dllSKERS MAKE
FQ RlMTSSO UR IWALLEYfC HAM PI 0 NSHIP
Drake, Wesleyan and Kansas
Oo Down to Defeat
TO MEET HA. C. TODAY
Severe Dally Drill Nearly Overcome
Handicap of Late Start and
Hospital Tolls
Coach K. J. Stewart and the quintet
of basket tossers that have repre
sented the CornhuHkers this year de
serve credit that few Nebraska teams
have earned, in spite of a rather poor
showing; in the Missouri Valley race.
Starting with a squad of light Inex
perienced material, Coach Stewart baa
dally drilled his men in the close
guarding game, until today when they
go up against the strong Kansas Ag
ricultural college team, they will be
practically on even terms with the
Jayhawk farmers.
Jackson Only Letter Mian
The opening of the 1917-18 season
found just one letter man of last
year's team in school and he a substi
tute most of the season, the year
before. Cable Jackson was the one
letter candidate who possessed the
coveted letter to show up at the start
of the present season and it was ap
parent from the first that he would
be one of the mainstays of the team.
Around Jackson. Dr. Stewart tried
several groupings of men in an attempt
to find a combination that looked like
the strongest possible from among the
material offered. When the Funston
game, rolled around the coach tried
one combination but found that there
was a hitch in some part. Before the
Dodge games which were next on the
schedule a shift or two was made and
when the two teams lined up Jackson
and Thomas were playing forward for
the Nebraskans, Adkins and Schellen
berg were the guards "and Hubka oc
cupied the center birth. This combi
nation proved effective on the first
The Husker Basketball Squad
Brief Sketches of the Men Who Compose the Teams Winning
From Drake, Wesleyan and Kansas Duriing
Present
Cable Jackson, Captain
"Cabe" is the only veteran with
which the Cornhuskers had to start the
season this year and the present team
has been largely built around him.
Jackson is a junior and is playing his
second year on the squad at forward.
Lincoln is his home. He is a cool
steady player, and master of the game
at all time, making an excellent leader
for the varsity attacks.
Elmer Schellenberg
"Schellye," who hails from Beatrice,
plays at forward or guard with equal
skill and has made a name for him
self by his aggressiveness. He has
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been one of the main cogs of the
Cornhusker -machine in every game
that has been played, His football
training made him a little too rough
at the first of the season, but most of
this has disappeared and his speed is
one of the team's most valuable as
sest. He is a sophomore in the Uni
versity and played with the freshman
squad last year.
Ernest Hubka
"Hub," who calls Virginia, Nebr.,
hia home, was handicapped at the
first of the season by a bad knee and
was unable to get into the first games.
Since he became able to play he has
held down the center position with
credit against every opponent and his
determined fight has been a block in
the way of several of the opposing
teams. Hubka was one of the most
BRlLLIAflT FIGHT
night, but in the second game of the
series when Thomas and Schellen
berg changed places the machinery
again got tangled and another battle
was lost.
When the first trip was planned It
waa hoped that the Nebraskans could
come home with at least one victory
out of the three games played, but
such was not the case. Adkins de
veloped a bad case of rheumatism be
fore the first game and although he
played in part of that game, his work
was not as effective as It would have
otherwise been.
Washington University took the
first game quite handily from the Ne
braskans. It was the first game away
from home for four membors of the
first 'squad and stage fright can be
given as a partial reason for the de
feat'. Missouri whose camp was visited
the next two nights was given a hard
battle each evening, managing to win
by a pmall score each game.
Take One From Jayhawks
Kansas was next in order, on the
Cornhusker's home floor, and the Jay
hawkers were given an unpleasant
surprise in the first game when the
Nebraskans outbattled them. In the
second battle, however, the Kansans
took revenge for the defeat the first
night.
Wesleyan proved a rather easy
problem for the Nebraskans to solve,
losing to the state team on the Uni
versity Place floor as well as at the
Armory. Drake offered little more re
sistance than the Wesleyanites suc
combing to two beatings on the Ne-I
braska floor.
The Nebraska team composed of
Jackson andSchellenberg at forwards,
llubka at center ami Spear and
Thomas at guard has been intact since
the first Missouri game and has been
able to develop a fair amount of team
work and at the same time play the
close guarding game coached by Doc
tor Stewart.
Season
consistent ground-gainers on the foot
ball field last year. He 19 a sopho
more and was a member of the fresh
man squad last year.
Dwight P. Thomas
"Tommy," the second one of the
Lincoln High school men on the squad
this year, is a senior and playing his
first year with the team. With no
high school experience and a handi
cap in his lightness he has become
one of the fastest men on the team by
grit and fight, and is one of the best
basket shooters Nebraska claims. He
has received special mention for his
work in several of the games played
this season.
He plays at guard or
forward. 1
Frank Adkins
Adkins is the third of Lincoln's
quota to the squad this year, is a
junior and is playing his first year
with the team. He is a gymnast and
puts up a fast and scrappy game at
his guard position. He plays a goal
guarding game and is one of the most
dependable players. He will probably
be all-college gymnast for the year.
Albert Phillips
Phillips, who is from Columbia, is a
sophomore and playing his first year
with the squad. He is a center of
the "roving type," and is a fast man
with a clear head. He will be a valu
able man to the next year's team.
Harold Gerhart
Gerhart is also a sophomore and
THE DAILY N EBR ASK
tr,n K'pumnn Grove. He is
iftn urd and a fast floor man
These qualities coupled with a good
eye for the baskets and an ability to
easily handle the ball makes him a
valuable man for a tight place. His
work with the team this year shows
he will bo one of the seasons mam
stays. He was a member of the rresn
man squad last year.
Bruce Eldredge
Eldredge comes from Omaha and
plays at guard. This is his first year
with the team and although light he
m raut and handles the ball in nne
shape, and is a "comer."
Wallace Spear
"Wallle" of Genoa, termed the
AdoIIo of the squad, is a Junior and
plays at center at guard. lie has
atartoH evprv raine since the first
two. In every game he has held his
man to a low Bcore.
Harry Reynolds
Reynolds another Lincoln man is a
late addition to . the squad who has
been given several chances to show
his form and promises to be a regu
lar next year.
Bryan Stromer
Stromer is a sophomore and a grad
uate of Hastings High School and has
played at practically every posuion.
He is exceptionally fast and works
the floor 'well with the rest of the
team. Light weight has coumeu
Hgainst him, but at the rate he is
now developing speed he will soon be
able to overcome this handicap.
SOME OF TOURNEY'S
FASTEST GAMES
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CLASS D
The Class D games which were
played in the Auditorium yesterday
afternoon were of a fair quality, but
did not uncover any particular stars
or exceptional teams. Hardy was vic
tor over Wilbur in the best game of
the afternoon by a score of 23 to 15.
Seward took the count over riainview
and Bethany won over Morrill in the
Class I) division. .
Bethany and Morrill opened the
series, Bethany taking the lead only
after their opponents had tied tiiem
with a 2-2 score in the first half and
repeatedly tied them in the second
half. The suburbanites, however,
finally succeeded in gaining a substan
tial margin toward the last of the
game which ended 12 to 6 in favor of
Bethany.
The line-ups:
Bethany 12, Morrill 6
Stroyer f Medlin
R. Reveth f A. Light
L. Reveth c C. Light
Teagarden g Mowrey
Rowland g Sherman
Referee Patty.
The second game of the Class D
bout was that between Plainview and
Seward, which ended in a victory for
Seward. The two teams were well
matched but did not stage a very fast
style of ball until in the second half
when Seward opened up with a run of
three straight field goals which gained
for them a lead which they maintained
throughout the rest of the game.
Plainview 13 Seward 16
Hamilton f Turner
Goos f Rosborough
Parks c Weller
Lenig g T. Imig
Swengel g '. . . E. Imig
Substitutes: Plainview Houston
for Hamilton; Seward Evans for E.
Inig, and Calder for Weller.
Referee Patty.
Ravenna 28, Edgar 13
Krumack f Avery
Luntz f Cline
Hagman c McCue
Hicks g Beach
Smaha g Brown
Field goals Krumack, 3; Hagman,
6; Lantz, 3; Avery, 1; McCue, 2;
Brown, 1.
Foul goals Hageman, 4; Avery, 2.
Referee Spear.
Kenesaw 16, Gresham 9
Boklke f Barnes
Westing . f Ryan
Kikelson c Husbands
Donoly ..g Clem
Fischer i..g Fuller
Substitutes Simmons for Fischer.
Field goals Donoly, 1; Simmon's,
3; Barnes, 2; Ryan, 2; Husbands, 1;
Fuller, 2; Clem, 1.
Foul goals Simmons, 1.
Referee Spear,
CLASS E
Steele City and Schickley were well
matched and at no time was the game
certain. In the first half Steele City
held the lead by a score of 3 to 0.
Rosenquitz of Shickley was their best
basket shooter and made the only six
points for them.
Schickley 6, Steel City 10
White f Barber
Rosenquitz f Coons
Price . .e Brown
Alf s g Bryant
Mulligan g Deems
Goals Coons, 3; Brown, 1; Rosen
quitz, 1.
Foul goals Brown, 2; Rosenquitz, 4.
Substitutes: For Steele City Luhn
fur Schickley Converse.
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Referee Hubka
The Superior and Waco game was a
very close and hard fought game al
though Superior had much the ad
vantage of their opponents in size.
Waco came very near tloing the score
In the last few minutes of play but
they could not find the basket althougn
they had the ball in their favor for
some time.
Superior 10, Waco 8
McConnell f ?1!;hart
Barchelder f. Wilraan
Gilchrist c Westwood
Marshall g Of"
Hanna Gard!l!r
Goals McConnell, 1; Barchelder. 2;
Gilchrist, 1; Wellman. 2.
Foul goals Marshall. 2: Kverhart. 1;
Wellman, 1; Westwood. 1; Robert-
8011, 1.
Substitutes: For Superior Logs
don, McCall; for Waco Warren, Rob
ertson. Referee Hubka.
Sidney and Franklin Acadomy seem
to be in a class by themselves. They
r much lantcr than the other teams
of Class E and played a better brand
of basketball. Sidney had the advan
tage of the Academy in size and team
work. Woolridge was the Individual
star for Sidney, shooting ten baskets,
thus making the game an easy one for
them. Sidney will unaouDieuiy De a
contender for the championship of
their class.
Sidney 27, Franklin Academy 17
Ellis c H. Reed
Runge f W..Reed
Woolridge f wesson
M. Roach :..g Beltel
Olson F : Joy
Goals Ells, 1; Runge, 2; Woolridge.
10; H. Reed. 2; W. Reed, 2; Wasson, 4.
Foul goals Runge, 1; Wasson, l.
Substitutes; For Sidney Maynard.
Roach, Marsh; for Franklin Academy
Myers, Lee.
Referee McMahon.
The Scribner-Meadow Grove game
was of the pep factory type, each
team fighting to the utmost until the
final whistle blew. Scribner, clearly
had the best of the argument, and the
question of victory was never in doubt.
Scribner 22, Meadow Grove 4
Robertson f. H. Antrim
Diels t Vomer
Worth c Young
Meyers g Rouse
Marquardt g Antrim
.Substitutes: For Scribner Lutt-
hams; f6r Meadow Grove 'ohnston.
Field goals Young, 1; H. Antrim,
1; Robertson, 2; Diels, 3; LVarquels,
5.
Foul goals Robertson, 2.
Referee Munn.
Scorer Krlemelmeyer.
CLASS F
Bloomfietd 22, Wausa 18
A. Paper f Hanson
Filter f . .'. H. Larson
Suehstors c Bloom
G. Paper g Johnson
N. Gray g... H. Larson
Field goals Larson, 2; Hanson, 1;
Bloom, 4; Johnson, 1; Suehstors. 2;
A. Paper, 8; Filter, 1.
Foul goals Hanson, 2.
Referee Gillilan.
Dunbar 7, Bayard 8
Harpster f '.fT Cocke
Westbrook f... Gibbs
Smith c Stockwell
Lowrey g Hughes
Walker g Klemke
Field goals Cocke, 1; Klemke, 3:
Westbrook, 1; Smith, 1.
Foul goals Westbrook, 3.
Referee Eldrige.
Polk and Gretna won Class F games
at the Y. M. C. A. Thursday afternoon
having little difficulty in disposing of
their opponents.
Polk played a clever, short passing
game, which Waterloo was unable to
break up. Norton, the speedy for
ward for Polk, was all over the floor
at once and hit the ring for six bas
kets. The line-up was as follows:
Waterloo 3, Polk 19
Peabody c Norton
Hall ..: f Lind
McClintock f Schultz
Coy g ' Strand
Jacobson g Buckner
Field goals Norton, 6; Lind, 2;
Schultz, 1; Peabody, 1.
Foul goals Norton, 1; Peabody, 1.
Feferee McMahan.
Scorer Krlemelmeyer.
Gretna defeated the highly touted
Bladen team by displaying a brand of
basketball in the last half, which com.
pletely bewildered their opponents.
Gretna could not hit the ring during
intermission. The last half Gretna
came back with a vim and drooped
the baskets in at will. The speed and
fight displayed by Knoll was the out
standing feature of the afternoon
games.
The line-up was as follows:
Gretna 25, Bladen 6
no11 C Sidtrnrrf
E.
slmonl8 t Cowley
,oam8 t Kuhn
Simmons g Worley
TrIky S Busche
Field goals Ledgard, 1; Kuhn, 1;
Triky, 1; Slmonds, 3; Simmons, 2;
Knoll. 3.
Foul goal Rusche, 2; Triky, 7
Referee McMahan.
Scorer Krlemelmeyer.
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CLASS G
Iloelua, Randolph and HoweU w.,e
victors In Class O game at the
Chapel last evening. The gmie he.
tween Howels and Atibley wai hard
fought game from start to fiulnh. The
lead sea. sawed back ami forth be
tween the two teams and llowelli
won only by outscufllng their oppon
ents in the last three minutes of pUy
i 'iineiua iook me ieaa at the start
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niiu iii) iiuip in mu cuurHC 01 thfl
game was Burwell lu the lead. ,e.
son was easily the star, making sv.
eral spectacular goals and playing a
wonderful guarding game.
Boelua 19, Burwell 13
Nelson f Roomer
Peterson f Ilallock
Hanson c Hall
McDonald g case
Weiss g McCarthey
Field goals Nelson, 3; Peterson .3;
Larson, 1; McDonald .2; Boomer, 3;
Ilallock, 1; Hall. 1; Maddox. 1.
Foul goals Peterson, Boomer.
Referee Cosfort.
Scorer Shaw.
Howels had a hard time, dlspoNing
of Ansley and the outcome was in
doubt until the final whistle was
blown. Howells' attack was built
around thtlr big center, Novak, who
played basketball every second or the
game.
Howells 19, Ansley 16
A. Pakes f Dobcsh
Poledna f G. Scott
Novak- c 11. Scott
G. Pakes ...g McKcnny
Forbes g.. Thull
Field goals A. Pakes. 3; Poledna,
1; Novak, 4; G. Pakes. 3; Dobesh, 2;
(J. Scott. 3.
Free throws Poledna, 3.
Referee Cosfort.
Scorer Shaw.
Randolph rimmed Elniwood to the
tune of 29-7. The one-sided score was
due to the accurate basket shooting of
Black.
Randolph 29, Elmwood 7
llogenga f Stark
Black ,f Morgan
Fegeiter c Lenz
Whitney .g Clements
Godnell g Linder
Field goals Hagenga. 3; Black, 6;
Fegeiter, 3; Godbell, 2; Stark. 1; Mor
gan. 2. '
Free throws Black, 2; Morgan, 1.
Referee Cosfort.
Scorer Shaw.
The Juniata-Louisville game in
Class G this afternoon was hard
fought. The Louisville team showed
better efficiency in passing the ball.
Drake of Louisville showed up very
well by making seven field goals. The
final, score was 20 to 13.
The line-up was as follows:
v Juniata 20, Louisville 13
Newell f. Drake
Boulton f Thompson
Sergent . ..c Rook
Maxfield g Noyes
Linegen . . .g Dietrick
Substitutes Bolton.
Referee Reynolds.
CLASS H
Both games played in Class H
Thursday afternoon proved to be very
hard-fought. In the game between
Winside and Courtland, the most ex
citement was displayed by the on
lookers. The final score was 11 to 8.
Another feature of t-he game was
Groggins of Courtland a seventy-five
pound "man" who played in the first
half. He played a very good game
against his kusky opponents. Bliech
and MacPherson showed up very well
in this game.
The line-up was as follows:
Winside 11, Courtland 8
Neilson f Groggins
Runder f... Bonbrite
Bleich c MacPherson
Press .... g Reakling
Henderson g Stewart
Substitutes Gillespie for Groggins.
Field goals Bliech, 2; Press, 1;
Henderson, Bonbrite, MacPherson.
Free throws MacPherson, 4;
Bleich. 2.
Referee Howarth.
After taking the small end of the
score for the first half of their game
with Gering, Osmond showed up bet
ter in the second half and won by a
score of 17 to 14. Cross and White
head sho-ved up very well in the
game.
The lineup wns as follows:
. Osmond 17, Gering 14
Mentor .f n!",
Whitehead "..t Ray
Hall c .... Braken
Buelam g Loddell
Cannon g
Field gbals Cross. 4. Ray, 2;
Braken, -Mentor, 2; Whitehead, 2;
Hall, 2; Bucham.
Freee throws Whitehead. 3.
Culbertson 14, AWo 6
Hall f Connel
Wagner f Rosenow
Fahrenbruch ....c. Taylor
Godtell g Woods
Dukes ,.g Edwords
Goals Rosenow, 1; Hall, 1 ; Wagner.
1; Fahrenbruck, 2; Godtell, 3.
Foul goals Connel, 4.
Referee Davis.
Msscst riy Center
Mascot won by forfeit from Hay
Center In the second round of Class n-