Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-30
Luehrins's Loss
Severe Blow to
Nebraska Uni
Cornhuskers Rise 10 Athletic
Fame Under Direction of
Athletic Head-Minne.
sofa Joyous.

The announcement that Ere
Luehring. athletic director ot lh
University OF Nebraska, would &c
sign bis post 20 accept a similar pos
i,ion al Minnesota was not withou
lis SURPRISES. II was well know
that the Minnesota authorities wer'
dissatisfied with athletic conditions
particularly the football eleven
Many verbal harrages were iired a
Dr.. Harry Williams. and his heat
has openly been sought. Wha
changes will be worked out with re
gard 10 the coaching system and tha
sort OF thing under the new regime
will be discovered by time.
The transfer OF Luehring iron
Nebraska i blow 10 the Corn
huskcrs. Under his direction the
school rose TO power and won ne
championship OF its conference re-
peatedly.
Tanned Pitt Panthcrs.
Last year the Huskers beat ths
University ~ Pittsburgh in COM
manding style aud won greater fame
in this section OF the country there
by than il would have Won i'll a
dozen other battles that might be
mentioned oiihand. Minnesota ma
turally regards the coming ot Lueh-
ring as a most auspicious event.
Eastern football enthusiasts are in-
clined 10 breathe with greater Tree
dom than they have for the past ~
DAYS or so. Tor it is assured that
Hugo Bezdck, coach OF Penn State,
will continue to train the Nittany
Lions. 1t was rumored that Bezdek
would 90 TO Minnesota. which OF
course would assure the Gophers oil
a smashing team by 1923, ii not this
ccminp season. Bezdek has way
Of turning riilemen out OF mud. ana
with the splendid material available
az Minnesota would soon have real
eleven turning out gains for him.
Warner Got Panning.
Rumors OF changes III coaching
staiis have been rife since tnS
elevens hung up their mud-stalned
shoes and went into winter retire
mcnt, Bob Fisher was the object
OF much criticism because he did
not remove Pitts from the Princeton
game, and it was runored that
Percy d. Houghton would return 10
guide the Crimson gridiron teams.
However, lightning sought ont even
BRIGHTER marks than Fisher. Some
Pittsburgh critics saw INT to pan
Glenn S. Warner, guide OF the
Panthers, in unmerciful style: 1t
was said that Warner would be re-
leased at Pitt, but the rumor was
premature, since the wizard OF the
gridron has two-ycar contract 10
fulfill.
The authorities at Leland Stan
ford took the reports on warner
seriously and ior while there was
much discussion on the possibility OF
Warner going to Palo Alto. dene
Van Gent, coach OF the Cardinals,
remained calm under the criticism
heaped upon him, 1t is true that
California whooped the Stanford
eleven, running around the ends ana
through the line right JOY
ously. The undergraduates, espe-
cially those who never played 1905
ball demanded reforms in coaching.
Williams Criticized.
This brings to view an interesting
phase OF football at the UniVeristy
OF Minnesota. last season the
criticisms OF the team turned out Dy
DR.. Williams were severe TO thc
point of being cruel. There were
blunt statements to the effect that
the team played high school loot,
bali. Faults that ordinarily would .wo,ull,d
not be charged to the coach-inabil-
ity OF player to think and that
sort of thing-were put up 10 ".
Williams, according to the stores
from the middlewest All ot which
tends to give weight to the state
mcnt that the chief differences be-
tween a good and bad coach IS
opo or two victories