Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-20

one Of the famous bass grounds of the
country.
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The Cornhusker board is receiving con-
gratulations from all sides for securing
the services of king" Cole as foot ball
coach for the team next fall. Nebraska
always has an abundance of heavy material
and this is always especially green,
good live coach is needed to put the team
in condition in the short time which is al
lotted to foot ball. Cole is a student of
Yosts, and is no novice as a teacher as
he has brought out winning teams. Tho
Cornhuskers are all anxious to keep to the
front of the procession, where they jumped
several years ago by defeating Minnesota
and other crack teams, and the rooters Will
stand for no backward move. While in
some respects the season just closed was
a success, in others II was failure. The
| team was one of ups and downs. AL
| though Foster had many green men to
work with, the team at times showed great
speed, and at other times was no better
than some of the lesser college teams. The
students could see no reason for losing
the Kansas game, as the Kansas team was
clearly outclassed. 1t was plainly seen
by the outsiders that the little quarter back
was out of his head early in the game and
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when he did not know what he was doing
was the height of folly. with a strong
coach. such as Cole surely is, the entire
institution will rally to his support, and
with the undivided backing of all the uni
versity of Nebraska should again send
! forth team which will be a credit to the
| state and which all can root for In the
hope of its beating the best.
Foot ball and other athletics in the middle
west will remain they were last year, as
the Big Nine conference decided that it
was not policy to adopt the changes which
were suggested by the annual meeting in
December and at a meeting held last week
in Chicago voted down these changes:
Extension Of the foot ball playing sched-
ule from five to seven games; retroactive
| feature of the three-year eligibility rule
| eliminated all students entering college
| before September !, 1906, to be eligible to
| play on the foot ball team four years
Three years rule and other rules Of par
| ticipation to apply only TO foot ball. base
| ball. and track meets" One recommends
ton which was put through was that maxi
ing a uniform limit of September 20 as the
| time when foot ball teams may begin prac-
tice in the fall Chicago, Michigan and
Iowa voted for the changes, but the other
colleges outvoted them Chicago will suffer
the most by the action. as its base ball
team will lose Eckersall, Perry and Paul
and the track team will also lose heavily
John Montgomery Ward, former base ball
manager short stop, lawyer and golf ex-
pert wants his picture back, and has noti-
fed James Conry. proprietor OF the famous
! Nick Engel cafe on West Twenty-seventh
| street. New York, that he will come after
it. The picture is a large one, containing
ornamental photographs OF the Giants Of
1894, who finished second in the National
league pennant race and then brought 10Y
10 the hearts OF the local fans by beating
the Oriole champions Of Baltimore for the
! Temple cup. Ward In a communication to
| Mr.. Conry, who recently purchased the
cafe, announced that he had loaned the
picture to the late Nick Engel with the
distinct understanding that IL was to be
returned and added that he now desires
to regain possession OF the picture. Conry
is Of the opinion that he will retain the
picture, as he holds that he purchased
| everything In the cafe when he closed the
deal. The Engel cafe was for many years
the resort OF the base ball cranks OF the
metropolis and the walls were hung with
photographs Of all the leading players Of
the country. Among them was a particu-
larly good picture Of the late Mike Koly,
taken at time when he was a $1,000
player. This has mysteriously disappeared
and Conry is making investigation.
Meantime the patrons Of the resort are
anxiously awaiting the clash between
Messrs. Ward and Conry. when the latter
goes to the cafe as per schedule.