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About The voice. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1946-195? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 27, 1949)
By Leo E. Geier “Being Up” Football fans have asked, “Why did Nebraska play such a good game against Minnesota and such a poor game against Penn State?” Last year the ques tion was, “Why did Nebraska, highly favored over Colorado, lose that game but play such good ball against Notre Dame?” Ask a coach and he’ll tell you, “We were up for that game” or, “We were way down for that game.” What is this thing they call “being up”? It’s what wins football games. It causes the up- j sets no one can figure out. It's that thing called “spirit.” While expert coaching and good material are all-important in building a winning football ! team, there is something else that makes the player give his, all for the game. The Cornhuskers were up for Minnesota. And as drills got ■ under way for the Oklahoma tilt, you could feel the static increase and you felt the team was going ! to be up for that game. It’s something intangible. It’s hard, to describe. It starts early in the 1 week, generating the “feel” that makes a player want to win. “Oklahoma! Oklahoma!” The men chanted it during the prac tice sessions. They were think ing about it. They felt it. The' feeling grew’ stronger as the week went on. By game time the men wanted to win that ! game more than they wanted to : live. (But, alas!) “The Missouri Bell" When the Cornhuskers meet Missouri, they will be battling j to bring home the coveted victory bell. The symbol of victory be tween the two schools is an old bell w’hieh never in its long his tory has changed hands without a struggle. The exact origin of the bell is still being debated. Reliable sources insists that the bell was stolen from a church in the 1890’s. Others say it was the mess bell for the men’s boarding houses on the campus and some say it is the bell that once hung in the tower 1 of old University hall, the first building erected on the Nebraska campus. One thing is certain. The bell was stolen. After its removal from its orig inal spot, the bell became the property of two rival fraternities on the campus. It was then that the bell became a symbol of great physical prowess. Bitter battles I raged between members of the i two groups for its possession. J In 1927 Henry F. Schulte, then i NU track coach, conceived the | idea of using the bell as a symbol of friendly rivalry between Mis- j souri and Nebraska. The Inno cents Society, senior men’s hon orary at Nebraska, took up the idea and the fraternities presented the bell to the two schools. On October 27, 1928, the bell was presented to Nebaraska for the first time. Since then the bell has been kept from year to year by the victor. At the base of the bell | is this legend—“Tigers, Huskers I who win or lose gloriously.” The First National Bank of Lincoln 10th St “O” St. Member F.D.I.C. Best Wishes on 1 our 3rd Anniversary VINE ST, MARKET 22nd and Vine 2-6583 • 2-6584 A1 Moses Lists Big 10 Events In Sports During The Year When questions come to us we don’t like the idea of by-passing any of them. From Toledo, O., reader John Sampson writes: Dear A1 Moses: I hope you’ll find time to name ! quickly ten outstanding incidents ! on your 1949 sports work .... Thanks so much fella, I read your columns and enjoy them. With no research material be fore us. Mr. Sampson here goes: 1. The announced ring retire ' ment of 35-year-old Joe Louis. 2. Ezzard Charles’ winning of the NBA (world title) boxing | crown and his continued success ful defense of same. 3. The appearance of Don New combe and Roy Campanella in the 1949 Baseball World Series, mark ing first time a Negro battery has done so. Three Negro players, Robinson, Campanella and New combe, playing on the Dodger team, National league opponents to the American league New York Yankees. The winning of the 1949 Batting championship by Jackie Robinson. DAN BANKHEAD’s re turn to Dodgers. 4. Althea Gibson’s appearance on “Big Time” National Tennis invitation lists. 5. Ray Robinson’s dominance of tough Steve Belloise, “Policeman” of the 160 pound division. Robby, always a master craftsman, is generally regarded best lighter pound-for-pound alive. 6. Appearance of Paul Graham ("Detroit Slim”) and A. B. Coles, ' Philadelphia billiards tournament ' held in New Y«fk City. It marked ' first time Negro exponents have been so invited since the retire ment of incomparable James Evans, the undefeated World’s colored champion, 14 years ago. 7. Branch Rickey receiving the astonishing sum of $150,000 for Sammy (“Whirlaway”) Jethroe, now a member of the Boston club of the National Baseball league. Players like Josh Gibson, Joe Wil liams, Johnny Lloyd and Oscar Charleston might have brought $500,000 price tags had the “color —---l line” been out of existence as it should have been 25 years ago or less. 8. Sandy Saddler’s loss of the World’s featherweight champion ship to boxing veteran Willie Pep after Saddler had kayoed the Connecticut “Cutie” two months prior. Boxing fans have never un derstood how Saddler’s manager, Billy Johnston, failed to stipulate that Pep should give the colored gamester a return match. Maybe we better ask racketeer Costello, aye?? 9. Sensational work of the Har- i lem Globetrotters’ Basketball team against clubs with such immortals of the greased-court as Mikan the-Mighty, etc. The court work of one-armed “Deadeye” Bouie, member of a subsidiary club of the Abe Saperstein owned organ ization. 10. The astonishing (October) defeat of the perennial gridiron champions, Cleveland Browns, after three years of unbroken victories. (P.S.) We do not place these events in any special order and they may not all be considered by i the time Dec. 15, 1949, rolls I around. Continuing! Sale of Wolverine Lingerie! Some Irregulars! • Cotton • Nylon • Rayon • Slips • Gowns • Panties and Vests • Pajamas SLIPS ... 4-gore styles in rayon and nylon. Tailored and lace trimmed styles. White, pink, black in sizes 32 to 52. Nylon. .3.69 Rayon. .1.39 GOWNS, PAJAMAS... Many lovely pastel colors in cotton knit, rayon knit and satin stripe. Small, medium and large sizes. 1.79 and 1.99 Panties! • Band brie! Tailored elastic waist band. Also lace trimmed • Hollywood brief styles. Small, medium, large, 1 extra large, double ex. large • Balloon seat ‘^Ple _ 75c and ' fifd|.. • Step-ins 100 quality.•FIF*' 1.00 and • Flare 1.25 quality.*F€F^ k GOLD'S . .. B.s.raenk Luke Easter, I Dan Bankhead On All-Star Tour SAN FRANCISCO. (ANP). i I Luke Easter of Cleveland, Dan ; Bankhead of Montreal, and Artie Wilson of Oakland will head an all-star team thru California this month. The team was organized by Abe Saperstein of Chicago, owner of the Harlem Globetrotters basket ball team. Other prospective major league stars with the team are Pitcher Roy Welmaker, A1 Smith and Harry Simpson of Wilkes-Barre; Parnell Woods of Oakland; Sam Bankhead of Mem phis, brother of Dan; Eugene Smith, Lonnie Summers, Double Duty Radcliffe of the Chicago American Giants, and Herb Bracken of Belleville, 111. The schedule includes Oakland, San Diego, Hollywood and Los Angeles. ■ — " _■_: Congratulations from BOOTH FISHERIES CORP. 301 So. 9th NOTICE McFields Cleaners & Tailors New Location, 301 No. 9th 4 9th and Q St. Phone 2-5441 DIAMONDS! LOW PRICES! TERMS—AS LOW AS $1 A WEEK CAPITOL MKT. 133-137 South 9th Meats—Groceries Fruits <X Vegetables Headquarters for all Pork & Beef offal’s Chitterlings, Hog Mule Ears, Snoots, Feet, Tails. 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