Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10
OMAHA MAY GET TWO GAMES
Thanksgiving Day Foot Ball Contest
May Come to Metropolis,
EAGER HAS BIG SCHOOL IN VIEW
Manager Il Now NeEotIatinE TO Bring
Prominent western Team Here
Annual Contest May
Result.

Annual Contest May
Result.
LINCOLN. Jan. e.-(Special. 1.-Two foot
ball games are likely to be omaha's share
Of the Nebraska gridirou schedule next
fall. These contests are to be given
to the metropolis OF the state by the
Nebraska management as q reward for the
patronage and hospitality accorded the
Cornhuskers at the Ames gamo last fall.
One of these contests is sure to be sched-
uled for Omaha II the people OF that city
will offer the same Inducements that they
did last year, and the other game is con-
tingent on the willingness of a certain big
college team to meet the Cornhuskers In
Nebraska.
The present plan Of the Nebraska man
ayers is TO play Ames in Omaha late in
October or early in November, and on
Thanksgiving day to meet another eleven
there. 1t is limited by the Nebraska author
tiles that the team which Is figuring on
playing the Cornhuskers Thanksgiving Is
recognized as one OF the strongest elevens
in the west. Manager Eager says he can
not divulge the name OF this team until
| arrangements are made for a game with
the Cornhuskers. He, however, admits
! that in event this western eleven consents
to play Nebraska the Omaha foot ball en-
thusiasts will see one of the biggest games
played in the west next season. He de-
clares the team with which he is negotiat-
ing is rated as high as any eleven in the
west.
maha'u Foot Ball Fame.
Since the Ames game last fall the lame
of Omaha as a foot ball city has spread
to all the colleges of the west, and most OF
" " 10 tho GNnEn.
huskers there. Omaha at the Ames
game gave Nebraska the best patronage
that 1t received at any contest during the
season. This fact is now known to all the
big colleges of the west, and a chance to
play Nebraska in the metropolis OF this
state Is >one that nearly all of them are
willing to accept. SO far this winter Man
ager Eager has received offers for games
from teams that he never expected would
consider a meeting with the Cornhuskers.
one Of these canS from the big" western
school which he Is now planning to haze
the Cornhuskers play in Omaha on Thanks
giving day.
the scheduling Of a Thanksgiving day
game at Omaha next fail VIII probably
mean that such a contest will become an
annual event for the states metropolis.
At least, that is the present plan of Man
ager Eager, and 1t seems as though 1t will
meet with the approval of all the men con-
nected with the Cornhusker athletics. BY
placing a big foot ball game in Omaha
each Turkey day 1t is figured by Manager
Eager that the contest would soon become
established as the big athletic and social
event Of the fall season, just as the Kan
sas-Missouri Thanksgiving day game in
Kansas city is now looked upon as the
leading %gridiron game In the southern part
of the Missouri valley.
To Make Game Annual Event.
1t is believed that in three or four years
the athletic fans of Omaha and the state
would become interested In this annual
:. Thanksgiving day contest and that enor-
nous crowds would attend and make II a
) great success in every way. The plan OF
l the Nebraska management after this season
/ would be to have the Cornhuskers meet
the same team In Omaha each year. 1t
will not be possible to do that this season.
for the eleven which Nebraska is now figur-
ing on is one that the Cornhuskers can not
hope to keep on its schedule year after
year. Probably the team that would become
the annual Thanksgiving Day opponent OF
the Cornhuskers would be either Ames
or Iowa.
In arranging the schedule this winter,
Il h1dndBtI EdBtN dlNt W Hlttl lub lOhst
Aggies on Turkey Day next fall, but they
have a two years contract to play Drake
on Thanksgiving Day and will not be re-
: leased fIom that until 1910. For next fail
Nebraska is under contract TO play the
Aggies at Ames. but the Iowa state collegs
> authorities are willing to transfer the game
to Omaha again. The Cornhuskers would
, rather play In Omaha than in Ames and
the Aggie game is certain to be played ia
the farmer place.
Divide Even with Lincoln.
e By playing Ames and another team in
3 Omaha the Nebraska management will be
giving the metropolis nearly as many big
games as will be played in Lincoln. The
u Lincoln enthusiasts, however. are moi
likely to be disappointed by this arrange
ment, for they are TO be given two and pos
rioly three big games. lows is now under
contract TO come here and It is, possible
Minnesota will also consent to meet the
r Cornhuskers In Lincoln. A game with a
l team that has defeated Nebraska several
times In recent years is also in prospect for
Lincoln.
Three big" games at home and two in
u Omaha would be all the major contests that
Nebraska would play next fall, and would
= give the Cornhuskers the most attractive
schedule they have ever had. Five games
with major colleges might be objected to
as forming too hard a schedule for a team
" to play in one fall, but the Nebraska man
; agement will so arrange the games that
there will not be a repetition Of the disaster
which resulted last fall from a string OF
four hard games. The Minnesota, Iowa.
Ames and Kansas games, coming in a row
proved to be too much for the Cornhuskers
to handle last season. In the last OF these
four games king Coles pupils were So
4 completely out OF condition that the jay
hawkers had an easy time defeating them.
With five hard games on the Cornhusker
schedule next fall they will be scattered
n 30 that two games will not be played on
successive Saturdays. The first Of these
a big" games Will be played early in October
and the last one on Thanksgiving Day, IN
Omaha.
The intercollegiate basket ball season
will be formally opened in the university
armory next week. when the Ames quintet
will meet the Cornhuskers in two games, OF
Friday and Saturday nights. Little il
known regarding the strength Of the lows