Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-16
Marquette Team
Promises to Show
Fast Foot Ball
Men that Held Down Michigan and
Notre Dame Last Year Pitted
Against Creighton.

With the advent OF Marquette university
on the local grldiron next Saturday fol-
lowers Of the game in this city win have
a splendid Opportunity OF watching a fast
aggregation in action. The meteoric rise
of Marquette in foot ball circles during the
last few years has been the subject Of
much favorable comment in the world OF
sports and tho outcome Of this seasons
schedule viii be awaited with considerable
interest
Their work on the eridiron last year
placed them among the representative col
lego teams OF the country, ana by many,
Marquette 10 ranked rs one Of the best
elevens in the west. with a veteran team,
they held Michigan to q 8 to score, and
later in the season prevented Notre Dame
from making a touchdown, BY contendinE
so well against these larger universities,
ana especially by their brilliant work
against the wolverines, Marquette rapidly
gained prominence and this year 10 making
a western trip with hope Of adding new
laurels TO It's fame
While Marquette has lost tho services Of
Foley and Manning the team is practically
the same as last year. Meyer who was
reokoned as ons Of tho best punters in the
country, is also out of the game this sea-
son, but Buegel, a new halfbaclS, is filling
Il
manner. schaler is back at quarter and
Nunsell Schroeder and Voelkmann make a
back field combination that gains on every
play. Elsen win be seen at tackle again
land Captain Hanley is his running mate
on the other side Of the line. The northern
team is heavy and fast During the sum-
mer months the squad has been in training
at Lake Beulah, wis. and the men are re-
ported to be in perfect physical condition
Perhaps no team in the entire country
presents to the public for criticism and
careful scrutiny, such an excellent body
of athletes. It has always been Mar
ouette's aim to select men Of powerful
physioue 10 defend their colors against
contending teams. No expense has been
saved TO provide adequate training facili-
ties in every branch Of sports In which
they have participated, and the results OF
developing new material have been graft
! flying Bill Juneau the famous old Wis
consln end, has been the mentor on the
gridlron for the last three Of four seasons
and has produced excellent results in the
field. He requires the strictest attention
to constant training. 1t was due to his
efforts that the summer football work was
started. Special training quarters we're
established on the lake shore In
Wisconsin, ana every comfort OF nome
life was enjoyed by the Knights Of the
Pigskin. Juneau has always exercised the
utmost diligence in caring for the men
under his charge and has had ample op-
portunlty OF discovering new material on
the s4uaa He iS a firm believer In speed,
ans no doubt the gNms Saturday will be
repIets with sweeping end runs. While
line piunging helped the visitors against
( Yosts men, yet the majority OF gains were
made by slaFtinE MiehlEan's line No
I doubt mary ee The playa used last season
I will be wsrGsa against Creighton, and
KILLERS "Celrs viii have to keep close
watch on the shifty formations used by
J the Milwaukee eleven. The forward pass,
onslds kick, and Of tackle plunge were
used 70 excellent advantage against the
Monmeu7e t5&p. last week in the annual
game with the Brewers
For time II locked ss though the looal
university would be unable to aeheduls
a game with Marquette as Denver seemed
unwilling to stand by its contract to play
BY a diplomatic letter, however. nsEotia-
lions were finally closed, and the game
was played yesterday. From Denver tbs
team gees 10 st. Mays Kan, where
they play the university there, and vii
then come 70 Omaha for their first annual
battle with Creighton.