Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-09

one Of the fastest fives In the valley this
winter. and n the Cornhuskers succeed in
whipping them on their own floor the
chances are Ina Nebraska will be the ia
vorite from now on for the Missouri val
ley championship.
Making Base Ball Schedule.
Manager e. o. Eager Is engaged in she
annual task OF making out a base ball
schedule. and Is now carrying or a vast
amount Of correspondence In trying TO ar
range games on his schedule. Eighteen
games are to be played this spring, nine
at home and nine abroad.
The southern trip will include but three
games, two with the University OF Kan
sss and probably one with the University
OF Missouri at Columbia. This southern
trip will be made during the early part Of
April. In former years this southern ex-
cursion has been taken during the Easter
recess, but this vacation comes In Maron
this year and precludes a trip at that Zine.
The annual northern tour will include
games with Minnesota and a few schools
in Iowa. probably Ames, Iowa and Cor
nell. For the home schedule II is planned
to have Kansas, Missouri. Iowa and Ames
as opponents. The C~ornhuskers will nave
a sod diamond and well equipped field Of
their own in the spring for the first time
In several years, and they wish to make
their home schedule exceedingly attrac-
tive.
Have Laugh on Patterson.
Nebraska students think they have some
excellent evidence to show that their ath-
letes are disseminated against and that
some of the foot ball critics are incom-
petent. The students have found their
evidence In f. c. Patterson's articles on
'"The All-W estern Foot Ball Team" that
appeared in Golfers Weekly. Patterson
has been selecting an all-western eleven
for Golfers for several seasons. His arti-
Gle on last seasons game has made him
the laughing stock Of local students.
In telling of his selections for the all
star eleven he says that ne has placed
Walker Of Minnesota at one tackle be-
cause that player is admitted to be the
leading tackle OF the west. But for the
second tackle place on the first eleven.
1T Is a close race between Phllbrook OF
Notre Dame and Boyle of Wisconsin and
Temple Of Nebraska. The place is given
to Philbrook on account Of his general all.
round, consistent work for the entire sea
SON"
The placing OF Philbrook on the first
eleven naturally should leave Boyle and
Temple for the two tackle positions on
the second eleven which Patterson selects
but they do not get them, at least Temple
does not get a place, but Boyle does. Dut.
ter Of Indiana is given the second tackle
place.
Prejudice Against Outsiders,
This is the evidence, the Nebraska stu.
dents claim, that proves Nebraska, because
It is not in the big Eight is discrim.
mated against by the western critics. After
saying that Philbrook, Boyle and Temple
were the three best tackles in the west
besides Walker, Patterson gives both
Phllbrook and Boyle places on his elevens
but substitutes Outer for Temple, anC
why? The Nebraska students declare il
was done simply because Nebraska was
not in the western conference, and that this
critics would not recognize the Cornhuskei
institution for that reason. &
But the slip that has held Patterson III
as the laughing stock ~of the Cornhusker.
Is his little expert opinion about McGov.
ern of Minnesota. He says that McGoverr
was the equal of Eckersall in drop-kick,
ing, and he really believes that statement
The truth IL that McGovern was far in
ferior to Eckersall in drop-kicking.
1t is a fact that McGovern, in his owl
camp was given little credit as a drop
kicker. All during the season of 1908 IN
attempted several drops, and he probably
made no more than two. This fall h,
made his first drop-klck in the Nebraska,
Minnesota game at Omaha. His kicking
Of this goal so surprised his teammates
that they Rugged him fervently to express
their delight at seeing him kick a goal
When lie tried for that goal in the Ne
braska game not a single one OF his team
mates thought he would succeed with it
Even after he had kicked the goal, hi
feat was regarded as an accident.
Later in the season McGovern kicked
couple of goals in the Chicago game, blu
that was the extent of his toe work TO
the season, and at Minneapolis he was re
garded only as a mediocre ~drop-kicker
Yet Critic Patterson has seen fit to ranl
him with Eckersall. one OF the creates
kickers the college game has ever known
In his last year Of foot ball, in a singh
game, Eckersall kicked more goals from
field than McGovern kicked during tn
last two seasons.