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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1905)
r 1 f w .n- - .. ' '. THE DAILY NEBRASKAN, ( h l i-tf ii H fr -I f r i !. - tbc Baity fiebraskan A consolidation of The IleBporlan, Vol. 31, Tho Nobrnaknn, Vol. 10, Scarlet and Cream, Vol. . Published dally, except Sunday and Monday, at tho University of Nobmska, Lincoln, Nob., by tho llcoporlan Publish ing Co. Board of Directors. t. :Lm H. P. Lcavllt JJmironeo Poaslor. it. A. O. Schrolbor. X V. P. Stout. DwlKht Cramer. Editor-in-Chief '. . .JohnD. Clark Manager Fred Naughton Assistants. N(.vh 1. H. JJcdnar Athletic U. A. Van Qi-fldol Olrciiliitlonf.- W. K. Htiuulcvon Editorial Rootnr U W. Iiiifllncsn Omcp, U 211-. Post Ofllco, Station A, Lin coln, Nob. Olllcc hours of Business Manager and Bdltor, 11:00 to 11:30 dally. Telephone Automatic 1528 Night Telephone Automatic 2365 Subscription Pilco. J2 per' year In adyanco Kntojod at tho postofllco at Lincoln. Nob., ns Bocond-class mall matter under the act of congress of March S. 1879. Individual notices will bo charged for nt tho rato of 10 cents for each Insertion. Faculty departmental and university bul letins will gladly bo published free, as heretofore. To The Nobraskan: j I do not believe In holding post--mortcniB over football victories or de uhvnyH does his DoHt unci no mnn Is cnpablo or more. In other places players have been crltlclsod for tholr work, culled loaf ers, etc. I would rather think that this comes within tho province of the conch and captain Instead of tho col umns of our University paper. In the article headed "The Game Today" the writer says It will do no positive good to win tho game. Of course- It may do no good to win any game at all, but I am afraid that the Athletic Board would have to go out of business In about ono year's time. In picking the article to pieces a person might write more than the orig inal article, upholding tho position J have taken. I will not take up more spuco with further nrgument, but In conclusion I earnestly think that tho writer of tho article and The Nobras kan for publishing tho same owe an apology to the University, to the team and to the coaches for the sentiment that Is expressed therein. JOHN WESTOVER. Paul the football number of Tho Nobraskan feats, but two articles published In are insults and Blander to tho team The gentleman that wroto the "Re view of the Football Season" may bo gifted with moro football knowledge lhan ono who has been connected with the Nebraska team for the last elghl years, but his criticism does not show It though. In tho very first sentence he says, "The season of 1905 is tho least suc cessful of any slnco Booth enmo to Protected by Block Signals Tho first railway in Amorica to adopt tho nbsolnto Block System in tho operation ef all trains was tho Chicago, Milwaukee- & St. Railway It to-day has more miles of road operated under block signal rule than any othor railway company. Tho St. Panl Road was tho first railway- to light its trains by oloctricity, and it now has moro than 400 olectric-lighted passenger cars in daily sorvlco. Throe trains from Union Station, Omaha, to Union Station, Ohicago, ovory day. For time table, special rato writo F. A. NASH, General Western A cent, 153ft Fnruam Street, OMAHA, NED. The above was received yesterday, , ..ow.. 0 .wv..0...o .....v, our8(jrr7- A8 it stands, we fool that It oecnmauon a geiuioman.y spirit, ue- Me8 tHc 88ntlments .of a large ,MtV ... ,.UW..l ...UU.Ml, tW U. ,.U- mnJorUy of thQ 8tudent8 of the Uul. termination not to construe W4r0i.verty whQ Jjre nQt (oQi)M player3 with an eye to tho context of tho artl clo In which they occur, we feel prompted to publish it ami to reply, If possible, to a. few of his points. Before entering upon n serlatluKre Ply, wo wish to express ourself as be ingNitterly opposed to the belief held by mosKathletes that the University Is under great obligations to them for what they do, hnd should bo blind to their faults whiloxprnlsIng their vir tues. On tho other hand, we hold that all' obligation is on the otfrcr Hide, and that any man who is placed"" upon a ropreseitatlvo athletic -team should coach." I would say that it has been ' feel himself honored, rather than coii- CVe talks With Girls Newspaper Jokes about the "Neckties she- bought unci sweetheart hud to wear" come from buying furnishings at dry goods stores. Ue will be really glad to wear it if you get it at in Eclusivk Mi:.'s Stork. . . ." 1141 O Street Budd $2.50 Batter review, however? and as the number . unreasonably slow In picking thorn would have been Incomplete without selves up aftor every down and getting such an article, the only way out of Into the game ngaln. As to tho right tho difficulty was to wrlto tho rovlew of criticising work of tho players In the paper, wo maintain that wo most certainly have such a right, especially after tho season Is over. The statement that the winning or the Illinois gamo would do no positive good was made with express reference to tho effect that that gamo would have upon our chances for admission to the Conference, aiul we bellovo tho statement is true. In the preceding" paragraph it was said that "the gamo today will-mean much to both teams." MixWestover And ourself evidently agreeNipon that one point at least. Had thexjritlcised remark even re ferred to thegamo Itself, It would themselves Now for a detailed review of Mr. Westovcr's criticisms-- Tho first onti Is a goiuh'ul denial of the assertion thatthe seasoirwas the least successful ofxnny durlngthe periou uootn mis ueen coacn. A glance at the Particle will show that our rea son for holding this opinion wjuscl ear ly and distinctly stated In two putces to be the fact thaVw could no longer consider ourselves nor he considered the" peer pt the four leaders of- the V0Xcn much W open to objection . . i .. . than tluK statement nf tho nihil Mint ono of tho most successful, my reason for this being that moro greon men were developed this year than any heretofore, tho schedule was the hard . est thnt Nebraska over played, tho team was handicapped by more serious injuries than ever before and there was a 'dearth of material- for .several Important positions in the line, nndrnr a result two mon nt least " went Into two of tho hardest games of tho sea- son ovorjtrnlned. Again ho says "that .training rules wore not observed."- That Is -direct slander and nothing olso, for from - personal connection with tho learn I can truthfully say that wo had the best bunch of fellows to observe train ing rules that Nebraska ovor had, and as a matter of fact I don't believe the writer of tho article Ittiows tho first principles .of training a team. No. defeat was ever, almost equiva lent to a victory and anyone .that has ever bcon 'beaten, In a game knows that when hols "licked he. Is licked," , and a true" sportsman will not talk about ft afterward' and offor oxcuses for tho defeat. Again, two substitutes . are called "wpoden figures." A ( ''sub" Is as worthy, of praise as a- "regular;" ho sideling himself ns honoring the Uni versity. That Mr. Westoyer Is a sym pathizer with this sentiment of other athletes is evident from his confusion of the University with the team In the last paragraph of his communication. A glance at tho communication will show that witji ono excoptiorievory- criuclsm Is .directed at some exnres- 'slonof opinion. Any fair-minded 'per son will agree that opinions can dlffor, and no ono can say that the opinion expressed In tho rovlew was absolute ly unsupported. It may bo Jobjectod that no olio but a football export which- wo most certainly are not and do not claim to be should havo en tered Upon a rovlew of the season. Tills Is perhaps true, but wo feel that' wo were perfectly justified In this In stance. While" muking preparations for tho special number we requested articles from Coach BqoUi, Manage ftiornson ami yaptaln Borg. Each promised to write something, but not ono of them did so, although prompted tho day poforo th0 copy had to bo In. Luckily we had anticipated this, and accordingly had sufficient matter to fill up with. It would have been the same way with any football lilayer to whom wo Bhould fiavo assigned tho Conference. It will also appear that we gave the team and Booth great "credit for the-fthew-ing made, in vleX of tlie material, of Injuries, and of tho schedule, precisely the conditions re lied upon by Mr. Westover In his as sertion that tlidseason was unusually successful. . . The reference to theobsorvnnce of training, rules seems tohave caused LLmore dissatisfaction among tho play ers anu coacnes man nny otnerpart of tho review, .sinco tho breach oC them was dohlcd on several occasions last week by members- of the tenhu This is the only statement, of fact which Mr. Westover specifically ob jects to, and he falls to directly deny It, making the general assertion that the men were the best bunch we ever had for observing training rules. In low of a few notorious instances of ast years, this is certainly not say ng very much. Aside from that, how- ver, we had ns authority for the- hnrge the unqualified statement of a .nan closely connected-with Ihju team. WhIJo-not bellovlng In the doftrlno of the expediency of concealing or avoid ing unpleasant truths wo still feel thnt It would havo been better not" to havo than tluKstatcment of the Ullnl that It would Ijoii question bfxwhlch team would prove wchik enough uHpso.. .In conclusion wonvIsIi to saythat although there has been much dlssat Isfactlon expressed with thernrticle by memuers oi tno team anil others con nected with the football Intoresuvtbls is tho first communication we have re ceived on the subject, and glarj that It comes froiuone' si nent In football circles as At in the review, will end all ills- roferrod to tho mattei ami we trust that, this' cusslon upon such-jm unpleasant sub ject? . If tho only clement of victory Is a larger score than that of tho ad versary, wo accept tho dictum that to explain a defeat or to call ono equiva lent to a victory Is unsportsmanlike. Tho reference to the men. who played In tho Haskell game wo did not see It ourself was a Very euphe mistic translation of tho freely ex pressed -sentiments of several of tho regular players after that gamo. , The three or four hundred students Vha accompanied tho team to Minne apolis will unanimously ' agree in the statomont that some of tho men wdro wo are ne' so proml- r. West- over, and that he has omitteil nil childish personal attacks, confining hihiself to a sovore but open criticism of thcNirtlclc. Had It been otherwise wo would xnot have felt justified In replying, but"under the present condi tions it Is a pleasure to publish the communication and olir. own perhaps -X-utlle attempt to reply. Kis perhaps not out of order to refer to our policy In conducting this paper. 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