Evening star., 1911-01-15
NIELSEN IS SELECTED
Nebraskan Will Again Coach
at Georgetown.
HAS HAD MUCH SUCCESS
Coach and Captain Will Confer With
Manager in Regard to
Schedule.

An agreement was reached yesterday
between the management of the George
town University foot ball team and Fred
X. Nielsen, coach of the eleven during
the past fall. whereby 1t is now assured
that the old Nebraska star will again be
in charge on the heights the coming sea-
son. The choice will be given to the ex-
ecutive council for ratification later in
the week, after which contracts will i'm
mediately be signed
The selection of Nielsen for the position
of coach sets at rest all rumors to the
effect that he was to have charge at Ne
bra.ska t;le coming year. 1t is true that
the western school made overtures to
him. but no terms have ever been reached
As he intends another winter to start
practicing law in this vicinity, his de-
cision to remain with the Blue and Gray
school may result In his being perma-
nently retained. in which case the usu-
ally perplexing coaching question at the
Work Was Satisfactory.
Nielsen's work last fall was of a very
cause of the good results which he OBJ
s@AAO0 ~ VII houoLA6 lAc ulcH lu6I ne
was again asked to take the position.
Throughout the year he kept his charges
in tiptop condition, while he showed
great discretion at the end Of the cam
paign by bringing them around to defeat
Lehigh after their bad slump Of the Sat
urday before.
The success at Georgetown Of Nielsen
made for him another round in the lad
DER OF foot ball glory in this vicinity, as
IT was the fourth time he turned out a
champion team hereabouts. Since he will
have practically the same material at
Georgetown next fall. there is every rea-
son that he will be even more successful.
for 1t Is q we'll known fact that a gridiron
mentor can work to greater advantage
with men who know his system than with
those with whom he Is unacquainted
From present prospects the Hilltoppers
VIII lose only Carter and Feenan from the
nrst string. as Fitzgerald has pretty we'll
decided to return for a course in the law
school. Every other member of the team
VIII be on hand. while Golden will come
up from the prep school to further
strengthen the back field. This is ex-
elusive OF whatever new material may
come IN. Thus 1t Is easy to see that the
eleven should be much better and more
seasoned In every department.
Schedule Nearly Complete.
The schedule is rapidly nearing COM
pletion, only a few dates being still un-
settled. The coach. captain and manager
Will confer this afternoon to balance up
the list, after which many Of the CON-
tracts Will be signed Immediately. The
game with Virginia has already been set
down Tor November 1S. while negotia-
tions for three or four other important
battles are very close to being completed.
In It's entirety the list OF games will be
the most pretentious ever undertaken by
a local eleven and at the same time will
provide ample opportunity for local deyo-
tees OF the game to get their fll Of good
foot ball.
With the coach and captain selected
and the manager nearly through with the
schedule. the playing plans for the team
Tor the coming year are now pretty wen
finished. This will mean that other
projects will be looked into during the
next few weeks. the most important of
which being the charging Of the SEATING
capacity Of Georgetown Field. 1t is sure
that more blea chers Of some sort win be
constructed. but whether these will be
permanent or not Is now under considera-
ton. Announcements In regard to this
matter may be looked forward to with
interest.