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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1910)
pi mmmmmmmtSmfMsmmmimmKt!amm THE DAILY NEBRASKAN H IDieit to tbe XEtopb TRoom By A. H. DINSiVlORE A visit to tho university trophy room would bo well worth tho while to any student. Many students, no doubt, do not know whoro tho sacred banners and cups are kept. Many students have probably wondered who takes care of the shields and pennants which tho Nebraskans aro winning year by year. They aro all placed In tho now trophy room In tho Templo building, whoro students aro always welcome to pay their respects to tho emblems ot victory. Tho room Is on tho second floor of tho Templo and Is tho same room In which Manager "Dog" Eager has his desk. Thero Is a gpd plain sign on tho door, bo that students can not fall to find tho placo when looking for it. At times Manager Eager may bo found at his desk, cornered behind a trophy case. Ho is always glad to ro ceivo callers and explain tho most Important medals and cups. Time was when Nebraska did not haov a trophy room and all of tho valuable emblems, o victory were either farmed out to tho various athletes for safe keoplng or stored away in a basement room whoro no one could enjoy them. Bui thanks to tho present athletic manager the memorials aro now being regularly collected and kept in ono room whore they aro jUBt the beginning of our col lection. Thero aro somo of tho old-timo pic tures, some worn-out balls, somo blood spattered Implements of war, old-fashioned cups, antique shields, and any collection of silver cups in thiB case. MoBt of them woro won by him at Yalo university. One cup was glvon him for the all-around championship at an indoor contest at that universi ty. Ho also has cupb for first places in the flying rings exhibition, parallel bars and club swinging and Becond placo in tho running broad jump. Theso prizes were all won by Dr. Clapp In 1899. Case of Keepsakes. Another case contains tho footballs, baseballs and sundry keepsakes. In It aro all tho footballs use in games which Nebraska has won in the last four yoars. Up to a few years ago it was customary for ono of tho players, either tho captain or tho star of the game, to bo given tho old piece of pig skin, but now it is a rulo that all balls which aro won by hard work find their final resting placo in tho trophy rooir Each ball 1b decorated in ink with the names of tho regular players in that particular game and those of tho sub stitute players who helped to win the ball. Tho score, date and names of tho men who carried tho ball over for touchdowns aro also printed on the pig skin. The 1910 season has been a most prosperous ono for this trophy case, as tho long string of victories has brought as many new ovals into tho sanctum. Tho ball marked "No-braska-G Kansas-0" looks particularly good to tho Cornhuskor visitor. Sev eral old-timers have presented to tho collection during tho year, tho balls which woro given them In years past, photographs, . posters and beautiful bronze and silver shields. Football groups and scones from tho big games aro hung in groupB. Eightcon team pictures may bo soon, a photograph of ovory man who has helped placo tho Scarlet and Cream on tho high plnaclo among tho Missouri valloy schools. A nineteenth group has Juat been un earthed and will bo hung Within a' fow days. It is a photograph of tho first football team which ovor reprosontod tho Nebraska studontB. ThiB was the team of 18"91, twenty seasons ago. Tho photograph of tho 1910 team will com plete the collection. Tho Coaches. Tho two foremost Nebraska coaches, "Bummy" Booth and "King" Colo, will always bo romombered by visitors to tho trophy room. Numerous like ncBses of tho two mon grace tho col lection. In ono of them, Booth is pictured In front of tho LIndoll hotel comfortably seated in an easy chair, enjoying his cigar. This plcturo waB taken In 1900, tho first year Booth coached NobraBka, shortly after tho CornhuskorB had hold tho strong Min nesota team to 20 points and had crossed the Gopher lino for a scoro of 12, two touchdowns and two goals. "King" is prominent in a dozen or moro of tho pictures. An old-timo J 7 A M1 'Iff I yy LJ K) THANKSGIVING GLOVES AND TIES I am Headquarters for Student Furnishings UPSTAIRS As If You Didn't Know It 1415 o street BUDD number of posters and newspaper clip pings which aro of interest to tho loy al student and teacher. Somo trophies have been lost track of and thoy, of course, cannot bo placed with the others, but tho collection is growing little by little. AlmoBt ovory game adds to tho treasures of tho university. The Loving Cups. Probably tho most interesting case Is that which contains tho silver Mis souri valley championship loving cupb and others which Nebraska has won. The moBt prominent cud. 1b .the Spald ing trophy, given for wining tho west ern inter-colleglato cross-country run for three years. Nebraska won thiB cup In 1904. In 1905 It was won by Chicago Uni versity, but In 1906 wbb again taken by Nebraska runners. In 1907 tho Corn huskor team brought back tho cup for Ajjermanejit treasure. A, number of city league baseball cups and Indi vidual trophies help to swell tho col lection. Dr. It. G. Clapp, Nebraska's physical director, haB placed his large before tho trophy collection was start ed. Baseballs are rolled into tho same largo case where tho ovals rest. The baseballs aro marked by tho namo ot tho opposing team, date, whoro played, score and tho brtttory which made the victory possible. Dozens of horsehide trophies havo found their way to the trophy room. Many Old Medals. A third caso contains blankets and old-fashioned medals. Somo slgnB of victory aro simple slabs of oak which havo been crudely carved and stained in tho days When athletics had not reached tho loving cup stage. Thost shields and plates, aro somo of them very crude, but they stand for victor ies, earned by hard work In tho days when tho university was young, and athlotlCB in this western country wore just gaining recognition. AIL ot these old-fashioned trophies represent "hard work on tho part of tho- Nebraska vet erans. Tho walls of tho room are hung with High Top Shoes for Girls A new lot of extra high cuff tops button Gun Metal short rump. Yours as ever for $3.00 YATES-PRENCH CO. 120-O-3treet. -- --- UNIVERSITY JEWELER & OPTICIAN C. A. Tucker JEWELER S. S. Shean OPTICIAN 1123 0 STREET, YELLOW FRONT Yovr Patronage SoUcjted - c6l It Can't Scratch Our underwear is a safe in vestment in comfort. Soft and warm. You'll find all the leading makes here. 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