Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-08
HUSKER BASKET
BALL team Wins
u VICTORIES
Close One Of Most Successful
Seasons In History of Uni
versity With But Two
Defeats Against 1t.

Lincoln, Neb., March 7.-(Spe-
cial.)-With = record of % victories
and two defeats, the Husker basket
bali team Saturday completed one
OF the most successful seasons in
the history OF the state university.
Besides winning better than 90
per cent of their games, the Husker
athletes were able to anass almost
twice the number~o points as their
opponents did for the season. The
Husker team made total of 1872
points for the season, while their
opponents made 405.
The Huskers record for the year
is no small matter, as the team
battled some Of the best basket fives
in the middle west. On the schedule
were Michigan Aggies. Notre Dame
and Indiana. The Hoosiers were
only one of this trio that was able
to humble the Huckers. Coach
Steihm's team took the first battle
by score of "a to 20, while the
Huskers came back the next night
and swamped The Hoosiers 3S to 12.
COLORADO Team Wins.
The only other team that was
able to register a victory over Ne
braska was the Colorado college ag-
gregation. The Tigers defeated Ne
braska Is to % on their own floor.
The Huskers, however, succeeded"in
drubbing the Tigers 81 to 2l on the
Colorado floor and gained two de-
cisive victories over them on the
Nebraska floor.
Nebraska played all of her games
at home. this year except those
played on a trip through Iowa, llli-
nois and Indiana and another
through Colorado. Most of the
Huskers' victories were by wide
margins while the only defeats suf-
fered were by close, scores.
An invitation extended to the Uni
versity of Chicago basket ball team
for two games here with the, Husk-
ers was ignored. The Maroons are
champions of the Big Ten confer
ence and Coach Schissler wished to
match his powerss with them. Val
pariso, whom Nebraska defeated de-
cisively in two games, held Chicago
to a very close victory on the same
floor that the Husl:ers played Val
paraiso.
Coach Schissler deserves much
credit for his handling of the Husk
err team. He worked a system of
three teams of almost equal powers
at the first half of the season. This
system was used to good advantage
and at the same time, all of the men
were given all opportunity to show
their ability.
Patty's Playing Feature.
Toward the middle of the season,
Schissler had found his first squad.
which proved to be one of the great
est Nebraska has ever had. Patty
as one of the forwards hung up all
enviable record on scoring for the
year. In several games, his scores
alone would have been sufficient to
defeat the opponents.
In Smith, diminutive forward,
Schissler found fighter and an ac-
curate goal shooter. Bekins at center
was outjumped by very few oppos-
ing centers. Resides this, he has
record of making an average Of
eight out of ten free throws.
Captain Schellenbcrg and Bailey,
who played the guard positions, were
fighters all the time. They kept many
clever forward from tallying
against the Huskers. Others on the
list of substitutes who deserve men
ton are Pickett and Russell, for
wards, Mum and Jungmeyer, CEN
tiers and Paynter and Newman
guards.
Schellenberg and Pickett are the
only men that Schissler will lose
this year. Their places will be well
filled from the list of substitutes
and from the freshman team. Among
the members of the freshman squad
who have been showing especial
ability are Munger, Hartley and
Dobcsh.
The results of the games are as