Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-05
KANSAS FOE TO Be FEARED
Little Nebraska Money Risked on Out
come Saturday.
WEEKS PRACTICE SHOWS WELL
kerr' Line weaker Than In
Former Years, While COrnhusk-
ers Have strong Defense
and Trick Plays.

LINCOLN, Nov. 4-Cspecial)-With the
day for the annual struggle with Kansas
almost at hand there Is growing up IN
C~orphusker circles a feeling that Nebraska
is going to win from their most bitter
rivals tho game that can put the local
state school back into supremacy over the
other schools of the Missouri valley.
Until this week, even up to Wednesday
nobody was willing to admit that King
Coles players had any chance against the
strong Jayhawkers. The comparative
showings Of the two elevens in the first
games on their SCI edules Indicated that
Kansas was much superior to the Corn
huskers.
Among the local betting fraternity there
was but little Nebraska money and what
there was demanded odds Of 5 to l. There
was plenty Of Jayhawker cash, and for
that matter there stiIl is plenty here, but
there is also a deal more Of the Corn
husker coin.
The showing Of the Cornhuskers in prac-
tice this week, however. and the knowl-
edge that Cole has trained his players to
win this game with Kansas has caused a
change in the sentiment that is favorlng
Nebraska. There no longer is any talk to
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the C~ornhuskers to defeat Coach Ken
nedy's players. It is seen now that there
is a good possibility Of Nebraska's win
ming.
Local rooters are placing their confidence
In the Nebraska line. The forward that
really outplayed their opponents in the
Minnesota game are banked upon to be
more than the equals Of the ~Jayhawkers,
II ie tIpon the limo fhat all CornbnalFA r
chances for victory depend.
It is admitted that the Kansas line is
weaker than 1t was a year ago. 1t has
lost two or three Of It's strongest forwards
and It has showed up poorly in the other
games Of the autumn. On the other hand,
the Nebraska line is fully as powerful as
1t was last season and is playing a much
superior game to that put up by the Corn.
husker forwards against Kansas last year.
Coles Famous Defense,
Cole has built up a defense which has
proved its worth in the other games of the
fall. 1t baffled Minnesota and Iowa. But
the same strength that has given the Corn
huskers an ~impregnable defense has mado
1t possible for Cole to mold a powerful
offensive machine, which ought to get into
action on Saturday.
The new game is not one replete with
forward passes and onside kicks" said
king Cole this afternoon. There are
few games in which those two plays are
used very often. All coaches learned soon
after the adoption of the new rules in 1906
that a strong, beefy line is just as requisite
to a powerful team as it was under the old
code.
Nebraska has one of those superior lines
and we are depending upon 1t to win for us.
Last week Minnesota MIA we'd oDa of the
open games, but that team used the for
ward pass and onside kick but few times.
1t was the heavy line that did the work.
The new rules allow the backs to play
farther from the line than before and 1t is
keeping III. line In active service with the
attacking of the backfleld men that makes
a success under the new order Of things"
Cole is not going to instruct his men to
use the forward pass and onslde kick all
the time. The offense of the C~ornhuskers
is built up around the forward and they
are the men who will play the open game.
Cole has taught his men a variety Of the
fol ward pass and onside kick hat is prob
ably better than any in the valley. When
they are employed they will be effective
but they are not to be brought into fire.
quent use, The Nebraska coach has severa.
plays up his sleeve that will come pretty
close to battling the Jayhawkers.
The Cornhusker coach himself refuses tC
make any regarding the game
but he feels that Kansas will not have sucf
an easy time as they did last fall. His
players are ready today to play a fas
game and they are able to give the Jay
hawkers a hard battle.
There is a feeling here that the game will
be the best open play contest seen in tn,
valley In the last three years. Kansas hai
been using open formations and ought t
be well prepared to puzzle the Cornhusker
on the offense.
Kennedy claims to have an excellent on
side kick, in which quarterback johnson
stars. The Jayhawker quarter is probRbl!
the best booter for the onside kick in tn
valley and his accuracy in making the shor
kick gives his team an edge on it's oppo
nents,
There was no scrimmage In the Corn
husker practice today, TIL last rough worI
has been held and the team is simply per
fecting itself in running signals. All tn
men but Rathbone are In fine physical con
didon, The condition of the fuilback is bu