Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04
Makeup of Squad to Be Fixed On
Later.
BIGGEST GAME WITH KANSAS
Cornhuskers Will Bend Every Effort
to Win from Jayhawkers.
TRACK TEAM STARTS TRAINING
Track Men VIII Use the Fair
Grounds for s~printinS Pur-
pOscs-Ncbraskn nj Dcs
Moincs Meet,


LINCOLN, April 3-(specisl)-After
three days more OF practice the Corn
husker base ball team will start on It's
annual invasion Of the southern territory
Of the Missouri valley, playing a total Of
ten games entour. The departure from Lin
coin will be made on Wednesday. the day
| the spring recess at the state school be-
gins. and the initial game of the trip VIII
be played at Tabor, Ia, With Tabor col
leEe on the following afternoon.
Eleven players. including Captain Better
will be taken on the Journey bX Mana ser
Eager. Coach Fox. who was engaged TO
instruct the ~Cornhuskers, with the under
standing that he should them
on this trip, will probably be detained IN
| Lincoln by his duties with the local west
ern league team.
All the eleven men who will make the
trip have not been named as yet, for some
Of the candidates who have been playing
on the team have failed to make good In
their positions, and it is likely that their
jobs will be given TO some of the other
members Of the squad. The following men
are certain to be in the Cornhusker party
though: Captain Beltzer, third base; Car
roll, catcher; Greenslit, second base; Cooke,
CENTER field: Clarke. first base or left field;
Ward, pitcher; Mathers, pitchers; olmstead'
pitcher.
Metcalf has made good at shortstop and
also would be sure of going south IL he
were not delinquent in his studies and.
therefore, ineligible to take part in uni
versity athletics. HI has a condition i'm
| rhetoric from last semester which he is
trying to work off before Wednesday. He
has been getting up his back work and
Tuesday will take an examination, which,
IL he passes 1t, will allow him to play on
the nine.
MetcsIf Man for Place.
The young delinquent has proved to be
just the man the ~Cornhuskers need at
shortstop, and his forced absence from the
team would greatly weaken it in the com
ing series of games. He is quick, stops
hot grounders with ease. and has a good
wing for throwing TO first His batting
has been a pleasant surprise this spring,
and he has punished the ball with con
sistent regularity. There is no man on the
horizon who can we'll fill the midway posi-
ton in case young Metcalf is compelled to
bow to the eligibility committee.
Sturtzenegger. who was a favorite for
the initial sack and who has been playing
that position, has made a disappointing
showing and may have TO give up the job.
In the York and Wesleyan games he made
some costly errors, and in both OF these
contests his pegging was miserable. Dur
ing the present week Clarke was shifted
from right gardner TO first base, where
he did good work. This change is taken
TO indicate that Sturtzenegger will not get
to take the trip south, and that Clarke will
find a permanent birth on first sack. The
latter player is a good infielder and car
| n0yer considerable 0rnund around the baza
He is one Of the best batters on the nine
and so far this season has slugged the ball
for several safe hits.
II Sturtzenegger is left at home Dudgeon,
second baseman of last seasons varsity,
will probably be placed in right field.
Dudgeon is a fair fielder, but a poor peg
ger. Even at that, though, he appears TO
be a better man for the team just now
than Sturtzenegger and stands a good
chance of being one of the Cornhusker
party that will go south next week.
Bill C~haIOupka in Field.
William Ch~aloupka is slated to take
Mattison's place in left field. Mattlson's
showing this spring has been such that
he could not be retained on the team. In
his fielding his judgment has been extremely
faulty, while his batting could hardly have
been worse than 1t was in the games with
York and Wesleyan. In those two contests.
out of eight times at the bat, he struck
out Seven times and got one pass to first
base. Such a record as that has forced
Coach Fox TO look for another player for
the left garden. C~haloupka appears to be
the logical man for the job.
Big "Bill" started in to practice with the
squad early in the season, but retired after
a few weeks work. when he was told that
IL he made the team he would have Ia
take both trips. His school work would
prevent his going on the eastern trip dur
Ing the early part of May, and so he quit
the squad. When 1t was seen this week
that tho Cornhuskers were going to be
hardup for suitable outfielders. Chaloupka
was informed that he would be allowed
TO make the southern trip even II he could
not go east in May. Since then he has re-
joined the Squad and will probably be taken
along on the Journey next week.
Chsloupka is a dependable fielder and a
player who can hit the ball hard and often
whe in practice. If he shows good batting
form on the trip he will add great strength
to the team. He is slow in running bases.
but his other work more than makes up for
this weakness.
Three ON Pitching tan
The pitching staff for the trip will be
Ward, star twirler of last seasons varsity:
olmstead and Msthers. Tie last two slab
artists are new men TO the Cornhusker
staff. Their work in the games Of the last
two weeks, while nothing brilliant. has
been CLASSY enough TO get them jobs on
the team. Both OF them have several good
curves, but olmstead has considerably
more speed than the other recruit. lie is
greatly handicapped rs wild throwing.
which fault, II overcome. however, before
next Thursday, will not keep him from
doing effective work on the southern tour.
The brunt of the work during the neat two
weeks viii fall upon Ward. He n a biz