Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-13
STEIHM HAS ELEVEN IN" MEN
New Nebraska Coach to Have Some
Old Material on Gridiron.
MAKES PROSPECTS LOOK GOOD
Vests wolverines 60 Cross the Mis-
souri, River for the First Time
In Its Career and There H.
Great Interest In Game.


O. Eager Of the University OF Nebraska
athletic teams has been taking inventory
Of the foot ball goods at the Cornhusker
schools and finds that the gridron ma
teriai for this fall is the most promising
lot that has greeted any coach here in re-
cent years There will be eleven letter men
on the squad. II all those who have written
the manager arrive at school in September.
Word has come from every one of the
players to the effect that the opening OF
the season would see them ready to don
their togs under the instruction OF the new
coach. Jumbo Steihm, q former Wiscon-
sin player.
From the present outlook Nebraska
should have one OF the best elevens in its
history. 1t is well that such is the case,
too. for the 1911 band will play a schedule
OF games unlike any that Cornhusker
eleven ever went through There are six
socalied big games on the bookings for the
Cornhuskers. Two of these are with
teams that struggled for the western cham
pionship last fall-Michigan and Mime
sofa The other major games are with
Kansas, one of the strongest elevens in the
Missouri valley; Ames, Missouri and the
Kansas Aggies To go through this sched-
ule without defeat is the aim of the
Cornhuskers this fall. But how to defeat
Minnesota and Michigan is the problem
which the new coach will have to solve.
His material will be OF the caliber that
should give him an even break with Coach
Williams and Coach Yost II he has the
ability to get from his men what they are
capable of giving the chances are that Ne
braska will make an excellent showing
against the two big western elevens.
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on the final date OF the foot ball season.
This is the first time a Wolverine eleven
has come west Of the Missouri river, and
It means much for the game In this sec
ton Of the country. Already alumni OF
the two schools are preparing 20 send large
delegations to the game.
some Older Men.
Among the men who are considered Of
first-class varsity material and who will be
on hand at the opening OF the present sea-
son are Shonka. captain and tackle; Lof-
gren. end Elliott, guard; Harmon. guard;
Hornberger, center; Chauner. end; Warner,
quarter; owen Frank. halfback; e. Frank.
halfback; Potter, quarter; Gutburlet. end;
sturmer guard or tackle; Freltas, end;
Anderson backfield Purdy. halfback; d.
Russell. end.
OF these players Purdy is q new man,
who was on the freshman eleven last
autumn He halls from Beatrice, Neb..
where he was a sensational backfield man
for three years and where he gained
reputation of being one Of the best high
school players in the state. He promises to
be one of the fastest and strongest men on
the Cornhusker squad.
Captain Shonka last season was played
at tackle, and there did himself so well as
TO be placed on all selections of the Mis-
souri, valley elevens and to be given q place
on one selection for an all-western team.
He is undoubtedly one Of the strongest
players in the valley. and gives promise of
doing wonderful work for the Cornhuskers
this fall.
Good Back Field.
In the backfield the Cornhuskers will have
superabundance of material. With
Purdy, Potter. Warner, the two Franks,
Anderson and two or three other men who
have not signified their intention of return
ing, but who are expected to come back, the
new coach will have all the material that
he could desire for making a strong back
field. Some of these men are heavy and
fast and some are OF the pony type, giving
him extraordinary speed in those cases in
which that asset is very desirable.
Potter and Warner are two of the fastest
players the Cornhuskers have had in recent
years. Warner ran the team at quarter for
a while last year. He can play that posi-
ton well, or he is equally good at end.
Potter should have played with the Ne
braskans last fall. but sickness the winter
before kept him out OF school and made
him ineligible for competition in 1910. He
is looked upon as one of the real stars for
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sational ball last fall The older of the
two brothers. owen. was a star in several
of the games. His power to duck and
dodge and thus escape tacklers caused
him to make several long runs for big
gains in two or three of last falls big
games. He will be one of the men whom
the new coach will train to carry the ball
in the big games this season.
Line should BE strong.
In the line the material will be good
Shonka, who last fall played tackle because
of the presence of Collins. a very good
player, will take his old position in the
center. HornberEer who could hold down
the center Job very well. will be stationed
at guard, Hornberger scintillated in sew
eral of the games last season His weight
OF more than 200 pounds and his agility
make him a valuable player. Elliott and
Harmon, two other IN" men who were
stars last fall, will hold down either guard
or tackle positions. Gutburlet and Stur-
mer are other men who look like good line
material At end the coach may play either
Lofgren. Russell, e Frank or Warner. The
material is so extensive that the coach win
have two or more excellent players for
every position, and he should have no trou-
BILE in developing eleven that will make a
cracking good showing in the early games
OF the season, improving rapdlv with the
approach OF the harder games so that the
big teams will find the competition of the
Cornhuskers all that thev care to meet
and try to handle
In planning the campaign of this fall the
coach Will drive his men that they will
come into shape for a hard game by Oc-
tober p. the date of~the annual struggle
with Minnesota, The aim OF the coach and
players will be to humble the Gophers and
repeat the victory that was achieved on
Northrup field in the fall 1902 when
Coach Booth and his men took the game
by a 8 to score.
According to present arrangements the
practice season will be started about Sep
TENDER 20. The new coach will arrive at
the scene of his activities the first weex
In September. his contract beginning with
the opening day of that month
During the summer. Nebraska field has
been sodded and now Is in perfect con-