Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-03
1T LOOKS HARD TO STIEHM
New Coach Of Cornhuskers Sees Ire
mendous Task Before Him.
RETURN on wARNER non SURE
star Quarterback May Remain at
Home, I'm which Event Prospects
WIN ne Darkened and Task
of Coach Made Harder.

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LINCOLN, Neb.. Sept 2.-(Special) THE
opening Of the Cornnusker foot ball sea
son is now close at hand. Coach Ewald o.
Stlehm, the new all year coach of Corn
husker athletics, having arrived last Fri
day for preliminary survey OF the situa-
ton. Looking exceedingly we'll and bub-
bling over with enthusiasm, Stiehm is OPP
timistic but determined that the Corn
huskers will have an extra hard early
season workout.
Stlehm has been busy all summer study
ing rules and devising formations for the
Cornhuskers He was silent when asked
concerning the practice tactics which will
be in vogue in the Cornhusker camp.
That the forward pass will be used more
during the coming season than ever before
is the belief of Coach Stiehm. The cutting
down of the penalty for failure to work
the pass lie the basis for this belief Per-
sonally Stiehm is a warm advocate OF the
forward pass. He believes that the open
play adds much to the attrsctiveness OF
the game and will go long way to re-
place the spectacular flying tackles" OF
the older style of play. In Suehm the
Cornhuskers have secured an enthusiastic
advocate of the modern game of foot ball.
Open Play for COrnhuskers.
open play Will be the program for the
Cornhuskers." the new Nebraska coach
said Saturday. The squad will be drilled
in every department, but particular atten-
ton will be paid to the perfecting of the
forward pass and the now famous peek
aboo' play. Stiehm will have two veteran
ends to handle the forward pass, Chauner
proving especially effective last year in
this play. In owen Frank. suehm has an
artist In passing the ball and the combina-
ton of Frank and Chauner should gain
many yards for the Cornhuskers during
the coming season,
Stiehm does not expect to outshine other
Missouri valley teams in open play for he
expects Kansas and Missouri to pay espe-
csl attention to the forward pass. 1t is his
belief that all of the Missouri valley teams
will adopt the open play tactics and there
will be more of 1t than was ever witnessed
in the valley games before.
Some of the teams have continued with
the old style game. Minnesota for ex-
ample" said Coach Stiehm, but the work.
out which the new rules received last year
showed that they have met with favor
and will be continued again this year"
Expects Many Veterans.
Stiehm refused to discuss the Corn
husker outlook beyond mentioning that he
expected at least eight old men back.
Rathbone and Temple win be out of the
game, as we'll as Collins and Minor, all
| four of them having completed their
courses or played the allotted three years
| The return of Jerry Warner, Nebraska's
star quarterback. is rather doubtful, al
though Jumbo" Shonka, the giant tackle
and captain, is not at all alarmed about
the return of Warner. Eager and Stiehm
| hoo N IN uha
would be able to play but shonka an
nounced while in the city arranging for
| rooms that the speedy little quarter would
be in moleslins shortly after the prelimi-
nary whistle blew for practice work. The
| line will need Strengthening most, the Corn
husker backfield had several promising
| ''subs" last season.
| The return Of the following veterans
is sure: owen Frank, Ernie Frank S. V.
shonka, Dutch" Chauner Jack" Horn
berger, Harmon, Gus Lofgren, Jelly"
Elliott and Gibson From the last years
freshman Purdy looms up as the most
likely candidate for the vacant backfield
positions, Purdy is beefy and speedy and
a very hard man to tackle. He is counted
upon as one of the best players to enter
the university in years Weaver also looks
like a good bet at fullback, playing fast,
heady game.
Potter, the little quarterback, whose
sensational Juggling OF the ball marked him
| as a marvellous performer in the open field,
will bear watching. Mulligan, another
Beatrice boy, is a man who will bear
careful scrutiny He is fast and clever,
but last season was too light for the team.
Mulligan has put on considerable weight
this summer and intends to give backfield
candidates run.
Coach Stiehm sald the Nebraska schedule
was the stiffest in the history OF the
school and that only abundance of
material would produce winning team.
Already the Nebraska coach is looking
ahead to two contests and is anxious to
develop substitutes which will give, him
a second team as virile in its attack as
the first The Minnesota game, coming
early in the season. will necessltate point
ing the men for this contest, while Michi-
gan, on the Saturday before the Thanks
giving recess, is a fitting climax to a great
schedule Kansas and Missouri mixed In
between means that Nebraska must be in
the best of conditions practically ali the
time
No Assistant Yet.
The new coach said ne did not know who
would assist him in whipping the Corn
huskers into shape The selection OF an
assistant coach will be left entirely to
the athletic board.
Work on the new Nebraska grandstand
is progressing rapidly and next week the
workmen will begin the construction of the
stand.
The old stands have been wrecked, the
concrete bases to the new stand completed
and the uprights placed Manager Eager
anticipates that by the opening Of the
practice season the stand will be com
plete. The cost will range in the neighbor-
hood of 5000 and will give Nebraska one
of the finest fields in the west.
The board has also gone to the expense
of sOdding the field this summer to lessen
chances Of injuries. but the excessive dry
weather in the earlier spring months has
injured the sod. Nevertheless 1t will be
an Improvement over the old stony field