Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26

utdl " lIOuDie by Keeping Jlell guessing
on the long punts and onside kicks.
FavOrs the Onside kick.
Cole is OF the opinion that the ouside
kick is one of the most valuable plays a
team can have in its repertoire and he
means to use it many times in an the
games. Beltzer is an adept at kick ng the bail
just the right distance on the short boots
and he can place his kicks SO that the
players on his side can often recover the
bali after an onside kick. With such an
accurate kicker as Beltzer the coach
thinks Nebraska ought to work the onside
kick with wonderful success all during the
fall.
The earliness Of the Minnesota game this
fall, coming as IL does just three weeks
from today. is giving king Cole a great
amount OF worry and he fears that he will
not be able to get his pupils in winning
form by that contest.
Only the South Dakota and Knox con-
tests precede the game with the Gophers.
Neither Of these games is looked upon
as anything more than a practice contest
and it will be impossible to harden the
Cornhuskers so that they will be ready
to stand the terrific onslaught of the heavy
Minnesota players.
The aim of King" Cole will be to get
his line in shape to prevent any long gains
by the Gophers through that part Of the
team and then to rely on his backfield to
do the offensive work for the Cornhuskers
A diversified list of open plays viii be
given the backfield men that they may
keep the Gophers guessing. It will have
to be an open game for the Cornhuskers,
for they cannot hope to pierce the stout
line that Minnesota will put up this year.
The forward pass and onside kick will
be two of the plays that will come in for
much use i'm that game. An attempt Will
be made to perfect a forward pass that
will take the Gophers nearly all the game
to solve. While the pupils of Coach VIII
liams are getting next to this play, Coach
Cole hopes to see his team score several
points, and perhaps enough to win the
game.
The Gophers will meet Iowa next Satur-
day in the opening game on, their sched-
ule and will be forced to show many or
their plays in order to defeat the Iowa
eleven. The team at the Hawkeye insti-
tuition this fall is much stronger than
II was a year ago and is going to make
a strong count. Nebraska will have a
man at the meeting next Saturday and it is
thought he will be able to get a valuble
lineup on the Gophers.
students Not Enthusiastic
Despite the fact that there is consider
ebIe good material in school this fall the
students are not enthusiastic about the
prospects for defeating Minnesota. The
record Of last year is taken into account
when the chances for a fast eleven are
considered.
There were twelve or thirteen veterans
on hand then and the Cornhuskers should
have had a winning team from the opening
Of the season. But such was not the case
The team failed to get into winning form
until the Ames game, The contests with
Peru. Doane and GrinnelI showed that
something was wrong with the Cornhusk-
ers. They did not get into the game the
way other veteran squads did. Grinnell, a
team that should have been an easy victim,
was hard to defeat and scored a touchdown
in the first five minutes Of play.
The students now say; IF the team,
with all those veterans last season, could
not get into carly winning form what will
it do this fan. when there are many new
men 10 be trained? II surely win not get
into shape to make a good showing against
Minnesota
Coach Cole looks at the situation in a
] NlTIeTenl nSUNs Il says nc ~ ~ '"N
fall did not fee like getting to work as
hard as was necessary. It was natural
for a man with a place clinched to stuff 4
great deal. with many new men on the
sarad they will work hard at the start
and get into form for early play, thus
giving the Cornhuskors a strong eleven for
the first game Of the fail.
Games at Antelope Park.
The games with south Dakota and Enox
will be played in Lincoln At Antelope park,
The new Nebraska field is not vet i'm shape
for any match games, but Manager Eager
expects to open ii with the Iowa game on
October %.
No bleachers or eraudstand will be-
erected at Antelope park for the two first
games. Goal posts will be put up there as
soon as the Western league base ball
season closes and the Lincoln team is
through playing at home.
II is announced that the training table
will be started next SATURDAY, the first
meal being served TO the players after
the game with South Dakota. The table
may be conducted by the athletic board
this year. a departure from the custom
OF sending the team 10 a local hotel. This
has not been decided yet and nothing
! definite will be known until the athletic