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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
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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
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