Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

share Of the tvlrlins, pitching winning ball
right along.
Hetzel and Stevenson, two men who
made their ms" by twlrling for the Corn
husker team last spring. have not been at
practice for several days and are not likely
20 get out any more this season. Neither
Of them Is hardly fast enough for the nine
this season and they both have apparently
decided that there are better pitchers on
the SQUAD than themselves. This is prob
ably the reason why they have chosen to
keep out Of practice.
on the southern trip four Missouri valley
championship games will be piayed-two
with Missouri and two with Kansas. These
are the contests the Cornhuskers have set
their hearts on winning and they are going
to point themselves for accomplishing this
feat. Ward will be sN~Sd to do the slab
. work in NJ least two OF thsse games.
BIg Games with Kansas.
of all the games on the trip. though,
those with Kansas are by far the most in
teresting ones from the Nebraska stand-
point and tho ones that the Cornhuskers
viii make the greatest effort TO win. Dur
ing the present school year kansas has de-
feated Nebraska in both foot ball and
basket ball, and the Cornhusker base ball
men want To turn the tide in favor Of their
school. If they can take both games from
the Jayhawkers. Nebraska Will get an
even break in the four major sports for
the year 190S-Oe, for the Cornhusker track
team is certain to defeat their Kansas
rivals when the two schools meet in Lin
coin IN May.
The following is the schedule Of the
Cornhusker nine for the southern trip:
April s-Tabor college, al Tabor, la.
April 9-Missouri. at Columbia.
April 10-Missoufi. at Columbia.
April te-Missouri state Normal, at War
rensburs.
April 13.-wniam Jewel, at Liberty. no.
April 14-Haskell. at Lawrence. Kan.
April Is lmorning)-St. Mary's. at 81.
Nprn 10 Observation-Disclosures at Man
haitian.
April iS-Kansas. at Lawrence.
April 17-Kansas, at Lawrence.
The official opening OF the training sea-
son for the track candidates, which has
been delayed several times during the last
three weeks. will take place Monday aft
ernoon. This day was agreed upon at a
meeting Of forty OF the candidates on
Thursday afternoon. before the departure
OF Captain Mcdonald and his team for the
Kansas CITY handicap meet.
The C%ornhuskers will be divided into two
practice squads this spring one working
out on the campus and the other going to
the state fair grounds each day for train
ing, All men taking part in the field events
will remain on the campus for work.
These will include the candidates In the
weights. jumps and pole vault. At the
fair grounds all OF the other candidates
viii have quarters where they will dress
and prepare for the track.
As planned now. the long distance run
ners will dress at the university gym
nasium' and run out to the fair grounds,
train there and run back to the campus
again. The sprinters and hurdles will so
to the fair grounds on street cars and dress
AT the training quarters out there.
Training with the other candidates will
be the freshmen. These first year men are
Ineligible for the varsity. but will be al
lowed to participate in two meets Of their
own this spring One Of these will be held
At University Place with the Wesleyan uni
versity track team. The other one may be
arranged with some minor college team in
this state. Both meets will be held in May.
The annual Missouri valley conference
track meet. TO be held in Des Moines on.
June S. will he an invitation affair. The
active and alumni committees in charge
OF the annual games decided upon this
change at a Joint meeting In Des Moines
this week. Last spring the contesting
schools were limited to tine seven members
OF the conference. This spring the games
will be thrown open TO nine other schools
whom the two committees invited to enter
teams. The schools invited are Grinnell.
University OF South Dakota. Morningside,
Doane, wesleyn. Rolley School OF Mines,
Oklahoma university. Coe college and the
University OF Arkansas.
Owing TO the fact that the action OF the
committees will make 1t possible for six
teen schools to send representatives TO the
annual meet, the Des Molnes gathering
agreed TO hold a preliminary in six events
on the day before the regular meet In June.
These events viii be the 220-yard lash,
44O-yard dash. 19O-yard hurdles. 2O-yard
hurdles, pole vault and quarter-mile run.
This preliminary contest will take place at
the Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Fri
day, June 4.
d. Clspp was Nebrasks's representative
at Des Moines this week. he being one OF
the three members Of the committee APP
pointed to confer with the alumni repre-.
santatives. Clyde williams of Ames and
Professor F. H.. Eberhardt Of washington
university were DR.. Clapp's associates on
the active committee.
Six Of the seven Missouri valley con-
ference schools were represented on the
alumni committee, the attendance being as
follows: G.. Brewer OF Ames. chairman;
Rev. IA. Fifer. Nebraska; W. Jones, Drake
". Bremmer, Iowa; Prof. Morehouse, Mis-
souri,; Prof. Eberhsrdt, Washington.
These two committees have entire charge
OF the annual meet and will make all
ARRANGEMENTS for holding II in Des Moines.
They are planning to make 1t the greatest
track contest ever held In lows and they
expect with favorable weather that a crowd
OF 5000 or i0,0O0 people will witness the
games. Prof. Jones OF Drake. W. Bremmer
OF Iowa. and Prof Brewer OF Ames, VINO
are members OF the committee. have had
charge of the Iowa state school meets for
forty years and are. therefore, well quail
flied for looking after the interests Of the
conference schools in the coming games.
The next athletic event which will be OF
interest in local university circles will he
the western Intercollegiate gymnastic con-
test which will be held in the university
armory on Friday, April l6. This viii be
the biggest intercollegiate contest ever held
In Lincoln and. consequently, II is being
awaited with keen anticipation by the
large body OF students. Chicago, Wisconsin
Minnesots, Washington and Nebraska viii
be the universities represented in the