Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-20

and improves his chances IN fielding at sec
ond. He 90 far has not shown up TO any
better advantage than waters.
There is but a single choice for short
stop-ole Motcalfe last years star player.
In some OF the games this spring Ole has
pulled off some plays that would have
brought forth applause from a bunch Of
National league fans. They were much
more senEationa. than anything he exc
cuted last season. and ne was rated as a
leading shortstop then. Coach Carroll
thinks Metealfo will be the best in the
Missouri valley conference for the present
season.
Another Vacancy IT Third.
The graduation from college athletics OF
Captain Buck" Beltxer last fall after the
,loso Of the gridiron season robbed the
Cornhuskers Of a crack third baseman and
left that position open for q general scram-
BILE. Lofgren and Wood, two new candi-
iates, have been handling the ball In that
vicinity In pleasing manner for three
weeks each OF them plays as though
they could Just about take the Job for the
coming season Wood has been picking up
bot Erounders and tending 10 the third
base territory IN almost faultless style. He
has been touching the ball at bat for sew
ersi hits. He has proved to be fast In run
ming bases, too.
still, Wood has had no edge on Lofgren,
who has been fielding In almost faultless
Ityie. and slusGing the ball with much reg
ularity. OF the two Lofgren apparently has
been doing Just a little better work. He
fields with more ease than Wood and ex-
hlbits more knowledge Of the game. Yet
there is little choice between them and
both Of them will stand q brilliant chance
f getting on the varsity.
Balderson, wllber player. has done
only little playing IN the infield, but he
Is showing up well, and may develop rap
Idly before the varsity's schedule season
opens. lie is thought TO be q heavy hitter
OnIy One Garden Job Open.
With sturteznegger and Slaughter on
hand for their OLD places In the outfield,
thtT' apparently only one position In
the ~. garden that is left open for com
petition. Bliss, Farley and Kessler are
working TO get located IN the outfield
They all field well. but none Of them has
yet shown any great propensity for foolinR
pitchers by batting out the pet balls Of the
twirlers. They need considerable practice
with the stick.
sturteznegger will probably get his job
In the left garden. He Is putting up bet
ter game than he did last season. His bat
ting has improved very much. Slaughter,
who has not been on the team for two
years is playing ball. He is located in
center field and Is capable OF holding that
position with little fear OF being super
Beded by any OF the new men.
In the line Of mound artists. Mathers and
Olmstead are the only two who are nearly
certain Of getting places on the staff. They
were the best in the twiriing line that the
varsity had last spring. and they look to
be the best there ia on the campus this sea-
son, Both are pitching more assuring bali
than they were when the season closed last
year, and before tho schedule Of games for
this spring Is well under way they ought
TO be throwing in classy form.
Adams Is not certainty as yet, for he
has not done enough work to show his
condition. He has not told the coaches
whether he viii remain with the nine all
season. In 1e0t Adams was one OF the best
college twirlers In the west and did excel
lent work for the varsity. He may not be
able to recover the form he had at that
time, but even II he does not pitch as fast
ball as be did in the days Of old. he will
BE- valuable man to the Cornhusker staff,
part OF the team.
Frank is Doing Wen.
Owen Frank, the Grand Island boy, is
pitohing good ball, and during the week de-
hvered Some goods that surprised the
bunch Of college fans that invades Me-
brask& field each day. When he has Cap
tain oreenslit to work with him he pitches
steady ball. II he oonquers a slight ten
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man to the team this spring. He has plenty
OF speed and several good curves
Storms has been rather a disappointment
TO the fans In that he does not seem to
take the game seriously enough. He siuffs
too much and moves around in fielding his
position as though he had time to burn.
He ought 10 make a good pitcher, but he
Will have 10 get more ginger into his work
In order to succeed with the team this
spring.
Decatur is another pitcher who has not
been getting into practice with any show
OF enthusiasm lie has been out to but q
few practice games and has not allowed
tila coach to get lineup on his work. He
probably has the goods, but nobody will
learn Of the fact unless he gets into the
spirit OF the practice games and sticks
with the squad.
Freshman Team strong One.
This weeks practice has proved the
freshman team to be almost on a par with
the varsity. In most OF the games played
between the two teams this week the first
year men have been VICTORIOUS. The infield
OF the freshmen Is fast and each sack is
hello down by cracking good player. Most
os N men on the team can hit the bali
hard. In addition TO having nine regular
players for this team, the first-year Corn
huskers have several substitutes who are
Just about as good as the men on the first
team.
For while IL was thought the freshies
would be shy men IN the twirling line. but
this week two men were brought out who
win be in form to take care OF the pitch
ing end Of the work Sede and Kiepser
each were able to puzzle the varsity with
their throwing, and proved TO Coach Carroll
that he need not worry about pitching ma
terial for the first-year bunch. KIepser
pitches variety OF ball that startled the
fans when they saw him In the box this
~eek for the first time. re handed out a
line OF goods that put several OF the
varsity players TO the bench without seeing
fret
The annual Easter vacation will inter-
fere with the practice this week The re-
cess begins Wednesday evening ana extends
H.Nl.