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r i THE NEBRASKAN-HESPER1AN. ArOL. !-H0, no. :$. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, OCTOUER 2, 1JM)0. FIVE CENTS. Y 5 i ii WEEK ON THE GRIDIRON M'ii Working linn) Two Tciiiiih Kormrd for Scrub Oiiiiich Kxrltlng I'nirllri' Nightly. Another week of hard practice has passed and good results are very ap parent. Signal practice began over a week ago and about the middle of the week two teams were picked out and a short game played. From nQv on there will be games every evening for a few minutes before the close of prac tice. These games are exciting and full of interest although necessarily some what one-sided and will become more so as the selection of the first team progresses. The number of men who have turned out during the past week has been most flattering when compared with previous seasons. However, there is room for all the good heavy men in the University. Coach Booth, when talking the other day, spoke of the number of large strong freshmen who had not shown any desire to play. Everyone of them is needed on the field. He may not be able to make the first team this year, but there are other years to come. Two unfortunate accidents occurred last week. Bullard, quarter on tho second team, had his right jaw brok en just below the temple. He was able to be out the next day and can carry his school work, although not being able to play anymore this season. Niel son sprained his ankle last Wednes day evening and will not be able to practice for a few days. He plays a good, hard game at half. The team work shows up very cred itable considering the length of time I -rnsscdjriiinraErice IimblostkieTnbtjj as numerous as might be expected and they will decrease in number as prac tice proceeds and the players become accustomed to each others' peculiari ties. A strong point in team work is for every man to aid the weaknesses of his fellow players and to accept help from others strong in a point in which he knows he is weak. The Interference is close, but can be improved in speed by practice which comes later on. The game with the high school Saturday will show the effectiveness of the offensive and defensive work and where the weak points are and no doubt more speed and snap will be worked into the plays. SX Coach Booth has shown himself to ybe a master of the football art and 7f especially In good strong team work J and securing the good will of the v men. He knows about what every nan Is able to do and is careful in handling the men. Water, a sponge and some oatmeal gruel are on the field every evening and care Is tak en in the bathB and rub-down after practice. The men will soon be trained down to good form. Rov. Mr. Manss has continued to help in the coachir.s during the last week and will during tho rest of the season. Ho 13 an exponent of good clean football and a hard worker, watching every play and quickly de r tectinr any defect there may be. u. ii. wimamb, capiam iasi year, has bepn or the field during the past week aiding in tin coaching and espe cial'. v in working up the second team eo it will be able to work the first team a little harder. Manager Tukfc 'Has been doing some hustling during the last week and is getting the grounds in better shape. A fence of two wires has been put up six feet from the side line and this should koep the crowds from the field during practice. Tukey has also had the grass burnt from the field and the line marked out Ho has been coach lug the f.econd train and will soon l.uv a team able to beat any smaller college team in the J-late and even make the first team play a hard game to 1'cld Its own. An to the line-up of the first team, it is Impossible to tell yet Coach Kooth Is able to give out nothing and as, far as that is concerned no man is sure of hia ptoce it r. the season un less he does good, hard work. Y. M. C. A. FINANCES. The following is the budget adopted by the Y. M. C. A. finance committee for this year: General secretary $350 00 Geneva delegates CO 00 Missions 20 00 Improvement of rooms 100 00 Socials -10 00 Printing 40 00 Telephone 3G 00 Incidentals 35 00 Janitor 22 50 State committee 20 00 Care of sick 30 00 Total ..., $773 50 Resources Membership $250 00 Subscriptions secured 220 00 Unprovided for 303 50 Total $773 50 The adopting of the budget has been no easy task for the committee be cause as usual an attempt has been made to keep expenses just as low as possible. The budget is somewhat larger than one year ago, but this is what might be expected because of the increasing work and the growing demands. The resources of the expense is dis tributed so that it is not burdensome on any one person, but if the financial record is maintained this year it will be necessary that all friends increase their gifts as much as possible. The record of the association's finances is a credit to the University as well as itself. It has never closed a year In debt. Do what you can and that will li Uhe record this year. 1'1'lfB 4-WV OftnTPTV T7WnTJ'tTTrt'V'"J "..". Awyw, ..Afcjawi-i. a. j u.ju.1 Old and new students were given a hearty welcome by the Union society Friday evening. Visitors found the hall neatly decorated with palms and flowers. Refreshments were served by well-known Unions and Misses Prey and Llvesay gave enjoyable vo cal and Instrumental numbers. A large crowd attended the annual reception of the Palladian society Friday evening. The hall was tasteful ly decorated for the occasion and comers were met at the door by the reception committee. Several old-time Palladians and numerous visitors from other societies were present. Refresh ments and college songs formed a part of the evening's entertainment The Delians extended their hospital ity to a host of friends last Friday evening In the Y. M. C. A. rooms. The decorations of the rooms re flects great credit upon the young la dies of the society. Light refresh ments were served and everyone en joyed a social chat and good time gen erally. Students are cordially invited to at tend the Friday evening meetings of the literary societies. They furnish valuable drill in public literary ef forts. In addition they give due at tention to purely social meetings in the recognition of the students' relax ation from intellectual pursuits. P. B. D. C. The Palladian Debating club held a very enjoyable meeting last Satur day night The trust question was en ergetically debated and was well sus tained on both sides. The speakers for the evening were: Walter C. Green and Bert R. Gordon on the affirmative, and Mr. Ligbtner and R. H. Wezsel on the negative. A free feed was the next taing on the program. Visiting students were very much pleased with the cordiality shown them. W. C. G. GAME WITH MEDICS, A game has been arranged with the Lincoln Medical College for next Wednesday afternoon. The college has a strong team for a school of its site and the game should be Interest ing. The street fair program may In terfere with the pulling off of the game, but It is hoped that It will not and that the game will be played as scheduled. HIGH SCHOOL GAME. I.nrgo Crowd nnil Vory HnthtiHlitHtlr Miicli Oood-Xnttiri'd Ithntry Particulars of Came. The Lincoln high school football team and the University team played the first game of the season on the campus last Saturday afternoon. The University team won by a score of 1G to 0. A large and enthusiastic crowd greeted the University players as they entered the field at 3 o'clock. The high school had been on the field for several minutes practicing signals. The team is an exceptionally heavy and strong one for a high school, but it had too much to handle in the Uni versity team, even though a part of the second team played. Most of the playing was done in the high school's territory. The lack of skill which can only be acquired by hard playing was shown by both teams and especially by the University team. However, it must be remembered that the team has practiced signals and plays for less than a week. Chancellor Andrews, who watched the game from the side lines, remarked on the grit and de termination shown by both teams. The high school won the toss and kicked off at 3:15. Eager caught the ball and gained back fifteen yards, placing the ball on the thirty-yard line. Raymond punted thirty yards and; the University secured the ball on a. fumble. Raymond made repeat ed gains through the line and Eager went around the end for a gain. This placed the ball within two yards of the goal. The high school tried hard .to Jiold, but on third ihawaJRayjaond., wenurover ior a'loucnuowu in six min utes' after the kick-off. He missed the goal. The high school kicked off again to Eager who gained back twenty-five yards. Raymond made a good punt and high school secured the ball, but lost it on second down on a fumble. By repeated line bucks, Raymond was pushed over for another touchdown, but missed goal. The half was almost over and no further scoring was done. During the second half the high school played a harder game and held the University down to one touchdown made by Montgomery, who had taken Eager's place. He made a good run with excellent interference around left end for thirty yards. Raymond kicked goal. The high school kicked off and the University punted, giving the ball to high school. They tried the quarter kick to half, hut made only seven yards. The high school made small gains and soon lost the ball on a fumble. Cortelyou blocked a run around his end with a loss of seven yards. He also secured the ball on a fumble a few minutes before the close of the game, causing the high school to lose seven yards. During the first half. Drain also made a beautiful drop upon the ball. Time was called at the end of the second half with the ball in the centre of the field. The line-up: lt University. High School. Koehler C Beachley Westover R. G Hubbard Fradenburg L. G Morton Plllsbury R, Brew L, Cortelyou R, Ryons. L, T- Bruce E Shedd E Lawton Drain Q. B Corey Crandall and Nielson R. H Folmer Eager and Montgomery L. H Benedict Raymond F. B Mickel Referee, Bob Emmons; umpire, P. H. MePherrln; fifteen-minute halves. NOTICE. The University Mandolin club met last evening with an attendance which Insures success. You are cordially In vited to attend a meeting -and enter the club if you desire, free of charge. The club meets Monday and Thurs day evenings at the University Conser vatory of Music. ALUMNI GAME. Tukey With Hayward Secure It Game Saturday Doane Cancels Date. During past years the managers have tried to secure an alumni game during the first part of the season, but failure always followed because of the difficulty of getting the alumni together. Manager Tukey had better success this, year and a game has been arranged for Saturday, October C, with an alumni team. Doane college should have played on that date, but broke her contract and would have left the Nebraska team In the lurch had not the alumni taken the date. Doane has been very unfortunate with her team this year, but she should not make dates un less she can keep them. The alumni team will be composed of some of the oldest, best and most experienced players the University team ever turned out Six of them played on the famous team of '97. That year the University won every game it played. Several of the players were selected by the best judges for th western college team. The following will be the line-up, suDject to possible changes: Melford, centre; Hopewell, Wilson and Hansen will be out for the guards; Pearse and Hayward, tackles; Wig gins, Cameron and Thorpe are candi dates for ends; Spooner, quarter: Shedd, Packard, Cameron and Gerard will change off for the backs. PHYSICAL TRAINING DEPART MENT. Prospects were never better for a strong basket-ball season. The be ginning of the season will ,lc,j" J paafc-years, theycl6sfe-'Hh'6ffootballB season, several or the strongest men in past years have been from the foot ball team.. This year will not be an exception to the rule, as Cortelyou of last year's team and Koehler of the second team are among the host of promising candidates. The value of basket-ball as intertraining for foot ball is now being recognized in many other institutions. Hoopball season lasts until the be ginning of basket-ball season. The Universal Mercurial dynamoter has been placed In position after being remodelled and readjusted. This in strument is one of less than a dozen similai machines in use in the gym nasiums of the United States and is the best known for testing physical efficiency and vitality. After Monday, October 15, it will be available for use in physical examinations for a portion of the day and as soon as the new building is completed will be in use at all regular examination hours. There will be a grand athletic car nival of indoor championships at the St Louis exposition, October 15 to 20. Invitations are extended to new ath letes to attend. Two leading high schools in the state have applied to tho University for football coaches. Alumni or ex perienced students who havejjeeased to play in the team are requested to report to the director as earlyTas pos sible this week for these positions. A conference of Sophs and Freshs interested in the comitig contest, Oc tober 12, resulted in the organization for training to begin Monday, October 1, at A p. m. Every man interested In athletics should get in his registration for physical training and rustle other men for the contest No events ought to go by default this year. Football men registered for course 19 are excused from training during Octpber 12 without further special training. Examinations reveal excellent ma terial for the football team. After October C tha director will open ap pointments to gymnasium classes arid the general student body. Feed tho World un Nut, It is estimated that the nut trees of the world could fursiBh food enough -to;sustaln three times Tthe present pop-i 'illation of the world If the nuts could -all be utilized. H -M U i J: I f- V2e ,i t- .