Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20

Under tho rovifrd basket ball rules a
player IL allowed 20 play pretty rough in
attempting 20 get the sphere away from an
opponent lie ~ permitted TO strike the
ball and 20 rough the man holding II TO a
considerable extent before he con commit n
foul. This wide scope which Is given the
player on the defense allows him often
20 break up the plays Of the opposing
team and often 10 prevent the throwing
Of a goal. SO far Petrashek has failed to
take advantage OF his opportunities TO play
aggressive bail and he viii 'not make q
strong addition to the Cornhusker five
until he remedies this defect in his play
ing lie jumps well AZ the tossup Of tbs
ball az the center and with u few more
weeks OF coact ing may develop into a
strong player. Ills goal throwing Is quite
accurate. and Just now he IS the best
center with the exception OF Captain
Walsh that the varsity has.
walsh Not Available.
Captain Walsh. however. has played
three years OF basket ball and will be
ineligible for any Of the intercollegiate
games this season. lie probably would not
play at center even though he were eligi.
Bile. for he puts up a better game at for
ward than IN any other position. Last
season he was rated as the best goal
tosser IN the Missouri valley and his play
ing on the Cornhusker quintet this season
would greatly enhance the chances OF put
ting out a winning five at the state in
stitution. Dwight Bell, right guard on
the team, also will be ineligible for any Of
the big college games, and this will make
four places that will have TO be filled
among a practically new bunch OF players.
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ner and the city Young Mems Christian
association teams Hutchinson, Woods,
Perry, Richey. Long, Flowers. A. c..
Schmidt and Stevenson. were all tried out
Woods and Perry were the letter man
last year and, OF course. will I'LL two of the
positions on the five. Woods Is n consis-
tent player at forward and will probably
be the regular man for the left goal toss
ing position. At times last season he did
some excellent goal tossing and this year
is showing more accuracy than ever.
Perry Is a fast guard and was in some
of the contests last year. In the absence
of Bell he will be the best guard the
Cornhuskers will have in their lineup.
Hutchinson has shown the best form OF
the new candidates for a forward POSI-
ton and may make a running mate for
Woods. Schmidt or Long are both fast
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fight for the vacant guard position
Schmidt is heavy. but is very aggressive
In n hard contest and is able to break up
the team work OF the opposing five. This
ability of his may get him on the varsity
as a guard.
Track Athletes Training.
The track athletes OF the university have
settled down to training for the indoor
meets which will be pulled off during jan
usry and February. The annual charter
day meet will be held February Is. This
is the leading event OF the indoor season
and Is thu time the coaches get a line on
the material for the annual intercollegiate
meets OF the spring.
Before the charter day events are pulled
off, however, the second annual inter
fraternity indoor meet will be held. The
date set for this is January 30. Last
season this meet was won by Alpha Theta
Chi. The Greek letter men have been
practicing for this event in the armory
for a month. Alpha Theta Chi, Phi Kappa
Psi and Delta Epsilon appear to have the
best prospects Of winning this seasons
meet.
Tho athletic board of the university is
considering the matter OF putting the Ne
braska tennis games under the same con-
troll as the other university athletics. AT
the present time tonnls is run indepen.
IDENTIFY OF tho other games by students who
are interested In the sport. The object
of the athletic board In assuming charge
of tennis will be to finance tie intercolle-
giate matches and award sweater and
university emblems to the players partiol-
pating in these contests. A committee is
now investigating the ACCESSIBILITY OF put
ting tennis on a basis with the other uni.
versity sports and will report TO the athle-
tic board In January. when action win
probably be taken on the matter.