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OMAHA, SUNDAY MOUNINU. FEBRUARY 7, 19(K.
Dealers Rushing: Their Sample Cars to the Automobile Show, Base Ball Men Are Awakening
WHO IS STATE CHAMPION?
C ALL FOR BASE BALL HEN
?roipecti for Sifffeit Squad in Tetrt
. at Nebraska.
Foot Ball Fans Still Wrangling Oni
' Who Had tht Bet Team.
CHAMPIONSHIP IS IN DOUBT
SENIORS AID DELINQUENT ST ASS
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Doaa aad Hetlewwa aad Mastlatra AH.
fUi Devised ta Hrlf Caadltfeaed
Mea Ret Bark to Eligible List
MlrklMffkruka Gia
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LINCOLN. Feb. (Special.) A call will
issued t hi a nest week for candidate
for the Nebraska base ball team to begin
Claim to Hits Beat Team '.
aad Meat . Year ' Will
Hits ta Dee Id. -
trair'rg In the cage in the university
' r rer . S-me ef the Comhusker tiara been
liirhcring up this week, but the formal
.rrvln'.- iZ the Indoor work will not begin
mi! the ofnefsl call ' has been made by
f'anti l Peltser. Vntil the arrival of Coach
Vix ea.Sy in March the practice will be In
charge of Captain Peltier and Manager
rarer.
Ferrral vacancies are to be filled on the
u-ii'y nine thi sesson and it ia expected
lvt the -squad of candidatea will number
rearly ioa men by the laat of March. Laat
'on the ea-ly winter work brought out
fifty- aspirant, and with much better
chance for rood playera thia year, there la
very reaaon to believe that the 19Pt equad
wi:i be the tarcett In the hlatory of Ne-
traska baae ball.
Some of the moat promising candidates
for the nine had trouble with their final
examination last week and their failure or
condition In passing may hit the Corn-
r.uskers" diamond prospects a aever Wow,
Thia week.it was rumored that "Ward.
star twlrler on the team last year; Metce.lt
a atrong candidate for second base, and
"three or four other good men had failed to
make the required twelve hour and would
be Ineligible for the spring work. Ward
and Metcalf were two of the men whom
Captain Beltser had been depending upon
to give the state school a winning nine thia
spring. Ward haa been the mainstay of the
Comhusker pitching staff for two seasons
w without him' this spring the Com
huakvrs could hardly expect to make a rery
- respectable showing on . the diamond.
. ' first Aid ta Dellaqaeat.
The 'conditioning of so many of the baae
ball candidates aroused the atudent wort
deeply Interested In' university athletlca to
take steps to help out the present delln
o.ueni ' men and ' to prevent the recurrence
of-such a bunch of failure In the future.
lri order, to carry out the plan for aiding
the delinquent student the senior society
appointed an advisory committee whose
duties will be to find the athletes who
have een conditioned and see that they
make up their back work. The men who
have failed will be tutored .and otherwise
aided that they may remove all conditions
o failures lodged against them.
Tlie xcopc of the advisory committee will
not be limited to work with the base ball
nRC-n.but will he extended to other branches
of the university sport. ..A similar com
m ilei"1 will be' appointed every fall ' and
tl-e tak of keeping, the university athlete
u Jn their school work will devolve upon
'I. . Such a' committee haa long been
neted at Nebiaska. Had there been on
during, tic. Jast few. years Corn hunker ath
1 tea- might have been saved a great deal
or trouble with their studies and the vari
ces tennis in consequence made much
stronger.
--- Several Vets la Llae.
Aaiong the base bell', men who have al
ready" announced their intention 'of trying
mit .for the "varsity baae ball , team thia
seaaon are aeveral veteran ."N" player
and a number of classy, candidatea who
fa. leJ to make the, nine last season.'
TeatfiO -of twlrler who .won their let
ttra last acascn are. again in school and
wi: -be among t'.ie aspirants this spring.
The:' itien' are Ward,.Hetsel and Steven
son.' They will not have clear sailing .this
vt-tr. though, for there s 'e a few other
Ccrnhuakers who wan; to work-in the
bov and who will make a hard fight to get
on the staff. .
The new list of pitching aspiranta will
include, Fleming. Johnson DeCatur. Olm
tad end Prcuti Fleming tried out with
h Corrhuskert two fears ago and made
vrjy .-rood showing.- He ha lot of
peed and is expected to make a atrong bid
or a piaoe .thia' spring. Johnson did some
good wprk in practice-last year,-, but .wss
untile in give enough time to the asme
thought him a good pitcher and declared
tnous.il' -him- a good pitcher and declared
that -"another eeaeon ought to find him
do ng lo.rs sensational work. Ulmatead
tnd Prouiy eacn have speed and some
Uever curve's and' cught to' develop into
dependable twirler . icfore May.
' . - Carrel Oat for BackeleK
' Ko- .the position, behind the bat there will
r kt ieatt four strong candidates. One of
tuts, still be 'Bobby'' Carrol, who was
eher en the 10J varsity nine. He played
a strong game both In (topping the ball
Ic bird- t ie bat and in throwing to second
base i. eaten a runner going down from
f.rit. Hi' throws were accurate and awift
and made, him. a most valuable man to the
Co-rthiii'keea that year.
, Centest'ng ti e place with Carrol will be
rtreensllt.l Sturlsenogger and ratter son.
y !at ni ilg Oi-eensllt had te catching Job
chached un"1 the adoption of Uie fresh
man rule made him Ineligible for the team.
He .is" considered to be a star catcher and
ougut to mnke' the .varsity thia season.
. Siurtsenegger was another freshman who
proi-nbly lost, a place on J lie varsity be
came of ti'.e f.rat year rule. He did some
creditable- back-slopping ; In the practice
ganea. Tstier.on tiled out for catcher laat
season and the spring before, but hi Ina
bility, to throw accurately to second base
kept him off the nine.-
t ime, who played first base on the team
laat season, is in school and will report for
the early practice. He will have a rivals
for th first sack position this yesr Patter
ioe and Bturttenegger. in case these two
mes lose out in their trials for catcher. '
Caateet for Seeaad Baa.
tiudgeon and Metcalf have been consid
ered for second baae. Dudgeon played that
position on the nine last aeaaon. - but waa
not aa fast a could have bean deeirtd
and ba will have to make a tiard fight to
keep hi Job another aeaaott. Metcalf until
lei week" ha been regarded aa a vary
likely nu for th asoood sack. Ml failure
la make twelve hour, though, .may pre
tebt his getting oa th team at all. In case
ft -get a the required number of university
redila. however, he probably will secure
the aocond baae poa'Uon.
Sine Harrts, th star UuT freshman
player quit school last semester th proa
paeia for filUag shortstop with a speedy
aaan have, gon glimmering. Harris, aa a
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Claimants to the Nebraska Intercollegiate Foot Ball Championship
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DEALERS RUSH -SHOW CARS
Prepare in Hurry for .Coming Auto
. Exposition.
LACK OF SPACE BETTERS EXHIBIT
fart that ladlrldaal Pbawlaate Caa
aat Be So Great a Desired Make
. Aareaele Improve Qaallty
Oataha Ceater for Jabbing.
Omaha dealer continue to get in their
car for the big Automobile how which
will be held at the Auditorium the -week
of February 3! The ahow will be by far
the moat pfetentioua ever held in the west
and will equal many of the eastern exposi
tions, the fsmrd show at Philadelphia last
week not having more floor space than
that which is alloted at the Omaha show.
Lack of space haa forced the dealers to
mske special efforta to secure' attractive
exhibits and also the latest things in au
tomobile which the manufacturer have
te offer. . .
The automobile men tried to figure out a
schema whereby th tag could also be
utilised for automobile and th accessory
men placed In the balcony on the second
floor. It waa considered too late to make
the change, however, aa the space had al
ready been alloted.
R. R. Kimball hopes to have the Fred
Hamilton rating car in readiness for the
show. It will -be the raciest looking car
ever seen in the west and will be sure to
attract a aecond look a it passes through
the street of Omaha. The new racing cars
are much' shorter than the Hamilton' or.
While the racing men prefer length in their
cara thia haa been sacrificed to leaaen the
weight which la also a most Important
factor. Mr. lamllton desires comfort more
than any other one thing, so he haa had
th builder preserve the length.
.4 a tee Her ta Stay.
"Whrn the financial trouble came a little
over a Vear ago the calamity howlers cried
that the automobile was doomed," said J.
J. Deright, dealer In the benslne wagona,
who haa made aeveral tripa east and is In
touch with' the manufacturers. "These
howler said the suto would follow the
bicycle and go to the wall a other fads
had don in year past. But the automobile
la her and here to alav. The same flrma
are making the machines that started out
and they ar nearly all successful.
"They stuck to the gsme during the hard
times and throughout the panic had con
fidence la their wares. They did not. follow
th lead of manufacturers of other lines
and practically close down, and although
the automobile is looked upon by many aa
a luxury they kept their factories going.
They kept building cars and kept on ad
vertising and designing new car. The
cars at the ahow thia year will represent
th optimism of the builder for th new
product are the fruition of designs made
during the panicky, times. The hard time
may have had tlje effect of putting mor
moderate pi iced car in the field. The
manufacturer turned, a time of financial
atres Into-golden opportunity.
"Th automobile Industry is being pushed
t th fore at a rale that na ether manu
facturing proposition haa ever attained In
uch a short time. New tielda ar opening
up for th automobile every day. Land
agenta from the stste ar already looking
up machinea with which to take prospective
buy ers across their lands. Towns situated
a little way from the railroad stations
ar being given quick service by automo
bile. Bummer resorts in th Rocky Moun
tain ar pulling ia automobile to haul
pleaaur seeker from th train. Mln
ewner ar buying big trucks ta haul th
output of their mine to th rallroada. All
aorta ef concern la th oitle ar buying
(Continued on Second Pegs )
FIFTH ANNUAL MARATHON BUN
Rare Betweea Freebsr aad St. I.oals
Come OS May 1.
Entry blanks are out for the fifth annual
Marathon run between Freeburg, III., and
Pt. Louis. Mo. The race will be run May 1,
and the distance is forty kilometers.
The alanine; point of the race will be from
the old mill on the outskials of the village
of Freeburg, 111., thence along the streets
of Freeburg to the plank road, across the
Illinois Central railroad track and then
direct to Belleville. III. Enter Belleville
on turnpike to Cliurch street, to Main
street, out Main street across the Louisville
A Nashville railroad track to' East St.
Louis turnpike on rock road. Past Priester's
park to Edgemont. Enter East St. Louis
on rock road to Tenth street, to Broadway,
over aqueduct. Across Eads bridge to foot
of Washington avenue, along Washington
avenue to Fourth Btreet and finish In front
of the Missouri Athletic club house.
. Each competitor must have a bicycle rider
as attendant during the race. Solid silver
cups will be given to the first eight men
who finish and a souvenir to the following
ten men. Dr. C. W. Bassett. director of
athletics of the Missouri AthlU: club of
St. Louis, will receive the entries.
BURNS AND DOMPKE TO MEET
Farmer WMI Have Varied Proarraat
for Taesday' Opealaa; at Lyric.
Douipke, the crack wrestler from Pipe
stone, Minn., will give an exhibition with
Farmer Burns Tuesday evening at the
Lyric, theater, to which no charge will be
made.' The evening'a entertainment will be
most interesting and will be varied with
music and recitations. Farmer Bums will
deliver a lecture on physical culture, and
also give a lecture on scientific wrestling,
preparatory to opening his school In con
nection with the Omaha Commercial col
lege, Wednesday.
Burns Is already swamped with "scholars"
and will have to - put In a "faculty" of
about three "substitutes," a, he say, to
help him out. The old man I counting big
on his opening Tuesday ' night. He and
Dompke had a finish match at SIol-x City
Thursday night and the young man, who
Is much heavier than th Farmer, got ooe
out of the three falls. Burns says he is a
comer.
OMAHA TEAM WINS RIFLE MATCH
Take KeessA la Series frees Coaa
cll BlalTs Shaaters.
Omaha rifle snots won th second of a
seriea of matches which are being shot
between th Omaha and Council Bluffs
sportsmen. The eonteet waa held Thursday
night at Council Bluffa, ten men to a team,
ten shots per man, range forty-two feet at
half-Inch bull's-eye. Omaha, made a tolal
of :.r3 to 2.284. The next shoot will be held
st the Douglas street gallery in Omaha
Thursdsy night. Tb scores:
OMAHA. ! COUNCIL BLUFFS.
IBron
141 Duff
Towii&end
Williams ,
Limbert ..
Bitney ....
tirsysoa ..
Tslor ....
frabill ....
Bowman .
Ponlcr ....
Total ...
lVCrippeii
:2T Manspurger
'.ait'lark
SStiWoode
2Wj IVterson ....
mi Howell
SiH Hardin
iReek
ZUIHunt
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.. 237
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DRISCOLL . AND CROSS FIGHT
Eaallahmaa Matched far Tea-ltaaad
Cs la Xew York City.
NEW YORK, Feb. t-Jem Pasaroll. th
English featherweight champion, hag been
matched to box ten rounds with' Leach
Cross, the East Bide lightweight, at the
Fairmount Athletic club, tbia city, on
February 11. Drlscoll posted tbuo and issued
a challenge . ta Crass, whose manager
quickly ram to . terma. The men have
agreed to weign lie pounds ai o'clock va
th night of th battle, which mean, prac
tically, that they, will sneel at catch
weigh la
BACK TO THEIR OWN ALLEYS
Omaha' Bowleri Finish with St. Jos
eph and Prepare for Pittsburg.
NEW TEAM SHOWS FAST GAIT
Grata Merchaat Celebrate Their Ei
traace lata the Metropolltaa
' Leaaae by Wlsslsg First '
Game They Bowl.
Now that the Omaha bowlers are through
counting all the money' they won at St.
Joseph they are figuring if they have
enough left to take them to Pittsburg to
the annual tourney of the American Bowl
ing congress. The rollers of the big balls
have buckled down to business since their
return and some fast matches have been
pulled off.
One of the principal events of the week Is
the advent of the Grain Merchants team,
which take the place of the Chicago Liquor
House team. They rolled. the West Sides
and celebrated their first appearance by
taking three straight games. Weeks, their
captain, has an average of 196, which is
going some - for a "cellar leaguer." The
newly organized Borsheim are also going
some and Bpetman. who bowled . his first
game with them Wednesday, made an aver
age of 187, which gives him second place
among the individuals. The K. James have
a fair lead for the first place, but the race
between the Star and the Mixer is -close
and exciting, while the race between the
Bungalow and the West Sides for last
place - is also close. Every body should get
Into tho merry-go-round which has been
started. The other one waa won by Geddes
and Rosecrans with ' 1,181; ' Rosecrans and
Lahecka, 1.078. . second place, and Gwynne
and Ortman, 1. 07. third place.
Thursday night will be the big night for
the Metropolitan league bow lers. They will
assemble at the alleys and go over to Ort
man' for the banquet. Every bowler of
the league should be there and be ready
with a speech or song.
Melrepolltaa Leagae.
P. W. 1 Pet. Pins
Sehroeder's St. James 54
741
Hcaelin Mixers
Ortman ritars
Grain Merchants. ..
Borsheim Jewels...
Dally News
Nebraska Cycle Co
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48 24 54
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Individual averages:
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So MrLaan
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irrelal Leagae.
P. W. L Pet Pine.
Rrodegaard Crowns ii 41 Hi
.71 4U1
Omaha Bicycle Co V) 30
Luxu SS 1
Birmingham Rangers 61 33 1
.tW7 4sj
.647 4ol
.51 4078
t'hatxrt Shoe Co 54 - 2H
Poetoffice
Dreibua Candy Co
l'oleMcKrnna Co
Kelley A Heyden Co..
Hussie'a Aeoins.. ,
Individual averages:
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...a7 r; 35
.rtm J74M
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.iSe 4374
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BASKET BALL B0YS BATTLE
Twa
Leasaea la Y. M. C. A
Have
Some Fast Games.
Some fast games have been played in the
basket ball league of the Young Men'
Christian association, especially those of
th clas "A" teams, which have been won
by close scores, two being decided In' the
very lust minute of play by sensational
goal throwing. The Tigers lead class A
with two games t their credit. Team
work Is winning for them. Leo Wilson has
been the star, having scored fourteen points
on field goals in the Tlger-Zenlth game.
The Zeniths are aecond, but they are Im
proving as the men find steady positions
assigned to them. The All Stars are round
ing into condltlon""bnd will make a better
showing the refcfof the Journey.
Class "B" games are almost as Interest
ing as' the class "A." but the teams are far
less evenly matched, some runaway scores
resulting. The Cubs, comprising the high
school squad, and the Fivers bold the lead
at present, but are up Against a few stiff
games and may drop a few notches. The
Has Beens and Are Nows are composed of
prominent business men In town who play
the game for the fun in it, but who are
nevertheless keeping their younger oppo
nents gueesing.
The gamea this week are: Tuesday at 7:30,
Swatikaa vs. Orioles; All 8:ars vs. Tigers;
Saturday at 7:30, Wyems vs. Owls; " Are
Nows vs. Fivers.- Standing of the teams'
CLASS "A." v
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Tigers ....
Zeniths . ..
All Star
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2 .1 1 .
1 0 . 3
CLASS "B."
ria'yed. Won. Lost.
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STALLINGS TRAINS IN SOUTH
Take Hlghlaader to His Plaatatlea
la Georgia This Sprlac.
NEW YORK. Feb. ,-George Stalling,
the new mana'r of the Highlanders, has
announced that he will take hi players to
hie plantation In Georgia to trim down
their superfluous flcah for tiie season of
MHO.
mailings says that all of his players will
ge a chance to show what they can do.
"I've got a month to pkk the team." eaid
he, "and a little more than that before the
Reason upens to find the men I want.
There's nothing to be gained In bring in
too much of a hurry. We want to get nine
men on the field who will play fast and
with good team work and I am going to try
I hem all around until I find what looks like
the right combination with which to begin
the seaemi. If it isn't right we will alii I
have some reserve playera and fiom them
1 am certain that we can find a nine which
will climb out of eighth place in a hurry."
COURT UPH0LD3 SUNDAY BALL
I Haasas Trlhaaal Kay it Is Xaliaaal
Uaau aad Itetl mral.
TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. (. The supreme
court today decided that base ball may
be played on Sunday in Kansas. The case
came up from plathe, where Erixat
Prattler was convicted of playing base
ball on Sunday. He appealod and Jus
tice . Porter ordered Prattler's release on
the ground that base bsll is a national
sport and haa no immoral tendencies.
MATHEWS0N COACHES HARVARD
Glaal' Star Twlrler Xtw at .Work
wl4k Cambridge atadeata.
BOSTON. Feb. Christopher Mathew-
son ha been engaged a coach of th
Harvard base ball nine, and ha begun
work ai CambiUs. A duel SucCt bvtvrccu
th Harvard and Yal swimming teams has
been arranged for th evening of March
at Erooklln.
HEAVY FOOT BALL SCHEDULES
East and West . Teams Prepare . for
Epoch Making Season.
SOME NEW COLLEGE ALLIANCES
Colleges Are Dealroa of Iaereaalag
the Imporlaace of Their Sched
ales Darlag the Csalsg
Seasoa of 1900.
NEW YORK,' Feb. .-If the preliminary
announcement of the big university foot
ball teams of the east and west csn be
taken as a criterion, 1909 will long be re
membered as an epoch-making season in
the gridiron sport. Due to the continua
tion of old and the forming of new alli
ances in college athletic circles, ' the com
ing autumn will fairly bristle' with foot ball
games of unusual caliber. - If the progress
along these lines is to continue during tb
next few years the pigskin millennium may
be expected to be heralded in a few season
by the announcement of a gam betweea
Yale and Pennsylvania.
With few exception the larger eastern
universities appear desirous of increasing
the Importance of the game which will go
to make op their 1 schedule. ' In this
respect Harvard and Pennsylvania appear
to be the leaders, a ia fitting, since they
divided between them first place In . th
gridiron ranking during 1&06. The Crimson,
flushed by its victory over Yale, is In th
throe of a schedule which, if adopted in
its entirety, will astonish even the hard
working Quaker eleven of other year,
accustomed, as they have bean, to wading
through a list . of contests running Into
double figures. While Harvard' schedule
I not yet ready' for official publication, it
Is certain that during the months of Octo
ber and November Yale, Cornell, the Army
and the Indians will all be tackled In addi
tion to either Brown or Dartmouth, to say
nothing of the preliminary- contest In
which Maine, Bowdoln, Vermont and Tufts,
or team of this caliber, will figure. With
thia Hat of gamea In sight it is not surpris
ing . that the much-tilked-of Harvard
Princeton game . has been put over for a
year at least. ,
The University of Pennsylvania foot ball
management 1 gradually working out th
schedule for the Quakers for the coming
season and. not to be outdone by the
Johnnies, Cornell, Carlisle, Michigan and
possibly the Army, will figure a th Im
portant conteata of the autumn. In addi
tion to these contests Swarthmore, -Lafayette,
Pennsylvania Stat and Brown will
require dates, together with at least on
southern university. Not satisfied, how
ever, with this tentative list of games, lb
old agitation 'for a revival of the foot ball
series with Plincton is In full blsst again
and, like the constant dripping of water
which wear away tho atone. It may be
that the Tiger and the Red and Blue may
be seen one again mingling on the grid
Iran. .
Mare Cara la Schedalea.
Princeton and Yale are not showing th
leckless abandon in the arrangements of
their schedules that prevail In other quar
ter. The failure to close a contract with
Harvard for a game In" 1 was a sever
c'tskppclnlment to the Jungleite. Th
Princeton-Cornell game la a thing of th
past and just at present the four con
tests which stand out mcst prominent on
the perspective Hat are the gamea with
Yale, Army, Dartmouth and Navy. ' With
the adoption of a new coaching system It
wss hoped at Princeton that a longer play
Inc season and a longer schedule would be
adopted, but netting authentic along these
line i In sight at th present time.
At New tiaven mere t no sign cf a
radical departure from Hie schedule sys
tem la vogue during th last tw year.
(Continued oa Beoond Pag.Jt
While' the' foot' bat! an of t t-a
thing of thb past and manager ar ar--
ranging chedule for next year, tb stu
dents suit -Ilk to fan over the -aeaaon
which la past and figure on who ba the
best' team. The atat college. leagae had .
rules .which were somewhat lax and .a
complete round of games waa not played,
which left the championship In doubt.
Bellevue claim It. and now comes J.'F.
Halght In th Donne Owl and d.sputes th
claim of Bellevu In th following letterl ,
Foot Ball Champleaahlp.
A man walked Into my place of businesa
th other evening, looked over my boul
der aa I waa reading Bellevu' ; paper
"Purple and Gold" and read aloud th
inscription under th prctura of th Bell
ru team,' "Stat Champions, XV." It" so '
happened that I waa entertaining both th
editor-in-chief and th businesa manager
of "Th Owl" at th time and thi In-'
nocent remark led to an Immediate ex
plosion. . "Somebody , ought ' to writ an
artlcl for th Owl. giving th whole' atory
of th championship." "Tea, and a good
roast on Bellevu for It presumption.",
added Prof. Hunt, "and If If too. strong
for the editorial departments of thb Owl
111 run It In th advertising aectloa. 8o
hr go." - ' t
gee.
My moat' eloquent answer to .th man
who . read th inscription in Purple nd
Gold "Stat Champion" was to turn a few ,
page of th same paper and ahow htm th
heading. ef another artlcl .-which read
"Bellevu, i; Do an a, 14." That' ia answer
enough for Doaa people. But It I our
friend who ar not posted that, ww want
to enlighten.
Several time . thi fall Belleru and
Hasting hav published letter in the
tat papers, each claiming th atat
championship. - Th whole affair I rather
amusing, although iadhrnant Roane sup
porters call it misleading. Downs does not
claim th atat championship. It - doea
not even claim th - championship of the
dear departed - stat.-league, but' it - bas
es good a claim as haa these others. It
doe claim, to hare defeated in the last
gam of th aeason her biggest rival.' Bejle
vue, by a comfortable score,
V'alTerelly I ' Campla.
Who I state champion? Why the-University
of Nebraska, - of course. Who in
second? ' Creighton. Thr I no champion-''
hip ia the sen that Bellevue and Hast
ings, claim it. Hastings lost to Bellevu,"
Down lost to Hasting and Bellfa
vue lost to Doaae. A . dog chasing Its
tall. , No on of th . thre waa superior
throughout the aeason. . Bellevu was the
best of. the lot the. day It defeated Hast
ing; Hasting wa champion (?) th day
It beat Doane and Doane waa at the top of
the heap when it beat Bellevue. As a, mat
ter, of. fact, the three team were about a
standoff and all talk of charaplonvhip la
idle in such a case.
Goodness know wo did not begrudge it
to Hasting. If ever a school made a gam
fight for athletic excellence it Is Hastings.
For six year it struggled to make a lone
acor against Doane, suffering defeats up
to-. 73 to o. In -the last three year it baa
come up into clan. -
A for Bellevue we do them th honor to
say they ar our hardest rival. The writer
haa had th good fortune to see sevvn out
of. the eight gamea. Such a rivalry is, a
glorious thing.;
, Doaae Against Belleraa.
Her is th list: -,
1J01 Doane, 13; Bellevue, 0. -
1901-Doan,: M; Bellevu J. i. '
1904 Doane, tt; Bellevue, (.
1'JOS Doane, '3T; Bellevue, .
, 19011 Doaae, 14; Bellevue, i.
. 1908 Bellevue, 11; Doane, i. '
190 Beilavue, 1!; Doane, f.
1907 Bellevu, 9; Doane, a. .
With the exception of th yar l.. w1tfl.
under th leadership of a coach who war.
a quitter, Bellevu left th field "to eatctr
a train." with th acor to against It
and. 3 minutea to play, it haa been a good,
clean, hard-fighting team. Such a rtvalrj
mean much In th life of a school.'- '
"Purple and Gold" seeks to smooth, ovar.
th Ioa of th Doan game by aaying that
th team waa badly ertptled after the Peril
game. But do they forget that oa that
am day Doane waa playing 4 to 4 game
with Hastings? It is 'no excuse ta hav
men out of condition. Th laurels In thee
daya go to th team and the trainer who
haa 'th men at ' hand to substitute. No
eleven men make a foot ball tevn any
mora. It take fifteen or . eighteen regu
lars.
- Morter and Phelps. Beltevua'a hairbacst.
ar high-class men no doubt, but what of
their subs? Doane' " varsity ' quarterback
brok hi collar - bon within four nighta
of the Bellevue gam. , but Harry Wilkin
son was rushed Into the position and the
team ran a smoothly aa before.- Fullback
and Captain Johnson played the game with
the muscles of hi shoulder so bruised and
torn that his arm waa useless. Hartwwll
was also ofit of the gam after a few min
utea But Doan won and Its substitute
wer able to deliver th good. I - think
that it was spirit that won th gaaam
Bellevua let down, Doan fought .harder
than In any game of the season. That ia
foot ball. When our new coach cam out
front Dartmouth we told him that al! w
aaked of him wa that he beat Bellevue,
Our season la a success If we do that. .
Bellevue, ar. you champion? If ao, w
beat th charopiooe. J. P. If AIGHT. .
KEARNEY HAKES A STATEMENT
Throws Mara Light aa the Athletic
lltaatlaa la' Nebraska.
A.' J. Mercer, secretary of th Nebraska
Intercollegiate Athletic association, writes
th sporting editor of The Bee to point put
an rror he claim was made in a. report
pjbllshed of the meeting of the association
at Lincoln. The letter follows: . . '
KEARNBY. Neb. Feb. .-To the
Editor of The Bee: In a rcen'
edltlea of your paper an artlcl appearej
under the head of "Plan for College
Sports," which pretended to be an abridged
report of the annual meeting of th Ne
braska Inlrtollegii Athleile aasoriatton
held in Lincoln, January 11, with some of
the plans for th coming ytsr, as well
aa settlement of some things of paat year.
I do not knew who furnished you with th
artlcl to which I refer, but aa secretary
of th association at present, aa well aa
for the last two yearj, I wish to correct
some of th statements made.
TO part to which I refer t th fellow
lug: "A committt wag appoint) to award