Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05
OMAHA MAY GET TWO GAMES
Prospects Michigan and Iowa May
Play on Local Gridiron.
HAWKEYEs ON THANKSGIVING
Manager Eager is Frying to Get Con-
tract for Turkey Day Contest
in This City for Long
Term of Years.
ON THANKSGIVING

prospective share of the Nebraska gridiron
schedule for 1910. Michigan and Iowa are
the teams mentioned by local athletic men
tors as being the possible opponents OF the
Cornhuskers in the Nebraska metropolis
next fall. The Nebraska management is
trying to book both Of these schools for
that city, Iowa for Thanksgiving day-the
1910 contest to be the first Of a series of
Turkey day games-and Michigan for the
latter part of October or the fore part Of
November.
The movement to bring Michigan west
next autumn was fostered by the alumni
of that school,, who live in Omaha, and is
now being pushed by those men in CO.
operation with Manager Eager and the
Nebraska alumni of Omaha. Michigan Of
fered to meet Nebraska in Omaha last fall,
but a guarantee of $4,000 was asked, and
the Nebraska board of control did not feel
Il could grant the request for so large a
sum at that time. The offer came from
the Wolverine school before Michigan
scheduled with Minnesota, the Ann Arbor
school preferring to play the C~ornhuskers
to the Gophers, who are members of the
Chicago conference body, the league from
which Michigan-Withdrew four years ago
when the legislation enacted by the big
Nine became distasteful to the Ann Arbor
students and athletic board.
Considerable encouragement has been
given Nebraska's request for a game with
Michigan next fall, and the Omaha alumni
nave received word that the ~Cornhuskers
will be played if the Wolverine schedule
can be so arranged as to permit the Ann
Arbor team to journey west. Conditions
now existing at Michigan are different
from those Of last fall. or Nebraska would
be placed on the Wolverine schedule at
once.
Depends on Return to Fold.
When Nebraska was offered a place on
the Wolverine schedule a year ago Michi-
gan had no Intention Of playing Mime
sofa or any other member of the Chicago
conference. Neither had It any idea OF
returning to the big Eight as a mem
Der. But now Michigan has limited tina
1t would enter the conference again, under
certain conditions, and tina it would like
to play Chicago and Wisconsin next fall
1t is under contract to meet Minnesota al
Ann Arbor-and 1t is just that state OF
mind among the Wolverines that is caus
! ing their board Of control to hold off II
granting the Cornhuskers a foot ball date
II Michigan goes back to the conference
Nebraska's chances Of getting a gam,
would be very slim; If 1t stays out Of thai
league a Michigan-Nebraska game ii
Omaha would be assured for 1910.
Joining the Chicago conference agair
would mean that Michigan would play; ii
addition to Minnesota, Pennsylvania an
2 syraouse-teams already on it's schedule
t Chicago and Wisconsin, and that Their
would be no room on its schedule for an
other hard game, as the one with Ne
I | bra ska HkaIy uyOnId nrnva 70 he
3 But the prospects for Michigan's re
entrance into the fold of the western
8 conference are not very bright just now
= The Wolverines would like to go back an,
4 the members Of the big Eight would b
delighted to welcome them; yet there /
a big obstacle in the way Of an immediat
return. Michigan maintains a training
= table for it's foot ball players, and tn
Chicago conference refuses TO allow tn
schools in its league to give their athlete
e special food. It was the abolition of thl
table that was the primary cause c
s Michlgan's leaving the conference fou
n years ago, and it is the refusal to perm
the schools to keep the table that is
kindrance to getting the Wolverines to re
IS join the league.
The Wolverine athletic board has toll
the members of the conference that
~ 6pNo baNh ~ NV AOAhg D NJ
have to DO permitted to keep a foot ba.
training table. Some Of the conferenc
members are willing to let the Wolverine
have this privilege, but two OF the schoo.
insist that Michigan must live up to a
the rules of the league if it gets in.
y Matter Settled This Month.
Final action viii be taken on Michigan
return to the big Eight" during the latte
part Of this month, when the conferenc
will hold a meeting in Chicago, at whiC
= the wolverines will nave a representative
Michigan will stick for a training tabl
and If the two conference members refus
to vote TO let the Wolverines have it's wa!
the Chicago conference will not increas
he its membership this year.
m The Michigan alumni In Omaha are hopI
he full that Nebraska will be given = dat
whether the Ann Arbor school joins II
/ conference OF not. and they are bringir
, a deal Of influence to bear to get all II
~ western alumni to cooperate with the
In securing the game.
The Iowa game with Nebraska will
~ played in Omaha, II the Hawkeyes vi
~ consent Manager Eager has asked the
- athletic board to meet the Cornhuskers
az Omaha each fall on Thanksgiving day Il
a term OF nNe or ten years MS lOea DelI
,a to make the game an annual event Il
IN Omaha, such as the Kansas-Missouri gan
sc is for Kansas City.
Nebraska alumni and undergraduate
,r want to have an annual game with low
Sc each Thanksgiving day. so hat they W
te have a big event to witness each IA
IL which will gradually become a traditi'
in Cornhusker and Hawkeye foot ball iii
For three years they have been deman
all ing that Nebraska get some big game I
as Turkey day. and now that there is
chance to make the Iowa contest an a
sr. nual Thanksgiving day event they are len
he ing all their influence to Induce Iowa
OIL accept the C~ornhusker proposition.
Sc AS things stand now, though, Iowa
" not permitted TO pay a Thanksgiving d.
ie' game, because It is a member of the q
Is cago conference. which does not perm
le It's teams 10 play on Thanksgiving de
Iowa is also a member of the Missoe
valley conference, and this league perm
the Turkey day games.
ne II Iowa wishes 10 meet ehe Cornhusks
7 on THANKSGIVING day the course open to
lot VIII be 70 withdraw from the big Eigh
ne or 70 encourage the formation OF the pI
fConkO,u.a an saeona pagaA