Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-03
CORNHUsKERs PRACTIc1NG HARD
Expect TIE Game of Their Lives
Against Ames.

Against Ames.
LINCOLN, Nov. 2-jspeciaI)-The Ne
bruises and slight injuries received in the
brueling game with Iowa Saturday, re-
turned to Lincolnu last night and held
afternoon. king Cole kept them at work
for only a short time, desiring to let them
rest up thoroughly before beginning serious
only a part Of the team was out for the
practice today. Chaloupka, who was In
or four of the other regulars did not don
suits. Captain Harvey, although suffering
some pain from an injury to his leg, APP
peared for the signal work which the
coaches ran the men through Tomorrow
all of the varsity players will report to the
coaches and preparat ons for the hard game
started in earnest.
Any skepticism the Nebraska players
might have had about the strength of the
Iowa Aggies was dissipated by the reports
brought back from Columbia by Assistant
Coach Elliott. who witnessed the Ames-
Missouri game from the size lines Saturday.
He says that the Agg.es PLAY ed the greatest
kind of foot ball and in the second half
played the Missouri Tigers off their feet.
Their attack, he claims, was the best he
has seen this year and 1t broke down the
defense of the heavy Tigers time after time.
They worked the forward pass, too" ex-
planned the assistant coach, land gained
ground by its use on several occasions. Tbs
play sImpiy paraly zed the Missouri men and
they could not break it up.
The punting of Lambert was the best 1
have ever seen. His punts averaged sixty
yards ana one Of them went tor eighty
yards. OF course he had the wind with MIN
that time, but there were occasions when
he was punting against the wind that he
booted the ball fully sixty yards.
Il believe tnat Nebraska can beat Ames,
but l tell you Cornhuskers right here that
you will have to play greaut ball. Those
Aggies are the ~fiercest bunch of players
against a hard team at Iowa City, but
mark my word Ames is much stronger
than the Hawkeyes. That game at Omaha
is going to be the best exhibition OF foot
ball played in the west this season."
Coach Cole, who has feared the Aggies
all season. since he heard Coach Elliott's
story of the Missouri-Ames game, is con-
WINGED that his pupils will have to play
the greatest game of the season in order
to win. All of the men are getting back
into condition after the ~grueling they re-
ceived at Iowa City and the head coach
overtime getting them ready to play at
Omaha
king Cole is not worrying about his
line, for he feels that 1t will be able to
withstand any and all attacks that the
Aggies may direct against It. What he
fears the most are the Ames end runs and
forward passes. During the week he will
drill the Cornhuskers to break up these
plays, and II he succeeds in doing that he
believes Nebraska can win Saturday. for
though they are bound to woHt. Among
these are the now famous "pekkaboo"
plays. which were not uncovered at Iowa
City Saturday and which king" Cole has
been saving for the Aggies. He also has
several other plays which the Cornhuskers
will be drilled in this week and which will
undoubtedly give the Aggies a great deal
of trouble.
Unless some accidents occur to the team
this week the Cornhuskers will enter the
game with Ames in better condition than
they were when they met Iowa. All of
the men who played Saturday and prob
ably Pip Cooke will be able to go against
the Aggies. Kroger and Better, who were
suffering from Injuries last week, were
taken out Of the Iowa game in the first
half in order to save them for Ames and
they will be In tip-top form by the end
OF the week. Chaloupka's injuries were
not as serious as 1t was first thought they
were and the big tackle will be in great
fighting form for Ames.