Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04
TRAINING FOR GOPHER CAME
Eebraska's Big Contest is Only Two
Weeks Distant.
CoREHUsKERs' CHANCE TO WIN
Coach Cole Believes with Conditions
NJ They Are There ~ Good
Opportunity for Vic
gEsgf%' tory.

DAP in preparation for that struggle. The
gates at Antelope park will be closed after
kTussday and a scrimmage will be held every
afternoon excepting Friday until the team
leaves for Minneapolis. Drill in special
plays invented for use against the Gophers
Ply King Cole will occupy a greater share
kof the time OF the Nebraska players.
Minnesota looks weak this fall and the
Nebraska students believe the Scarlet and
kCream IL destined to triumph over the
great Gophers. The Gophers are without
the services of that sensational quarter
back, Capron. who defeated the Cornhusk-
ers last season, and rave only three or four
Of their old men back again. Coach VIII
usEns has been having considerable trouble
in getting men to fill his line, who were
even fairly well suited TO play positions
there, and probably will have q weak team
on the defense. He has one or two fast
men in the back field. but there is not a
single star on his eleven.
Nebraska. on the other hand. app7ars To
be strong in the line and back field. but
extremely weak in the kicking department.
The line is composed OF IN" men. playing
positions as follows: Center, Collins; right
guard. Frum; right tackle. %Chaloupka;
right end. Captain Harvey; left guard,
ewing left tackle. Hart; left end. johnson.
The back field has three letter mer-Cooke.
quarter; Beltzer, left half, and Kroger. full
back. The other half is being filled by
birkner, a veteran Cornhusker who did not
win his IN" last year., but who played on
Inc varsity against Kansas four years ago.
Minor May Return.
~ Minor gets his scholastic credits ar
ranged he will be back in the game either
as regular half or end, and will make the
NEBRASKA team an eleven composed entirely
OF veteran players who have won their
Ietters. Minor seems in a fair way To get
things fixed up with the faculty and thinks
he will be able to take part in the Minne-
sofa game.
IN addition to the regular IN" men Coach
Cole has any quantity Of excellent spbsti-
futes he will be able to play against tho
Sophers In case any of the first team mo,
are hurt. As substitute line men he has
Woicott' Bowers, Elliott, Slagle. sbonka
ana Arnold. Arnold plays a fast end or
mar and probably will be placed I'm either
Sohnson's or Harvey's place I'm case one
@t those ends is injured. Wolcott 2n-
FOUNDER tackle, has shown up to great sd-
vantage this fall, and in the game aRsins,
Feru last Saturday did some excellent worx
on tne detense' helping make the Nebraska,
line a stone wall.
Bowers. tackle; Shonka tackIa. S,a
guard and Elliott, tackle, have all beer
playing foot ball and have received special
attention from the coaches. Bowers In
practice with the scrubs gives the varsity
some OF the hardest work they have. He
plays a fast and aggressive game.
Birkner and Beltzer at halves seem n
have solved the great problem which
king Cole was up against last well
Vhese two men are fast and work into the
new plays OF the coach without much drill
ing The return Of Cooke and his substi-
tute, Bentley, gave the Cornhuskers two
strong players for quarter and cleared III.
the conditions around that position. which
had caused King Cole and the rooters
much worry. Cooke reported for practice
monoay afternoon and has been playing at
quarter this week. His work this fail
SHOWS much Improvement over anything he
did last season or the year before. In the
work he runs the team better
getting the plays off in a faster manner
ihsn last season and rushing the men
around with "hurry-up tactics" Coach
Cole Is drilling the midget quarter 70 rot
every play off in the shortest time NO.
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substitutes for Cooke.
IN case Cooke is unable to play in anv
OF the contests Bentley, a senior. will take
his place. Bentley was a substitute quar-
ter last season. He has speed and is a good
general for the team. As substitutes for
the halves there are Rathbone and Sturtz-
enegger. Both of them are fast, and are
hard line hittsrs.
No one has been found yet who is able
10 do the punting and kicking for the
~Cornhuskers. For the last two weeks the
coach has been trying out men for that
work but only one or two have shown any
adaptness with the boot. Rirkner so far
heads the list as the best kicker. He punts
the ball greater distance than any OF the
other men and Is more accurate in kick
sns II over the crossbar on goals for place
ment' He Is able to punt sixty yards at
times and this week kicked several goals
from placement on the forty five-yard
line. But his work is irregular and he has
not yet developed enough to be depended
upon Sometimes he does excellent work
and at others very ragged kicking. Kroger
so far this fall has shown poor form in
his drop and place kicking. Unless he i'm
proves rapidly he will not be able TO do
any OF the kicking for the C~ornhuskers.
"KinB Cole will spend much time with
Btrkner and the other kickers during the
coming two weeks that, II possible, he may
get a mar in shape TO drop a few goals
over the crossbar in the game with the
Gophers October II. He is certain that his
line will be able 10 keep the Cornhusker's
goal out OF danger, but he thinks that the
Minnesota team may also be able 70 keer
ne Scarlet and Cream from making a
S~ooehdoWn. and in case this occurs he
wants a man who can get a goal or two
from the field. for he realizes that. as last
season. the Minnesota contest may go e
the team making the most points on dror
or place kicks.
II now looks as though Rirkner will B,
selected 20 do the kicking in the comm.
game at Minneapolis. II he is I'm goo,
form the day of that contest the Corn.
husker rooters will look for some sensa,
tional work.
Game with GrInneu.
The game next Saturday with GrinneI I.
creating considerable interest at Nebraska
The Cornhusker rooters expect 10 get theil
first line on the work that may be expected
OF the Nebraska eleven this fan. Las.
season the Iowa team put up a hard fiehI
against the Cornhuskers, holding them I,
coatfausd on Second