Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12
BASKET BALL Ii FRONT RAM
COrnhusksrS Have Eighteen Hard
Games on schedule.
VALLEY CHAMPIONSHIP THE GOAL
No Coach for Foot BAH Team Selected
and Sender r. Clearly Out Of
the RunninE-Cole May
Ne Retained

games. AL but one OF which Is with either
Missouri valley or Chicago conferences
schools, make up the 1910 Nebraska basket
bah schedule which was announced today.
Included in the list Of conference schools
that viii be played By the Cornhusksr five
are Kansas. Missouri. Minnesota Auea
and Drake The Kansas AEEies Of MaR-
haitian whom TIE NEBRASKA players vii
meet on their southern trip. are the oniy
non-conferenes athletes that viii have q
chance 10 test their metal against Coach
HewittH quintet
The formal opening Of the $50 season
VIII not occur anti January "a When the
~Cornhusksrs journey % Lawrence, kan.
70 meet their honored rivals. the ~JAyhaEk-
ers, IN the first half Of q series
~ four contests. After opening TIE
schedule away from home tha Cornhusksrs
return 20 Lincoln and viii be without a
same until January n-z. Ames being
booked for those two days. Drake fol-
lows the Iowa AEEies a week later. playing
tEo games IN two days January 8-S
These four games in Lincoln with Ames
and Drake WIN be part Of the champion
ship series for the title to the northern
half OF the conferences lsaRue. Nebraska
Is scheduled to play sight OF the s~o-callsd
championship games. al being with Drake
and Ames Besides the two contests In
Lincoln with each OF those schools the
Cornhuskers VII play a qair zach with
the same teams AZ Des Molnes and Amas.
Nebraska. Ames and Drake, az last sea-
son compose the northern half OF the
Big Seven" league. while Kansas, Ms
sour and washington are the reprsssuta-
tives in the southern section Iowa, the
seventh member u the conferences. IL not
entsred In the basket bah league.
The rules for the basket bail champion
ship Of the league requires that each
school in the race play two games with
every other school in its respective sec
ton The winners Of the title In the re-
sDective divisions meet In a series OF I'VE
games at the end OF the season for the pre-
mier honOrs Of the conferences.
Minnesota in Lincoln.
Tbs schedule Gala for four games vita
Minnesota. two In Lincoln and two In
Minneapolis The Gophers win CONS to
Lincoln for contests On February "a. and
the Cornhusksrs win journey 70 Gopher
land for r~tarn games on February Is-la
The Kansas i've Is booked to play re.
turn games On February B-M. these being
the final dates on the Cornhuzker schedule
Missouri VIII be played in but a single
game. that being at Lincoln on February
IA when the Tigers come north on a tour
OF a week to play Nebraska and three Iowa
teams. The date for the game with Man
haitian has not been SCI. but the contest
VIII probably take place when the Ne
braska five goes south to meet the Jay
hawkers during the first week In January.
But eighteen games are allowed each
team In the Missouri valley conferences
because Of q ruling adopted by the repre-
sentatiyes OF that organization last win
ter The limiting OF the games to this num-
Der has prevented the C~ornhusksrs from
playing any teams during December, as
was the custom in former years.
NenrzskA's coach and physical director
believes eighteen games are too few. and
an sf1ort viii be made to increase the
number next fail to twenty-five. h Corn
husker representative to the conference
VIII be instructed TO vote for the increased
number of games. Az the conference rule
now stands the Cornhuzksrs are prevented
from scheduling practice games with Cot
ner and Wesleyan colleges. two teams that
IN other years rave furnished exceleut
early season work for the Nebraska men.
Going After valley ride.
Undsr the leadership Of Captain II O
Perry and the coaching OF L P. Hewitt
4 grAduats coach Of the university, the
-COrnhaskers have set for themselves the
tAak Of winning the championship OF the
Missouri valley. A year ago the team Won
the title In the northern division, but was
defeated for the valley h0nors by Kansas
ths winner Of the prize In the souther
section
a this task wiz be q difficult one q
admitted and the C~oruhnskers face
stronger opposition In their own territory
than q year AgO, while. should they sue.
coed In getting & victory there, they would
be up against fully as strong competition
IN tns south a. they met last winter. Kan.
sas, whom experts have picked To run
AVA vita eAs hOnOrs In the south, has
five vsteran players on it's squad. In.
cluded among these n Tommy Johnson
the famous foot bail player who won u,
S~ridirOn battle from the Cornhusksrs las,
fAl
But ths NsbrzskA players are not worry.
ing about Kansas JUST yet They VIII hav,
their hands fun to defeat Ames and Drak,
for the prlEs IN this division Both Of thes,
schools have better prospects for a nv,
than they had a year ago. and they az,
expected 10 put up q much ciassler sxhibi
t40n az the indoor game than they nav,
sueoeeded In doing heretofore.
The Iowa schools VIII be favored By
{ bunch Of Vsteraz players. most q whom
won their letters In games against tn
Cornhuskers last Eintsr. In playing o.
: their home floors thase schools viii havl
, another advantage over the Nebraska
team. for both al Amaa and Al Drake tn
basket bail floors are snail ana the cal
, ing low making a Big handicap for
] team thai u accustomed 70 working On
} large neld These floors az Ames an
b Drake worked 70 the asadVantaEe Of n.
/ C~oTnhuskers last winter
/ Coach hewitt and Captain Perry OF n,
{ Curnhuskers though. ara blessed wit
, some excsllent material and they hav.
! high hopes % Winning the northern hanors
Captain Perry is hank in admitting ina
he looks for a Victory not Only in tn
territory. but also over the chaznpiuns q
the other section. he asserts. also. ina
: the Cornhnskers VIII win a majority OF IA.
{ games IN the series scheduled with IN
JayhaWkeTa
Coed Players On sauad.
On M Nebraska squad this water ther
{ q probably more elgbla nrst-ciAsa ma
? teriAl than any season IN the last ax year
. has pr0duced Only two Of Last year
Z players are not an the squad tina TAI
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