Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30
WORK FOR KING COLE TO DO
cOrnhusksrs Must Receive Training
on Important Points.
AND FORWARD PASS
Captain weller Gone ard Man
Capable Of FnIine His Place is
Not An sight as
Yet.

Not IN stEhf - /
Yet.
LINCOLN. Aug r. - Especially = Coach
king Cole when he takes up hts work
with the University Of Nebraska foot bail
squad next month he viii be confronted
with a erou problem. which must be
solved By him early IN the season in order
70 put the Cornhuakers IN championship
form. The task he win face IL the Develop
ment Of a dependable kicker and the train
ing Of one or more men IN the skiliful use
Of the onward pass. With the large guam
tity Of good material which he is expected
to have at his command. Coach Cole ought
not 10 experience any great difficulty IN
overthrowing the obstacles in the way
Of a successful season az the state in
stitution- No one who watched closely his
work with the eleven last year f. apprehen-
slve Of failure on HE part this fall. but
there is Just = little spirit Of pessinism
In some follower Of the college game at
Nebraska who have often seen a season
Of excellent prospects turned into a disas-
frOus one by two or three weak parts in
the Cornhusker machine. and they have
misgiving now about 1906. King" Cole
made good last season by putting out a
championship team. But he had a pantsr
and drop kicker Of no mean ability. who
also handled the ball fairly well in the for
ward pass. That man. Captain Weller. is
gone this year. and others must be de-
veloped 70 tai his place. II is a work
which viii be even more OF q test 81
King Coles ability as a coach than any
thing he tackled last fall
Weller Leaves BiE Hole.
When Captain John Weller concluded hts
university course last spring he left a big
hole IN the cornhusker eleven 70 be filled
this fall He was the sole dependence OF
the 1907 team in the kicking department,
and his toe work was the sensation OF the
Cornhusker season. During the fan he
played a brilliant game and made several
victories certain for his team early in the
contests II was his toe work which res
cued the Ames game inN the last five min
utes OF play: kept down the score in the
contest with Colorado. and make Kansas
; an easy victim at Lawrence in November.
: without his trusty boot work the count
/ against the cornhuskers would have been
/ heavy on more than one occasion.
The reformed game Of foot ball makes an
accurate kicker an Indispensable asset to
any team Without one an eleven t prsc-
ticsIly out Of the race for supremacy. This
E was demonstrated in several games last
fall. notably IN the west in the Nebraska
. Minnesota and Wisconsin Minnesota games.
. IN which the toe Of Capron took the ccph-
: era TO victory over the Cornhuskers and
r saved them from defeat az the hands Of the
Badgers. In nearly al games in which the
teams were evenly matched II 10 well nigh
Z impossible for either side to make gains by
( using the old style plays. and a punter
! must be used to keep the bah away from
3 his goal. An accurate kicker can be relied
8 on to score points either by drop or place
! kicks. Captain John Weller OF the 1907
: ~Cornhuskers was both a long distance
punter and an accurate drop kicker.
: Prospective Painters.
I There are several prospective candidates
for the place Of the former Nebraska cap
tain, and during the summer they have
; been practicing in an endeavor 70 get into
|, shape to grab some OF the alluring honors
= How much they have accomplished and
what strength they win add to the Corn,
husker eleven cannot be told until after
a the opening games Of the schedule. Right.
" end Beltzer am Guards Frum and Har1
have shown the greatest strength in tn.
d ~punting line and little difficulty Is likely
rs to be encountered in getting a satisfactor,
Is punter. Frum has been sending the bal
ID sixty and ~sixty-five yards. which Is as "a
A. as Captain Weller was capable OF bootinl
A. It. He says he viii be able 10 beat tn
sixty-five yard mark after a little NOR
training this fan. Beltzer and Hart havl
l. been making distances nearly equal 10 thos
10 Of Frum. They can be depended on Il
In strengthen the punting division Of tn
re Cornhusker eleven.
d The great problem 81 the kicking depart
y ment win be to develop q man who ca
y score points on drop or place kicks. As ye
~ only one man stands out as likely TO sue
III coed 10 that position left vacant by tn
ID departure Of Captain Weller. He Is tn
ne lightning fullback. Kroger. who scored
ID touchdaWn on Minnesota last fan by HI
ID rapid work. Last season he attracted som
he attention with his drop kicking. and At tha
no time was discussed as the probable suS
Of cessor TO Captain Weller. This spring /
te the early practice he showed marked I'm
IN provement over his kicking of last fal
e. During the summer he has continued I
practice drop kicking 81 his home In Pol
and reports that he IL making very e.
on ~coursging progress. He nov is the on
a strong bidder for the position q the forme
re captain Another player who has bee
I'd doing fairly well with the drop and plac
~ kicks is Captain Harvey OF this fan
eleven He has worked hard this summe
lis and expects 10 have acquired considerabl
ed skll in the control Of his toe work By IA
opening Of practice next month.
m The Forward Pass.
or The task in the kicking department
as probably the easier Of the two big on
ny with whach Coach Cole viii have 20 des
II Is likely 70 work out It's own solutio
The one that viii probably require the mo
"a time and attention Is the WORK with the 70
-he ward Pass. Two or more on the Cornhuak
or eleven viii have 10 he drilled until they a
able skllfuly 70 use the forward pass. Al
the whole team viii have % be trained to
sure handbag o. the ball The number
fumblss must be minimiEeG. OF the chang
in the rules for ISIS the moEf important %
tairs 10 the forward pass. making Il mo
necessary than ever that players must
accurate In throwing the ball and sure
catching IL when Il IL passed 90 them.
The Cornhusksrs were wOefully weak
= handling the forward last fan both on 1
- defensive and the offensive. Unul ths
~ eyes were opened by the work Of their o
d pouents with the pass in TIA Colorado gar
their training in ne use had been ~neglects