Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-21
HUSKERS TO LOSE
BUT FOUR VETERANS
stiehm to Have Great Squad from
Which to Pick Nineteen
Sixteen Squad.
RUTHERFORD WANTED AS COACH
NJ JAMES q. LAWRENCE.

NJ JAMES he La " - NNHs
LINCOLN. Nov 9O.-(speciai.) --Jumoo
stiehm loses but four members Of his
wonderful 1915 foot ball squad. which
played It's last game OF the season
against Iowa university today. The won
der-worker in Nebraska athletics will
have practically a veteran squad again
next season from which to build an
eleven.
Captain Dick" Rutherford. generally
credited as the greatest "all-round' ath-
lete ever turned out at Nebraska, Guard
Earl Abbott, Tackle Shields and Substi-
tute Arthur Balls, who Is used either
at end or on the line. are the four men
who completed lheir foot ball service
for Nebraska today. The loss of Ruth
erford Is. Of course. the most serious
and stiehm will go a good many. years
before he finds a man to fill the shoes
OF the sturdy Beatrice boy.
Prospects for Line Good.
At ends next season Jumbo Will have
the peerless Chamberlain and Riddelt
again. shaw and Corey will both be in
the game at tackle. but both guard po-
sitions will be vacant. Moser, the ianky
center. was playing his first year Of
varsity foot ball and will be good for
two years more. Cameron. who played
such a slashing game at tackle last year,
but who was prevented from playing dur
ing the present season by scholarship
difficulties, will again be in shape to
take his place on the gridiron. Cameron
can be shifted to tackle, where his ex-
perience will make him tower OF
strength, while Shaw. playing his first
year at tacsle, win undoubtedly be
shifted to guard, leaving only one po-
sition on the line vacant for Jumbo to
I'LL
In the back field the Husker mentor
will have the same surplus Of material.
stiehm will have the three same quarter
backs In Cook. Galley and Kelly, with an
additional man from the freshmen squad.
He will have Hugh otoupalk and Doyle
at fullbaclx, with their added experience.
and Jimmy Gardiner, Proctor. Rasmus-
sen. Seller and the freshmen back field
for the remaining two halfback positions.
II the 1915 Husker team cut quite a
niche In the foot ball world. the squad
next season should be fully as formid-
able.
May Retain Rutherford.
The undergraduate body. along with a
large portion OF the alumni have we'll
defined plans on foot to keep Dick
Rutherford at Nebraska as assistant
coach. Rutherford Is one OF the best
basket ball players at Nebraska in
years He holds the western intercol-
legiate championship in wrestling and
would be vast aid TO the Husker
wrestling teams, which have taken a
high standing in the last few years. He
is finished gymnast while his ability
as foot ball player has never been
disputed.
It Is believed that with ali of these
qualifications. Rutherford win be given
an attractive offer by the Nebraska
athletic board.
The Nebraska captain has already had
attractive offers. One team playing Ne
braska early in the season made boast
that Rutherford would be coaching their
squad next year. The Nebraska captain
is not in a position TO accept any offers
until he completes his school course mex
year as 1t would make him a professiona
and Rutherford intends to play basket
ball next spring.