Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10

Cornhuskers can win the two games from
Ames next week they will stand an excel
lent chance of getting the title for the
northern section. They will still have to
play Drake. OF course, but IL they can win
from the Aggies Drake ought to be easy
to defeat. for 1t is hardly as strong as the
Iowa agricultural five. Drake will come
to Lincoln for two games January %
and q.
Fox May Coach Nine.
The base ball committee of the athletic
board at a meeting yesterday evening de-
cided to hire a coach for the nine next
spring and to authorize two trips by the
team. 1t was the unanimous sentiment of
the committee that BILLY" Fox, captain
of the Lincoln base ball team. should be
engaged again IL satisfactory arrangements
could be made with him. Fox was coach
Of the nine last season and pleased both
the players and the athletic board with
his work. He has signified his willingness
to return to the Cornhusker coaching force
and is expected to accept the offer which
will be made to lin.
Manager Eager is now trying to arrange
games for the two trips authorized by the
base ball committee. One of these will
extend into Iowa and Minnesota and Will
be made the early part of May. Five
games will be played on this trip and Min
~nesota, Ames and Iowa Will probably be
included in this list. The other trip will
be made south into Kansas, Missouri and
Illinois during the spring vacation from
April Z to 10. 1t is probable that Kansas,
Manhattan, Missouri, st. Louis and Wash
ington will be met on this trip.
Prof. Wolcott, chairman of the base ball
| committee at the meeting yesterday, ex-
pressed himself as being opposed to per-
| hitting the varsity nine to play ball with
| professional teams in the future. He de-
J clared he did not believe the Cornhuskers
should meet Guy Green's nine in a series
of games next spring. He said it seemed
to him to be contrary to the spirit of col
lege sport for any OF its players to come
into competition with professionals during
their college course. The other two mem
beers of the committee were not opposed to
letting the Cornhuskers play with the
Western league team. Nothing definite
was done In regard to the matter, but it
probably will come up before the athletic
board at a meeting within the next few
weeks. There is little probability that the
leasue team will be taken off the Corn
husker schedule this spring, though. 1t is
believed too many members OF the board
would be opposed to such action.
Glass athletics in the future will be un-
der the control of the inter-class athletic
board which was formed at a meeting OF
representatives from the four classes OF the
university this week. This board will have
charge Of all class sports and under It's
direction contests in foot ball, base ball,
basket ball and track events will be held
every year among athletes from the four
classes.
The first contest held under the supervi-
sion of the new board will be an indoor
meet, which will probably take place on
charter day in February. The board has
petitIoned Physical Director Clapp to sub
stitute this inter-class meet for the usual
charter day events, and this is likely to be
done. Prizes will be offered for first and
second places in all the events.
In addition to the inter-class meet three
other indoor contests will be pulled off.
These will take place among the frater-
nifty and nonfraternity men. First the
Greek letter men and the "Barbs' will
each hold a meet among themselves and
then the winners OF the events In both OF
these games will come together in a final
fraternity-barb meet for the leading hon
ors Of the school. 1t Is now planned to
hold the two preliminary meets on Febru'
ary 6 and 10 and the final games the lattei
mart of February or early in March.