Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-21
HOW MICHIGAN WILL SCORE
Use of Forward Pass Should Prove
Undoing Of Cornhuskers Saturday.
FIELDMe YOsT MAsTER on PLAY
chargins 81 Craig and other Backs
May ne Checked, but Decep-
tive Forward Filings Likely
90 &c Successful.

Nebraskas most serious task In prop
aration for the game with Michigan sat
urday Is the perfection OF a defense for
forward passes that arc certain to be
used by the wolverines when the men of
lost are pushed hard IN order TO score.
With no exceptions YOst IL best master OF
the forward fling that the west has aeen.
Ne was the first OF all coaches In this
section 20 realize that under the new rules
eteam must be prepared to use the pass
u victory II 10 be achieved.
In the Minnesota game last year his
Daayers employed two OF the best exc
suited and best conceived passes that have
Been played on a western grldlron. These
we're successful and brought s:.e western
championship TO the Ann Arbor school
Last Saturday against Penn tho Yost
team again trlcked the opposing eleven
end made the touchdown that won the
same and defeated tho cratic eleven
from the Keystone state
The cornhuskers have by far the best
eefensiva eleven IN the Missouri valley,
and one that will compare favorahly with
any In all the west. The success OF Min
nesota against the stiehm crew was due
~ the use OF the forward pass.
Defense Very stronG.
Though the Nebraska line was far
weaker than II i.as ever been since. the
GcphoFB ala not make brii.Aant gains by
off-sackie and center plungeA. The Co
piers could not score until they opened
up vita passes In the second half. They
tried the filings In the first period, but
these always Jailed. An element OF luck
contributed 10 the success OF tho fllngs
in the last haR and two touehdowns came
~ a result.
In the Kansas game last Saturday Ne
braska was twice pretty badly scared
when the Kansas eleven used tue forward
flip. 1ns defense against this trick ~
hard to build up, and Nebraska has not
devoted as much attention TO plans for
checking It as some elevens. Last week,
however, the Nebraska coach trained has
mon 70 break up the filings, and on one
occasion Illiott. center, showed the ef-
feeta Of his coaching and nipped pretty
pass over center owen Frank blocked
another, and had be held the bah would
have raced for touchdown.
YOsI since the success of Jimmy Craig
in the Penn game, will try the attacks
OFF tackle and the swings about the ends.
These viii be hard TO stop, too, and the
cornhuskers win have 10 battle with
much greater power than they did last
saturday With Craig running behind
fast forming and solid interference, the
Nebraska ends viii have the greatest
kind OF work TO dive IN and break I'D the
PLAYS and get the runner.
weakness nj Amea.
Al Ames the man carrying the ball kept
in eioao 70 a lot Of quickly forming IN
reference. and tho Nebraska ends often
were hurled out OF the way and the man
VIVA the ball was stopped only after he
had gone into the territory OF the sec
ondaTy defense. The charges OF Craig
Meek and Wells win carry lots OF force
and DIVE with them and will be mighty
powerful plays 10 break up. The Ne
braska ends VIII bo aided wonderfully by
shonka and Elliott In getting into the
Michigan offcnse. These two CornhuslSers
exhibited much skin and power IN break
ing through the Kansas line Of forwards.
They are shifty, active and strong. anu
should hinder the Wolverine otfense a
great deal
Gibson. who gave brilliant kicking ex-
hibiton last week In the KanEas game,
win be factor IN NebrasSas play. IL
he boots as well as he asa then the seor-
Ing machine OF the Wolverines will be
kept from maLing many points. The
value Of Gibson Il going TO DO tested
Saturday. Should his kick 10 forty and
rfty yards tho Nebraska ends Will have
plenty Of time 70 Sc, down field and at
tack the bail receiver and keep him from
returning.