Omaha daily bee., 1915-03-08
SEVENTY TEAMS TO
START IN TOURNEY
High School Basket Ball Meet at
Lincoln Will Have Record
Attendance of Players.
COMPLETE PROGRAM FOR MEET
ny JAMES 10. LAWRENCE.


ny JAMES 10. LAWRENCE.
LINCOLN, March 7.-CSpccialD-Guy r.
Reed. manager Of athletics OF the Uni
versty of Nebraska, who has charge
of the annual state high school basket
ball tourney, had to revise his schedule
OF preliminary games slightly. to make
room for n few late entries, which were
mailed in time but which were delayed
by heavy snowstorms in western Ne
braska. The total entry list was brought
up to seventy by the new arrivals. break
ing all records for the high school tour
nament and assuring the officials that
the Nebraska tournament will retain IFS
place as the largest In the United States.
Manager Reed has completed neat
program, arranged for committees and
outlined the schedule Of preliminary
games.
Committees in Charge.
| Following are the committees in charge
of the tournament. with officials for the
games:
General committee In charge. with
special reference to referees and ad-
justments-Dick Rutherford, chairman
Harold Corey and i. w. Charlesworth,
officials; Arthur Hiltper ID. Hugg,
Thlesen, A. Schmidt, A. c. Lindstrum, E.
Hawkins. r. Hascall, Howard Delafna-
tire, Bud Kearns p Sheldon and DR.. X.
G.. Clapp.
Clerks OF tournament; Harry Delams-
tro,, o. II. Zumwinkle. Herbert Reese and
Arthur Balls.
pd T%ers Rob sTsw and r r otoPok g.
Scorers. f. Shaw, p. Southwick, Vic
Halligan, II. Nelson, II. GAM and Il.
Conp,ittoa an antertainment, n T.
/ Ewing and II. G. Hewitt.
Official announcers: l. T. Oberfelder
and b. w. Taylor.
Champions in former tournaments are
listed as follows:
19ll-Beatrice.
19l2-Omaha.
1913-GeneYa. Il
19l4-LincOn.
Rules for the Meet.
In order to prevent any friction during
the tournament Reed has laid down some
rules as follows
No change will be made In the prelim-
mary schedule and "A refusal to play
shall constitute forfeit. All teams must
report on the floor fifteen minutes be-
fore the scheduled game 20 the clerk of
the tournament.
1t is desired that a player or manager
from each team in the competition shall
be with and assist the official scorer dur
ing the match.
An Officials for the first, second and
committee in charge of the tournament.
After the third round officials can be
agreed upon by opposing coaches In con-
ference with the referee.
II any player Is expelled from the game
for fighting. he shall not be eligible. 10
play in any further games until he has
received the consent OF the head referees.
Schedule for Play.
Following are the official schedules
drawn up by Manager Reed for the first
dc nF ba
CLASS ADMISSION l.
% Lincoln against Wilbur. (2), Oak
dale drew bye 90 University Place
Bow pSGB Beatrice or asaInsf oi Mardx roN t
Pierce against Plattsmouth, ca Column
bus drew bye, 80 Nebraska city against
division the winner of, "a win play Oak
dale, the winner OF 90 will play Univer-
sity Place, the winner OF (5) Will play the
winner Of 90, Columbus viii play the
CLASS A-DIVIsIoN II
% Crete against Stanton, 0 South
drew a bye % Piainvie W. against Kear
ney, 90 Omaha against Dodge, 80 Geneva
| against Merna. % Central city. drew a
the second round in this division the
winner of ~ will play the winner of (2.
Alliance will play the winner. of 90, the
and Central city win play the winner
Of (s).
GLASS B-DlNlSiON i.
0) ElmWoOd against Nebraska Military
academy. (2) Seward against wymore,
go Shelton against Kimball, 40 bye mo
game) 90 Friend against Wahoo, 90 bye
(S) bye mo game) Three teams win en-
ter the third round as result OF this
lineup. The winner OF Ql win play the
winners OF 90, 90 and % all go into the
third round by reason OF byes;
CLASS B-DlVISIoN H.
no game; go Creighton against Bethany,
lD Alexandria against Harrington. 90
Falls City against West Point, 90 bye,
no game; ca Osceola against Pawnee
the second round the winner OF "a gets
into the third round; the winners OF go |
and 20 will play the second round the
winner OF C6 goes into the third round
and the winners Of Cd and 49, play In the |
second round.
O Cozad against Minden, (2) Fuller |
ton against Havelook, go bye, no game; |
90 Arnold against kearney Military aca-
denny, (b) Newman Grove against Papil- |
lion; 90 bye, no game; Cd Fairmont |
The Winners OF e. 3 a Syf no enter sam the
third rounds by reason OF byes The win
ner Of dD plays the winner OF 90 in the |
CLASS B-DIVIsIoN ".
O Bye, no game. ~ Chadron against |
Ohiowa, 90 bye, no game. 90 De witt |
against Ord ~ bye, no game: (G Hum
boldt against Stromsburg. % Kenesaw |
against Rsvenna, (s) Ewing against Elk
eter. In the second round the winner OF |
% plays the winner OF Cs). The winners |
or 90, HD and 90 go into the third round |
by reason Of the byes. |
Finals on Saturday.
Finals In the Glass \ and Glass u |
rounds will be played Saturday night.
with the consolation finals Saturday |
morning.
For entertainment Manager Reed has /
secured the cooperation Of the CONNER