Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-08


% put biz strength where II will count
20 the greatest advantage. Others trying
for the line are Vita, Ittner, Oech, sanborn,
Bandelin, Robertson and Richards. Most
OF these men have been either on The coll
leEe team or on some Of the class teams,
some having been on the first team during
previous seasons. The backheid does not
seem to lack for material. Earl Current.
captain Of the team, is a strong heady
player and Is one Of the Understanding
players that ever led a team to victory.
Although not sensational, he rs a hard
plunger and is always in the thickest OF
the fray, and as secondary defense he 10
a veritable whirlwind. Irsfeld and kremer
are a pair of halves who need no intro
ductlon to the followers of the game In
Nebraska. Larkin looks the best at quarter
back and this quarter. all being men who
know no fear are enough to put any team
on its metal when the lineup is simply
read.
Gloom has been dispersed at the Univer-
sity OF Illinois. and coaches, undergrades
and profs. alike are correspondingly happy.
The gloom was natural result OF the
crushing calamities which overwhelmed the
orange and black prospects. Never before
have candidates for a team scrimmaged
with the vim and spirit as has the foot ball
squad during the past two weeks. This
spirit displayed has served to encourage
Lowenthal and the alumni stan, no mat
ter how plainly they realize the gravity
Of the situation. Bronson added a large
bunch of comfort TO the rooters ana
coaches by his appearance. He was half
back on the team in 1902 under Eddie Holt.
Bronson has nursed an injured knee. which
has kept him on the side lines from that
time to the present Realizing the short
ness of material he has returned and Will
try for end instead of his old position as
half He is very speedy and shifty and of
sufficient weight. Joe Taylor is still out
OF the game by parental orders, but is
assisting along the lines by coaching the
freshman team. Wheeler, the midget,
seems to be the preference as Taylors sue
cessor. The coaches are now crying
guards" and they mean it. These holes
look big when the material at hand Is
taken into consideration. Fairfield Wiley
and Applegate, all men who have been tried
in the past and found wanting, are the
only available candidates The tackle po-
sitions are filled by Captain Moynahan and
Young, but there is a scarcity of scrubs.
Can Hurry Up Yost turn out another
winning foot ball team for Michigan uni
versity? fasteners will be disappointed
IL he does not for it has apparently be-
come customary to compare the Wolver
ines with Yale. 1t is almost impossible to
disguise the fact that Yost is up against
IL with a thoroughness that has not char
acterized the opening of any previous sea-
son, but that gentleman with a broad
smile has manifested remarkable ability
IN accomplishing what he sets out to do.
This ability is not booked to desert him
at the present junoture, says the optimist,
but less cheerfully inclined Michigan fol-
lowers look forward with misgivings to the
coming gridiron struggle. Hester, the star
half-baok of the foot ball world, was the
mainstay of the eleven last year, but he
will not be on hand this fall, Carter, the
veteran guard, is also on the missing list,
and he and Heston constitute a pair who
cannot DO replaced. Not only is the team
seriously crippled by the loss Of Heston
and Carter, but owing to the freshman ell
gibillty rule there will be no chance of
picking up good material from the new
men. Yosts only hope apparently is in
last years squad. and the players of former
years who have not exhausted their four
years eligibility and who may come back
this fall For the baekfeld there is Long
man at full Captain Norcross at quarter
and Tom Hammond, who was frequently
played as Hestons running mate. at half.
The stalwart Schulz Of Fort Wayne will
hav0 little opposition for center. Hoe"
Curtis, the 2oO-pound guard, has been put
| ting in the summer at ditch digging at Ann
| Arbor and Is in superb condition "Ooty''
Graham and Schultz will he after their
position in the line, and there will be the
! former candidates for the end-Stuart
Harry Hammond, Carrots and Neffe
Harry James. quarter back In 1908, will
probably be in the game again this year
after a vacation due to scholastic difficult
ties. II he makes good he may be given
his old position and Norcross stationed
at Willie Hestons old place.
Everything looks rosy for the Haskell
| Indian foot ball team and the coaches
are correspondingly jubilant, Plenty Of
men are on hand and there are plenty Of
veterans and the men are all big strong
and husky. Big Hauser will be moved
from end TO halfback, and Moore will play
| quarter with McGlashen sub. Boyd A,
Hill, West Point 1900 and 1901, is the coach
to succeed Herrnstein and with the help
of Oliver should develop fast team. He
coached the Oklahoma state normal last
year. The Haskell team will this fall
travel farther on it's trips than any other
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