybe,
WEST SAID TO BEAT LAST At FOOT BALL
Wise Ones Insist that Michigan
Plays Faster Than Yale or
Any of the other
Big Teams.

next fall. II now seems certain that ath- !
letc relations will be resumed between
Kansas and Nebraska, which will give
Nebraska one more big game on the sched-
ule which is already quite heavy. Omaha
is the natural battle ground for one Of
these big games and the management at
Lincoln is beginning to realize this fact.
1t is surely better to play a game in a
town like Omaha with all Of its surround
ing country a town which will turn out
5000 or 10000 people to a irst-class game.
than to play smaller game at Lincoln
before 800 house OF course, the financial
end is not the only side of this question,
Omaha probably has more college men than
any western town of its size, and these
are all proud OF the splendid showing which
Nebraska has been making in the last few
years. Football is supported largely for the
advertisement which the team gives to the
school, and this purpose would be served
much better II the games were played
more in the metropolis Of the state, where
more attention will be given the games.
There are too many lovers of the sport
in Omaha to have the Nebraska manage
ment entirely ignore the claims Of this
city for one Of the big games.
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The usual question sprung at this season
able to compete with the east on the grid
iron. Would Michigan, the best team in the
west, be able to win from Yale probably
The best eastern team. Old players and
followers of the game do not hesitate to
say that Michigan would be able to run
circles around Yale, and that the west is
far ahead Of the eastern colleges In foot
ball. we'll known writer in commenting
on this usbject said that it was a common
occurrence on an eastern field, even with
Yale, to see the quarter back rise in his
position, look the field over and then call
a signal This is not done once, but many
times during the game. Not so with
Hurry Up Yost's team. AS soon as one
play is started, while the men are still on
the run, the next play is called and the
team is often up and away with another
play before the opposing team is squared
away with It's defense. Every Michigan
player must be on the alert all the time,
for the plays are run off with a speed that
would carry the ordinary eastern team off
its feet. With all their graduate coach
systems, where will you find better bunch
Of coaches than King, Stage, DR.. Williams,
Host and Booth? These men have all been
tried in the fire and are schooled in all
OF the tricks of the game, know all manner
OF offense, and how to meet II and not
only know all the old plays, but each can
be relied upon TO spring a surprise or two
Of his own making during the season. Pity
IL is that a game is not played between the
best Of the east and west, but this does
not seem advisable and there is no way
or even comparing scores. The Indians
formerly played in both the east and west,
but they have not been back west for a
couple of years.
Bellevue, although not winning the state
championship has a splendid foot ball team
this fall and is TO be commended for the
gallant fight put up for the championship.
Bellevue is a comparatively small school
with but seventy-flve boys and yet there
are about forty on the campus in foot
ball uniform each afternoon, to assist
in the work of putting out a crack team.
The whole college stands back Of the
team, and this fact, more than any other
gives incentive to the boys to work hard
at practice, for in this way alone can a
good team be put out. Foot ball, more
than any other game requires constant
practice It is a game in which eleven
men must work in absolute harmony and
unison, else the work goes for naught.
Bellevue may not have the material to
choose team from that some of the
other schools have, but 1t is doubtful II
thete was a team in this section OF the
country that was the equal OF Bellevue,
considering the size OF the men.
Foot ball at the Omaha high school is
on better footing this fall than ever be-
fore and the team has accomplished
wonders when II is considered that this
is practically the first year after the
reorganization. The impression has
prevailed before that the faculty at the
high school did not favor foot ball. blu,
the team has the hearty cooperation OF
the faculty. A faculty committee ad-
vises the boys in all matters. the athletic
association is in good condition and a
good team represents the high school on
the gridiorn. Without the aid OF a coach
Ebby Burnett has accomplished wonders
in the way Of getting a good team to,
gether and in drilling them in the
rudiments OF the game.
The Omaha Commercial college team
also has a game with the second team
from the state university next Saturday
which should be a corker. The second
team has been taking the hard knocks
OF Booths Cornhuskers all season, and
should be in good condition to play q
fast game OF ball, This viii be the dat,
on which Nebraska plays Doane, SC
Booth will probably not call on many
OF his extra men and they will be per
mitted to come to Omaha to give the Com
mercials run for Z cir money. This
Commercial college team has jumped from
the class OF high school teams TO be
strong competitor Of the best teams ir
two short years Two years ago the hes
that could be done on the first game wal
TO with the Omaha High school, anC
this year IL is so changed that II wal
20 with Doane instead. This tie game
which Is to be played of at Vinton stree
park Thanksgiving day. should be tn,
best in the foot ball line that Omaha viii
be permitted 10 witness this fall. Mex
year better games may be seen. Tn
Commercials will be stronger Creighton
viii reorganize with a high priced coach
and ropes are being laid for a big gam
between Nebraska and one OF the bil
colleges.
Reports from the northern woods are q
the effect that an army OF hunters Is rang
ing the forests and glens. Duluth paper
estimate the number OF hunters who hav
taken out big game permits at 1000. Gam
wardens OF Minnesota, Wisconsin and Mich