Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-11-29
Here Comes the Time When Any Old Abb Pretty GOOD
ATHLETIC HEADS TO MEET
Managers of Missouri Conference
Teams to Assemble at Lincoln.
ASSEMBLY Is TO LAST TWO DAYS
Annual Convention on Friday and
Saturday 20 Take I'd Important
Issues and Also Draft
Schedules.
nv JAMES N. LAwRENCE.

LINCOLN. Nov. 2S-(Special. )-Repre-
sentatives and managers Of colleges be-
longing 20 the Missouri Valley conference
will hold tho annual meeting In Lincoln
next Friday and Saturday The meetings
will be separate, with the managers
drafting 1915 foot ball schedule basket
ball and track schedules, and with the
representatives considering changes IN
the governing rules.
The Missouri Valley athletic managers
will convene Friday and first arrange
the basket ball schedule for the coming
season. Tho same arrangements which
prevailed during the last two years will
be followed again this year. Champion
ship games will be played between the
winners OF each division. Nebraska Is
in the north division and meets Ames
and Drake.
Tho Huskers, according to Manager
Reed. will continue the track arrange
ment of last season.
NebraslSas foot ball games with Mis-
souri, Valley schools In 1915 will also be
arranged at this meeting. possibly with
Kansas at Lawrence. Ames at Ames and
an early season game with the Manhat-
tan Aggies in Lincoln.
To Discuss Scholarships.
Scholarship, as related to athletics,
will be the most important topic for
discussion at the meeting of the repre-
sentatives. There is a warm scrap brew
ing over a proposed rule which was
brought up at the last Missouri Valley
conference meeting and which provides
that any Missouri Valley athlete must
carry each year at least one-quarter Of
HIS college course during the years of
participation in athletics and also during
the freshmen year.
Prof Grove Barber the Nebraska rep
resentative was the only member of the
conference who voted against It. Since
then Poi. Barber has received letters that
Drake and Kansas Agricultural school
will oppose II.
Final Action Friday.
The rule comes up for final action at
the meeting next Friday and the Ne
brasSa athletic board is determined to
accomplish its defeat At the Husker in
stitution the rule would force a student
participating In athletics to carry thirty
one hours during the freshmen year and
during the years he participated in ath-
letics.
In order to pass, the rule will have to
nave a two-thirds majority vote, thus re-
quiring five of the seven votes of the con-
ference members.
Another question which the conference
will consider is the effect OF athletics on
scholarship. Statistics will be prepared
showing the relative scholarship stand
ing of foot ball. basket ball and track
men, and comparisons will be drawn with
students engaged in other activities such
as fraternities,- debating and college pub
locations.
Prof. Grove e. Barber win be the Ne
braska representative at the conference
meeting. These are the other represen-
tatives: Prot. Dyer. Ames; Prof. More
house, Brakes Prof. Manley, Missouri
Prof. Hamilton OF Manhattan: Prof Van
Court of Washington and Prof Murray
of Kansas
VIII Elect Captain.
The election of a captain for the 1915
Cornhuskers is attracting the attention
of the entire student body at Nebraska.
Dick Rutherford and Cameron lead in
the race. The athletic board will meet the
first Monday In December. at which It
Is expected that the annual election of
captain will take place.
Coach Jumbo stiehm is taking his time
about schedule drafting and there will
be nothing done for some weeks yet with
the exception of the Missouri Valley
games Stiehm is heartily In accord with
the sentiment for the inter-sectlonal
games and Nebraska will make an effort
to meet some strong eastern school.
Michigan may also be seen again on
Nebraska's schedule next year.