Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-15

d1Vidual events, with out-of-door exercise
to come later. "The material" said Cap
tain Tobin yesterday. lis here for a first
class track team. Never before have we
had the opportunity to train under a man
like DR.. Clapp, and It will make all the
difference in the world when it comes to
getting results. II the fellows develop
into extraordinary stuff, and 1 see no
reason why they may not, I think We should
be able to take the crowd in for the Chi
cago meet and declare to the Big Nine
that foot ball is not our only strong point,
after all"
Among the most promising Of those who
have SO far entered for the track work,
may be mentioned States, the fast little
mile man, who runs to school ito get up
his wind" Benedict, who will go a half
mile quickly and touch the high places
at the pole vault and high jump; Herman
Lehmer, an Omaha sophomore, who runs
a mile we'll; Mouck, a hurdler of more than
ordinary ability; Burg, a speedy fellow at
the 100-yard dash; Hiltner, the basket ball
man, who also speeds on the cinder path
for a mile and for the half; Lucier, an
other rapid goer; "Bill' Johnson, the
popular little colored boy, who gets out
with the foot ball squad, plays base ball
and is just now getting ready to defend
his pole vault title; Corr, a good man at
the half mile and mile runs; Martin, who
made quite a hit last year and will spend
some time this year with the weightsi
Hickle, another heavy man, who will
handle the hammer and shot; Bender, the
foot ball captain, base ball star" and
100-yard dasher, and Bentley, Seller, Reed,
Borg, Kanzler, G.. E. Lee, Pimbrook, Col
Inns and r. r. Myers, who will all appear
on Nebraska fields at the meets, in one
way and another. Besides these, there is
a new man, from Omaha, named Updike,
who halls from Lawrence school, at Law
renee, N. j., and who looks good to the
critics. He has been used to going the
mile, and will undoubtedly do something
worth while IL Nebraska. I'm Lawrence
he remarked. I'VE begin to train for the
track Immediately after Thanksgiving, but
Nebraska seems to have remarkably strong
men, for all Of that"
Another man upon whom the coaches
are stalking much is Ed Manning a Lincoln
High school boy, who won everything in
enthusiastically last spring, tore things
up nicely at the st. Joseph meet, and will
II he can be persuaded to enter. unques-
tionably make a strong addition to the
Nebraska aggregation. Manning's ~particu-
lar events are the 440 and 220-yard dashes,
and he IL said to be one of the fastest
In the west. Another promising bunch
are Newton, the basket ball man, Sampson
Green. Sergeant, Shannon. Gladdis and
Morris, all Of whom are now in the gym"
As to meets for the track team, things
are yet a trihe unsettled. Manager Ed
Walton is in constant correspondence, how
ever, and thinks there will be several good
tournaments. One has already been booked
with Kansas university at Lawrence, on
May IS, and others are pending. awaiting
action OF the athletic board tomorrow night
Old Jack Best, the trainer, is happy. He
again hears, all day long, the chug of the
horsehide, as It sinks into the upholstered
walls OF the Gage" For weeks he has
been longing for the sound and for a chance
TO call the next mon Of the base ball
boys as they stepped into the shower. TIL
tossers we're called out for the first TIM
last week and since then there has beer
something doing among the candidates
There will, apparently, be nearly forty to
try for positions and the prospects are
that three or four scrub teams will play
around on the diamond when the season
opens. Captain Murray Townsend is now
back in the university and is giving the
training his personal attention. Townsend
is an old head at the game, is a wizard
with his arm and popular with the men.
Interest centers about the twirlers who
are trying to get into the box with ar
IN" sweater over their chests. A few
weeks ago there seemed TO be a discourag
ing lack of throwing material, but, al
Townsend predicted, this week has brought
out any number of them and the team will
be able to play a pitchers. battle to q
finish. One Of the most promising who ha;
yet gone into the cage is -Longanaecker, &
Wahoo man, WHIT is also known in tho
vicinities of West Point and Wausa. HI
is a tall fellow, has a motion like a drive
wheel and a pretty set OF curves. Another
is Thomson, the halfbreed Indian boy, VIII,
tried for the team last year and threw ou'
his arm later in the season. He has gooC
speed, but is shaky on control, which weak
ness. however, the coach hopes to over
come. Goar is another new man for thu
box and comes from California. where h,
made a great reputation last year Will
the Red Oak High school. From his in
door work he seems to possess plenty o
the proper article.
Prominent as candidates for the masl
are Wilson. who will probably be a tackI
on the foot ball team next fall. and Whit
comb, who has dropped in from Friend
Neb. Bender may also go in for the bacl
stop stunt, but is Just as likely to try 70
a place on the tinheld. or anywhere else
where men are shy. Part Of the lime h
pitches and part Of the time he catches
and has come nearer doing both we'll thai
any one else in the school. Stein. of Wahoo
will try for either second or third an
1t is possible that Hood, the speedy littl
third baseman OF last year, will return
For the initial sack two men are prominen
candidates. "Olie' Nickel, the foot bal
fullback. and Wright, a tall. slender feilo.
from the law school. who went TO Kansa
in tennis last fall and cleaned up Missouri