Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-10
COUNHUSEER CAMP GLOOMY
Friends Of Eleven Do Not Look for
Big Score Against Grinnell.
LITTLE IMPROVEMENT IN PLAY
OnIy Clean Of suashlne h Strength
shown by the Line In the
Last Practice Against
the scrubs.

Oct. 9-CSpee1ai.)@1here is No
feeling Of o-verconfidence in the Nebraska
camp tonight regarding the game with
tomorrow. The rooters. are expect
ing the Corhuskers to win. but they look
for a very low score. The showing of the
team during the past two weeks has not
encouraged their supporters to look for any
great things from the Cornhuskers tomor-
row. Nobody figures on Nebraskas making
more than twenty points. and some esti-
mates give King Coles pupils only ten
points and even concede qrinnell a few
points.
Grinnell Is not expected to be any
stronger than last season, but It is believed
he Cornhuskers are weaker and that they
will not be able to put up as good an exit
OitiOn Of the gridiron game as they did
when the two teams met last season. All
this week they have been outplayed by the
scrubs in practice and have not shown any
Of the speed or agility that they had last
fall.
At the last scrimmage Of the week yes
terday afternoon the scrubs tore holes in
the varsity line at will ard broke up plays
lime after time. Frequent fumbling by
he regulars also enabled the second team
men to gain several yards and to prevent
he advance OF the varsity. II took the
egulars- twenty minutes TO make one
touchdown, and that was accomplished
,nly with the aid of the coach, who per-
nitted the varsity to retain the ball sew
iral times after they had lost 1t on downs.
The ~Cornhusker line stood up better on
he defense under the attack Of the scrubs
l yesterday than at any time this week. The
= Jecond team players could not gain to any
advantage through the line and were forced
o kick every time they secured the bali
.ffa~ - If,1 ono ~ fyro f,tffla attain fa IN
Ndvahce the ball by other methods.
Basis of. c~Ornhusker Hope.
1t was this exhibition OF strength by
the line against the scrubs that caused
the coaches to see a CLEAN OF light for
the game tomorrow. King Cole believes
that IL the Cornhusker line can hold the
| Grinnell players and keep the fleet men
Of their backfield from slipping through
that Nebraska will have a comparatively
: easy time. With the line withstanding all
the hammering that will be necessary the
Cornhuskers ought to be able to cross
the Grinnell goal line for three or four
touchdowns. If they cannot get these
on straight foot ball they should be able
TO make them on some Of Pip Cookies
fast runs and by using the forward pass.
Cooke is enc of the Nebraska men who
has been ying fast bail all week
oEN AA1 PtN%A Wv Ohfs OHS "hO NDhAN AA0NS
any consistent gains against the scrubs.
HE has circled their ends frequently on
long runs and has been able to get away
from their men on the forward pass sew
eral times. He is being figured on to
get a touchdown or two for the scarlet
and cream.
Grinnel Is light but fast. The total
weight of the team is liza pounds. The
weight of the line is 97b pounds. The
backfield is reported to be hardly as fast
rs last season. Wells, who played at
Aalf a year ago. has been shifted to quar-
ter. He weighs las pounds and is a good
general. besides being speedy. Flanagan,
who was an AL Iowa end last season,
is still holding down the left wing and
is said to be playing q greater game
than last season. He played the best
game Of any end seen on Nebraska field
last season and Is the most feared OF all
the Grinnel players by the Nebraska
eleven. lie caused the entire Cornhusker
team all kinds of trouble last year and
on Reveral occasions nearly eluded all his
y tacklers when making runs around end.
n Every man on the COTnhusker eleven will
be watching him tomorrow to prevent his
getting away for a touchdown.
The lineuO.