Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-01
Defects in Teams
Interference Must
Be Removed First


Mastery Of two problems that now con-
front him will give Coach Jumbo stiehm
a strong eleven at the CornhusKer Insti-
tuition this fall. To some who are follow
ing the Mel raska elev' r In fits dali, prac-
ice 1t may seem that Stiehm has a num-
Der OF problems TO solve before turning
out a successful eleven. There are sew
sral minor obstacles in the way of get
ting an efficient eleven. to be sure, but
Jumbo Stiehm is up against a most i'm
portant task OF developing a true, long
distance kicker and a stubborn interior
ence. with solutions 10 both OF these
M culties II ma ye sail that the Corn
auskers viii give every eleven on their
chedule a most excellent battle. Withou,
.nsse assets-an accurate kicker anu q
protecting interference-the Cornhuskers
shall be doomed 20 take some very serious
setbacks in their hopes for gridiron glory.
Nebraska, for the last seven years has
been miserably weak in interference.
There is no use denying that 'King' Cole
never developed sufficient protection for
| the man running with the ball In nearly
| every important game last fall the Corn
| huskers were ineffective because of weak
| Interference. Their offensive game was
| of the weakest kind in the Minnesota and
Kansas exhibitions.
Timber Good This Fall.
Now, this fall. the timber that has
been working out under the new coach
for the last two weeks has proved itself
to be Of most excellent defensive CAMPER
! In past years the Cornhuskers have been
/ Fav oc
,rse was concerned. Last autumn the
Gophers, after running away wlth tue
.,ebraskans in the first quarter, met a
most stubborn resistance in the othel
quarters. The Nebraska fighting spiIl'
itself and the men in the line and the
.ired backs braced to strength Wmch was
a marvel to the coaches Of the srons
| Minnesota eleven.
This fall the kicking game must again
be at a premium. This is fact whlci
no coach will dispute. Any team WIN
out the services of a good punter' drol
and placekicker must have very marc
time making good showing The open
ng up of the game has made the Nalut
If a star kicker greater than ever De
fore.
! Nebraska at present is shy on ettlcleh
llickers. There apparently is no man OF
the souad who can be depended upor
"a kick a goal from the twenty-five Of
thirty-fi.e-yard line. Neither is there
plavar who can punt for long distances
In this department also the Cornhusker'
are weak. They were not strong herr
last fall.
Task Before Jumbo Stiehm'
so Coach Stiehm must set to work u
J buud up an interference that VIII pro
, tect the man with the ball Unless N
does this what show will his team nav
against either Minnesota or Michigan
II sbould he remembered that last fal
Minnesota had some Of the best inter
fering players in the game in any par
of the country. The manner IN "nlol
the man of the line and the backs close
,bout that wonderful little McGoVerl
was one of the best features OF tn
games in which the Gophers took par'
Yer in the greatest and most importan
game on the schedule the Gophers coui
not work their running game to max
scorss That Wizard of Ann Aroo
broke up interference in most ther d
tacks. What can the CornhusKers' VIII
poor protection for their bail carrier
! and with men who can not open hole
or throw their opponents out of the way
r hone TO do against Michigan? VIII
this interference problem unsolVed o.
Coach stiehm, the Cornhuskers must D
like babies in the hands OF those srea
PLAYERS from Michigan or the Minnesot'
Giants.
So Stiehm's greatest worries are owe
the kicking and interference divisions
his SQUAD. He knows there Will nave
he a big Improvement over the presen
outlook If he is TO have an eftecuV
scoring machine II the Cornhusker
were sent to do battle with stron
eleven next Saturday they would stan
no more show Of scoring than "ouio
: smaller college team pitted against tn
same aggregation Of players II III
, Cornhuskers were fortunate enough
T. work the ball to within twenty-nV
wards of their opponents goal there
no man whom they could pick out to tr
for goal from field. feeling that he prof
SADLY would make three points
KNOWS what is the Matter.
s+,sbm ia new at Nebraska. but he ha
made good IMPRESSION WIN 49,
work with the squad. He apparent
knows what ails" his players ana n
is going after their weak points IN Ia
best possible way. He has been worn
ing his men hard. Rain has not keI
him from sending them through tnei
regular work. II hard, driving practie
will net satisfactory results, the NJ
braska coach should get them
The line which the cornhuskers wi
send against Minnesota on october p wi
be fully as strong as that which met tn
Gophers at Northrup field a year ag'
Captain shonka, who is playing lei
tackle again, gives promise Of being on
v OF the greatest forwards in the ives
] His work attracted attention from all fo'
BAH critics last fall His playing in pra'
a L.. ~. fall shows that he is going I