Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24
ATHLETICS At THE UNIVERSITY
N Right side Of the
Ledger.

That trip the C~ornhusker aggregation
took wasn't quite as much Of a bowling
success as some had reason to expect. 1t
seems that the boys were up against some
hard luck, at times, good and plenty.
Financially the trip was a success. q
ager Clark Bell says the athletic board
will be a neat sum ahead on the base ball
deal at the end of the season. This is GER
tainly fortunate. 1t has been aid by
persons closely connected with the athletic
board that had this years base ball venture
been a failure It was highly improbable
hat the ~Cornhuskers would have been rep
resented on the diamond next year, or II
they had had a team no such trip would be
taken. As far as finance is concerned the
base ball future Is bright enough. About
victories. There were fourteen games
played on the trip and Of these Nebraska
lost six. doesn't look very well. but
the fact must not be lost sight Of that Of
the eleven men on the squad seven are
freshmen and were playing their first sea-
son on the varsity team. This remarkable
per cent Of first year men must be remem-
bered when the defeats are being counted
Captain Townsend In reviewing the pros
pect for next year said: THE team will be
RAeSeNSoAAJ az anu HC4t your b1 IL ID lnlh
year. We ma reasonably expect that the
men who are comparatively green this year
will be reliable material next year. The
great falling on our team this season has
been poor sticking. though on the whole
the team put up a pretty warm variety Of
the American game"
On the trip the C~ornhuskers were
decently treated, except at Kansas. The
Jayhawkers stole two games from the
crowd, and then turned in and
mobbed them and swiped half their euuip-
ment. The authorities at Kansas univer-
sity have expressed regret at the perform
ances Of some Of the students OF that in
stitution, and apologies have been sent to
Lincoln. The loss OF two games to the Jay
hawkers can be attributed only to the un-
fairness Of the Kansas crowd.
In the game with Highland Park on MAY
10. Longanecker and Bender, the battery.
showed that they were playing as good bali
as ever. This was the FIRST game since the
return Of the team and fans were glad to
see the undaunted cornhuskers in good
shape for the finishing games Of the season.
]. F. Johnson. shortstop. who did some
sensational batting on the trip and who
Lhdue inc only long MT at Notre Dame and
who won the day at Purdue. got a home
run n a ~three-bagger in the Highland
Park game johnson is one Of the fresh
men and one of the most promising men
on the team. Gore has also shown up re-
markedly we'll.
Nebraska track athletics took a brace and
things began to look better, when the
~Cornhusker's track team rubbed Il into the
crackerjack team OF Knox college. Those
interested in track athletics fairly held
their breath until the meet was pulled on,
for this meet was to decide the fate OF
track work in the university. The athletic
board agreed to furnish funds and all kinds
OF encouragement for the track athletics
department for this year. with the under.
standing that the support would be with
drawn II the venture proved a failure thil
year. Financially II came up TO the en-.
pectations OF the most enthusiastic. and
best OF all. the Nebraska team won by the
handsome score OF 50 to q points.
Captain Tobin. who recently broke the
hammer throw record OF the Nebrasks
field. raised his wi record in the event