Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-23
NEBRASKA And
SYRACUSE MEET
on TURKEY DAY
East and West CIsah at
Lincoln Commadns At
tention Of Foot
Ball Fans.
BY KARL LEE.

Commanding the attention OF foot
ball fans, both east and west, the
Nebraska-Syracuse grid contest At
Lincoln on Thanksgiving day, Thurs
| day, is ranked universally a. the
greatest foot ball battle staged west
of the Mississippi river.
That the New Workers, rated, IS
4 result of their decisive victories
over Pittsburgh and Colgate. as the
champions of the east, were defeated
decisively, II to 0 by Coach Stiehm's
Indiana eleven at Bloomington
Saturday, only serves to increase the
interest.
The Hoosiers, beaten by Mime
sofa and Chicago, are rated as a
second-rate eleven in the western
conference and the west. Hence a
victory over the admitted eastern
champions, admits, on its face, the
superiority of western foot ball. The
Husker game will decide.
Come Back Strong.
The Nebraskan eleven, taken back
by two defeats by major teams, these
BY Notre Dame and Iowa, has come
away at. the close of the season
with a fast. powerful team, perhaps
as good as any that ever represented
the state university.
Coach Schultz believes that in his
combination, with Newman at quar-
ter, Dale at fullback and Captain
Dobson and Schellenburg at half
backs, he has as powerful a team
as there is in the country. So
Syracuse will find the Cornhuskers
hard article.
Indiana conflict a mere practice
game" was not present. He, ac-
cording to plans announced with the
departure Of the New Workers for
Bloomington, intended to join his
men at Chicago, coming into Omaha
with them tomorrow.
Will Stay in Omaha.
Realizing that the mettle of his
team will be put to a test and that
eastern foot ball will be matched
with western foot ball, there is little
doubt in Nebraska circles, but that
the New York coach will be pre-
pared for the hardest game In his
experience.
The fasteners will remain in
Omaha four days starting Monday,
and will have daily scrimmages at
Rourke park. Their headquarters
will be at the Hotel Fontenelle.
Omaha grid followers will have the
unique opportunity of watching q
thoroughly eastern combination in
the process of training, unless the
Syracuse coach bars other than in
innate friends.
Syracuse, according to the figures,
outweighs Nebraska about six
pounds to the man. The Syracuse
line, with Alexander and Segal, all
American men, at guard and tackle,
is the cream of the east, Likewise
the Husker line, though not so
heavy, is said to be the best in the
west.
Heavy Seat Sale.
In the backfeld, due to the fact
that sufficient comparison cannot
be found, the two teams no doubt
differ, one being better than the |
other. Captain Dobson, right half
back for the. Huskers, is the peer of
punters in the Missouri Valley.
Sehellenberg is one of the fastest
runners in the west.
Ackley, Syracuse quarterback,
aside from being an all-American |
quarter, is probably the fastest
pilot in the entire country. On
him, so advance notices say. rests |
the credit for many Of the SYRIA
cuse victories and particularly those
over Pittsburgh and Colgate.
At Lincoln, where the battle will
be staged, great preparations have
been in progress. The athletic of-
fee Saturday morning announced
that heavy seat sale had been
made though unable to give figures.
A crowd Of $4,000 persons is antici-
.axaI