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-'K 0 y U The Daily Nebraskan VOL. I, NO. u6. fc LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1902. THREE CENTS A WINNING TEAM Ooaoh Booth Socb Enoouragemont Ahead for BaBoball Season. Bpeaka on Prospect at Con vocation. After the usual chapel exercises yes terday morning Chancellor Andrews in troduced Coach W. C. Booth, who, after being accorded an unusually demon strative jwueution, addressed the facul ty and students upon the prospects for baseball this season. Prospects, he said, are not foregone conclusions, and for that reason, when discussing ath letic, prospects, it is best to Bpeak guardedly except in the past tense. Nebraska, he said, is certainly to be congratulated upon the unusually happy outlook for the present Beason. Nine old men have returned to add the value of their experience to the team, and although these nine men may not compose this year's team, neverthe less they form a good nucleus for the baseball squad. On the athletic field, all men are on the same footing, and will be compelled to start in at the same place this year. As yet the new men have not had enough opportuni ties to show their ability. The large number who appeared on the field the first day has been culled down to twenty-five, and from this squad will he developed a second team, that will aid materially in forming the team next year. The university, said Coach Booth, has better material for the box than it did last year, and the early prac tice has been most gratifying, but It is still handicapped in not having a suitable cage. Baseball is a game for warm weather, and in colleges the season closes too soon for the men to show their ability. The schedule for the season is an unusually good one and Manager Shld- ler is to be greatly commended for his efforts. An improvement over last year is that the men will be allowed a little rest between games Last sea son several defeats were due to the tact that the new men were worn out by continual playing. The first trip will bo mado to Min nesota, and two games will be played there, on April 24 and 25. According to present indications, there is every reason to believe that Nebraska will be able to defeat her ancient antagonist. The coach pointed out that this year the athletic board is on a sounder financial basis than tfver before. It will indeed be a great pleasure to Bee the team appear In new suits, and bet ter equipments than has been the cus tom heretofore. The professional athlete, said Coach Booth, plays for his salary, the col lege athlete works for the Interest of his school, and for that reason the col lege support and backing regulates the athlete's conduct. Loyal support is needed from the whole school. Win ning games are only a means to an end. College athletics are becoming pure and sport is becoming more and more a Bport for sport's sake. The college athleto wants the support of the undergraduate, and this support is shown by liberal attendance both at practice and at games. Mr. Booth then discussed the coming track meets, the one witli Kansas, and the other a state meet on May 10. Iast year the track meet was won by Doane college, in spite of the fact that there wore men in the university who could have beat en the Crete men in bear-skin over coats and heavy boots If they had only entered the contests for the purpose of winning. It is a fair field and no favor, and the best man will win. Victor Rosewater of the Omaha Bee was then introduced and discussed the relation between newspapers and uni versities, and the support that the former was willing to give to the latter. BASKET BALL TONIGHT. Topeka Y. fl. C. A., vs. The University, at the Armory, 7:30 O'clock. ADVISSION BASEBALL PRACTICE RESUMED. The baseball men again appeared on the field for practice Wednesday after noon, after a few days' rest because of the bad weather. As yet the men play no regular positions, and all are given a chance to show their ability in the various places. Bender, Gaines, Town send and Thomson are doing the pitch ing. Doane 1b the only one of the old men working behind the bat, but bov eral promising candidates are develop ing among the new men, Reynolds and Mulliken especially, showing great ability. Wright, Thomson and Sheimer are at present the only new men prac ticing with the Becond squad, and it seems quite probable that one or two of them Avill be enrolled as regular members of the first team. Coach Booth considers all the men on an equal footing, and says that be cause a man played on the team last season it does not necessarily follow that ho has his place cinched this spring. This means that some of the members of the late Rhodes family will have to do some fast work. Yesterday afternoon Captain Bell as signed the men different positions, and for half an hour all In their turn were given practice in hitting the ball. A short practice In catching flies and grounders then followed. Rhodes and Doane failed to report for duty. COLORADO DEBATES Will bo Held April 4. Governor Savago Will Preside Judgos Boing Bol- ootod. Team Preparing for Battle. For the three coming interstate de bates, and especially for the contest with Colorado college on the evening of Friday, April 4, preparation is going on without any blare of trumpets or any display that catches the popular eye, but it is going on. The Nebraska-Colorado debate on the municipalization of surface trans portation facilities for cities of over 100,000 population will be held not in i the old chapel, aB heretofore, but in the new chapel. Nebraska's case for the affirmative will bo presented by Thomas A. Maxwell, 11)03, who will open the debate; Charles A. Kutcher of the law school, and Neil M Cronin, :23 CENTS. 1903, with John Tobln, 1904, as al ternate. Ab presiding officers for the evening the debating board has secured Gov ernor Savage, who will fortunately be able to get back from the Kansas City Masonic convention a few hours be fore the debate. Upon the problem of securing com petent and unprejudiced judges the two institutions aro now working. Accord ing to custom, Nebraska submits a list of a half dozen names, from which the vlBiting college selects two and the ' home college one. The question for the Nebraska-Colo rado debate is one of the most inter-! eBting questions of the day. The citi- zens of Lincoln are Just now giving' a good deal of thought to it, which fact I will undoubtedly swell the crowd that greets the- visitors from Colorado and encourage both teams. The same ques tion Nebraska debates with Missouri at Columbia, May 9. Kansas tackles Nebraska here on, April 25 on the reci procity question. TOPEKA DEFEATS CITY Y. M. C. A. The Topeka Y. M. C. A. basket-ball team defeated the Lincoln Y. M. C. A. team last night at the auditorium by a score of 31 to 24. The game was a fast one, both sides throwing goals without much difficulty. Th6 contest was witnessed by a small crowd. W. J. BRYAN TO STUDENTS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. The Y. M. C. A. has been fortunato enough to secure Mr. Bryan for an ad dress next Sunday afternoon. The meeting promises to bo ono of the largest and most Interesting held this year. A cordial invitation is not only extended to all tho members of the as sociation to be present, but nlso to every student In the university. Every one who possibly can should be ) .-Bont and give the distinguished b, ..:.er a warm welcome. BASKET-BALL TONIGHT. The contest which will take place tonight between the university basket ball team and tho Topeka Y. M. C. A. promises to be a battle royal. Both teams are In good shape and chances are about oven. Captain Koehler's men feel confident that with the regular line of men on the floor they will bo nble to counterbalance the defeat at Topeka by a victory at home. All tho regular team will report for duty. The Topekans came in yesterday and laBt night contested with the city Y. M. 2. A. at the auditorium. Their team ib in good shape and will put up a strong fight. The visitors will lino up as follows: Forwards, GrlggB and Steves; cen ter, May; guards, Fleishman and Mc Cauley. The line-up for the Pnladian-Dellan game, which will begin at 7:30, is as follows: Dellans. Palladlans. Gilbert F Magdanz Teach F Elliott Hoar O Clark Beers O Orton Morrell C Anderson THE WEATHER. Forecast for Lincoln and vicinity Friday: Partly cloudy. Weather report for tho twenty-four hours ending at 7 p. in.: Highest temperature, 47 degrees, oc curring at 4:30 p. m. Lowest empera ture, 38 degrees, occurring at 2:30 a. m. Mean temperature, 22 degrees, which is 2 degrees above the normal. G. A. LOVELAND, Section Director. DEBATE CLUBS. The U. B. D. C. will debato the fol lowing question tomorrow night: Re solved, That the Chinese exclusion act should bo re-onacted. Afflrmatlvc. Kelser and Rulla; negative, Strayor and Taylor. P. B. D. C. The Palladlan club will discuss tho question: Resolved, That the city of Lincoln should substitute the policy of prohibition for that of high license. Affirmative, Koysor and Taylor; nega tive, Hamilton and Cattle. MAXWELL. Tho Maxwell club will settle tho mooted question: Resolved, That a sa loon conducted under high license is of more benefit to the .community than, a prohibition of the liquor traffic Those who will support the affirmative aro Peterson, Donahoe, Sorgeson, Borglen and Woods; on the negative will bo Amspoker, Do Kalb, Dobler, Reardon and Glllmon. -JS evs 5J Ifa,' t t n Lt? r-. . . r ji - P 1.