Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-23
WANTS NO BALL FUMBLING
Coach Stiehm Demands COrnhuskers
Handle Oval Clearly.
EXPERIENCE OF TIGERS IN MIND
Task of wolverines VIII BE Harder
IL COrnh uaISers Can Hold spher-
old aAd Result May FR-
vOr Nebraska.

Clean handling Of the ball will give the
Michigan one Of the hardest battles that
the Wolverines have experienced this
season.
This statement is the opinion Of Coach
stiehm and his assistants, Princeton was
enabled TO whip Yale and Harvard be-
cause the Tigers held the ball and be-
cause their opponents fumbled g. Ne
braska suffered severely at Minnesota
because It muffed the oval so many times
It gained at Kansas because the Jay
hawkers were remarkable for their FUN
bling.
In the Princeton Yale game the Tigers
won, though they had no creditable run
ming attack, no forward passes and no
ball-carrying tricks OF any commendable
cahber. Yale had the best drilled eleven,
the finest offensive machine In the coun-
try. With this game in mind, the Corn
huskers are at practice this week, hoping
that they will be able TO hold the oval
in the game Saturday, and through this
means show tho wolverines a terrible
battle.
The cornhuskers have q strong running
HOWGNOEt anu Nv BNOA ~ NAN
loose-ball game. They are fairly strong
in the Kicking game. too, 30 they Will not
be as badly handicapped in their attack
as the Tigers were in the contest with
the Ellis.
NebrasISa's Defense Strong.
Nebraska always has been famous for
its defensive qualities, and the contest
Saturday should show the local men play
ing a dogged and stubborn game when
Michigan has the ball. All this week the
coach is teaching his pupils to hold the
oval He wants clean handling of thC
spheroid, and any man who fumbles early
In the contest will be rushed to the side
lines. Coach Suehm declares that no
player on his team must give Michigan
chance to score through Nebraska
error. There may be mistakes In general
ship. for they are likely to be made on
the best elevens, but there must be nc
fragrant errors of mufting the oval OF
dropping 1t when player is tackled OIL
when no is running down field.
! Miehigan's preparations for the game
Indicate that Yost expects to gain a great
deal by off tackle plays. in which Meek
and Craig will be used Mihnesota's eX'
lperence with the Cornhusker line has en-
Outraged the Wolverines 70 think thai
their own attack will be just as effec.
tive as that OF the williams crew. The
Gophera found the Nebraska line vera
weak Off-tackle charges Melted many
yards.
The Cornhusker forwards have beer
strengthened since the Minnesota con
test, however and they should DO abl,
to stop the charges of the opposing backs
lThey will have 10 fight low and keep thI
wolverine forwards from getting thu
jump on them.
Craig is TO be featured in runs arount
the Nebraska ends. He is the center O
the Michigan attack, and there is abso
lutely no doubt that Yost will order hi
men 20 try the Nebraska ends often
Coach suehm will do well 20 perfect
new defense for Craig, in which specia
assistance will be given the extremit!
men, Lofgren and Chauner. The Ne
braska ends work hard IA going down In
field under punts, and with a large mum
Der OF attempts at charges around thei
wings they will become ves3 tired.
Yost win use all his end runs In tn
belief that ne can wear down the defens
OF the wing men. Unless the cornhuske
ENDS are given great assistance from tn
backs and tackles this may result an
then the wolverines win find that the
can race down the fled with a runnin
attack, mixed well with forward passe.
All cornhuskers hope that the Nebraska
ends will be able 20 stop the plays O
Crsig He lie a wonderfully fast man. /
addition ne has a force and drive 20 hi
runs that carry him far after he
tackled. He Is hard 10 stop in any Of hi
plays