Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-17
FOURTEEN men GIVEN ms"
Nebraska Athletic Board Makes
Awards to Foot Ball Men.
MOVE TO RETAIN COACH COLE
Petition VIII Ne Circulated 60 Place
Him ON FRcuIty--CherrinEt
Made Haskell Ball Coach
Another Year.

LINCOLN. Nov To- Especial -Fourteen
men were granted ms" Tuesday morning
at the meeting OF the athletic board for
the foot ball season Of 1910
Those awarded the letter are Captain
Temple, Rathbone. o. Frank, Minor, e.
Frank, Warner Chauner, Hornberger,
Shonka, Harmon, LofEren, Collins, Elliott
and Sturmer The last two named have
not played in all OF the games Elliott
playing the regular guard position until
he received O broken collarbone in the
Minnesota game and was forced to with
draw. His place was taken by Harmon.
Sturmer played a short time in each game
and in view Of the faithful services was
awarded his letter
Under the new system this year the
varsity will receive blankets in addition to
the sweaters.
The board elected r. NJ. Cherrington and
o. W. Field coaches for the basket ball
team. Cherrington was selected to coach
the track men and Field was likewise
elected to take charge OF the base ball
men These two men were the only ones
to file applications for the positions OF
all-year coach at the university.
Good work Rewarded.
Cherrington is an Omaha boy ana was
selected to coach the track team last
season. His initial effort was rewarded
with success and Cherrington put out one
Of the strongest track teams in the history
OF the school, In the dual meets with
Minnesota and Kansas the Nebraska team
had little difficulty in winning. The Corn
huskers took first place in the big indoor
meet at Omaha and wound up most sue
Oh -1Ht.. aAf- L., he "a
souri, valley conference meet.
An athlete himself, Cherrlngton is very
popular among the men and his election to
the coachship will be received with favor
by the students Field is an assistant in
the department OF physical education and
is an old basket ball player He has had
considerable experience as a coach in
basket ball. The work will start i'm
mediately the practice Of the Cornhusker
squad having been delayed by the failure
of the board to select a coach,
The committee appointed to investigate
the matter of an all-year coach has not
reported At the close OF the most sue
cessful year that the Cornhuskers have
had since 1902 there is a strong movement
to secure the services OF King Cole
again for 1911 Cole is the idol of the team
and has many strong friends in the hoard.
The question now troubling he men who
are advocating his election y ses in con-
nection with the Missouri valley ruling
that man TO coach the foot ball team
or any other branch of athletics must be a
member of the faculty. The rules goes
into effect the first of the year.
Move to Retain Cole.
1t is. not unlikely, that during the next
few days the movement to retain Cole win
take definite shape and petition will he
circulated among the students. If it is
the feeling in the student body now is
that it would be literally signed.
Seniors against sophomores will be the
deciding game in the class foot ball cham
pionship at the university. Two class
games were played Monday afternoon, the
seniors winning over the juniors by score
of to o. The juniors dispute the touch,
down, so that 1t lie claimed that the score
should stand to o. The sophomores had
an easy time with the freshmen and won
by score Of to 0.