Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-06

CREICRTON'S new COACHES
Stars from st. Louis to Handle
0maha's Own on Gridiron.
GRADUATES FROM MASTERS CLASS
kinney and Schneider, Trained Under
King, staEE and Cocbems, Will
Give I%nstructI0 TO the
Creighton Team.

For the first time in years Creighton
promises to have a varsity team which
will be first class from every standpoint.
A wealth OF heavy and fast material prom
fises to be on hand. and this will be az the
disposal Of coaches, capable Of moulding
II into a gridiron team, which should bring
out to advantage the new game. Genuine
AcoachinE has been a rare article In Omaha,
but this year no expense has been spared
by Creighton university to obtain men VIII
mot only know the game. but who have
also that necessary ability of imparting
their knowledge to others. It is safe to
assume even before the season has given
proof Of results, that the game which will
be put up by the Creighton squad will be
foot ball as 1t should be played. The
coaches selected to effect this result are
not the products OF a single school, but
have been tutored in the game by men
whose names are household words in the
foot ball world.
Coach Kenney's Career.
Coach Clarence Kenny began his foot
ball career at Marquette university, at that
time a college. under Jerry Riorden, the
well-known guard of Wisconsin university.
He had imblbed his knowledge of the game
from Phil King, who knew the tricks of
the old game in such wise that he made
the eastern teams stand up and take notice.
His recent instructor was Coach Eddie
rCochems. who has guided the destiny of
the st. Louis university team for the least
three years. This wizard of the game
found an apt scholar in Pike Kenney.
Many Of his intricate plays wheeled upon
pike" as their pivot, As these were not
few in number, but were arranged to sue
coed each other in startling and apparently
never ending %rapldity. II speaks we'll for
the foot ball genius of DR.. Kenney to have
been in them on the ground floor. In the
forward pass he took a prominent part,
acting as the receiver for the long passes
of Schneider and Robinson.
During the last two years in which the
st. Louis team has been advancing steadily
in foot ball fame and anneNing the scalps
OF our middle west univers,tlss web regu-
iarity and by scores which l No doubt
Of its superiority, pie 10y has
been in every game and his added
materially TO swell the $ q cap
tanned the blue and VIII" Louis
for the last two years. v speaks
well for his ability as a rlv"' ! as one
who can hold men tnget'No p : smooth
over the petty. though ser a.. ~alousies.
(which do spring up in big tfa"e. lie is an
exponent of the new gains, tfe vide open
play filled with electrical shucFs. IN which
the spectators. even II not Verscd In the
fine points of the sport. can SEE where the
foot ball comes in, and are not compelled
TO content themselves with the sight of a
struggling mass OF arms, l~fs and feet
and imagining they arc c~1ioy'rG them
selves. OF course. SOM r'' - end beef
are required, but open VIZ '-''rds head
and brain and these a" 'Nal fac
tors in today's game. n. rs them,
plenty Of them, and II ods In
vaccinating his team with " -tnerous
doses Of the same valuah;f 7'-e7. his
success will be wonderf-' Ca" he
graduated from the 81. ~ o." ~ 'rsity
medical school among the honor ucr Of his
class.
.... AasiHtant Also : star.
w. j. Schneider. the associate coach at
Creighton will divide the labors and honors
with DR.. Kenney. Upon him will devolve
much of the hardest work of the season,
Personally the two men are widely differ
ent. Jack Schneider has elevated him
self full three inches above the six-foot
mark. while pike" Kenney, II built on
less skyscraping lines, boasts Of more
breadth OF beam. A recent press notice
saws Tall Jack Schneider will long be re-
membered for his great plunging through
the line. He hardly ever failed to gain
the few necessary yards, when the other
members of. the team had failed and his
place, at fullback will be a hard one TO
sfnl.". He has had the enviable fortune OF
playing on the Wisconsin university team
when Art Curtis, assisted by Eddie
coehems dealt out the foot ball lore. Prior
10 this Coach stagg OF Chicago has de-
veloped his athletic talent in track work.
when Cochems went to st. Louis to as
sumo charge OF athletics there Jack
Schneider followed, and for two years has
stood head and shoulder over his team
mates as they romped down the fields for
goals. No line was able to Withstand sue
cessfully his p~lunging bucks and as field
CAPTAIN his head work was equal TO every
emergency.
solved the Pass.
The Importance OF the forward pass has
been demonstrated in the last two years
II has practically revolutionized foot ball.
Yet the difficulty experienced IN hurting
such an awkward thing as a foot bail
through the air. made coaches hesitate TO
adopt the innovation. Others tempted
Il. but used the underhand throw or wide
arm sweep to propel the ball. They soon
discovered that accuracy and speed could
not be had by these means, and II they
used the forward pass, 1t entered the game
as a side issue and was not relied upon
as safe ground gamer. When reports came
in OF the ball being cast from forty to fifty
yards and startling accounts Of bullet-like
passes sent on a straight line and projected
with a spiral motion, It all sounded much
like a fairy tale. Yet II proved 10 be a fact
and not fiction and to the west must be
given the credit OF discovering the proper
method OF handling the Z, rward pass. At
least the pass used IN the west seems to be
more successful than that employed in
the east. and so widely does It differ from
It's eastern relative that II hardly belongs
TO the same family. II is cast 10 a single
m9p in such a manner that the receiver
need not lessen his speed. while in the east
the receiver is usually guarded by a part
Of his team and is stationary when he
catches the ball. Moreover, Il is not
thrown high In the air. but is sent In a
street line, In as far as the distance win
allow.
ST. Louis found its best opponents of
this true form of the forward pass in Jack
Schneider and Brad. Robinson. In prae-