Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-19
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] FOR NEBRASKA UNI
Guy Reed Announces Big Surplus
Earned from Foot Ball Will Be
Used for Improvements.
RUTHERFORD RECEIVES OFFER
ny JAMES e. LAWRENCE.

ny JAMES T.. LAWRENCE.
LINCOLN. Dec. 1S-(Special) -Practic-
ally all OF the big surplus from the most
successful season of foot ball in the his
tory of the University of Nebraska will
be devoted to improving the athletic field.
Manager OF Athletics Guy T.. Reed said
today
Reed expects a surplus of between 5000
and $4,000 when n complete check of ac-
counts is finished. The figures for the
Iowa game given out this week were a
pleasant surprise for the Nebraska man
agement. inasmuch as the crowd was a
disappointment The total receipts for the
game were 1882.
The only game yet to hear from Is
Kansas. Reed had letter from Manager
Hamilton this week saying that the fac
s-ssslts committee had not audited his ac-
counts yet. but as soon as it was COM
pleted he would send check. The Kan
sas crowd was the largest in the his
tory of athletics at Lawrence and the
Nebraska share of the receipts will be
heavy. Reed expects the total receipts
for tho season to run close to $4,000 or
sSs,oOO
Erect Concrete Stands.
The surplus will give the Nebraska
management an opportunity to carry out
some of its long-cherished plans Of erect
ing concrete stands on the Nebraska
field. One of the most numerous COM
plants made by supporters of ath-
letics at the Cornhusker institution is
the lack of choice seats for foot ball
games, Reed says. 1t is the present plan
to erect the concrete stands. section by
section. until all OF the grand stand and
bleachers are of permanent material
The special committee appointed by the
athletic board to report on the selection
of new coach to succeed Jumbo Stehm
has held several meetings during the
week, but has succeeded in keeping the
results of its Investigations pretty much
of a Sc ret. The list of candidates for the
job in, reases daily and the board does
not intend to rush itself 1t is felt that
little more care taken now may save
lot of grief later on.
There is very little chance that any
action will be taken to select Stiehm's
nDfccessor before the first of the year.
HThe committee Is expected to complete
its investigations by that time and report
back to the board for final action.
Big Nine Wants Rutherford.
Affairs are slowly shaping so it is re-
garded as practically certain that Dick
Rutherford will be at the helm next year.
There - only one contingency which
would upset the dope and that is the
willingness of q more experienced man
to come to Nebraska at a comparatively
low figure. The board VIII still have its
hands tied in the matter Of offering
large salary to the director of athletics.
Rutherford is receiving numerous offers
to coach elsewhere. One Missouri Valley
conference school has offered him the
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year, and the same figure is held up
as an inducement by a Big Nine confer
ence member for Rutherford's services
in the capacity of assistant coach. I'm
dergraduate sentiment is still strong for
the retention OF Rutherford as head
coach.
Wrestling has developed into one of
the most popular sports at the university
perhaps due to the marvellous success
of Joe Stecher Coach Sylvester's initial
call for wrestlers this week brought out
a SQUAD of fifty the largest since the
mat game was revived at the university.
The Huskers romped off with the west
ern intercollegiate championship last year
and the two men who turned the trick
are in school again this season. They
are, Captain Dick Rutherford and Hugh
Otopoulik. They are with the squad. and
~ addition. Sylvester has bunch OF
very promising men from which to select
his team.
Track training will begin Immediately
after the Christmas holidays, according
to announcement OF Coach Reed. Reed
wants to complete all of the preliminary
instruction in the gymnasium, so that
when good weather comes. he can put
the squad to work in earnest.
Reed shows His Speed.
Manager Reed is having his first sched-
ule-making test result of the sudden
jump of Coach Steihm to Indiana, but
Reed is handling affairs with the hand
of a veteran. His negotiations with
Notre Dame, which landed game with
this powerful aggregation for Turkey
day menue was hailed with hearty ap-
probation. Reed has also turned a trcI
which should swell the Golfers of the
Nebraska treasury, for with such mem,
cries as the Notre Dame game, last fai
the greatest crowd in the history Of
Missouri Valley foot ball. can be canfl-
IDENTIFY looked for
Although not officially announced, the
Nebraska schedule is practically COM
plete except for one game The seven of
the eight games arranged for already are:
October Drake university at Lincoln.
October 14-Kansas Aggies at Lincoln.
October 4-Ames Angles at Lincoln.
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