Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-07
BY RALPH. WAGNER.

With their gridiron machines oiled
up and hittin. on all six, state confer
ence and high school coaches are
ready to step on the starter that sends
their respective foot ball squads into
battle as the third week schedule Of
games roll around.
Three contetss arc on the menu for
this afternoon for Omaha fans. Pig
skin warriors from four high schools
and molcskin performers from the
University OF Omaha and Cotner COL
legc will provide the thrills today.
A regular bargain-day attraction is
billed for the Buffaloes' Western
league bali lot this afternoon when
two games will be staged. In the
first affair of the day the University
OF Omaha Ma.oons and the Cotner
Bulldogs will buck up against each
other. while the South High Packers
and the Central High school foot
ballers will ring the curtain down in
the final game of the afternoon. The
college contest will start at 2 o'clock.
Commerce Plays Creighton.
Int the third game of the afternoon
the Commerce Bookkeepers and
Creighton High machines collide on
Creighton field in what is expected to
be a hard tussle from whistle to
whistle.
While the high school games hold
good share Of the interest among
the local grid fans, the game be-
tween Omaha and Cotner has created
considerable interest among the state
conference followers.
When Coach Ernie Adams squad
takes the field this afternoon it will
mark the initial appearance OF the
Maroons on the gridiron this season.
Just what sort of machine. Coach
Adams Has developed out north will
be determined this .. M. The Ma
room coach has fairly husky bunch
OF players to work with and has a
front wall which should be able to
provide good interference for the
backs.
The Cotner Bulldogs have tasted
battle already this season, although
in mild form. The Bulldogs chew
cd their way to victory over the
Co'ncr alumni a short time ago, 10
to Q.
According to reports, Coach Smith
of Cotner has strong line and a
backfield capable Of taking care of
itself. However, the Bulldogs will
find plenty of opposition when they
are hurled against the Maroons.
South Meets Central.s
In the record game at the league
park the South High and Central
teams meet in all intercity clash.
Both teams have opened the season
and each has won game, South
High easily defeating Fremont and
Central finding no difficulty in
trouncing Council Biucs.
Coach James Patton at South has
one of the best teams under his
wing this season that has represented
the Packers school for some time.
With Graham, Bernard, Sullivan and
few more veterans on the squad,
together with good bunch OF new
material. the prospects of South
High gliding through the season in
dandy fashion looks mighty good.
In meeting Central. South will
buck up against a tough proposition.
The purple and white backheld
seems to have the speed and ability
to handle the ball, but the line is
rather weak. However, this weak
spot on Coach Schnlidt's team has
probably been remedied since last
week, when Central met and de-
feated Council Bluffs.
Coach Schmidt has switched the
lineup somewhat in an effort to
strengthen the weak spots. Peroival
and Clarke will start at ends, while
Galloway and Stribling will hold
down the tackle positions. With
Jeffries at center and Meyers and
Thomas at guards the Central coach
believes he has strong center line.
Beerkle will pilot the machine with
Reynolds. Holden and Captain
Hoerner in the backfeid, rarin' to
rip large holes in the South Highs
FIRST trench OF defense.
Commerce and Creighton will al
hst have chance to settle all dis