Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 6, 1910, Page 27

4 ¢ PART ¥IVE ISPORTING)| VOL. XXXIX-—NO. 38 Pa Rourke Has Fine String of Pitchers ROURKE HAS ELEVEN BOXMEN Pa is Loading Up on Pitchers and Ex- pects One-More from Big , League Team. WILL PICK SIX FROM THE DOZEN | fandy, Holly, Keeley and Patton Back with D. Durbin, CUB DISCARD WILL BE A Bom‘ ix Infielders on List and One is Yet to Come. FOUR FOR OUTFIELD, ONE TO COME in Really Hankering Atter That Mag Gnd Me is Not Going to Overwork His Men with Exhibitions. Pa Eleven pitchers have signed thelr names to Omaha contracts and geveral more are oxpected whe the players begin to arrive. These men will be allowed to work out with those already signed and if any show real abflity they will bo glven a further changé. The pltchers whom Pa has signed are: Durbin, Sanders, Hollenbeck, Bovee, Sundelar, Thomas, Frick, Keeley, Patton, Ferry, Hanson. Pa Rourke expects to be able to pick half a dozen out of this bunch to pitch his team to & top position In the Western league. Some are tried pltchers, Sanders, Hellenbeck, Keeley and Patton being of last year's team, and others are somewhat new to the game, although they have won laurels In smaller leagues or in other towns. All players signed are expected to report \glo the Smoke House by March 21, to get their practice uniforms and, to be shown the way to Vinton street park, where the squad will-begin work under Captain Fox. Three catchers have signed their names to Omaha contracts—Gonding, Cadman and Agnew. Two of these are of known quelity. Cadman is expected to show speed this season, he has recovered from the ‘effects of his broken ankle. Last spring he gave indications of being oue of the speediest catchers in the league, but atter breaking his ankle he slowed up con- siderably. Six Infielders on List. Bix Inflelders are now under contract, but two of these are consldered as on the ital list and it will take a tryout to ut whether eéfthér Graham or Perrine will be able to play this year, Perrine was bought by Pa from Minneapolis, but he ,was all in with & bad knee When he reached .Omaha. He tridd té play for o few games and was forced to quit. Graham probably will start out utility man, Fox, Schipke, Potts and Kane are the other Infielders. Fox will” play second as usual. Kane Is recovering from the in- Jury to his > and expects to be able to Teport on time. He nearly lost the use of his eye by having it gouged in a basket ball yme. Potts will play short unless some other player is secured who may crowd him out of that position and Skipper Bill will stick for third. In the outflield will be found Woalch, King, Shotten and Tighe, trying for the positions, with the chance of Fisher being sent back it he does not prove seasoned enough for the St. Louls Browns. P Rourke says this outiine does not present the maximum strength of the team he will put in the field when the season opens with the Rourkes at Wichita April 22, He is now negotiating with some of the big league managers for an infielder, an outflelder and a right-handed pitcher. He says he has the promise of some good men for these positions from the extra men now belng carried by the big leagkues. Under the new ruling all the big league teams will have t¢ cut down the number of men they carry and several teams of ‘the minor leagues will be strengthened by having these men play rather than to have them gnonh the benches of the big leagues. Few Exhibition Games, Exhibition games will be a scarce article in Oraaha this spring, except with the amateur teams, as Pa says he does not care to have the piayers exert themselves too much before the weather warms. Minneapolis will play here April ¢ and 7 and the second team of the White Sox will be here April 9 and 10. Either Sioux City or Lincoln will be scheduled for a Sunday game, which Completes the list. For years it has been the custom to open the season with a game with the Lee-Glass- Andreesen - Orlgina are 1o more. At least that is the dope given out by Fred Bradford, the manager, who says the boys+will not organize this sum- mer. Consequently Quigley has asked for the honor of the opening game for his Stors team and this will be granted. Games may be played with other ama- teur local teams or with Bellevue or Creighton provided those teams organize in time, Five Players Already Signed Season Lake Ofty. P‘L,AK‘ CITY, Ia., Murch 5.—(Speclal.)— ¥ o of Hartley has been engaged e City Base Ball assoclation a8 manager for the coming scason. He has ¥ secured four of the best players Clear Lake team, which he man- st season, :;a; has the promise of 0 lor & place on the s rlnnd for the team to carry including three pitchers und two who will play first base and out- not in "thelr tions. team. ‘ten eal game out wi able | 80y pill voller in the not_considered. Balzer Has Placed Omaha in the Lime- THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. | PORTS | Charles A. Comiskey. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 6, 1910. Some Notable Makers of Base Ball History ; Arthur Mets. GROUP PHOTOGRAPHED AT OMAHA UNION .DEPOT LAST GOSSIP OF THE BOWLERS light at Big Tournament. ALMOST EQUALS THE RECORD Tournament Has Increased Interest in owling, Although Season 1is Drawing to a Close, and the Fans Watch C_lo;ely. Omaha is temporarily represented In the honor list of the American Bowling con- gress tournament at Detrolt by Balzer and Haines, thelr scere of 1,17'ls the second best shot to date in the double event and it Balger could have made a 180 score in his last game they no doubt would hold @ high position In the finish. 'The 27 score made by Balzer in his first game is one of the best ever rolléd in a hational tournament and is four pins more than the best rolled in the meet at Pitts- burg last year. The highest scores 6f past meets are as follows: 1909—-T. Schwoegler, Madison. 1908—A. Wengler, Chicago . 1007—L. G. Graft, Indianapolis 1906—Willlam Ravmussen, Oshkos! 1906—Harry Willlams, Ban Francisc 1904—George Telinde, Cleveland 1908—E. Kettenacher, Newport, 1902—Albert Krug, Omaha 1901—-G. Langhenry, Chicago. In the tournament. held last year the score of 1,17 secured eighteenth place among the 799 entries. The eptry list this year will be nearly 1,000. This score should secure the Omaha pair a very good posi- tion. i The leading team last year was Hunting- ton and Fritscher, with a total of 114, which landed them iIn 119th place. T Storz Triumphs will shoot their doul and singles today and then the Loch's Willow Springs go on in their five- men event Sunday, Who's Who On the Alleys. Maytham Is taking the Te Be Ce team up the hill in grand style. Splash Francis has hit the toboggan. Sand the alley for those wide hook shooters. Percy Gwynn Is the best croquet shooter in the Mets. They cmil him Sprague, Jir., now. Bill Schnelder has come back to_his old form and is fighting hard for the lead in the Metropolitan. Johnny Laird is known as the pin breaker on the cellar alls The way that kid breaks them up s a shame. Heller of the Mercantile rol's just like his name. Heller means a penny. ‘Ask any of league shooters for the rest of it. Corporal Floyd has added a great deal of strength to the Kandy Kids, and Is shoot- | ing away up with the best of them. Fagerberg bet his candy wagon against Sutton's milk cans that he beats him out in average before the season is over. Jimmy Blakeney i3 picked to shoot the high total in the siogles. He has a wicked bail and is rolling his best just now. y 1s taking to the biliard musing the Way he attempts black ball take the dope. Banker Hughes is ooting with the Union Pacifics. When Jack gets to hitting his old stride he will make them all go. Gllham 1s back at second base handling strikes for Paxton. The way he spares the wild throws of McLean Is a cattion. MeAndrews has a new deMvery and threatens to pass Carey in less than three weeks. That's a pin a week. Go it Mac. Vultee is' the champion foul line man, with Dick Tisard a cos: second. One o¢ the other umpire 4 ser.es every night of ths week. Stub’ Toman, the smallest man in_the Boosters, is one of the surest spare bowlers in the city and helps the Colts win many a game. I8 too busy at the hotel tq prac- tice ow. Schiridt has finally solved his y and hit him all over the ts he 1s positively going back ace as fast as he came down. Is going at present he must has developed into the real classy of the Cellarettes. Next year ber of one of the best in the Moran lnto first The way mean It i bowler taken to ith & bluff tn take on city, size or welght took his croquet with him. If he Kt o | How [ Fraynor o8 for same . into one and three, way he thay ‘are Lound to'fall. This year, too. s i most the alleys. Art Ocander is the one pill .’.lc.“t«‘lmunnmn-mfi,‘u 258 Roe his t- take ten- match, Aero Club Makes Out Calendar tor Balloon Races Natipnal Championship Event Will Start from Indianapolis Sep- tember 17, NEW YORK, March 5.—The Aero Club of America at & meeting today completed the calendar for balloon races for the season of 1910, It is a# follows: B WJuly 5 and 6—Alr Craft club of Peorfa (provisional). % August 12—Aere Club of Indiana, Indlan- apolls, race A, for balloons in classes 1, 2 and 8 of the Federation: Aeronatique In- ternational rules, §00-2,200 meters capacity; D, for balloons in classes 4 and 6 of the Federation Aeronatique International rules, 1,200-2,200 cuble meters capacity. September 17—National champlonship balloon race, from Indianapolis. The pilots making the best records in this race will be considered as nominees to represent the United States in the. international balloon race for the Gordon Bennett cup. This race 1s only open to pilots of the Aero. Club of America and_to balloons of 2,20 cublc meters capacity. The first placé on the team-is reserved for Mr. F. W. Mix, winner of the Interna- tional race of 1909. Should Mr. Mix be un- willing to compete, the pilot who makes the three best records in the national race will be chosen to represent the Aero Club of American. If Mr. Mix will compete the two first pliots will receive places on the team. . The international balloon race will start October 17 from St. Louls. The entries up to date include three balloons from France, Germany and thé United States, two from Switzerland and tialy and one each from Great Britain and Denmark. YOUNG HUBBY ON PROBATION South Dakotan May Be Allowed to Take Bride at End of Specified Period. SIOUX FALLS, ‘8. D., March 5.—(Spe- clal)—On Tuesday, March 15, & young South Dakotan, in the persoh of Forrest Glibaugh of Clay county, will compléte one of the most novel probationary periods on record in the state. At that time he will learn whether or not he can claim the bride he married last December. On December 24 last, he eloped with and married Miss Mary Lawrence, daugh- ter ‘of Mrs. Charles Bacon of Vermilion. The love affalr had been kept from the mother, and when she learned of the mar- riage, she was furlous because she al- leged that at that time her daughter was but 17 year of age, which would make her Ineligible ‘to marry without the con- sent of her mother, In looking up the marriage -license record she discovered that Gilbaugh had sworh that her daughter was 1§ year of age, and therefore eligible to marry with- out consent of parent or guardian, A friend of the groom, Leonard McDonald, also swore that the girl was 18 year of age. Having satisfled herself as to what the groom and his male friend had sworn to, Mrs. Bacon swore cut & warrant for the arrest of both young men on the charge of perjury. The case agalnst Gllbaugh was called for preliminary hearing before Judge Best of Clay county, but was not pushed by the mother. It was stipulated that as an inducement for the mother not to press the case agalnst Gilbaugh that the prelimi- nary hearing should be postponed until March 15, and that iu the meantime Gil- baugh should live entirely separate from his wife. Further conditions were that he should go to work and pay the sum of # per week to his bride's stepfather for the board of his bride, whom he was nat to see or talk to. If on March 15 it is decided that he has lived up to the conditions the mother may consent to let her daughter live with him. Otherwise an effort will be made by the mother to annul the marriage. Movements of Merchandise, W 3 ~ %%’:?nfi" March §.—Imgorts valued at 499,211 ll:‘.om :'lfl oo the New York for the m re $).066 sliver l&d $1,161,900 ver. KANSAS CITY'S STARS COMING lxnwtnwn Will - Send International Champions to Big Meet. MATCH FOR SVEA RUNNERS Omaha’s Orack Relay Team to Meet Boys Who Made High Score at Seattle—Fast Mile Man Comi! The crack Kansas Clty Young Men's Christiap assolation team, which will visit Omaha for the indoor athletic meet at the Auditorium, ApHl 1, is the same team which won the international ehamplonship at Seattle July 24, 190. 'The men are Don Stophlet, Jules Kornegadert, Harry Kan- atzu and Don. Hendrickson. Stophlet Is captain of the team and won the mile race and was second In the five mile ‘race. He holds the Western Amateur Athletic union mile record, magde at Kan- sas Clty, July 5, 1909 of 4:30%. Kornegsdert won the 20-yard dash, was second In the 100-yard dasSh, second in the shot put and third In the discus throw. Kanatzy won first prize in the shot put, first in the discus throw, first in the ham- mer, establishing new records in each event, Hendrickson won the high and low hurd- les and was third in the high and broad Jumps. The team at Seattle = scored - forty-one points; Chicago, twenty-one; Vancouver, thirteen. This relay team will run against the Svea Athletic assoclation team of Omaha, which numbers among its mem- bers, some of the fastest Swedish athletes in° America. The Kansas City stars will bring several other men with them and they will be seen In the individual events as well as in the relay race. Directors of Nebraska Olty Team. NEBRASKA CITY, March 5.—(Special.)— At'a meeting of the base bail seckholdér B C. Ernstenc and John L. Patterson, we: elected direcors of the association to take the place of E. A. Duff and C. M. Aldrich, who resigned. Solicitors were appointed to B0 out and increase the guarantee fund Which s already a large one, to back the base ball team, which Is to be put in the fleld this season in the M-I-N-K league. Secretary. Bonwell now has over 213 ap- plications for positions as players —with some of the teams. he matter of playing Sunday base ball has been taken up in this city and is under discussion. Tt may be that the league games ‘will be played in the ney eity park west of the city, while week day games will be played on the grounds near the center of the city. Senlors and Jeniors Win, The final games of the.first serles of bas- ket ball contests between the classes of the South Omaha High school were played last night and resulted in’ & wvictory for the senlors over the freshmen, and the juniors over the sophomores. The senlors won in & clean and fast battle alnst the fresh- men by a score of 34 to 15, They had the younger classmen at their mercy through- out the game. In the contest between the Juniors and the sophomores the former won by a score of to 18. This contest was more even and was correspondingly {rough and marred by frequent fouls on all sides. Museatine Will Have .0 | MUSCATINE, la., March 5.—(Speclal.) Muscatine {s 'planning for' a_big ba ball season, Hugh Shannen of Buffalo, | ¥., has been chosen manager of the Mus- catine team In the, Northern assoclation. Shannon a former manager of the in the Central association. ly recommended by Charles icago and Willlam Smith of the Buffalo club. A $3500 site b bought by the Muscatine ‘promot | they expect to bulld a fine park. Roller Wins on Fo DENVER, March 5~Raoul De Rouen, the Frenoh wrestler, upheld-his reputation for roughness here last night in his match with Dr. Roller of Seattle. Roller was glven the mateh after they had been wrestling, or rather fighting, for fifteen minutes for the second fall. Roller won the first fall in 36 minutes 22 seconds. Roller slammed the Frenchman's head around and the latter used his teeth and nearly pulled Roller's halr out. MUSCATINE, Ia, March 5—(Special.) Hugh Shannon of Buffalo, N. Y., former magi of the Ottumwa base ball team in the itral assoclation, has *h manager of the Muscatine orthern ton. He recommended l‘ Charles Cubs and Willlam Smith club. A site has been purchased $,000 park will be bullt. ‘Weston at Springer, N. M. ALBUQUERQUE, N, M., March 5-Fd- eaton wilked . forty-two '7:90 this Ted Sullivan, WEEK. Outside Teams Displace the Men From Magic City / South Bend, Ind, and Sebring, 0., Two-Men Teams Tied for First Place at Detroit. DETROIT, March 5.—(Speclal Telegram.) —Two teams stand at a tle for first place in the two-men events as a result of the gomes this morning in the tenth apnual tournathent of the Amerjcan Bowling coh- gress, R. Zimmerman and C. Capbell of South Bend getting a count of 1,208, tying with Cook and Crewson of Sebring, O. H, W. Fritscher and H. Zimmerman ot Omaha led the contingent from that city with a total of 1,85, but failéd to show in the money. Fritscher got away with a good start, having three straight strikes, but for the rest of his series.he was at the merey of splits and errors, holding the palr down. C. J. Francisco and W. E. Anderson, and L. M. Gjerdes and G. O. Francisco, also of Omaha, did not get into the money with 1069 and 1,065, respectively, A new leader cropped out In the individual events today, when Max Ulger of Cleveland tooped the score of G. Oakey of Madison, Wis,,. by seven pins, G. O. Francisco of Omaha led their bowlers with 59 and high count of 2%. H. W. Fritscher placed 575 to his credit. C.J. Francisco found the pins for 544, : Omaha singles: 1st. . O, Francsico.. 178 W, Fritscher. . J. rancisco. MEN’S CLASSES “GYMBOREE” FURNISHES FUN. IN:PLENTY M. C. A. Gymnasium Sceme of Frolic for Benefit of Athletic Park. X, Hooray! ~'Whoop! On _the come! Al kinds of hoboes, rubes, clowns, ancient gladiators, everything known, that the in- genuity of the Omaha Men's, Young Men's Christian_association classes could Invent. Led by Physical Director Pentiand, these fifty-tive athletes went through all the stunts ever heard of on a gymnasium fioor and a good many that were entirely new. The evening’'s program began with sev- veral selctions from the “Jaytown Jubilee Band,” which furnished excellent music during the whole evening. After these came & grand parade of the actors In the entertainment ending in a dumbbell drill. Then came tricks on the horlzontal and other bars, which simply, took the breath away from most of the spectators and marvelous examples of running and jump- ng. After some tumbling and clown stunts, performed just to get the interest of the onlookers up, an imitation Farmer Burns |and his city brother took to the mat and pulled off a wrestling match that put the one held in the Auditorium away back in_the shad The program closed with a couple of relay races, combined with the rescuing of a number of squalling Infants from a burning _house. The "Gymboree,” as It was called, was given by the men's classes of the Young Men’s Christian association for- the bene- fit of the athletic park, started last year out by the Lake Nakoma, and was cer- tainly a great success as an amusing ath- letic” exhibition. GOTCH THROWS CON O'KELLY SIOUX CITY, Ia, March 65.—(Special Telegram.)—Frank Gotch easily defended his title last night in @ bout with Con O’Kelley, heralded as the champion wrestier of Ireland, before 1600 persons. Gotch won the first fall in 2 minues and the second in ¢ minutes. The first fall was ned by an arm scissor lock and half. Nelson and the second with arm selssor lock and back Nelso O'Kelly, although £lant in size, was outclassed from the s Goteh. after the first few minutes of y easlly overpowered the big Irishman. At no time was t Humboldt boy in danger while O'Kelly's stock went down from the start. Goodman Outpoluts Cross. NE WYORK, March 6.—John Goodman deteated Leach Cross In a ten-round bout rl the National Sporting Club of America ast night. Both are local lightwelghts. Good. man outpolnted his opponent for ni consecutive round, but Cross had ha the better In the final 3 minutes fighting, The winner is to meet Timmy Murphy, who won & decision over Owen Moran of England in California recently, SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. to Start; Cornhuskers Want an All-Year-Round Coac Norris L. O'Nelll, VARSITY GETS GOOD PITCHER 0. Decatur Joins Practice Squad at Lincoln. TWO GOOD ONES FROM LAST YEAR Olmstead and Mathers Are Ones Who Have Been Tried Out— Rateliff Candidate for Catcher, LINCOLN, March 5.—(Special.)~Néebraska base ball stock aviated this afternoon when C. Decatur, a promising pitcher, joined the squad for practice on the diamond. Decatur tried out for the team two vears ago when he was Ineligible. Last year he was not in school. His return to the squad this spring encourages the Cornhuskers to hope that the twirling. staf will be bolstered up considerably. ? Decatur is sald to be a winning pitcher. He has a deal of speéd'and several ex- cellent curves. He was one of the pitchers whom the coaches had not figured would get out for the varsity. For several yea the Cornhusker team have been weak in the pitching department, but with Decatur, Mathers, Olmstead and’ Storms showing up in classy form this spring, it begins to 100k as though the team was to be blessed by a staff of strong slab artlsts. Olmstead and 'Mathers are of last season’s twirlers and the coaches know just about what. they can.do. Storms s one of the new men and his work is being closely watched by the coaches. He is thought to be “the goods" and will have a thorough Bé4 | tryout. One of the most encouraging pleces of work: of the week was done by Ratcliff, a candidate for the catching Job. In the prac- tice gumes on the new field Ratclift was permitted to catch for the varsity and did such good work In backstopping and in batting that the coaches are Inclined to be- Ieve that he will be able to fill the position of catcher so well that Captain Greensiit, the regular catéher, may take the third sack, The' Nebraskd captain.does not wish to cateh if another player can be found to do that worki Ratcliff's showing this week almost makes it certain that he can fill the bill, - His batting was the big feature of his- playing. He hit the ball so hard in one of the games that he made two runs in two times at bat. If he keeps.his bat- ting eye his excellent hitting will almost assure him a place with the team. 1t Ratcllff can take the catching job and allow Greenslit to go to third, only one of the Infield places will be left vacant. Sec- ond base Is without an occupant and the next few days must bring forth some man for that sack. Several candidates are try- ing to clinch that place and the coaches should ‘be able to get & good player to take the work. SCORING IN TRYOUT = MEET South Omahs Candidstes for Track Team Try Thelr Skill. The field events of the tryout meet yes- terday afternoon . between the candidates for the track team were held at Twntieth and J streets, South Omaha, and scoring of a high degrée was made, considering the fact that for this meet no preliminary training was allowed. A small crowd of enthu ched the' twenty-five or more scandidates in the - race and tleid events, which consisted.of the twenty-fi yard dash, the fifty-yard dash, the Mara- thon spript of four blocks, the broad jump, the high’ jump and = the shot-put. ~ Hird Stryker proved to be the highest sc o {s credit. ints. the meet and had 19 points to h Holmes and Dickman each had FolloWing are the scores in the order of the event: 8h i Stryker, 38 feet; Philip, 20 feet; ur, 3 Twenty-five-yard dash: Holmes first, Stryker second, Hardink third. High jump: Dickman, 4 feet 9 inches; Stryker, 4 feet 8 inches; Holmes, ¢ feet 7 mg‘l;; Pwp.fl‘gfih 1l lnchz‘l. 3 -yard dash: Holmes first, Jones sec- ond, l{n{cru third. {ump: Dickman, 18 teet; Btryker; nches; feet. i Stryker first, iram second, Harding llllfdr.y ndividual points: !lr{klr. 19; Holmes, ; Dickman, 10; Philp, 44; Inghram, Jones, Roberts, 3 each; Laur, Harding, 1 Broad 11 feet 2 . Mar: Overall to Joim Cubs, VISALLA, Cal, March 5.—Orval Overall, the glant pitcher, came to terms today with President Murphy of the Chicago Na- tional league club and he left tonigh: to Join his team mates at New Orleans, Game Plentitul at Got re. GOTHENBURY, Neb., March b.—(8 clal.)—Game is bc(ll{‘nln. to oor:n. in ..‘m Abundantly, but on aecount Of the high water, not' much river shooting is being done here, ALL-YEAR COACH NEBRASKA'S CRY Athletio Board Decides to Make Radi- cal Change in Policy of Department. NEW PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR One Man Will Be Given Charge cof All Divisions, STEFFENS MAY GET THE JOB Chicago Man Being Considered, To- gether with Many Others, CAMP OFFERS “TAD” JONES lications for Positions Are Comin In, but Board is Still Searching Avaflable Candi- dates. for We're looking for_a_yedr.round coach, some one to beat K. 1. Some one to shield us from defeat, some one who'll always brew. LINCOLN, . March 4.—(8paclal)—Thess foregoing words, set to the tune of Do Wolf - Hopper's succossful comlc opera song, “I'm Looking for a Husband,” have formed the campaign slogan for the ath- letic board of the Univeraity of Nebraska in its quest of a coach to take chargs of all athletics at the Cornhuskers school. Tired of meeting defeat in foot ball, basket ball and base ball season after season, the Cornhuskers have resolved, that; It good coaching will bring a change for the better, with victorles in most branches of sports, then that change shall come soon. The Nebraska board has de- cided to hire a year-round coach, and to hire him at once, or as soon as the right man can be found. The Cornhuskers want a coach, who/ can Instruct the students in foot ball, base hall, beskel ball and poseibly in track ath- letics. They want a man who can fill a position similar to that occupled by Alonzo A. Stagg, at the Unliversity of . Chlcago, and they ‘are willing to pay the'right man a good salary. 'The place will be ready for the new man to step into it by Noveme ber 1, but the Nebraska board. wishes to elect the future occupant at -once, and has started out to canvas the field of coiches avallable for the job. At @ recent meeting, the hoard unani« mously agreed that a ‘voach wha, should remain at the state school all the year was the’ gne thing’of' which' Cérnhusker athletics are’ In- dire need, and voted to start at -once a ‘cAmpalen that should ['bfing to Nebraska a‘modern . Osiris, who shall bolster up the .@6rnhusker athletic teams and again plage this local school on the athletic map of the' middle west. Can Man Be Foundt In the midst of its enthuslasm over the decislon to get a general coach, the Ne- braska board calmed itself and asked: Can the right man be found? Is there avail- able in the country another Stagg, a man woh can teach all branches of university athletics with a fine degree of success such as has blessed Chicago university for the last ten years? Some members of the bodrd doubted very much that such a coach could be found; others were not certain about the ques- tion, but sald they thought a capable coach for all branches of athletics ought to be discovered, for there must be several embryo Staggs around the country. So the Cornhuskers decided they would seck the aid of the leading physical directors and coaches of the United States In getting the right man for Nebraska, And now the campaign is on. ‘ Letters are being written to all the lead~ ing colleges and universities telling of Nebraska's wants and asking for Informa- tlon regarding men who might be able to fill the position of general coach. From Coach Stagg of Chicago the board has re- colved strong recommes ations In favor of two of his former pupils—Walter Stof- fens and “Pat” Page—both all-western foot ball stars, Of the two Stagg (hinks' Steffens would be the better man for the work that Nebraska wishes him to do. Steffens won his letter in four branches of sport at Chicago. He was captaln of the foot ball and track teams and was a Ntar on both. the basket ball and base ball teams. He learned the fine points of .the game, 50 Stagg says, and was one of the best all-round athletes that ever -graced the Midway, campus. Whether he could impart his knowledge of the various sports to the Cornhusker athletes so that the local school could have winning teams Is & matter for which even Stagg could not vouchsafe, though the Chicago coach said that 'his former pupil ‘made un able assistant ' for him in training the foot ball team at the Midway last fall, In his recommendgtion of “Pat” Page, Coach Stagg declared that this former Chicago player would probably make & better foot hall coach than Steffens, but that he would not know as much about all the other spdrts as his former colleague. Because Page is not adept in all brauches of sports Stagg was inclined to belleve that Steffens would be the better of the two men for Nebraska. Camp Recom s Tad Jones, In answer to a letter trom Dr. Clapp of Nebraska, Walter Camp, the veteran sage of Yale's athletics, declared ;“Tad" Jones, the famous ex-Yale athlete, fo be the best man for the Cornhusker position, in his opihion. Jones was & great Yale foot ball and base ball player. In the opinion of Stagg he was one of the best players that ever played on & Yale eleven. Other men were mentioned by Camp, who, might fill the Cornhusker job, but Jones was given preference over all others by the Yale mentor, . Jones has had some expérience in conch- ing since he left Yale, Last fall he drilled the Syracuse eleven. His team was not a successtul one, and was defeated by both Michigan and llinols. According to foot ball eritics, that cdndition of the Syracuse team was not the fauit of Jones; the mate- rial was scanty and the ex-Yale player had to work under a great handicap. Camp says Jones ought to be able to produce & champlonship eleven from a fa'r amount of good material, Some of the members of the Nebraska board are inelined to look with great favor upon Jones. Dr. Clapp, himself a graduate and a former noted track athiete of Yale, is & strong bellever (n the efficacy of Yale (Continued on Page Three)