Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-28
HUSKERS' TEAM LOOKS GOOD
University of Nebraska Foot Ball
Prospects Are Bright.
PLENTY OF HUSKY MATERIAL
Coach stIebm BETTER Equipped Than
Ever, with Roth old vets aud
Promising Youngsters for
Formidable eleven,
BY LAMEs e. LAWRENCE.

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LINCOLN, Ncb., Sept. 25-(Special Tel
egram.) -Nebraska will repeat again this
! fall with another great foot bah team.
That is the opinion OF Cornhusker sup
/ porters who have watched the Corn
husker squad go through the initial week
OF practice. Tho squad Is the largest in
| the history OF the school, with over 100
men reporting for the freshmen and
varsity teams. In fact, Stiehm is
| swamped with so much material he is
having difficulty in giving It all his per
/ sonal attention.
| With the opening game a week from
| today with the veteran team from Wash
| burn college, Stiehm's Huskers look IN
per cent stronger than they have ever
looked before so early In the season. The
backfield gives wonderful promise, while
| Cameron, Abbott. Balls and tho mighty
Halligan, who Is the Husker leader this
year give promise OF forming the best
line Nebraska ever had. Corey a new
man, who tips the scales at over 200
pounds and who was with Chamberlain,
| the star Of the freshmen eleven last year.
| forms the fifth member OF the quintet
| that looks the best Nebraska ever had
In addition Stiehm discovered he was
| to have the services OF Burtis, 235-pound
| linesman.
There is still one place where the Corn
husker team appears weak and that Is at
/ end.
Trying Old and New Men.
| For the first week of practice stehm
is. trying out Balls, linesman of last
year. and Galley, Hugg and schuirda,
substitute ends last season.
| At quarterback Stiehm is using How
ard. the old Omaha star, who will also
do some Of the teams kicking Howard
strongest rival for the quarterback job
is Porter a Nebraska City boy. Porter
| is fast and has plenty OF weight, but
lacks experience. Captain TIalligan is
back at his old position at tackle, where
! no was accorded all-western honors by
Walter Eckorsall last season. On the
! other side of the line at tackle will be
| found Corey and Cameron who played
! tackle last year and has been shifted
back TO center to fiji the vacancy caused
I by the failure of Bob Thompson of
! Omaha to return 20 school. Abbott OF
last years all-vlctorious eleven is back
at guard, with Shields. tho big Omaha
! player. on tho opposite side Of the line,
II Shields fails TO meet the hill. Stichn
will have a half dozen huskes to draft
! from.
| In the backfield, Rutherford Is in his
| old position. Chamberlain IN being used
at fullback, and the coaches look for him
TO set new record in that position.
Chamberlain has Amack of Red Cloud
as an understudy. At the other half,
Con Wilson. former Lincoln High
school lad. is being used regularly.
Expects sdf Game.
stiehm looks for stiff game with
| Washburn next Saturday. Reed has re
oelved word that the Kansans have
eleven veterans and arc confident OF
springing a surprise. As washburn has
had a trick OF beating Kansas about
every other year. Stehm il not going To
take any chances and he intends TO be
loaded for bear.
The washburn game will serve only as
a workout for tho squad and stiehm will
change lineup several times in working
| out all of the candidates
In addition TO scrlmmage last week the
coaches instituted series OF chalk talks
in the evening and tho squad was given
a thorough drill in the rudiments, by
means OF diagram Stiehm is hoping to
early acqualnt his squad with the styk
OF play which he plans TO use throughout
the season Dewey Hartman has beer
busy pounding away with the freshmen
TO whip them in shape TO provide the
varsity with opposition The freshmen
squad has about thirty-five candidates
including Gardner, the all-around star at
| Omaha last year
The coming week will be one OF the
hardest and longest scrimmage In
preparation for the opening of the sea.
son and Stehm will keep his men at II
early and late. South Dakota follows
| Washburn and then comes the Kansas
Aggies, making three hard early season
| games I'm a row.