Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-04

PERU'S PLACE AMONG TEAMS
Normal Players Make Good Showing
Among Nebraska Colleges.
TALK ABOUT THE CHAMPIONSHIP
Some Think Neither DOane Nor Hast
inss May Claim It-Arrangement
Proposed whereby Title May
ne Settled in Future.

PERU, Neb.. Dec. 3.-Cspeciai.) -Now that
the foot ball season for 1910 Is over sup
porters OF the normal foot ball and stu
dents OF the school are looking over the
material In school now which will be eligible
FOR the team Of 1911. Increased interest is
shown because Of the excellent showing
made by the team during the season Just
past. At the beginning Of the season the
men were new and inexperienced and when
before the schedule was played out the
team tied Hastings and Doane. the claim
ants Of the state championship, more en-
thusiasm was shown for the team than
ever before
A most excellent set Of men made up
the squad and every man seemed deter
mined 70 do his best for his team and his
school Teamwork made the teams
strength and only the inexperience Of the
men kept victory away IN many cases The
team went tieough the season in most eN-
cellent shape. Not a serious injury or any
bad results from the strenuous work.
Only four. men OF this years team will be
lost by graduation. Captain Gelwiok, the
two ends, Stevens and Stoddard. and Right
Guard Nippert go out this year. One other
man. Kirsch, expects to teach next year.
The two tackles Lundy and Shaver; Quar-
terback Renfro Halfbacks Cook and Black
stone, Gofford, center, and Barnes at guard
all expect 70 return to school next year.
Cornell, who was ineligible this year and
showed such excellent material for an ALL
around foot ball man, win be back In
school His work on the reserves was
great and with him back the baclfield Is
assured Of a star. Swanson and Jones, also
OF the reserves, will return.
Peru followers view the claims made for
the state championship with much interest.
hnk
nor Hastings can lay claim to It, It is un-
fortunate that the game between the two
schools could not have been played be-
fore the season ended. A post-season game
to decide a championship is almost an Inn
possibility. Interest is shown here In the
report Of the organisation OF the "Big
Four in the state OF Nebraska. Peru Is
for any organization or schedule which will
help to decide which teams are best Peru
has tied for two championships in recent
years. Something Is needed to prevent
there being 80 many ties, but followers OF
athletics here can see no help in the Or
ganization Of the so-called big Four"
The intercollegiate Athletic association
OF the state Is not SO large that the
stronger teams will not show up IL the
schedules are made out properly. The tie
Tor the championship results When the
schedules Of each college does not include
all the other schools. Each college goes
out OF the association for too many games.
With only a few games with teams in the
association there win always occur ties.
Peru desires to stand by the Intercolle8-
late association and hopes to see each
school have more intercollegiate games
as means by which the tie for first hon
Ors may be eliminated.
From the way the championships are d.
vided since the complete organization OF
the intercollegiate Athletic association
three years ago, II appears that no school
or no set OF schools is the stronger
Championships have gone to the fol-
lowing schools: In the school year
1s07-os, foot bali. tei basket bali. to
Wesleyan track, to Doane: base ball,
to Wesleyan; track. TO Doane; base ball.
tie In the year, isOs-Os. foot ball. tie; bas-
bet ball, Peru NOrmal; track, Doane; base
ball, tie. 10O9-1O foot bah. tie; basket ball.
Cotner; track, poane; base ball, Peru Nor
NAL. From the above one finds that Doane
has three championships, Peru Normal
two, and cOtner and Wesleyan one each.