THE DAILY NEBRASgAN
1908 Big Year
InCornhusker
Sport History
Nebraska Hopes For Berth In
Big Nine But Joined
Valley Conference
TRACK TEAM DEFEATS
MINNESOTA IN 1909
(Editor. Not)
TliU U the ninth chapter of an
VUtnrieal resume of Nebrak ath
tetict which hat been compiled by
member of The Daily Nebrakan
port staff. A chapter of lhi ac
count will appear !n each Uim of
Th Dailv Nebraskan for tha re
mainder of the school year.
By Jack Elliott
IX
We are now on the football field
Wk- in 1908 after Nebraska had
been in tho Big Seven for one year,
The B'Z Sflvcn or the Missouri V&l
l?y conference hnd been in exist
ance for only a short time and had
well served its purpose by bringing
tK-ven of the large institutions of
the Missouri v..lley region into close
and friendly athletic relations. It had
greatly stimulated the interest in
track athletics, baseball, and basket
ball, and has made possible champ,
ionship series in all branches of col
lege sports.
Owing to the successful opposition
of a few members of the athletic
board, Nebraska did not join in the'
movement looking toward the formu
lation of a Missouri Valley Intercol
legiate conference, and only when
forced, a year later, to show their
hand by a formal invitation from the
already organized conference, did
they unwillingly vote to accept the
invitation" in order to avoid athletic
ostracism. Nebraska had hopes of ob
taining poaIUuu iti Hie Big Nine,
now the Big Ten, and was very re
luctant to enter the conference
which had been formed in the Mis
souri valley region.
In numbers, Missouri was Nebras
ka's nearest athletic rival, but Mis
souri had not been putting out suc
cessful teams in the past and had not
given the Huskeis much competition
on the football field. During the ten
years from 1898 up until 1908 Ne
braska had developed stronger and
more consistent football teams than
any of her sister teams in the Mis
souri Valley and was the best recog
nized institution of the Valley con
ference. But it was said that Ne
braska had developed football alone
and had let her other major sports
slide.
Minnesota game which ended in a
scoreless tie.
Conference Was Divided
Nebraska was going through the
third year of the new football rules,
and the forward pass, on-side kick
sr.d ten yard xula had by 11. ia time
been thoroughly tested by Husker
pigskin luggers. The changes of the
'football game of that day had been
most successful in abolishing abuses
to the great collegiate pastime.
The Missouri Valley basketball
conference1 was divided into two sec
tions, the northern and southern sec
tion. Nebraska won the northern
section and the Kansas Jayhawkers
won the southern section so the two
ancient rivals played for the champ
ionship in a series of three games.
The first game of the series was
played at Kansas City, Kansas, the
Jayhawkers winning 28 to 22 and the
second game was also annexed by
the Kansas five thus giving them un
disputed championship of the Big
Seven for 1908-09
The Cornhuskers opened their
baseball season with a win over the
Wesleyan nine, 3 to 1. Coach "Billy'
Fox was coaching the Nebraska sand
lottcrs, and was captain of the West
ern league baseball team. One of the
big complaints about baseball at Ne
braska in the past had been that the
players had been selected by the cap
tain and not by the coach. But when
Coach "Billy" Fox took charge of
the Husker nine, he had quite a lot
to say in picking the baseball nine
that was to represent Nebraska on
the diamond that year.
The Nebraska baseball field was at
Antelope Park and it was here that
Nebraska won the "comedy of er
rors", as the Missouri-Nebraska game
was termed. The Missouri nine was
beaten 11 to 7 by the Husker ball
tossers.
Saturday May 15, 1909 was the
day of double wins for Nebraska. Ne
braska's cinder path athletes main
tained the tradition of the Cornhus
kers for beating Minnesota on the
track and in the field events. The
baseball proteges of Captain Beltzer
took a second championship contest
from Drake University. The score in
the track meet was 55 1-2 to 42 1-2
with the Minnesota Gophers on the
short end. In the ball game Drake
barely escaped a shutout getting one
score, while the Cornhuskers touched
home plat four times.
(To be Continued.)
Schools in 1908 Big Seven
The schools which composed the
Big Seven or the Missouri Valley
conference were, Nebraska, Ames,
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Washington,
and Drake. The men who composed
the Cornhusker team of 1908 were
as follows: Cooke, Bentley, Minor,
S. Collins, Chaloupka, Frum, Sturt
eznegger, Beltzer, Ewing, Harvey,
Bowers, Slaughter, Elliott, Birkner,
Kroger, Harte, Temple, C. Collins,
and F. Johnson. The average weight
of the team was 161 pounds.
In most respects the season of
1908 was one of the most remarkable
seasons the Nebraska football eleven
ever experienced. It did not win
every game nor did it win the champ
ionship cf the Missouri Wiley con
ference, but from the standpoint of
the student body it was a successful
season.
Coach "King" Cole, who had de
veloped a championship team in 1907
was back at the helm of the Corn
husker squad as the director of Hus
ker gridders. There were ten games
booked for the season, five of which
were real battles and the Husker
eleven all season pointed towards the
IN THE VALLEY
. . By . . I
JACK ELLIOTT
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The University of Kansas tennis
team, undefeated this season, met
Drake University at Dcs Moines last
Saturday. Already this season the
Kansas team has defeated Eakcr
University, the College of Emporia,
and the Kansas Aggies.
May 20 and 21 will find the Mis
souri Valley tennis teams in Lincoln
for the conference meet in connec
tion with the Missouri Valley out
door track meet.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
TOURNEY STARTED
Luvinf In Percentages
Play Championship Games;
Skin To Be Given
n "i
At the Kansas Relays Iowa State
carried homo the largest number of
the whit gold watches given to win
ners of firsts, having a total of nine
through victories in the half-mile
and the one mile relays and a first
in the broad jump in which Evering
ham leaped 22 feet 71-2 inches. "
Six major sports events have been
arranged for Veishes, Iowa State's
exposition, May 12 to the 14. Of the
six headliners will be the special mile
race between Kay Conger, oT the
Iowa State team and Alva Martin
former Northwestern captain and one
of the greatest middle distance run
ners in American colleges.
The Oklahoma Sooner thinclads
collected f wo places in the fifth An,
nual Kansas Relays. The Oklahoma
mile team took a third place and
Mullins got a fourth in the broad
jump.
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Cut Glass
Watches
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Leather Cwrl
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Y.M. and Y.W. Officers
Meet With Community
Chest Members Friday
University Y. M. C. A. and Y. W.
. A. officers and board members
represented their respective organ
izations at a luncheon meeting given
by the Community Chest members
Friday noon.
Under the Community Chest ar
rangements the community support
of the University Y. M. C. A. and
W. C. A. is given through the
Community Chest. Recently the
chest committee has experienced dif
ficulties in raising the amounts re
quested by the several organizations.
The difficulties facing the chest, and
the formulation of plans for the
overcoming of these difficulties, were
discussed by several speakers. Hope
and belief was expressed, that this
situation could be remedied by the
full support of the financial interests
of the city, and a greater cooperation
among the participating agencies. I
Coach Johnny Maulbetsch of the
Oklahoma Aggies is another one of
the Missouri Valley coaches who
speaks very disfavorably in regard
to the new 1928 basketball rules
which restricts the player to but one
bounce. So far the new rule has
but one defender of the new rule and
that is Coach Chandler of Iowa State.
The Stillwater Aggie coach expressed
doubt that the rule would ever be
adopted in the Missouri Valley con
ference or approved by a necessary
majority of Valley conference or ap
proved by a necessary majority of
Valley coaches. He thinks the rule
will slow up the game and instead of
an improvement it is a backward
step.
Dr. Forrest C. Allen of Kansas
University is opposed to the new rul
ing, and in a recent speech hinted
that the rules committee had rail
roaded the dribble rulei through with
out giving the coaches in the west a
chance to voice their opinion. '
Besides Allen, Coach Black of Ne
braska, Edwards of Missouri, McDer-
mott of Oklahoma, and James Nain-
smith, originator of basketball, are
all strongly opposed to the new rule.
Lunches
Candy-
Meals
Drinks
At
LITTLE
SUNSHINE
LUNCH
1227 R
1st Door East of Temple
HERE WE GO "PICNICKING"
Austin Sez he is going to make the closing days of school
as pleasant as possible and as evidence of this fact he
is submitting the following PICNIC LUNCHES for your
approval:
PICNIC LUNCH FOR 4 PEOPLE $2.00
Fried Spring Chicken Family Style
French Fried Potatoes
Eight Sandwiches
Olives and Pickles
(This Lunch is put up so that the chicken and Potatoes
will keep warm for IV2 hours.)
PICNIC LUNCH FOR 4 PEOPLE $1.50
EIGHT SANDWICHES (Your Choice)
Potato Chips, Olives, Pickles;
Four Bottles ZUMALWEISS or LEMONADE
PICNIC LUNCH FOR 4 PEOPLE $1.00
EIGHT SANDWICHES (Your Choice)
Potato Chips, Olives, Pickles
Special Announcement
We are glad lo announce that we are now prepared to
serve CHOW MEIN and CHOr SUEY and as to the
quality and reasonableness of price we will let you be
the Judge.
In the event rain ruins your picnic we will be glad
to make delivery of any of the above combinations to
your house. Immediate service on all these lunches ex
cept that we must have about 80 minutes notice for the
preparation of the Fried Chicken Lunch.
Call et THE IDYL HOUR or Phone B-1694 and we
will do our best to please ycu.
The teams leading in percentage
in each of the leagues competing in
the inter-college baseball tournament
will play a championship game, and
skin will be given to the winning
college nine.
Mr. Harold Holtz has promised to
furnish an alumni team that will en
deavor to give the college champs a
few of the finer points on the game
May 27, as a feature of the Round
Up on Friday morning. Equipment
and assignment of diamonds may be
obained at the Athletic office.
Team managers are requested to
get in touch with the rival managers
and schedule their games. Any Arts
and Science players are requested to
leave their names with "Jimmy"
Lewis as the team roster is not yet)
filled. All games should be reported
to the Athletic office so that an ac
curate record of standings may be
kept
The following pairings have been
made for the tournament:
League 1:
1. College of Pharmacy.
2. College of Engineering.
3. College of Agriculture.
1st game Team 1 plays Team 2.
2nd game Team 3 plays Team 4.
3rd game Team 2 plays Team 3.
League 2:
1. College of Dentistry.
2. College of Business Administra
tion.
3. College of Arts and Science.
4. Teachers College.
4th game Team 1 plays Team 4.
5th game Team 4 plays Team 2.
6th game Team 1 plays Team 3.
The committee in charge are:
Pharmacy Raymond Johnson and
Raymond Bartek.
Engineers Merritt Collins and
Lyman Jillson for Sigma Tau.
Laws Bill Hein, Ernie Raun,
Franklyn Yearsely, and John Corn-
stock.
Agriculture Coach W. W. Knight.
Biz Ad Gearld Wirsig and Bob
DuBois for Alpha Kappa Psi.
Arts and Science Joe Reeves,
Chairman, Marion Shewe and Fred
Ekstrom.
Teachers College Dutch Witte
and Glenn Presnell.
Dental College John Brauer.
The revenue derived from the cig
arette tax in South Dakota is used
to erect new buildings at the State
university and tho State colleges.
The first amateur motion picture
scenario to be written, produced and
photographed by college students has
been made at Colgate university.
A student of Stanford University
was dropped from the university be
cause he was seen taking alcohol
from the chemistry laboratory.
money, in basement of U hall please
mail them to The Daily Nebraska
office. Loser is particularly anxious
to have the glasses returned.
SCHOOL EXECUTIVES, supervisors
and teKciiera Wanted immediately
to fill vacancies for coming year. Ap
ply, Mt. States Teachers' Agency, 210
Templeton Bldg., Salt Lake City,
Utah.
iliaii cook
for Boys' camp. Apply City Y.
M. C. A., Employment Dept.
Typing
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done reasonably. Call
WANT ADS
LOST Grey lizard skin pocket-book
containing a Schaeffer pen, doreen,
and papers in Daily Nebraskan office.
Call F-4406. Reward.
LOST Brown leather eye glass case
containing valuables. Call B-1708.
LOST Delta Sigma Lambda pin last
Friday, name on back. Reward
offered. Return to Laily Nebraskan
office.
LOST Dark boned-rimmed glasses
on campus last Monday. Finder
call B-5088. Joy Ley.
LOST Will person who found black
silk bag containing glasses and
The Handy Place
To Buy
SUPPLIES
Graves Printing
Company
Three doors south of UnL
Temple
OPENING FOR SUMMER WORK
Any student desiring employment
during the summer selling goods in
this territory can be put in touch
with a firm offering a good proposi
tion by calling upon Dr. Wolcott,
102, Bessey Hall.
Summer Work: A few positions
still open in Nebraska and adjoining
states for the right men. Those ac
cepted must be able to give best of
references, should be over 19 years
of age and willing to be away fro
home for the summer. $46000!'
our minimum wage guarantee,-!?
nnum unlimited. R. P. SteanTr?"
representative, at Cornhusker ff''
rem 717 lor today only and
P. M. This is my last trip to ?
coin this year. P W Li
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shall I
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that
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