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IHUSKERS TAKE TO
WINTER SPORTS
Basket Ball, Wrestling and Even Ice
Hockey Will Occupy Attention
of Nebraska Athletes.
OMAHA LADS ON FLOOR TEAM
ny JAMES Il. LAWRENCE.

ny JAMES n. LAWRENCE.
LINCOLN. Dec. Especial. )-Basket
ball, wrestling and ice hockey will oc-
cupy the attention OF University OF Me-
braska athletes and the student body dur
ing the next few months The Corn
husker banquet last night, with the cleo
ton of foot ball captain for the 1915
season. wound up the activities connected
with the gridiron sport.
Ice hockey is new wrinkle. which
the athletic board has decided to inaugur-
ate at the Husker institution. Manager
Guy e. Reed was authorized this week
to prepare the athletic field for flooding,
so the students will have big skating
rink during the winter.
Stiehm does not expect to arrange any
hockey tournaments with outside schools,
but will organize class teams and hold
series of class tournaments. IL suf-
ficient interest Is shown a league will be
arranged. II Is also possible the goods
may take hand IN the game and
series Of tournaments arranged for them.
Wrestling will interest large number
OF students at the university. Thirty
five men reported to DR.. r. q. Clapp
during the week and have been working
out steadily during the week.
Grid Athletes Wrestlers.
Dick rutherford is some wrestler, as
well as foot ball player. and the coach Is
expecting him TO duplicate his success Of
last year. when he captured the middle
weight collegiate championship OF the
middle west at the conference tourna-
ment. otoupalik. the the holder Of the
title OF the light heavyweight class, Ia
also working out with the squad ana
should be In fine trim
DIR. Clapp has scheduled no wrestling
events with other schools, but will likely
arrange for. meet with Iowa and Kan
sas. IN addition 20 the big middlewest
tournament which Nebraska annually
enters. In addition to taking charge OF
the work of the mat men, DIT. Clapp Is
busy preparing for the western inter-col-
legiate gymnastic meet. lie has a squad
! OF twenty In this event.
Basket ball practice was inaugurated
with a hlg squad on hand. Jumbo Stiehm
will personally take charge of the basket
bali squad and has captured four out OF
five Missouri Valley championships In this
line OF sport. stiehm will have much
better material to work with this year
than last.
| Omaha Lads on Floor Team.
In addition to Captain Ed. Hugg, Ruth
erford Is one OF the best forwards In the
valley. Shields. former South Omaha
High school star and foot ball man;
Jimmy Gardiner. the old Omaha High
school player, and otoupalik. also foot
ball men. will be eligible.
Moser is the most likely addition to
tho basket ball squad from last years
freshmen five. Tho tall Omaha boy Ii
rated as a star at center and Is expected
20 materially strengthen the Cornhuskers
In place where they were weak last
year.
with a large assortment OF veterans
and some excellent freshmen material
Stiehm should have a much more formid-
able team than represented the Huskers
last year. Jumbo has not drafted the
basket ball schedule yet, but II will fol-
low closely along the lines adopted last
year The Missouri Valley conference
will again be split up into two divisions,
with Nebraska in the northern division
meeting Ames and Drake In q series OF
four games each. The Huskers will also
play the Jayhawkers four games. but
these do not count in the conference
standing.
stiehm is busy at work drafting the
foot ball schedule for next season. but
has not progressed sufficiently to make
any announcement With Kansas, Drake.
Iowa and Ames as fixtures on the Husker
schedule there cannot be much leeway I'm
arranging for the remainder OF the
games. The Kansas Aggies come early
in the season so that Stiehm has but
two others dates to fill.