Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17
HARTE MAY LEAD NEBRASKA
Omaha Boy Sprung as a Compromise
Candidate for Captain,
COLLINS AND FRUM ARE TIED
Sweaters Arrive for the n Men,
Also for the Second Eleven and
for the CrOss-Country
Team.

LINCOLN. Dec. 16-(speeisl)-It Is now
as a strong probability that the
captaincy of the 1909 Nebraska foot ball
team will not go to either of the two play
ers who are at present the strongest can
didates for the position. Since tho vote Of
the N men on the leadership for next
season was tied up Tuesday night by the
granting of a letter to Jack Temple It has
been rumored that in order to break the
which is expected to come in the
balloting Friday some of the players will
cast their votes for a third man. When
this is dom II is said that other players
will change their votes and that this will
result in the election of the third candi-
date.
The player to whom some Of the latter
are expected to turn as a final choice is
Louis Harte, right guard on the 1908 eleven.
He is an Omaha boy and won great praise
for his grand playing in the Ames game at
Omaha He went into that contest with a
sprained ankle and put up the best game
of his foot ball career.
At present the two candidates for the
c%aptaincy are Frum. left tackle, and Col
Inns. center. Before Temple was given an
N there were thirteen letter men md
of these Frum had seven pledged to vote
for him. The other SIX stood with Collins.
and now Temple has added his vote to
these six, making the poll OF votes a tie.
The election will take place in DR.. Clapp's
office before the athletic board Friday
noon. The fourteen letter men will be clos
eted together and asked to ballot Until they
choose a leader for next falls eleven. 1t
is said that unless Frum or Collins receives
a majority on the first ballot enough men
will switch from each Of these candidate
to Harte to elect the Omaha boy.
weater for Athletes.
Each of the fourteen letter men of
the Cornhusker foot ball team will re-
ceive a turtle neck sweater and a light
Jersey for their work Nthis year. These
were awarded at the athletic board
meeting % last night. The jer-
seys will bear service stripes on the
sleeve. one stripe being placed there for
each year the. player has been on the
varsity. The big sweaters reached Lincoln
yesterday. They differ from those of last
season as regards numerals in that they
bear a large white block IN" instead of a
small letter.
The second team players will receive "R"
sweaters this year. These will be of prac-
tically the same quality as those worn by
the varsity. The cross country team also
has been granted sweaters. These are to
be sweater coats bearing the initials IN.
c. c."
Manager Earl o. Eager has handed in his
report on the expense of the training table
for last fall and it shows that the board
of the players cost the athletic board $3.50.
This sum is $50 below the limit placed on
the training table expense by the Missouri
valley conference rules. No school is per-
mitted to pay out each fall more than $500
for the maintenance of its foot ball train
ing table. The players who eat there are
required to stand the rest of. the expense.
The Curnhusker basket ball team will
play its second game of the season tomor-
row evening when 1t meets the strong five
Of the city Young Mems Christian
association in the upiyersity ar1nory.
Captain Walsh of the varsity is
suffering from a sore, toe and will not be
able to participate in the contest. The
absence of their leader from the lineup
will greatly weaken the C~ornhuskers and
will lessen their chances of winning.