Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-26

coaches can remedy the fault, rather than
permit the abolition OF the game"
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President Edmund l.. James of the Uni
versity Of Illinois: "All university authori-
ties should insist upon a high standard Of
scholarship and a one-year resldel ,e by
all students who aspire to a place on the
athletic team. II man meets these require
ments he shows himself a bona lde student
and may as we'll participate in student ac-
tiYities, including athletics, even though he
be, under strict Interpretation, a profess
sional because OF having accepted money
at some time in his life for athletic serv-
ices'
President George Il. Fellows Of the Uni
versity Of Maine: In the popular opinion
foot ball is menaced by it's present brutal
ity, feel sure. So much has been said OF
II, such as the harvest Of death that 1
believe state legislators will be apt to take
hold of II soon and prohibit the game. 1
think the roughness is due to the heavy
lines and close formations, which harm
rather than help the game. The public will
withhold support from 1t unless the specta-
tors can see more OF the plays. Having
persuaded themselves that the game is
worst than II really is, sentiment will
crystalize in adverse legislation unless the
game is made cleaner. The best remedy is
opening the game so that officials can sec
when a player is offending against the
rules have partially modified my former
view against players who have accepted
money for athletic services. We shut out
a player who has once coached his prep
school boys, secretly, to go to some uni
versty which offers Inducements
would, however, bar out absolutely any
man who has played summer ball for
money under an assumed name. There is
outright dishonesty in that. I would con-
fine athletics to legitimate college students,
seeking an education, who have been one
year in college, and have maintained a
high scholarship standing. More players
are hurt from lack of training than from
intentional brutality. Injuries to players
in practice games just before an important
contest with a rival university cannot be
attributed to brutality of ones college
mates. In most cases IL is mere lack of
condition or plain accident without mali
cious intent. At the University of Maine
we have no athletic scholarships and no
ringers We have good years and off
years without teams, depending entirely on
the material which comes naturally to US"
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The quality Of foot ball which Is being
played in Nebraska is on the uphill shoot
and many of the colleges which formerly
had mediocre teams are now supporting
hrst-class elevens. Doane has a team
which any institution should be proud of
and Bellevue is not far behind, Grand
Island and Hastings also have good teams
and with competent coaches are giving
the spectators a quality of foot ball
which is hard to beat. Bellevue, with its
few men of eligible size for a team
capable of competing with the larger
schools, turned out an eleven of athletes
which was the pride of the school. 1t
was beaten in the final struggle for the
state championship by the heavier team
, from Doane, but Il was not disgrace, as
the team made a splendid showing. Doane
has always had good team. In 1894 It
beat the state university and the next
year with practically the same players
went to Iowa and with no coach, but
Mains, but who had played on the team
the year before, beat both GrinneI and
the state university team on one trip,
remarkable record as the games were
played on succeeding days. Doane and
Bellevue have the right spirit in their
support Of their teams. Doane has
seventy-five male students and has a
foot ball squad Of over thirty out to
practice each evening. Bellevue has the
same spirit and the whole college is in
terested in the success Of the team.
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Omaha is still in the field for one of the
| big games Of the Cornhusker schedule next
fail and the probabilities are that one
will be scheduled for Omaha. The IL
| linois-Nebraska game seems to be a
| fixture, and 1t is very probable that athletic
relations will be resumed with Kansas,
which with the Colorado and Minnesota
games given Nebraska quite a schedule
| of heavy games. The Minnesota game is
an immense paying proposition in Min
neapolis, and will probably continue there.
All of the arguments have been given
| for the game in Omaha and there is no
getting away from the fact that Omaha
should have one of the big games Omaha
is proud of the state university and the
foot ball team which represents It, and
| thousands would turn out TO see the game,
II one would be put on In which the teams