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The Lincoln Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • 11

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ELEVEN" THE LINCOLN DAILY STAR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 4918. No One But the Powerful Katrinka Could Every Draw a Crowd By NEBRASKA DRAFT Simply Trying: On a Pair of Gloves. (Conrright 1911. by Wheeler Inc.) the ieelm of Sport I 1 1 I- ri. K'J Edited By MCy" Sherman CALL ISJUHCELLED Nearly 6,000 Men, Supposed to Leave October 7 to 11, Temporarily Held.

Now Eligible to Apply for Induction in Any Branch of Service. tions and the benefits of football train. inar wiU be an aid to the military. L-1S BARRED which, after all, is the most import ant consideration In war times, may take the larger squad at least a week or more to get to going at top speed, but I am confident we shall have a strong team at Nebraska and that football will be a big. success ai YIEMf NIX Soldiers Sore on Ball Players Because of Tricks in Evading Service.

Nebraska and all over tne Scrimmage Combat Saturday. The Cornhuskers did not attempt scrimmarine durint- their Thursday The October draft call has been can celled on account of the Spanish in- afternoon drill. Coaches Kline, Schiss-ler and Healy were content to give their pupils a stiff workout in running signals. The plan to pit the varsity nralnst the freshmen in a Saturday afternoon combat of regulation periods has been revised by reason of the de cision to play freshmen on the varsity IDS PUT UNDER fFRESIl RULE 'Big Ten" Takes the Lead and M. V.

Conference Sure 1 to Follow Suit. College football In the middle west will measure up to old standards In this yar of 1911. Mollycoddle professors, heretofore the dominating Influence In college athletic, have been compelled by S. A. T.

C. regulation! to take a back Beat and the military wen, placed In authority as command. anlt of all the larger and most of the secondary institutions, will control the eligibility, altuatlon, which meana that the first-year students will be eligible i tor varsity teams and that the quality of western football will equal that of former sasons. tThe handwriting loomed up on the fwall from the moment that Colonel Heese, executive head of the S. A.

T. organisation at Washington, after n' ierles of conferences with U. Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, rulea that the S. A. T.

C. was In raver of college athletlca under provls'ons 1 whfch would permit every student-1 soldier" to participate In sports ana partaki of the benefits of athletio I training and competition. Chancellor fallings Of the Unverslty of Nebras-i ka endeavored a month ot more ago to tonVlnoe the heads of Miasourt Va ley eonfsrenc echools that the rule should be suspended i during the war, but old fogey Ideal titf nreVallea In Valley circles and the fluenxa prevailing at the different camps. Atelegram from Provost Marshal Crowder announcing this decision has been received at stats draft headquarters and the order is being sent out today to local draft boards hv Tapt Andtn-son, state provost marshal. Nearly six hundred Nebraskans were under orders to entrain for military service between October 7 and 11.

The men were to go to Camps Pike, Fun-ston. Dodge and Cody. The state oall was for 5.945 selects. I-ancaater county was to furnish 165 registrants. The quota of the two city boards was approximately I0O.

Notices were being prepared Friday announcing that tha call had been cancelled. The registrants will receive official notification within a few days. Secretary Rudga of Local Board No. 1 said that cancellation ot the call menns that reglstranta who had been selected to fill tha quotas were now eligible to apply for induction to any branch of the service which Is open to draft registrants. tram.

Instead, the coaches will pica first and second teams, pitting on against the other in a stiff scrimmage which may last upwards of an hour. Every player on the squad will get a workout and the coaches figure on oeing able to get a line on the capabilities of every Hueker athlete as a prelude to reorganising the varsity lineup for Monday, when the week ot reparation is to be Inaugurate for the Iowa game, dated for the foljow-ing Saturday. The determination to use the freshmen on the varsity team puts ths game at Nebraska on a sound imsls and the university administration, the athletic department authorities, the coaches and the student-players are elated over the booming football outlook in the Cornhusker camp. John J. McGraw, manager of the New Tork Giants, will not take two tall-star team to France for tha purpose ot entertaining our soldiers.

There's a reason. The soldiers don't want th all-star teams. Johnny Kvers, who ranks with Eddie Collins as tha greatest second baseman ot all time, and now baseball director for tha Knights of Columbus behind the battle lines, tells the whys and where fores in a letter to Hughie Fullerton, and it's easy to pick Hughie' pooketa. Hark to what Johnny says: "Everything Is going tine and Ira getting together a team to tour through all the camps and bose hospitals back of the fighting front We expect to have 'he players assigned to us by Oen. Pershing and begin tha tour about th middle of September.

The team as now planned will be made up of Hank Qowdy of Boston and Bnker of Detroit, oatchers; Lambert of Cleveland, Sherred Bmlth of Brooklyn, Leon Cadore of Brooklyn. Willie Mitchell of S1H SELECTED Sporting Squibs Detroit, and maybe Jess Barnes of MODEM Knute K. Rockne, director of athletics and bead coach at Notre Dame university, baa spiked the yarn In th press dispatches In which It was announoed that Notre Dame would play but on big Interactional football game the latter with the Army team at West Point In a telegram to The Star, Director Rockn declares that Notre Dam will most certainly send Its team to Lincoln to col- Nebraska chancellor could make no Aurora Man Will Have Charge tangible headway In his efforts to pry oommonsense methods to wartime OR T.k.a Action. New York, pitchers; Mlllor of Philadelphia or Jack Miller of 8t Louis, first base; "yours truly, second base! Chuck Ward of Brooklyn, shortstop: Bates of Philadelphia Athletics, third base, and Menoskey, Rice, Ftash and Benny Kauff, it he gets here by that time, in th outfield. We will play pickup teams at th various enmps, travel tn automobiles and sleep in tents.

The outstanding opposition I found here among our soldiers to the world's champions or an all -star team coming over from the States was so pronounced that I sent McOraw a cable not to start. The men here are bitter against the players who are staying at home and hunting shipyard Jobs, and they are not particularly strong for Ty Cobb and Matty, to say of Campaign for Senator. ltde with the Cornhuskers Saturday, Oct 19. The 8 A. T.

commandant in charge at Notre Dam has given his o. k. to the Nebraska trip, as the Rockne squad can leave Notre Dame Friday Judge W. Lk Stark of Aurora has men. Only men of college soholastlo standing can drill with th student tha students have their Christmas) va-eatlon.

Blncaraly yours, carl c. rNBraa. army according to the latest ruling nothing of Percy Houghton, getting from tha distrio military inspector. Students of 8. A.

T. C. are requested to participate la chorus singing which will be part ot the schedule carried afternoon, reach Lincoln Saturday morn-inr, depart on an evening thaln and be back in Notre Dame early Sunday afternoon. Paul Echlssler, assistant coach of th Cornhosker squad, and Max Towle. x-Nebraska quarterback and now head coach at Nebraska Wesleyan, made th drlT Friday morning to Beatrice to serve as officials during the high school clash between eBatrlce and Falrburv.

Bchls-sler will then make a quick drive by auto and catch a late Friday evening train commissions as eras experts. HnHcnnii has got to he reorganized from top to October 7, because of the required In-noculatlons and medical re-examlna-tlons. Where olasses ar composed altogether of S. A. T.

C. men, this work will cause no confusion. In mlxd olasses, however, some confusion will arise. It is therefor very desirable that you arrange the work in ths sections In such a way that when these men enter, they may be able to take up the work without being seriously embarrassed. Th time lost will mad up by them while th rest ot out by th University.

hnltnm nr th mn.f a lKrt nfl He'ul 1 1 mi r. Fall Dais up Omaha Hat Factory nates might as well close up shop." Dean Rnoerg has issuea tn rouow-Inr to all officer of Instruction: The military authorities Inform me that it will be Impossible for B. A. T. ben by John H.

Morsheafl, dernorratlo nominee for United States senator, to net as chairman of Mr. nrnni campaign organization, which will work In conjunc tlon with the domooratlc state oom-mittao at Lincoln headquarters. One of the rooms at the Llndell hotel, whpre the slate commute Is quartered has been turned over to Morehead, p-- Judge Stark will be there nest week. C. Q.

DeFrance has been getting things started In behalf of th senatorial candidate, and two or three stenographers are now busy sending out letters and campaign matter, Mr. Morehead Is spending the last two days th's week holding meetings in western Nebraska. As the state liberty loan drive wfll be on next week, Mr, Morehead will give It his assistance. He has placed himself In the hands of T. C.

Byrnes state chairman for the liberty loan canvass, and will devote as much time thereto as may be asked of him. Western Pacers Go at Dizzy Clip in 1-2-S-4 Ohl St. Recent developments Justify tne claim the Nebraska chancellor was on the right track. Delegates representing the "Big Ten" conference sohools assembled in Chicago Thurs-day and voteA to surrender the con-1 trol of college Sports to the B. A.

T. C. commandant during the war. The "Big Ten" decision, In effect, means the suspension of the antl-freshman i rule. Colonel eese has decreed that students should not be barred from atjiletlcs and the commandants, suit naturally, will put the skids under the old eligibility rule and lower the bars to first-year athletes.

Blmrlar action Is quite cer-' tain In ths Valley centers' ence. Thuvsttay night's press dls-patohes Columbia, President A. Ross Hill of the University of Missouri had called a special meeting of the con-, ference governing boards for Baturday right, Sept in Kansas City. Chan-! cellor Hastings will represent Ne-I braaka at 4Jia Kansas City session, whloh Is expected to fail Into line with the decision of the "Big Ten." Huskers te Play Freehmerx I Meantime, the coaching start at Nebraska la preparing to shift the Corn-i busker freshman players of the var-i aitr sauad. beginning Friday after C.

students to join classes of Instnto- tlon, much if any before Monday, Races at Columbus Thrift Will Wh 1 lor lowa city, where he will scout tn Hawkeyes in their Bntnrdiv engagement with th Great Lakes Jacklea. Max Towle's Weeleyan pupils and Ben Beck's Red and Black team Dm Lincoln high school will collide Saturday afternoon In a practice bout on th Wesleyan field in University Place. Towla has thirty players on his M'ethodlat squad, but has bumped into a discouraging Incident by the loss of Halfback Davis, who broke his collar bone during the Wednesday workout on Wesleyan field. The athletio department as Wesleyan is mapping out a schedule of games and already has contracted to pit the Methodists against three Nebraska college teams. Driver Billy Stunts of Lincoln cor-rectpd an inaccuracy In Friday's story In The Star with reference to the transfer of The Triumph, O.

Bohanan'S crack frotter, to th "Pod" Gears stables. According to Stents, Driver Johnson, who piloted The Triumph to victory in last week's free-for-all trot at Hutchinson, is a white man. One of the well known drivers, named Johnson, on the Kansas circuit is a oolored man, which accounted for the Friday statement in The Btar. The athletic authorities at the Univer Edw'n Morehead. the ex-governor's son, who Is now in the army, passed through Falls City a few days afO enroute for an Atlnntlo port where he will embark with his organization for coon, and get busy on the Job of turn-In out a varsity eleven that should 1 France.

COLUMBUS, Bept. western horses. Verle Patchen and Lllllon T. won the Thursday races In the Urend Circuit, the former taking The Arch City stake, nurse for MO pacers, and the latter winning the t-M race. Both vloterles were straight heat affatrs but tha competition was good enough to make the favorites step close to their records In front While Verlle Patch paced in 1:08 In the middle heat By traveling to the half-mil pole in a minute flat In th third heat, th winner showed that sh was still fit to carry her extreme speed.

Continuing to th thr-qtiarter pole at a near two-mile apeed, she killed oft her pursuers and came horn almost a Jo In Baxter Lou finished a good second In each heat of the 2:03 race. He lost th first heat only by a neck. The 111 clnss trot was the oecatlon for a battle. There were three different heat winners. Dell Jolla looked like an easy first choice after her two miles in front, but she faded away In the stretch thereafter until the fifth heat, when sh cam on and won the race In Bell Alcantara, first choice tn th betting to win the 1:03 oace, did not dlsapolnt, wlnnlnr every heat The bst winning time was Tlfoe War APPLICATIONS FOR be capable Of playing old Cornhusker football tha sort ot football whion baa been winning so many conference championships In the Valley circle.

This decision was prompted by the receipt of a telegram from Head Coach Jones ot Iowa university, who wired Head Coach Kline late Thursday night that the Hawkeyes would use fresh-i. man players in the Iowa.Nebraska c-iuna scheduled for Saturday. Oct. S. A.

T. C. CLOSE sity of Pennsylvania have ruled that the B. A. T.

C. will have control of nil enorta on Nebraska field. Simultaneously, MONDAY NIGHT School Work Delayed Week TODAY IN RING ANNALS. I the chairman of the athletlfl board at Kansas Agricultural college at Man- hattan, who had previously declared that the Kansas Aggie authorities were opposed to the suspension of the anti-freshman rule, flashed a message to Dr. Wolcott, faculty member of the Nebraska athletio board, asking that the Nebraska authorities give their approval to the participation ot Aggie freshmen la a game with Baker university, dated for Saturday at hattan.

This sudden shift by the gle authorities means that the Valley With Innovations Completed. Men between the ages of 16 to 75 years educate yourself to be thrifty. Orders have been issued for every man to save $10 oh his next Suit and Overcoat. With some men it's just "orders" with others it's the Monroe Clothes buying plan, whereby any man can save $10 on a New Suit or O'Coat Regardless of the amount you wish to pay for your new Winter Suit or Overcoat, you'll get a better value for that sum at The Monroe. Our low rent and volume of buying power enables us to give you values are beyond comparison.

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T. must all be In the registrar's office at the state university bsfore Monday In order that examinations can be computed bfor Kid McCoys Last Big Battle. Fourteen years ago today, September 27, 1904, Kid McCoy defeated Jack (Twin) Sullivan In twenty rounds at Los Angeles. This was th last big battle In the ring history of the clever llooelef who so long defended the middleweight title Bgalnst all comers. Twice since then the Kid has pulled "come-back" stunts, and has been very successful In defeating second raters.

McCoy thought Sullivan would be easy, but th veteran "Twin" gav him a surprise party. Many of the spectators thought 8ulllvan earned a draw, and only McCoy's superior genernlahlp and cleverness saved him from defeat. night. High school students will not be permitted to drill with the 8. A.

T. C. conference will cease to oppose tne suspension -of the freshman rule. Nebraska, Drake and Washington universities have been in favor of suspension, the addition to "ansae Agricultural college gives the advocates ot abrogation a clear majority of the conference. Elation in Hueker Circle.

until after the war. On thin basis, freshmen and first-year students have beer) made eligible for the Quakers' varsity football team. Sweet Aubrey, winner of the 1:15 trot at the Nebraska Stat fair races in Lincoln, nulled a leg tendon during a rsc at Bloux City, last week, sustaining an Injury which nrobshlv will end th mare's racing career. Sweet Aubrev was the property of Dr. C.

C. Hall, an Omaha veterinarian. Sh had trotted a mil 1-4 on a half-mile erack earlv In September at Des Moines and was priced at 15.000 by her owner. Leon Cadore, the Robins' pitcher who entered the army as a private at th close of th 1917 season and who received a commission a second lieutenant, has Just been promoted to the rank of first lieutenant. He Is now at a cantonment In Georgia and is getting ready to go overseas.

AI Thompson, former Cincinnati lightweight boxer, Is a gunnery sergeant with the marines and has been made boxing Instructor at the Paris Island training station of the "Devil Dogs." Thompson has made a great hit with his officers, as well as with the men he Is Instructing, because of his original ideas In th matter of giving his instructions In the manly art." He Is training the men so that they will eventually use what knowledge they gain In beating tha Qermsns. Ono of Sttrgeant Thompson's favorite stunts to stimulate th Interest of the men Is to array two lines of marines, chosen at random, back to back, then order them to "about face" and start fighting. The Idea Is that each man must start at once to swap punches with the one who stood directly back of him In the original formation of the lines. If a small front rank man irtilrls about and finds himself face to face with a six-footer, who outweighs him fifty pounds, he must engage him Just the same, snd the uncertainties of the game keeps every man on edge. It's a great game, and the Germans are learning that the marines are the boys who will fight anything and lick sen times their number.

The action of the "Big Ten," the telegrams from the Iowa coach and the Kansas Aggie chairman and the issuance of the call for the Kansas French Army Adopts America's Game. City meeting inspired elation in Corn-busker athletio circles. "There can be nothing to it but a suspension of the anti-freshman rule." 14ARLCT 2H IN. DEVON 2H IN. Men's Suits Overcoats for All Sizes and Ages ARROW said Head Coach Kline Friday morning, land that means we shall have a stronf team at Nebraska, The varsity squad was below normal, both in numbers and quality, but we can nil all the varsity gaps by selecting a COLLARS ciurrr, wooy a inc.

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