Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-23
CARROLL
LACKS VETERANS.
Prospects for COrnhusker Base Ball
Team Are Not Brilliant as
Practice Opens.
GREEN MATERIAL NOT TESTED
Want of Campus Diamond Last Year
Proves Handicap.
REGULAR TEAM FOR FRESHMEN
Athletic Board Will Equip First
Year Players.
ALLrYEAR COACH IS PROMISED
Mentors Agree 10 Elect Head of De-
Dartment Next Year, with Four
Assistants for Various nj
visions of Sports.
GREEN MATERIAL NOT TESTED
ALLrYEAR COACH IS PROMISED

LINCOLN. Jan. 22-(special)-Affairs in
University Of Nebraska athletic circles are
just relapsing into a normal state after
being pitched into a fervid condition nv
the distracting contest over the election OF
a coach for next fails foot bail team, and
base ball fans are beginning to feed their
minds with dope on the prospects for tho
Cornhuskers' nine this spring. The election
Of King Cole as gridiron coach, which
event served to settle the prolonged dis
cussfon Of the need OF making a change
In loot ball instructors; and the appoint
menr OF Robert M. Carroll to drill the dia-
mond candidates have wrought the change
In student interest; the one taking awav
a subject that was all-important and the
other exciting a midwinter talk of the
Cornhuskers' chances on the diamond.
But looked upon at this early date, the
prospects for the spring appear gloomy
enough to make even the most ardent fan
feel that Coach Carroll faces a big task for
the coming season. Veteran players are
scarce and green material Of a tested
quality with which to fill the vacancies on
the nine is lacking.
or the 1909 team there are only six play
ers who have returned to school for the
spring semester and Of these two are
pitchers, members of the twirIing staff
that was exceedingly weak last spring. Tho
men who will not be available for this
years nine were some of the best players
on the team. They are Beltxer, Cooke,
Carroll, Dudgcon and Ward. Captain Belt
ger at third was a star Of the first mag
nitude and had rings on all the college
infelders Of the Missouri valley. He was
pretty sure with the bat, too.
win Miss ''Pip" Cooke.
In the center field Pip Cooke made a
record that is likely to stand unbroken for
several seasons at the Cornhusker school.
He covered his garden we'll and pulled
down many flies that the ordinary college
player would have permitted to speed on
unmolested. On bases and at bat, though,
Cooke will be missed even more than In the
field. He was an accurate batter and an
excellent base runner. He was daring, took
many long chances and usually succeeded.
He was a big puzzle to all catchers in the
valley.
bobby" Carroll was a veteran catcher
last year and served out the article Of
ball that helped produce a star infield. HIS
stick work placed him az the head of the
Cornhusker batting list. Dudgeon covered
right garden we'll and played his other
assigned parts with rare display OF base
ball skill. Ward was the headliner OF the
pitching staff, even though that part Of the
team was deficient, and occasionally he
won a game.
: As Viewed just now, 1t looks as though
Coach Carroll viii have the following
veterans to form a working basis for
creating a nine: Captain Greenslit, catcher;
Clarke, first base; Metcalf, short; sturtez-
naUnar laff fiaId. Olu,.tnaA nItokU.. NE.4h
ers, pitcher, and possibly Schleuter,
fielder.
Greenslit, Clark and MetcaIf played good
ball at their infield positions last spring,
and when the season closed they were
showing a real classy article of base ball.
At the bat Clark proved a safe hitter and
Greenslit slugged the sphere with much
regularity. Metcalf, at the opening Of the
spring, not a reliable man with the
club. found his batting eye before the
season closed and drove the ball for many
safe hits.
schIeuter Coming Back.
The outfield will still have Sturteznegger,
but the loss of Cooke and Dudgeon will
leave two holes In the outer garden. One
Of these probably will be filled by schleu-
ter, "A player who won his IN" In 1905. He
is not in school at present, but has written
that he will enter next week for work dur
ing the second semester. He did some
good stick work during his letter year and
started a. batting bee in the Missouri game
that permitted the ~COrnhuskers to defeat
the strong Tigers that spring.
olmstead and Mathers were not regulars
on the twirling list at the opening of last
spring, and hardly clinched places until
the northern trip. Mathers pitched much
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Olmstead was out of form until the Corn
huskers made their northern trip. when he
did some excellent twirling. He secured
control Of his wing at that time and was
a puzzle to most OF the opposing batters
on the college teams which he was pitted
against.
A cornhusker pitcher OF several years
ago. Percy Adams. has returned to the uni
yersity and he may consent TO try out Cor
the nine in the spring. In his other years
at this school Adams was ranked as a star
pitcher, and he now has the reputation OF
being one Of the best pitchers Nebraska
ever possessed.
Unless Adams gets into the game or some
new men. now unknown. show up, the
Cornhuskers are pretty sure to be weak
in the pitching section again this coming
season. For about five years past the team
has lacked capable twirlers and there Is
yet no sign that a change from this condi-
ton is to come soon.
Green Material Unknown.
For the positions at third. second and in
the field there is nothing In sight among
the new material that can be said TO have
a good chance OF getting a place. Coach
Carroll admits II is a hard proposition 20
dope out anything on the green's" II is
thought that there may have been several
good players amons the freshmen OF last
year who did Dot get out for practice. In
that case, the outlook will probably taxa