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Bill Day saw one year of football at Grinnell, where he played on the freshman eleven, before he even came to Nebraska. And it was well for the Nebraska Varsity of that year that he was not here, for Bill is known far and wide as one of the best centers the game has ever produced. Although small in stature, Day is built close to the ground, and is about as solid as a stone wall. He is aggressive and fearless, and still a dependable factor on the defensive. His best work of the season was done on Thanksgiving, when he actually out-played Robinson, Syracuse's big all-American pivot man. Day was by far the best center in the Valley and was given a first berth on the all-Valley mythical eleven. Bill is now in the service of Uncle Sam, and so will not be back next year. |
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Lawrence Shaw is, except when on the football field, one of the best-natured men in school. Put him on a gridiron, though, and he is to be handled with gloves. According to all rules of the game, Shaw is not built right for a successful line man, but he has a knack of fighting his lanky body through any line he is put up against. He plays at the tackle and squad positions. "Shorty" is a hard worker, and increased his value to the team rapidly as the season wore through. |
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Walter Kriemelmeyer was not used at the first of the season because of unsatisfactory relations with his studies, but proved his worth by removing these in time to work in the Missouri-game. He was used in all the later games, and proved himself to be a hard-working, dependable lineman. Kriemelmeyer was one of the most earnest and conscientious men on the squad. |
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John Teter was one of the men who had been counted on for the season, but an injury to his eye in the first part of the season kept him out of most of the games. "Teet" is one of the hardest working men Coach Stewart has. |
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Herbert White, while he was never a member of the regular squad, received one of the highest honors given football men when he was awarded the Honor "N." To win this letter means that the player must be out to practically every practice during his school life, and be a hard enough worker and stand high enough in the coach's estimation to deserve his letter. White missed scarcely a practice during his four years' college career. |
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When the war draft caught Stanley Henry, early in the season, Nebraska lost a man of whom much was expected during the year. He played at center, and proved himself an excellent all-around man, who would have made a name for himself if he had been allowed to stay in school. |
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Richard Triplett, who had been expected to be in the running for a regular job on the team, was kept out the entire season because of scholastic difficulties the preceding year. |
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