Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12
Huskers Start
Preparing for
Minor Sports
Policy of athletics for Every.
one and Everyone for Ath-
letics" Adopted-Includes
Wrestling and Golf.

Lincoln. Neb., Dec. 1l.-(Spccial.) }
Athletics for everyone and
everyone for athletics" is the pol
icy WHICH DR.. Fred w. Luehring,
athletic director at Nebraska uni
versity, intends to follow. With the
heat of busy foot bali season over,
DR.. Luehring has settled down to
the business of preparing for minor
sports.
Probably Is varsity men and rs
freshmen are working out for places
on the basket ball teams. Coach
Schissler's quintet is getting ready
for four practice scrimmage games
with Cotner and Wesleyan teams
the first part of next week.
In practice the other night, a
quintet composed of Patty and De.
besh, forwards; Jungmeyer, center;
Munger and Mum, guards, won by
close margin over another team.
composed of Smith and Haverly,
forwards; Warren. center, and Cap
tain Bailey aand Newman. guards.
Wrestling Squad Starts Work.
All men interested in wrestling
started work in the gymnasium
about week ago. About Is men
reported to DR.. R. 6. Clapp for
work on the mat. The wrestling
team lost the services of Captain
Troendley and Captain-elect NAL
com Smith this year and DR.. Clapp
is having some difficulty in finding
men for the 158-pound and 1885,
pound classes.
The Nebraska grapplers have al
ready arranged for dual meets with
Oklahoma A. & Nj, and Ames and
will probably enter the Western In
tercollegiate meet.
While this work is going on,
Coach Schultz is drilling his men
daily in track work. Although handi-
capped by the lack of an indoor
track, the Cornhusker mentor and his
men are taking daily workouts.
Coach Schultz intends to enter a
team in most of the important indoor
meets within range of Nebraska this
winter. Floyd Wright, star hurdler;
Fred Dale, weight man, and Kretz-
Ter, distapce runner, are among the
most promising athletes held over
from last year. t.-.
To Organize Swimming Team.
Not content with following the
ordinary sports, DR.. Luehring is
making preparations for activities in
swimming, tennis and golf for the
winter ami spring.
If possible, the Corhusker school
will be represented by squad Of
swimmers in dual meets with the
Omaha Athletic club and in other
water affairs this winter. To date,
the only work along this line is a
swimming class under the direction
of Frank Adkins at the Lincoln Y
NJ. c. A. .
Tennis is an especial hobby OF the
Nebraska athletic director and in ad-
dition it is the hobby of a. majority
of university students. Plans for
the completion of work on twenty
odd tennis courts as soon as weather
permits are under way.
Interclass tennis tournaments
may open the net season next spring
Then, if it is possible, Nebraska
tennis team will be formed which
will battle other. teams in the Mis-
,souri Valley conference.
Golf, a sport popular in college
circles in the east and middle-west,
will probably be introduced at the
Cornhusker school in the spring
Numerous students have expressed
a desire to take part in golf competi-
ton. ...
Huskers Plan Golf Program.
There is possibility that Ne
braska will take the lead in intro
ducing golf into the Missouri Vail
ley schools by inviting other teams
to Lincoln for a tournament next
spring. If golf becomes a regular
sport at Nebraska, il will inevi-
tably call for the construction of a
university golf course.
University women are taking their
winter exercise at hockey this
month. The girls play on the
athletic field now, but if it is possible
part of the new campus will be
flooded so that students can play
ice hockey.