Omaha daily bee., 1913-09-28
COACH STTEHM IN THE DUMPS
Cornhusker Foot Ball Mentor Gloomy
Over Nebraska Prospects.
THREE PLAYERs our on GAME
Cameron, Reese and Hawkins Sc
verely Injured IN Practice
Freshmen show UP in the
varsity Regular Team.
By JAMES u. LAWRENCE.

lAlN(OAANs sept. Gi-NApeClAl.-COAGh
stiehms gridiron warriors will inaugurate
the foot ball season Saturday with
game with wabhburn university--the first
lineup on the Cornhusker schedule.
II has been blue week IN foot ball
circles at Nebraska-rearetable early sea-
son injuries removing threo players upon
whom stehm was placing much confi-
dence. Early In the week, Cameron, the
Lincoln High school star, went out with
u broken collarbone, II 10 doubtful II he
will be able to get back into the game
again this season, and thus stiehm loses
one of the men he was depending on 10
rebuild the line.
Following on the heels OF the injury TO
Cameron, Reese, the track crack went
out with a badly injured knee and the
doctor has issued orders against him APP
pearing again this season.
The severest loss OF the week resulted
In the injury which Earl Hawkins, var
sity quarterback, sustained. Hawkins re-
ceived q broken leg In scrimmRge Thurs
day and will be out for the entire season.
His loss is all the more serious since II
Is doubtful II Max Towle, tho little quar-
terback who played 80 well In the closing
games last season, will return to school.
Towle promised to report the first OF the
week. but nothing has been heard OF him.
Unsatisfactory Practice. o...
To add TO Stiehm's woes. the practice
this week has been anything but salts
factory. The freshmen Thursday night
reeled off five touchdowns in rapid stio-
cession against the regulars, the line
making miserable showing. The fresh
men forwards tore great holes. through
which the backfield men reeled off yard
after yard.
In return the varsity failed to show
Its usual brilliancy and scored but three
/ touchdowns when given the ball
Very little Is known of the strength OF
Washburn and Stlehm says he can only
judge from past performances. The Kan
sans have been practicing two weeks
longer than the Cornhuskers, owing TO
the earlier start OF school. and should
have a decided edge as far as condition
is concerned, Washburn has had a fac
ulty OF beating both Missouri and Kansas
and the Cornhuskers will have no easy
time nf It,
stiehm's practice for the coming week
will be the most severe OF the season.
The squad will not be spared and the
men will be kept at II early and late. II
will be necessary to shift constantly In
order to make up the line and Stiehm Is
far from decided as to his lineup for the
opening game. Rutherford and Purdy are
sure to start at hRlfs; Howard at full
back, with Towle at quarter II he re-
turns Erwin probably will play center;
Shields and Halllgan will play tackles,
| hastin one OF the ends, with the other
three places still TO be decided upon.
The most disappointing feature OF the
practice 30 far is the lack OF material.
| Thirty-five players have reportedLthe
smallest lumber in years-and steihm Is
searching the school for players, without
avail A call has been issued and every
effort will be made to get more :nen
out the coming week
Football Paying sport.
The annual report OF the atheltic de-
4 phrtment 10 the secretary of the uni
I versity shows that II Il had not been for
I foot ball Nebraska would have been In
dire straits last year. This popular
sport paid for ali other branches of
i athletics. the track, basket ball and base
u bail seasons resulting In big deflcits Foot
ball netted Ss,765 last season, the total
receipts being over $4,000. Ordinarily there
is surplus from the foot ball season OF
4 close to 5000, but the schedule last sea-
son was an expensive one and lacked the
u big drawing cards which made the years
} Just previous so successful financially.
i large portion OF the surplus was used
to meet the deficit resulting from other
u branches of sport. Wrestling. a sport
4 which attracts but little attention at the
university, but which has been pushed by
the Wrestling club, cost S2i2 OF the sur
plus.
Nebraska made an attempt to get back
: on the base ball map last year with a
team. The experiment cost S9995S ana Il
ls doubtful II Nebraska will have a base
! ball team next spring unless greater in
} terest Is shown in the sport The cross
; country team took two trips and this ate
a hole Of 1870 in the treasury.
4 The track season also was pretty much
OF fizzle financially. The team made
Z a trip 10 Minneapolis and one to st.
, Louis. The deficit was s997.73
The deficit from all other branches
OF sport amounted TO S22Oose or two
thirds OF the surplus from the foot bali
season, leaving the years balance 81, 900
10 the good. The indebtedness on the
new athletic field has been reduced, so
that despite the falling off in receipts
last year, the treasury is In good con-
dition.