Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-07
All But Five or Six of Last Years
Squad Are Back.
TEAK ONLY IN POLE VAULT :
University Record Holders Will Enter
Many Of the Events.
TO MEET KANSAS AND MINNESOTA
Chances against both Teams Are
Considered Best In Years
Coach Fox Ready Next
Week.

LINCOLN, Neb., March e.-(speclal)-
Following the termination of the Ne
braka basket ball season by the CHAMPION
ship games with Kansas at Kansas city
this week, will come a general awaken
Ing OF interest among tho Cornhusker
athletes in the spring sports. which will
find its first manifestation in the OPEN
ing OF the training season next week for
the track and field candidates. With the
appearance of william Fox, who is TO
coach the base ball squad and who is
billed to arrive in Lincoln Wednesday.
the energies of the diamond candidates will
also be increased and a more concrete CAM
paisn begun for producing a winning nine.
Owing to the extension of the basket
ball season two weeks for the playing OF
the games with Kansas to decide the
championship of the Missouri valley, the
activities OF DIR. Clapp. who is coach OF
| both the basket ball five and the track
team. were confined to putting the quin-
tet into form; and the opening of the
spring work for the clnder path. men was
postponed until next week. Now that his
hands are free OF basket ball, DR.. C1app
will devote his time to developing the
track men, and will issue a call Monday
or Tuesday for candidates TO report be-
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ing of the training period.
DR.. Clapp has on hand for this spring
so many certain point winners and such
a good quantity of collateral material that
the prospects for one of the best track
teams ever turned out at Nebraska. are
exceedingly brilliant. Only five or six OF
last springs letter men are not in the
university this year; while, to take their
| places, there are several e~ligibles of last
season and a number OF sophomores, who
we're barred from contesting in 1905.
squad Breaks the Record.
In the list Of candidates, (Which will bA
the largest In several seasons), will APP
pear the names OF Captain Mcdonald, s.
M. Collins, Curtis Collins, Wildman, Camp
bell, Minor, Hamel. Hummell. Russell, Ham
mond, Chain, C~haloupka, Patton, Perry,
Baumann. Gable, George, Reed, Fleming.
Davis, Trump, ANDERSON and KroRer.
This is probably the most formidable array
of material that has ever been ready at
Nebraska for the coach to begin work
with In molding a fast team. A great ma
jority of these men are point winners in
their various events, and with careful drill
and hard training should form for the
state institution a recording breaking team.
As their captain this season the Corn
ANShSAo nave ~ F. MSDOndlus n IOfmeF
York High school athlete, who is a men,
Der of the Nebraska. cinder path SQUAD for
the third successive spring. His events
are the high and low hurdles in running
which he probably is the best man in the
Missouri valley this year. In the 12o-yard
hurdles his time is 0:154s and in the 22D-
yard hurdles Il is OBS flat. In each OF the
dual meets with Kansas and Minnesota
last year he had his opponents outcla ssed.
His performance at the conference meet
in Kansas City might have been equally
as brilliant as in the other gatherings had
not rain made the track a slough OF mud.
He will repeat his exhibitions of last year
In the meets with Minnesota and Kansas
again this spring. and will make a great
effort TO take first in both hurdle races
at the conference meet in Des Moines In
June.
Hummeli will be Captain McDonsld's run
ming mate in both the low and high stick
events. He never has trained consistently
In speeding over the hurdles. but In the
little work he did last spring showed adapt
ability for taking the sticks. II he gets q
good form this spring he ought to make a
good second to Captain Mcdonald.
strong in speed Events.
In the runs the indications are that the
Cornhuskers will be stronger than last sea
son. In the century sprint. wildman. one
OF the best llo0-ysrd men in the Missouri
valley. Is the leader. In the two dual meets
last year he won first place easily. making
the run in 0:10b. His aim this spring will
be to do the run in O10 flat, and capture
the event at the conference meeting, villa
man is strong also in the 22O-yard dash.
holding the university record OF O:z2h, in
conjunction with Z. Manning, who set n
In foE Wtdnan oonaIlaH tha Farord 4lua.
last spring. II he sttains the form at
which he is now aiming he will capture
this event in all the gatherings this spring.
Minor. Reed, Campbell, Bentley and
Burke, with Wildman, will form a sextet
OF Nebraska's best men in the shorter runs.
Minor. Campbell and Reed at present APP
pear TO be the swiftest men to work with
Wildman in the century run. Minor showed
up to great advantage In the indoor meets
this winter, pushing Wildman hard in tho
twenty-five yards dash. Reed was the
star Splinter with the freshmen last sea-
son and displayed considerable speed.
His work this spring will be closely
watched by the coaches. Campbell is a
fast man in the short distance runs and
Is expected to show up in brilliant form
this year. He ran the indoor dash this
winter in better time than he, made a year
ago; and this fact has led DR.. Clapp 10
believe the youngster will be especially
fast on the cinder path.
In the 2O yards dash Reed and Camp
bell will run with Wildman. The former
ought to he a star in this race. He an
nexed first honors in It in running with
the freshmen last season and Is making
better time nov thsE he did then. Camp.
bell will spend a great share OF his train
ing hours al pertecting himself In taking
this distance In good time and psobably
will round into a classy form before the
opening meet with the JayhawerA