Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-13
NEBRASKA AFTER CHAMPIONSHIPS
Kansas the only Missouri valley
Team in the WAY.

LINCOLN, Nov. 12.-(sipecial. )-"Defeat
Kansas and then we are. champions of the
Missouri valley is the slogan that the Ne
braska students adopted at a big mass
meeting held in Memorial hall this afternoon
to stir up enthusiasm for the game with
Kansas Saturday. The Missouri valley title
is now In light and the students are bound
the Cornhuskers shall get it. At the rally
this afternoon rousing speeches were given
by Profs. Conant and Condra, telling OF the
great prospects of the Cornhuskers and urg-
ing the students to be on hand Saturday to
help the team clinch the premier honors
of the valley. Special songs and yells that
have been written for the ~Jayhawker con-
test were practiced at the meeting today.
The excellent prospects the Cornhuskers
have for getting the championship title
again this fall has stirred up the entire
Nebraska school to a keen interest in the
Kansas game. This game Saturday will
probably settle the championship problem,
for 1t is expected that Nebraska will win,
and In this case will have a clear claim to
the leading Missouri valley honors. Kansas
now is the only team standing between the
Cornhuskers and the title. .
II this game is a victory for king
Coles pupils, there can be no dispute about
the best team, for Nebraska will have won
from the three leading teams In the big
Seven" If, however, the Jayhawkers should
win Saturday, they would still have to de-
feat Missouri on Thanksgiving day to have
a just claim to the championship title. 1t
Is considered very improbable though that
Coach Kennedy's men will be able to win
from the CoTnhuskers. The Nebraska root
ers feel that their team will win, but they
are not o~ver-confident and they are trying
to keep the men from becoming too sure OF
s~calping the men from the Sunflower state.
At the present time Nebraska and Kansas
are the only teams in the Missouri valley
conference, or big Seven" who have not
| been defeated. The other five teams-Ames,
Missouri. Iowa, Drake and Washington
have been forced to bow their heads in
battle. Missouri defeated Iowa, Ames de-
feated Missouri and the ssbow me- players
won games from both Drake and Washing
ton. Nebraska defeated both Iowa and
Ames and is the only eleven that has won
two. games from the stronger teams of the
conference. oo
1t is still possible for the championship
Of the valley to rest among three teams at
defeat Nebraska and then on Thanksgiving
day lose to Missouri, Three teams-Ne-
braska, Kansas and Missouri-would have
then have an equal clhiT 10 the champion
ship title. But 1t is confidently expected
that the Cornhuskers will win from Kansas
Saturday and thus settle the question in
The game scheduled with Hastings col
lege for a week from Saturday In Lincoln
has been called off by the Hastings man
agement. The Hastings players were afraid
against king" Coles men and refused t.
follow their manager to Lincoln,
Manager Eager is arranging a game with
Nebraska alumni to take the place Of the
Hastings contest. The proposed lineup Of
the alumni. Is as follows; Ends, Bill John
s Maso ana rHIa APP ? Little; tackles. ICy,
Hunter and Dean Ringer; center, Charles
Borg; Quarterback, Barwick; halves, Ear
Eager and Ray Elliott; fullback, Glenn
Mason.
TIL students of the university would
rather witness this game between the var
sity and alumni than a clash with Hastings
but the varsity players fear that they might
receive injuries that would handicap then
for the Wabash and Carlisle games. Their,
are some big men in the proposed lineup Of
the alumni and the game would be no walk
away for the varsity. The coach does no
like the idea of substituting the alumni fol
Hastings and may not allow the game (
be played. The schedule of the Cornhusk
ers already has been to heavy and he thinks
that his pupils ought to have a rest al
next week since Hastings has decided no
to come to Lincoln.
The varsity this afternoon with all of tn,
players present went through a little scrim
mage at the state farm. None of the mel
was worked hard and the squad kept at tn,
scr!.nrnage only a short time.