Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-19
SIXTY Y-EIGHT MEN
ON ROLL OF HONOR
Officials at State Interscholastic
Basket Ball Tournament Choose
List of Star Players.
ATHLETICS BOOM AT THE UNI
ny JAMES E. LAWRENCE.

ny JAMES ". LAWRENCE.
LINCOLN, March 1S.-(Special )-SiNty-
eight Of the $50 high school athletes. who
participated in the Nebras.a a state High
school basket ball tournament here last
week. the largest ever held In the United
states, have been picked by officials for
the roll-of-honor, which takes the place
OF the All-state teams. which previous to
this year had been picked at the con-
olusion OF the championship series.
OF these sixty-eight honor basket bali
players, thirty-three were members OF
Glass A teams. twenty-five belonged to
Class h and thirteen to Class c.
Guy e. Reed. manager of athletics at
the University of Nebraska, who had
direct charge of the tournament, was
responsible for the honor roll. lie felt
the All-State teams did not afford the
players just recognition on account OF the
limited number which could he chosen.
Dick Rutherford, George Racely and
Ed Hugs. captain of the 1916 Husker
basket ball team, all OF whom officiated
in games throughout the tournament and
who had an opportunity to witness all
of the games, made UP the honor roll
lists. They took in consideration the
work of each man before finally passing
upon his name.
Beatrice Gets Four Men.
Beatrice leads all OF the teams with
four men on the roll-of-honor in the
Glass A division. of which the Queen
City boys were champions. Omaha got
three men. Lincoln but one, University
Place three. Crete two, Columbus two
and Geneva two.
In Class r, Minden Ted with three rep
I 80. ,N,Ns 4
with two
Following are the selections for the
honor roll:
CLASS A DIVISION.
Q Paynter Omaha (2) Patty. Omaha
90 Maxwell, Omaha; (D Ward. Beatrice
| 90 Shellenberg, Beatrice; (6) Eurrough,
Beatrice; ca Hubka, Beatrice; (S) Cyprea
Les Frundell Crete; QD Grieve, Central
! City, 40 Corr, South Side; uS) Nixon.
South Side; 90 schick. Hastings; d5)
/ yersity Place; 0O Marsh. University
| Place; as Howarth, West Point: dSl
Root, School of Agriculture; COD Moul
/ Fairmont; (2D c. Nelson. Gothenburg
(22l Larson, Gothenburg; (2S) Gillen. Sew
| ard; C2D Zillig. Seward (25) Bailey, He
bron; (26) G. Newman. Columbus; (2O r.
shelton; (29) Giispie. Osceola; 500 Ger
/ hart, Newman Grove; (3D Hohecek Will
Der Cs2) Martin, Geneva; (S3) Ashton,
CLASS B DIVISION.
/ O Anderson. Minden; (0 Carman, Min
den; t9 THOMPSON, Minden; "a Hollstein.
Arlington; ca Johnson. Arlington; Isl
Burner, stanton (9l Strayer, Bethany;
llO Carson, Fullerton; uD T.. Smith
and; tdSl Eidam; Fremont; uD Weber.
Friend; G0 Hartley. Harvard; C16J Kinds,
kenesanw; o. Mangan Kimball; uS
@ cosman 0Tn W sIdSeT Ss s5SseT sn9ssr E9w %
CLASS DIVISION.
smnap en- SpgXeGE HEX faS RaTennS DorInGd 4 WI Rard c
Bohle Humboldt; 5) Morris, Talma ge
() Hummel wahoo; 90 Verling In
stan2' taG% wSu.P @ Powell U Tdse wSite gr0s MocEG 81,
Seba. Dunbar; d2 Holmes, Dunbar; 1S)
Lacey, osmond.
Athletics Take spurt.
Athletics at the university took a squirt
during the week and preparation is being
made to take full advantage of the spring
weather during the coming week.
The track on the athletic field has
been repaired and a new surface of Gin
ders put in for the sprinters The tarack
squad will commence outdoor training in
earnest Monday, when the track will be
ready for use.
The university tennis courts have been
put into condition and Manager Reed
had force of men busy all week put
ting the base ball diamond i'm shape for
the opening OF the interdepartment games.
The Huskers expect TO cut a more
prominent figure in tennis this spring
with a large squad OF availables from
which TO pick teams. Tournaments will
be scheduled with at least three Mis-
souri, Valley schools.
Foot Ball Tuesday.
Assistant Coach "Dick" Rutherford will
get the foot ball men together next Tues
day for the first meeting OF spring prac-
tice. Rutherford has outlined stiff
course for the gridiron followers during
the spring session. and expects to do
more than merely condition the men. He
says that he has assurance that fifty
men will take part in the spring prac-
/ tice.
Manager Reed announced he had de-
cided to enter a team in the Woung Mems
Christian association indoor meet in
Omaha He has not picked the men he
well send TO the metropolis. but will take
along a big squad TO represent the Husk-
ers in the big meet.
Reed says that his track prospects are
improving each day and he expects the
Huskers 10 have the best squad the
Z school has had in wears