Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20
LIVESS UP PLAYERS
Cornhusker Squad Gets Into Practice
with a Vim.
PAINTING UP FOR IOWA GAME
while Coach Cole Expects PrOteEes
TO win, He is Not Anticipating
Any Easy Time, as Hnwkeyes
Have a Good Eleven.

LINCOLN, oct. Is.-tSpeciaL.)-Lower
temperature and a chilly north wind had
an invigorating effect on the Cornhuskers
today. and they romped through the first
scrimmage practice since the Minnesota
game, tearing up the scrubs for long gains,
Halfback Frank was back In the lineup
after a days absence, owing to an injury
to his left foot, and he got into the fray
with an alarcity that shows he is in just
as good condition as when he entered the
game last Saturday.
King Cole has ordered Frank to try a
great deal Of place kicking this week that
he may be In shape to boot a few goals in
the contest against Iowa this coming Sat
urday. 1t is the intention Of the Nebraska
coach to make the Hawkeye game as easy
as possible for the Cornhuskers, and he
figures that II the team can get ahead in
the first half he will not allow his men
to work hard in the last section, allowing
Frank an opportunity to demonstrate his
kicking ability.
Open plays are to be the order for the
Iowa game, and this afternoon the Ne
brasks coach started practice on the new
tricks and forward passes that will be
attempted then. 1t is not believed that the
Cornhuskers can run over the Hawkeye
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1t. and Cole will try to drill his players to
fool the Hawkeyes with some clever tricks.
1t is known in the Cornhusker camp that
Coach Griffith of Iowa is stocking up on
trick plays for the Cornhuskers, and a
great part of the time this week on the
local field is being used to drill the Ne
braska men in defensive formations to
break up forward pass and other trick
plays.
In the game at Omaha, Nebraska was
no. able to successfully execute it's for
ward passes because the Gophers had been
trained to break them up. Every time a
pass was made there were three or four
Gophers attacking the man selected to re-
ceive the oval.
It lie to get q defense such as the Co
pliers had that Cole is drilling his men
now, and In practice the scrubs are using
the forward pass and other open-style plays
all the time to give the varsity players
plenty OF real experience or the defensive.
wholesome Respect for Iowa.
There appears to be a great deal Of con-
fidence In the Cornhuskers' camp regard
ing the Iowa game. 1t is practically set
tied in the minds Of the students that Iowa
is going to be defeated by a decisive score.
The Nebraska coaches, however, are in
clined to look upon the Hawkeyes as a
most formidable enemy.
Although the Iowa team was defeated
decisively by Minnesota and barely nosed
out a victory over weak little Cornell,
yet there are some excellent players on
that team, and 1t would not be a surprise
to King Cole II Griffith pushed his men
into shape to put up a fierce battle by
Saturday. Eckersall says iowa has the
best material among the Hawkeye colleges,
and that It should become a powerful team
before the end of the fall.
Iowa has had two weeks rest, having
played no game last Saturday, and has had
all hat time to prepare for Nebraka. The
Hawkeyes should be In fresh condition
by Saturday and should go into the game
capable of battling just as hard as Ne
braska did against Minnesota
Coach Coal thinks his men will win, but
he believes the game will be hard fought
from the start to the finish