Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-19
Review Of Sports
and Athletic News.

Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 1s-Perusai q
the football schedule Of the University
Of Nebraska leaves little doubt that the
Cornhuskers have about ~ hard . pro-
gram this Year as any team In the
United States. No other schedule, It
is pointed out provides for six games
OF major CALDER. with only one "prac-
tice game"
The season starts with game with
Nebraska Wesleyan University at Lin
coin. Oct. s. This contest Altho classed
as practice, is always fairly close and
serves as "a hard game to start thD
season. The University Of Iowa comes
to Lincoln, Oct.l IS, and is followed BY
Notre Dame University, Oct. -, At
Lincoln1 and the University OF Mich
igan, at Ann Arbor, Oct. 427.
Nov. is open, providing . sort OF
recess in the heavy schedule, the last
half OF which starts Nov. 10, with the
University Of Missouri at Lincoln,
The University Of Kansas game at
Lawrence, Kan, comes next, Nov. IL,
and the season closes with the Syra-
cuse Nebraska game on home grounds,
Nov. 20.
This schedule provides for games
with all the schools which gave Ne
braska its hardest games last season
Kansas, Notre Dame and Iowa--and
in addition adds Syracuse, Michigan
and Missouri.
Prospects Of a winning team look
favorable in spite OF the fact that fif-
teen letter men have been lost since
last season and that scholastic bans
will keep several promising players
from last years freshman team on the
field. Only five men remain from last
years winning team. They are Rhodes,
left end; Edison Shaw, captain. right
tackle: Dobson, alternate, fuffback;
Otoupalik. full back. and Riddeli, right
end.
The letter men who will not return
and the causes OF their loss are:
Elk Captain Corey, left tackle, army
(commission).
Cameron, center, graduated (gov-
eminent seryice).
Moser, center. army (commission).
Galley. left halfback. army (com-
mission).
Norris, right guard, graduated.
Dale. right guard, army (comnis-
stony.
Kositsky. left guard. army tcommis-
sion).
wilder, Right guard. army tcomnis-
sion).
Doyle, fullback, army (commission).
Seller, right halfback. aviation.
Gardner. fullback. navy.
Halbersleben. right tackle. army,
(commission).
Hoadley, right end. graduated (gov-
eminent service).
Porter. quarterback, government
service)
Proctor, right haifback, navy.
OF the Ave men who will return,
Dobson and RiddeN were too young
for the draft, while the other three
tried to get into the army or navy.
but were disqualified on account Of
physical disability. Shaw has an in
jured knee. an injured foot and bad
eyes. Rhodes has finger missing and
OtoupaIik an athletic" heart. Every
memDer OF I99t YEARS teAH OucIou
himself for the government service.
Two promising freshmen. Cox and
Dinsmore. received commissions at
Fort Smelling for the army.
1--WE viii have, good team" said
Coach e. J. Stewart, formerly Of the
Oregon Aggies, "but not the team we
would have had IL ineligibility had not
slapped us so hard. The contests
should be close for while we have lost
a lot OF good material, the other schools
have also, and believe our recovery
and the machine we can build up will
place us pretty well up"
"Old Jack Nest, the veteran train
er who has been with the University Of
Nebraska for twenty-eight years, is
not so conservative in his estimates as
Is Coach ~Ctewart.
Wen have little bi. better team
this year than last" he said. We've
got the boys and the coach. and now
we'll teach 'em speed and science OF
the game and they'll win--that is. II
they have the nerve, and I'm sure they
have. II man hasn't nerve nothing
will make him football player or any
thing else"