Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-16
WEEK FOR NEBRASKA
Foot Ball Warriors Lay Back and Get
in Shape for Wabash.
MEN DISPLAY FIGHTING SPIRIT
aud Plenty of Substitutes Only
Things that Have Carried Them
Through Hard Seasons
Schedule.

LINCOLN, Nov. 1A-(Special)-With the
Kansas game today the Cornhuskers con-
cluded five weeks OF the hardest work q
Nebraska foot bali team ever went through.
and will now enjoy a lull in the strenuous
training for a few days. The calling off Of
the game scheduled with Hastings for next
Saturday will allow them to devote all their
time in preparing for wabash and the Car.
isle Indians, which are to meet on Thanks
giving day and December 3. respectively.
An alumni game for next Saturday will be
substituted for the Hastings contest, but
the Cornhuskers will do no special work for
ii, because all their time will be needed
to learn new plays for Wabash ane the
tricky Indians.
The cessation in the ~grueiing training is
warmly welcomed by the Nebraska players.
Since October ~, when work was started
in getting ready for the annual clash with
the husky Gophers, the Cornhuskers have
been kept on edge for the four hard battles
that were played during that period. After
meeting Minnesota on October II they were
not allowed TO let up in. their, training and
were drilled in the severest kind of play
for the next two weeks in order to be in
shape to meet Iowa on october 81. Follow
ing the Hawkeye game there could be no
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week and king Cole drilled his men in
scrimmage for the battle with Ames at
Omaha. After the Aggie game the Corn
huskers were forced to keep up their swift
pace for the Kansas contest this afternoon.
That the Nebraska players came through
this series of four hard games with such a
great showing and with the majority of the
men in fine physical condition is considered
remarkable. Coach Cole says he never was
connected with a team that did as we'll.
He says such a record never could have
been made If the entire team had not been
imbued with the Nebraska fighting spirit.
1t is to this fighting spirit and the album
dance of material that he lays the great
success of the team.
Players show Grit.
The grit and fight spirit of the Corn
huskers were shown on several occasions
in these four games. At Minnesota it was
big Bill" C~haloupka. who displayed his
nerve and stamina During the first five
minutes OF play the giant tackle received
a crushing blow on his right side IN a
scrimmage. He vas severely hurt and
suffered intense pain. But he would not
leave the game, for he knew that his
absence would greatly weaken the right
side of the Nebraska line and might permit
the Gophers to win the game. He stuck
the battle out, playing hard and helping
his team to prevent tire Minnesota giants
from winning. Without him IN the line
during the last twenty minutes OF the
second half the Gophers probably would
have penetrated Nebraska's line for suf-
ficient gains to have given them a touch
down that would have won the game.
At iowa city two weeks ago Kroger and
Beltzer-both unfit for a hard game-went
into the contest and, played until it was
seen that Nebraska would win. Then
king Coles excellent substitute players
took their places, Miner going to left half
and Temple to fullback. without Kroger
and Beltzer against Iowa the score might
have been different for both were i'm
portant factors during the first half in
Nebraska's scoring. The forward passing
and punting of the latter aided the Corn
huskers materially.
Two of the Nebraska cripples showed
their fighting at Omaha IN the Ames game
They were Harte and Cooke. Harte played
through the entire game with his Right
ankle I'm a cast to keep It from turning
In practice three days before the game III
turned his ankle, and again the morning
of the game. while he was walking To thu
/ depot at Lincoln to take the train 70,
Omaha the accident was repeated. Thu
right guard was set on playing, however
! and forced doctors to work with his ankl,
all morning to get him in shape to ente'
i the game. He was carried into the Hen
shaw hotel from a cab after the team ar
rived in Omaha and there the doctor,
! worked with his foot. They bound It VI
! so we'll that he was able to play the entir'
game, although all the time suffering In
tense pain.
a Cooke Another One.
A Cookies spirit was displayed when he wen
: into the game during the last five minute
of play and made a forty-five-yard run tina
won the game. He had been kept out o