Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-16
GIVE BOOTH"
R OF STUDENTS
Undergraduates at University as One
in Fight for Hiring Of For
mer Coach,
FACULTY MEMBERS ARE HOSTILE
Professors Object to Princeton Man
on moral Grounds"
ELECTION TO BE HELD MONDAY
Cole Now Seems to Have the Support
of Six Members.
BETTER FOR DIAMOND COACH
Former Star IL Likely to He Chosen
MentOr for the Base Bali Team
basket Ball Season
Opens at Home.
FACULTY MEMBERS ARE HosTMl

LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 15.-(Special.l-An
event of much moment is billed to take
place at the state university Monday even
ing. and undergraduates, alumni, and other
people Of the state who are interested In
Cornhusker athletics are manifesting a
deep concern In it's result-a coach for next
seasons foot ball eleven Is to be elected.
Four weeks ago, even one week ago, there
was but a single man whom the athletic
board considered for the position; now
there are two candidates, King Cole and
BUNNY" Booth, either of whom is q
strong possibility.
For several weeks prior to the Christmas
recess, King Cole was the only candidate
seriously considered by the Cornhusker
board OF control, and his reelection was
almost a certainty. II the election, I'm fact.
had occurred before the holidays or within
the first ten days after the recess closed,
the Michigan man would have been chosen
by almost a unanimous vote.
An article published in The Bee on Sun
day, December %, however, in which the
election Of Cole was forecasted and the
true feeling of the athletic board an
nounced, served to awaken the opponents
Of Cole to the fact that the Michigan
player was certain to be selected without
opposition unless some organized move
ment in behalf Of another coach was
launched. From that date, then, the men
who are opposed to Cole. began working
urgently to effect the election of BUNNY
Booth, 'the man who placed Nebraska in
western foot ball. and that their efforts
have brought fruit is evidenced in the
doubt which has been cast over the coming
election by the announcement of some OF
the nannhara that thov will x-ota For
Booth.
Many Opposed to Cole. '
Opposition to Cole includes a vast major
ity Of the undergraduate body of the uni
versity, most of the alumni and practically
all the people of the state who have fol-
lowed the Cornhusker foot ball fortunes
during the last two years. Among these
same elements in which the opposition to
Cole is rooted is found the strong demand
for the engagement of Booth. Since the
real attitude OF the Cornhusker board was
learned through The Bee the original
Booth men, have been working up a case
in favor of the Princeton man among the
opponents of Cole, and they have created
a great demand for the coach who made
Nebraska famous in western foot bal cir
cles. .
King Coles supporters are lacking be-
CAUSE ITO AdellSd W BiN6 lie SOTnnuSkeTS y
winning eleven in 1903 and 1909. seasons
in which Kansas defeated the Scarlet and
Cream players. In 1907, Coles first year at
Nebraska, he gave this school a champion
ship team, but since then, during the last
two seasons he failed to get the results
that count. In the opinion of many men
who watched his work loosely he did the
best that was possible with the material
that was given him; but to the outsider"
and to the man who was here in the good
old days of Booth" Cole seems to have
failed to deliver the goods. He appears to
lack the ability to produce a winning
team under the same conditions hat Booth
could.
With the students and all people inter
ested in university athletics. a coach cam
not turn out a losing team and yet be re-
garded with the highest favor. Corn
husker foot ball teams have been losers
during the last two esasons and the reason
for this is laid at the hands Of King
Cole. That Cole may be a good coach the
students and alumni are willing to admit,
but they do not want him to experiment
l with the Cornhuskers for another season.
D He has had two years now to make good,
s they say, and has failed, so he should be
C replaced by a man whose ability gave
. Nebraska a strong team for five successive
Q seasons.
Booth Best Coach Ever.
The Booth men have many good argu-
ments in favor Of their man, and to them
it seems mighty curious that the athletic
board should hesitate in making a choice
between Cole and BUNNY" Nobody de-
9 mics that the former Princeton player was
i the best coach Nebraska ever had, and
that he did more to develop the game at
o this school than any other single man. He
took hold of the Cornhuskers in 1900, the
year after Kansas had walloped them, and
L turned out an eleven for five years that
did not once suffer defeat at the hands Of
e the ~Jayhawkers. In 1902 his team whipped
the strong Minnesota players and in every
season he produced a team hat was q
terror TO the Gophers.
In the days of Booth the Cornhuskers did
|, not know what fear of the Missouri valley
teams meant, for then Nebraska was by
far the best gridiron aggregation in the
valley. II was in the big Eight class.
But since Booth left the Cornhuskers have
not been able to keep in the front ranks
!, Of the Missouri valley schools. Booth has
been away from this school for four
years and during that time Kansas has
won three foot ball games from the scarlet
and cream players. Booth got results that
counted, say his supporters, and that Is
what Nebraska wants. Cole has had the
same opportunity that Booth had and has
failed. Why should there be any question
&c in making a selection between the two
men7
~ faculty Members Opposed.
IA With the students, and practically all the
le alumni. in favor OF Booth, II looks a,
ssG though he might be elected In preference
err to Cole, and he would be II the board
u OF control were composed OF a majoritJ
er OF gtudents. The board has slevan nAau.