Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-27
FOOT BALL FOR THIS YEAR
What Tactics VII Successful Coach
Use in eBmesl
OUTLOOK ron COMING SEASON
y ehrnslrns Contrst -fth Kansss- on
whsch me Champtsnshin Hans,
Analysed ~ ~ EEamrle 81
management.

cnl1Hin-haE MS idsaE q WHIST general line
of playing win bring victorious usfupEiEn
to has door. Already some Of the coaches
have been In conferences with their lsadlne
piRyerr and have begun the construction 81
some novel PLAYS thst are uHlcuAstsd 90 IN
INFO general lire 90 attack ana 6eisnss
thEt WI mHss Tor SUCCESS in most OF the
EHmes
in the Missouri valley where four schools
Nebraska kAnsHs Amss and Missouri-v'in
battle fur The championship b. Seems tu be
agreed thai Il win see season Of uffen-
sivs tootbRil The defense gi great anIpur1-
Enre iu al games. Is "a be neglected il
Necessary TO better the offenss Tutors ans
players Of Some OF the nssr-vinnsrf IN TINS
secuion last autumn now rsBlize thai too
much attention wac psid 90 building az
plays Thar would CHECK the onslaught 81 tht
opposing eleven Toe title time then wsE
given 10 the preparation Of piBys thai would
Bio In the EttRpk
NehraNEa's Close Call
Nebraska winner Of The Missouri valley
conference ritie AND one 81 the leading
stevens OF the weHt. experienced q marrow
escape IN it's annual battle with Kansas
No score was mR5t until toward the close
81 the Contest The CornhnsksrE nae AZ
eleven thar was possessed Of much finer
bunch Cd material That the Jnv,hEwksrs had
There should have been no scorelsss match
for thrss-uusrtsrs. The CurnhuEke1R should
have mac victurv ulinohed m the ssrlE pEr1
Of the game. All through the contest the
Lawrence pisyHr were helpless IN trying
10 advance the ball against the BionewEu
OF the Nebraska men The defense 81 the
Kansas players however. wRs not nearly
30 strong ~ That Of their opponents. The
NebrHskH team failed 10 score until near
the uloss OF the contest because thsF did
moi have AT extensive repertoire Of often
Eivs plays
There were many occasions in the first
three quarters 81 the contest when a new
play would have gained CREST ground
against the Lawrence crew. king Cole
had given his team only . few plays. Upon
these ne depended for ms scoring. Bun
defeHt--or what was just a. bad q tie
scure-wOulo have been NehrRsiR's share
If the CornhuskerE had not had a wonder
tul array Of material IL its plEyers-tRksn
individual by ndividuRl-hRd not been far
superior 10 the Jayhswkers. II was simply
q game in which superior weight and
strength wore down e brave defense. II
better cuschiue-n was simply greater
weight, ana strength.
with wider Variety of Play.
In this contest Kansas brought CUT fer
exhibition wider variety Of plays Than
was shown by the Cornhuskers. Nebraska
mad slight reason for holding in reserve
any number 81 PLAYS This was the most
Important game on it's Bchs5uie-rhs one
which coach and players wished above all
Others, 10 win. The truth is that Nebraska
lacked plays Of the otfense But 80 far
as thai goes al the teams in the valley
were shy on scoring or ground gaining
tricks There WAS s raasun-the ret1sionsrs
had made the rules 80 radical that The
coaches were up in the air as 10 now
10 play the game. II was q season Of sx-
pertinent. Coaches buit I'D defensive
machines. worked I'D the best offensive
plays they could and then trusted 10 luck
and the foot ball knowledge Of their PLAYERS
10 win Nebraska coppeo the Missouri
valley conference championship because Il
had 3 wonderful house o. foot ball timber
-vsteranE Of several seasons struggles
In the coming fail. though. uffenss win
be given prime attention from those
coaches who studied the situation seriously
q year ago. That Instructor who really
mas the power 10 make plays who lie
original in his conception Of clever tricks
VIII win.
One prominent instructor in TINS section
OF the foot ball world win start during
the opening week Of practice 10 develop
players for the line and defense. He means
10 have the problem OF his defense solved
early IN the fan Then ne intends that
LII
voted 10 the building up OF plays rhst car
be used with telling effect against the
strongest uunteBdsrs on his scheduie He
mas a set q lire men who can be DE-
pended upon TO take care Of their work on
the defense They have mad several years
Of experience in playing the game Ens
win need but lfrtls coaching from their
tutor. The offensive play Is the thing
sehsols Weed More Plays.
In Order 10 make the scoring machine
a bsIlRin factor. this particular coach viii
driii Ills players in the use Of a very large
variety Of PLAYS Certain SCHOOLS in this
section have suffered seriously in late
years because they did not have enough
plays There were CERTAIN situations that
arose in several games where the teams
could moi spring q surprise on their CD
p0nsnts In the early part Of one particu-
lar game or an previous contests Of the
season they had used All the DlRyE in their
shock. The opponents knew these plays
and were ready for them
This fail the wise coach VIII have an
unknown number q plays. The spies thai
watch ms team IN action IN early season
win be surprised by what they see IN later
games Of the fEn The formations for
otfeuse as vel as the PLAYS viii be
changed Spies VIII profit their teams lit
tie by watching the games In which ire
players Of certain Missouri waller oaach
take par
In the Michigan NJ tnnesota game lREt
November, FOBtE msn won the contest IN
he last few minutes Of TlRy because they
had - tricky q forward pass Rs had
been seen in The west This play Was USED
twice IN succession II WAS startling in
its sKsouriun and dashed the Gophers hack
70 their 1Uur-yHrd line before the spacta-
tors realized what had happened For this
fan the forward pass viii be used sE-
tensiVsiV particularly in the Missouri val
ley. Coaches who watched the piaFress Of
foot bah last fan are certain that the
successful eleven TINS fan must nave the
forward pRsE Developed 20 q high punt
The coach that works I'd The hest Dksf
and has group Of dspsndEbls PLAYERS for
its use viii come mighty cluss 10 win