Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-07
FOR BASE BALL MEN
Prospects for Biggest Squad in Years
at Nebraska.
SENIORS AID DELINQUENT STARS
pias Devised 60 HELP Conditioned
Men e Back 70 Eligible List
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Game
Declared OF.

for the Nebraska base ball team to begin
trsin'rE IN the cage in the university
trror s me Of the Cornhuskers have been
trbcriag up this week. but the formal
env zinc O. The indoor work will not begin
uatr the official call has been made by
Captsls Reltzer. Until the arrival Of Coach
Tax early in March the practice will be in
charge o. Captain Better and Manager
EsEes.
Several vacancies are TO be filled on the
VARSITY nins this season and it is expected
rat the squad of candidates will number
rearly 100 men by the last OF March. Last
season the safly winter work brought out
fifty aspirants. and with much better
chances for good players this year. there is
svery reason to believe that the 1900 squad
vii be the largest in the history Of Ne
hraska base ball.
Some OF the most promising candidates
tor the nine had trouble with their final
examinations last week and their failure or
condition in passing may hit the Corn
huskers' diamond prospects = severe blow
rnis week It was rumored that Ward.
star twlrier on the team last year: Mstcalf.
a strong candidate for second base, and
three or four other good men had failed to
make the required twelve hours and would
be Ineligible for the spring work. ward
and Metcaif were two OF the men whom
Captain Better had been depending upon
to give the state school a winning nine this
spring. Ward has been the mainstay of the
Cornhusker pitching staff for two seasons
and without him this spring the Corn
huskeTs could hardly expect to make a very
respectable showing on the diamond.
First AID 10 DeIinauents.
The conditioning OF so many Of the base
ball candidates aroused the students most
deeply interested in university athletics to
take steps to help out the present delln-
oaent men and to prevent the recurrence
OF such a bunch OF failures In the future.
In order to carry out the plans for aiding
the delinquent students the senior society
appointed an advisory committee whose
duties will be to find the athletes who
have Been conditioned and see that they
make up their back work. The men who
have failed will be tutored and otherwise
aided thas they may remove all conditions
o. failures lodged against them.
The scope OF the advisory committee will
not be limited to work with the base ball
men, but will be extended to other branches
Of the university sports. A similar COM
mittee viii be appointed every fall and
the task OF keeping the university athletes
up IN their school work will devoive upon
T. such a committee has long been
nsedcd at Nebraska. Had there been one
durlhs tac last Few years Cornhusker ath-
lstes might have been saved a great deal
o. trouble with their studies and the vari-
Gus teams in consequence made much
stronger.
- Several Vets In LIne.
Among the base bali. men who have al
ready announced their intention of trying
out for the varsity base ball team this
season are several veteran ~ players
and a number OF classy candidates who
tailed TO make the nine last season.
.Tbe.teio of twiriers who won their let
tprs last season are again in school and
Will be among the aspirants this spring.
These men are Ward Hetzel and Steven
son. They will not have clear sailing this
year. though. for there are a few other
Cornhuskers vho wan; TO work in the
box and who will make a hard night to get
on the staff.
The new list Of pitching aspirants will
include Fleming. Johnson. Decatur. Ohm
stead and PrcuCy. Fleming tried out with
no cornhuskers two wears ago and made
+, very rood showing. He has lots of
speed and is expected to make a strong bid
.or a place this spring. Johnson did some
GOOD work IN practice last year, but was
unable 20 give enough time to the game
thought him a good pitcher and declared
though him a good pitcher and declared
tina, -alotner season ough; 20 find him
doing some sensational work. olmstead
and Prou,y csea have speed and some
clever curves. and ought 80 develop into
dependable twlrlsrs before May.
Carol oct for BackstoA
Fo- the position, behind the bat there will
Re at least four strong candidates. one OF
thsse viii be Bobby Carol. who was
satcher on the 1905 varsity nine. lie played
= strong game both in stopping the ball
bohiEd the bat and in throwing to second
base To- csteh a runner going down from
first. His throws were accurate and swift
and made him. a most valuable man to the
CornhusRets that year.
Contrasting tire place with Carol will be
Greehsiit.t SturtEenegger and Patterson.
Lakt sRrlRg Greenslit had the catching job
Noi7ched until the adoption of the fresh
man rule made him inelisible for the team.
he is considered to be a star catcher and
ought TO make the varsity this season.
sturtEenegser was another freshman who
nroeabiy lost a place on The varsity be-
cause NJ she first year rule. He did some
cr.daable baek-siopping IN the practice
yauSs. Patterson TILED out for catcher last
season and the spring before, but his ina
biiity TO throw accurately 20 second base
kept him off the nine
Cline. who played first base on tine team
last season, Is In school and will report for
the early practice. He will have as rivals
for the first sack position this year Patter-
son and sturtEenegger. In case these two
men lose out in their trials for catcher.
Csatest for seeOad Base.
ppdgeon and Aetcslf have been eonsid-
cred Tor second base. Dudgeon played thai
position on the nine last season. but wal
not as fast as could have been desired
and he will have to make a hard fight e
keep his job another season. Aetealf unit
this week has been regarded as a very
likely man for the second sack. his failure
10 make twelve hours. though, may pre-
vent his getting on the team Al all. In cas-.
as Gets the required number OF university
sredits. however. he probably viii secure
the second base position.
Since HARRIS. the star 1907 freshman
player quit school last semester the pros
poets for filling shortstop with a speed,
~an have mona afimmerfna Harrfa -