Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-22
NEBRASKA FEARS MISSOURI
Coach Stiehm's Men Are About Due
for Slump.
TIGERS ARE IN FINE FETTLE
Struggle Comes Next Saturday and
COrnhuskers Hardly VIII Have
Recovered from the Min
nesOta Game.

LINCOLN Neb., oct. 21.-(SpeciaL)- |
Missouri, next opponent of the Corn
huskers at Lincoln, october 2s, is held
in wholesome respect at the local in
stitution, and there is no prediction
among the local students that the Me-
braska eleven will walk off with vic
tory. There is great fear of the
'show-me" contingent in the Nebraska
camp, and 1t is believed that Missouri
will be better prepared for Nebraska
than for any other eleven on Its
schedule Nebraska, on the other hand,
will probably be in the poorest condition
OF the season. A slump is looked for
and is feared-following the terrific strug-
gle with the Gophers at Northrop field
this afternoon. To guard against this
slump is what Coach Stiehm will have
to do during the next week Of practice.
He too, fears that his proteges will stink
back into poor condition and permit the
Missouri Tigers to capture victory on
Nebraska field. Every team, each fall
has a slump. This slump may come be-
fore an easy game or it may arrive just
before a big game. In event that II
comes with the big contest, then dire
things are suffered by the eleven under
going this change.
COrnhuskers Have Suffered.
1t must be remembered that the Corn
huskers have been hitting up terrible
clip this fall Scores of III and 50 to 0
are tremendously big records for early
season. Really, the men of the local
school have been playing beyond mid
season form. They cannot keep up such
gait long. Perhaps the slump came
with the Gopher contest today. Coach
stiehm had fears of its doing so. But
whether 1t came today or not, 1t must
be looked for soon, and why should 1t
not be when Missouri comes to Lincoln?
The time is just about right, The sea-
son is well advanced and the Cornhusk-
ers have been going at such a rapid
clip that they must stop in their rush.
The time probably will be next week
when Missouri is here, and IL such is the
case the Tigers will stand a mighty good
chance OF licking the Cornhuskers.
Then there are injuries which probably
will develop through the attack upon the
Minnesota crew today. Minnesota al
ways cripples up one or more OF the
Cornhuskers. The Gopher players do not
do it. OF course; the hard play which
naturally comes through the meeting of
two strong elevens results in these in
juries. Minnesota suffers injuries in the
same degree that Nebraska does, and
probably during the time the two schools
have been playing the northern eleven
has suffered more from injuries to its
members than has the Cornhusker or
ganization.
some Know Conditions.
, one who has not been follower OF
, Cornhusker foot ball for the last seven
or eight or more years can hardly real
lie how the local mentors look upon tbs
T situation which will exist at this schoo
4 next week. The local authorities. hav,
: some very sad examples of a heavy
e schedule and slumps and they are no
0 q bit optimistic over the meeting Will
8 the strong Missouri eleven next week.
! in the fall OF 1908 Tebraska suffere,
one OF the saddest blows in its foot bal
history, and all because the team took
slump at Just the wrong time. The de
y feat came at the hands Of Kansas. Al
Cornhuskers faced heavy schedule a
the opening of the fall, and many wer
, far from sanguine about the outcom
~ Of the season. Minnesota was tied an
Iowa and Ames were defeated. Firs
Z, came Minnesota. the next saturday 70
lowed the Hawkeyes and then cam
A. Ames. All these were satisfactory cor
!, tests for the Cornhuskers, but on th
fourth Saturday that wonderful Jay
hawker organization was the opposin
eleven. II had been held in slight e.
a teem for the LornhuskeFs were wOrkin
q fine and looked like Missouri vale
N champions. Kansas came TO Lincoln an
Of won by a 20 10 score. A slump was a
undoing of the Cornhuskeru- 50 ~
~ other slump is feared for this Nilsson
m game.
NJ Yet Nebraska IS better prepared for
~ hard schedule this fan than Il was