Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-23

on a more brilliant hse when the work in
the cage Is started thd latter part OF next
month.
With the vacancies dn the pitching list
and In the other parts bt the team, there
will be places for five orNsix new men. and
this condition Is cxpectedNt No result in many
men getting out as caAdidates for the
team. Last year the sdkad was not so
large az It should have been. This was
due to the fact that the tOrnhuskers had
no diamond Of their own, nut we're forced
to use Antelope park. which is several
blocks away from the campua This spring
the players have a field on the campus
and they practice base bail without taking
too much time from their school work.
II was the lack OF a diamond on the
campus that kept the freshman from show
ing a great interest in the game. FewNof
them showed up for practice, and conse-
quently the coach has no line on what
they can do. Had they responded to the
practice call last year, the coach would
know this spring just what material he
can depend upon. As II Is he will ave
TO wait until the spring campaign opens be-
fore he can ascertain how much good
material there is among last years fresh
mar class.
FRESHMAN Team This Year.
Hereafter, the base ball coach will have
a chance to keep track Of all the material
in school. The freshman class is to be
given q nine that will be granted sweaters
and equipped with uniforms by the athletic
board. Games with other college freshman
nine will be scheduled for them.
BY giving the freshmen, who are now
barred from Intercollegiate competition, a
team each year, all the first year base ball
material will be encouraged to try out,
and the coach may thereby learn just what
players he can depend upon for the varsity
the following season.
Manager Eager is now trying to arrange
a schedule of games for the freshman
nine, and he wishes to hear from any col
lege or high school teams OF the state that
would like to meet the Cornhusker first
year nine, either in Lincoln or out in the
state.
An-Year Coach In 1911.
TO appease the wrath Of the men who
are disappointed over the selection of Cole
as foot ball coach, the athletic board Is
announcing that after next fall one man
will be elected to coach all Cornhusker's
athletics and that he will be permitted to
get assistants for the four branches of the
sports. The new coach will be chosen
some time before January l, 1911, that he
may take charge of the basket ball team
next season.
Before Cole was elected the board con-
sidored the election of Walter Steffen,. the
former University of Chicago star athlete,
and had he been a tested coach he probably
would have been given the Nebraska job.
For the year-around place the Cornhusker
board just now is considering Tad Jones,
the ex-Yale gridiTon star. He has been
to the Nebraska mentors by
Walter Camp and he may be hired before
the close of the present school year to
take charge OF Cornhusker athletics after
January l next.
Meet Drake This Week.
The second set Of games in the basket
ball series for the title in the northern
section of the Missouri valley champion
ship race will be played between Nebraska
and Drake in the local armory on Friday
and Saturday night. The Cornhuskers are
booked for eight games in this race. Two
OF them they played with Ames yesterday
and today in this city. After the games
next week the Cornhuskers will play two
more with each Drake and Ames on the
floors Of the latter schools.
In the games next week the Nebraska
basket tossers should be in much better
condition than they were for the encoun-
tiers with Ames this week. Two Of the
local stars were out Of the games on ac-
count Of injuries, but these men should be
back into form by the latter part of the
coming week.
If the Cornhusker quintet can win the
series In this section of the league, 1t will
have q chance to play the southern winners
probably the Jayhawkers-for the title
to the valley championship.