Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30


need any more men rom among the new
material than these others.
Walters and Jumpers Few.
The veteran vauiters and high jumper.
rave little competition In sight just now
Hummell, Russell, Perry and Mun~on were
the Representatives last season, and. ap.
parently. they have the field clear now
Graham, who led all the C%ornhuskers In
the high Jump and pole vault but who wa
ineligible because he was a freshman. has
not come back this winter. He would have
been a sure point winner for Nebraska.
Hummell may have some competition IN
the high jump when Rathbone and two
or three other promising candidates gel
into the lists. At present Hummell 10 the
lone star In this event.
In the pole vault Russell win be alone
as he was last spring. unless some new
men develop soon. He did not win many
points a year ago and will have to i'm
prove greatly II he Is to be a factor this
season. Two years ago he was a star and
landed several marks for his team. He
failed TO gain his form at any time last
year and was defeated by representatives
at the Missouri valley meet. 1t is said
there is some good material among the
new men for this event, but these athletes
will not show up until the indoor meets
are under way
The hurdles will have Russell and Flack
and possibly Rathbone from last year.
Captain Mcdonald, who was tine star hurd.
Ter OF the Missouri valley, is ineligible for
track athletics this spring. Russell is a
speedy man on the sticks. Flack is a
conner and Rathbone is likely to develop
rapidly during training.
Good Long Distance Men.
ANDERSON, the fast half-mller Of last
season. is ready for the long runs and
other candidates will be on hand later in
the spring. ANDERSON and Gable, whose
forte is the two-mile race, are preparing
for training. ANDERSON made the half
mile In nearly record time and Is likely
TO lower the university mark this spring.
ANDERSON ran second in the cross-oountry
run at Chicago last fall. Bates and Nc
Gowan are possibilities for the long runs.
They are fast and are considered in the
nature Of finds for the C-ornhuskers.
Bates will probably return to school for
the second semester.
With the opening Of school on Monday
for the last semester of the year, the in
door track athletes will resume training
for the three local meets and the games
at Omaha IN March. The coming week
will witness the first Of the local contests.
and the n~on-fraternity men will get to-
gether at the armory Saturday afternoon
to settle on their representatives for the
contest with the fraternity men on Cha
ter day.
No Game Until Kansas.
The two contests with Drake college this
week finished the local schedule OF the
Cornhuskers for over two weeks, when the
University OF Kansas five will come to
Lincoln for two games. Next week the Ne
braska players win rest Ut. The following
week they will take their annual northern
and eastern tour, playing with Ames,
Drake and Minnesota
The defeat OF Drake by. Ames during the
week, previous to the games between Ne
braska and Drake, practically put the Des
Moines school out Of the championship
race and gave the Cornhuskers a better
chance to annex the title. BY winning two
games on the trip week after next, the
local basket ball men can clInch the honors,
and will then be ready to meet the south
ern champions for the honors of the con-
ference league. 81"
The base ball team will take but one
trip this year, and the annual southern
tour for the Easter recess will be aban-
doned. The cause of this is that the spring
vacation comes too early this spring to
permit the nine to- make the trip at that
time, and the management does not feel
that the players can afford to be away
from their studies for two trips, 30 the
southern excursion will be done away with
and the eastern one extended a day or two.