Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-31
PLANS FOR HIGH TOURNEY
Guy Reed Sends Ont Entries for the
State Basket Ball Champion
ship Event.
JoRNHUsKERs wOEFUILY WEAK
nv JAMEs E. LAwRENcE.

LINCOLN, Jan. So.--(speeial )--Manager
Guy r. Reed of the University
of Nebraska, who is I'm charge OF the ar
rangements for the annual Nebraska high
school basket ball tournament. Monday
will send out to all Nebraska high schools
outlines of the plans for the tournament
to be held the last four days the second
week in March.
He is also sending out entry blanks to
all schools, which must be filled out and
returned to him on or before February
e. Entries received after that date will
not be- received. AS a condition to en-
tering the tournament, Reed Will require
that all high schools fill out blanks Civ
ing the record of the team up until Feb
ruary 10. These blanks must be flied with
Reed by that date. The members Of all
teams must comply with the eligibility
rules of the Nebraska Interscholastic as
ISOLATION.
In the detailed plens Reed is sending
out It is stated that the entries will be
divided into two Glasses. known as A
class and B class. These divisions will
be made. according to the record Of the
teams, the size of the towns, and the size
of the school. The larger and stronger
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other in one series of elimination rounds
while the smaller and weaker towns will
fight it out among themselves for the
championship OF that division.
:. Play on Three Floors.
+, The university authorities have secured
three floors for playing the games In the
tournaments. including the City audi
toriurn. the City Young Mems Christian
association and the regular university
gymnasium. In addition, some of the
earlier games will be played I'm the
chapel.
I The Nebraska tournament is the biggest
in the United States. Reed expects the
entries will reach eighty this year, as
compared with sixty-four last season.
Kansas, which had the next largest tourn.
ament. admits both boys and girls teams
and had but forty entries
The university basket ball team has
loafed on the job all week. owing &c
the final semester examinations. The
Huskers have had a disastrous basket
ball season, losing all chance for the
championship by dropping two straight
games to the Jawhawkers. The Huskers
meet Wesleyan next Friday night at Uni
versity Place, and are due for a beating
The Methodists have one of the stronges
basket ball flves in their history and tive
years ago defeated the Huskers, two ou
of three games. Stiehm had hoped I,
wipe out the sting Of those defeats, bu
the chances are anything but bright
Wesleyan defeated all the teams II hai
met so far, including the fast South Da
kota university five.
The Husker basket ball quintet viii
wind up the basket bali season two week
! hence with an eastern trip. when the!
I play Drake and Ames two games and on
additional game with Fort Dodge.
Myers to Leave school.
E Captain Myers OF the Cornhusker trac
: team is likely TO leave school at the en-
: OF the semester. Myers is the best ma
s in the squad and his loss will be tn
n severest blow Nebraska cduld haves SUI
!, fered. He is always good for three first
r in the weight events and the high jlmI
r Myers father has summoned his so
: home TO take charge OF his farm, an
! unless the track captain can find a sal
d isfaetory substitute IT will be up TO hi
/, TO leave the university.
Manager Reed, who is training the trac
# squad, wiz send relay team and a po
IS vanlter to Tho Kansas City indoor NEE
!. which is held ar the Kansas City All
II letic clubs club rooms. February 2
g Reed has not made up his mind on n
a members OF the relay team.