Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21

table is 10 be defeated this spring. the
majority members OF the cornhusker board
Of control think IL would be, the height OF
folly for them. when they want a table.
to do without one until the rule that was
made last February against Il, and now
held to be a moral restraint on any school
In the conference, has been formally re-
peaied. II the measure was sure 10 receive
a favorable vote at the next session OF the
big Eight" then. the Cornhuskers would
be willing to admit that they might he
morally wrong in establishing a table for
the track men. SO far as the legal side
OF The question is concerned. they interpret
the sixty days clause in the Legislative
regulations as nearing that no measure of
the conference IL binding on any school
after II has been rejected by one member
until 1t has come up for reconsideration
and received a favorable vote. They hold
that the old rule permitting a table Is still
I'm force and they will be bound by it
alone.
Some Of the local athletic authorities be-
lleve that Iowa and one or two other con-
ference members will become rampant as
soon as Nebraska begins running its track
training table, and will try to get the
Cornhuskers censured by the Big Seven
for taking such q move without first Sc
ourin gthe consent OF the other members
OF the conference. But the raving, IL there
is any. viii nave but little effect on the
Cornhusker mentors. About the only thing
ii could do would be to widen the breach
already existing between Nebraska and
the conference.
Kansas May Follow suit.
When the Cornhuskers have once estab-
llshed their table. 1t il limited in Nebraska
athletic circles that Kansas will follow
their example and give the Jawhawkers q
special table feed. Kansas stands shout
der 10 shoulder with Nebraska in the fight
for the training table in all athletics and
is ready to back it's great rival in any
move along this line that 1t may make.
The committee appointed by the athletic
board at the state university this week to
investigate the proposition for establish
ing a table for the track men will report
in favor OF maintaining one. The board
will accept the report of the committee
and the table will be started the latter part
OF April.
Preparations are being made by DR.. Clapp
and the athletic board for holding the an
nual western intercollegiate gymnastic con-
test in the university armory Wednesday
April IL Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois,
washington and Nebraska wi. have teams
entered In this event. A committee has
been appointed from the athletic board to
fix up the details OF decoration and enter
tainment for the contest. j
Gymnastic Team frem Nebraska.
This will be the first time this contest
has been placed in Lincoln, and on that
account OF the students are keenly inter-
ested in the arrangement that are being
made for It. The Cornhusker preiimlnaries
for the various events are now being held
under the direction of DR.. Clapp. The can
didates for places on the team that will
represent the Cornhuskers are d. Mitchell
C. Mitchell, Hammond, Tobiska, Snyder
and Morehouse. The trial in w events
the horizontal bars and the side horse
have been held. ID. Mitchell, the best gym
mast in the university, won the highesi
number OF points In each OF them. Snyder
and Tobiska each made high marks IN
these trials.
Nebraska does not hope to win the con
test this year. but. with ID. Mitchell al
one OF its representatives. viii undoubtedly
make q good showing and may manage e
get second place. Last year and the sea
son before that at Madison the Corn
huskers won enough points to put then
in second place. Both Wisconsin and Min
nesota are to be strong competitors THU
season and Nebraska will have a hart
fight to take second place honors.
D.. Mitchell will stand al excellent ohanc,
OF winning the individual honors of TIN
contest. He is rated as the best colleg'
Kymnast In the Missouri valley. His worl
on the horizontal bars and side horse wol
him several medals in contests with Youni
Mems Christian association when he rep
resented the Lincoln organization.
Diamond squad Outdoors.
Coach Fox of the base ball team an
nounced today that the regular outdoo
practice would be started at Antelope parl
Monday afternoon. the weather permitting
This week he kept the candidates at thei
tactics in the cage OF the gymnasium
and spent a great deal of time in teachinl
the men new stunts in batting. Bunting
the ball will be a feature of the Corn
huskers' play this spring, for Coach Fo;
believes a college player can make NOR
safe hits by knocking the ball into tn
diamond thar by driving II into the out
field. lie is one OF the cleverest bunter
in the western league himself. and II IN
Cornhuskers do not learn some fine point
IN the use of the stick from him the stu
dents will be greatly disappointed.
With the opening OF the outdoor seaso
will come the Inauguration OF the weedin
out process through which Coach Fox wi
reduce the ranks OF the candidates fror
100 10 about thirty ment. The entire bune