Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-11
Nebraska Foot Ball Manager Hopes to
Add Big Card to the Schedule
FOR CornhuskerS.
ATHLETIC FIELD Is A FACTOR
GOphers Insist on Playing Only
On Sod.
MONEY PROBLEM PRESENTED
Loss Of Thanksgiving Match Raises
Financial Question.
TRYING 10 LAND uLWOIS
Kansas and Araes Both Take Places ca
Program fer Next season-1Ets-
souri, Turkey Day CouteSt
ne Issue.
ATHLETIC FIELD Is A FACTOR
MONEY PROBLEM PRESENTED

NJ ANauEs
LINCOLN. Nsh.. Dec. m-Sspedail-.
with The task o. preparing a schedule fer
TIRE foot BAH season q 1911 before arm,
Manage Ear o. Earsr % Nehrasla q
busy. In the last few 6avp Eager has re-
oeived numerous letters from r1nnagcrs -
Western conference teams hut EsWcr g.
apparently dubious % the outlook FOR two
games with Big Eight teams and he ~
fuses to give any information az % ths
contents q the letters
W-hile Il Is regarded only as a remote
possibility. Cornhuskers are extremely de-
sirous Of seeing Minnesota come 70 L1nccia
next fall The wishes Of the st1dent body
are also shared BY the athletic board and
the manager Of athletics. Eager iE cor
responding with the Gopher institutiun.
Nebraska has repeatedly peiitioned Ma
nesota 20 play at Lincoln. but has always
met with refusal. mainly because the Germ
husker athletic field did not offer a Eod
Ted Minnesota met the Cornhusker re-
guests with tire statement that ss soon a.
Nebraska could offer a sod Geld the man
sgemsnt would agree TO a Eame 20 ba
played in Lincoln
New GridfrO1 sure.
The athletic board now has definite a.
suranos the new gridlron win be Hodded
next Eummer. because CT a deficit tbs
work could not he done 81 1sas. but the sue
cess Of ne Cornhusi-ers IN $50 eftRcsd trio
deficit and the rspgrs Of Manager BaEer
VIII now show THAI Nebraska b In ex-
ceIent financial condition The new sod
flcld VIII be ready upon The opening o. the
season next far and the time is now rips
for Eager 70 maze another a2tc,apt 20
land game with the Gophsrs 20 be saAyed
IN lincoln
II Is certain that Fueh a game woG,ld
prore Craving card and q boost % Cora
husksr finances The outcome Of the
negotiations with Minnesota wiz probably
be announced within the next few Gays
A large number Of the Cornhuskers in
tsrpreted the ruling q the Big Eight con-
ference at Chicago as PROHIBITING games
with outside institutions The ruling Vas
aimed s0leay at Minnesota and may operate
a boost for Nebraska in securing games
with either Wisconsin. Chicago or Illinois.
Owing 70 the grog4Eiol OF the Missouri
valley conference that DO TkanlcEKiving
game shah be played Eager must arrange
for at least two big outside games 70 make
the year financially SAFE for the Corn
huskerE Mithout the Thanksgiving day
game a hag hole WIN be left in the ex-
cheQuer. Eager hopes 10 make this up
with an extra game with a Zig Eight con-
ference team Illinois is regarded az q
likely contestant with the CornhuEksrE Net
many years agO che conThuEkers played
Illinois annually. but after the contract
expired a. was not renewed.
Manager Eager VIII again sndeaEor to
land Illinois Kansas and Arnes both win
occupy a place on. the COrnhuEkerE sehed-
ule.
Want ThsnllsEfvinE Game.
The Jsyhawkers come TO Lincoln under
the agreement entered into two years ago.
II foot han depotses have their way and
II lac ruling Of the Missouri valley con
ference Ahonshing Thanksgiving day games
be set aside. it Is MT improbable that Ne
hraska viii play the JayhEwarers on Turkey
day. Missouri Goes not care 10 play the
annual Kansas and Missouri game On
Thanksgiving day in any other city bat
Kansas City The regrets Of the University
o. Kansas have long been opposed 10 the
game az Kansas City and q ruling was
passed d1tng away with the turkey dAy
battle il that city after Isl0
II vas thought that the rule could be set
sside. but the Kansas authorities are nrn
and the game. II played AZ all. must Be
played in another city.
away with the game but ahls rlust be
voted On again and from thu stand which
has been taken recently il is doubtful II
any Of the schools yin favor the passage
OF the rule. This condition Of affairs leads
both NebraskaDs and Kanssns 70 hope
that the tEO Dig rivals q the Missouri
valley may again meet in q battle for
championship hOnons on Thanksgiving Cay.
The agreement with Arnes calls for a con
test 70 be played al Ames- Denver probably
viii be accorded place on the Cornhusker
schedule. although the retirement Of
Deacon Kohler from the mknaEemsnt Of
affairs may lead 10 a split in zthletie Heia-
tons KostlGF vas AZ ola Nebraska player
and Il was through his remarkable success
as q coach that the CoTnhUskera finally
consented 10 play Denver. The lighter
games Of the year are also probably as
suTed with Peru or some other member Of
the Nebraska association q colleges for
the opener and Doane or Bellevue later IN
the season
The coachship problem Is Tar from
settlement as IL ever was. The foot hau
committee and the aIl-year coach commit
tee Of the athletic board have been work
ing IN conjunction with the board. tut
have nothing 10 announce As 70 future ae-
tions
~ 10 the neEehta-
Untfl the meeting Of the Board q Re-
gents next week the matter Will Etll be
unsettled. as the management is uncertain
as 70 the amount Of pay Whlch can be
Offered q coach. The ruling 81 the can
ference providing Tor an all-year coach
also Includes the provision that be must
be . member Of the faculty. hence the
board viii ms5O application 70 the Board
Of Regent for an allowance a. part Of
the salary advanced 20 the coach
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