Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-13
COUNHUSKERS OUT TUESDAY
Foot Ball Squad Will Begin Practice
During Coming Week.
KING" COLE WILL BE ON HAND
Re r. Expected TO BrinE New
system of Forward Pass and
Other tricks of the
GridirOn.

sehNOh AT NeDfa8ka TUESDAY a1tefnoOn
when q squad Of husky Cornhuskers will
csvort at Antelope park under the direction
Of King Cole in the initial practice OF
the fall. on it's first appearance the squad
will not be large and will be made up
practically Of only the eligible veterans of
the 1907 eleven and some members of last
years freshman cam. But before the
end OF the week II will be augmented by
the addition of many likely candidates, and
Is expected to number between forty and
fifty aspirants then. By the time of the
Penn game, September %. there will prob
ably be 100 men In foot ball uniforms. The
coming week is the time set for the regis
tration Of students at the state school,
and as fast as the promising Cornhusker
foot ball men get entered for their studies
they will be rushed out to work under the
coaches.
king" Cole, who Is now in the east, has
written that he will be here Tuesday morn
ing and ready to take charge of the squad
that afternoon. He spent a great deal of
time this summer studying the 1908 rules
and getting up new plays to be used by
his pupils this fall. The forward pass re-
ceiyed much OF his attention. for King
Cole. although he was slow last season to
adopt best plays best suited for the de
brutslized" game, profitcd by the expert
ence Of the year and by the close of the
season, on Thanksgiving day. had decided
20 abandon the old style foot ball and be-
come a convert to the reformed game.
What he had not learned regarding the
Onward pass before Thanksgiving he was
taught on that day in the decisive defeat
administered his Missouri Valley cham
pions by st.. Louis. Coach Cole realizes
now. as Coaches Cochems and Stage did
early last fall. that under the revised rules
an eleven must use a highly-developed for
ward pass or else defeat is inevitable in
a contest in which the two teams are the
equals of each other in weight and kick
ing.
New style of Forward Pass.
The Nebraska coach will come to Lin
coin with some new styles OF the forward
pass, thought out along his own lines. and
among the first plays given the Cornhusk-
ers will be work with the pass, and
throughout the fall they will be drilled to
as near perfection in its use as one sea-
sons practice can put an apt bunch of
gridiron warriors. Coach Cochems of st.
Louis university had the pass developed
10 the highest point OF any coach in the
west last year, and the Cornhuskers were
helpless when It was used against them
on Thanksgiving day by the Mound City
players. King Cole and his pupils at that
time saw the possibilities OF the pass-saw
the necessity of it in the modern game
and decided that this fall would find Ne
braska skilled and accurate in the use OF
the 1907 innovation.
Good news was received at the athletic
headquarters Of the state school this week
in the announcement that three ,former
- ~ -. -. -..-. - L., -.A,,I Last
year would return this fall and don mole
skins. None of the trio ever made the
varsity, but all of them were doped to win
the coveted foot fall IN" before the close
OF their college course. The three players
ere Bobby Carroll, Arnold and Chauner.
Carroll is considered the most valuable
of the three. In the fall OF 1906 he played
half back on the second eleven. where hii
work was described as lightning fast H'
was a terrific line plunger and found holes
in the defense of the first team with the
aptitude OF a veteran. Chauner was hal
back on the freshman team in 1905 anC
Arnold played on the first year team
season later at that position. Both Of then
displayed exceptional ability and elincheC
places on their respective elevens early il
4he season. The return of the trio will
greatly strengthen the Cornhusker squaC
this fall.
Cooke and Collins Absent.
With the glad tidings of the coming o.
the recruits to the Nebraska ranks cam,
depressing rumors to the effect that twt
members OF last years team had been forces
to change their plans and would not re
turn to the university this fall Cook
and Collins are the two men mentione'
as not likely to come back. No direct wor'
has been received from either Of these me
about their Intention to be absent from tn
squad. but some Of their friends who wer
IN the city this week said that the tw
Cornhuskers had secured good positions
which they 'did not feel like giving them u
for a years schooling. and had decided I
stick to work. These friends were sur
that the two veterans would not be regis
tered in school this fall.
The reports about Collins and Cooke cam
as a great surprise to Manager Eager. 70
only a few weeks ago he had been told b
both OF them that they would be In III
game again this fall. AZ that time the
were planning 10 return and weree enthusi
astic about the prospects for a champion
ship season. Collins was with the squa
at Lead. s. D., all summer getting int
shape TO do brilliant work at center on III
Nebraska eleven, and was making all pref
arations to be on hand Tor the opening
practice. Cooke was in Lincoln the latte
part OF August and announced he woul
be ready to don the moleskins at the fir
call OF the coach. The decision Of thes
two Cornhuskers not TO play foot ball tn
fan Is understood TO have been made with
the last ten days. Collins, IL is said. vi
stay at Lead, where he has a good pos
ton with a mining company, while Cool
win go into business in the western pa
OF this state.
The loss Of these players would leave fo'
4 places to be filled on the 1905 eleven
new men. These would be center az
quarter filled by Collins and Cooke resPe
lively last fall; left tackle played !
Matters. and left half held down by Ca
tain Weller. Matters and Weller are 4
eligible this year. the former having TAX
his degree and the latter having play
the allotted number Of years OF college 70
ball.
Lfeeup ~ Antieipation.
Before the reports about Collins al
Cooke were circulated. the coaches had n
) ured on having enough players OF la
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