Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-15
Nebraska Will
Fight Rugby Game
Chancellor of Nebraska University
Gives This as Attitude on
College Game.

LINCOLN, April 14.-( Especially 1.-THE Uni
versity of Kansas win have no support
from the University OF Nebraska In trying
to substitute Rugby foot bah for the Amer
ican game when the representatives of the
various colleges In the Missouri valley
meet at Kansas City next Tuesday. Me-
braska wiH lend its aid to reform the game
but not to abolish IT,
This IS the epitome OF Chancellor Avery's
declaration in respect to Nebraska's stand
on foot ball. He said this in private to q
delegate from the students who had gone
to the chancellor for the purpose of ascer-
tanning how the Nebraska representatives
at the Kansas City meeting next week
would stand Chancellor Avery said he and
the Board of Regents had discussed the
foot ball question and that they had de-
cided the game was too valuable to be lost
to the colleges Of this section.
Regent George w. Lyford assured the
fraternity men at their banquet last night
that the regents wanted TO retain the Amer
lean game and that they would not consent
to have it removed from Nebraska He said
all were agreed that It would have to be
reformed, though. and that the regents of
this school would lend their aid to get a
saner game.
CiioASCiipN avery Will ACPiooOHN AiS AN1-
braska faculty at the Kansas City meet
ing next week and will vote against the
abolition of the American game. This meet
ing of April 10 was called at the request
of the Kansas Board of Regents by Chan
cellor Strong Of that school. Regent Will
liam Allen White Of the Emporia Gazette
caused the agitation at Kansas against
foot ball, and had a motion passed to call
the Kansas City meeting
NebraslSa's stand has been made known
to Kansas by Chancellor Avery. who wrote
Chancellor Strong that the way to reform
foot ball Is not to abolish the American
game. He said Nebraska would not consent
to play Rugby.
The athletic board this afternoon voted to
send President Richards to Kansas City as
representative of the athletic department
He will oppose all radical anti-foot ball leg
islation. +4
He will confer with the other Missouri
Valley conference representatives regarding
summer base ball rules. He has INSTRUCT
tions from the Nebraska board to attempt
to have the anti-summer bail rule abolished.
He will bring. the matter before the college
presidents who are gathered at Kansas
City.
At the meeting OF the athletic board today
w. II, Hutchinson was elected captain Of
the Cornhtisket basket ball team for next
year. re won his letter forethe first time
last winter.
The Nebraska base ball team will return
to Lincoln tomorrow Manager Eager was
not able to schedule any games for Fri
day and Saturday to fill the dates left va
cant by the cancellation OF the. contests
with Kansas, so he ordered the team to re-
turn home. az
Tn the games with Manhattan yesterday
and today the Nebraska team was consider
ably handicapped by the absence Of ole
Metcalfe from the lineup. .Metcalfe missed
the train to Manhattan yesterday morning
and could not get there for yesterdays
game. He did not care to go for one game,
SO remained here. He plays shortstop on
the team and his absence from that posi-
tion leaves the team without suitable
player to handle the work there.