Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-12
GALL GOES OUT FOR
SPRING GRID WORK
All Candidates for Foot Ball Eleven
Ordered to Report for Practice
After Easter Vacation.
THREE FINDS DISCOVERED
nv JAMEs y. LAWRENCE.

ny JAMES r.. LAWRENCE.
LINCOLN, March 1t Special. DIR +.
J. Stewart the new athletic director of
the University of Nebraska, on the oc-
CASTOR of his first visit to the school
where he will have charge of all branches
Of sport. left very favorable impress
sion. The new coach succeeded in making
himself solid with the undergraduate
body and with the Lincoln business men
he met at the banquet rendered him.
Coach Stewart took opportunity TO out
line the work for the coming spring.
which will be under the direct super
vision Of Assistant Athletic Director Dick
Rutherford. Stewards instructions dealt
mostly with the spring foot ball prac-
tice. which will be started at .ebraska
in two weeks, or directly following the
spring vacation.
Rutherford expects TO have the largest
squad in the history of Nebraska foot
ball, and reporting regularly during the
spring practice. With the coming Of
new regime in charge of the athletic
department, It means that every MEM
Der of the foot ball team. including Cap
tain Corey, must win his place on the
eleven over again, and the veterans will
have no cinch on their jobs.
Keener competition than i'm some sea-
sons is sure to result from the change
in coaches. At the same time, Man
ager Reed reports three finds" among
the freshmen players last year. who did
not continue training during the sea-
son because of sickness.
hT' ere are three men who will be
eligible for the team this year" said
Reed "who are the best prospective
linesmen we have had at the university
in years. All three had to stop training
before the season fairly started and they
ear unknown. but take my word for It
they will be heard from.
There Is every reason TO believe that
with the material on hand. the 1917 Hus-
kers will present the greatest line and
( backfield we ever had.
No Change in style.
Coach Stewart was very much encour-
aged with what he saw at the university.
He was particularly impressed with the
foot ball team, and while admitting 1t
would be hard job to duplicate the re-
lnarkable successes of the last fewIyears,
he believed the material is on hand TO
develop a whale of a team.
While here, DIR. Stewart and Rutherford
were in close consultation over the styl,
next season. Foot ball on the Pacific
coast and in the Missouri valley differs
widely, the westerners using a more opei
style of formation in advancing the ball
1t is not likely, however, that there viii
be any, radical change in the NebrasH;
offensive play.
NIanager Reed believes the high schoo
basket ball tournament. which closes to
night, win come closer to paying out thai
ever before, and reimbursing all Of nh
teams for their expenses The certaint,
of n packed house tonight in the bi
auditorium, which will accommodate clos
to 1900 people, -inakes iteseem sure tina
all travelling expenses Gamble met.
There has not been a single futerruptio
or disagreeable incident in connectio
with the tournament all week. BY de
voting the entire four days to 1t TN
teams have been given more rest thaI
ever before. and an improySd quality o
basket ball has resulted
One thiRe that the tournament has a.
complished is to uncover some real star
for theS nRirersity and 10 put over "a
students in cisae touch with the uni
versity. $50 49,
Track squad at Work.
Wrestling and track will occupy tn
boards az the university during the mex
few weeks. The weather has moderate
sufficiently to permit Reed to take HI
\ track squad out on the cinder path. bu
Draining will not start in earnest unit
after the spring holidays. Reed is prett
much puzzled to figure out just wheI
he stands in track The return of VILE
to the fold unquestionably adds strengt
to his squad by giving Nebraska a sta
in those departments where the Huskel
have always been weak There are
number of other good men. but all al
untried. and whether they can stand u
to the strain of the Missouri Valley col
ference meet is another question.
The track season will open with a hon
meet between the different classes. whel
Reed expects to get line on his mi
terial. and will be followed with du
meets with Ames, Kansas. Minnesot
the Missouri Valley conference meet al
the Western Collegiate meet in Chical
in June.
Ncbraska's wrestling team. includir
practically all veterans. with Otopoul
and Rutherford, has evidently scared q
Corners The meet with Iowa is the on
engagement the Huskers have been alb
to secure, but DIR. Clapp plans TO Sci
his men into the western intercollegia
wrestling tournament, where Nebrasl
cleaned up In splendid shape last yea
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