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BIG RECEIPTS FROM AMES GAME Nets Nebraska More Money Than Kansas, Carlisle and Wabash Contests Combined Base ball and Basket-ball, The annual financial report of tho Nebraska athletic board for the year i ending December 31, 1908, shows a deficit in the Cornhusker athletics of $324.82. The previous year there was a balance of $5,326.16 on the credit side of 1907 athletics. The deficit lnathletleB foi the last year due to the failure of foot ball was $6,006.18 and in 1908 It was only $1,725.05. Tho total rocolptB for the two seasons were not bo divergent as the credit balances, being $16,736.85 In 1907 and $18,502.45 in 1908, and the Btriklng variance in the net gains was ilno for tho last vear. which woro $6.- 046.73, or $4,281.13 more than the gain In tho total foot ball receipts of 190g over those for the season of 1907. A purvey of the report for last sea son shows that some Increase was made in every line of foot ball expen ditures and a great increase in five divisions advertising, coaches and trainers, officials, guarantees and per centums, and use of field. For ad vertising loot ball in 1908 $5i0.20 moro was paid out than in 1907. Guarantees to Elevens. The guarantees and per centums for islting elevens last season amounted to $6,454.47, which waB $2,98G.75 more than was given to visiting teams in the previous season. The expenses of hiring officials for the games In 1908 wero more than double those of 1907, amounting to $1,06G.60. The lncreaso for the service of officials was duo to tho higher salaries demanded by the competent referees and umpires lust fall and to tho heavy railway fare that was paid In bringing some of the officials long distances to tho games. The coaching and tialnlhg of tho 1908 Cornhusker foot ball eleven cost tho athletic board $2,17G. In the previous year this expense was $2, 161.60, or $554.10 less than in 1908. A third coach for 1908 and a larger salary for "King" Cole than he re ceived In 1907 made the Increased ex pcndltuies for the coaching last sea son. Tho expenditure for the use of an athletic field was one that Nebraska never had before and was due last season to the fact that the unlvorslty had no field of Its own and had to play on a rented field. Guy Greenj-e-celved 10 per cent of tho receipts of tho games ' played on his grounds at Antelope park, and was paid $1,552.62 as his share last fall. This was an ex pense that the university athletic board would not have Incurred had tho legislature provided for a Nebraska drill and play grounds two years ago. Cost, of Antelope Park. The playing of the games at Anto lopo park cost, the board $66.60 for putting up a grandstand, wnicn was placed under tho head of miscellane ous expenses In tho annual report, and which would not have been Incurred had the university had "ft field of its own. The Ames game played at Omaha, Novombor 7, netted tho Nebraska ath lotlc board more money than tho com1 blned proceeds from the Kansas, Car lisle and Wab&Ah games which were played in Lincoln. Tho receipts from Ames game -.wero $0,02Z.bB. Tiio received from tho combined re- ,of tho' Carlisle, Kansas and'Wa- contests was $5,552.50. -The s 'game, in fact,, netted the-atli-'board? more than any other amglo kVj ii, b io K tmmf A 4WVHt &1. !H MtI X W lolic -r--- m-r- -TTT UNIVERSITY OF jNEBRSKA, LINCOLN, TUESDAY, contcBt played in either 1007 or 1908, the St. Louis gamo ojf 1907 not ex cepted. The receipts for tliQ ten football games of 1908 were as follows: Peru 45.2G Donno J60.50 Grlnnell 461.75 Minnesota (at Minneapolis) . 3,593.79 Haskell 200.00 Iowa (at Iowa City) 1.128.08 Ames (at Omaha) 0,022.65 Kansas 2,054.00 Wabash . 1,755.50 Carlisle 1,743.00 Total $17,1G4.52 Other Branches of Sport. During 1908 baseball and basketball each made money for' the athletic board, and track nthletlcs and cross country teams each loBt money. The receipts for baseball wore $1,222.30! and the expenditures wore $1,153.42, leaving a credit balance of $68.88. Basket-ball 'made a net gain of $276.98, the receipts being $1,464.82 and the expenditures $1,187.64. In 1907 there was a baseball deficit of $67.44. In the same year basket ball had a credit balance of $4.58. Last year the deficit In track nth- (etlcs was $681.09, the receipts being but 4fl8-50 and tho expenditures i, iiv.ua. in iwi uiu irncK games in- curred a deficit of $254.86. Tho ex- ponso ,of the cross country team In 1907 Was greater than that of last year. Li 1907 It was $206.31 and in 1908 it was $188.45. Tho total athletic receipts for the year ending December 31, 1908, wero $21,962.69 and the expenditures were $22,287.51. Of the receipts the foot ball team earned $18,602.45, Its share of the expenditures was $16,077.40. In 1907 the total receipts for tho athletic year were $20,354.42 and the expendi tures were $15,026.26. During that, year foot ball's Bhare of the receipts was $16,736.85. . Its share of tho ex penditures was $10,730.67. Last year the receipts from the sale of student tickets were $1,629. This sum was divided among the four branches of university sport. Foot ball received $1,080, basket-ball was given 21.50, nnd base bal land track athletics were each apportioned $137.75. CONVENTION IN MEMORIAL HALL Good Roads Promoters Hold a Session Here. Yesterday afternoon the Lincoln Commercial club hold tho first meeting In the interosts of good roads at the university In Memorial hall. The meet ing was for tho purpose of making it possible for all thoso interested in the maintenance of good roads to hear ex perts speak on the subject. Most of the road overseers of Lancaster coun ty Were present, as well as many from out in the state. Hon. George L. Cooloy) representing the department of agriculture at Washington, spoke on tho subject "Ways and means of improving the highways, and the typo of roads .best suited to Nebraska conditions.' Mr. Cooloy Is recognized as one of the most prncitcal road engineers In tho United States. Congressman Pollard alBO addressed tho convention on the subject, ''Needed legislation to securo good roads, and how samo may be j obtained. An Invitation was extended to all au tomobile dealers and individual own ers of machines to attend the "meet ings, and tho large attendance Bhowed tho interest which tho meeting aroused. - NOTICE; All men interested in tennis, meet in Brace hall, room 202, Thursday at 11:00 a. m., January 7. Mtb. Earl McCroery, neo Miss Mabel Johnson, of Holdrege, a graduate of the university, died Sunday afternoon at her home,, after a tjro, ,yepr8'- ill. ness oftuberculOBls, Tho'funoral was held ,ln Holdrege yesterday; ' ; ELtCT CAPFAIN TODAY PLAYERS WILL HAVE ONE MORE BALLOT FOR LEADER. NON-f RAT MEN MEEF IN CHAPEL Purpose of the Non-Frat Meeting la to Determine Upon the Advis ability of Molding an Indoor Meet, Probably the topic of greatest Inter est to university Btudonts in genera) Is the election of n captain for next Benson's Cornhusker football team. This matter has been dragging along for about a month" now and as a con sequence tho ordinary Interost which the student body usually manifests in the choice of a captain has grown into a treifiendouB curloBlty. According to the rules of the Uni versity Athletic board the captain of any athletic team is to be elected by the members of that team who have won their letters during tho currant Beason, the election to .tako place as early a8 possible after tho closing of tho Bonnnn Tn tho prbo nf fnntlifill t.hln Vonr. howovor. tho election was de. -, --.. . , r - - -- .- - , layed flrBt because tho letters woro not awarded until tho fifteenth of De cember, two weeks nfter tho closing of tho season. Tho delay In awarding the letters was caused by the fact that some of the players wero slow In paying their training tablo board bills, which payment Ib required be fore a man may receive a letter. Results in Deadlock. After the letters were awarded, how ever, the fourteen "N" men met In Dr. Clapp's office on Friday, December 18th, for the purpose of choosing a captaip. The first ballot showed a tie vote, sevep for each of the candidates, Frum and Collins. Talks both pro and con were made by the supporters of the respective candidates, but four moro ballots wero taken nnd the re sult romalned the same a deadlock. The men were then Informed that if they did not succeed In choosing a captain in two moro ballots tho mat ter would bo referred to tho Univer sity Athletic Board for settlement. It was expected by the members of the board that when confronted with this situation tho players would either de cide upon one of these two candidates or would compromise on a third man, rather than to allow tho selection to be made by the board. This did not prove to he the case, however, and the other two ballots wero taken without any choice being made. Tho players then requested the board to allow them to consider tho matter during tho Christmas recess, and to decide it at another meeting to bo held immediately after tho re opening of school. This request was granted by the board with tho pro vision that if, at this second meeting, a choice is not made on tho first ballot tho matter will pass into tho hands of the Athletic Board, who will elect the captain themselves. Meet This Afternoon. This second meeting is scheduled to take place this afternoon at 5 o'clock and at that time either tho players themselves or tho board will delect the man who is to pilot tho Cornhusker team through the season of 1909. Just what will be done at that meet ing tonight is not known. Various re ports are being passed around and it is freely said that net even the play ers themselves know what tho out come will be. It is quite generally b'elieved that 'this ballot will result In the same manner that tho former ones did and that tho board will then elect a man who is pot now a .candi date. Ano'thor report which 1b gaining credence Is that tho team will talto -a str$w vote before casting this ba!16t JANUARY 5, 1909. nnd will try to compromlso upon a third man rather than allow tho cholco to be mado by tho board. On tho other hand, tho supporters of nolther of tho present candidates will admit that they expect anything eluo than the election of tho man to whom their votes nro pledged. Tho Interest of tho entire school Ib aroused ovor tho matter and tho out come of tonight's mooting Is awaited with eager anticipation. Another Important Meeting. Another meeting of importance Ih slated to tako placo In tho chapel this morning at 11 o'clock. This Is tho meeting of tho representative non fraternity mon of tho Bchool who aro interested in tho matter of holding a non-fraternity Indoor track meot. Such n meeting was hold Just prior to the Christmas roceBB and commit tees were appointed to Investigate the advisability of holding such a meot, which .committees wero to report to tho meeting this morning. It Ib not known what nctlon will bo taken at this morning's meeting, but It Is believed that tho prevailing sentl mont among tho non-fraternity men Ib in favor of holding tho meet. Slight objections havo boon mado to tho ad visability of having such a meet on the ground that it might tond to In crease a certain ill feeling between the Greeks nnd tho non-frat men which Jb alleged to exist at present. Some of tho older men who wore present at tho former mooting, how ever, believe that all such feeling has disappeared within, tho laBt fow years and that the proposed plan of having two meets, nn inter-frnt and a non frat meot with tho winners In each moot to qualify for tho finals to bo held on Charter Day, would tend to strengthen tho bond of good feeling between the Greeks and the non-fraternity mon (since, tho ultimato pur pose of the whole Idea Is to bonoflt Nebraska athletics) rather than to re new any animosity botweon them. RETRENCHMENT 18 NOTICABLE. Nebraska Alumnus Writes of Cuban Conditions. Professor Richards of the engineer ing department has recently recolved a letter from Arthur G. Scliroiber, '07, who Is now engaged In .engineering work In Cuba. Mr. Scliroiber declares that he Is longing for tho United Stntes and especially for the old unl vorslty. His comments on tho conditions in Cuba aro interesting and uro given below: "It hi sboen n case of retrench ment in the public workB of Cuba over since last July. Just a .couple of weeks ago a large reduction In force took place again. The Cuboft govern ment scorns to have gone "broke" and money is as scarce as hen's teeth, so they aro only continuing such "works as aro let out to contractors, which they aro bound to contlnuo. On the Manzanlllo-Baygano highway construc tion wo have been limited to an ex penditure of only $20,000.00 per month, as compared to ilfty or sixty thousand dollars as it used to bo in tho days whan tGov. Magoon could loosen up his purse strings.'-'' A meeting of tho junior class will be held today In Memorial hall nt 11:30 o'clpck. Now class colorp, new caps, and class parties aro among the business to ha discussed. The elec tion of an assistant business manager' of tho Cornhuskers will alsp take place. A. A. Nellson, 'J.0, has. decided td leave school at tho end of this somes-ter-on account of trouble which he Is having with his oyos. His doctor declares that he must tako a reBt of at least a year, and It is possible that ho will never bo able to continue his studies. Bakod. bens, baked on the premises and served hot with delicious brown broadi 10c at The Boston Lunch. Price 5 Ccqt J M ft- AVURY Um OfflflE NEW CHANCELLOR ASSUMES PONTROL JANUARY 1; ANDIREWS CHEERED AT PARTING Two Hundred Members of University Faculty Assembled at Station to 8tart-Former Executive on Southern Trip. , . With the dopnrturo of Formor Chan cellor E. Benjamin Andrews on Now Yoar'B day, ProfoBBor Samuol Avory bocamo acting chancollor of tho Uni versity of Nobrasku. Chancojlor Ayory began 1i!b now dutioB at onco nnd was an occupant of tho oxocutivo office in tho administration building when tho students returned to work yostorday. Former Chnncollor Andrews loft for ' Florida at 4 o'clock Friday aftornoon. -It is his plan to make an oxtendod visit in tho south In tho hopos that the mild winter and the change from tho NobrnBka climate will bo bonoflcial to his health, which has boon seriously undermined by tho continuous strain of tho paBt nine yenrB. Tho task of at least partly ralBing tho unlvorslty to the Btnijdnrd which ho had sot for It xvfm a. great one nnd Dr. Andrews cannot help but enjoy tho rest from tho arduous work. Nearly two hundred mombors of tho university faculty who wero in tho city Frldny asBombled nt tho BurJIngtoh station to glvo a final send-off (to tho man whose lend they havo followed for the past nino yearB. Last words wore said and tho university yoll' was given with enthuslnsm by tho profossors present. 8tudents Return. Students of tho university returned I to Lincoln Saturday und Sunday pre pared after their holiday enjoyment to tako up the work of tho coming term with renowed energy. A period of splendid good cheer during tho two weeks' vacation seems to havo boon the unlvorsnl experience of all. Greet ings on tiio campus yesterday woro Indlcativo usually of moro or loss re- . great at having to return to work, and yet It wiib generally acknowledged that everyone felt like doing" fhoir taBks with mora ease than would, havo been the case hud there boon no vaca tion. A few students romalned Jn, Lincoln throughout the vacation period. These were usually those who lived 'at a great distance from tho state school, ' but in a few cases students who had dropped behind in their work took ad vantage of the chance to mako it up and start oven with tho now year1. Numbers who went home took books with thorn, and a large amount of de linquent work has been removed in. all departments. r Examinations Approaching. Tho fact Is now being roalizcd thaJL final semester examinations are only three, weeks In tho future and 'crafnj mlng" will 'bo 'tho order of 'tho day in a vory Bhort while, It has already started In soino cases. The schedule of examinations is not yot out, but Jt will probably bo prepared within a l shortftimo so that students may know at just what hour their tests are duo. Tho ontlro week from January 25 to January 30 will bo devoted to tho ex aminations and tho following week the ' second semester work will bo takcn up. Registration will bo made' during examination week for tho spring torni. Returning students found the annual exhibition ot the Nebraska Art associ ation" in full sway in north wing of the library. 'Numbers of tho 'student body will undoubtedly be attracted by the-splendhl display of pictures offered by the, assopiatioa this year. The pic tures are exhibited vby tho association at,' a nominal fee,' the proceeds belrag used to purchase -new-works for the 'art gallery. Last year a beautiful painting was bought, This year the quuiu-, uujicb, iu im bums iu iiurnut"-,-1, lika course. ",. 'u $';, I like course. , ) fl 'W 'h 9'j c - ..i i. i if It :&.'.. J vTVI y tX -' -r .14 ;i?Vaii-v 4mj. r.r, v.r.'Vftt, ,!.,
