Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-03
board OPPOSES POLITICS
C~ornhuSkerB Casting About to Select
Foot Ball Captain.
sHONKA AND TEMPLE NAMED
Signs of Fraternity Feeling Mani
tested, but Strife May he
Checked-Mertts of Cam
didRtes.

LINCOLN, Dec. 2-(special)-It has de-
velopcd during the asst two days that
there will be at least two candidates for
the captaincy Of the 1910 Cornhuskcr foot
ball eleven. Only a few days ago It was
taken as a certainty that Leroy Temple
OF Lexington would be the unanimous
choice Of the letter men for next seasons
leader. Now S. V. Shonka, A.l-Missouri
Valley center, Is mentioned as q candidate
for the place. and It Is feared that the
election viii get into politics, as the one
ala last fall, when Collins and Frum sought
the captaincy and Beltzer was elected as
a compromise candidate.
Among the undergraduates Of the univer-
sity there Is a feeling that Tempe is en-
titled 20 the captaincy, because Of his
service 20 the team; vet Shonka is a
mighty popular fellow with all students,
and his friends are pushing him for the
captslncy. Temple is a fraternity man
and Shonka is a nonfraternity student;
being 50 considered, although he is a
member Of Acacia, a university Masonic
fraternity; and there lie a vague rumor to
the effect that Shonka is being pushed
for the csptaincy in opposition to Temple
because the latter is a frat" man. Sew
eral Of Shonka's friends, however, declare
It is absurd to even hint that Shonka is
being run" as an enti-fraternity candi-
date. They are backing him, they say,
because they believe him to be the best
man for the position.
The Nebraska Athletic board, in event
that the c~aptaincy gets too deep into poi
tics, will take steps to put an end to the
wire pulling. The entire board is set on
preventing a repetition Of last seasons
disgraceful election, and may even go 50
far as to take the selection of a captain
out Of the hands Of the players.
Too Much sport Politics.
A prominent faculty member of the
board made the following statement this
afternoon regarding the situations:
Nebraska athletics cannot stand another
disgraceful election like the one Of last
season. That hurt our foot ball eleven of
this fall and caused one good player to
stay away from the gridiron this season.
II this election gets into politics we will
have to take immediate steps to get it
out, There seems to be no question as
to whom should be elected captain this
fall; one Of the two candidates has earned
the honor and the players have no right,
because of personal considerations to keep
him from getting the position
The first step the athletic board will
take toward preventing a bad fight over
the captaincy win be to call an early
meeting for the foot ball men to select next
falls leader. It Is thought that delay in
the election will give the rival forces time
to do a great deal Of wire pulling and to
create much Ill feeling. A year ago men,
bers OF the team were on several occa-
sions close to fistic encounters, and Ne
braslKa's foot ball eleven suffered much
from lack of good feeling created at that
time.
A new system of electing the foot ball
captain is to be adopted soon that will
do away with all chances for wire pulling
and will permit the best man for the place
to get it. Just what this new plan will be
has not been agreed upon as yet. The
election of this fall has been delayed until
the seasons letter men are picked, Tho
athletic board has been waiting to adopt