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Show FOOTBALL TEAMS ME GIVEIU ILL II Coaches Make Preparations for Saturday's Games; Season Advancing. LINCOLN. Neb., Oct. 0. "Now for Kansas," la the ery of t tie Nebraska football foot-ball squad, following tho victory of the Cornhuskers over the Minnesota eleven Saturday Although the game at Lawrence Law-rence Is moru than three woeks away, the drilling will be with an eye to meet the Kansas attack and defense. The Nebraska coaches expect no .walkaway with either the Haskell Indians next Saturday or with Ames a week later, but Kansas is looked upon hero as thc real enemy to fight. The celebration of the victory over Minnesota was continued con-tinued today. Asido from many bruises, the Nebraska Ne-braska players came through the Saturday Satur-day game In good trim and all will probably prob-ably be able to go Into thc Haskell game. Penn Is Given Drill. PHILADELPHIA, Oct, 20. Despite tho overwhelming victory over Brown on Saturday, Sat-urday, tho University of Pennsylvania football coaches wero by - no means pleased with the work of the linemen and sent tho players through a half-hour hard drill In defensive work against tho scrubs today. The team came out of the Brown game in the best of condition. Tho ooachos expect to spend the next few days in strengthening the defense for tho Carlisle Car-lisle Indians next Saturday. To Rebuild Backfield. . CHICAGO, Oct. 20. The Northwestern university football squad resumed practice prac-tice today, with the coaches facing the task of rebuilding the entire backfield in preparation for Saturday's game with Iowa. Gmhn and Patterson probably will be out of tho game the rest of thc season. sea-son. Gruhn, who played fullback, had the ligaments of one shoulder torn badly bad-ly Saturday in the game with Illinois and cannot play again this season. Patterson, Pat-terson, who played halfback, sprained his ankle In tho game. Cruse probably will be taken from tackle and tried at fullback. Grasetl. and Whiting will be tried as halfbacks and Sharp will play one of tho backfield positions. Coach Grady will try to train Sharp as a kicker. Injury Is Fatal. KANKAKI5R. Ill . Oct. 20. A. J. Kramer, 21 yours old. died early today as the result of injuries received in a football game between Grant Park and the Kankakee Athletics. His skull was fractured, neck broken and several ribs dislodged. The accident occurred about two minutes before the end of the game, when Kramer collided with an opposing player. Defeat Is Felt. MINNEAPOLIS. .Minn.. Oct. 20. The defeat of Minnesota by Nebraska Saturday Satur-day bus stiffened thc practice at Northrop Nor-throp field and today, instead of perfunctory per-functory signal drill, thp coaches senL Hip team Into hard Fi-rimmage. Coach 11. 15. Williams today look steps to cancel can-cel tho game with North l"akotn. scheduled sched-uled for next Saturday. North Dakota has been badly beaten this season, and Dr AVlllIams Is looking for a team that will give liis men a harder battle. It Is possible that St. Thomas college of Si. Taul will be substituted. Hold Light Practice. CHICAGO. Oct. 20. -The University of Chicago football reculnrs rested today after their victory over Iowa last Saturday Satur-day and laid only a light practice. Thc frcshinen held t lie second-string team lo I a 'i-lo-fi tie, in a I hirly-mlnuto scrim mage. Secret Practice. COLUMBIA. Mo., net. 20. Twenty-four Twenty-four members of the Missouri university football team uero given a hard workout work-out behind closed doors today. A shift in thc lineup today sent Captain Cap-tain Wilson lo fullback. Dinwiddle and Groves became tackles and Zimmerman plnycd center. Gallagher, Moore and Duncle will bo kept out of thc scrlm-mnge scrlm-mnge for a few days bncause of injuries in-juries suffered In Saturday's game wilh Oklahoma. PRINCETON. N. J.. Oct. 20. The coaches gave the Princeton football eleven nothing but signal drill todav. Tho team camo through the game with Syracitsa Saturday in good condition. Practice tomorrow will ho secret. |
