Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02
BUSY SPORT MONTH
AT NEBRASKA UNI
Tennis, Spring Foot Ball and Track
Keep Athletes at University
on the Hustle.
FOOT BALL PROSPECTS GOOD
~ JAMES y. LAwRwNCE,

ny JAMES ~. LAWRENCE.
LINCOLN, May 1.-(Special.) 1.-The last
month OF the university year viii be an
exceedingly busy one for Conhusker
athletes, tennis. track athletics, spring
foot ball and base ball dividing the at
tention-
With tho tennis tournament today. IN
which Nebraska was represented by
Harry Ellis and o. H. Chat, Athletic
Director stiehm is endeavoring to arrange
tournament with Creighton university
on the following Saturday. and then on
May IA and 15 the big Missouri Valley
tournament, which will be held in Ilin-
coin this year. will be played at the
Country club courts. Each Missouri VAL
ley team Is entitled to team entry in
the doubles and two in the singles The
following Saturday, May 20. the Univer-
sity OF Oklahoma and Nebraska will hold
a tournament in Lincoln. This completes
the tennis schedule for the season-the
first attempt Nebraska has made to take
part in this popular branch OF sport.
c. H. Gardiner OF Omaha, Harry Ellis,
o. II. Chat. Phil Hawkins and France
are the most promising tennis players
and Stiehm expects to pick his teams
from them.
Foot Ball Candidates Ont.
Stiehm reports more interest in spring
foot ball practice than ever before, with
more candidates turning out. including
the varsity men. He Is much encouraged
over the splendid showing the men are
making Stiehm has two hard Jobs on
his hands for the next foot ball team and
he is deyoting every attention to patch
ing up these two holes during the spring
practice The loss of Captain Halligan
necessitates the development Of punter
and drop kicker while the quarterback
position must be filled. Jimmy Gardiner
of Omaha. outopoIik and Corey, the big
varsity tackle, are all booting the ball
over fifty yards in spring practice. which
is better than the university punters last
season managed TO do. Stiehm said the
work Of these three men this season has
been most pleasing.
| For the quarterback position stiehm Ia
using five men, including, Cook. the for
mer Beatrice star; Galley, Porter Hoadley
and Kelley. The work in practice indi-
cats that Jumbo will not lack for plenty
OF quarterback material Of merit next
fall.
With the first real test of the season
today against Ames, Coach Reed and his
track squad win have a busy season
AHEAD. The Kansas Jayhawkers come to
Lincoln next Saturday and a week later
the Minnesota dual meet Is held Reed
IS not expecting very much Of his track
Equad this season. He freely admits that
1 the track men are inexperienced, and in
IL - IL
every one of the Missouri valley confer
ence schools he does not expect the
Huskers to climb out OF the hole where
they have been in track work for the last
year.
Prof. morrill, Resigns.
/ The resignation OF Prof. Morrill,. fol-
lowing the adjustment of the forestry
department at the university by the re-
gents. will necessitate the election OF an
other faculty member OF the athletic
toard At the meeting OF the university
senate today DR.. Walcott was recon-
mended to fill the vacancy and his Sc
lection will undoubtedly be approved by
the regents. Prof. Morrill, has served
pre- mlnently on the athletic board durins
the last two years
Five student members OF the athletic
board are also to be elected May 10. The
election of the student members is oper
to undergraduates and alumni OF this
university, the election being conducted
under the Australian ballot system. The
five student members. acting with tho
ak faculty members, have the entir'
government Of athletics at the university
Captain Dick Rutherford OF the foot bal
team Is the only candidate for member
ship on the board so far.