Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-03
OMAHA CANE SAVES SEASON
But for il, Nebraska Athletic Board
Would Have Big Deficit,
BETTER THAN GOPHER CONTEST
Receipts Nearly Double Those ~
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Unususny
Heavy All AloUE line
Hnsket Ball Outlook.

voais a deficit in Cornhusker athletics Tor
the year ending December 81, 1905, Of Ss24S2.
This stands out In unfRvorable contrast
with the showing Of the previous year.
when there was a balance OF S.S26.1s on the
credit side Of 1907 athletics.
The deficit IN athletics for the last year
was due to the failure OF the foot ball
season to net the usual gain over ts ex-
pendltures. In 1907 the balance 20 the
credit OF foot ball was s6.Oo61s and in 1908
it was only s1.7&.@. The total receipts for
the two seasons we're not 20 divergent as
the credit balances, being SIG, 1855 in 1907
and SIS. 5O2. 40 In 1905, and the striking vari-
ance In the not gains was due to the in
creased expenditures for the last year.
which were e6.O46 "a or N,2S1.13 more than
the gain in the total foot ball receipts Of
1905 over those for the season of 1907.
A survey Of the report for last season
shows that some increase was made in
every line OF foot ball expenditures and q
great increase in five MISUNDERSTANDING.
coaches and trainers. officials. guarantees
and per oentums, and use OF field. For Rd-
vertising foot ball in 1905 S54o.2O more was
paid out than in 1907. The guarantees and
per centums for visiting elevens last sea-
son amounted to So, 454.47. which was S2.sS5.7 70
more than was given TO visiting teams in
49,
the previous season. The expenses Of htr-
inf officials for the games in 1908 were
more than double those of 1907. amounting
TO 81 .O66.60 The increase for the service
OF officials was due TO the higher salaries
demanded by the competent referees and
umpires last fall and TO the heavy railway
fare that was paid in bringing some OF
the officials long distan@ q TO the games.
Cost of Athletic Training.
The coaching and training OF the 1908
Cornhusker foot ball eleven cost the attn
letic board &, nc. In the previous year this
expense was g.. 16l SO. or 1854. 40 less than in
1913. A third coach for 1905 and a larger
salary for king Cole than he received
In 1907 made the Increased expenditures for
the coaching last season.
The expenditure for the use Of an ath-
letic field was one that Nebraska never
had before and was due last season to the
fact that the university had no field OF it's
own and had to play on a rented fled
Guy Green received 10 per cent OF the re-
ceipts of the games played on his grounds
at Antelope park and was paid x,552.6 as
his share last fall. This was an expense
that the university athletic board would
not have incurred had the legislature pro-
vided for a Nebraska dril and play grounds
two years ago. Tn playing of the games
at Antelope park cost the board sec. 80 for
putting UP a grandstand. which was placed
under the head Of miscellaneous expenses
in the annual report and which would not
have been incurred had the university had
a field of it's own.
During the last season patronage at the
home contests was q great disappointment
and was far below what the management
II Ia - nj -
days when games were played helped. OF
course. TO keep down the total receipts at
! those contests, but the other home CON
tests, which were pulled off under good
foot ball weather conditions. did not even
receive the patronage that they merited.
Last fall the receipts from the home games
were only $50. 81 more than those OF the
previous season. when the Lincoln games
were not as attractive as those of 1908.
There were seven home games played in
Lincoln in each year. but in the former
year there were only two big games,
those being Ames and Colorado. Last fail
there were three big gsmes-Kansas. Wa
bash and Carlisle. There was no Thanks
giving game in Lincoln in 1907, but there
was one in 1903.
Carlisle Receipts Small.
a. AIN saAAA INV AA1 -
crowd Of any of the home games. hut evel
at this contest the receipts were s215. 10
less than at the best paying home game OF
1897. the Ames contest, when the receipts
amounted to g.. 96s. 10. The Carlisle Indians,
one OF the greatest foot bah elevens. I'm
the country drew only a A7E3 crowd. and
a larger number OF the people in al
tendance at this game we're enthusiastic.
who came TO lincoln from other cities and
towns in the state. A cold day kept many
Lincoln people away from this c~untest.
but the advance sales indicated that even
though the day had been warm, there
would not have been a very large crowd
In attendance.
The minor games last season did not at
tract as many people as did those Of 1907.
The receipts for the Peru game last season
were but A5.8. against N67. so for the same
contest the previous fall. Doane drew but
a sl6o-5O croWd. against a s527.5O for the
corresponding game of 1907. Grinneil in
1907. then supposed TO be very weak. was
attraction enough to get out a A75.5O crowd.
But last fail when II was hailed az a strong
aggregation that really made Nebraska
play hard ball, il drew only a $4sl.50 crowd.
During the season the games away from
Lincoln paid the Nebraska athletic board
well. At Minneapolis the C~ornhuskerE'
share OF the receipts was s.. ~, which
was sSOl.7e more than they received from
the Gophers' I'm 1901. From the Iowa
game played at Iowa City Nebraska re-
ceived A.I28.S. This game did moi net the
Cornhuskers quite as much as the Kansas
contest the year before. The game with
the Jsyhawksrs was played in Lawrence
Kan. and Nebraska took as its share OF
the receipts. a.s36.50.
Game Al Omaha Record breaker.
Tn Ames games played at Dietz park
in Omaha. November "A. Melted Nebrasks
t6.022&. ThiE sum WAS more money than
was received from any other game IN
either 1877 or 1855. The best other money
maker os either OF the two seasons wa,
the St Louis game In the Mound City on
Thanksgiving day, 1877. when the Corn
huskers received I.aS5.25 as their share fci
playing Eddie COachem's fast eleven.
In addition 10 the regular gate receiId,
last fan the foot ball department of IN,
university athletics was given a.0s6 as ia
share Of the proceeds from the sale o
student athletic tickets. This sum. 4
added mo rata 10 the receipts Of each @
the SEVEN games for last fan would prob
ably make the total receipts for fho s'big