Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14
CROWD LOOKED FOR
Foot Ball Enthusiasts Will Flock
from All Directions Saturday.
OLD COLLEGE MEN WILL REUNTTE
College Yehs VIII Fiji Air and
varsity COIors Will he seer on
All sides when Teams
Come to omaha.

Indications all point to a record-breaklng
crowd when the C~ornhuskers meet the
Gophers at Vinton street park Saturday
afternoon. one crowd OF thirty from the
Council Bluffs High school has secured
tickets. Forty seats have been bought for
the young women of Brownell hall, the
alumni Of the University of Michigan has
secured a block of seats and numerous
other organizations have set apart that day
as n day of celebration when all will 60
to the foot ball game. Mail orders ale
pouring into Myers-Dilon's from a large
number Of smaller towns In the state.
Nebraska and Minnesota colors are APP
pearing on all sides and the red and white
Of Nebraska and the maroon and gold Of
Minnesota are flashing in downtown store
windows. Huge banners on the street cars
! announcing the game are in red and white
and several Of the large stores have decor.
sted and huge banners ore prepared to fly
Thursday.
When the weather began to warm up
Wednesday the rush for seats increased
and It now looks as though all reserved
seats and seats in boxes will be sold in a
short time.
Manager Leach Of Minnesota sends word
that he expects 800 rooters to
the Gophers. Ames will have a large dele
cation and Manager Eager expects at leasI
1000 from Lincoln by special train. Nearly
1000 reserved seats nave already been sold
at Lincoln and hundreds Of the students
will stand along the side lides.
After the regimental band from the Uni
versity Of Nebraska leads the student pro
cession to the Henshaw Saturday noon Il
will play a concert from the balcony o.
tho Henshaw.
Many of the fraternities of Lincoln will
make this an occasion for a meeting o.
the new men with Omaha alumni and sew
eral dinner parties have already beer
planned for the Henshaw.
WOlcOtt Removes Conditions.
Over 800 Cornhusker rooters cheereC
yesterday afternoon on the athletic fell
when It was announced that Tub" Wolcot
passed his law examinations and would b.
in the Nebraska lineup against Minnesota
Wolcott is one of the big men on tn
Cornhuskers' squad, weighing 1870 pounds
and his beef added to the line will be
powerful factor in making Nebraska's de
Tense strong enough to hold against tn
strong Minnesota eleven.
The new eligible took his place at lef
guard with the team in scrimmage an
showed up in fine form. He will be drive
hard during the rest Of the week to get hir
drilled in the new plays.
1t is likely that another Ineligible will b
l past the faculty barriers by today. He
5 Ewing, last years powerful right guard
and he took his last examination yesterda
and the whole university is now waitin
: to learn whether he was successful wit
it. If he gets into the game the Corn
huskers will have a line that, it is be
lieved, can check the attacks of the fas
Minnesota backs.
Ewing is in fine physical condition an
in one of the strongest men in the unI
~versity. For the last three months he ha
, scrubs and other coaches, spent thei
I pounding boilers. He declares he can max
( a hole in the Gopher line any time it
necessary.
4 Five coaches assisted "Kihg"Cole in tn
practice. They were Captain Heitzmar
/, West Point; John westover, former Ne
braska captain; Glen Mason. captain Q
the Cornhuskers in 1906; James Harvey
, captain in 1905, and William Chaloupka
tackle on the Cornhusker eleven last fal
E By far the most grueling scrimmage O
2 the fall fell to the players yesterday. Mos
OF the plays used were directed straight a
the line and the varsity men were ham
mered for over an hour by three differer
, scrub teams.
y E~x-Captain Harvey had charge of tn
e scrubs and the other cotches spent theI
a time with the varsity, John Westove
. and Glen Mason directed the play of tn
= varsity backs, tackle and guards. Car
tain Heitzman had charge OF the ends.
Every little fault, as we'll as the bi
1 ones, were pointed out and each man o
e the first eleven was made to play his pC
e sition to the best of his ability.
Line StIn Weak.
e Despite the coaching Of the several a!
II ~sistants and king Cole, the varsity lr