Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-26
CORuHUSKlRS GIVE
REAL THANKS now:
University Of Nebraska Clashes
With Notre Dame to Cele-
brate Foot Balls Return.
oMAHANs WILL SEE GAME
By JAMES E. LAWRENCE.

BY JAMES E. LAWRENCE.
Lincoln, Nov. 25.-(Special) -Foot
ball makes its bow as part of the
turkey day menu of Cornhusker foot
ball fans for the first time in the last
six years, following the reinstatement
of the popular college pastime to the
good graces of the Missouri Valley
conference as a Thanksgiving day
feature.
Just six years ago the bubbling
over of the Joy and gloom Of Mis-
souri, and Kansas rooters in Kansas
City resulted in the conference put
ting ban on turkey day games and
it stuck until last season when the
conference heads hardened to the
frantic appeals of the college man
ayers to permit them to make a
cleaning" on turkey day. From a
financial standpoint the turkey day
game recognized no rival.
Powerful Enemy.
The Huskers are particularly for
tunate this year in having Notre
Dame, recognized as one Of the most
powerful gridiron machines in the
country, for a turkey day attraction.
The only thing which will prevent
Reed from acquiring large share of
the states wealth for the Cornhusker
athletic fund next Thursday 10 lack
Of seating capacity. The reservation
of seats is the largest In advance In
the history of the game and practi-
cally all of the choice seats are gone.
Athletic Manager Reed plans to build
large bleachers at each end of the
field and will endeavor to accom-
modate all who come. Reed estimates
that not less than 1000 people will
see the Notre Dame Nebraska COM
bat.
Word comes from Omaha that two
| special trains will be run from that
| city for the accommodation of the
foot ball fans. A solid block Of 500
seats went to Omaha. Central
City rooters planked down the money
for a block of 100 seats and will oc-
cupy a section in the grandstand.
Beatrice will send fifty, including all
of the members of the Beatrice High
school foot bali teams. Hastings,
Grand Island, Columbus, Fremont,
Fairbury, Nebraska City and Hebron
will all be represented with big dele
cations.
Many Veterans.
Notre Dame comes to Lincoln with
one of the greatest elevens in its his
tory since that school attained
dominating position in western foot
ball. Seven of the eleven men play
ing this year are veterans Of the great
machine which Coach Jess Harper
brought to Lincoln last year to meet
a .20-to-lo defeat in one of the most
thrilling gridiron battles Of the west,
Assistant Coach Dick Rutherford
has seen the Indiana eleven in action
three times.
Rutherford Confident.
I'VE have chance against Notre
Dame,". said Rutherford, who has been
counted a pretty fair Judge of foot
ball. IF the boys go in there with
the right fighting spirit we will win,
Notre Dame has whale of d team.
haven't seen any such line in my
experience. Four of the men top the
scales at over 200, but Harper has not
sacrificed speed and fight for weight.
Our line has shown its worth and l
predict a battle royal between those
two sets Of forwards"
Dr.. Stewart is another Husker, who
refuses to be frightened over the
hopelessness of the Notre Dame
game.
i spent some time during the sum-
Iner with the Notre Dame BOYS" said
the head coach, "and | found all of
them are looking forward to the Ne
braska game with more than ordinary
interest. They figure that what hap
pened here last year was an accident
and they promise that there will be
no accident again this season. Notre
Dame has one Of the strongest elevens
in the country and 1t will require Ne
braska's best efforts to win."
Open Plays Are Hope.
Nebraska expects to meet q dazz-
ling array of open plays in the Notre
Dame game. The Hoosiers have re-
peatedly demonstrated their ability to
use the forward pass and Kansas
made the Huskers look sick BY using
this play last Saturday. If baff1ed in
the forward pass then Notre Dame
can rely upon Cofall and Bergman,
two speed merchants, and Miller and
Backman, two line plungers, to batter
their way down the field,