SPORTS NEBRASKA LOSES 'MASTER COACH' Jumbo Stiehm Will Step Down to Take Directorship at Indiana University. Husker Authorities Pondered Three Days, But Failed to Make Up Their Minds. The athletic authorities at the University of Nebraska must go into the market in quest of a new director of athletics and head football conch. Ewald 0. (*Jumbo") Stiehm today gave formal notice to the Nebraska authorities that he would part company with the Cornhuskers at the end of the present school year to necept the athletic directorship of the Untversity of Indiana at Bloomington. Stiehm's salary at Indiana will be $4,500 per year, the offer from the Hooslerg specifying a three contract. His salary at Nebraska was $3,500 per year, The loss Stiehm at Nebraska is the result of negotiations inaugurated nearly two weeks ago by the athletic authorities the Hoosier school. George M. Cook of Indianapolis, president of the Indiana athletic; board, sent a special delivery letter to Stiehm asking the Nebraska director to come to Chicago for a conference. The coach of the Cornhuskers was not in Lincoln when the letter came and could not fill the date suggested by the Indianapolis man. Mr. Cook then asked Stiehm to visit Indianapolis at his earliest convenience and Stiehm made the trip to the Hoosler capital last Sunday, following the recent MiNsouri valley conference meeting at St. Louis. The full membership of the Indiana university board was present and Stiehm was assured of a warm welcome at the Bloomington school 11 he could see fit to accept the Indiana proposition. Stiehm returned to Lincoln Monday night and notified Chancellor Avery and the faculty members of the Nebraska board that Indiana was bidding for his services. Had No Written Contract Stiehm'8 threee-year term at Nebraska had one more year to run un* der a gentlemen's agreement between himself and the athletic board. He gave notice that he would consider the agreement binding, unless the athletic board saw fit to absolve him from his verbal contract. A series 01 conferences between the chancellor and the faculty men on the board followed and tho latter yesterday passed a motion agreeing to waive the verbal agreement, while expressing a desire that Stiehm might remain at Nebraska. Board members were not disposed to take action toward increasing Stelhm's salary to meet the Indiana offer and the plan was proposed yesterday to call on alumni, supporters of university athletics and Lincoln busineds men to make up a bonus of $2,000 to I cover a period of three years. Stiehm did not up' to the proposition to look to the public for a portion of his salary, feeling that the athletic treasury 'at Nebraska was in such condition that the athletic board, rather than the public, should foot all expenses in connection with univeraity athletics. Faculty opposition to a salary increase cropped out to interfere with favorable action by the athletic board. Last night, Stiehm communicated with Chancellor Avery. asking the head of the university it any encouragement or assurance could be given, to. indicate that the Nebraska authorities wished to retain his, services on the basis of a higher salary. The chancellor, according to a statement by- Stiehm/ could give DO encouragement and the tall coach of the Cornhuskers then wired his terms to President Cook of the Indiana athletic board. Within two hours the reply was flashed over the wires affirm- Ing Stiehm's proposition, Master Coach of the West. In parting company with Jumbo Stiehm, the University of Nebraska loses the services of the "master football coach of the middle west." Jumbo learned his football at the University of Wisconsin, where he played the center position for the Badgers. Following his graduation, he was in charge of athletics at Fort Atkinson, Wis., high school for one year. The next year found him at Ripon college, where he coached his team into the championship of the secondary colleges in the Badger state. He came to Nebraska in 1911 and for five successive years his teams have won the football championship of the Missouri valley conference. During his five year term, the Cornhuskers have lost two games, tied three and won thirtyfive games. Not since 1912 have his proteges lost a single game. All the while the Cornhuskers have piled up 1,098 points against 167 pointa scored by Nebraska's opponents. His 1915 team led all the big teams of the east and middle west in average number of points per game, a distinction which entitled the Cornhuskers to the title of national champions. REULBACH STILL