Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-05-21
CORNHUSKERS SET
FOR VALLEY TILT
Nebraska cinder Path Athletes
Have Even Chance to Win
Championship.
TENNIS MEN ARE FAvoRIrEs
By JAMES E. LAWRENCE.

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LINCOLN, May 90 (Special)-
Nebraska's best track squad since
1911 will enter the Missouri aVlley
conference meet at Columbia, Mo-,
with chances Of winning a champions
ship. The big meet Of Missouri VAL
ley schools will be held May 20 and
~, the preliminaries coming on Fri
day, with tic finals Saturday after
noon
Reed is more hopeful than he has
been Of the Huskers making a splen-
I did showing. His first year men are
/ showing up splcndidly and have not
been handicapped by lack Of expert
cnec nearly so seriously as he had
anticipated
Fourteen schools have sent entries
for the Missouri Valley meet. max
\ ing il the largest IN the history Of
4 the conference The entries came
from Simpson college, the Oklahoma
Aggies, kimball college. Fairmont
college, Grinnell Nebraska Wesleyan.
Tarkio, Central college, the Uniyef
Sity OF Kansas, the University OF Mis-
souri,, the Kansas Aggies, Drake.
! Amcs, Washington university and the
| University OF Nebraska
Reed had practically decided upon
the team which he will take TO Coz
lumbia II will include Captain Scott,
! Irwin Wiley and Owen for The
sprints; Oyerman, Grau and aBtcs for
| the distance runs. Wiley and O'Brien
for the jumps and hurdles, Spohn for
distance runs, Corey and Shaw for
the weights.
Hoyt Stumbling Block.
lIoyt, Of GrinnelI. is the chief
stumbling block in the path OF the
Iornhuskcrs, Reed believes The
Grinnell Splinter is one Of the best
IN the country and viii certainly grab
some Of the points Nebraska might
otherwise have landed. Reed feels
fairly confident Of picking some 81
the places ID the 100 go and 440-
yard dashcs the broad jump, the
weights and the half.miic relay. Kan
sas, Amos and Missouri are all strong
but are likely 10 hurt each other in
the meet, leaging the path clear for
q fourth school 10 jump ~ and grab
the pie.
The Cornhusker squad will leave
Lincoln Thursday afternoon, going
direct 10 Columbia
a. the same time The annual track
and field meet is being held az Co
lumbia, the faculty representatives Of
the different schools in the confer
cnce will also hold the annual meet
ing 10 decide rules and regulations
I ts. IL a. h. L..
the coming year Prof Barber, presi-
dent OF the Nebraska Athletic board
will represent the Huskcr institution
at the meet There IS very little TO
be done at the business session.
Favorites at Tennis.
AT the same time the HusIsers are
attempting to grab championship IN
track, Nebraska will also have tennis
players at Des Moines for the an
nua Missouri Valley Tennis tourna.
ment The Huskers will be repre-
sented in the doubles by Captain
Chatt and Ellis, and by Ellis and
Gardner in the singles. The chances
favor the Huskers Tor the champion
ship, Nebraska having already met
and defeated all Missouri Valley
teams this year The two Washing
ton cracks who won the champion
ship last year are not in school this
year Nebraska was the runner-up
in the tennis tournament last spring.
Assistant Coach Dick Rutherford
wound up the spring foot ball prac-
tice al the university This week. The
spring squad has averaged forty, and
from interest shown, Rutherford be-
lieves he will have one of the best
squads next fall Of recent years.