Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-10
HUSKERS REPORT
TO THE new COACH
Moleskin Warriors to Line Up
for Practice on Nebraska
Field Wednesday.
GET IN SHAPE AT BEATRICE
BY JAMES E. LAWRENCE.


Lincoln, Sept. o.-(Special. )-The
musical ping" OF the pigskin will be
the sweet music which will greet
Cornhuskers next Wednesday after
noon, when the 1916 gridiron squad
assemblies for the first time at the
call of the new foot ball coach, DIR.
E. ]. Stewart, and his assistant, Dick
Rutherford.
DR.. Stewart is not losing a min
ute's time in getting down to brass
tacks with his foot ball men. Regis
tration opens Wednesday, and at the
same time hard bumps, bruises and
long practice hours will appear on
the bill of fare served to the Huskers.
Eleven of the IN" men and half
dozen substitutes, who have visions of
winning their coveted letters this year,
have been putting in mighty busy
week on the banks of the Blue at
Beatrice, at the Husker training camp,
which the students established to con-
dition themselves for the opening Of
the season. Captain Corey has been
in charge of the men there, while
Coach Stewart and Rutherford have
been busy in Lincoln, arranging for
new suits and ne wequipment to start
the season.
&c. Cook Has Tough Time.
The squad at Beatrice has been
down to hard work. A two-hour
morning workout, followed by a swim
and two-hour workout in the after
noon, produced some enormous ap-
petites and it is said the cook put
in longer hours than any man in the
camp.
The regulars at the camp, including
Captain Corey, were Roy Cameron,
center and tackle for two years and
one OF the scrappiest players on the
Husker role; Galley and Cook, last
years quarterbacks: Shaw and Moser,
linesmen; Riddell, end, and Outoupa-
lik, Doyle, Seller and Gardiner, all
backfield men.
DR.. Stewart and Rutherford expect
fifty men will turn out the first week
for practice and in a few days this
will be increased to over hundred.
The squad of letter men is the largest
in the history of the school and there
is bigger bunch of substitutes eli
gible again this year than ever before,
Guy Reed has heard from more prom
ising freshmen players than any time
since he has been in charge of the
business end of athletics.
The change in coaching staffs is
responsible, partially, for the change
in feeling Many of the men who
failed to win places last year are
nursing fond hopes this season to
oust some veteran from his job. An
other, added incentive to hard work is
the long trip to Portland, Ore, in
prospect for the Husker squad The
4,000-mile jaunt, with all expenses
paid, is the prize which none of the
foot ball men would sneeze at.
Award More Letters.
A happy arrangement of the sched-
ule will make it possible to award
more letters during 1916 than in pre-
vious years. Practically every game
is with aIschool OF standing in the
Missouri Valley conference and all
bu tthe Wesleyan contest will count
toward the letter award. Participa-
tion in three letter games is all that
is required to gain an IN"
Happy Jack" Best was one of the
arrivals during the week and is ready
to take up his duties as trainer OF
the Husker squad. Jack, who is in
charge of the locker room, found his
headquarters were much more COM
Portable than last season as a result
of the improvements made. He is in
better health than for some seasons
and anticipates contributing his share
to Cornhusker success on the grid
iron.
Every letter man will get a new
suit and shoes when he reports for
practice next Wednesday. The new
equipment has arrived and will be is
sued by Assistant Coach Rutherford.
Stewart has purchased light, close
fitting suits, especially designed to de-
yelop speed.