Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-17
Confident Jayhawkers Had Spies
watching the Team.

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Nov. LIVERY
body in the Cornhusker camp now y salts
fled that Kansas had a SPY watching the
Nebraska players at practice last week.
When the talk about spies was first men
toned Saturday evening X was supposed
by a great many people to have originated
in the minds of some or the defeated play
defeat. Since then. however. Manager
Eager has secured positive, evidence that
the ~Jayhawkers had a man on the side
lines all during the practice of last week.
A man who was connected with the game
said he met and talked with the Kansas
spy last week and that the Jayhawker
went from Lincoln last Saturday 70 watch
the Iowa players at work this week. A
telegram was sent to Coach Catlin Of Iowa
this afternoon warning him to be on the
| lookout for the Kansas spy.
The Nebraska players were at first reluc-
taut about making any accusations against
Kansas, for they realized 1t would seem
as though they were trying to decry the
their own defeat. The evidence of crooked
work became 80 obvious, however, that
they are no longer trying to Keep silent
One of the players on the Nebraska team
this afternoon said that he conversed with
a substitute of the Kansas eleven during
the halves Saturday regarding the fact
that the Jayhawkers seemed to know all
the Nebraska plays, The Kansas man told
the Cornhusker that the Jayhawkers knew
every Nebraska play. He said they came
to Lincoln prepared to beat Nebraska and
that they had not let any means that
would help them in doing that slip by,
The feeling of resentment against Kansas
is pretty strong just now and the Jay
hawkers spying tactics have been the chiei
topic OF conversation on the Nebrasks
campus today. A Nebraska foot ball man
had the following to say about the affair
IAN Of us men on the team think thai
Kansas did some crooked work somewhere
in preparing for that game. We are moi
the only ones who think that. either.
kansas had a perfect right to watct
but they had no right to follow up at prac'
tice. 1t was a poor deal in taking advan,
tage OF us last week. We held no secre
practice and anybody could watch us a
work. Kansas took advantage of this ant
learned our plays
The Cornhuskers will take easy work thi'
week. The Hastings game has been called
off and there will be no contest Saturday
For a while II was planned to have al
alumni game, but this has been given up
A few of the regulars practice at Antelop'
park this afternoon. but all of the varsity
players will not get out for work unit
Wednesday afternoon. Coach Cole hai
asked them to report at that time.
Saturday Coach Cole will watch the Car
lisle-Minnesota game at Minneapolis. Fl
believes the Cornhuskers will stand a goo,
show against the redmen when the tw,
teams meet on December .. and he is goinj
l to make a big effort to have his pupils ii
the best OF condition by that time. TIL,
Indians will probably use many play
against the Gophers that they will emplo.
against Nebraska, and he probably will b
able to get a good line on their play Sat
urday.
The Nebraska cross-country team whicl
4, won one of the annual Intercollegiate race
at Chicago Saturday morning, returned t
Lincoln last night. DR.. Clamp. who accom-
ranied the Cornhuskers. reports that the
had no trouble in winning. Nebraska hal
not expected TO take this race and the vic
: tory came as q surprise. Chicago. Purdue
Wisconsin,, Drake and Nebraska had team
/. In the run. This is the fourth victory Ne
; braska has won in five years.