Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21

OF aspirants will be given three or four
DAYS in which 70 show what they can do
and those who show up the best win be
kept on the squad.
This week will witness the opening Of
the inter-fraternity base ball league, the
first game being scheduled for Saturday.
Eleven teams compose the league and over
thirty games will be played. The league Is
divided into two sections with six mines
on one side and five on the other. The
winning teams in each division will meet
In the championship game on May 30
Two games for the championship OF last
year will be pulled off during the early
part Of April. These will be played between
Alpha Theta Chi and Delta Epsilon on
the west side, and between Sigma Altha
Epsilon and Alpha Tau Omega on the
east side.
Track Training Delayed.
The formal opening Of the training
season for the track men. which was
postponed two weeks on account OF the
inter-clsss athletic meet that was held
In the armory tonight, will occur next
week. The cinder path athletes have not
been handicapped any by the delay in
starting the outdoor work. for all Of them
have been in training for the inter-lsss
meet and are perhaps in better shape than
they would be had they been ordered to
practic at the state farm.
The constant drill in the gymnasium has
been getting them into condition for the
annual meet of the Kansas City Athletic
club, which will be held in Kansas City
on Friday, April 2 at Convention hall. TIC
this contest DR.. Clapp will send seven or
eight of his men. These will include Cap
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one or two jumpers, and a mile relay
team.
The Nebraska athletes do not expect to
win many points in this meet, for they will
not have a full team contesting. Their aim
win be TO defeat Kansas and Missouri
universities in the events in which they
will compete against those schools. These
games will probably bring out the best
men that the Jayhawkers rave and will
give DR.. Clapp an idea of the strength
of the team that Kansas will send to
Lincoln to contest with the Cornhuskers
In May,
The coming week will be of chief inter.
est to the Cornhusker students for what
It will bring forth regarding a foot ball
coach. king Cole has promised the
athletic board that he will give them a
final answer by March rs. to their offer
OF the Nebraska coaching job for 1909. BY
that time the Michigan board of control
will have met and decided upon a man
TO succeed Charles Baird as director of
Wolverine athletics. liking" Cole Is an
applicant for that position and II he is
chosen az Baird's successor he will not
return to Nebraska next fall.
The Nebraska board has twice extended
the time in which to allow King Cole 10
give a reply TO their offer and under no
conditions will they wait longer than
March 20 for him to hear from Michigan.
The board is to meet the latter part OF
the week. and II no answer has come from
the coach by that time. they will with
draw their offer and proceed to get a mar
to succeed him at the head of the 1906
foot ball eleven. In case It Is necessary to
engage a new coach 1t is likely that ar
alumni OF Nebraska will be chosen. A
majority OF the members of the board are
thought to favor trying the graduate
system of coaching and believe that wher
Cole quits, whether II be this year OF
next, It should be instituted for at least
one season as an experiment.