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VOL XV. NO. 109,
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1916.
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iiiiSf RAGE DRAWING TO CLOSE
OMAHA, BEATRICE, LINCOLN AND CRETE TO FIGHT IT OUT
FOR FIRST DIVISION HONORS
Thirty-four Games Yesterday in All Divisions Bitter Battles Mark
Day's Play High School Men Stage Fast
Exhibition
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
CLASS A SECOND ROUND
' Crete, 18; Shelton, 13.
Hebron, 14; Plattsmouth, 10.
Lincoln, 13; Osceola, 7.
South Omaha, 8; Hastings, 2.
Omaha, 8; University Place, 7.
Columbus, 13; Newman Grove, 9.
Wilber, 15; West Point, 11.
Beatrice, 11; Geneva, 9.
CLASS A THIRD ROUND
Omaha, 23; Columbus, 12.
Lincoln, 14; South Omaha, 7.
Crete, 17; Hebron, 4.
Beatrice, 11; Wilber, 8.
CLASS A SEMI-FINALS
City Auditorium
Lincoln vs. Crete 8:00 p. m.
Omaha vs. Beatrice.... 9:00 p. m.
CLASS B SECOND ROUND
Stanton, 23; Pierce, 10.
At the end of thirty-four games in
ell divisions of the interscholastic
basketball tournament, played at the
university yesterday, the dopesters
are today making their guesses as to
whether Omaha, Beatrice, Lincoln or
Crete will win the state tourney in
Class A.
On previous records made this year
Omaha should win, but she developed
weakness in yesterday's encounter
with University Place and may not
come up to the hopes of her pup
porters. The boys from the metropo
lis have displayed a latent power to
come back, however, that makes them
a dangerous team to contend with no
matter how the score stands. Mul
ligan's proteges will go into the semi
finals tonight against Beatrice, while
Lincoln will meet Crete.
Some of the tightest games of the ,
CLASS ATHIRD ROUND
OMAHA, 23; COLUMBUS, 12
Omaha Columbus
Maxwell rf It. Neumann
patty If c. Neumann
Paynter c Lisco
Grve rg Gass
Loean ig Dickey
Goals Maxwell, 4; Patty, 1; Payn
ter, 4; Logan, 1; R. Neumann, 2; C.
Neumann, Llsco, Gass.
Foul goalsPatty, 3; C. Neumann, 2
Referee Shields.
LINCOLN, 14; SOUTH OMAHA, 7
4
Lincoln South Omaha
typreanson rf ... Graham
Albrecht if Carr
Brlan c Nixon
Bethany, 16; Falls City, 13.
Fullerton, 9; Randolph, 4.
Arlington, 20; Harvard, 7.
Kenesaw, 10; Kimball, 3.
Schuyler, 11; Franklin Academy, 7.
Minden, 12; Elmwood, 11.
Grand Island, 7; Sidney, 5.
CLASS C FIRST ROUND
Wahoo, 13; Nelson, 8.
Tilden, 23; Murdock, 9.
Cedar Bluffs, 5; Bancroft, 4.
Ravenna, 12; Temple High, 2.
Talmage, 11; Nebraska Military
Academy, 7.
Humboldt, 11; Craig, 2.
Wausa, 8; Superior, 7.
Idianola, 21; Louisville, 8.
Battle Creek, 16; Lynch, 9.
CLASS C SECOND ROUND
Omaha School of Commerce, 10;
Ainsworth, , 4.
Osmond, 16; Alma, 6.
Genoa, 20; Shickley, 5.
Palisade, 10; Ansley, 3.
Dunbar, 2; Arnold, 0. (Forfeited.)
day were staged in Divisions B and
C. Here as well as in the third
class, the teams have shown ability
at the court game, and the university
authorities will have to make a num
ber of promotions into higher
classes for next year's tournament.
Every game has had Us share of
rooters, and the interest and friend
ly spirit has been one of the best
features of the play. While the crowd
that watched Omaha eliminate Colum
bus last night was against the big
city team, good sportsmanship has
been displayed throughout.
There has not been a single serious
injury, nor have any of the high
school men showed bad effects from
their play up to date.
The complete box scores of every
one of yesterday's games is given be
low: I Smith rg Bott
Schroeder lg Shainholtz
Substitutes South Omaha: Ather-
ton.
Field goals Cypreanson, 2; Al
brecht, 3; Brian. Graham, Shain
holtz.
Foul goals Brian, 2; Nixon, 3.
Referee Rutherford.
CRETE, 17; HEBRON, 4
Crete Hebron
Len Frundel rf Cruise
Les Frundel...... If... Grey
Kacer c. D. Shearer
E1U8 rg Bailey
C. Frundel.. lg Talbott
Substitutes Hebron: M. Shearer,
Huntsman, Richards. i
Bethany vs. Stanton 2 p. in.
Arlington vs. Fullerton .. 2:15 p. ni.
Kenesaw vs. Schuyler ... 3:00 p. ni.
Minden vs. Grand Island.. 3:15 p. m.
All the above games in the Armory.
The semi-finals in Class B will bo
played in the City Auditorium, Thir
teenth .anil M streets; first game
called at 8:15 o'clock.
CLASS C SECOND ROUND
Wahoo vs. Tilden :00 a. m.
Cedar Bluffs vs. Ravenna. 9:15 a. m.
Humboldt vs. Talmage. . .10:00 a. m.
Wausa vs. Henderson. .. .10:15 a. m.
Battle Creek vs. Indianola.il: 00 a. m.
Valparaiso vs. Genoa 11:15 a. m
Dunbar vs. Palisade 2:00 p. m.
Omaha School of Commerce
vs Osmond 2:15 p. m
SATURDAY'S PROGRAM
Semi-Finals, Division C, 2 p. m..
Armory.
Iowa vs. Nebraska, wrestling, 3 p
m., Armory.
Championship Finals, Class B, 8 p,
m r.itv Auditorium.
L Championship finals, Class C, 3:15
p. m., City Auditorium.
Championship Finals, Class A, 9 p
m., City Auditorium.
HUSKERS GRAPPLE;
IOWASATURDAY
Six Matches Scheduled in the Mat
Game for that Date
' The Nebraska mat artists will meet
the Iowa team in the Armory Sat
urday at 3 o'clock. The Iowans, led
iiv thn renowned Barron, are plan
ning to take a majority of the six
r..atches. The Cornhuskers are equal
ly iotPimined to make a clean swetp,
The result will be a good series of
bouts between the wrestlers of the
two schools.
Thn Vphrnsica team will be:
Special class Pascale, 125 pounds.
Lightweight Brian, 135 pounds.
iifi-..;rVif fiutberlet. 145
vv t-iiri vi cifci'v
nounds.
iru.n..,niifht Rutherford. 158
il lUlllcn
nouuds.
Light Heavyweight Captain Ctou-
palik, 175 pounds.
Heavyweight Dales or Kozitsky.
Otoupalik.
vohraska entrant in the heavy
weight ciass has not been lefinitdy
decided upon. Eligibility rules are
said to be bothering some of tno
moiubco of the squad.
nn, t.-.ra arpstlers are: Austin,
Barron. Cockshoot, Gilliland. Heming-
8ou and Parrott. or tnese. aui
and Parrott are new at the game,
while Barron and Gilliland have rep
resented" Iowa in wrestling for two
vpars. Cockshoot and Hemmingson
are second year men.
c-. inV.t to the baske-ba.I
tournament will give admission to the
wrestling meet in the Armory Sat
THREE HEMSKIS Oil M11LIB SQUAD
CAPTAIN HUGG, RUTHERFORD AND JAMES GARDINER
GIVEN PLACES ON MISSOURI VALLEY HONOR ROLL
Cornhuskers Missouri Valley Champions The Season Reviewed
Sketches of the Team Members As Other Valley
Schools See Us
ALL-MISSOURI
VALLEY SQUAD
A very satisfactory All-Missouri
Valley basketball team is indeed hard
to pick. The following men have been
chosen by the Daily Nebraskan as the
best ten basketball men in the Mis
souri Valley conference:
Forwards
Rutherford, Nebraska.
Gibben, Kansas University.
Adams, Kansas Aggies.
Reynolds, Kansas Aggies.
Campbell, Missouri.
Center
Williams, Missouri.
Guards
Hugg, Nebraska.
- j; Gardiner, Nebraska.
Aldrich, Ames.
Ramsey, Kansas Aggies.
At the center position, Williams of
Missouri appears to be the unanimous
rhnice. but there are a number of good
men for guard and forward positions.
rantain Hue and J. Gardiner oi me
Nebraska five are easily the pick of
the euards in the valley. Ramsey or
the Kansas Aggies is an exceptionally
good guard and would run either of
the Nebraska men a close race for
the position.
Of the forwards, Adams and Reyn
olds, the Kansas Aggies pair, show up
as well as any others. Kutneriora
umber of baskets in each game
Duv
and must be considered. Adams, the
Kansas Aeeie captain, has Rutherford
bested for playing the floor and in
clean handling of the ball in team
work. Gibben has an accurate eye foi
baskets and passes and receives the
ball well. In team work, however,
he is weak. Campbell of Missouri was
one of the big factors in the success
of the Missourians.
Should a team be organized from
these players, Hugg would be the man
to captain it. Always a consistent
player, a close guard, and an accu
rate basket tosser, he led the Corn
huskers on to the close of a victorious
season and a 1916 Missouri Valley
championship.
1916 SCHEDULE
January 14
...34 Kansas Uni 33
January 15
...40 Kansas Uni ..27
January 21
...41 Drake 3
January 22
Nebraska.
Nebraska .
Nebraska .
Nebraska .
Nebraska.
Nebraska .
Nebraska.
...44 Drake "
January 28
...23 Wesleyan .... 24
February 4
...35 Ames Aggies 21
February 5
...31 Ames Aggies ....14
February 11
...21 Kansas Aggies... 20,
Nebraska.
February 12
Nebraska.... 26 Kansas Aggies... 25
February 29
Nebraska.... 19 Wesleyan 28
February 23
Nebraska.... 34 Drake 24
February 24
Nebraska.... 40 Drake 15
February 25
Nebraska.... 23 Ames Aggies ....14
February 26
Nebraska.... 29 Ames Aggies ....17
Nebraska met defeat but twice dur
ing this season both times at the
hands of Wesleyan. The Cornhuskers
won all their conference games and
have a clear claim to the valley cham
pionship.
The Jayhawkers almost put an end
to Nebraska championship aspirations
in the first two games of the season.
The Kansas five was playing in mid-
season form and the Cornhuskers were
just rounding into shape. As it was,
Nebraska came out of the series with
a double victory, one time by the nar
row margin of one point. The week
following the Kansas game was put in
in hard practices and the varsity
showed a distinct change for the bet
ter and won from Drake in a two
game series 41 to 13 and 44 to 16.
January 28th Wesleyan defeated Ne
braska 23 to 24 on the Nebraska floor.
The Coyotes showed aggressiveness.
This coupled with a good break of
luck brought victory to Wesleyan by
one point. After this game former
Coach Stiehm's relations with Nebras
ka athletics terminated and Sam
Waugh was hired by the athletic board
to coach the varsity five.
Under Coach Waugh's tutelage the
squad rapidly bettered and won from
the Ames Aggies 35 to 21 and 31 to
14. The Iowa farmers were thought
to be championship material until the
Nebraska series.
On the nights of February 11 and
12 the invasion from the south was
met, successfully resisted and. the
enemy turned back. Wonderful tales
had reached the U. of N. about the
Kansas Aggies, who had boen consis
tently victorious in the southern half
of the conference. The Manhattan
quintet had beaten the Jnyhawkers
worse than had Nebraska, and clearly
the valley title was in (he balance.
As the Kansas State Collegian ably
puts it, "In two hard fought battles
royal, featured by a football style of
play, the Aggies lost the Nebraska
games last Friday and Saturday by a
margin of one point in each game."
With the Kansas Aggies out of the
way the Cornhuskers essayed to test
their mettle with Wesleyan. and met
dk -t 23 to 19 in the Wesleyan gyra.
ThY Coyotes failed to show the wear
ing effects of their long trip and the
varsity seemed to have gone stale
after the Kansas Aggies series. "
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urday at 3 "o'clock.
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