Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-22
VARSITY BASE BALL TEAM
o. Of N. to Have a Representative Nine
Next Summer.
INDOOR PRACTICE WELL UNDER WAY
Captain Packard and Coach Robinson
Have Thirty Candidates in Prep
nrntion and II Nice Schcd-
uIc is ranged

LINCOLN, Feb. 21.-(special)-With the
advent of good weather Captain Packard OF
the Univ ersary Of Nebraska base ball team
issued a call for candidates for positions on
the team. over thirty mea responded and
have begun training and practice. The
bowling alley Of the armory has been ar
ranged so as to permit practice and from
now on in spite Of the weather the pitchers,
catchers and batsmen will be coached. The
men have started training in the gymnasium.
The number working for positions Is max
ing the rivalry intense and the renewed IN
terest in base ball at the university is sur
prislng.
For the first time in its history the team
will have a coach. The work of Il. N. Robin
son as coach of the foot ball team was so
well received that he was Immediately offered
a similar position over The base bail team.
Mr.. Robinson was pitcher and right fielder
of last years Brown university team, wnlch
played the Intercollegiate series for cham
piOnship OF America with the University oil
Chicago team. Mr.. Robinson has held the
fielding record of college players for the
past two years and the batting record for
one year. He has entered The university law
school and has definitely decided that he
likes Nebraska and Nebranskans.
1t is impossible at this time to pick out
the men wh) will make the team. Coach
Robinson has not seen enough of their work
yet. Frlel and Thorpe, last years battery,
are tho only men from last years team who
are not back. Creigh of Omaha, True OF Te-
cumseh, Gordon, Green and kenagy seem to
be the most promising among the new men.
The team will leave on its eastern trip
May II. Manager Pace has arranged the fol
lowing schedule: May 10, Ames Agricultural
college team; May IA, Grinnell; May Is,
Iowa State; May II, University Of Chicago,
probably; May is, Northwestern; May 10,
University of Illinois; May 20, Knox college;
May %, Drake university. If Manager Alb
bolt of the Omaha University club team can
arrange convenient dates, by cooperation Of
the two managers, II 10 expected that the
teams of the Universities of Wisconsin and
Iowa and Kansas will be brought to Ne
braSka.
TRACK AFFAIRS LOOKING UP.
At the meeting Of the Athletic board yes
terday the ACCESSIBILITY of a state field day was
discussed and laid over till next meeting.
Arrangements for the university field day are
progressing. Manager Shedd of the track
team reported that over thirty men We're in
the class training for the events. The boar!
recommended that gold medals should con-
stitute the first prizes for all events this
year; silver medals, second. Field day will
be held some time in April. There will be
between fifteen and eighteen events.
The majority of the students are beginning
to be worried about the %anti-fcot ball bill
which has been introduced in the house. 1t
is almost assured that the lower house will
pass it. a mass meeting will be held Mon
day to determine the sentiment OF the
student body and to devise some means of
killing the bill in the senate.
At the annual meeting of the delegates to
the Western intercollegiate Foot Ball league,
Iowa was not represented. According to the
constitution it was dropped from the league,
but provision was made, permitting the uni
yersity to enter, with the possibility of ar
ranging the regular schedule. As it is, the
league is now composed of Missouri, Kansas
and Nebraska. This years schedule gives
Nebraska the privilege of playing her two
league games in Lincoln. The manager of
the Iowa team has written, asking to have
the annual game between Iowa and Ne
braska played as usual on Thanksgiving day
at Omaha. The date has been closed.