OLYMPICS REVIVED .
AFTER YEAR'S REST
Freshmen RunA"ay With Soph
omores arabbinff Long
End of 65-35 Score
in ihe 1919 Olympics the freshmen.
ov. confident of a "walkaway." were
'prised when the second yyear men
" them nock to nock race foi
..... . th individual combats, ami
?o outcome of the big battle was
...ally in lubl unUl the r'e8muen won
I,". J0,e rush with ease. Wi was
lllP deciding event. Many a time dur
ing the boxing and wrestling encount
,,s the stands of Freshmen were si
l,,nt as the sophomores struck off
Uctory after victory.
The nnal scoro 65 to 35 shows why
ihe day was so exciting. It was
urns up until the final pole rush, when
ihe freshmen, outnumbering their
combatants nearly 4 to 1. tore down
ihe sophomore flag. After this it was
a cinch" that the freshmen green
cil,)s were ready Tor the 'discard wood
pile, or otherwise.
"Chic" Hartley, captain of the fresh
men football Bquad. was the first
freshman to reach the top of the role
and drag "Hob" Anderson. Bophomore
trusty, down from his perch, after a
lively tussle.
The pushball contest, was replaced
l,v a cane rush, due to the InHbillty
oi the Iowa school to supply the ball
ilils year. The cane rush proved al
most as barbaric as the pole fight, and
many warrlers were cast on the sod
as a result of the scrimmage. Cane
rushes have been used with success in
many eastern schools, and have bten
abolished in some because of their
extreme roughness. This year the
rush ended in a draw, as ten men of
both classes had a firm hold on tho
cane when the end came.
The freshmen pulled the haughty
fuphomores all over the field in the
tug-of-war. The 440-yard relay .vas
easily won by Deerlng. a sophomore
sprinter.
Much interest was displayed in the
wrestling and boxing contests. The
135 !b wrestling match between Sal
ter, sophomore, and Dobish, freshman
was an evenly matched struggle which
ended in a tie.
Hrock, a ophoinortt, won the light
weight wrestling, followed by unoihei
decisive sophomore victory when In
the 150 lb. class Wertt threw Willi
In a whirlwind three minutes. Thomp
son, a freshman, carried off the honoi
In tho heavy weight wrestling event.
In boxing. Edward Uurdner In thu
light weight class won from IiIh fresh
man opponent, but the flist-ycar class
succeeded In w inning all other bout
when the sophomores t.md to uo
duce any heavy weight champion, una
when l'ainter and North lost to agile
and cunning freshmen.
Harry Troendley rererced the wit-Ht-ling
matches, and J. Uaines the boxing
contests. Byron McMuhon actel as
time keeper. The Innocents manageu
the entire program and the success of
the gladitorlal battles is due entirely
to their efforts.
Keen rivalry was shown between
the classes. Pen tutu sword, in a
figurative Bense, were kept busy for
weeks before the combat. Doth class
is held enormous "pep" meetings. John
Lawlor headed the sophomore Olymp
ics committee and Dan Lynch was
chairman tor the freshmen. Articles
regarding the plans and preparations
of both classes were written In the
NebniBkan day by day oy Jack Aus
tin, class reporter for the freshmen
and Story Harding, for the sopho
mores. Often these articles directly
rebutted each other.
Pre-Olympic Battle
The day before the battle, several
pre-olympic struggles occured. About
3 o'clock that afternoon, a fierce sttug
gle occurred between the Sigma Chi
and Phi Psi Freshmen against the
Phi Kappa Psi sophomores. Secret
meetings were later held by both class
es to prevent the kidnapping of their
presidents and Olympics chairmen,
and the freshmen attended a rally
Friday evening with clubs in their
hands to protect their president, Tur
ner Teftt. These actions were misun
derstood by a body of sophomores who
thought the first-year men were
marching toward them for a bloody
combat. Several prominent men of
athletic ability of both classes were
kidnapped but returned to their class
mates before the fight Saturday morn
ing. There were not many fraternity
men of either class who stayed at
their particular chapter house Friday
night. It was not safe, and besides
those who did were rewarded, espe
cially the freshmen, with painted fac
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History
largely because the University of
Nebraska whs at all times cornclou
tluil out door sports nmk s lyerlnr
men of the American uml Canadian
t'i and that they foster good sports
inanshlp, Ihe Olympics were cone lv
ed as a tpe of mass athletics In
which every Freshman Hnd gorho
more should feel It his duty to par
ticipate. In other universities as
at Nebraska the annual Freshman
Snphomure "scrap." oeavlly clothed
In tradition as a class event, had been
In vogue. Nebraska wanted to have
something Just a little nltrerrnt.
The faet that some college fights
were childishly detrimental, sense
less, and trivial, was not denied. The
spirit or "fair play" did not exist, and
ns a consequence property wss de
stroyed, and bad feeling was engen
dered which menaced the harmony of
school and class spirit and endang
ered real athletic successes.
Realizing that no good could come
from "class Bcrnps" of this nature,
the idea of turning a waste product
into a profitable one and at the same
time furnishing the same "spirit of
combat,' was accepted as a feasible
end sensible Innovation.
Accordingly In the fall of 1908, the
f.r.u 01;mp:iB were arranged -it too
University of Nebraska. The name
"Nebraska Olympics" was suggested
by Dean C. E. Dessey and was en
thusiastically adopted. Committees
were appointed from the Freshman
and Sophomore classes and arrange
ments were completed. On Nevember
14. 1908, the first Olympics were held
establishing one of Nebraska's strong
est traditions, with Dr .G. E. Condra
and the uppcrelassmen at the helm.
Since that memorable day In No
vember, 1908, each year, excepting
war-stricken 1918, has produced its
annual battle of the underclasses.
Each side has shared In victory as
well as tasted defeat, and both s'des
have come thru it more tlrmly welded
together in Nebraska spirit and Ne
braska tradition.
The Olympics were initiated to sat
isfy the "spirit of combat" between
the two underclasses and to take the
place of "class scraps." In ord'T to
be such they could not be a "de
natured product." Olympics are of
necessity rough. The roughness,
however, is within strict rules of the
game, and the important spirit of
good sportsmanship is predominant.
That they have fulfilled their mis
sion in this respect is evidenced by
the fact that with the exception of a
few unpopular outbursts of tumultu
ous "pep" along the wrong channels,
trim snort smanshiD has been the
bard and fast rule at Nebraska 3ince
November, 1908.
Since their inception the Olympics
have been almost free from unfair
ness on the part of the participants
This fact alone, which indicates a
tendency toward the cultivation of
"cood sportsmanship," speaks well
for the tradition.
Furthermore, these contests bring
to the limelight .especially among the
first-year students, athletic mateiial
which would otherwise escape notice
The fact that a man has partici
rated in the Olympics becomes a part
of his school history and part of his
life and the recurrent memories serve
to bind him more closely and moid
dearly in "Nebraska spirit," "Nebras
ka tradition, "Nebraska honor," and
Nebraska University.
This year marked the return of
the ancient custom after a year's
absence when thoughts were turned
to battlefields and world struggles
The Olympics of November 15, were
the most expressive of Nebraska
spirit of all "scraps" which had been
written in history.
Three thousand cheering spectat
ors, not all students, but professors,
mothers, fathers, and sisters and
brothers, thronged the small stands
at the M Street Ball Park to witness
cne of the hardest fought battles in
the annals of Freshman-Sophomore
struggles.
The new doorkeeper at the museum
had evidently learned the rules by
heart before taking over the job.
"Here, sir, you must leave your um
brella at the door," he said to a
visitor who was going straight
through the turnstile. "But I haven't
got any umbrella" the visitor plead
ed. "Then you must go back and get
one," was the stern reply. No one
sallowed to pass here unless he
leaves his umbrella at the door.
tit n n n,T th th t
The cultured young lady from
Boston had mentioned so often that
she spoke half a dozen different lan
guages that the company was getting
decidedly bored, as no one present
was able to prove her powers as f.
linguist Finally she turned to a tall,
lank gentleman, and asked. "And
how many languages do you speak,
Mr. Blank?" Three, ma'am," drawled
the Southerner; "poor English, fair
Virginian and perfect nigger."
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