Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-10
STUDENTS FULL Of FIGHT
University Boys Want Representation
on Athletic Board.
HAVE PUT TICKET IN THE F1ELT
Or. CIapp Regarded a. TOO Partial
to Basket Rail- and Track work,
Against Foot Ball and
Base Ball.

LINCOLN. May 9-(specislD-The cam
paign for student membership on the Ne
brasks athletic board developed suddenly
yesterday into one OF the warmest election
contests that has been witnessed on the
local campus in ten years. During the
early part OF the week the chief issue Of
the campaign c~entered around the question
OF the affiliations Of the candidates with
Theta M Epsilon, an interfraternity held
in disrepute AT the state school. Charges
we're made by a set Of students that Theta
M Dpsilon had a ticket in the field, which
II was trying to elect In order to secure
control Of the affairs of the athletic board.
These were strongly denied by the men
picked out as the candidates of IT. Y. E.
and such strong evidence was brought forth
to prove them false that 1t became apparent
a new issue would have to be Matched In
the fight. SO yesterday the element on
posed to DIR. Clapp began pushing a ticket
Of five men with the declarations that this
quintet stood for better Nebraska athletics
and would be against DR.. Clapp in his fight
on the training table.
Dr. Clapp is rearded among the student
body as being opposed to broadening the
fields of foot ball and base ball. Himself,
a track athlete and coach OF both the
basket bali and track teams, he Is naturally
prejudiced In favor OF these two sports as
against the major games. The students
durin the last year have charedthat he
would like to make track and basket ball
! games the major sports at Nebraska and
"kiIl' foot ball. They point to his op-
position to the foot ball training table and
his attempt to do away with the athletic
board last winter as convincing arguments
in their position.
PersOnnu OF Candidates.
In the present campaign a faction Of the
students are backing William Chaloupka,
all western tackle; Perry, captain of the
basket ball team; Carroll, catcher on the
base ball nine; Clyde f. Elliott, whom the
Lincoln Star today said Is one of the best
versed men in university athletics in
school," and HaTte. star guard on the
varsity eleven. This ticket Ia called an
anti-Clapp bunch and is held to stand for
a broader policy in Cornhusker athletics.
The anti-C1app faction is making a hard
fight on Mcdonald, captain of the track
team. and Mahood, HUnmell and Schmidt,
candidates whom DR.. Clapp is said to have
influenced TO enter the field.
A handful circulated on the campus by
the liberals" or anti-Clapp party, aroused
great comment. II is headed a Crisis in
Nebraska Athletics" 1t asks three aues-
tons in boldface type: d you want a
foot ball training table," do you want
Nebraska to defeat Kansas next fall?" and
dc you want Nebraska to keep abreast
OF the other big schools in the west?" II
then answers them by stating, "If you do
then vote for the candidates for the ath-
letic board who will not be DR.. Clapp's
catspa VS."
The bill reviews the fight made against
DR.. Clapp when he tried to do away with
the athletic board and get the position of
director of athletics. 1t tells how he was
opposed by DR.. Maxey, faculty member.
and three student members Harvey. Elliott
and Frum. The story of how the fight
was carried to the regents by the three
student members and how DR.. Clapp was
turned down is related in detail, and the
students are asked to vote for the anti
Clapp faction in order that the liberal
policy for Nebraska may be carried out.
The election takes place Monday and the
indications are that the heaviest vote ever
polled at the university will be recorded,
The polls will be open from $50 a. m. TO
1870 p, m. and from 1870 p. m. TO $3.50 p. m.