Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-18
NEBRASKA MEN KEEP1Ne TAB
Base Ball Team Gathers Some Data
on Kansas Players.

Base Ball Team h Some Data
on Kansas Players.
LINCOLN, April Observation-Disclosures
university is likely to have other disorders
in it's body athletic aside from the foot
bail reform which william White has
thrust upon it, before many days nave
passed. 1t will nave to look to the
eligibility Of several Of it's base bail
players.
When Nebraska cancelled its schedule
of four ball games with Kansas this week
because the Cornhuskers ATHLETIC board
would not certify its players under the
anti-summer ball clause of the Missouri
valley conference ,rules, Prof, c. e. Me-
Chung, president Of, the Kansas, athletic of
control, said ne believed ali the Jay
hawkers wsfe' eligible under 'r the confer
ence regulations; shut also explained that
he would be glad to have any information
on the standing of his men that Nebraska
or any other school could obtain.
The CornhUsker ball players and coaches
accordingly have been endeavoring to ac-
commodate President McClung with the
necessary Information TO show him that
Kansas has no clean shirts when it comes
70 talking about amateur base ball players.
on the trip Of the Nebraska nine to Man
haitian. Kan. this week. facts. were OBJ
tanned that show several Of the ~Jayhawker
ball men played semi-professional ball last
summer. Some of the men were so. bold
as to become members OF the, Kansas state
league teams and their pictures appear in
the spaulding base ball guide for this
year.
4 Three Kansas university players were
members Of the elliott team in. the, Contra
Kansas league last summer. This team
was managed by Coach Ebright, who Is
training the Kansas university nine this
year. The three Kansas men who were
on that team are Moss. johnson and Gibbs.
A picture of the Beloit team is printed in
the spaulding guide on page 256 and the
faces OF these three players appear as
one, two and three. !
Harlan. a University of Kansas pitcher
who did effective work against the, Corn
husksrs last summer. was a member of the
Minneapolis team in the Central Kansas
leagEJ. His picture appears with that
organization In a halftone print Of the
team on page 25s of the spaulding guide
for 1910.
SEWN, the star twirlsr OF the Kapsa
team for this year, played professional
ball with the Stevens club in the Kansas
City league last summer. This information
was given to Nebraska by a Manhattan
college player, who was in the league Will
SEWN last This Manhattan
player received money for his own play
ing.
Palmer, an outflelder OF Kansas uni
versity, played with the Ellis CKan) team
a semi-professional organization. Hoffman
smother J~ayhawker, played semi-pro
fessionai ball with a team at Hope, Ka1
Heistr and Rockefeller, captain OF tn
Kansas team for this year, played ball las
summer. but the C~ornhuskers have not We
learned the exact teams of which they wer,
members. A member Of the Manhattan
team said he knew Heiser had played pro
f%essional ball. but he would not divulg,
the name Of the club because he though
Kansas SHOULD find that out for itself.
h Cornhusksrs are gathering this in
formation that Il may be used as evidenc
to prove that all the universities Of tn
Missouri valley have men on their team
who play semi-professlonal ball and tina
their teams are ineligible for intercollegiate
athletics. Nebraska admits tina It's player
contest rs members OF semi-pYofessionl
leans ana Il wishes TO force the 9th,
teams 70 confess the same thing. By hi
means the ~cornhuskers hope 10 get II
4 anti-summsr ball rule resclnded..
The Information which Nebraska
gathering IS given out by them with n
malice toward Kansas; IL Is done they say
simply 70 open the eyes Of the Kansas an
cthgr colleges 10 the fact that SUNNI,
hal viii have 70 be restricted IN anoth,
manner than By a simply ruling again
the players who take up the sport. 4a..
apparently is only one way 10 remove 4
evils OF ms summer ban proposition, ai
that h 10 permit the players TO use the
skin 20 earn money during the SUNNI
mgnths This Is the course most OF q
eastern colleges are adopting.
p IOWA WTLL III NEBRAshC
B HarsEsyss RssosaiEe fact that s~ii