Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-09
MAY NOT GET IN FORM EARLY
Collins Slow at Center, But Will Be
Trained for It.
FIVE FAST MEN ON THE TEAM
Jerry Warner Appears to Be Star of
the Squad,
NOR PROVES sPEEDEsT MAN
Coach Lays Great stress on Quarter
back ana is After Speed An Team
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LINCOLN. Neb., oct. 9.-(special THAT
the Cornhusler foot ball team will have
the hardest season in its history ia the
final analysis OF the new game Of foot
ball by Coach king" Cole.
Not only does he believe that the season
win mean the most arduous training the
Cornhuskers have been compelled to UNI
dergo, but Cole does not expect the squad
to round into foim until late possibly
after the Minnesota game. The varied
game on the offense Is responsible for the
change, according TO Cole.
While the position of center has always
been one Of primary Importance on a team,
Cole believes that II is more so than ever
this season. He has devoted tho entire
week to instructing Collins in the new
game, but thus far the big center has
failed to respond, and this is an explana-
tion for the lack OF progress by the squad
Already the varsity has two shifts In the
backfield for developing an offense, and
Cole expects to employ several more shifts
before the season Is far along. Where the
ball is passed to the quarter before It
reaches the runner the work OF the center
Is not so difficult But under the new
rules the quarter receives the ball in less
than a third OF the plays used by Ne
braska and the pass must be direct to the
runner. The slightest hitch, the slightest
delay on the part OF the center exposes
the play to the opposing team and It be-
comes useless. 1t is decided that Collins
shall hold the position.
Cole Not worried.
Cole is not respondent over the work OF
the week. but believes that he has
hercuean task before him. He laughs at
the idea so commonly advanced that the
ntw rules have abolished the Importance
of the quarterback position. He scouts at
the idea Of the taking OF some OF the
duties off Of the quarterback and placing
them on the center. He believes that tho
quarterback must be as versatile as ever.
If not more so, while the center has been
given a greater Importance by the new
rules.
The Nebraska mentor has reason to feel
well satisfied with the outlook In the
backneld Cole said Thursday that he had
the five fast players on the team for the
first time since he came to Nebraska.
In the minds of close followers OF the
game the star Of the team Is Jerry
Warner and his retention at quarter would
seem assured. Minor was able to remove
the two conditions which have kept him
out Of practice for ten day and returned
/ AAAoha9s ZIG - hlitA DGNnH AlleQ AT quar-
ter and It is possible that Cole plans an
other change In tho backfleld, although
Warner is so popular at quarter that a
shift to Minor would bring down criti-
cisms on the head of the coach
] Even Cole is so undecided as - .h@
makeup Of his backfield that he refuses to
talk. He wants to consider the work in
the South Dakota game before arriving
] at any definite conclusion
Team Practices sprint.
| The last week has resulted in another
change OF tactics by the coach At the
conclusion Of practice he has been lining
the varsity and the substitutes along a
mark and has given them short sprints.
Cole used this method last year to develop
speed with good results and he has in
sugurated it in the practice again.
Minor outsprnted the bunch both even
ings after a long scrimmage with Frank
and Warner close up. Now that Rathbone
has displaced Gibson at fillbacf, Cole Is
looking for q kicker. Gibson was apparently
the best kicker in years, but he was
weak on the other departments OF the
game Hornberger had been booting the
ball nearly as far as Gibson. but he was
retained In the line. owen Frank and
Rathbone both display some ability in
punting and It viii rest upon these three
men to do the kicking for the Cornhusk-
ers
Frank viii be used for the Short" punt
and has shown considerable aptitude IN tho
use OF this play. Another department of
the game wherein the Cornhuskers are
weak is in goal kicking There is not an.
experienced goal kicker on the team.
Frank, who was used last year, has failed
to develop accuracy and Cole has nearly
given up hopes OF developing him into q
first-class kicker.
"stonewRII" Selected.
The Nebraska forwards, constituting the
famed ''stonewall," have already been Sc
lected for the season. Cole has not changed
the line during the entire practice since
/ the Peru game. Chauner and Lofgren are
easily the choice for the end positions.
LofEren is light and fast and aggressive
and Is a good defensive player. During
the two weeks OF practice both Chauner
and Lofgren have shown a fatal weakness
which must be remedied before Nebraska
meets Minnesota and the speedy McGov-
ern. The Cornhushers lost two games last
season through the Inability OF Chauner
and johnson 10 tackle the man who was
returning the punt. Perhaps the state
ment should be qualified with respect to
the Minnesota game, but the OOphera
Eained heavily "a the exchange OF punts
with tbs fleet-footed McQovorn and his
running mate. Johnson, Juggling tho bail
back for many yards. IL was IN return
inE a punt that johnson broke away from
TIE cornhUsler ends and lodging through
the remaining players. scored a touchdown
which won tho game.
Temple % playinG a grand game at
tackle Tho Nebraska captain has an
parently overcome his weakness IN Ing
ginR the ball and his work has been ex-