Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-30
FOLLOW AEBRASKA'S LEAD
New York Post Holds Up Cornhusker
School for Emulation.
MAKES COMPARISON OF EXPENSE
Sees Food for Thought in Nebrska's
Athletic Statement, which
show Profit of sixty
Ter Cent.
From New York Evening Post.

rom new 1Ofk Evening f0sts
Foot ball nets heavy returns" says a
head line In The Omaha Bee. but when
that Is followed by Nebraska Gathers
In Ten Thousand Dollars During the
Season" the man accustomed to receipts
up above 10000 at the big eastern u.yer-
stiles for the same sport wonders how the
man who makes the heal lines OIL the
paper would designate the returns fiem
Harvard. for instance. Aud then When
he compared the 90 per cent % PROS at
Nebraska on a total % siAS;l.D net re-
ceipts and a loss of 1000 OF ten times
that amount Of receipta a Ha-voTi, II
would not be surprising II he gave up In
despair the possibility II manufacturing
a comprehs nN,ve mead for ths story.
There was great Joy at Nebraska uni
ycrsity when the balance sheet ior the
season was made puzzle this week AID
Il was announced that the actual profits
OF foot ball for TIE 1911 season haG been
ts.ee4s4. and that this AMOUNT wor.d psy
up the back debts, givs sufficient funds
TO tide over all the Other sports at the
university. add still leave money for
permanent impr ,vrnieris on the athltuc
plant. The entire revenue from loot tall
was s2l.ees. " which syn9 came from
season tickets. out 81 this amount the
share Of the visiting tesais was 81 oai "a,
leaving a net total Of t.i,siG2. ~hs ex-
penses Of the e',vin. for travelling OK
psnsea, squipms (. medical attention aud
tho like were S,sSa.
..Remarkabie Figures, These"
Remarkable figures these. waen COM
pared with the latest report from Har-
ward sports finances, for Instance. Wiat
would happen n any o. the big .nlvtrsi-
ties of the ssst shcuii show profit Ct
60 per cent on their enormous re- "pts ?
Imagine a loss e sla.,0o turned Into a
profit Of $4,000 lhs effect vttld he
cataciysmlc.
II would be hard indeed to estimate the
result OF 70 per cent profits on athletics
here IN the east. In very few years a
fund would be accumulated which would
make athletics forever free 20 the under
graduates. Students would no longer be
met with the hat for this. that. or the
other spor,, aud the long-sufferlng alumni
would be free TO devote their surplus
money 10 academic purposes. and-.well
II II hardly tine for the millennium
There IL food for much thought In the
Nebraska statement. Details VIII prob
ably show no theater parties, no presents
to host OF coaches. no expenses for re-
| cooperation camps for an army Of players
and. In fact. nothing bat the legitimat'
expenses Of meteorological sport where
the men work their hardest for the
sports sake. and esteem Il so great 8
privilege to compete for their university
that they pay their own scot. as WA
the case quarter OF century ago. Tbs
Columbia crew that went to Henley ane
carried off the only cup ever taken from
England by q crew Of amateur carsmen
paid its own way from the start OF. train
ing to the end Of its victorious visit
Good teams can be got together without
cost to others. Why not try the expert
ment and return to sport for sports
sake alone?