Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-04
~CORNHUSKERS TO BRACE UP
Students Discouraged and Coach Dis.
guSted by Saturdays Showing.
WILL BE STRENGTHENED
Number ~ shifts VIII he Made and
Players VIII ne Given Hard
scrimmaee work for Next
Two Weeks.

LINCOLN. oct. 3.-(Special)-Nebras
ka's almost fatal clash with South Da-
kota and Minnesota's lnmerciful slauEh-
ter of Iowa yesterday proved that the
Cornhuskers have one Of the weakest
elevens in the history of the local cho
and that the Gophers are stronger than
they have been in any fall during the
last ten years and that they are likely TO
go through the season with but one de-
feat, that being at the hands of Chicago.
IT also left the C~ornhusker rooters little
ground on which to hope for a Nebraska
victory when the Minnesota men are
played at Omahs on October 16.
The C~ornhusker line, which yesterday
was no problem for the South Dakota
Coyotes, must be strengthened many-fold
II It is to Withstand the fierce charges of
the fast backfield of the Gophers.
Captain McGovern and johnson, full
back. of the Minnesota eleven. went
through the heavy Iowa line for repeated
gains. Iowa's line today is muuch stronger
better than 1t did. But IL the Hawkeyes,
with a stronger team than Nebraska has
just now, could not stop the fierce at
tack of the Gophers, what are the Corn
huskers going to be able to do? II the
Minnesota-Iowa score. was Al to 0, what
will the Observation-Disclosures score be?
Changes In Prospect.
These are questions the Cornhusker
tudents were asking on the campus this
afternoon. Old foot ball stars among the
alumni answered them with the caution
to wait and see what Cole will do with
his team during the next two weeks.
They predicted a general shift in the Ne
brasks lineup and the addition of new
material.
That, indeed. is what is to come. In
fluence is going to be brought to get
Collins and Ewing, two Of last years
stars. back into the game. The RETURN
of these two men alone, it is admitted,
would Tejuvenate the eleven and would
put the line in condition to play a
powerful game.
But the efforts to give Nebraska q
winning team is not going to stop with
the return of these men. The players on
the squad are going to be given such
hard work and drilled in such fierce play
that they will have to play good foot
ball when Minnesota is met. Alumni foot
ball stars are going to be brought into
service to coach the men how to play
their respective positions.
KinE Cole DisRusted.
King Cole says the Nebraska eleven
will have to play better ball than they
did Saturday II he has to get a new mar
for most of the positions. The way in
which some of the line men played their
posts yesterday was so disgusting to him
that he means to bring about a change
in some manner.
He has announced that during the week
the men will be driven in ~scrimmage
work of the hardest kin and that all the
linemen will ave to take constant pun.
ishment in order to learn show to play
aggressive ball.
He Is not discouraged by the showing
OF yesterday and means to get an clever
that will so to Omaha and play Min.
nesota enc of the hardest games the
Gophera will have this fall.
All the students now feel that the
tie game yesterday will do the team g
great deal Of good, in that II will force
them to hard training and thus cause
them to develop rapidly for the rest Of
the fall.