Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-23
ALL HATS OFF TO
NEW HUSKER COACH
Doc Stewart Proves He's Goods
by Making New Team Out
of Nebraska Eleven.
SHAKES UP WHOLE TEAM

Doc Stewart, the new Cornhusker
coach, who is undertaking the colossal
job of repeating the success Of
Jumbo Stiehm without the assistance
of any Chamberlains, can now let his
chest measurements expand to his
own. liking I'd can buy a hat two
sizes larger without murmur of
disapproval from Nebraska foot ball
fans. For Stewart certainly made
himself solid with the Nebraska folk
Saturday. when the Huskers wal
loped the Oregon Aggies. II to-.
Without discredlting in any way
the individual efforts of the Husker
athletes, one glance at the lineup suf-
fices to prove that the major portion
of the glory and praise should be
showered on the new coach. 1t was
an entirely different eleven which
faced Oregon than lined up against
Drake and the Kansas Aggies.
Five Men Shifted.
There was only one new man on
the Cornhusker team Saturday, Dob
son, but five others were shifted into
new positions.
Jimmy Gardiner, who has always
played in the backfield, played end
against the Aggies. Rhodes, full
back, was played at tackle. Captain
Tim Corey was converted into an
end after three years at tackle Ted
Riddell was shifted from end to half
back and Otoupalik from end to the
backficld. Dobson was played at full
back and Doyle became a substitute.
And those who saw Nebraska play
either Drake or the Kansas Aggies
are convinced that it was this daring
shakeup that gave the Cornhuskers
the powerful offense which proved
too much for the Oregonians. The
Huskers have had a great defense
from the start, but in their first two
games the offense was woefully weak
Stewart saw that drastic measures
were necessary and he Immediately
made the shift. And to make the
achievement more meritorious, he
made his changes while the team was
on the road, only getting practice
here and there, wherever train stops
could be arranged.
Speeds Up Backfield.
By putting. Riddell in at halfback,
Stewart added speed to his offense,
and by putting Otoupalik back he
gained a hard line plunger. Dobson
proved to be both good line plunger
and fast open field runner, and
something of demon on the defense,
too, as his two interruptions of for
ward passes testifies. Rhodes did not
like up to expectations as a ground
gamer, so Stewart converted him
into a successful tackle. Placing
Corey at end gave Captain Tim
chance to lug the pigskip himself a
little without weakening the line any.
Forget J. Stiehm.
Like the chess master moves the
men on the chess board, Stewart
shook up his foot ball team and
transformed it from very ordinary
offensive eleven to one of formidable
qualities. And all the mourners who
have been moaning over the loss of
Jumbo Stiehm DOTTED their top pieces,
crossed their fingers for their pessi-
mism of the past and decided that
maybe Nebraska was pretty lucky
after all that Indiana put in its oar
last winter.
Nebraska continues to rank as ia
vorite in the race for the Missouri
valley championship honors. Ames
and Missouri battled to tie Satur-,
day, which leads to the belief that
Ames is not as strong as previously
supposed, and Kansas, who was wal
Hoped by the Iowa Agriculturists, is,
extremely weak. Drake, Kansas;
Washington, and the Kansas Aggies
are all out of the race, so it remains
for Nebraska to defeat Ames in or
der to win the title for the seventh
consecutive year.