The Omaha
Bee
PART SIX
SPORT SECTION
PAGES ONE TO FOUR
SPORTS
VOL XL11-XO. 30.
Brewers and Musicians Who Understand Well the Art
nnilPlfPQ 1019 TEAM
IIUUIIIVLU ItJIL I LnlVI
IS ALMOST INTACT
Omaha Magnate is Looking for a
New Outfielder and His Team
Will Be Complete.
PUGATE TO LEAD THE TWIRLERS
Former Kaw Hurler is Picked to Do
Bulk of Slab Work.
ROURKE AFTER NEW PLAYERS
Several Deals Pending Whereby
New Blood Will Come.
NINE PITCHERS ON THE LIST
Five of I.HHt Year's Slab Artists Are
Kecking; Perinnnrnt John In
iqi3, bat Will Have to
SInlte Showing.
One more elms A outfielder who can
deliver th goods Is all that la separating
Pa Rourke from , having the best base
ball team he has owned In eleven years.
Recording to Pa. Every position of the
Omaha team Is well filled now, with tho
exception of a man for the left garden.
The numerical strength of the Rourke
twirling staff to date Is' nine bUr husky
hurlers and the 'Omaha magnate has sev
eral deals pendlnRT-wherebjMie will add a
couple of more slab artists to this list.
With eleven or twelve twlrlcrs to pick
from Rourke should be able to draw
six -men who would be able to carry the
Omaha team through the season and end
at thej top of the ladder. The list of
pitchers to date Is Fugate, Bills, Robin
ion, Beebe,. Closman, Kingdon, Applegate,
Lotz apd Hicks.
To Uejioinl on Filiate.
Pa Is pinning his hopes of Jack Fugats
to land the majority of his games this
Heason. Ever since the big slde-wheeler
has been playing ball In tho Western
league he has confined his services to
Topeka, with the exception of the last
two months of the 1912 season. Topeka
Gias been u losing team In all these yean
and Fugate could not ge'j the support
back of him which Is needed to bring out
the good work stored up in his system.
Immediately after Joining the Omaha
team the former Kaw began to show his
caliber. He pitched ten games after Join
ing the Rourkes and won six. Of the
Eamea he won, In one he let the oppon'ents
down with two hits and on anothr occa
sion let them down with one hit.
Another old trusty who will show good
form next season Is Carl Robinson, who
will play 'his third season In an Omaha
uniform. Robinson is expected to show
up in great shape this year and Rourko
is banking on him as one of the regulars,
Harry Hicks, ths little side-wheeler who
burned ths league up in 1913 and who
finished tho season at the top of the
' Western league hurlers, will be back on
the regular list. Joe Bills Is the only
other man who Is sure of a place among
the regulars.
Three Stoulhnatrs on Staff.
Among the ' others who will probably
land is Beebe. who made the team l.st j
year, but failed to show up to any ad
vantage, Cloaman and Kingdom, both
state leaguers, will try hard for a reg
ular place, but aa Closman is a Southpaw
and there are already two on the list
he will have to put up the real article
to beat 'out either Fugate or Hicks.
Rourke is figuring on taking all his
hurlers to Oklahoma City with him and
three catchers. Every twlrler who is
s gned between now and the opening of
the spring training season will make the
oirney to the Oklahoma capital. The
catchers who will go south are Arbogast
Johnson and Shestak. with the posslbl
I'ty of Johnny Gonding, who has not de
cided Just what he will do before the
opening of the state league season, when
lie will assume the managership of the
Beatrice team.
Arbnjrant Aicnln Mummer.
Charley Arbogast. manager of the
Rourkes in 191! nnd most of 1911. wll)
hunolo the managerial reins of the team .
?aln this year and with the experience
he has had in the last two years ought
13 te able to pull the Rourkes through
tl.c season with good work arid land the
rag for the Omaha fans.
The On.aha team In 1913 will be pracll
ca'Iy the same as It was last year with
o s new outfielder and the addition of
m" new pitching timber.. Jlmmte 8can- (
Ion will In all probability do the relle' j
wort--, or he may work Into the position J
n left garden. It all depends on what ;
he shows during the thirty days In Okla- February S. Missouri nprmal at War
l omi t'ltv. Bill Bchlpke. will undoubtedly I rensburg. Mo.
- - sem at the keystone sack again wltli ' tfeb5Jar)" J7 Cen?ra college at Fay
Jlm Kane at his old station at first base j e KbrUaV. x.-Xorthwen normal at
1 de J' stlce the fast and clever little j Maryvtlle Mo.
, , ! March tt NehraV 'irijjal at Tarklo,
IContinued on Page Two) jIo
IBOWLING TOURNEY MONDAY
Greater Omaha Argument to Open
in Full Blast.
ONLY MEMBERS CAN COMPETE
Ilnlea of the Tournament Are An
nonncril 0mr AVI 11 II r Rolled
on Three of the Alleys
Rntrj- Tilnt In Lnree.
All Is ready for the city bowling tour
nament which opens tomorrow night.
The schedule committee has completed
a practical and Impartial schedule and
Js looking forward to a most successful
tournament. Up to last night there was
an entry list of forty-seven five men
teams, ninety-five two mtn teams and
177 singles. This will make over $300 In
TrUes' to shoot for.
Practically all of the "A" class teams
are entered and about two-thirds of th
"B" class are signed up. There' are a
few "C" class teams In the lineup.
Monday night the Omaha league teams
will open up the tournament on the Mor
rison alleys. There are enough entries
to make tho tournament last throughout
the week. The teams are well balanced
and there will be keen competition be
tween them. The committee has tried
to arrange the schedule so that no teams
will roll on their own alleys.
Several bowlers have sent In their en
trance money who are not members of
leagues belonging to the City associa
tion. This is contrary to the rules of
the- American Bowling Congress nnd
their-' money will be returned by tlfe'tom
mlttee There seems to be a misunder
standing as to who can bowl In the
tournament. Under the ABC rules, np
player can take part In tournaments' hold
under the ausplcen of the City associa
tion unless this player is a member of the
association. There are a few leagues in
Omaha who are not members of the City
association, therefore members of - these
leagues cannot enter. Following are1 the
rules which govern:
Rule L All events must be' rolled as
scheduled.
Rule ?. TJntrnnC" fee will be 50 cents
nal m a r f am nnl. ........ A
Rule 3. Entrance fee will be uccopted ' March and consequently the larger col
only from bowlers who are members of 1 leges of the neighboring states failed to
tX?eateBoOvrr,r,:nrS?V0,n.; enter. But the present assurance of many
imeen games or more to establish an
average. Those who have not rolled fif
teen games can roll in Class A on ap
proval of committee.
Rule 5. Bowlers In Claas B anl c can
roll In Class A by request, and bowlers In
Class C can roll in Class B upon re
quest. This rule .applies to singles and
doubles only.
Rule 6. Any bowler rolling in a class
above his own by request, cannot roll la
the singles and doubles In his own class.
Rule 7. Teams will be classed by the
averages of the five men participating.
Teams can roll their five men event in
the class above by request.
Rule 8. Captain will mark on entry
blanks In which class his men are to
bowl.
Rule 9. No team can roll more than
three men who havo already been en-
tered on any. one team in any class.
Rule 10. If a bowler plays In more than
one league his highest average will be
taken.
Rule 11. The secretary of each league's
list must be sworn to before ti notary
public as to the correctness of the list
of averages.
Rule 12. Any league entering a man
not -a- member of that league, or entering
a fake average, wll be responsible for
any mopey? paid to such bowler or bowl
ers. .
Rule 13. Secretaries of the leagues must
SWMSSa
piled and'fit the hands of Secretary John i
T." . Ifnffr.mil nf Ihn Rngtsr ritriiil.a rjr.uM- 1
In'g association bv, midnight January 6, I
1013. No entries after that time accepted.
. . 1
TARKlO COLLEGE HAS LONG !
BASKET BALL SCHEDULE
TARKIO, Mo., Jan. ll.-Speclal.)-Wlth
the return of the Tarklo college basket
ball team from Its southern trip. Interest
has again centered around the winter col
legiate sport. About forty men are trying
out-for the team, and the varsity squad
has been cut to twelve mn. The
schedule this year will call for sixteen
intercollegiate games. Tivli trips will b?
made, one into Nebraska, the other will
be a swing around the Missouri Intercol
legiate conference, and Tarklo will play
'six of the conference colleges: Tho
schedule In full as announced by Muna-
t ger Elder,- Is as follows;
I January 17. Cotner university at Tarklo,
I Mo. '
I January 2I.--Irury college at Tarkio,
Mo.
1 ' V.ll.n.lfA linp...nl r. . TA
I Neb.
January 27. Cotner University at. IJn-
coin. ncu.
January 2S. Nebraska weslevan uni
versity at Lincoln, Neb.
January 20. Missouri Wealeyan at Tar
kio. Mo.
February 13. Missouri normal at Tar
kio, Mo.
n.f'ruilV (in
jeuniary a). wiiuam Jewell college at
February 24. Mlisourl U'esleyan at
Cameron, Mo.
. KtJi
William Jewell college at
LfeFT IX) If 1 OUT FIRST FIVE ARE MEMBERS OF UOSPE TEAM OF OMAHA -GTS'
TOMAN, BEN HULL, E. Z1TZMAN, BILLY Z1TZMAN AND FRANK FANTON. KC,
OND FIVE, LEFT TO RIGHT, MEMBERS OF LVXUS TEAM IN THE OM AHA
LEAGUE, MARK FIRESTONE, R. (TIRISTENSEN, CARL CATN,
AKD PAT ANGELBERG-.
lvlvj uixmnuY ir.AUbiii.
LEAGUE. WHILE HOSPE'S M EN ARE HOLDING DOWN SLXTH PLACE THEY
ABE SLOWLY PUSHING
Y.M.C.A.PLAHS INDOOR MEET
Director Harwell Visiting Iowa and
Nebraska Soliciting Interest.
PRESENT ASSURANCES ARE GOOD
Jinny Kntrlen Practically Promised
nnd Ontlok In FuTornhle Torrnril
1'iiunanlly InrKe nnd Sue- .
eesnfiil Cnrnlval.
Plans are now being formulated for tho
staging of the annual open Indoor
athletic meet of the Young Men's Chris
tian association which will be held some
tlmo In tho latter pnrt of March, at the
Auditorium.
J. Trult Maxwell, director of athletics
at the Toung Men's Christian association,
left early last week to visit the various
colleges and high schools In Nebraska
and Iowa with a view of arousing Inter
est In the big meet which, Ht is hoped,
will bo the largest of Its kind ever held
In Omaha or Nebraska.
Ao:ordlng to present plans tho big
athletic affair will hold over'two nights!
On the first night the 'local athletic clubs,
and high schools will hold their contests.
On the second- night the colleges will
compete nnd the winners of the first
night's events will be allowed 'to com
pete with the college men. In this man
ner It Is hoped to complete tho program
each evening by 11 o'clock, whereas last
year tho big carnival did not close until
way after midnight.
As soon as Mr. Maxwell returns from
his trip he will start tho ball rolling In
lining up the big event. Last year he
did not start working on the meet until
entries from colleges from five or six
states gives promtse of an unusually
large and successful meet, at which many
Indoor records ought to' bo smashed
Mr. Maxwell Is expected to return from
Sioux C ty next week. He has been vis
iting the larger cities In the state of
Nebraska and Iowa. After his return
here ho will get the affair under way and
then visit Kansas and Missouri nnd pos
sibly Minnesota.
excelsiors"wTnfrom
deaf institute team
By the score of 30 to 8 Hie Excelsior
basket ball team decisively defeated the
Nebraska School for the Deaf team In a
fast name at their gymnasium. The Ex
celsior tarn plaj'ed an exceptionally good j
game, holding their opponents scorelejs (
the first half. Kor the Excelsiors e.f
man and Hayes played the best, whl'e
Seeley and Cooper were the stars for ihJ (
institute. The .lineup:
Kxcelslors. Position. S. U.
J. Moran Rleht forward ..faeetey
T F'oHmiin Left forward JaOKSOU
Pahl Center .Cooper
M. DIneen Right guard ..Mueller
Hayes Ueft guard Tamlsiea
OOalo from field. Fcltman. 7; i 'U-i.i. ,,
j?; iereV: AMo'ran Tjmer' C.&
Frit ma n. Scorer, mancnara. Tini oi
game. IS and 20 minutes.
REV. CHAS. M. SHELDON TO
SPEAK HERE NEXT SUNDAY
Hev. Charles M. Sheldon of Topeka,
Kan., will lecture at the Young Men's
Christian association January 19. He will
be remembered as the preacher who
edited the Topeka Dally Cupltol for a
period of eight days In true religious
fashion.
He will also speak at the First Congre.
Rational church on the same day at the
morning and evening service. His topics j
will be on, the application of religion to !
modern every day life j
TWICE AS MANY BICYCLES '
BUILT IN 191? AS IN 1903
H. K. Fredrlckson hod a number of In
quiries as to the number of bicycles man-
, ufactured last year In comparison to
I those bu lt In 1P0V He. has secured the
...
fata and find, that in 'W3 about 1W.000
Vklr!s were mr-l-. whi' Ijst year there
I were nfftr,y. ,wlce " " bout
r : 39.00). manufactured la the United htatrs.
J30.GO). manufactured in, the United htates.
he has Klven Plte'her Dubue an advance
of h. third over his last yars ralarv and
that he was going to get coin r.hlch rasn
was tickled to uet " "
was ucKieu 10 aer
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12, HUH.
THESE TEAMS ARIi
uu'j IjI AU J'itiAiU uut'Ul'lWS rijAVK .lis THE
TOWARDS THE TOP.
WHITE OUTBOXES BRESNAHAN
Chicago Featherweight Better
Fighter Than South Omaha Boy.
TEN ROUNDS OF FAST WORK
Buttle from First Tup of Conner with
Ilresnnhnn (Setting; One (inoil
Straight to Jnvr In the
Third Hound.
Charley While, tho Chicago feather
weight boxer, outpointed and outfought
Tommy Brnsuahan of South Omuhn, In
a ten-round go last night before the Ak-Sar-Ben
Athletic club In the Pnckor
city. White had everything Ills own -way
all through with the possible exception
of the third round.
The exhibition was witnessed by u
packed house. It was a battlo from the
tap of tho gong until the end with both
fighters working all the while.
The Chicago whirlwind won a'blg place
In the hoartN of tho local fans by his
clean and clever boxing. His work was
.fast and snappy urid he had little trouble
In keeping ji way from tho rushes' of the
South Omahan., He wps quick on h.U
feet, getting In J with a haymaker and
then skipping out of harms way. In and
out he went, always taking advantage
of openings and then covering up.
Although White won the fight nnd had
little trouble doing It, Bresnnlmn must
(Continued on Pate Two.)
NEW CAPTAIN.0F THE BELLEVUE
FOOT BALL TEAM.
RAYMOND JONES.
Raymond Jones, who wifa recently
chosen to lead the Bellevue Indians
through the 1913 season, Is a junior In the
art department of the college and has
played two years on the college eleven ui
a regular. Last year he played at guard
. ... year whs Hhirteil ti ftillhiinlt
nhm hU peC(l made hJm on( of
"..ronKoat men on ihn tenm In mlvnimimr
1 Although Injur.! and compellou
... i, .v,, .. .... ..
to ,.,. lh uamo bfori! . .... -,.,,. wn.
flnlslied he received the elfctlon over
i mveral other candidates. The Joss of four
i " year's team by graduation and of
' evrul other by leaving nolioul w.:
2aLv- '.is
necessitate n praetlcally new team lor tin
lining seuson.
t
N, CARL CATN, .1. B. M TAHTHY Soientifio Investigation of Physi
E MAKING A GOOD SHOWING INI. 0logy and Psychology of Sports.
vvurino rvuism rjjAUft iin J. 1 1 l'J
.a i n.e ProMe.,,.
MOTOR SPEED FEST IN MARCH
Devotees Planning to Stage Meet on
Ormond Beach, in Florida.
SAFEST COURSE IN THE WORLD
lln n Smooth, llnrtl mid Wide
Koiiinlntlfiii of Mnntl mill linn
Sin de Fastest Mile In the
World Pimnllilr.
NEW YORK, Jan. 11. Motor racing en
thusiasts may not have to wait until
next spring for a big race 'inert to ma
terialize. Plans are being outlined to re
vive the Ormond-Diiytonn beach for u
sicedfest this winter, probubly In March,
at which time of year tho sund' on that
wavolRshcd coursn will bo In good, hard
condition. It would ho a sliamo to have
this historic course abandoned perma
nently, and a few days una several men
prominent In racing matters took up the
proposition of singing a meet there once
again. Already Homo recognition has
been received from Daytonu, Tho people
down in Florida pre iriorei than anxious
to have- racing revived on the beach', for
they always had a prosperous time when
the ' horthdrhors went down there nnd
spent a portion of their winter nnd their
cuhli. It used to bo customary for those
connected with tho Industry who could
afford it, to utteud the meetH nt Ormond,
and then, ofttlmes, continue their trip
down to Palm Beach and Miami beforo
U-turning home. Sometimes they would
go on still furthor to Key West.
The Kiislent .Mile.
It was on the beautiful stretch of sand
nt Djwtona that Burmnn traveled faster
than any other human being has ever
traveled in a car a mile In 0;25MO yet
in spite of being the fastest course In the
world, Ormoud-Dnytoua Is the safest.
Hie beach In so wide, hard nnd smooth
that If a driver wore to lose control of a
ocr for any reason whatsoever It would
keep 'on going; until It ultimately run Into
tho surf and stopped, or elso uritduully
nwerved Into the sand on Die land side
of- tho beach. Last winter, however,
Florida had no autoinolilje- racing, Thcru
le no doubt that If the. present plan goes
through the meet will receive a very fulr
number of entries, Florida Is such u
charming place to visit. In cold weather
that drivers of luputo huve been known
to go down und even pay their own ex
penses lo drive at one of these meets
' Just fcr a change ofcllniute." Half -i
dozen manufacturers "would send curs
there this wjnter that ?ould break a
number of the world's straightaway rec
ords for various clnm. niuhi-r.u. ...n,i.
a number of mark there which still'
Rtur.d. Yet this same driver has curs In
Ma possession with wlileh be could mako
1. 1 ..1.1 ,
n levoni iook sieepy.
Hulph De Palma at one time held u
ro ord cr two on that course, and prob
ably If he woie to take Mr. Schroedei-'s
ntt-i uuwn mere ne would come uway
with pUnt.v of world's records to ndd to
lis collection. A driver like Tetzlaff
could go down and mildew some of tho
standing murks to the queen's taste.
With the tund In good condition there
Is scarcely any reason why all world's
marks, save, perhaps, mow- for the mile.
In two-mlle and kilometer, should not be
broken.
BOWLING CONGRESS WILL
MEET IN TOLEDO, 0HI0j,,ower? .
TOLEDO. O.. .inn li TlT ,.,.ti.,
the American Bowling Congress will be.
held here on February 21. New officers
will le elected. The generul impression
among bowlers Is that Judgo Howard
w!ll again be re-elected to heud the ex-
f-cutlve list. In talking of the 1913
meet of the American Bowling con
gress, President Howard says he ex.
pects tho Chicago record entry list
of luit season to be battered, and that
Secretary Langley was with him In that
belief There were 693 five-men teams In
the 191! tournament at the stock yards
1.IIS two-men teams and 2.K94 Individual
rollers. Howard thinks there ought in
le at least 000 five-men teams In the
Hunt here and a corresponding Increase
in the minor events. Chicago will produce
TO five-men teams for the tourney.
r. ilmlreit Chmiee,
Ha ('!. ! o"t w th n Mt li'j'-ft for
Frank Cinnc a' nx'iijger the High
lenders lie wi.vn: "I have the greatest
cdmjratlon for Chance, and I Intend to
pie' hall frr hi pi to the hikt if mv abllltv.
I va lan''IT "I'll bv lllnoss until mld-
h"ii C'N iar. ! t I hope to iret rid of
i tl- bordoo In MiV future It Is
believed that '. -v... UpHl
j to lMe podt of fe,j cuutU
generally
ut Chase
StNGLK
of Toppling the Pins '
Will TNftlHRr? IMTfl QDftRTQ
InVyinn 1111U DrUIUO
PAPERS ON IT ARE INVITED
PAPERS
air the t oiulnu I onitress of In-
Hilr- Are Invited to Send
In Their Idens on 11.
NEW YORK, Jan. 4. The American
members of tho international Olympic
committee. Prof. William M. Sloane. Al
UUon V. Armour and Evert Kansen Wen
dell, have been Invited to participate- in
tho. congress of the committee, which will
convene at I.nusnune, Switzerland, from
May 5 to It, next year, nt which time
there win bo a scientific! inquiry into the
physiology und psychology of rport.
It Is anticipated that this session will
be tho medium for the production of
j paper on these subjects whloh will treat
1 In tho most exhaustive manner tho whole
realm of sport and point out In clear
fashion evrtry jihaso of tho subjects to
be debated Inter on during the meeting.
Many frlonds of the Olympic movement
have announced their Intention of taking
purt In tho deliberations of the. congress,
which alo to bo held In what Is conceded
to bo a beautiful spot.
The congress will have tho patronugo
of tho 'federal council of tho Swiss re
public. Thji chief officers of tho Depart
ment for Education and Public Health In
the canton of Vuud uro members of the
organizing committee, und the buildings
cf tho University of Lausanne .the plnco
where It will sit.
The members of. tlm committer. Include
Codefray Do Boney. Dr. Centtirler, Prof.
Larquler Do Bancels, Prof. Mllltoud, Dr.
Do Montot, Dr. Relnhold and Dr. Nar
calse. Parle; Dr. De Montct, Vovny; Dr.
Mallwltz, Berlin: Dr. Hans Robor, Ostrnd,
and Arthur Ireland of Ilaunds will serve
as a committee for the Fronch, acrmnri
and English speaking contingents, rc
epectlvely. Invited lo Take PnriY
Everybody who Is Intcreited in the
problems of tlio congress Ui Invited to
tnko part to the end of sending lu papers,
tho subrcrlptlonn being flvo francs, nnd
two francs for Rtudents. The pupors aro to
bo written In French, German, English
or ItHllun, and must bo sent to tho com
mittee In care of the University of
Lausanne ut lenst two montlm before the
congress convenes and must not consist of
more than 3,000 words, touching on the
details of three subjects as arrunged by
th committee, whluli are its follows:
Origin of activity In the sphere of
sport. Natural Individual aptitudes, gen
eral aptitudes (suppleness, dexterity,
ntrongth, endurance). Special aptitudes
.(Inborn disposition to certain forms of
exercise). What' pnrt does atavism play
In sport and whut Is Its Influence?
Observations and conclusions to be
drawn therefrom. Do natural snlltn.tp.
suffice to stimulate the Individual or does
tins require the presence of tho sporting
i ""'' nnd action of this Instinct. Can
! "Prlt of imitation or the effect of
I tlia ...III I. ..
' llie will Produce It or act h n .nh.n J1
tuto for It?
Perseverance and forms. Perseverance
which alone makes the true sportsman'
can onlv be ornn.,.,1 -i, ,i '
........ v. m,,ai ut tun I i
need of sport lias been brought Into ex-t
isteuce.
Cannot this desire be brought Into ex
istence physically by the habit which re
sults either from the automutlc action
of the muscles or from tho desire for
fresh nlr engendered by violent exercise,
or morally by ambition, whether resulting
from the. violent thirst for applause or
I'KVlng us Its aim a nobler Ideal, such nn
i the pursuit of beautv. health mul luln
V-l llii-lll)-
Tim physiological
Is UllllseU.
1 imysioiogica and psychological
c'""lot"lstles of each class or species of
,xorcl!H' 1,10 Intellectual and moral
I qun,ltle" "hlcj.ach sport develops or
I ulllll''1' T,,e different .conditions under
1 wlllt1' "polt" al'6 Practiced. Solitude and
inueuenuence and co
operation. Initiative and discipline,
formation and training of a team.
Results Of a strictly accurate character
of results In the sphere of snort.
Training fundamental rules-how It
differs from the acquisition of u habit.
Overtraining fatigue. Normal training
may bo purely physical and result In
only producing reststenco to fatigue, but
It may also contribute to moral progress
by tho development of the will, of cour
age, and of self-confidence, and doubt
less also to Intellectual progress by the
production of self-possession und mental
sanity.
Under what conditions Is It possible to
oxoect this progress?
Records State of - ..-. i
makers. In conclusion, does not activity
In the sphere ef o.:t rontKlh witnlp it
felf the Ksriu ' s practical physics!
philosophy of life?
'Die programs arranged for the congTess
Is to be as follows May 5, 6 and 7,
the organization committee of the inter-
(Continued on Page Two.)
COPY blVK CENTS.
BUSYJT LINCOLN
Announcements of Annual High
School Basket Ball Tournament
Are Sent Out.
ALL HIGH SCHOOLS ARE INVITED
Any ill State that Can Conform to
Eligibility Can Take Part.
OPENED
THE SEASON FRIDAY
Comhuskcrs Opened Season Last
Week with Cotner Uni.
SIXTEEN GAMES ARE SCHEDULED
1'nl vc mil y Ten in Una n List of llnril
Competitor! II ef lire It mill the
(inines AVIII He IMnyed
Over n Wide Aren.
II V .IMAMS 1J. I, WllIO.Nt n.
LINCOLN. Jan. ll.-(Spcclal.)An.
noiiuccments were sent out today by
Conch Ewatd Stlelnn, of the Unlveslty
of Nebraska, and . manager of Athletics
Guy E. Heed to the leading high schools
of Nobrusku, calling attention to the an
nuul high school basket ball tournament
which Is held under tho auspices of tllu
university athlatlo board each year,,
'Stlehm littrt Jlxed tho ddt for this year's
tournament on March 13, 14 and 15,
Stlehm wishes' It to be understood that
the uffalr Is not- strictly an invitation
eVont. All high schools of the state, who
conform to the eligibility rules fixed by
tho association nro privileged to takn
part In this meet and all that Is needed
to enter Is to send nn entry blank, prop
erly filled out, to Coach Stlehm.
Later on Stlehm will send out entry
blanks to nil who may desire to mako
entry In the meet, which. It Is generally
conceded, sottlesytho high school cham
pionship of tho state In basket ball. Last
year nearly fifty high schools of tho
state were entered In tho tournament,
while the year before something like forty
schools participated. The tournament has
always served as a means of attracting
hundreds of high school students to tho
university and serves to counteract tho
Influence of eastern colleges in drawing
the cream of Nebraska high school
athletes to tho cust.
Basket Hull Senium Opens.
Tho Cornhuskers opened the 1918 bas
ket ball season last night with a game
with Cotner university. The first few
games of the season will bo with second
ary schools' to prepare the Cornhuskem
for the Missouri Valley conference scram
ble which opens with Drake on January
31. The Cornhuskers, as one of the three
members of the north division of ths Mis
souri Valley conference, has a series of
four games each with Drake and Ames,
Nebraska's basket ball schedule this
year Is tho most severe In the history
of basket ball. It calls for sixteen
! games, Including a northern trip. In which
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played, ending with a game with the
Gophers at Minneapolis.
Following Is the completed Cornhusker
schedule as announced by Coach Ewald
Stlehm today:
January 11 Cotner university at Lin
coln. January 17 Bx-Unlverslty team of
Omaha at Lincoln.
January IS Wesleyan university at Lin
coln. Jnuuary 23 St. Joseph college at Du
buque, la.
January 21 Sacred Heurt college at
Prairie dtl Chlen, Wis.
January 2Mlnnc-apolls at Minneapolis.
January 31 Drako ut Lincoln.
February 1 Drake at Lincoln.
February 7 Wosleynn at University
Place.
February H Kansas Aggies at Lincoln.
February 19 Drake ut Des Moines.
February 20Drake at Des Moines.
Februury 21 Ames at Ames.
February 22 Ames at Ames.
February 28 Ames at Lincoln.
I March 1 Ames ut Lincoln.
l.nnilttiakerN Are Strouur,
Although the schedule which Stlehm has
arranged will call for the best team Ne
braska over had lu basket ball, the
lengthy Nebraska mentor Is not much
worried over the prospeots for another
championship season In he valley con
ference. Stlehm has considerable ma
terial on his hands, and while the loss ft
several of last year's stars will be felt
severely, yet there Is every reason to be
optimistic In the outlook.
Captain Carrier Is a finished basket
ball player without an equal In the val
ley. Owen Is a good man, while Ifdske'l
Is a wonderful goal thrower and quite the
equal of the clever "Walsh of early day
fame.
Sam Waugh of this city will officiate
for Nebraska In the praatloe games while
Mark Hyland of Iowa will serve as
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