BASKETBALL EDITION The Daily Nebra kan voii. xviii. no. no. LINCOLN, FllIDAY, MARCH 14, 1911). PRICE -FIVK CENTS v LOWER CLASS TEAMS GRIND OUT VISITORS TO VIEW CORNHUSKER GAME WINNERS IN CLASSES A AND B - BATTLE IN SEMI-FINALS TODAY SECOND ROUND OF TOURNAMENT Surprises Feature Thursday Games as Contestants Scram ble for Semi-Finals. Winning Brand of Basketball Dis played by Winners in Each Division. RESULTS IN LOWER CLASSES CLASS C Sewara zu ataney 17 David city zi rcigin 19 Hardy 18 N. S. for Deaf.. 8 Alliance 12 Dunbar 19 CLASS D Upland 3 Superior 24 Chester i ragar 17 Walioo 11 Neb. City 19 Aurora 16 Clay Center .. 10 CLASS E Franklin Acd 2 Gretna 27 Randolph 11 Elmwood 17 Gilmer 2 Plainview "10 Loup City 23 Creighton 13 CLASS F Deshler 29 DeWitt 8 Trumbull 14 Wisner 8 Greenwood 14 Louisville 18 Holbrook 17 Bloomfield 11 CLASS G Waterloo 20 Hooker Co 7 Adams 7 Waverly 18 Indianola 19 Swan'on 25 Ansley 60 Coleridge G CLASS H Cedar Rapids.... 6 Trenton 13 St. Edward 11 Wayne 16 nayes Co 6 Palmyra 19 Alexandria 18 Craig 16 Forty-eight teams of classes C, D, E, F, G and H battled for supremacy yesterday on the Y. M. C. A., Chapel and Auditorium floors and finished their second elimination round. All of the lower class games were exceedingly fast and a superior brand of basketball was shown by these teams. Ansley in class O showed signs of winning the championship in that class by accumulating a score of 60 points against Coleridge. The winners of today's games will enter the semi-finals tomorrow in an effort to play for the championship cup on Saturday. CLASS C Seward 20. Sidney 17. Rosborough f Roach Turner f Ells Imig c - Bentley Shroder g.. M. Roach Fisher g . Olson Goals: Rosborough 5. Turner 4, Imig l. Roach 3. Ells 1, M. Roach 3, Olson 2. Foul throw: Ells. FRESHMAN PRESIDENT LUKES APPOINTMENTS Kenneth Hawkins, president of the freshman class, has announced the first year students who will serve on the various committees for the second semester. Ivy Day Committee Benjamin Lake, Chairman. La Mont Whittier. Ruth Dubois. Almarine Campbell. Isabel McMoine. Committee on Colors Henrietta M. StahL chairman. Kathryn Heckart Manal Trojan. Hop Committee Hugh Carson, chairman. Alfred Isham. M. C. -ua Law lor. John Fike. Bruce MeCullough. Harry Miner. Mildred Doyle. Marie Prouty. KaI h rr-r. tt Mixer Committee Palmers Seymour, chairman. Allan Wolcott (Continued on rp Two) Referee: Rick. David City 21. Elgin 19 Montn ...f Braband Nichols f Ouffy 1'utt c Grant Dwornk g Schultz Ileinrs g Carlson Substitute: Spurllng for Ouffy. Field goals: Moran 3, Nichols 2, Dworak 4. Braband 2, Ouffy 2, Schultz 4. Free throws: Braband 3, Dworak 3 Referee: Hawkins. Alliance 12. Dunbar 19 O'Connor :...f Smith Joder f Westbrook 11. Lotspeich c Wesler F. Lotspeich g Lowrey Grahnru g Hayster Substitute: Gulseck for Graham. Field goals: F. Lotspiech 1, II. Lot ppiech 3, Westbrook 7, Wesleh 1, Joder 2. Free throws: Smith 2, O'Connor 1. Referee: Hawkins. Hardy 18. School for Deaf 8, O. Bixby f Koitsch C. Bixby f Gulpening Weimer c Cox Elan g Krohn Davidson g Netusil Substitute: Peterson. Field goals: Koitsch 2, G. Bixby 3, C. Bixby 2, Wiemer 1, Cox 1, Krohn 1, Elan 2. Free throws: G. Bixby 2. Referee: Hawkins. CLASS D Nebraska City 19. Wahoo 11 Faunce ...f.. Pospisil McKay f. Nystroru Thomas c Magnusson Homeyer g Malek Wilcox g Wagner Referee Davis. Edgar 17. Chester 18, Avery f Adamson Boomer f- Bostleman Hugh c M. Cramer Music g G Cramer Vorhees g Diiey Field goals: Avery 4, Duoy 3, Bos tleman 5, Hugh 1. Fouls: Music 4, Avery 2, Boomer 1, Cramer 4. Foul goals: Avery 1, Cramer 3. Mu sic 1. Referee: Munn. (Continued on Tage Two) SECOND NEBRASKA ROAD INSTITUTE CLOSES TODAY The Thursday session of the Second Nebraska Road Institute proved to be one of the most interesting confer ences ever held on the university campus. Large crowds attended both the morning and afternoon meetings. At 9 o'clock Captain R, L. Cochran spoke in detail of the conditdion of French roads. This subject Is un usually interesting at this time when everyone is so familiar with the ex pression "Flanders mud." A paper on tne consirucuuu ui "mai; Roads in Government Cantonments and at the Front" was then read by Mr. Charles Collins, the Earrett Com pany's representative at the confer ence. 1 nis aa areas woo um uc same lines as the talk by Captain Cochran and the delegates manifested jntorpst in the theme. Mr. J. L. Housekeeper, representative of the Portland Cement Association, talked "The Construction and Mainte nance of Concrete Highways," and nlpndldlr outlined the many advant ages of constructing highways of such durable material. Th institute closes today after a successful week of mingled work and pleasure. Mr. F. W. Parrott, auditor f the Iowa State Hignway comrnis in. Mr. George E. Johnson, state engineer, and Mr. L. E. Adams, Doug las county engineer, wiU speak this morning. In the arternoon jur. j. i. Donaghey, maintenance engineer of the Wisconsin State Highway Com- missi ssion. will speak on the character Huskers and Grinnell Will Battle for Second Place in Valley Conference. The Cornhuskers battle Grinnell this afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Armory for second place in the Mis souri Valley Conference. With Schel lenberg and Bailey out of the game Nebraska has a hard scrap ahead of her to win the two games necessary to land second place. Grinnell has been coming strong and will push the Scarlet and Cream hard for second honors in the conference. The Missouri Valley Conference standing today Is: n W. L. Pet Kansas Aggies - 9 0 1.000 Grinnell 3 1 .750 Missouri 7 3 .700 Nebraska 9 5 .642 Kansas U 5 9 .357 Washington 2 7 .250 Iowa State 2 7 .222 Drake 2 8 .200 The games today and tomorrow are the final contests of the season. The four leaders are pitted against each other in Lincoln and Columbia. The Kansas Aggies have cinched the pen (Contlnuoil on PnRe Two) TO OUR HONORED VISITORS. The University of Nebraska is proud this week to throw open her gates in welcome to the hun dreds of youthful athletes who are here for the Great tourna ment. The University takes a peculiar interest in the welfare of her students-to-be, and is de lighted to see the splendid dis play of athletic prowess exhibit ed in the games. One day's time spent in watching the contests, is sufficient assurance to any Cornhusker, that Nebraska will continue for some time to come, to produce championship teams. The future of the University lies in the hands of you boys who are playing in the tourna ment. You are the Cornhuskers of the future, and the present generation of Cornhuskers is looking to you for great deeds. We see in you the possibility of great things, and take this op portunity to acquaint you with our school. We hope to'make the University so attractive to you that you will have no thought of attending any other university. You surely THINK Neraska has them all beaten; we KNOW it. So when you board the train for college next fall, or the fall after thit, be assured that a welcome awaits you in Lincoln. The Semi-Finals CLASES A (Armory) 7:30 p. m. Omaha Central vs. Shel- ton. 7:50 p. m. Omaha Commercial vs. University Place. CLASS B (Armory) 10:00 a. m. Sutton vs. Ravenna. 10:20 a. m. Minden vs. Arlington. CLASS C (Auditorium) 7:30 p. m. Seward vs. Elgin.. 7:50 p. m. Hardy vs. Dunbar. CLASS D (Auditorium) 10:00 a. m. Superior vs. Edgar. 10:20 a. m. Nebraska City vs. Au rora. CLASS E (Y. M. C. A.) 7:30 p. m. Gretna vs. Elm wood. 7:bU p. m. Plainview vs. Loup City. CLASS F (Y M. C. A.) 10:00 a. m. Deshler vs. TrumbulL 10:20 a. m. Louisville vs. Holbrook. CLASS G (Chapel) 7:3 p. m. Waterloo vs. Waverly. 7:50 p. a. S war ten vs. Ansley. CLASS H (Chapel) 10:00 a. m. Trenton vs. Wayne. 10:20 a. m. Palmyra vs. Alexan-Iria. Omaha Appears to be Probable Resting Place for the Class A Cup. Over a Thousand Turned Away from Armory at Thursday's Games. CLASS A AND B CONTESTS CLASS A Norfolk 9 Shelton 17 Fremont 7 Omaha 17 Omaha Com 18 School of Ag.... 1 Schuyler 8 Uni. Place 21 CLASS B Sutton 24 Oakdale 14 Auburn 4 Ravenna 26 Havelock 13 Minden 18 Arlington 11 Beatrice 10 The big tournament has now reached the semifinals. All the weak er teams have been eliminated and every game today will be a real bat tle. Interest in today's contests will center on the University Place-Omaha Commerce battle. Both Omaha teams were victorious yesterday and unless Lnl. Place stops the Commerce lads, the trophy is sure to land in the metropolis. Shelton easily eliminated Norfolk in the afternoon session of class A, by a count of 17 to 9. The one sided results indicate that the big teams are at last pitted against each other. Omaha Central ran away from the Fremonters 17 to 7, while the School of Agriculture counted but one lone tally against the School of Com merce, and University Place showed its strength by accumulating 21 points against 8 for Schuyler. Omaha Cen tral may find the Shelton machine a hard nut to crack and Omaha Com merce is sure to have her hands full with the University Place artists. Hundreds Turned Away Coach Stewart, director of the tournament said: "We turned away a thousand from the Armory last night." The poor, much slandered, lit tle old gym is surely being over worked in its old age. It groaned and creaked under the strain of the multitude who packed its every nook and crany. The desperate spectators MISS BURNER MAKES PLEA FOP. STUDENT DEMOCRACY "While the recent war was fought to make the world safe for democra cy, students have not done what they could to bring about a democratic con dition on the campus. There are three things that make for war in the hearts of man greed, selfishness and disregard of others, and as long as they exist there will not be an end of war." This was the theme of the talk given by Miss Oolooah Burner on the subject "Campus Democracy and Uni versity Spirit," to a large audience at convocation yesterday morning in the Temple. That the campus is not only a training camp for life but is a section of life itself is her opinion. and as the student is on the campus, so will he be in his later life. As long as privileges are open to, honors "en joyed by, and offices controlled by a few, democracy is Impossible. Most of the things Miss Burner talked about she had beard discussed on the campus during her stay here. People have said that students were classified according to the organiza tion to which they belonged, and that if a student did not wear a pin, be was not spoken to by those who did. Another cr iticism she had heard was that Nebraska did not have the right kind of spirit "University spirit Is to a campus what patriotism is to a nation " she said. Race prejudice is another thing that hinders democracy, according to (Continued on Two) swarmed over the rafters and even hung on the basket boards. Every scat was taken thirty minutes before the opening of the game. A large del egation from University Place came early and occupied about half of one side. Yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock, the athletic association called a meet ing of the school principals for the purpose of hearing complaints against the Lincoln hotel accommodations. Lincoln is cramped for room this week on account of the two big con ventions in town besides the tourna ment. The high school athletes were promised rooms at 75 cents each, but on account of the congestion have been crowded eight and ten in a room. This savored of profiteering to the school men and thus the protest was made. Secretary Whitten of the Lin coln Commercial club promised that next year every high school man would get a room at 50 cents per cap ita. CLASS A Shelton 17. Norfolk 9. Corbutt f Best Corin f Ballantyne Henninger c Kruech Hill g Rogers Conroy g Winters Substitutions: McClow for Winters. Field goals Shelton: Gorin 3, Henninger 4. Norfolk: Best 1, Bal lantyne 1, Kruech 1, Rogers 1. Foul goals Shelton : Henninger 3, Norfolk: Best 1. Uni. Place 21. Schuyler 8. Aden f Spidle Andrews f Bures Hess c Ondrocek Harrell -g ' Bliss Amos g Smathlan Substitutes :i Anderson for Hess, Alabaster for Aden, Yetter for An drews. Field goals: Amos 5, Aden 1, Hess 1, Harrell 1, Spidle 2. Free throws: Bures 2, Spidle 2, Andrews 5. Referee Ridell. Omaha Com. 18. School of Ag. 1. Bernstein f Graff Mahoney f Kimball Snygg c Riley Levinson g. Hummell Slane g Boiling Substitutes: Camero for "Bernstein. Field goals: Omaha Bernstein 1, Mahoney , Snygg 1. Free throws: Omaha Mahoney 4, School of Ag. Graff 1. Omaha Central 17. Fremont 7. Clements f Davis Burnham -f Dana Logan c Christensen - Konecky g Keith (Continued on Page Two) BASIC MILITARY DRILL . FOR ADVANCED COURSES Chancellor Avery received a letter Thursday from the War Deartment stating that in view of the fact that the Morrill act does not make mili tary training compulsory for all stu dents in land-grant colleges, educa tional authorities are free to excuse from such military training students who have covered this work in other ways. As far as admission to the ad vanced course is concerned however, educational institutions are very defi nitely limited by the provisions of the national defense act which permits only those students who have com pleted two years of the basic coiiruft . or who have completed a course sub stantially equivalent in an Institution where the professor of military sci ence and tactics has been detailed by the war department It is regretted that credit cannot be given towards advanced courses for services per formed during the war. The officials of the war department are continuing their efforts to secure an adjustment of the question. 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