Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-10
UNI OF NEBRASKA
HAS HIGH HOPES
Foot Ball Coach Beams as He
Views the Brightest Pros
poets in Years.
FRAME A NEW SCHEDULE
By JAMES E. LAWRENCE.

letic Manager Guy f. Reed With
the brightest prospects for great
eleven DR.. Stewart is intent upon
framing a schedule which will bring
the Huskers against some OF the bes,
elcvens in the United States.
Three Of the games which the
Huskers will have in 1917 are already
assured--Kansas, Ames and Iowa
The Huskers will have to meet both
Kansas ard Ames away from home
the Jayhaw,:ers at Lawrence and the
Aggies at Ames. Iowa comes to
Lincoln for the annual battle and il
is extremely likely that the Hawkeye
date will be advanced to earlier in
the season. The Kansas Aggies
with the best record in their history
to back up their claims, are insistent
that the Huskers go to Manhattan
for the game next fall.
DR.. Stewart and Manager Reed
feel there is a certain amount of jus
tice in the claim of the Aggies, but
owing to the arrangement of the Ne
braska schedule for next fall cannot
agree to play off OF the Nebraska
field. Providing theN Aggies will moi
yield, then the Nebraska-Iowa battle
will probably be advanced.
No Michigan Game.
DR.. Stewart had his irons out for
a game with Michigan and the pins
were apparently set for a successful
series Of negotiations, when some.
thing interviewed and it is now all off
The student body and faculty OF the
Wolverine institution are strong fol
western games, but those in contro
Of affairs apparently view the inter
sectional clashes with the east o.
more Importance.
With the Michigan deal off, DR.
Stewart is now devoting his efforts
in closing with another western
school which has made an enviabls
record in foot ball and the chances
are that this date will be CLOSED
within the next week.
While nothing has been given gu
officially, 1t is regarded as PRACTICAL,
certain that Notre Dame and Ne
braska will clash next fall orthe grid
iron, Thanksgiving day the probable
date. Coach Jess Harper is tremen
dously popular with the Lincoln foo
ball enthusiasts and there is desir,
to continue athletic relations witt
the South Bend institution. Harper
on the other hand, has found the Ne
braska game a very profitable en-
gagement and is delighted with TIL
craftsmanship OF the Husker fans
At present there is nothing in the al
which will interfere with anothe
Turkey day battle between the tw'
elcvens.
Nebraska will open the season
again next year with Drake, a Mis-
souri, Valley conference member. Tn
remainder Of the dates are yet to b
filled.
Financial Foot Ball.
Foot ball receipts have not bee
computed by Manager Reed. MI
Reed announced that while he ha
not completed his report on tn
season, ! was confident the receipt
would run as high as in 1915, and
snug balance be left to tide over tn
other college athletics which are no
on paying basis.
Basket ball practice has alread
started, and DR., Stewart, who on tn
coast was recognized as maste
basket ball coach, will take charge G
the squad. Although there is lac
OF veteran material, DR.. Stewart ha
an exceptional array OF new materl;
to work witt. in developing his nv
and is hopeful of putting the Husker
out in front again in basket ball atte
the reverses OF the last two season
Play in Omaha.
The undergraduate body is show
ing considerable interest in the q:
mand of Omaha alumni that one
the biz foot ball games be staged
Omaha next fall. There is a belle
that the Missouri Valley conferene
will not reverse its ruling that a
games must be played on the HON
campuses, 49,,
As matter of history Nebraska ha
very little say in promulgating tn
rule that all games should be playe
on the home campus OF one OF tn
two elevens. The universities OF kar
sas and Missouri were largely respor
sible for its passage and they fee
just as kcenly about it now as the
| did then. 1872.
i Alumni OF the two institutions Ii,
ing in Kansas City put up hard high
to have the annual Kansas Missou
game played in Kansas City, but Mar
ager Hamilton OF the JayhawkerS an
the Missouri authorities opposed
The game as staked at Lawrence an
Columbia has turned out to be bi
drawing gard and the two schoo
are anxious to keep the rule in ettet
to ward off any further agitation frol
the Kansas City alumni, To repo'
any question as to the meaning
home campus" the conference of
Gals amended the rule to provide II
game should be played on the grounc
located at the administrative offices I
the university,
A Hard Job.
In order to secure a game for Om
/ ha the alumni will have to secure Il
sonsent OF the Kansas and Nilsson
/ authorities and under present cond
ton that is admittedly a hard 10
: As a result of conference betwet
DR.. Stewart and Coach Brewer
Missouri at the conference meeting
Manhattan today it leaked out tn
the Tigers and Huskers are likely
! meet on the gridiron next fall. Mi
: sour has taken high rank in the co
!, ference by reason of its defeat
n Kansas after the Jayhawkers HI
: humbled the Huskers and it was IL
: that a game between the two schoo