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JACK BEST
"There is no difference tbetween the
uthletes of today, at the University
of Nebraska, and those of twenty-five
years ago," says Jack Best, who has
been Intimately acquainted with more
or Nebraska's athletes and who kaows
n;or about the history of Nebraska ath
letics than any one else. '
"They weigh about the same today
as they used to," he said, rejecting
the idea that the men of today are In
any way physically inferior to those
of h quarter of a century ago. ' lae
main difference between the football
players of today and those of the ear
ly days of football here is the clothes
they wear. They weren't padded then."
Weren't they hurt more seriousry
then?" he was asked.
"No, they were tougher. I used to
rub them with salt, and then take a
blacksnake to them" he replied with
a twinkle In his brown eyen.
The inquisitor must have exp.et.sed
doubt In her countenance, for tbe old
man said, "You don't believe did
that, do you? while the twinkle in
his eyes deepened.
"The boys used to rub their clothes
with grease, so the others couldn't
catch them," he continued. "The old
game was rougher they didn't have
the rules they do now."
Here Since 1889
Jack Best has been connected with
the University of Nebraska since is33,
p.t which time he became nightwatch
man here. He helped football get on
itB feet at Nebraska, being at first
both coach and trainer. He was the
boV beat friend, both on the field and
In the "ymM After football had
become established here, and after
il.euinatlHtn hud become Juck'a ene
!iy, he Htlll maintained bin uaefulnetn
In the symnavulm, though he no long
er coached. To thla day, the eventy-four-)
ear-old EnglUhmun retains nil
nupremacy as "rubber," and general
hand man who keeps the players in
condition and bandaged up aore ankles.
Every Cornhusker hat a soft spot In
his lieu it for Jack, whose loyalty to,
ind prldu n, Nebraska has never been
furpasHed.
One day last week he made his n
from Uu liHHement of the Armory,
where he can be found at almost any
lliuo of the day, to the gymnasium
floor, to keep an appointment with a
Dully Nebraskan reporter. He sat
t'oun In the Janitor's tiny office open
li'K from the gymnasium, and his first
words, after his greeting, were: "Well,
we've got a good team. And we've got
m Kood couch, and the boys llko him.
Hut we dont have enough room here."
And then Jack told how two and
three men were forced to share the
Kuino locker through lack of space,
and how, for the same reason, their
foot bull suits were never permitted
to dry thoroughly. They must be
(ionned for the next practice, still wet
mid muddy. Juck does not think these
handicaps give the team a fair chance.
Another attempt to lead him to a
comparison of the football players of
the paBt with those of the present, re
sulted in an Invitation to "Bee for
join-self," by coming down to the office
in the biiHemcnt of the Armory, wnore
hang the pictures of all the football
teams Nebraska has ever bad. And,
u h their old friend has said, there
seemed to be no appreciable difference
between any of the teams. To be sure,
facial decoration in the way of mous
taches, was much more common many
years ago. But In size and weight,
one corresponded to another.
The old pictures brought on a rvni
Iscent strain in Jack, and he began to
talk of some of the old players. Bene
dict, captain of the team In '03, the old
trainer believes, was one of the very
best football players Nebraska ever
had. He was a Lincoln man, Jack
said, but he had not heard from him
for a long time, and does not know
where he is now.
A big colored m an, whose name
"Jlmmie" had forgotten was a rough
player, he said, back in '93 and '94.
Mention of him brought to the old
trainer's mind a story. He sat down
on the davenport, one hand on his
thigh, the other on hU knee.
It was at a gaum in Omaha. One of
the opposing players had ripped t'P"n
the Nebraska man's cheek with hU
heel. "In the next half, though, he
got It back on him," said Jack In hU
quaint English way. In the ewnlng
after the gume, the team had gone to
the Orpheum. Borne one came to Juck
Mid told him that the opposition team
was after the colored mini and wus
going to kill him.
Jack told the fellow ubout It and
mudn arrangements with him to meet
outside the theater In a few minutes.
The blK fellow, thoroughly frlghloned,
made his way with the trainer to the
Burlington station. Just before they
got to the viaduct near the stutlon,
I hey spied a group of rough looking
men.
"There they are' the negro suld.
but kept on his way. As they went
on, they discovered It was merely a
bunch of bums waiting for a street
car. "Well, we hurried on, and got
cn the train as soon as we could, find
we were mighty glad when wo pulled
out of Omaha safe," Jack concluded.
In the old days Jack suld enthu
siasm was displayed in a more lively,
not to Bay more boisterous manner, on
the eve of footbnll gameH. One time
they attempted to carry off a Beet ion
of board sidewalk from In front of a
residence near the campus. The man
of the house, accompanied by his wife
and daughter, came out with a shotgun
In his hand, and ordered them to stop.
The "gang" brought the cunnon from
the green near the library to the front
of the man's house and loaded it with
blank cartridges. They were permitted
to tear up the rest of the sidewalk
without Interference, and they had
their bonfire as originally planned.
"Well, I'll have to be goln' now,
said the Cornhuskers' "grand old
man," getting on his feet, "they'll be
needin' me out there. They keep me
busy till 6 o'clock." And, shaking his
Interviewer's hand, and bestowing up
cn her one of his charming smiles, he
w ent back to his boys In the "gym."
As an old negro boarded a Capitol
car in Oklahoma City, Judge Pitch
ford of the supreme court, who was
sitting in the colored section of the
car, got up and gave the old darky
his seat. "Who is yo'?" inquired the
surprised negro. "I'm Just a plain,
common kind of a man," replied the
Judge. "Yassah, I kin see that," said
the old uncle, "but what's yo' name?"
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Girls! Do You Know That-
The Christmas holiday season is
less than a month away.
That means, of course, more
clothes for the dance, the theatre,
the dinner party, and the thou
sand and one other functions on
the social calendar at this gala
time.
We really want you to come up
and see our dance frocks and
evening dresses, even if you
haven't any serious intentions of
buying, for they're a delight to
the eye especially the .ones
which are just billows of tulle in
every color of the rainbow. Then,
too, there are quaintly charming
taffeta frocks in Dresden pat
terns, gracefully draped satin
ones, and stunning gowns in black
velvet and Charmeuse some
more in the nature of dinner
gowns, some fashionably high cut
in back, and others following the
usual deeolletege. r
Then for informal affairs we
are showing: an interesting col-
'if
lection of dresses suitable for the
most elaborate as well as the
simplest of these occasions.
Georgette dresses, often beauti
fully embroidered in gold and sil
ver thread, or perhaps combined
with chiffon velvet or some other
material; distinctive gowns of
Kitten's Ear Crepe and other sat
in fabrics, in becoming browns,
taupe, black; in fact all the lead
ing shades; striking modes devel
oped in tricolette, principally in
shades of sand, navy, and black;
tricotine dresses, serge dresses
in fact every sort of a frock you
could possibly want.
And by the way There are
still a few good looking dresses
left at a THIRD AND A HALF
LESS THAN THEIR ORIGINAL
PRICES. They may be had in
tricolette, satin, charmeuse, crepe
de chine, taffeta, and Georgette,
in a host of smart styles and in
sizes from 16 to 42.
$4i&
A group of suits, too, is flaunt
ing a HALF PRICE CARD. Some
of them are fur trimmed, but the
majority have either high con
vertible collars of the material or
plain notched collars to permit
the wearing of one's own furs.
BUT ENOUGH ON THE SUB
JECT OF CLOTHES. After all,
one can't let them absorb one's
entire attention, with Christmas
gifts to be thought of so soon.
Gradually our entire store is be
ing decked in holiday array ami
attractive gifts for every sort of
person are taking their places.
Gifts for men everything from
fine linen handkerchiefs waiting
to be initialed, to mahogany hu
midors and smoking stands all
sorts of pretty things to please
the feminine fancy toys, dolls,
and games for the children elec
trical gifts in fact Christmas
presents galore of every kind.
Wont you make this store your
Christmas shopping headquarters?
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