The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-02
WESTERNERS HERE
FOR GRIDIRON GAME
Nebraska Players Arrive and
Have Light Workout at
Polo Grounds.
TO MEET RUTGERS TO-DAY
Coach Is Not Sanguine of Vic
tory Owing to Long Jour-
ney of Squad.

Nebraska's football squad of twenty
i've arrived In New York yesterday
and had a light workout at the Polo
Grounds In the afternoon. Their trir
from Lincoln. Neb.. had tired them
somewhat. and the Cornhusker tutor.
Henry F. Schultz, ordered them to take
things easy, though the players, all OF
whom are IN New York for the first
time, wanted to see the tall buildings
and other sights of the metropolis.
All the Cornhuskers are in fine shape
for the game, according to the Ne
brasla coach, who expects them to
play an excellent game against Rut-
gers. Hubka is the only member of
the eleven who has been on the hos
pital list He was injured early i'm the
season.
The Nebraska squad is accompanied
by Charles Sherman, one OF the Vests
football writer's. He represents the
Lincoln Star. He has been following
football at the Cornhusker school since
the days Of Fielding Yost in the early
nineties. The Cornhusker party Is In
charge of Athletic Director F. w. Lueh-
ring, formerly of Princeton. DR.. oliver
Everett, who has looked after the health
and condition of the players for twenty
years, also is among the Cornhusker
representatives.
Schultz said that in his team he has
a regular league of nations-picked men
from the foothills of the Western noun
tains and every nationality under the
sun Observation-Disclosures, Irish. Bo-
hemian. Swedish, English and German.
With the party also Is BUNNY" Booth.
who was coach of the Nebraska team
when Schultz was starring az guard
on the Michigan team. The players are
staying at the Hotel Pennsylvania.
After meeting Rutgers to-day the
Cornhuskers will face Penn State at
State College, Pa, on Saturday Tney
played their last game week ago sat
urday, winning from South Dakota, ~
to 0, and up until Saturday afternoon
when they left Lincoln for New York
they had been going through light prac-
tice and trying out some new FORWARD
passes and other offensive plays for use
in the East.
Schultz is not sanguine of victory over
Rutgers to-day. He fears that his men
will be affected by their long journey
and by their first encounter with Eastern
football The Cornhuskers have>a repu-
tation in the middle West of playing a
hard and fast game. Their special
strength is in the forwards. When work
siderable power OF the kind that aids the
backs in making long gains Coach
Schulte's system calls for accurate CO.
operation between his backs and for
wards on the attack. No matter how
good his backfleld is, he viii not permit
these men to wear themselves out in
charging against line. unless his own
forwards produce holes that net credit
able gains.
The forward pass system of the Corn
huskers is not all it should be In these
days of open play. The aerial plays
have been neglected in the building up
OF line 1t is little likely that the
Cornhuskers will show a great deal OF
spectacular forward passing, though they
are almost sure to give some splendid
specimens OF open field running and
lodging Hartley, Newman and Wright
are very speedy. and Schultz expects
them to keep Rutgers defence pretty
busy at all times.