Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 27, 1910, Page 23

& i} ¥ A A STAGG MAY BRING A BUNCH "pnenis (oW "ll'i Boosters x4 Line. PART TIUNM SPORTING PAGIS ONE TO FOUR. OMAHA, SUN I\R\' MORNING, 'EBRUARY 27, 1910. 4ETTING READY FOR BIG MEET Athletes from Many Points Coming| to Track Oontests at the { Auditorium. Tug-of-War Between Policemen Will | Be a Big Card, { I ANOTHER I8 A 440-YARD RUN Omaha Athletic Association Will Fly Its Crimson and Blao MOINES BOOSTERS ACTIVE DES el Glassford aand Colonel Gard- ner Are Lending Thelr Ald to Success Clapp of University Assists. and Dr. Crimson and black are the colors of the | Omaha Athletic assoclation and these will be worn for the first timo when the club sends a team to Sloux City March 12. | A new feature has been added to the program of tho big indoor track meet at the Auditorium April 1. This will conelst | of an Invitation #0-yard run, and as there are many crack quarter-milers in this sec- tion the interest ls most keen. Local interest has been arcused by the tug-of-war contest bctween the police of Omaba and Bouth Omana. The Omaha po- | lice have been daily practicing at pulling on a blg rope which they have fastened to the wall in the auto garage. The | winning team of th's match will pull the winner of a similar ontest between the fire departmenty of O ha and South Omaha. Kansas City will chalienge the winner of this pull for a tug later in the spring. Postmaster B. F. Thomas of Omaha has | taken a personal Inte in the relay races and will see to It that his départ- ment sends the best possible team to the meet, Vsouth Omaha High school #peclal relay race against the Council Bluffs High school. Prof. Percy MoD. Wheeler, principal of the South Omaha | High school, has taken a speclal interest ih the meet and Is urging his athletes to action. A 000-yard handicap run has been sub- stituted for the 1,000-yard race which has been abandoned. Matching 0f teams for the Telay races goes merrily on and the Omaha fans are assured some hot events. Tabor and Tarkio will settle old grievances in & relay. Morningside and Grinnell will | try to decide which has the best quartet | Vot runners. . will run a The Des Moines Boosters, a committes of the Commercial club, will pay the ex- penses of Des Molnes athletes to the meet id has engaged Charles Rawson, an ex- irinnell athlete, to handle the Des Moln: High school end of the meet. A spectal | train will be run by the Des Moines Boosi- ers, and on this train will also come the | athletes from Drake, Grinnell and the Uniyersity of ‘Towa. A band will accom- | pany the Des Moines crowd, The . Des Moines Boosters will be the guests of the| Omaha Commerclal club while in Omaha. | iKearney 1y endeavoring to get into the oibletlo game by organizing a team . at| the Nebraska State Normal school to send | to the meet. This will be the first ap-| pearence locally of a Kearney. team. Dr. Clapp of the University of Nebraska | hopes to keep the red and white of Ne- braska to the front, and endeavoring to round his squad into prime condition. The thletiosboard has given him carte blanche. Philpott of the Lincoln High school team 13 also determined that that institution shall be well represented, and in that case Omaha and Des Molnes will have to look 13 their laurel Lincoln Y. M. C. A, Coming. The Young Men's Christian assoclation of | Lincoln, under Athlete Pinneo, will bring | a hunch of athletes that will scare the local | talent. He will enter a relay team against the Omaha and Sioux City Young Men's | Christian assoclation teams. There is con- siderable rivalry between these organiza- tions In all branches of sports, and here they will mix again. Lincoln will run a special traln to care for the large con- tingent from that city. - Martin H. Smith, athletic manager of the University of lowa, writes that he will have a large delegation, as he says the rtudents are quite enthu tic over the matter. Drake university will have its tryout March 1 to determine the men eli- gible for the Omaha meet. Athletic Di- rector Griffith has about 100 men, all amx- fous to come to Omaha, and from this hum- ber he will select his team. Drake has a new gymnaslum, which has aroused ad- ditional Interest In Indoor athletics. Lieutenant E. R. F. McCabe of the Sixth cavalry, Fort Des Moines, has a large ‘Squad In training to represent that post in the military relay. Alonzo A. Stagg, athletic director at the University of Chicago, is taking a lively interest in the meet and may come and bring with him a squad of athletes. Crelghton and the Seldiers. Crelghton university will have its band on hand to assist in the rooting for that #chool, and Colonel Cornelius Gardene: commanding at Fort Crook, will send the famous Sixteenth infantry band along with the athletes who will represent Fort Crook. Colonel Gardener is & great believer in ath- lotics and he is giving every assistance to Lieutenant Short, in charge of athietics at Fort Crook, in his efforts to send a win- ning team: Fort Crook had a blg outdoor fleld tournament last spring, when it w: shown there were some splendid athletes at the post. Among others from the post will b the famous wall-scaltng squad, which broke the world's record at Des Molnes last fall in the military tournament. Mayor Dahlman Is most enthuslastic over the meet and has already engaged a box for his official family. Riservation of boxes will begin Wednesday, and Indica- tions are they will move lvely, as many prominent woclety folks have asked for res- ~ervations. Colonel Glassford and Lieutenant Ware of Fort Omaha will strive for the military ehampionship of the west and are working hard to turm put & fast relay quartet. Fort Crook, Fort Des Moines and Fort Riley will have teams in this event, which promises to be unusually interesting becauss of the great Trry between the different posts. | Expected Princston Will Send & Team | only interclass races and wait for at least | bility that this body will not let a varsity | contests. | Causes Bowlers Under Way at Detroit in Great Meet| Fourteen Teams of Michigan City | Take Part in Congress on Oponitg Night. DETROIT, Mich, Feb. 2%.—~When four- teen logal five-men teams met at the Wayn dens tonight, what Is sald to be the greatest bowling tournament ever scheduled, opened under the auspices of the American Bowling congres: Before the first ball was rolled Governor Fred M. Warner extended the hospitality of the state to the bowlers and Mayor Breit- meyer performed a similar office in behalf of the city. Entered in the various events of the tournament, which extends until March 15, are more than 40 five-men teams from many states and hundreds of two-men teams and Individual contests. Prize money totalling $25,000 I offered. - | TIGERS PREPARE FOR ROWING Out This Year. NEW YORK, Feb. 26—When Andrew Car- negle gave a lake to Princeton university, @ hope sprang up in the breasts of all fol- lowers of Tiger athletics that the Orange and Black once more would be represented by & crew. Rowing had been a dead sport at Old Nassau since the oarly eighties, but with the bullding of the artificial lake, Indications pointed to Princeton once more golng In for aquatics. Last year It was hoped that the Tigers wculd meet some outside crew, but, using rare judgment, the Princeton management decided to hold another events. Indications point to the Tigers resuming outside rowing relationship this year. A race has been scheduled for April 30 to be rowed on the Severn against Annapolis. Whether the Tigers will send a varsity crew is a question. This depends entirely upon the hction taken by the Orange and Black facuity. There is a strong possi- season before It scheduled outside crew row on the Severn, but it is an as- sured fact that Princeton will .send some BOrt of crew to raw against the navy. It may be a second or a freshman eight, but no matter what sort of a boat is sent to Annapolis, the followers of Tiger ath- letics are delighted with the move, as it Is believed that it will be only a question of & few more years before the Orange and Black will be seen at either Poughkeepsie, New London or the Amerlcan Henley. Princeton Is not the only college that 1s scheduled to row the Middies this year. Relationships have been resumed with Harvard by the arranging of a race with the Crimson to be rowed on the Severn on April 21 Although rather an early date, the navy contingent belleves that it will be an advantage to the Annapolls crew, as the Middies took Yo the water last week, and so should be in better condition than Harvard for the struggle. There Is a feei- ing, however, at Annapolis that it would have been better for all hands If the race were held when both elghts were in better condition. This is impossible, on account of the other fixtures of the two institu- tions. The other races which are definitely fixed are: Columbla, May 7; Georgetown, May 14, and Syracuse, May 21. This will be quite a strenuous period for the -Midshipmen, who will row three races in three weeks, Georgetown, ‘which comes In between, Is not likely to prove as hard as the others, however. The races with Columbia and Syracuse are almost certaln to prove good The Midshipmen will look for- ward to the Syracuse race as the blg con- test of the season. Syfacuse has won out in both“vf-the previous races against the Midshipmen, and Coach Glendon and every man under him are desperately anxious to show them their rudder this season. Gilendon started work with about fifty candidates for the different crews. While four of the regular crew were lost by graduation, Glendon has men who have rowed under him for & number of seasons in every place of the tentative first crew except at six, where Weems, a new man, fs | rowihg. Weems is a very strong fellow with an ideal build for an oarsman and is expected to develop Into a fine oarsman. Glendon states that the material for & fourth-class crew is somewhat better than usual | Ko IR | GOLFERS HAVE NEW RULES| of Many Disputes Clearer by Interpretatiom. NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—Interpretation of the rules of golf, as passed by the ex- ecutive committee of the United States Colt assoclation during the last season, and to be inserted in the rules, are as fol- lowe: Interpretation of general rule No. 11: @ ball lle on or within a club’s length of a drain cover, water pipe or hydrant, it may be lifted and dropped to the place where it lay, but not nearer the hole—as near as possible shall mean ‘“within a club's length.” If it be impossible for want of space or other cause for a player to drop the ball in conformity with this in- terpretation, he shall place the ball as nearly as possible within the limits laid down In this interpretation, but not the hole. Interpretation of general rule No. 13: A mole hill or mole track may be removed from the fair green in any way, which will not unnecessarily interfere with the surface of the green. Interpretation of general rule No. 15: A player may take & practice swing or swings after the ball is In play, more than a club’s length from the ball. Interpretation of general rule No, 23: It it 1s doubtful that & ball be out of bounds, the player who played it is not entitied to presume that it fs out of bounds until he has made & search for five minutes for it. Meanwhile, his opponent may make a Search of five minutes for the ball within bounds, and If the ball is not found within that time, the player who struck the ball shall be given the benefit of the doubt, and the ball shall be considered ‘“out of bounds.” Ma 1r Kearney May Eunter League. KEARNBY, Neb., Feb. 26— (Speclal.)~J. C. Kelloy of the Kearney Times, went to Grand Island Friday as a representative of the base ball fans of this city. Columbus is #ald t have enough fans in that city to support & state league team and this will lot Kearney in the league and will make elght-team league. ch‘ lttle en- thusiasm is apparent in this y on base ball, the movemont being made is backed by a very few, although what there is of CORNHUSKER 1910 B ASKET BALL SQUAD. Omaha Meet Growm;ving'; Bowlers _Bfisy at Detroii:; Cornhusker Athlde"ters Com1 ng; 7SO-X Go West University of Nebraska's Representative Athletes WHITE STOCKINGS IN OMARA| | Comiskey and His Team Pass Through on Special, | GO TO TRAIN IN CALIFORNIA | Local Fans Greet Former World's| Champlons zt Union Station and | Seent the Breese for Duse 1l Weather, Comiskey and hus White Sox beat:the robin Into Omaha and announced to the | waiting fans that the season of 1910 was open. - The Rock -Island was .in a hurry | with its train, so rushed it out after a| slight hesitation at the' Union depot. As the Rock Is'and special rolled Into | Unlon stalion Saturday afternoon, bearing the former world's champions and their | Buests, enroute to their California train-| Ing grounds, the assembled Omaha fans | realized, as never before this vear, that | the opening of the season was fear at| hand. | The second squad of the White Sox will return to Omaha for games April 9 and 10, but the personnel -of the team is yet to be | determined by Manager Duffy after the players are given a tryout on the coast. The train stopped at Union station just | long enough for the hustling athletes to | rush to the depot to mall some postal | cards. There were seventy-two persons aboard | the White Sox speclal, including players, managers, secretarles and correspondents. Six persons were to have jotned the party in Omaha, but Metzler., a new California | player, and his wife failed to appear. Those who did join were Olmstead, pitcher for Denver last year, and Gill, first baseman for Mihneapolis and a fan from lowa | named K¢y, who was accompanied by | his wife. Frank Lange of Des Moines' | last year, was one of the largest men In | | the party. Representatives of the press with the | train are Hugh Fullerton of the Hearst | papers; 1. D. Vroom, with a syndicate | back of kim; George Rice of the Chicago | News, F. A. Sandborn of the Chicago Tribune and E. G. Westlake of the Chicago | Post. | Coming Out to Win. “I am not making any predictions of what the White Box will do this year, but am making every preparation for a win- ning season,” sald Comiskey. “I' have. a §00d team, and all the boys are dead anx- lous to win. Our new park will be opened during the season and that will give us still greater incentive. o “Ot course it Is impossible to determine | now what our new material will develop. | We have lots of it and some that was mighty g0od In the minors. Out -of the number of men signed I feel sure of get- ting & team that will go along well.” | President Ban Johnson of the American | league, who was on the train, had been | up two nights in that commission meeting | and was trying to get a little extra sleep, 80 he did not appear. Prominent in the party was .old Ted | Sullivan, the veteran who really brought | out Comiskey as a young ball player and has been assoclated with him ever since | he began to play first base for the old | St. Louls Browns. % Ted i3 now writing his reminiscences on the game and it is hot stuff. T am golng along with the boys to en- Joy myself and get a glimpse of the situa- tion west,” sald Sullivan, who always does more or less scouting for Comiskey Our own President O'Nelll was along and looking fin “We have every indication of a good sea- son before us” sald Tip. “Things look tine." | O'Nelll was given a_ great reception by | Omaha friends. g Members of the Party, | Accompanylng the White Sox are many | prominent In the base ball world well | known to Omaha fans. Among them are Ban B. Johnson, president of the American league; Charles A. Comiskey, owner of the White Sox; Norris L. O'Neill, president | of the Western leagus, and Hugh Dufty, manager of the White Sox, who was man- them are willing to raerifice a right arm to see Kearney In the league. (Continued on Page Two. | enters the ring they | tor the trophy. | nor, Wrestling Fans on the Qui Vive | Ov.r Big Match | | Look for Great Tussle Between' Zbyszko and Westergaard at | the Auditorium, Wrestling fans are on the qul vive over | the coming match at the Auditorium, when | Zbydako, the glant Polander who copquerec | the Frenchman here a month ago and Jess Westergaard the Danish wonder from Des | Moines, will meet for blood. Westergaard has the scalp of De Rouen to his credit. Judging from the advance Interest In the match the Auditorfum will be called upon to take care of one of its largest crowds. Westergaard has been growing in popu- lurity with the Omaha fans since his first appearance here three years ago. The 'arge number of friends he has formeé in this city have watched him grow in power and sclentific skill during this :ime and have rejoiced fn the clean and manly fashion In which he has conducted all hls matches. Most of his matches have besn against| men older and more experfenced than bim- | self and In all of these Westergaa:d has | always given a good account of himself. The fans know that when Westergaard | will see x wrestling | match, and even if he is beaten, 1t will only | be after the hardest kind of work by an| abler opponent. He has many backers in! | Omaha who think he can throw the Pole, although Zbyszko won many admirers by | the splendid showing he made against De Rouen, when he actually toyed with the big Frenchman, There is one thing cer- tain and that is that it will be a atrenuous | match from start to finish. ‘ In addition to the main event Manager | Gillan has arranged a couple of good pie- | liminaries which should arouse considerable | Interest. Big Bil Hokut will meet I'. L. | McCabe, the heavywelgnt policeman, und | Jack Tollver will go agaiast George 1tuby. | CHAMP KETCHEL LOSES BELT Diamond-Studded Insig: of Prize Rings is Missing in San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2. — Stanley, Ketchel, middlgweight champion, has lost | s $1.200 dlamghd-studded beit, the insignia | of his title. /A local attorney, acting on instructions received yestérday from | Ketchel, who 1s In Chicago, visited a| prominent hotel here, where the prize | fighter was staying just previous to his fight with Johnson and Instituted a search | It could not be found. PRICE HOLDS THE PUGS APART Small Margin Separates Ketchel and | Kaufman for Mateh. | PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 2.—The smalll itference of © per cent on the gross re- celpts is the only thing that stands in the way of a match being clinched between Al Kaufman, the California heavyweight, and Stanley Ketchel, the middleweight champlon. Jack McGuigan, match maker of the Na- | ‘lonal Athletic club of this city, 1s ready | to put on the bout, but as Kaufman de- mands 3 per cent of the gross receipts, Instead of 3, which McGuigan is ready to give_him, the match hangs fire. Ketchel has already agreed to meet Kaufman Ketchel has been offered a match with | Ian Hague, the English heavywelght cham- plon, at San Franciseo in March, and may | accept It. | Peterson W Wrestling Tourney. JOWA CITY, I4, WFeb. 2.—(Special.)— John C. Peterson of Remsen, la., won the University of lowa heavyweight wrestling championship here last night from O'Con: the freshman foot ball center. Zas. tro, a freshman half back, won the light. welght class honors by throwing Charles A. Pike of Spearfish, S. D., last year's champlon, In straight falls. Jess Reimer, the Des Moines wrestler, refereed. Drake Star Sprinter Out. DES MOINES, la., Feb. 2.—(Special)— Moorhead, the star sprinter.of the Drake track squad has two conditions in his studies and there is little likelthood of his becoming eligible for any meets this year. The former Ida Grove boy was counted on many points this year and his loss legves Drake weak in the sprints. [ | | | of Drake university, |The clash of different Athletes Give Their Censure on Trewin’s Talk Criticism of President of lowa State Board of Educatior. Resented by Many. DES MOINES Ia., Feb %.-—(Special)— Strong protests are being entered from. all corners of the state to the harsh criti- clsw of intercolleglate athletics made re- cently by James N. Trewin: president of th: Tows Boaré of Education controlling the University of Iowa the lowp State | Agricultural schoo’ and the Iowa State Teachers' cdlege Coaches and educators combine emphati- cally, stating that intercollegiate athletics are amony the best means of bullding up the mental and mora) sides of the student in Ameries colleges “The man whe¢ says that Intercollegiate athletics encourager drinking, gambling and loafing,’ sald Coach John L Griffith “is grossly lgnorant of the true facts of the case. It can be easily proved that intercolleglate athletics | bas ralsed the moral standard of the col- | | leges tremendously In the last two or three decades. 1 would prefer to have the col- lege man excel in football than In the art of putting another man under the table, as was the case in this country some time £0, and 1s true in Germany today.” The Missourl Valley games committee embers In this city are outspoken. ports in colleges would be a flat failure but for intercollegiate athletics," said Guy Brewer, the local Ames representative. institutions stim- ulates the interest in athletics and develops the right kind of spirit. College athletics would never exist without the intercol- leglate features. Athletics have made men | out of former loafers. “The man who condemns intercoljeglate athletics does not know what he is talking about,” sald Reson Jones, the Drake repre- sentative of the committee. ‘“He cannot know the conditions inttmately or he would not talk in that manner.” Dean W. A. Warriner of Des Moines col- lege says that the high school situation is the one that hurts the college. Athietics are over-emphasized in the high school, according to his view. President Hill M. Bell of Drake univer- | o=, JFCtAT B | X 3 m G sity 1s on record as favoring intercollegiate | nerica’s most famous road competition and President George E. Mac- Lean of the University of Iowa is known to favor intercolleglate athletic contests. Wins at Oxford American Student Takes Hammer Throw and Quarter Mile Run at English School. OXFORD, England, Feb, 26.—George E. Pulham of Kansas and L. C. Hull of Michigan, Rhodes scholars at the univer- sity here, won the hammer throwing and quarter mile events, respectively, at the varsity meet today. Pulham threw the hammer 161 feet, 5 inches, Hull's time was 0:62%. GION MAKES ROLLER WORK ttle Wrestler ¥ All He Wants to Do at Aurors, AURORA, Neb., Feb. gram.)—Dr. Roller met George Gion at the opera house last evening in a handi- cap wrestling match, undertaking to throw Glon twice In fifty minutes. The doctor won the first fall in forty minutes, but falled to secure a fall during the remain- ing ten minutes. Fairbary Wins Three Times. BEATRICE, Neb., Feb. 26.—(Special)— Beatrice lost three basket b Fairbury yesterday. team defested the girls’ night by the score of 50 to 22, the first team of Beatrice lost to Fairbury st Fair- bury by the score of 42 to 27 and the second team by the score of 44 to 17. The Key to the Situatlon—Bee Want Ads! (Speeial Tele- | | | | | university won from the UNIVERSITY OF I0WA WINS Hawkeyes Defeat Cornell in Inter- collegiate Rifle Match. NOW TIED FOR FIRST PLACE lowa, Columb! and Washington State Colleges Have Each Won Six Matches and Lost One. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—Three teams— Columbia university of New York, Wash- ington State college of Pullman, Wash., and the University of Towa—are tied for first place in the Intercolleglate Rifle Bhodting league as a result of this week's matches, Bach team has won six and lost one match. The University of Towa has made the strongest showing thus far, however, its average for the matches shot to date being 1,786. Washington State college, which won this week from the Loulsiana State univer- sity, has an average of 1,78. Columbla, by defeating the United States College of Veterinary Burgeons, brought its average up to 1,778 The University of Iowa defeated Cornell university this week; George Washington Nevada, and the University of Idaho de- feated' Delaware college. Inter Club Shoot, The Winchester Rod apd Gun club of New Haven, Conn., met its first defeat th weck In the serles of matches of the Inter- club Rifle Shooting league, losing to the Rocky Mountain Rifle club of Butte, Mon by & score of 97 to 973. Four clubs now are tled for first place, each having won five and lost one gam In the tie with the Winchester and Rocky Mountain clubs are the Warren Rifle ind Revolver club of. Warren, Pa., and the Myles Standish Rifie club of Portnd, Me. The Fort Pitt Rifle club of Pittsburg follows closely, with four victories and two defeats. The four leading teams this week made totals of wore than %0 out of a possible 1,060 points. BLAZING mn.r FOR GLIDDENITES Mitchell Ranger Starts onm Pathfl ing HExpedition for 1910, CINCINNATI, O, Feb. 26.—With Frank driver at its wheel, the Mitchell Ranger, | which recently acted as pacemaker in the National Highway tour from New York to Atlanta, after having a few months be- fore successfully carried war dispatches from Major General Wood, U, 8. A, In New York to Major General Weston, U. 8. A., in command at the Presidio, San Fran- | cisco, in the first transcontimental war message mission ever essayed In this country, has started from here to cover the 1910 route of the Glidden tour, which begins here about the middle of June and winds up about three weeks later in Chi- 0. ‘Whatever the obstacles encountered,” says Zirbles, “the Mitchell Ranger will surmount them-—it should be only an or- dinary pathfinder task after the con- qquest of Wyoming freshets on the war message trip. The motor world will keep its eye on the Mitchell Ranger plowing over roads that never before were trav- ersed by an automobile as well as other highways that are seldom traveled by motor cars.' As planned for 1910 the tour will be about 2,200 miles. The principal citles in which controls may be expected after | leaving Cincinnat! are Loulsville, Ky.; Nashville and Memphis, Tenn.; Little Rock and Texarkana, Ark.; Dallas and Fort Worth, Tex.; Oklahoma City, Okl Topeka and Wichita, Kan.; St. Joseph, Mo.; Des Moines, Cedar Rapids and Dav- enport, Ia.; ‘Rock Island, Moline and Chi- cago, Il Om: Bt. goe Game. Omaha High school meets St chool In basket ball for the s year tonight The first game w played at Bt. Joseph In January, when ti Omaha boys took the game from the Mis- sourians by a large margin. Bince the Bt Joseph lads have been praciicing hard and hope tonight to wipe up Omaha and re- trieve thelr losses. A preliminary game between the freshman and sophomore :‘.fi“- of the Omaha High school will b eld. University - of | FOR OMAHA MEET Nebraska Track Squad Will Begin Work & Month Earlier Than Usual. ATHL CORNHUSKERS' CHANCES GOOD Men Will Be Entered in Each Event | at Auditorium, | [CAGE SQUAD WAXING STRONG |Two New and Agile Pitchers Make Coach Carroll Glad. TROUBLE WITH BASE BALL LIST Withdrawal of Grinnell Because ¢ and Cornell Regula- t1ons Mixen Up Schedule Conference for Fagew LINCOLN, Feb for the Nebraska ndidates this spring Is to be nth earlier than has been the custom In past Coach Hewitt, elccted by the Cornbusker athletio board only last Thursday, has announced | that he shall expect all aspirants for places on the -cinder path and field teams to report to him for practice next week, He means that the Cornbuskers shall he kept in training for three months, Burlng March the men .wiil xpected to go through | thelr exercises in the gymnasium each day. After April T he will take them out of doors to train on the nder path that 1s belng constructed Nebraska's fleld The new circular track will be In shape for use by that time. Manager Bager lald plans this week fo have cinders and dirt supplied for the preparation of this cinder path, and he Is coufident that these will be carried out before the first of April, so that all the Cornhuskers may werk out dally on the new track. Dr. Clapp will superintend the construction of the new path, hoping to make it equal to any among the western universities. Over $1,00 will be expended In putting this track in | shape for the spring meets. Coach Hewitt and Dr. Clapp ordered In- door training for March that the men might get Into shape for the Indoor meet at the Omaha Auditorium on April 1. At a conferenceé this week these men decided that a month of steady tralning In the gymnasium would put the Cornhusker team in fine condition for the big Omaha games, and they decided that all men who expect to make places on the track team In the spring would have to practice all during the month of March In order to keep up Wwith the athletes who shall go to Omaha as representatives of the state university. To Enter All Events. The Cornhusker physical director has de- clded to haye men entered in all the lead- Ing events at the Omaha indoor meet. The athletlc board thls week authorized him to send as many athlstes as he @esired. He says he will take only the pick of the Ne- braska men and that his team wili contaln fifteen athletes, By having a Jarge number of scratch events and only a few of the handicap contests, the management of the Omaha games has made & hit with the local ath- letca, Tn the Kansas City meet during the last f=w years the Cornhuskers have al- ways been forced to take large handicaps, | with the result that they have not been |able to make even a fair showing In some of the events. The Nebraska trank men |have always been considered better than |most of the men sent to the Kansas City games by the other colleges, and often they have been forced to mccept handi- caps in events with other athletes who were fully as good-as their athlotes, but who were allowed to start from the scratch, Under these conditions it was frequently |impossible for the~ Nebraska at/letes to |get places in the finals, At Ofmaha the large number of free events will permit the best athletes to win, And the Corn- | huskers think they will have grand chances of making an excellent showing in the games as a whole, | In the fifty-yard hurdle Coach Hewltt expects Dale McDonald, captain of the |track team last spring, to get a place. Last |season McDonald was the fastest man over the high sticks in the Missour! Valley con- |terence. At present he holds both Nebraska |records for both of the hurdle runs. In |the 120-yard hurdies his record is :15%, and }ln the” 20-yard event it s :26. Good Men for 440-Bun, Burke and Reed, two of last year's track |men. will probably be entered in the 410- yard handicap run for the Cornhuskers, Burke Is ceptain of the Cornhusker track team for this spring and s one of the best 440-yard men that the loeal school has |possessed In several years, For the two-mile run Gable and Amber- son, veteran Nebrgska track men, will be |trained to try for first and second places. These athletes did excellent work for the Cornhuskers in the Kansas meet last spring, and with a month of hard training they ought to be In fine form for taking points at Omaha. Swanson and May, two freshman ath- letes, will be eligible for the Omaha short distance runs. These two lads are the fastest first year runners that have come to this school M five or six years. Swan- son was the winner of the twenty-fives yard dash in the charter day games a year ago, and wa¥ regarded as tho speed- fest runner in school until this month, when May captured the dash from him in the charter day events. The |Into training next week for races. The Injury sustained by Hummel in the Interfraternity meet this month will pro- vent his taking part In any of the track events this year and will occaslon the Cornhuskers a big 1oss In the high jump |for the Omaha meet. Graham ig the only man who Is known to have a geod record |in this event. He 18 capable of doing five teet Inches. Unless some of the freshmen show up well and reach a higher mark, he will be the sole Nebraska rep- resentative hir the high D aham will also re huskers in the pole vault. Since Russell quit school this month, Graham will be the | only veteran vaulter that the local athle can depend upon. several Inches over (Epecial )-~Training track o artod a 1 vears. on Ir will go the Omaha seven ent the ' Corn- otes He is cdpabla of golng ten feet, and may be in shape to create a big surprise at Omaha, It is reported that . there one two excellent pdle vaulters among the freshmen and that they may get into shape for the gumes at Omaha Two Men for Shot P There will be two Cornhusk sixteen-pound shot put t, for the Collins, the ‘v