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1905 C. T. Borg 1913 L. R. Purdy
1906 Glen Mason 1914 Victor Halligan
1907 John Weller 1915 R. B. Rutherford
1908 J. B. Harvey 1916 H. H. Corey
1909 O. A. Beltzer 1917 Edson Shaw
1910 John Temple 1918 *Ernest Hubka
1911 S. V. Shonka 1919 Paul Dobson, Captain
1912 E. E. Frank Elect.
BASEBALL
Baseball is the oldest of Nebraska's sports. From the very beginning of the University, baseball contests were held between the various classes. An intercollegiate game with Doane in 1882 is the first outside contest recorded. Nebraska was victor by a decisive score, probably on account of the fact that Frederick Shepard now a judge of the district court a Lancaster County, had mastered the curve ball and had the opposing batsmen absolutely at his mercy.
A great many creditable teams have represented Nebraska. Especially during the late '90's and early 1900's did we have excellent baseball teams, some of whose stars were Eddie Gordon, J. R. Bender, J. M. Bell, George Fenton, Robert Carroll. The coming of Western League Baseball in 1905 brought a decline of interest. The baseball teams began to be controlled by university factions, and though they made extended trips to the East and South, baseball became a liability from the manager's point of view. No more than a handful a spectators would be on hand to witness an important battle. In 1911 the sport was abandoned.
Since that time, baseball has had several revivals but only a few games were played each season. Coach Stewart is now planning a real resurrection of baseball, to take place just as soon as conditions within the University return to *Roscoe Rhodes, Captain Elect for 1918, was killed in action in France.
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