Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-21
CORNHUSEER OUTLOOK GOOD
King Cole Will Have Splendid Squad
from Which to Choose.
GOOD MATERIAL Is IN SIGHT
New Players Are DOped Out as Being
Especially Adapted 20 the Rules
Under which the Game VIII
BE Played This Fall.

month to begin his fourth successive sea-
son OF coaching at the Cornhusker school,
he will find awaiting his instruction one
Of the most promising groups OF candidates
that ever greeted the arrival of a foot
ball tutor at the Cornhusker institution.
This statement, with the details that fol-
low, undoubtedly will prove by the events
that transpire during the next two or three
months
1t is just little early to predict what men
will return to some of the schools in the
Missouri valley. but the same thing can
not be said to be true OF Nebraska this
year 1t often happens at the flag end of
each summer that correspondents tell OF
giaring prospects-how a large bunch of
veterans and new stars will be on hand
for the opening OF the season-that fail
to come true, because several of the ex-
pected men do not return. or returning.
find they have not met with the require
ments of the faculty and are shelved for
the fail. Nebraska this year has such a
large array of prospective candidates that
only the most improbable OF circumstances
can appreciably reduce the number OF good
men on the squad.
Only four players became ineligible with
the close OF the season last fall, and with
previous seasons returned and ten fresh
man stars were brought into eligibility.
There also will turn up at Nebraska that
crew of lesser lights which did not shine
brilliantly last fall and was not noticed,
but which will produce three or four men
this autumn who will receive special at
tention and mention before the practice
has been going many days. With the vet
eran players of last fall and the two sea-
sons before and with a large quantity of
material that did not make the team last
year, including first year men and others,
Nebraska is certain to have a great"
group of candidates for the deft hand 'of
king Cole TO mold into what should be
a championship eleven.
old Men Eligible.
The men who played last autumn and are
stiil elibiIe for at least another season with
the Cornhuskers are: Walcott, gurad; Tenn
pie, tackle; Elliott, guard; Shonka, center;
Chauner end; Frank, quarter; Rathbone.
fullback; Mayor, halfback; Collins, center.
and Miner, end and halfback. will again be
in school, These last two men did not play
with the Nebraska eleven last fall, but
were members Of the team during 1908 and
1909. Among the new men who are expected
the varsity during the season are: Warner
end Hornburger center or guard; Slagel
center; Sturmer, guard Frank, back; Nc
Ribbon, end or back; Gibson, back OF
quarter; George, end. In addition to this
list there are several aspirants who will
deserve mention after the season has opened
and they have begun to show class.
Captain Better halfback; johnson, end
Harte tackle and Ewing, guard, are the
I four men who became eligible with tho
close of the season last autumn. They
were good players in their respective posi-
| tions, but king Cole will have men whC
should fill the vacancies SO well that thu
four veterans will not be missed.
For the place left open by the retirement
of last seasons captain there will be sew
eral contestants. Warner, Gibson, Franz
and McKibbon appear to be strong enough
to take the job. Frank played quarter las
| fall but he may be shifted to half anC
Warner or some heady player worked a
quarter, position that probably will b,
just as important during the coming fal
under the new rules as 1t ever was unde
the old code. Miner was stationed at hal
when he was on the eleven two years ago
but Cole may find it advisable to use hin
at end to fill the place which Johnson occu
pied last summer.
Big Men Are Fast.
There will be no difficulty in placing tw
fast and heavy men in the positions tina
Ewing and Harte played last year and tn
fall before. Collins, Elliott Hornburge
and Slagel constitute a quartet Of player
who can do the line work as well as an
| L ,lN..,-e
was a freshman, but his work at center o.
the first year team entities him to muc
consideration this fall. He weighs bette
than 200 pounds, but is fast for his size
Collins weighs close to 200 and is reall
a speed man for his weight. He Is ex
tremely stout and is the type of playe
that should be a great success under tn
new rules Elliott is another player of tn
200 pound class and combines speed wit
his strength and weight. His ability I
sprint was exhibited IN the Nebrasks
Denver game last November when he wa
playing in the line as a substitute 70
Walcott. In the last half minute of play
with the Cornhuskers leading by on
point, a fleet Denverite broke away froi
the Nebraska backs and ends and heade
directly for his opponents goal. Elliot
pulled himself out OF the line and rushe
after the receding Denver runner an
pulled him down at the fifteen-yard lin
1t is players OF the type of Collins an
Elliott that the coaches will find Of gre.
advantage under the new regulations. NJ
, braska is fortunate in possessing seyert
men of this class. Shonka, the b
center, who. though playing his first sci
son with Nebraska last autumn, was Il
sensation Of the west, and was picked
a second all-western center. He has spe'
and crushing force. He can thrust himse
through the opposing line with an impa
! that sends his opponent flat to the groun
He is seldom handled SO well that he ca
not swing out of the center mass al
pluck at one OF the dangerous halfback
. When once he grips a player, his gia
= strength permits him to pull that man
i, the ground He last fall threw playe
a for mo gain" In nearly every game.
n End VIII he strong.
K At the ends Chauner, Miner, George.
: Frank and Warner will furnish good m
8 terial. Chauner held down the right viii
) a year ago as a new man 20 the teal
o His playing improved in each game al
u at the close of the season he was dol
II sensational work. His chief asset In a
i dtion to his speed Is his strength. Min
l. 10 fast agile and can diagnose pla