Omaha daily bee., 1916-11-27
NEBRASKA SHOWS
THAT OLD FIGHT
And If They Show 1t Against
Notre Dame Harper's Men
Will Be Surprised.
MEDICATION OF STEWART
By FRED S. HUNTER.

IL only the CornhuSkerS will SHOW
the same spirit, the same courage, tn
same vigor and the same fight agains
Notre Dame Thursday that they dit
against Iowa Saturday-that is tn,
fervent prayer of Nebraska follower
who saw Stewards men crush tn,
Hawkeyes, "a to II.
For the first time this year tn,
Cornhuskers gave the new coach
sample of that old Nebraska fight anc
it was some sample, too. The Huskel
eleven seemed to be completely re
juvenated. Had Stewards warrior.
battled Kansas with the same effor
and earnestness they fought Iowa, thu
score would have been lop-sided
And if Stewart can hold that fight
in his men for four more days, lot Of
foot ball fans are going to be sur.
prlsed at the result of the Notre
Dame clash.
1t was an entirely different team
that played Iowa Saturday. One who
saw both the Kansas and Iowa games
would be tempted to suspect that
Sewart jabbed his men with hypo
Just before the latter fray It's cinch
he did something to them.
Rhodes Is Some Boy.
Dusty Rhodes played in the back
field against Kansas. Saturday he
played end on the defense and guard
on the offense. And Dusty quickly
proved that the line is his place. What
Dusty didn't do to those Iowa. boys
wasn't worth doing He spilled inter
ference all over the field. He upset
the entire side of the Iowa line. And
time and again he nailed Iowa charg-
ers before they could gain an inch.
On one occasion he catapaulted
through, bowled over his opponent on
the line, knocked the interference to
one side on his way and slammed
Jenkins into the earth for a fifteen
yard loss. 1t happened so quickly it
looked like the rest of the Iowa line
was just getting started, when Dusty
had finished his work. 1t looked like
he made just one dive straight
through, getting three men with the
same movement.
Hugo Otoupalik, who has been bat
an ordinary backheld man, was a star
of first magnitude. He made yards
every time he plunged, he was so
dependable that whenever the pinch
arose it was Otie who was given the
ball. Everytime Nebraska got within
striking distance of the Hawkeye
goal, Husker enthusiasts knew it
meant a touchdown, for Otie could
carry the oval through if nobody else
could.
Cameron On the Job.
Cameron, subbing at center for
Moser, was another big factor in the
Husker victory. He played as good
defensive game at center as was
ever seen in the valley, even out
shadowing Moser in this department.
And he had mercury in his shoes, too.
1t was Cameron, who. after a forty
yard chase, ran down Davis, the feet
footed Hawkeye back, when Davis got
away from the rest of the team, after
intercepting forward pass. 1t would
have been a hostile touchdown, but
for Cameron.
The Nebraska backheld played
great foot ball Saturday, but it was
the line that shone That line played
a wonderful game and its work easily
stood out over that of the backheld,
which is rather unsual as it is the
backheld men who have the best op-
porunities to catch attention.
Vindication of Stewart.
The victory over Iowa was a con-
elusive vindication of the Sewart
method, the side-pass without quar-
terback. Some criticism of this sys-
TEN has been heard, but it ceased
abruptly after Saturday.
A person who had never seen Ne
braska play before would have gone
home averring that Joe" Galley was a
great line plunger Those who have fol-
lowed Husker foot ball, know that
Galley is no line plunger. He's too
light But that Stewart system pushed
Galley through the line and his speed
and stiffness enabled him to increase
the distance. The same applies to
Johnny Cook. They both looked like
line plungers, because of the Stewart
style, but they are not because they
haven't the weight or the drive. So
it was victory for the coach as we'll
as the team.
If the Cornhuskers put up the same
kind of game against Notre Dame
they did against Iowa, it's going to
be a tough battle and a close score
and Nebraska has an even chance to
win. But, of course, If they refer
10 their lackadaiscal playing of the
Jayhawk contest-but then we're hop
ing they won't.
For ham