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THE DAILY NEBRASK AN
Great Coach In
v Husker Sports
Football Teams Defeated Notre
Dame, Minnesota, and Iowa
During His Stay Here
NEBRASKA WON BASKET
BALL TITLE IN 1915-16
XV
(Editor'! Note)
TkU U the fifteenth chapter of an
historical ruumi of Nebraska, ath
letie which haa ba compiled by a
Member of Tke Daily Nahraikaa
port taff. A chapter of thia
a at will appear in each Uiaa of
Tho Daily Nehraikan for tho re
mainder of the school year.
By Jack Elliott
We open thia chapter by paying
tribute to one of the greatest if not
the greatest football coaches the
University of Nebraska ever claimed
Coach Ewald 0. "Jumbo" Stlehm.
Very seldom. Is it that a crach enters
a school and makes good from the
start until the finish, but this is ex
actly what Coach Stiehm did.
Stiehm accomplished feats that
had never before been done at the
Cornhusker school. One- feat that
seemed well night impossible the
defeat of Minnesota was accom
plished by the Nebraska football
mentor. He made each year stronger
than the first, going through three
years with a single defeat in the
Missouri Valley conference. His
football warriers defeated such teams
as Michigan Aggies, Notre Dame,
Iowa University, and Minnesota, and
during his last two years at Ne
braska he brought home the Western
championship.
Went To Indiana
Tho 1915 season was the last sea
son for "Jumbo" Stiehm at Nebraska
for in 1918 he went to Indiana Uni
versity. He left the Husker school
with a football record unequalled by
any football mentor that ever
coached the pigskin pastime at Ne
braska. Thirty-five victories and two
defeats in three years was his record.
For the sixth consecutive season,
Nebraska won the championship of
the Miisocri Valley, a feat never ac
complished by any football team in
the conference to this day. The bas
ketball championship of the Valley
was also copped by Nebraska in 1915
and 1916.
The football team, winners of the
championship in 1915 for the sixth
conswentive time was as follows:
Captain Dick Rutherford, half back
and All-Valley man, Corey, Abbott,
Guy Chamberlin, halfback and All
American man; Loren Caley, Paul
Shields, Art Balis, Doyle, Ted Rid
dell, All-Valley; Edison Shaw, tackle
and All-Valley man his first year;
Ellsworth Moser, Herbert Resse,
Jimmy Gardiner, Hugo Otoupalik,
and Johnny Cook.
Won Basket Title
Nebraska not only won the foot
ball championship of the Missouri
Valley but also the title as basket
ball champions of the conference.
One of the outstanding features of
this season was the coaching of Sam
Waugh basketball coach. Turning
out a championship basketball team
during 1915-1916 was one of the real
athletic accomplishments of Nebraska
sport history.
Waugh took charge of the Husker
basketballers Just four days before
the initial conference game and from,
then on tie team that wore the
Scarlet and Cream jerseys started a
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steady march toward the title.
Coach Waugh inaugurated an entirely
new system of basketball coaching at
Nebraska and abolished the old block
ing system that had prevailed in the
past for the new open play game that
did away with the rough court game
of the past.
The wearers of the Missouri Valr
ley championship sweaters in basket
ball were Dick Rutherford, Nelson,
Riddell, C. Gardiner, Shields, J. Gar
diner, Campbell, Hugg, and Captain
Theisen.
The scores of the games were as
follows:
Nebraska, 84; Kansas, S3.
Nebraska, 40; Kansas, 27.
Nebraska, 41; Drake, 12.
Nebraska, 41; Drake, 16.
Nebraska, 35; Ames, 21.
Nebraska, 31; Ames, 14.
Nebraska, 21; Kansas Aggies, 20.
Nebraska, 26; Kansas Aggies, 25.
Nebraska, 34; Drake, 24.
Nebraska, 40; Drake, 15.
Nebraska, 23; Ames, 14.
Nebraska, 29; Ames, 17.
Minor sports at Nebraska held an
important place in the field of sport
dom and in tennis, the Husker school
won second place in the Missouri Val
ley tournament. Wrestling also was
on the road to success and under the
eoaching eye of Hugo Otoupalik, the
Husker wrestlers set their pace.
The fall of 1916 opened with Dr.
E. J. Stewart as director of Nebraska
athletics and Guy E. Reed, manager
of athletics. The year of 1916 saw
Nebraska adopting a new policy in
athletics and instead of playing only
schools in the Missouri Valley con
ference, the Husker school now
adopted the policy of playing the
larger institutions in football. The
second important step taken in ath
letics this year was the re-establishing
baseball at Nebraska after a
seven years absence of the great
American pastime.
The men who made up the football
team of 1916 were: Captain Harry
Corey, Johnny Cook, HugoDtoupalik,
Edson Shaw, Robert Cameron, Lorin
Caley, Ted Riddell, Ellsworth Moser,
Roscoe Rhodes, Jimmy Gardiner, Ben
Dale, Harold, Wildner, Paul Dobson,
William Norris, Ray Doyle, Ed Kosit
sky, and Milton Selzer.
Seven teams were met by the
Cornhusker footballers during the
season and five of the seven were de
feated by the men of Coach Stewart
Notre Dame and Kansas University
were the only elevens to defeat Ne
braska, Notre Dame taking the count
20 to and Kansas 7 to 3.
Two important features mark the
season in football during 1916. First,
a Cornhusker football eleven was de
feated for the first time in four
years and the first time in soyen
years by a team in the Missouri Val
ley conference. The second fact was
that the Husker school changed foot
ball coaches and Dr. E. J. Stewart of
the Oregon Agricultural College re
placed Coach Ewald "Jumbo" Stiehm
HIGH RECORDS
ARE IN DANGER
Former State Track Marks Are
Doomed to Fall Before Host
Of Young Athletes
ENTRY LIST INCREASING
Several of the present high school
records are doomed to fall and none
of them will be in an absolutely safe
position when the Nebraska high
athletes contend for the state cham
pionship at the stadium Friday and
Saturday. Schools over the state
have taken a greater Interest in track
this spring than ever before, with a
corresponding increase in the compe
tition which -is promised for this
years' meet. Athletic Director Gish
says that this marked increase in in
terest indicates that the meet will be
better all the way through.
Bailey of Scottsbluff will make the
strongest bid for honors in the quarter-mile
although several runners
throughout the state have been show
ing up very well in this event.
Trumble Has Done Well
Lampson of Nellgh promises to
shine in the high hurdles and is one
of the season's most outstanding men.
Young Trumble from Cambridge is
credited with equalling the record
time of 15:5 set by his brother last
year. Lampson has not only been
clocked within a tenth of a second
of the high hurdle record but has
equalled the record of :25.6 in the
lows which was set last year.
The hundred yard dash record has
been equalled this spring by Lambert
of Kearney who is one of the eight
men who are joint holders of the
record. He has a chance of beating
this record under the fast competi
tion which is promised.
Four schools have sent in their
entry since the last list was pub
lished: Beaver City in class II, Far
num in class I, South Omaha, and
Alliance in class III are the latest
entries.
Officials Are Named
Officials for the meet have been
announced by the athletic office.
Referee, Coach Schulte; director, H.
D. Gish; official starter, "Bill" Day;
head timer, - Rev. D. B. O'Conner;
bead judge of finish, Earl Johnson;
head clerk of .finish, Ernest Bearg;
head judge1 of the weights, B. F.
Oakes; head judge of the jumps, O.
B. Anderson; head inspector, J. L.
as head football coach at Nebraska.
The 1917 basketball season was
only a fairly successful season with
Nebraska staying in the first divi
sion of the Missouri Valley confer
ence. The team was made up of the
following men: Captain Campbell,
Schumacher, Wertz, Pickett, Flotow,
Jackson, Nelson.
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Kriemelmeyer, M. Voltz, J. Weir.
Judges of the finish A. H. Ash
ley, Herman Jobst, Dr. Phren, Robert
Stephens, Otto Zumwinkle, W. Hein,
C. L. Dow. .
Timers Lewis, Anderson, Ward,
Haylett, Wilber Knight
Judges of field events Will
French, W. Fleming, Ted Page, in
high jump; Don Bell R. Andrews, G.
Shaner in broad jump; Dr. W. C.
Becker, F. Wirsig, W. Ossian in pole
vault; O. Hurd, C. Ashburn, it. Rich
ards in shot put; H. Almy, R. Mand
ary, T. James in javelin; F. Pospisil,
E. Durisch, W. Potts in discus throw.
Scorers W. Cammeron, W.. Ames,
A. Wilson.
Inspectors Perly Wyatt, Frank
Dailey, Robert Davenport, Glen John
son, Norris Chadderdon, Frank Hays,
Ellis McCarney.
Track and field assistants Justin
SomewUle, Robert Dubois, freshmen
trackmen.
leading Husker entry in the high
jump.
Drake's strength in the sprints and
field events is as yet unknown. Their
men are believed strongest in the
middle distances and distance runs,
outside of their acknowledged supe
riority in thd high juiap.
This will be tho last hard workout
for the Cornhuskers until the valley
meet the following week which prom
ises to be one of the most fiercely
contested mix-ups in years.
Freshmen began their telegraphic
races Wednesday evening: the varsity
squad began to let down for the
Saturday dual meet.
BEARG BACK FROM NELIGH
Coach Bearg is back from a trip to
Neligh where he spoke before an
athletic dinner sponsored by the
Rotarian club. He was told while
there, that Lamson, Neligh's star
hurdler, was second iu Bchulurahip
among the senior class, only one girl
having better grades fdr the year
than he had.
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MEET SATURDAY
Nebraska Track Team Faces
Iowa Squad in First Dual
Home Meet of Season
SCHULTE IS CONFIDENT
Cornhusker track and field men
are getting set for their -first home
dual meet of the season when they
meet Drake on the stadium track at
10 o'clock Saturday morning. The
meet is being held in the morning so
as not to interfere with the state
high school track meet Friday and
Saturday.
Nebraska is doped an easy winner
in the meet but Bome fast competition
is promised. Van Laningham, Drake
half-miler, who last year set a new
track record for the 880 when he
ran here in the Nebraska-Drake dual
meet, did not show so well in the val-
lev indoor meet but recent reports
indicate that he is likely to give
Johnson and Chadderdon a run for
their money Saturday.
In Brunk and Carle, Drake has
two of the best high-jumpers in the
valley. They have both made 6 feet
4 inches this season although not con
sistently. Ted Page, will be the
TENNIS TEAM WILL
BATTLE WESLEYAN
Nebraska Squad to Meet Team Which
Handed Them a Defeat Early la
The Season This Week
The Husker net squad will match
strokes with the Wesleyan racque
teers this afternoon at 3:00 o'clock
on the University Place courts. The
match was substituted for the Mis
souri meet which could not be ar
ranged because of conflicting dates.
The Methodist squad played the
Nebraska team early in the season
and had little trouble in annexing a
victory. However, a steady improve
ment has been shown by the Husker
racquet wieldera and the match is
considered a toss up as to who will
be the victor.
Heacock will have a hard match on
his hands when he plays Paul Mahood
this afternoon. Mahoci was state
champion in 1926 and finalist last
year. Heacock staged a wonderful
battle with Coggeshall, Pioneer flash,
recently, and he wil no doubt show
plenty cf wares in his match today.
Arrangements have been made to
meet the Uni Place aggregation again
on May 16. The squad is working
out strenuously every day in prepara
tion for the Missouri Valley meet
which will be held here May 20 and
21.
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