Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-03

BASE Ball and Basket Ball.
During 1863 base ball and basket ball
each made money for the athletic board,
and track athletics and cross country teams
each lost money. The receipts for base hall
we're si,2230 and the expenditures were
81. 153.42, leaving a credit balance Of SS.SS
basket bail made a net gain of S2769S, the
receipts being 81, 464.e2 and the expenditures
s1,1s7.si, In 1907 there was a base ball de-
flcit of 1914. In the same year basket ball
had a credit balance Of A5s.
Last year the deficit in track athletics
was sss1.O9. the receipts being but s4eS.5O
and the expenditures S,14O.59. In 1907 the
track games incurred a deficit Of s254,S6.
The EXPENSE OF the cross country team in
1907 was greater than that Of last year. In
1907 it was sos 81 and I'm 1908 it was $1SS.45.
The total athletic receipts for the year
ending December 81, 1908, were 2 .962.69 and
the expenditures were 22,2s7.5t. OF the re-
ceipts the foot ball team earned tls,502.b;
its share OF the expenditures was 18.0774O.
IN 1907 the total receipts for the athletic
year were s2Os52.42 and the expenditures
were / 5000 %. During that year foot balls
share of the receipts was SIG, 1855. Its
share Of the expenditures was s10,79067.
Last year the receipts from the sale Of
student athletic tickets were s1,e2S. This
sum was divided among the four branches
Of university sport. Foot ball received
81. oS6, basket ball was given s271.5o and base
ball and track athletics were each appor-
tiored siS5.75
Southern Trip Next Week.
Practically all Of the leading basket ball
candidates have returned to the university
and are preparing for the southern trip,
which win be taken the latter part of next
week, when the Kansas State Agricultural
college and Kansas university will be
played. One game will be played with the
Aggies at Manhattan Thursday night. The
Jayhawkers will be met in two games at
Lawrence, one contest being played Friday
ana the other Saturday night.
Some OF the basket ball men have been
practicing this week in an effort to get
into shape to meet their Kansas opponents
next week. Dwight Bell and Captain
Walsh, the two veterans, have been work.
ing real hard and they probably will be
able to star on the trip. The green ma
terial Is also doing some faithful practicing
under the keen direction of Coach Clapp.
but none of the teams supporters expect
these new men to get into shape to do any
brilliant playing by the end Of next week.
Most of the Cornhusker students look for
the i've 10 lose at least TWO or the games
and would not be surprised IL 1t failed to
win the third. Everyone expects Kansas
university TO trim the Nebraska quintet in
both games. The strength Of the Manhat-
tan Aggies, however, is not known and the
Cornhusker students do not know how to
dope" the meeting of the agriculturlsts
with their team.
The original basket ball schedule for this
winter had to be revised, owing to a conflict
of several dates with other important uni
versity events. Manager Eager has just
finished making the changes in the SEIZED
ule. The rearranged list Of games follows:
January Manhattan at Manhattan.
January @kansas at Lawrence.
January 9-Kansas at Lawrence.
January 15-Ames at Lincoln.
January 18-Ames at Lincoln.
January 32-Drake at Lincoln.
e January 23-Drake at Lincoln.
January 29-Kansas at Lincoln.
January 3-Kansas at Lincoln.
February missouri at Lincoln.
February 5-Mlnnesota at Minneapolis.
February 6-Minnesota at Minneapolis.
February S-Ames at Ames.
February 9-Ames at Ames.
February I0-Drake at Drake.
February 1i-Drake at Drake.
February 19-MinnesOta at Lincoln.
February 20-Minnesota at Lincoln.