Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23
NEBRGSEASCHEDULE CLOSING
Game with Cotner and Two Real
Battles with Kansas Ends It.
CIAPP's SUPPORTERS WAKING UP
Friends of the Coach Have Executed
q strsteRic Move that WIN Help
Their Man and MAI settle
Trouble.

LINCOLN. May 2z.-CspecialJ-But three
more contests remain on the local schedule
Of the Cornhusker athletes for this sea
son. These are a trio Of base pail games
that will he played next week, a meeting
On the diamond with Cotner university
being booked for Monday afternoon ard
two return encounters with the University
81 Kansas nine being the entertainment
for the college rooters next Friday anil
Saturday at Antelope park. The track
team has concluded its series Of dual meets
and will put in the time during the next
two weeks In preparing for the annual
Missouri valley conference games. which
will take place at Des Moines June 5. this
1ate marking the end Of the cinder path
meets in tho valley for 1909.
Among the students at the State school
the coming games with Kansas are re-
sarded in about the same light as the dual
meet between the track representatives of
the two Institutions was today. They Of
fer another opportunity for Nebraska 10
regain some Of the honors lost to the Jay
1awkers in previous contests this year,
and the local rooters mean to make the
most Of the chance to help their own team
along to q victory that would put a bright
finish to A year that has been none too
brilliant for the Cornhuskers in any branch
n their sports.
J~ayhRwkera Are strong.
In Kansas the Cornhuskers Will meet
one Of tho strongest mines in the confer
ence. The Lawrence team now heads the
southern division Of the Big Seven
league with the largest number of cham
pionship games won II mas won cham
pionship contests from Missouri. Washing
ton and Nebraska. In the northern sec
ton Of the league Ames and Nebraska
nre the two leaders. Ames probably holds
first place. as It has not yet lost a single
pennant game, which is accounted for in
part by the fact that It has played only
three contests that count In the race, two
with Drake and one with Nebraska. The
Cornhuskers, on the other hand. have
played six championship games. Of which
number It has won four and lost two.
On the southern trip In April the Ne
braska nine clashed with the wkers
In two contests at Lawrence and received
a rather severe drubbing in each meeting.
The first game went to the Lawrence team
by & score of I to 2. In the second the
Scarlet and Cream was shut out, the score
being 10 to o.
Even after these two defeats Captain
Beltzer and his base ball artists were not
willing to admit the Kansas team was a
superior organization to their own. They
confessed they were outplayed in those
two contests. but attributed this to the
poor physical condition in which they were
at that time. These games came at the
end Of the trip. after the Cornhuskers had
been out over a week. playing in extremely
bad weather. and when the pitchers were
used UP and the fielders worn out. The
entire team played in the poorest form OF
the trip and. so Captain Beltzer contends,
any team they had defeated In the early
part Of the journey could have beaten them
at this time, had they come together. Such
is the way the Cornhuskers take consola-
ton for their Kansas defeats, and they
call you to look at their record since that
time for positive proof as to whether they
were in poor condition or not when they
played at Lawrence.
Record Of C~Ornhusker Team.
Since the games with the Jayhawkers
the C~ornhuskers have participated in eleven
contests. of which number they have wor
hSNcni titu Ont anu lOcN NhiCS' NV u
the games won were championship con.
tests. Among the teams met and defeated
we're several mines, so the CornhuskerI
claim, who are much stronger and play
better aIl-round ball than the ~Jayhawk.
ers. One OF these mines, the Manhattan
Aggies, the Scarlet and Cream trimmed vi
by running up a score of thirteen points
This same team Is one of the best In
Kansas, and all spring has been a superior
aggregation to the Kar sas bunch. II is
this showing against strong teams since
the trip to Lawrence that has given the
Cornhuskers the confidence which lead
them to declare they are going to wiz
from the J~ayhawkers in the two meetings
here next week.
The game with Cotner Monday will be q
practice In the way OF preparation for the
two encounters with the Kansas nine. Tht
Bethany collegians have a fast bunch this
year and will be able to show the Ne
brAska players a stiff contest. Besides go
ing against Cotner for practice the Corn
huskers will work out each afternoon Al
Antelope park, training with some of the
Lincoln players. The Cornhusker twirleri
are In good condition for the Kansas game
Ward. the star southpaw artist. will b'
used In the championship contest, which
probably will be played on Friday. He hal
been hit hard In only one contest thi
spring and Captain BeltEer believes he viii
be able to puzzle the Lawrence men suffi
GENTLY to permit the capturing Of tn
game by the Scarlet and Cream. In tn
second meeting. on Saturday, olmstead viii
oppose the visitors. On the eastern tril
this cornhusker did some remarkable worl
and was the leading pitcher OF the loca
staff. His speed is a great factor in max
ing him . winning pitcher and 1t ought 1
enable him to work havoc with the Jay
hawkers.
To Have own Field la Fall.
The drawing TO a close OF the Cornhuske
athletic year and the playing of the game
with Kansas at Antelope park brings I
mind that these will probably be the las
contests the Nebraska athletes will b
forced to hold on a hired field, for by mex
tall, when the gridiron season opens, Ne
bTaska will have an athletic field of il
own again. Since receiving an appropria
ton from the recent legislature the Boar
Of Regents has been going ahead in cor
demning property and purchasing lots o
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