Big Nine rejects Nebraska and Notre Dame
Omaha Bee | Sunday, Nov. 29, 1903
GOSSIP FROM THE GRIDIRONNebraska is Again Denied Admittance to the Big Nine ConferenceMerit of the Cornhuskers admittedUnquestioned Worth of the Team Proved by its aunbroken string of Victories for Two Consecutive SeasonsAt the meeting of the faculty repre
sentatives of the "big nine" colleges, held
at Chicago on Friday, the main topic for
consideration was Superintendent Cooley'
communication regarding high school ath
letics, and a discussion of th application
of Nebraska and Notre Dame for admis
sion to the conference. The application
of both colleges were refused. Nebraska's
for the second time, on the ground pre
viously taken in 1899 and last spring, that
admission of additional universities would
make the conference unwieldly and that It
should stick to the original number, leav
ing other colleges to form similar groups
or associations.
The members of the conference stated
explicitly that the matter was not decided
on the basis of merit of either applicant,
that queetion not being brought up at all.
Reviewing the action of the board at this
time It seems that If Nebraska had been
tho only bidder for a place on the "big
nine" It would have stood a better chance
of securing admission. R. G. Clapp, physi
cal director at Nebraska, says there has
been some talk of forming another group
to be composed of Nebraska, Colorado,
Missouri, and Kansas and some other
states, but even If this were done It la
doubtful whether Nebraska .will Join, as It
Is still hoped to secure admission to the
"big nine" at some future date.
A review of the work of the Nebraska
eleven during the past two years, makes
it certain that Nebraska has earned a
place if ever that place was earned by
any team on Its individual merit, and the
refusal of the "big nine" to give the Corn-
huskers a place is 'rather arbltrsry and
shabby treatment.
The record of the Nebraska team for
the past season has been a series of vic
tories, as shown by the following:
Nebraska M Grand Island 0
Nebraska 23 South Dakota ....... 0
Nebraska 10 Denver 0
Nebraska 11 Haskell 0
Nebraska 31 Colorado 0
Nebraska ...17 Iowa 6
Nebraska S3 Knox , 5
Nebraska 6 Kansas 0
Nebraska 53 Kellevue 0
Nebraska 16 Illinois 0
Totals 2CS Totals 11
In two seasons Nebrasks has been scored
on but twice, the, total of points regis
tered against the Cornhuskers being but
11. No other team In existence can point
to such a .record. "Big nine" teams that
have bowed to the Cornhuskers Include
Minnesota, Iowa, Northwestern, Illinois
and Knox.