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their pre-war basis. Much interesting information could be collected on the history of baseball at Nebraska, if time and space permitted.
TRACK ATHLETICS
Though contests within the University had been held in track events almost since the beginning, the late '80's and early '90's record some track meets with Doane College. The first meet with Kansas was in 1897 and resulted in a victory for Nebraska. After Dr. R. G. Clapp came to Nebraska in 1902, Nebraska began to develop track stars of the first magnitude, though, as the accompanying records show, even before that time there were many notable performances. Nebraska has been first among Missouri Valley colleges in the annual conference meet but two times since its organization in 1907, but has won sixty percent of her dual meets with Kansas. She has lost only three meets in twelve years of competition with Minnesota and has divided honors with Ames. Louis R. Anderson, Nebraska's greatest miler, was a member of the last Olympic team, which represented the United States at the Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden.
A comparison of the track records of 1896-97 with those today shows the development of the sport in the last twenty-five years.
CROSS COUNTRY
Cross country running was introduced by Dr. R. G. Clapp, and for six years after the competition of our first team in 1904, Nebraska was the Cornell of the West, winning four out of six championships in competition against Minnesota, Wisconsin, Chicago, Ohio, Ames, Iowa, and other middle western schools. Because of a lack of attention, cross country running has not flourished since 1910 and it was finally abandoned in 1915. Plans are now under way for a revival.
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