Omaha daily bee., 1914-10-11
HUSKERS HEAVY, BUT WEAK
Team Averages 172 Pounds, but De.
fenSive Play is Poor.
POTTER RETURNS TO SCHOOL
Quarterback who Worked with
TOwle Two Years Ago Passes
Examination and is Ready
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nv LANES rs. LAwRENCE.

! LINCOLN, Oct. 10-(Specal. )-Admit-
tedly facing the biggest Job he has en-
oountered since taking charge Of athlet-
/ les at the University of Nebraska In
whipping together a championship eleven
I from the raw material at his disposal,
the cold figures betray that Jumbo
| Stiehm has one OF the beefiest machines
Nebraska ever had.
1t Ii the Cornhusker backfield that Is
especially heavy this season. although
the line averages 1888 pounds from tackle
to tackle, The backfield averages i64
pounds while the ends average l65
pounds. or team average OF liz pounds
| TO the man.
As the lineup Is now constituted here
is the way the Cornhuskers look:
Line-Tackles: Captain Halligan. 1870;
Corey, 9OS; guards, Abbott, 1856; Shields,
Ends-W Wilson, 100; Balls, 40; Amack.
Haekfieid-9u9rterbacks, Hawkins, l5;
backs, Rutherford 162; Howard. leo.
Chamberlain, 1872,
Stiehms second string OF substitutes
are Just as formidable In weight as the
regulars and the Cornhusker mentor
| could put two teams in the field weigh
Ing practically the same.
BRckfield Fast.
With speed a requisite OF the new game,
Stlehm is not sacrificing his squad any,
for his backfield is just as fast as last
season. with Rutherford and the giant
Chamberlain at halls and Howard at
fullback,
On paper Nebraska seldom has had
I sHh brilliant prospects and yet the
| Cornhuskers are playing extremely
ragged foot bali in practice, There Is
only one explanation for II and that is
! found In the lack OF a good quarterback.
! The most cheering news OF the week
comes In the report that Potter, who two
years ago played regularly on the team
with Towle as an alternate at quarter.
has passed his examination and Is now
eligible to play
There has been a decided Improvement
I'm the Cornhusker play during the last
week, although rain has interfered
greatly with the practice The shifting
! Of Halligan back to his position at tackle,
With Rutherford and Chamberlain al
halls and Howard at fullback. seems 10
have had a beneficial influence on the
team and the backfeld and line are
working In harmony. The defensive play
Is still weak. however and will have 10
be greatly strengthened II Nebraska ia
10 duplicate It's success OF last season.
The Aggies defeated the fast South
western college team Is to last satur-
day, and Assistant Coach HoeffeI. who
witnessed the game, reports that the
southerners have a stubborn defense and
fairly strong scoring machine The
Cornhuskers will leave for Manhattan
Friday evening on a special car and will
return Sunday morning They will take
no rooters with them.
seats for AEGie Game.
The seat sale for the Michigan Aggie
game week from next Saturday is al
ready looming up strong and Manager
Reed expects a crowd nearly equalling
that OF the big Minnesota game last year.
lie has demands for reservations OF 1000
seats already, and with the season tickets
disposed OF expects that nearly half OF
the seating capacity Is spoken for al
ready. Within a week Reed will place a
block OF seats in Omaha. and will also
provide special sections for some OF the
other towns out In the state that desire
to send delegations to the big game on
the home grounds. The Aggie game will
not be the homecoming-ths Nebraska
management desiring 20 hold that when
Kansas comes 20 Lincoln for the annual
gridiron battle.
The remarkable record OF the Michigan
team last season. coupled with the fact
that the Aggies have practically a vet
eran eleven. including Julian. who was
chosen as an All-Amerioan fuuback. Is