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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1915)
Why ISfot Send Jim Gilmore to Europe to Follow Ford? 'AINCRETE STANDS ELECTED LEADER OF OMAHA UNI ELEVEN. SPORTS SECTION The Omaha INGERSOLL GOES BACK TOMILLERS Rourke Pitcher Who Hurled No-Hit Game Last Summer ii Purchased by Minneapolis. I FOR NEBRASKA UNI BASE BALL PEACE IS STILL AFAR OFF Factions Are Drawing Apart Instead of Getting Together in Loving Embrace. FEDS WON'T DROP THE SUIT Gay Reed Announce! Big Surplus Earned from Foot Ball Will Be Used for Improvements. RUTHERFORD RECEIVES OFFER 1 r J ii I ! . A I r f 'M i! ' lila - I i m rt r" N J N ) 1 Tly JAMKS E. LIWRF.XCR. LINCOLN, 1C. IS. 8peclal.)-Practlc-elly alt of the big surplus from the most successful season of foot ball In the his tory of the University of Nebraska will lie devoted to Improving; the athletic field, (Manager of Athletics Guy K. Reed said today. Hoed expects a surplus of between $3,000 ( And $10,000 when a complete check of ac- ' counts is nmsnea. me figures for the juwa gamo given vui una ween were a ieasant surprise lor tne jxepraska man agement. Inasmuch as the crowd was a disappointment The total receipts for the game were H,2. The only game yet to hear from Is Kansas. Reed had. a letter from Manager ' Hamilton this week saying that the fao sHr committee had not audited his ao counts yet, but as soon as It was com f pleted he would send a check. The Kan sas crowd was the largest in the his- tory of athletics at Lawrence and the .' Nebraska share of the receipts will be J heavy. Reed expects the total receipt for the season to run close to 136,000 or , ' M.OOO. V Erect Concrete Stands. The surplus will .give the Nebrsska f management an opportunity to carry out 1 some of Us long-cherished plans of erect ing concrete stands on the Nebraska field. One of the most numerous com plaints made by snyorters of ath letics at the Cornhusker institution is the lack of choice seats for foot ball games, Reed says. It is the present plan to erect the concrete stands, section by section, until all of the grand stand and bleachers are of permanent material. The special committee appointed by the athletlo board to report on the selection of a new coach to succeed Jumbo Stlehm has held several meetings during the week, but has succeeded in keeping the results of its investigations pretty much of a secret. The Hat of candidates for the Job lnlreascs daily and the, board does not Intend to rush Itself. It is felt that a little more care taken now may save a lot ot grief later on. There Is very little chance that any aolion wUl be taken to select Stlehm's Jrlocessor before the rirst or me year. The committee Is expected to complete Its Investigations by that time and report back to the board for final action. Bis; Nine Wants Ratherford. Affairs are slowly shaping so it is re garded as practically certain that Dick Rutherford will be at the helm next year. There s only one contingency which would upset the dope and that is the willingness of a more experienced man to oome to Nebraska at a comparatively low figure. The board will still have its hands tied In the matter of offering a large salary to the director of athletlos. Rutherford is receiving numerous offers to coach elsewhere. One Missouri Valley conference school has offered him the head coachshlp at a salary of 12,000 a year, and the same figure is held up as an inducement by a Big Nine confer ence member foi Rutherford's .serves in the capacity of assistant coach. Un dergraduate sentiment is still strong for the retention of Rutherford as head coach. Wrestling has developed into; one of the most populur sports at the university perhaps due to the marvelous success of Joe Btecher. Coach Sylvester's initial call for wrestlers this week brought out a squad of fifty, the largest since the mat game was revived at the university. The Huskers romped off with, the west ern Intercollegiate championship last year and the two men who turned the trick are in school again this season. They re. Captain Dick Rutherford and Hueh Otopoultk. They are with the squad, and addition. Bylvester has a buncn oi ery promising men from which to select his team. Track training will begin immediately after the Christmas holidays, according to announcement of Coach Reed. Reed wants to complete all of the preliminary instruction in the gymnasium, so that when good weather comes, he can put the squad to work in earnest. Reed Shone His Speed. Manager Reed Is having his first schedule-making test as a result of the sudden Jump of Coach Stelhm to Indiana, but Reed is handling affairs with the hand of a veteran. His negotiations with Notre Dame, which landed a game with this powerful aggregation for a Turkey day menue was hailed with hearty ap probation. Reed has also turned a trltl which should swell the coffers of the Nebraska treasury, for with such mem ories as the Notre Dame game, last faf, the greatest crowd in the history of Missouri Valley foot ball, can be canfl dently looked for. Although not officially announced, the Nebraska schedule is practically com plete exept for one game. The seven of the eight games arranged for already are: October 7 Drake university at Lincoln. October 14 Kansas Aeries at Lincoln. October 4 Ames Aaglea at Lincoln. November H Nebraska Wesleyan at Lincoln. nvember IS Kansas at Lincoln. November IS Kansas at Lincoln. November 25 Iowa at Iowa City. November 90 Notre Dame a Lincoln. After Blar Game. The one remaining date to fill, the Ne braska manager believes, should be a game which will give the Huskers a chare of publicity. In order to secure the desired game. Reed Is willing to enter Into a one year contract instead of the customary two-year agreement, providing for a return engagement at Llnceln In 1917. At any rate Reed is negotiating with two prominent institutions for that date and If his plans materallbe, he Huskers will take the longest Jaunt In their history to display of foot ball serve I up at Nebraska. The open date Is Octo ber 21, and in event the present negotia tions terminate successfully, the last Sat urday in the month will be left open to permit the Huskers to recuperate and catch up in their studies. The schedule provides for five strong games at borne with only Iowa to be met on a foreign field. The open date will be away from home so that Nebraska wiU play all but two of its games on Its own field next year. MANY PAPERWEIGHTS OUT IN CALIFORNIA COUNTRY i Inland Stanford university has twenty- k five coxswain candidates for the varsity crew. Captain Orme expects to have a strong crew, as the members of the foot ball su.uad are expected to turn out. Q ,f W , I y -. 1 1 JOHN EEIBERT. BIG FLOOR FRAY HERE ONJTOESDAY All-Stars, Led by Dick Rutherford, 1 Will Play Burgess-Nash Team at the Omaha Y. M. C. A. LEAGUE OPENINGS DELAYED Because of the approaching holidays. teams of the Trl-Clty. Commercial and Church leagues have agreed to postpone the opening of their respective loops until after the new year. January 3 has been set for the general opening. The Interim will be used by the local man agers to put the finishing touches to their quintets. With the exception of a large number of practice contests, basket ball fans are looking forward with great Interest to the game between the Nebraska Na tionals and Stub Hascall's Burgesa-Nash team. The two fives will mix Tuesday evening at the Young Men's Christian association and from the dope the game promises to be one of the hardest ever staged on a local court. The Nationals) are on a trip to the coast and number among some of their tossers Dick Ruther ford, Max Towle, Leslie Mann, . Harry Methene and the Hager brothers. Omaha Men Are Vets. While the visitors are reputed to hare some of the best basket ball talent In the state with them, they will be opposed by team composed of veteran players. Warren Howard, Oble Meyers, Paul Anthes, Bob Flndley, Hyde, Jones and Amberson wtlk, appose the visiting lumi naries. The Burnaaco quintet have been practicing at the Young Men's Christian association for the last three weeks and are In good form for the game. The dropping out of the Creighton col lege team from the Trt-Clty league was one of the big surprises last week. Fol lowers of the Indoor sport are still hop ing that the White and Blue may enter the organization. The Catholic schooj baa not been officially withdrawn from the loop and will be considered as a member until definite word is heard from Tommy Mills, the Creighton mentor who Is expected borne January 1. No effort will be made to turn the Creighton fran chise over to another quintet until this point Is eetled. Awaiting Tommy Mills' final decision Creighton ' tossers have temporarily signed with other fives of the Trl-Clty league. , Twelve In Church Loop. That the Church league will come Into Its own this season is expected by the officials of that organisation. Twelve churches Including two from the South Side, one from Florence and nine from Omaha have taken out franchises. They are Imroanuel Baptist, Calvary Baptist, South Side Baptist, First Methodist, First Christian, Hanscom Park Methodist, Kountze Memorial, St Johns, South Side Presbyterian. St Mary's Congregational, St. Barnabas and the Florence Presby terians. The Walnut Hill Methodists dropped out last week. It is expected that before the league is finally closed to entry sixteen churches will be represented. Just an By When Art ha Johnson was a budding black hope out west he lived in a gym run by another meeractiaum-colored bro ther by the name of Sam Prultt. Now, said Prultt was a most obliging gentle man and acted as sparring partner for IGOTr AM- ( JAVOtf HCrGJiTD OUT, gCTTA . lit po iwe I ngAWsS rOTHt pUjCKW- " WTw the ltadiug; you do the blocking. That's NICW YORK. Pee. IS. After several weeks of conferences base ball officials were forced to admit today that peaoe between the Federal league and organ ised base ball is far from being con summated. The meeting today between the Inde pendent Interests' committee and the Na tional commission failed to make any definite progress and after the formal adjournment, before which It was agreed to meet again In Cincinnati on Tuesday, Chairman Garry Herrmann of the Na tional commission said: "We have not agreed upon any definite proposition." Are Drawing; Apart. In fact, the conferring Interests are drawing apart Instead of together. If the remarks of the various league magnates are properly construed. Privately, the various factions are beginning to blame each other for the failure ot the peace program and for taking the Initial steps toward that end. While harmony was the keynote of all official publto state ments, the word could hardly have been applied to the sessions behind closed doors, according to some of those who entered and left at the beck and rail of the committees. If there was a dearth of official In formation regarding the progress toward pence there was no lack of rumors and reports relative to the stumbling blocks In the way. Knew All Abont It. According to National league men, the American league officers in Chicago were in touch with the Federal league clan more than ten days ago and knew the full contents of the tentative draft of peace which ' Barney Dreyfuss carried to Chi cago last Tuesday nlsht with so much mystery to present to the American league, then in session. Another report was to the effect that organized Interests expected they would have little difficulty In persuading the Federal league to withdraw its suit, now pending before Judge Landls and were bitterly disappointed when officers of that league were advised by their legal representatives to complete all peace pro positions before depriving themselves ot this anchor to windward. Show Impatience. American league and minor league men showed considerable Impatience with the situation. The minors threatened to leave the conference today at one tune it was stated. President B. B, Johnson ot the Ameri can league was first to leave the con ference today and he was soon followed by Chairman Herrmann of the National commission. Both left for the west. After their departure, the National league magnates conferred informally, but they made no statement when the meeting broke up. Mr. Oaffney, owner of the Boston Na tionals, stated today that the conference last night disclosed that the Federal league had lost more than $3,000,000 slnoe Its entry in the base ball world. This amount was more than the oombined losses of aU previous base ball wars, it was stated, Heanlt of Preparedness. CHICAGO, Dec lS.-Fillng of a stipula tion that the wrongs alleged by the Fed eral league have ceased to exist would result in automatic dismissal of that organization's Injunction suit against Organized base ball, according to legal authorities here today. This, it was said, would follow practice In all equity pro ceedings. It was pointed out that the permission of the court was not necessary for this proceedure. George Miller, the American league' attorney here, said be had heard nothing of the legal side of the peace terms now being discussed In New York and had received no Instructions to take up the case with Judge Landls. Kecne Addlngton, the Federal league attorney, is out of town, it was said at his office, and it was believed he was In New York. Because ot his position in court and in this case Judge Landls said he could not discuss it. ARMANDO MARSANS MAY DRAW SALARY TWO WAYS It Is said that Armando Marsans may collect double salaries for two years If the United Etates courts finally award him to tho Federals. He has already collected his salary from the St Louis Federalsi The Cincinnati club has filed bond to pay him for the time be might be idle owing to the injunction laid upon him against his playing with the St Louis Feds. Marsans' stipend Is $8,500 a season. Earful Tad Anna wnenever Artha needed one; and, as is the usual fate of sparring partners. Bam was mauled. Sam never even got a fifty-fifty break with Artha. Sam al ways got the worst of It. Some times late at night Artha would bring a bunch of sports ha'f lit up to the gym to see a bout He'd pull Bam out of bed. put the gloves on with him. muss earn up and grab twenty bucks or so, giving Sam a buck for consolation. Artha often trained for fights, and Sam was the buffer. He took everything Artha had, and liked it Finally one day the worm turned. Sam ' figured It out that he wasn't getting any richer, nor was he growing younger, so why act as a punching bag for this man Johnson? He slept on the thing that night and In the morning tad an earful for our friend. A. Johnson. At 10 o'clock Artha was stripped ready fur the four rounds of abuse. Bam moseyed out of a side room, gave Artha the up and down, and then eased up closer. He spoke: ' Artha." said 8am, "I'm willing to give you all the work you need. I'll box with you and make you clever. You'll be in good shape if you listen U me. After thin m-han imi the best practice they la." unday BIG WRESTLING GO TUESDAYEYENING Charley Peteri, Omaha Favorite, and George Kuvaroi Lock Horns at the Auditorium. B0T GRAPPLERS CONFIDENT The approaching grappling bout between Charley Peters and Ueorge Kuvaroa Is attracting considerable attention among wrestling fans. This pair of matt artists, who w ill lock horns at the Auditorium Tuesday nlKht. are a couple of young fellows, very much like Stecher, not In the game very long, but they have already proved to be fast, clever and tricky. Both are short and solidly built after the order of a bat tleship and are Just the kind of wrest lers who throw speed Into their work and are therefore an enjoyment to watch. Much speculation is manifested over the relative ability of the two men. Charley Peters, who halls from Papilllon, has long been regarded as a great wrest ler by local matt followers who have seen him work. He has not dono much professional work, most of It being done In private. It Is said by friends of the Papilllon lad that he can throw any man Stecher has thrown, and that the only man In the country Peters would not be certain of throwing Is Stecher. Dnt Think Is Another Hide. If these claims by Peters' friends should prove out Charley should Tin Mr. Kuvaros to the matt in short time. Put Kuvaros also has a few friends who be lieve the Greek could give Stecher a rub, and if he can give Stecher a rub he surely will be able to battle Peters to the finish. But 'this Is all preliminary talk and the fans will get a chance to see which Is right by flagging the contest at the Au ditorium Tuesday night. Ticket Sale Brisk. The ticket sale, whlcfc is going on at the Merchants' hotel, is progressing briskly and everything points to a big house. The match Is being staged by the newly organised Omaha Athletlo club and Is the club's maiden effort at promo tion. In case It Is successful other matches will be staged by the club. Both Peters and Kuvaros are In Omaha training for the match. Both are working hard and confident of victory. One thing Omaha fans can rest assured of both boys will be In condition for the match. Fultz Opines that Baum Knoweth Not Whereof He Speaks There's a rebellion anions- the Orarn. lzed Ball players In California. It was started when President Baum, of the Pacific Coast league telegraphed orders to players In the fold that they would impair their standing with the powers that be If they played with those naughty, naughty boys. Judge Ken. worthy of the Casey Federal league turn m n1 11mm. T 1. I . " -. tfuiniBun, wfin nas signed with the Peps. When the players got the notification they went right off the handle. Jack Bliss, formerly of the St Louis Cardinals, who Is catching for a Winter league team at Brawlev Cl wired David L. Fults, president of the flayers' Fraternity, at New Tork City, as follows:. "Has President Baum. of tv. Pacific Coast league, the aurhoritv keeping us from playing winter baseball in me imperial Valley league with Fed eral non-contract Jumpers? Please advise me as soon as possible." President Fults answered that Mr. Baum bad no such rignt unless the player's contract extend ed It to him. It Is Mr. Baum's move. One-Eyed Hurler to Play with the Cards Hiram Jasper, pitcher for Los Angeles In the Paclflo Coast league, has at last signed a Cardinal contract for 1910, the Angels to receive a player and a cash consideration. J as tier la eaiist .. i one-eyed player In the majors, having iosi an eye wnen struck by a batted ball four years ago. KANSAS MEETS GOPHERS; AMES AGGIES DROP OUT A MBS, la., Dec. IS. (Srvelal T.incrn. After having played Minnesota univer sity ror twenty years, Iowa State gives the place of the Gophers to Kansas uni versity for October 14. 191a. the announcement of Chairman Clyde Williams of the Iowa Btt anhnriiiin committee today. The arrangement with Kansas la mmla to give Iowa State a balanced home schedule. The feeling- of Am .- the Gophers Is of the beet and the chnne oruy to give a good schedule on Butu field alternate vears when ih plays Nebraska and Missouri away from Ames. PENN CREW DATES ARE ANNOUNCED FOR PUBLIC KHW YORK. Dec Id T-h im. i... of Pennsylvania Athletic aaa.iutinn-. board of directors have ratified a sched ule of these races for tha varaitv On April S, Yale will be met at Plilla- aeipniai May f. Navy at Annapolis, and May IS, Princeton, Columbia and I'enu- sylvanla will contest for the Chllda" cup iropny at the American Henley regatta at Philadelphia. No provision was made for the annual Intercollegiate Pouffhkeepal. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 19, 101."). Buck Rodgcrs, West V f ' b " '. J .. f -.:. A ? - "" i BUCK " JZO&GCFZS., In "Buck" rtodgers, the 100-pound. 19-year-old athlete, the University of West Virginia thinks It has one of the leading stars of the country. Ho far "Buck" has failed to gleam In the limelight as have the stars In Prince ton, Harvard and Yale, but according to the dope he would measure up to some of these stars In a favorable manner. "Buck's" particular dish Is foot ball. In which game he plays fullliark. He Is a star on punts, passes, dropklcks, place kicks and skirting the end. Outside of this he may do any other little thing John Dcnnison Makes Another Raid and Grabs One Gus Probst Johnny Pennlson, manager of the Luxus crew, which waltzed away with the ama teur championship of Omaha, licked the champs of Duluth, Minn., and thin got the buck fever, with considerable dis astrous results, at CIcvelaJitl-on-Lake-Krle, is striking terror Into the hearts of class A managers of Omaha. Johnny turned a trick yesterday that has made him solidly unpopular among his contemporaries. If the unanimuus ver dict wasn't already "guilty." For yes terday Mr. Qustavus Probst we suppose It's Guetavus, anyway. It's Gus-af fixed his affluent signature to a Luxus docu ment under the persuasive and hypnotic eye of Mr. J. Denntson. Probst will play third base for the Luxus next year. Last year Gus labored through a couple of games for the Black Kats and then finished the season at Blair, where he set things on fire. Dcnni son declares Probst is about the best third Backer in the city. He hits well, can be depended upon to deliver In a pinch, hikes the runway with much speed and eclat and covers bla station In nifty style. All of which means that Mr. Probst la endowed with most of the ac Bee irginia's Star Athlete when asked. Here Is what an enthusiast says of him: "He has a stiff arm that has a drive like a mule kick and carries tacklers around the field like a dog does fleas." In addition it Is said that "Buck" wears a No. IS collar and does not smoke, drink or chew. Also he Is one of the best stu dents In the university. Now that the foot ball season Is over "Buck" has turned to basket ball and weltiht events for the winter snd will play base bull In the spring. He does all these things as well as he plays base ball. complishments a good third baseman should have. The signing of Probst means the passing of Phil Tracy, who gained fame by bust ing out a ooupla of pinch hits at Cleve land. Dennlaon will decorate Phil with the tinkling tinware. The signing ot Probst was the second trick Dennison turned this year. A couple of weeks ago he signed Johnny Hasen, the class of the city at second base, to succeed Pip Cooke. Genlu! John also an nounces be is on the trail of a couple of other scintillating athletes. The Luxus won the amateur championship ot Omaha last year. With Johnny grabbing all the well talent In town ahat will his charges do next year? HERE'S A GRID WARRIOR WHO CAN PULL 'EM DOWN Babe Turner of the Arkansas unlvemlty foot ball team is declared to be the tallest nan playing the gridiron game. Turner Is six feet seven Inches tall In bla stocking feet and weighs 38 pound. He la U years old. He was developed by Coach T. T. McCounelL ISBELL HAS FIGHT ON IIAJJD3 Boh Tngersoll. ho startled the natlvea last summer by hurling a no-run, no-hlt game for the Rourkes, returns to Minne apolis In the spring. Ingersoll came to Omaha from Minne apolis In the middle of the year after he failed to show much In the association. He started right In with Omaha and pitched good baoe ball, topping his rec ord wtth the no-hlt combat. Cantnilon followed his work here and. as he had a string on him, purchased him back from Omaha, Ingersoll, was handicapped during Ms trial with the Millers last spring by a bad ankle. He was unable to get Into good condition until he came here. He Is expected to make good with the) northerners next year. Troafcl in Ies Molars. Frank Isbell and Tom Falrweather are carded to have a fight on their handa to preserve Sunday base ball In Dea Moines. The Anti-Saloon league of the Iowa capi tal Is heading a move to abolish tha Sun day theater and Sunday base ball. It Is said the league la receiving some substan tial backing and stands a good chanoa for success.' Isbell and Falrweather, of course, will fight the movement as It la an established fact that none of tho Western league teams could exist with out Sunday game. It might be possible for the Is Moines magnaten to build a park at Valley Junction, a railroad Junc tion adjoining Des Molnen, lUt it would necessitate an expenditure of at least $10,000 and tho attendance would un doubtedly suffer. It would ft a sad blow to the Western league If the antl-saloon-Ist should succeed. I'rexlr's Life Not All Rosea. President-elect Frank C. Zehrung la al ready encountering a few of the trials and tribulations of a base ball loop prexle. . Would-be and almost umpires re making a concentrated attack on the peaoe of the new president even at this early date and If Zehrung would algn all of them he would have enough to give every player an umpire to carry his luggage around. Zehrung saya there evidently Is no truth In the assertion that the umpire's life Is a hard one tha way applications for Jobs are earning in. The new prexle, however. Is not signing up any umpa, as he does not officially take office until the first of the year and will make no move until then. . fiallowar at Shortstop. Long, lean, tanky Jim Galloway, who held down the keystone sack for the Den ver Orisslles and cracked tha pill atl over the lot last year, will be switched to the shortstop position on the coast. by which league he waa drafted from Denver. Galloway should burn 'em up out on the coast as he waa considerable firebrand In this loop and when such players as Qoxte Mtddleton, Ham Patter son, et at, can get away with It In the Class AA league. It should be . cinch for a regular player like Galloway. Roarka Ltkea Klldaft. Pa Rourke says he Is tickled to hear that Pete KUduff has been sold to htm. Rourke made Oklahoma City an offer for the short-stopper and tho naws of the ale In the newspapers waa his first Information that his offer waa accepted. KUduff, says Rourke, Is 21 years old. five-foot-seven In the air, welgha lfiO pounds and hits and throws right handed. He Is fast as lightning, according to Pa and is a mighty sweet fielder. Ha hit for .2! last year, and busted nine teen home runs, which shows that he knows how to handle himself ( at the plate. Last year waa Kllduffs second year In base ball. Kavra Slga Kiel. The Topeka club has signed a hurler, who Is a genuine Kansan. The youth, Mr. Savage has signed Is Howard Bumps of Ottawa. Mr. Bumps made Quite a record In Independent base ball at Ot tawa. It remains to be aeen whether he will get the bumps or not as his name would signify. O'Neill at It. Joef There Is a story current among Western league circles that Norrls L. O'Neill, who waa separated from the presidency of tha Western league, wilt be once more actively engaged In the business of this loop. The story has It that Tip O'Nfclll will become the actlvo executive of the St. Joseph club now that Jack Holland has signed to be business manager of the Kansas City club In the American association. It has always been suspected that Tip was a part owner of the St. Joseph franchise, if not the principal one, and thus the report following Holland's change. I University of Omaha Basket Ball Team Rounds Into Form Although handicapped by a lata start. Coach Kavan of the University of Omaha Is rounding bla basket ball team Into shape. Kavan has been putting hla men through three hard houra of work each evening and plana to Increase tha houra or practice during the vacation. In prac tice the first and second fives hare been lining urV as follows: First Team Center. Adams; forwards. Leach and McBride; guards, Ernst and Bruce. Second Team Center, Roberta; for wards. Korb maker and Allertoni guards, Hungate and Thompsen. Manager Korbmaker has practically completed his schedule. Games arranged Include reciprocal contests with Cotner, Doane, York, Grand Island and Tarklo. Besides the ten college games, tha uni versity wilt have fifteen combats in tha Trl-Clty league. Inability of the various class teams to secure the gym at certain times baa greatly curtailed class gamea This drawback will be removed once tha first team is selected and the proposed tnter class schedule will then be carried out. CHICAGO SCRIBE GIVES RUTHERFORD BIG BOOST Q. W. Axleson of the Chicago Herald comes forth with a big feature story In the windy elty rag regarding the athletlo prowess of Richard B. Rutherford. Axle son describes Csptaln Dick as a young ster five feet nine inches tall and weigh ing only lit pounds and tha TJnJvwrsity of Nebraska's greatest athlete. Th Chi cago scribe describes at length ef Ruther ford's ability at foot bail, basket baiL pass ball, track, wrestling aad wwtwfsAtig,