Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26
CORNHUSKERS HARD WORK
Coach Cole Has Six Veterans as a
Nucleus for a Strong Eleven.
NO CHANCES IN OPENING GAME
VIII send Full strength Against
south Dakota NTH Result of
Game IL No Longer in
Doubt.

LINCOLN, sept. 25.-(SpeciaID-Coapb
King Cole is taking no chances by flirt-
ing with the uncertainties Of fate in prepar-
Ing for the opening game Of the season
with the University of South Dakota next
saturday, and is drilling his proteges as
though they were to clash with a recog-
nized dangerous eleven.
lie has in vivid memory the narrow
escape the COrnhuskers had three years
ago at the time Coach Foster was in charge
Of foot ball. The South Dakota eleven
came to Lincoln with a bunch of players
who had done nothing remarkable during
the previous weeks of the season and held
the Nebraska players to a 4 to 0 score. a
goal from field in the second half from the
trusty toe Of GIL Mcdonald being the one
thing that saved Fosters men from the dis
grace of a tie score.
That the northern eleven may not repeat
this trick again this fall king Cole is
getting his team into shape to play a fast
and hard game in the opening contest. He
wishes TO try out several of the new men
and at the same time run up a fairly large
score against the opposing warriors.
With four or five positions on the team
open for competition among the new men,
the coach wishes to try out the best OF
these players in the early games, so that
he may pick the men for the vacancies and
give most Of his attention to getting them
into shape for the game with Minnesota al
Omaha on October 16.
Old Players in Game.
His plan FOR the South Dakota game VIII
be 70 permit the six or seven veterans to
play during the first half to clinch the
game for Nebraska. During the early
minutes of the second session he will re-
move nearly all the veterans and put in the
candidates for jobs on the eleven.
The game will start with the following
N men in the game: Captain Better,
left half; Toit Bentley, quarter; Temple,
fullback; Sidney Collins, center; Harte,
right guard; Johnson. left end. In case
Ewing returns to school next week he VIII
be stationed at loft guard. With only
these six veterans in school and a seventh
cor sidering his return, there are four. and
possibly five, places for the new candi-
dates to fill. In the line the two tackle
and the right end places are vacant. II
Ewing fails to show up the post at left
guard will be open, Tn the back field there
is but one place for the new men. and
that is at right half, in which position
Hugo Birkner played last fall.
Shonka and Wolcott, both weighing over
200 pounds, can solve the problem Of get
ting men for the tackle Jobs. They are
powerful players and will likely start the
game with South Dakota. For end Bobby
Carroll appears to be one of the most
promising candidates and he viii get a
try at that post. He has the speed essen
tial for playing that position and should
work well with a man in the back field
when the forward pass is used. He should
be able to get away from the opposing
end and be well down the field to receive
the hall when it is passed by Captain Belt
ger. who is to handle the spheroid when
a forward pass is made by the Cornhuskers
this season.
There are several candidates for the one
vacancy In the back field and there should
be no trouble in getting a strong man for
tina place. Sturtznegger, a substitute OF
last fan. is showing up well Just now and
is likely TO be the choice for the post
unless some other player shows up to better
advantage.
irkn VIII Not Return.
king Cole was greatly disappointed
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