Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-31
BASKET BALL AT CREIGHTON
University Athletes Enter Upon a
New Line Of Active Sports.
MATERIAL FOR TEAM SELECTED
squad of Corners Has Been Picked
and the Schedule for the Games
This Season IL Being
Arranged.

With the return of the players 10
school after the Christmas vacation
basket bail will be taken up as the major
sport at Creighton university and strenu-
Gus practice beEsn.
This IS Crelghton's first year In basket
ball, but from present Indications the
team 60 represent the college win be a
fast one. While the squad Is not n large
one. each man on It has had experience
In the game, and II will DO rather
matter OF choosing the best men FOR thep
five than OF developing players.
In two practice games played before .
the holidays the squad showed up WE'LL
In individual play, though a lack Of team
work was evident This defect will no
remedled as soon as regular work beginssaa
On the roster OF candidates Hoffman II,
and Prucha loom out as the stars OF the
squad, and these two players will prob
ably constitute the mainstay OF the teaugT
Hoffman has had considerable expefas
ence in the garno on college and high
school teams. At Drake he starred two.
years as center, which position he war
also fih for Creighton, and he has yet
TO find man whom he could not out
jump. -
q, As to the Men.
PruchR In a born athlete and will have
no difficulty IN making forward. Hes
played four years OF foot bali and basket
ball al WILDER High school, and during
last season was the stellar halfback on
the Creighton varsity.
Balderson is the other forward. He and
Prucha were runningmates at WILDER.
taking part IN all forms OF athletics,
"Baldy's'' main asset is HE fine goal
throwing.
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fast little player, who Is strong az guard
He covers the field well and Is speedy III
sending the bali back to his forwards. "'''f
Red" Madden, right end on the foot Z
ball team, is another husky lad out FOR ;
guard p
shorty MoGrane. another foot BAN 2
man, is showing up we'll at center and :.
guard irie
Torrey and Festner from the arts des q
partment give promise OF developing into q
speedy players. vtp
Claus Delfs OF the Creighton MedicaIr
college IL coaching the squad and has Z
planned stiff course OF work for his ?
men. Beginning this week. three after B
Moons will be spent at the Young Mems a
Christian association in practice while :
twice the squad will work on Omaha uni z
ersity's floor ata
Delfs ia proving popular with the play
ers and has secured their good win at
the start which win aid him materially :,
In developing a team. lie gained his
knowledge OF basket ball at Tilford co.. T,
iege of Iowa and at Drake where he =
played forward. e.,.,
The schedule has not yet been completed,
but so far includes some hard games. a
Bellevue and Omaha university will be
met several times under the schedule OF
the Greater Omaha Basket Ball league. =
Dana college OF Blair has written for a 4
game and Will be played early in January.
Peru NorA'al viii be encountered Feb /.
ruary at Peru and February 10 here.
Denver usiversity asked for a game here <
on some date In March, and II a return
game is assured the proposition Will
probably be accepted. The Kansas Aggies
have also agreed to a game. but no date
has yet been fixed. Coach Delfs was re-
Gently in Des Moines arranging for games
with Highland Park and Des Moines col
leges. A trip is being planned which win
embrace these schools and also Morning a
side, Drake, Simpson and Grinnell. ia
a captain and manager viii be elected
this week.