Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19
NEBRASKA HAS
STIFF SCHEDULE
Next Seasons Foot Ball Calls for Hard
Work by COrnhuskers from
the Start.
MICHIGAN MAY ACCEPT GAME
II wolverines Join Big Eight Haskell
Will Take Place.
ONE Or OTHER ON OMAHA FIELD
Two Years Contract with Illinois
Has Been Arraigned.
SIX BIG GAMES FOR THE YEAR
Date of the Gopher Game Unsettled,
but IL viii Be Played at NIiu-
nexpOIis----Ames Plays
ARnin.
II Wolverines Join Big Eight Haskell
Will Take Place.
ONE Or OTHER ON OMAHA FIEL
Two Years Contract with Illinois
Has Been Arraigned.
SIX BIG GAMES FOR THE YEAR

October S-South Dokata at Lincoln.
october 15-Minnesota at Minneapolis.
october z-Ames at Lincoln.
october N29-Illinois at Champaign.
November 5-Doane at Lincoln.
November 12-Kansas at Lawrence.
November 19-Iowa at Lincoln
November 22-Hasken at Omaha
LINCOLN, Dec. 1s.-(Special THE
foregoing is the tentative schedule of
foot ball games for the 'Cornhuskers next
fall. All the teams Of this list are certain
TO be played with the exception of Haskell
which may be dropped for Michigan in case
the Ann Arbor school decides not to re-
. turn to the western conference next week.
Should Michigan supplant Haskell the game
would not be booked for Ann Arbor, but
would take place in Omaha, where the In
dlans are now scheduled to play next
Thanksgiving.
Minnesota, Kansas, Ames and Iowa are
again on the Cornhusker schedule; and in
addition Illinois, a school that Nebraska
has not played since 1906. is again booked
Nfor date. the game going to Champaign.
The engagement with the Champaign
school was secured through a two-year
contract by which the Cornhuskers go to
the home of the nlini next fall, and get
VI.
With Illinois on Its schedule Nebraska
viii have six so-called big games next
fall, that being ono more than It has had
in several seasons and giving 1t one of the
most attractive bookings of recent years.
The date of the Minnesota game has not
yet been settled, but 1t will probably come
on October 15. The Gophers have not ar
ranged their schedule of games with Chi
caso. Minnesota and Wisconsin, but will
do SO at Chicago next Thursday, when all
the conference managers viii meet to set
tie the dates. II Minnesota should not take
October 10 1t would want the Saturday a.
week later and Ames could be shifted back
TO the date now held by Minnesota, Oc-
tober ~. The Gophers will make their
choice after the meeting of managers at
Chicago
Chicago Meeting Settles IL.
At the same time that Minnesota learns
when It will be able to play the Cornhusk-
ers, Michigan will know whether 1t san
meet the local eleven next fall Whether
the Wolverines win play Nebraska depends
upon their decision as to Joining the west
ern conference again after a separation Of
four years; and they will let the big
Eight" hear their verdict at Chicago next
week, when the foot ball managers meet.
Michigan. having game booked with
Minnesota, will send it's manager to the
Chicago meeting to fix the date for that
game and he will tell the other representa-
tives what the Ann Arbor fathers have con-
ciuded to do. If they have agreed to 20
back into the fold their manager will book
games with Chicago and Wisconsin and
Nebraska will not be on the Wolverine
schedule.
Drafting schedule for the Cornhuskers
for 1910 has been a big task owing to the
fact that Nebraska was under contract 10
play both Minnesota and Kansas away
from Lincoln and WIS due to play Iowa at
Iowa City and Ames at Ames. Iowa came
to Lincoln last fall and Ames played et
Omaha year ago, In order to meet these
four elevens 1t was necessary to get both
Ames and iowa to agree to come to Lin
coin In 1910 providing Nebraska would play
return games the next fall 1911 BY new
contracts with these two schoolsfs such ar
rangements were made.
South Dakota, tho school that held the
Cornhuskers to six to six tie last fall
viii open the season at Lincoln again, Civ.
ing the Cornhuskers the only practice game
they win have before the meeting with
Minnesota, or with Ames should the Aggies
be shifted back to October 15
The arrangement OF the schedule a,
given at the top Of this column provides 70,
two sets OF three hard games, Minnesota
Ames and Illinois form the first three and
Kansas. Iowa and Haskell. or Michigan
the second trio. In making out this sch ed
ue Manager Eager at first feared .hat
three games in a row would be too sever,
proposition for the Cornhuskers. but h,
finGily came TO the conclusion that the,
could stand them without running a grea
riSk Of losing any one Of them on account
Of injuries received In either OF the othei
two.
Rest OF Two Wes,,$
After playing the last game Of the frs
hard trio the Cornhuskers will have a res
OF two weeks before starting IN on the las
three stir engagements. Illinois is 10 ,,
met on october 3d. and then the next biz
game comes with Kansas on November u
Doane Is to be played on the interveninS
saturday out this game should only serv,
10 keep the Cornhuskers from going stale
The rest OF two weeks after the Illinois
game should give the team plenty q, tn,
to recover from any injuries sustained !,
that game before the meeting Of the Law
hawkers, and IL should be In shapa !,
play winning bali against its old rivals a
Lawrence. The Iowa game viii fonoV
the contest with the Jsyhawkers. but tn
Hawkeyes are not likely TO be nearly 3
strong as Kansas and the Cornhuskers vii
not need to be In the prime Of condition
for this battle.
After playing these two teams, though
Nebraska would have 20 take exeeIlen
care Of its players in order 70 keep them 4
shape for the Thanksgiving game. whic
follows on the next Thursday after law
"a played Kansas played Iowa on In
saturday preoeeding Its game with Missouri
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