Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-27
CRIPPLES AGAINST IOWA
Three and Possibly Four Back Field
Men Are Not Available.
FORTUNATELY LINE IS INTACT
Coach Cole TeachinE the Men Some
New Plays Built Up Around the
Line ON which HIs Hopes
Are Anchored.

LINCOLN, Oct. 2s.-(speciai)-The pros
poets are that king Cole will be forced
to send a bunch of cripples against Iowa
at Iowa City Saturday. On the hospital
list there are now four OF the best Corn
huskers-Cooke, Kroger, Beltzer and Tenn
ple-and there is little hope that all OF
them will recover in time to play against
the Hawkeyes. Cooke, Beltzer and Kroger
have been laid up since the Minnesota
struggle and we're not I'm the game with
the Haskell Indians Saturday. Temple
played fifteen minutes in the Haskell
game. but was so badly injured in the
head that no had to quit. He has been
improving slowly since Saturday and there
is a possibility of his getting into good
shape by Saturday.
But Cooke and Kroger are seriously Hurt
and in the opinion Of their doctors will
not be ready to play again for two or three
weeks Cooke was sent to the hospital
last Friday and has been confined to his
bed with a serious injury to his right foot.
He hurt his foot last summer and II has
troubled him all fall. Last week the pain
in it became so great that he was COM
PEELED to get the services Of a physician.
At first It was thought the injury was
only a slight one and that the star quarter
back would be ready to play this week.
But the injured member grew worse Satur-
day, and yesterday an operation on 1t was
necessary. The doctors say that the foot
will mend now, but that the quarter will
not be able to walk on It until the end
of this week.
Cooke insists, however, that he is going
to be ready to play against Iowa on Sat
urday, and says he will not stay In the
hospital later than Wednesday. Even
IL the quarterback gets out for practice
by Thursday it is questionable whether
king Cole will let him play Saturday,
for the coach wants to save him for Ames
and will run no chance OF having him hurt
so seriously that he will not be able to
play at Omaha against the Aggies on No
vember Z.
Beltaer Out for Sure.
Better is still unable to use his right
arm owing to the injury he received in his
shoulder during the Grinnell game and may
not play against Iowa. He probably will
be in condition by Saturday. but the coaches
will likely keep him out Of the contest that
he also may be sure to be In the best shape
to meet Ames. His punting propensity
makes him too valuable a man to have alb
sent from the lineup when the Cornhuskers
face the Aggies.
All of the Cornhuskers who played in
the Haskell game, with the exception of
Temple, came out of the contest without
sustaining any injuries. The game was
much easier on them than had been ex-
pected and caused the Nebraska coaches
much JOY. king" Cole had feared the
Indians would lay out two or three of his
men, and when nothing Of that kind oc-
CURED he was elated, for he then was able
4 - -lnn n 80 H.
Since the fast back field of the team has
been crippled up the head coach has been
forced to teach the men some new plays in
which the heavy line will bear the brunt
Of the work, Plays that were built UP
around Cooke have been discarded for the
present and a '~'peekaboo' offense suitable
to the pony back field has been adopted.
Bentley, substitute for Cooke, is not. as
agile or fast as the veteran and can not
make the quarterback runs which are so
guarded against by the teams the Corn
huskers meet this season. Bentley is a
good general and runs the team well, but
can not be relied upon for any rapid work.
With Cooke out OF the Iowa contest more
line plays will have to be used than had
been intended. One OF the new plays which
Is TO be used against lowe was given to
the men this afternoon and the regulars
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scrubs. 1t has made a big hit with the
players and king" Cole is confident 1t will
be used for many long gains against the
Hawkeyes.
Some New Plays.
During the next two days of serimmage
work, before the team leaves for Iowa City,
the coach will introduce several other new
offensive formations to the VARSITY. The
heavy line Of the Cornhuskers worked
well against Minnesota on the ~offense, and
king Cole figures that against Iowa's
lighter line 1t will be able 10 do some won
derful playing.
The line, in fact, is the only thing the
coach has to depend on now to win from
Iowa. With Kroger out of t e game, no
drop or place kicking will be possible.
Birkner is being trained in booting this
week, but his work is not very encourag-
ing. Unless Better gets back into shape
by Saturday the forward pass with the
Cornhuskers will be more p~roblematical
than ever. Beltzer is the only man who
has passed the ball with any marked &C
curacy or any great distance this fail. He
used the pass several times with great eff
feet at Minnesota, and had he not retired
from the game at the end or the first half,
might have caused the Gophers some real
grief.
Scrimmage practice will be held tomorrow
and Wednesday, Thursday afternoon light
signal work will be run through. and that
evening the team will leave for Iowa City,
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