Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-05
Sporting GOSSIP OF WEEK
Omaha Pans Would Like to See Good
Fsot Ball Game.
NEBRASKA MANAGEMENT GETS HUNcH
Big Games Used 90 Draw big
Crowds in Omaha and would
DO So Again ~
Played Here.

lions between Kansas and Nebraska
brings to mind the fact that the people of
Omaha would like to see a frst-class game
during the season. and there are many
reasons why the management at Lincoln
should give the metropolis that game. Time
was' when Omaha was one Of the best
paying foot ball towns in the west, and it
would still hold that reputation IL games
between the better teams were put on
Lawrence is too small town for one of
the Kansas Nebraska games, and the
match would have TO be played at Kansas
city or Lincoln or Omaha. While che an
nual games were on between Kansas and
Missouri, Kansas City was a corlxing good
town for these games. and yet Omaha has
Just as large a college contingent as
Kansas City has. Why not have the games
played at Kansas City and Omaha? A good
crowd was out to see the Creighton-Ne-
braska game when It was a foregone con-
clusion that It would be simply a matter
of how big a score both would be salts
fed with, and this is proof positive that
there are many lovers Of the gridiron
sport In this city who would turn out for
a game between evenly matched teams OF
the higher order A game between Ne
braska and team Of equal strength would
easily draw 5000 people in this city. Small
prejudice should not be permitted to keep
the Nebraska team from playing in Omaha.
Last year an offer of 5000 was made for
the Nebraska-Iowa game. and yet it was
played at Iowa City, where the receipts
were about $780, According 70 the official
balance sheet OF the university foot ball
expenses. the receipts of the Knox game
we're $685. the Colorado game drew s613
and the Grinnell game 1926. It would seem
the part Of good management to transfer
one of these games TO Omaha. where the
receipts could be doubled or trebled.
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The University of Kansas plays several
OF its games at Kansas City, and thus in
creases its revenues considerably over
what they would be IL played at Lawrence
Wisconsin plays one OF its big games at
Milwaukee, and Michigan tries to arrange
several games in the larger cities. It looks
like neglected opportunity for Nebraska
10 fail to start the idea of plnving at
least one OF its big games at Omaha where
the receipts would soon be sufficient argu-
ment. Omaha is proud Of Nebraska's foot
ball team, and the followers of the gridiron
sport in Omaha rejoice just as gleefully as
those In Lincoln when a winning is made,
and they would not be slow 10 demonstrate
that point If given a suitable opportunity.
When foot ball was first inaugurated at
the university the game in Omaha with
Iowa was relied upon TO pull Nebraska's
finances even on the year and later. when
games with Missouri were arranged with
Omaha, the crowds still continued to come.
Nebraska sold the Missouri game to Turkey
for 5000 several years ago and then. in
spite Of the fact that the game was played
on the Ames-avenue park, which had a
very poor fence around II and was hard
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over $500 for himself. Frank Crawford
once bought a Nebraska-Iowa game and
made 400 profits after paying Iowa and
Nebraska all expenses. Omaha has good
population to draw from when Council
Bluffs and South Omaha are considered,
and a good game properly advertised would
bring in barrel of money to the manage
ment. The Creighton-N Nebraska game was
scarcely advertised at all. except for a few
complimentary notes which the newspapers
gave. and still. when all knew that It was
TO he a one-sided AFFAIR, there was a good
crowd. Let Omaha have a good foot ball
game and the crowds viii turn out.
TIE Milwaukee Sentinel is not at all
downhearted over the defeat of the wiscon-
sin team by Eckersall and calls the game a
technical defeat" It saws: with a team
capable Of following the instructions Of such
a master coach as King. with line built uI
by the genius of Holt. with conditioning
such as Kraenzlein can give, with a splen-
did spirit back OF the men. and, withal
fairly good material It is TO be hoped that
Wisconsin. forgetting this one technical de-
feat by Chicago. may go forward to victory
In every other contest OF the season and
once more attain to its old position as
champion of the westl II can do IT, and II
is about time 1t didv
Foot ball men will hardly agree with the
term technical defeat" for II has been tho
aim for years TO make the game more open
and when work like that OF the Chicago
team, aided by the kicking game OF Ecker
SAIL wins games 1t Is a boost for the oper
game Stages team played an open game
throughout the entire time and won on
slippery held against the old and compac
formations OF the Badgers. II has been tn,
idea of the rules committee for years Il
make the game more open and the success
OF the open game, demonstrated as II wa
by a signal victory. goes long ways 20
ward boosting that idea.
The Omaha High school foot ball team 4
doing better than any team which tn,