Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30

Jsyhavkert we're extremely weak on the
offensive and had not been drilled suff-
GENTLY 70 break up q pas.
Famhitns saa srownes.
There we're no players on the 1877 Ne
braska eleven who passed the bali ac-
curately enough and &c far az was neces-
ssry 70 assure that II would not he cap
tured BY the opposing team. Fumbing Of
the ban and q slowness IN getting under
II 20 receive the pass were fatal weak
nesses, and they often resulted in the
opponents making gains. The alur Of
an end % receive = forward pass in the
game with Minnesota last fan when he
had a clear field before him 70 the Gopher
goal. cost Nebraska q touchdown which
would have won the contest. Captain
Weller and Quarterback Cooke were the
most adept Of any Of the C~ornhuskeers in
passing the bail. hut they never exhibited
the accuracy Of STREET. OF Colorado. or
Hubbard OF Anes. To receive the pass
there was no player on the team who
couid be depended on. although Captain
Harvey OF the 1905 eleven. who was sta
TONED at end during the latter part OF
the season. began to show some ability In
that line before Thanksgiving.
h forward pass. as was satisfactorily
demonstrated last year, when used by
skilled players can be worked effectively.
but when handled by an Inaccurate and
fumbling eleven. will often be employed
with fatal results to the offense. In the
reformed game q good kicker may save
his team from defeat, but many times when
he cannot score the forward pass and the
opposing eleven Of two evenly matched
contestants has none, the former iE likely
TO make the stronger bid for the victory.
This was the case in the Nebraska-St
Louis game on Thanksgiving. The Corn
huskers had no effective forward pass,
while the catholics employed one that was
used repeatedly for long gains and which
resulted in more than one touchdown being
scored for the Mound City warriors. II
accuracy in using the forward pass was
needed last season II surely will be re-
quired this fan
Rule Altered This Year.
n forward pass rule has been altered
this season. Under its provisions last
season any player Of either side could
secure the ball after IL had been legally
touched. The revision allows only the
player Of the passers side who first
legally touched the ball to recover 1t until
It has been touched by an opponent This
change greatly increases the dangers from
1 L1AlRALAHs ~ III q q DNNA AhN
greater opportunities to get a ball that
has been dropped by the player &c whom
II was thrown. The chances for a player
Of the passer's side to recover the bal
after IL has fallen from his hands are
minimlzed-
This change means that all Of the Cora.
husker. players must be drilled to handle
the ball much better than they did last
year. Plumbing must be done away with
as far as possible. and al ability TO &C
c~urately pass the ball acquired Some Of
the members Of the team wfn heco1s;
skilled in handling the ball by q little
practice, but with others Coach Cole WI
have 70 spend much time in drilling then
how to hold on 10 it. FumblinE and in
accurate passing. such as characterized tn,
play Of the Cornhuskers at times las
) season. Is very likely to prove fatal un
} der revised rules. often a pass wheI
handled right will bring a touchdown foi
the defense. On the other hand. th'
~fumbIing Of q pass by either team is liabli
! 10 give the other side a chance TO score
! It is this task Of training the Cornhusker