Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-11
WEDDING OUT THE CUTTERS
Jayhawkers Get Rid of Some Men
Who Do Not Work.
STRENUOUS DAYS FOR THE TEAM
Coach Kennedy Bushes Himself Find
iRE ways TO Keen kansas Me-
on EdEe-sOOners Next
Week.


LAWRENCE. Kan. oct. 1i.-Cspecisl)-
Kennedy continues to keep up his strenu-
Gus work on his gridiron warriors, and
IL work counts for anything, the Kansans
should eat their Thanksgiving turkey with
an ever-victorious schedule in spite Of the
hard games that must be played.
Aside from a marked Improvement, the
most noticeable effect Of this hard work
on the squad is the wedding out of the
cutters who are lust out for exercise"
But there are plenty of good men left. In
the squad every night are ten tx men,
and all Of these are not playing on the
first team either. big" Smith and Ed
Ford, both 20 Founders, have checked in
their suits and will be out Of the gam. the
rest Of the season owing to injuries on
their think boxes. said injuries being sus-
tanned when they learned that weight with
out work would not warrant them a place
on the team. Both are men OF experience
and would have proved valuable extra men
had they stayed with the game.
Better Team work.
Captain Crowell's men are showing great
improvement in team work. They have
gone a long way toward eliminating fumb-
ling. The linemen are being used to carry
the ball, and are doing it well. Kennedy
has not yet settled on any picked set Of
backs, but has been giving all the likely
candidates a good tryout. This continual
shifting of the backs has kept the men
from getting the plays down to a fine
point, there being a noticeable slownes
in getting the plays started, as tire men
do not solve the signals readily.
With few exceptions the members Of the
squad are keeping in good physical condi.
ton, in spite Of the gruellins work they
have to go through daily. This is largely
due to the fine condition of the field.
The necessity for something other than
boarding house grub became so urgent that
the training table was started last night,
and the members of the team are now
taking their raw beefsteak at the Eldridge
house, down town.
Tub" Reed is the only regular on the
hospital list at present. His knee was
hurt in the st. Mary's game and he will
not answer to roll call at the training
quarters for two and maybe three weeks.
Although several good scrubs are avail
able to take his place, none of them can
fill IL. Tub" is a tower Of strength at
guard and his 24O pounds of beef, with
head to work it, has won him a place on
the All-Missouri Valley eleven for the
last three seasons.
Houghton, a most promising mate for
Pleasant at end, is hobbling after the team
with a sprained ankle. but this will bother
him for a few days only.
Crowded Out Of Practice.
Captain Crowell, who did not want
to take chances with a sprained knee in
the st. Mary's game. has been out for
practice, every night this week. Pleasant
and Dahlene have the first Charley-horses
on the squad, but neither are serious.
"Sprouty' Porter and Msllam, who are
out in suits this week, are a valuable adj
dition to the squad. Mallam is a punter
and place kicker and ''Sprouty'' is a light
ming halfback. but Is back in his work
and kept out OF the game by the eligibility
committee. However. he intends to keep
in shape to get into the game as soon
as he can remove his conditions.
The coaches hold kicking classes every
afternoon for an hour before any signals
are run, and this is already having its
effect in the booting department. Ken
nedy is still a little in the air over the
quarterback situation ard is working out
Steele and Johnson, giving each special
instruction in their respective weak points.
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race, as he is a good team worker and
excells Steele in handling punts.
Frank Ford is a strong addition to the
line at tackle. Though he will probably not
make a regular place, he will make a most
valuable extra man. "Swede" Carlson has
been doing the only real stellar work on
the team so far this season. In the st.
Mary's game he was worked at tackle in
place of Crowell and was called on time
after time to take the ball, and always
netted a gain. His line plunging was a
terror to the Catholics and he is a fighter
in every play. "Old Bill Caldwell, at
right tackle, is playing his usual hard
game. II is hard to pick any back field
stars, though all the candidates for back
field positions are doing very creditable
work.
The squad.
The freshmen have the best looking
SQUAD that a first-year class has had at
the university for years. They are a hard
working bunch. Owing TO conference rul-
ing the first-year men can play IN no
scheduled games, so there is no induce
ment to keep the tyros working other than
a free trip to the Thanksgiving game.
Each night at the close Of practice they
line up and take punishment from the
varsity.
~Ex-Captain Rouse alone is responsible
for their development. They are husky
and plucky and in scrimmage offer the
varsity as good practice as a regular
game.
The authorities are still squabbling over
a place to play the Missouri game on
| Thanksgiving. 1t was thought this had
been practically settled upon and the
game would go to Kansas City, but now
Missouri is Directing to the arrangements
and the question will have to be fought
over again.
Next Saturday the Jayhawkers meet
Oklahoma university in McCookfield. This
is the first time in two years these teams
have met on the gridiron. The Sooners
are a fleet-footed aggregation and will
give the Ksnsans a close run.
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