Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-09
DATES CHOSEN FOR
STATE FLOOR MEET
Manager Guy Reed Announces
Sixth Annual Basket Ball Tour
ney Will Be Held in March.
-AYHAwK AND HUsKER TO MIX
nv JAMES Il. LAWRENCE.

ny JAMES II. LAWRENCE.
LINCOLN. Jan. S-(special athletic
Manager Guy L. Reed of the University
OF Nebraska has already started the ball
to rolling for the sixth annual basket
ball tournament Of Nebraska high schools
the biggest interscholastc event in the
United States. The tournament will be
held March s to II.
Although the basket bail season has
but started Reed determined TO start
early this year to secure the biggest
tournament which has ever been held
under the auspices Of the Husker insti-
tuition.
This is the letter which he mailed out
to all Nebraska high schools this week
as preliminary notice of the tourna-
ment:
The annual basket ball tournament
Of Nebraska high schools will be held
under the auspices Of the University OF
Nebraska March to Il. This is an in
vitation TO your high school to be
competitor.
This tournament has been the largest
I'm America i'm the last few years. II is
a rare treat for the boys to compete in
n tournament Of such magnitude. They
are able to see the best sort of basket
ball They are thus given an opportunity
to meet the other boys of the state. They
are also privileged to see the university
or other institutions of higher learning
in this city.
This year the teams will be divided
into three classes, based on the seasons
record. the size of the town of the high
school and tournament experience. rms
plan enables the boys to go through the
entire tournament without over-eXeruon.
A physician will be on the floor all the
time and a doctors examination must
be had before teams will be permitted
TO compete. This is necessary In order
that no athlete may he injured by poor
condition.
The receipts of the tournament are
pro-rated among the competing teams
| according to distance Travelled, on a basis
of six men per team. For the last two
years about four-fifths Of the railroad
fare has been distributed.
"You will find a card enclosed. II you
are interested mail this at once and de-
tailed information and entry blanks will
| be sent to you
Reeds letter indicates several new con-
ditions will be attached to the tournament
this year. The consolation tournament
which has been conducted along with the
championship series, will be entirely
eliminated, and the common complaint
heard last year will thus be avoided. 1t
was charged that some OF the athletes
participated so often as to injure their
health.
Seventy Nebraska high schools, the
largest number ever participating in a
basket bali tournament, were represented
last spring with more than 800 athletes
and several hundred high school students
in attendance. The finals will be played
in the city Auditorium the same as last
year where a much larger crowd can be
accommodated than at the university gym
nasium. The customary prizes VIII be ar
ranged for, and Reed believes practically
all expenses Of the competing teams can
be paid from the tournament.
Jnyhawk After Revenge.
Athletics at the state university are still
in the background as a result of the
coaching difficulties which have beset
Nebraska The basket ball season was
inaugurated last night against Tarkio,
but Missouri Valley games come next Fri
day and Saturday, when the Kansas
Jayhawkers will attempt to even up on
the Huskers. The Jayhawkers are reputed
to have veteran five and the Kansas
team last year was able to give Nebraska
a good drubbng. The Huskers squad this
season bears little resemb ence to the one
which made such a miserable showing
last year, however, and chances are that
Nebraska will repeat its success on the
gridiron.
Stiehm has arranged for sixteen games
for the Husker five. as follows:
January l4-l5, Kansas unworthy at Lin
coin.
January 21-22, Drake university at Lin
coin.
January 90. Nebraska alumni at Omaha
| February as. Ames Aggies at Lincoln.
February IS, Nebraska Wesleyan at Uni
VeTsty Place.
February 1924, Drake university at Des
Mones
February 25-26. Ames Aggies at Ames
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