Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-11
CRITICISM OF DENVER CANE
Cornhusker Management Criticised
for Playing Professionals.
SOME SORE ON RECENT DEFEAT
Lincoln Poor Patron of Foot Ball
Until This season, when Turnout
Has Exceeded Expectations
Of Athletic Men.

LINCOLN, Nov. 1O.-CSpecial)-The Ne
braska foot ball management is being crit
iclsed 10 some quarters for having SEIZED
uled a game with Denver university, and
one Of the local papers is demanding the
designations Of both King" Cole and Man
ager Earl o. Eager on the grounds that
these men have proved themselves incom-
petent to conduct Cornhusker foot ball.
The grounds for complaint against the
schedulin gof the game with the Denver
eleven are based on the allegation that
the western school is supporting a bunch
OF professional players similar to the st.
Louis aggregation the C~ornhuskers went
against on Thanksgiving day in 1907 and
were smothered.
There is no denying that Denver is not
governed by as strict eligibility rules as
the other Colorado schools, or as an yof
the colleges in this section, but the Ne
braska management, for financial and
other reasons, was forced to give the Min
listers a game this season, and the booking
of the contest was sactioned by the Ne
braska Board Of Control.
Lincoln has been a poor patron OF Corn
husker athletics until this fall, and 1t has
been necessary to play big games ava
from home, at Omaha and other cities, in
order to make the sports pay. Denver, for
two years. had been demanding a game
from the Cornhuskers, and had been con-
stantly refused one. Even this fall the
western teams request would have been
denied but the local management and
Ames could not agree on terms and Den
yer was taken on to fill out the local
schedule.
Deacon Koehler. who is a former Uni
versity Of Nebraska player, declares his
eleven is above professional this fall,
though admitting things were not exactly
ohaste last season. The criticism of the
Cornhuskers Ffor the Denver game will
probably lead them to refuse to play any
but conference schools hereafter.
Local sports Are sore.
Local athletic mentors think the crlti.
clsm of the foot ball management has beer
inspired by local sports who are sore be-
cause the -Cornhusliers failed to defeat
Kansas. II is thought these critics will
take a pleasant view Of the situation in
case the Cornhuskers should whip the un-
defeated Denver eleven.
The demand for the resignation OF Coach
Cole and Manager Eager is not likely tc
bear fruit just now. These two men are
popular with the students and probably
will be retained for at least another year.
Much interest is being manifested in the
annual game between the teams from tht
Lincoln and Omaha High schools, which
is scheduled to take place on Nebraska
field Saturday afternoon.
There is no Cornhusker game on tha'
day and the entire school will give atten.
.tion to the interscholastic players. The
game is expected to be a hard fight, witt
odds f~avoring the Omaha men.
University students are arranging a ban
quet for the Omaha visitors. Special plans
are being laid to take care of the Omaha
people in q sightseeing tour Saturday
morning. A theater party will be on th'
program for Saturday evening. The tickle
sale for the game has been exceedingly
large and the largest crowd that ever saw
a high school game in this city is ex
pected,
The Cornhusker foot ball players, nearl!
fifty strong, began the first Of severa
days hard practice for the Denver gam
this afternoon. All the varsity player;
were on hand and Cole made them rust
through two hours of strenuous sigma
drill.
The Nebraska coach today said III
thought his players would ave an excel
lent chance against tho Denver eleven. HI
said the Denver. players might be charged
with professionalism but he thought there
was little foundation for the allegations
He said he had great respect for Coacl
Koehler's statements, and the Denvel
coach has denied his players are profes
SIGNALS.