Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-11
GYMNASTIC MEET
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be composed OF D.. c. Mitchell, Claude
Mitchell. J. O. Hammond. n. r.. Morehouse
and II. o. Trump.
Training for Cinder Track.
Before leaving for his home at York to
spend the Easter vacation Captain Melon
aid OF the track team announced that the
candidates for the cinder path will re-
sumo training next Wednesday afternoon.
Tn outdoor practice season was opened
Monday afternoon, but the weather for the
fore part of the week was so chilly that
the men worked under a great handicap
and did not get dow to real training.
Both Captain Mcdonald and Coach, DR..
Clapp. feel that the training season has
already been delayed too tong and they
mean to have all the candidates dig into
the work as soon as the siX-day recess is
over. The date for the preliminary meet
has been set for May 4, which is only two
weeks from next Saturday, and it means
that the Cornhuskers viii have TO put in
many good ticks in order to get into shape
by that time.
The Nebraska athletic board Intends TO
have direct charge OF its own training
tables in the future instead OF granting a
concession to some hotel or restaurant for
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rating this new policy. the board this
week directed it's track team committee to
make arrangements for maintaining a spe-
cisl grill room for the cinder path men in
the basement Of the University temple at
the corner Of Twelfth and r streets. There
are banquet rooms and a kitchen in this
building. where the athletic authorities be-
lieve they can feed their athletic teams
better food at a cheaper prices than could
be secured at any of the Lincoln hotels.
1t is planned TO spend about 500 on the
track training table this spring and to
begin serving meals to the candidates one
week before the preliminary meet on
May 1.
Minor and Ewing Leave.
Two prominent Cornhusker athletes
Harry Minor and Harry ~Ewing-have re-
Gently left the university. Their loss will
be felt in athletic circles. Minor was prob
ably the best quarter-mile runner in the
state school, and had been figured on to
win this event for the Cornhuskers in the
dual track meets this aspiring. He prob
ably will return to school next fall for the
foot ball season. Last fall he played half
back on the varsity eleven. His work in
the Iowa and Carlisle games was sensa-
tional. In the latter contest he was sta
toned at left end. where his playing was
so good that he has been marked to be
given a permanent berth at that position
next fall.
Ewing was the right guard on the
varsity last season, being one of the strong
stones in the Nebraska line. His departure
from the university means that he will not
return for foot ball next season, although
he still has one year of college foot ball
which he may play. Should he come back
to school next fall, he would be ineligible
for the Cornhusker team, for he failed to
make twelve required hours of university
credit in his school work last semester.
This failure makes him ineligible for uni
versity athletics until he has gone to
school another semester and passed in the
required number of hours of school work.
Had he stayed in school this semester and
made twelve hours university credit, he
would be eligible for foot ball next season.
NO Spring Practice.
No foot ball practice will be held at the
university this spring. 1t has been decided
to omit the work this year for two reasons.
First, 1t is believed to be better to allow
the foot ball men their own time during
the spring months for their studies, 1t has
been held by some that If the candidates
are required to train this spring that they
are more liable to fail in their studies. and
thus become ineligible for the varsity next
fall. If they are given no work this spring,
it is thought, they will be much more
likely to pass in all their studies.
The second reason for not holding the
spring practice is that Captain Beltzer
would not have time to take charge of the
squad. Under the present policy of the
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fall months only, the spring training of
the foot ball men usually is in charge of
the captain-elect of the eleven. This year
Captain Better Of the foot ball team is
required to give all his attention to the
base ball nine, of which he is also the
leader, and he could not be at foot bah
practice. This reason, in connection with
the strong Prevailing opinion that the foot
ball men should nave all their time during
the spring for studying. has resulted in the
decision to omit the annual May training
this year.
The organization of an M Mems .asso-
citation was perfected by the letter men of
the university this week. william Cha
loupka was elected president, Glen Mason
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and ]. c. Knode vice
president. The purpose of the society is
to increase the honor attached to the win
ming of an IN In all of the Cornhusker
sports and to dignity the wearing of the
letters. All men who hold an IN" I'm any
branch OF the Nebraska athletics will be
eligible to membership in the organization.
Officers will be elected on the basis OF
the greatest number OF letters won: that
is. the athlete who has won the most ms"
will succeed to the presidency and the one
with the next largest number will become