Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13
OMAHA TO GET BIG CAME
Cornhusker Management Planning
Next Years Schedule.
EITHER w1sCONS1E OR ILLINOIS
Uncertain Yet which Team, because
big Eight Games Are Not Yet
Arranged -. New Ath-
letic Field.

VI NV ANGbAaSh1 NhNN
omaha will be the scene in 1913 OF a great
foot ball game between the Cornhuskers
and either Wisconsin or Illinois. The Ne
braska manager Is now making out the
Cornhusker schedule for next fall and Is
negotiating with these two schools In an
effort to get one of them to come to the
metropolis of this state. At the present
time 1t looks as II he will succeed In his
attempt to get the big game for Omaha.
Both Wisconsin and Illinois arc willing
to meet Nebraska. but are not decided as
yet whether they want to come west for
a game or remain at home and play the
Cornhuskers next fall. A contest with Ne
braska in Omaha looks like a good PROPOSE
ton TO the arrangements OF both the
Badgers and the nlini and they are not
hesltating about scheduling the game be-
cause they fear It would be a failure fin
anoially. 1t is because other schools which
they will meet have not yet been dated.
Illinois and Wisconsin both hope to play
Chicago and Minnesota and also to have
a game between themselves. Until these
games are scheduled and the dates fixed
up neither of the prospective opponents OF
the Cornhuskers is willing to agree to
come west for a game. Each wants to
make its Big Eight dates and then Ne
braska will be first choice for any OF the
remaining places on its schedule. Then IL
will depend on what date Nebraska selects
whether one of these two schools WIN
agree to come west or to play at home.
Many Hard Games Avoided.
II. after both Wisconsin and Illinois
have arranged their conference games. the
Cornhuskers can give either OF them a
date which will not fall too close to one OF
its hard games a contract for a contest In
Omaha will be closed. Both the Badgers
and the mini are opposed to arranging
several hard games in a row or to taking
their teams away from home on a long
trim for a contest with Nebraska just a
week before one of their conference games.
Both want to meet Nebraska. and II MAN.
ager Eager can 80 arrange his schedule as
to give either OF them a game on a Satur-
day that does not fall between two other
big contests that eleven will come TO
Omaha next fall. =
Manager Eager is confident that ne can
fix his schedule 30 as to get either WIS
cons,s ar Illinois to play at Omaha. IL
neither of these teams will come. however,.
he saws he can get another big team
fnossiblv Michigan to come to Nebraska
The story of the great crowd that Omaha
turned out to the Ames game this fall has
: snread around to all the western institu-
tIons. and nearly all of them would like
to play Nebraska in the metropolis next
fall. The financial side OF a game IN
Omaha looks good to all of them and they
would he very reluctant about turning
down a proposition to play the Corn
huskers there in 1909.
with the Ames game last fall 1t became
the settled policy Of the Nebraska manage
ment to give the Omaha foot ball enthusi-
asts a big annual game. In the big CROWD
- . nNNuHA nTnWnn
, itself to be a better foot ball city than
lincoln. ana the Nebraska manager is now
sorry that he did not realize that fact be-
I, fore and give the metropolis games in sew
eral years previous to this fall. He also
is wishing he had placed the Carlisle-Ne~
braska kame at Omaha last week. II Lin
braska game at Omaha last week In LIN
while In omaha it would have attracted
probably 1900 people.
nhusk Go to Ames.
Ames cannot be played in Omaha again
next fall. for Nebraska is under a contract
TO meet the Aggies at Ames. This Will be
i, the only big home game on the Ames sched-
!, iule and it's management is not willing TO
transfer the contest to Omaha in 1909. even
, though such a move would pour a great
, deal OF coin into the Aggie treasury.
: In taking a game 20 Omaha next season
INEDIdHkds nolit oNA1bh4C 10 AhNAN ~ "
limited to one big game, for the Cornhusk-
: ers will play but five games with major
elevens in 1909. They are now under con-
tract to meet Ames. Iowa and Kansas and
n are nearly certain TO have an annual con-
y test with Minnesota. Contracts have been
signed to meet both Ames and Kansas away
from Lincoln. Minnesota will not come tc
Lincoln and Nebraska win have to play In
Minneapolis. Iowa. then. is the only team
Of these four that Will come here. A two
: year contract was signed with that schoo
" last spring for one game In Iowa city AMI
: one in Lincoln. The game at Iowa City wal
: played this fail and next season II will b
the Hawkeyes' turn to come here.
with these four games practically set
tied upon there remains only one more o.
the five big contests yet TO be scheduled
e and that will be played at Omaha. Thu
arrangement will leave Lincoln but one o
% the big games, the one with Iowa. Tn
Nebraska management feels that one o
the major games is all the Lincoln peopl
he deserve. This fall their patronage OF tn
n games was very poor. The crowd at tn
IS Kansas game. which was one of the Sss
ID contests on the Cornhusker schedule. fa
of short OF the crowd at the Nebrasks-Kansa
he game at Lawrence the year before by owe
te 800 people. Such patronage as Lincoln ha
nc given the games TINS ran mas not ehcout
c. aged the C~ornbusker management to max
any special efforts to get big games her
he for next fall, and 1t now looks as thong
at Iowa will be the only major eleven tina
Is will be brought here in 1903.
Poor OF eYar.
Sc This season the poor attendance at IN
- foot ball games was due, OF course, 1
. great part 10 the fact that the gridiro
- was situated at Antelope park, which
a. nearly a mile from the university. Unit
'n this year the athletic field was located o
the campus and the students were enable
to see the team at practice every afte
M noon. With such a condit on they toe
"a more interest in foot ball than they did IN
"a fan and turned out in large numbers. VIII.
an Nebraska Z cid was taken away from q
49, athletic department for a site on which
bui.d an engineering bui ding and the gri'
iron transferred 20 Antelope park much
the university atmosphere was remov'
he from the game and the students lost
Ter great deal OF interest In the sport
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