TI1REE
NEBRASKAN
BIG SIX HOOP TITLE
OPEN SHOT FOR ALL
One Game Played Three Teams Selected as Potential
Champs Not Counting Iowa State, Defending
Conference Basketball Crown.
MIZZOU SURPRISES WITH WIN OVER SOONERS
Kansas Regarded Class of League Because of Early
Season Performances; Cornhuskers Dark
Horse of Impending Campaign.
It's a funny thing, this Hig Six conference.
Even the most casual observer of the present basketball
campaign in the cornbclt league cannot fail to conclude that
someone, or something is just a wee bit screw-loose. Only one
game played in the entire conference season, and already three
different schools have been se-O-
lected as the definite champions of
the 1936 maples kingdom. That's
leaving out Iowa State, last year's
winner, and it's always dangerous
to leave out last year's winner.
Which accounts for all the
teams but two. And when it's all
over, judging from past Big Six
OVer, JUUK1I1K IIUIU yoav J'ft, i
history, these two will probably
Viavn tntwd a coin for the top
berth and everybody will wonder
why the best team won.
Big. Six Standings.
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Kansas.... 0
Kan. State 0
Games This Week.
Tuesday: Nebraska vs. Den
ver at Denver; Kansas vs. Kan
sas State at Manhattan.
Thursday: Oklahoma U. vs.
Oklahoma A. & M. at Still
water. Friday: Missouri vs. Nebras
ka at Lincoln.
Saturday: Missouri vs. Kan
sas State at Manhattan; Kan
sas vs. Iowa State at Lawrence.
Just a week ago, Oklahoma was
being figured to take the confer
ence into camp witnout drawing a
deep breath. Along came Phog
Allen, Kansas University suzerain,
with the surprising, but not un
pleasing, news that Nebraska was
the team to lick for the throne
sitting booth. Cornhuskers had
been nourishing a hope like that
in private, but for anyone to come
out in broad daylight was some
thing out of the ordinary, inas
much as Coach Harold Browne's
improvement of Husker basketball
hadn't been popularly supposed to
have reached the top of the con
ference just yet
MIzzou Surprises.
The suspicion was just begin
ning to take form that maybe Dr.
Allen might be deriving a good
deal of benefit from having his
Kansas Jayhawks under-rated,
when along came something that
put matters on an entirely differ
ent basis. Missouri, who hadn't
been viewed with any more alarm
by the rest of the conference than
the Dionne quintuplets would be
by Joe Louis, popped out of no
where with a surprise victory over
Oklahoma.
Forthwith. Oklahoma is now ac
corded a place in the lower half
of the betting. Missouri, with the
one victory in the conference com
pettiion, is astride the percentages
and may be the dark horse of the
maples race. Kansas is viewed
with misgivings, not only because
of Coach Allen's prediction which
gives the palm to Nebraska, but
because the Jayhawks have given
good early-season performances.
Nebraska is also something of a
black sheep because the dopesters
aren't just exactly sure what
Allen did mean and are conse
quently keeping tab on both, just
in ruse. Iowa State was cham
pion last year. That takes care
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of everyone but Kansas btate.
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Huskers Start Friday.
At all events, the Big Six court
Tenpins Come Into Own With
Cornlmsker Greek Athletes
How's about it, fraternities? Let's go howling!
If you've, ever harbored an opinion that strikes, spares,
300's, and other such enviable attributes of alley angling are
things reserved for tired business men and people who like their
recreation in as mild doses as possible, you're all wet. In fact,
EflJTS forLSsker
the third time.
fraternities are 100 percent be
hind the suggestion to make bowl
ing an intramural sport And it's
pretty generally accepted that fra
ternity boys like their recreation
with plenty of pep in it.
The suggestion, which has the
whole-hearted approval of the in
tramural office as soon as the
Greeks express definite desire for
the kegllng sport, was whole
heartedly approved by the ath
letic managers of nearly every
fraternity in a recent poll of opin
ion. A meeting of the fraternity
athletic directors will be held this
week to pass formal action on the
matter.
Intramural Office Approves.
Harold Peti, Intramural direc
tor, promises that ono a united
request has been made, there will
be little dlficulty encountered in
the Intramural office. Petz dis
closed that his office would be glad
to welcome the sport on the same
basis as soccer or water polo, aft
er an absence of several years,
but that the whole matter rest
on whether the Greek houses are
willing to undergo the financial
outlay.
Nearly every athletic cbJef.
questioned as to whether his ar
ray of sporting Ulent included
anyone versed in the ways of pin
pulverizing, responded affirma
tively. Although not all of the
houses possessed a polished team
of big league bowlers, the opinion
eemed prevalent that enough
competitive enthusiasm could be
called to produce a tolerably pro-
grind which Nebraska university
opens Friday against Missouri on
the coliseum floor is going 10 De
a neck-and-neck battle all of the
way. All paradoxical prognostia
tions aside, eany nonconference
performances give the palm to
r.ail?mn Ullivi-iailjr ami a. n.wn
to fight it out for top place. Ne
Kansas university and Iowa htate
braska and Oklahoma follow a
step or two behind, and Missouri
mid Kansas Stale coinoi'lse the
rear duct.
The "woodpile nigger" which
Coach Allen was attributed as hid
ing had to have a background
someplace, and it was easily found
in the powerful offensive machine
being built up in the Jayhawk
laboratory. The scoring mechan
ism led by Ray Ebling is almost
equally strong on defense, and
Iowa State's irresistible basket
spree against Vanderbilt may find
an immovable force in Kansas
when the two meet Saturday night
at Lawrence.
Missouri, not accorded much of
a threat a wepk aco. assumes dan
gerous proportions for Nebraska
this Friday in view or me sooner
upset. The Tigers, considered at a
serious handicap bv the loss of
their center have found a ready
substitute, led Oklahoma 19-13 at
the half, smothered an ineffectual
l.ist-neriod rallv. and took the
game, 37-34.
Huskers Hopeful.
As for Nebraska, just returned
from its coast trek tnis ween, can
do not less than enter the wars
with an even slate, and in event of
a win over Denver tonight will
have a record or o victories in s
atnrta With 4 veterans leadinr the
way, Coach Browne's rejuvenating
process in tnc tjornnusiier camp
gives gives promise this year of
E-oine out in earnest for a confer
ence crown that has previously
seemea as rar removed irom nus
ker hopes as the moon.
CATHEDRAL CHOIR
ENDS TRIUMPHANT
EASTERN SOJOURN
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hra-ska Alumni association were
very cordial to the group, accord
ing to its director, "ineir par
ticular Interest was in the Lin
coln Cathedral, one of the dreams
of the choir. "In fact, Rosborough
continued, "it was the idea of the
cathedral that appealed most
strone-lv to most easterners."
"The fact that the members and
their friends all arrived home with
no accident of any kind and
brought with them many flatter
ing comments from eastern critics
makes them feel that the venture
Is fully justified," the choirs di
roptnr flrirlprl.
Attractine widespread attention
in the east partly because the
music of the choir shows some
thing of the cultural side of the
west which is so little known in
the east, the group also showed
something of the finer part of the
IlllC at LAID Mill C OlfcJ- v
composed almost entirely or urn
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Plans for a Lincoln aooearancc
at the coliseum are underway ana
will be announced in the near fu-
ture
cient representation.
The financial arrangement, con
sidered the greatest obstacle to
the plan, came through with fly
ing colors. Practically every man
ager consulted expressed satisfac
tion with the proposal of 25 cents
for two lines of competition. There
appeared to be different degrees
of contentment from "It's alright,
I suppose" through "o. k., go
ahead," to "fine, perfectly satis
factory." but not a dissenting
voice was raised against the eco
nomic aspect
We're In the Money.
Representative of replies to the
straw vote of opinion are the ex
pression of these athletic bigwigs,
selected at random:
Dick Smith. Acacia: "It's a
swell idea." Dick Laverty, Farm
House: "Sounds o. k. We're in fa
vor of it." Ray Bloszies, Lambda
Chi Alpha: "Like to Bee it. We've
a number of fellows interested."
Paul Rapp, Pi Kappa Alpha: "Add
it Financial arrangement la fine."
Ken Davey. Alpha Tau Omega,
threw the ATO hat definitely in
the ring (alley, if you want to be
technical) with "We're all in fa
vor of it. Keep It up." Henry
Amen, Delta Tau Delta, kept pace
with "Fine idea. Push it" And
Henry Meyers, pointing to a cham
pionship plaque won by the DU
bowlers several years ago, gave
what amounted to the most en
thusiastic support received. "We're
entirely for if Meyers answered.
"It's a fine sport, the finances are
reasonable, and we're decidedly
In.'"'
OVERFLOW OF MAPLE
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K-State Students Only to
' Pack Gym When Season
Gets Under Way.
MANHATTAN. Kas.. .Tan fl
Although a record crowd Is ex
pected when Kansas State meets
ine university ot nansas jay
hawkers here Tuesday night, Jan.
7 iu the opening Big Six confer
ence game of the season for the
two teams there will be no ad
vance sale of tickets. In fact
tickets may be unobtainable at
game time.
The reason is that Kansas State
college, with the greatest enrol
ment in its history, has Issued
more than 3,200 "student activ
ity" tickets which were paid for
by students at the time they en
rolled. Frank L. Myers, assistant
to the director of athletics, has
added new furrows tn hie Kmu,
during the holidays but he can't
iijjure our. a way or placing more
than 3,200 seats in Nichols gymna
sium and have room left to play
basketball.
With every indication pointing
to the best basketball tonm in
years the athletics staff and col
lege ornciais have every reason
to believe most of those 3,200 slu
dent tickets will be used by the
holders. The result Is that Presi
dent F. D. Farrell tnsists that no
reserved seats or general admit
tance tickets be sold in advance.
The athletic staff no-raa ,tfh
the president and as a result is
beine forced dailv tft til rn H num
orders, accompanied by cash, from
uui. vi l0wn ana local fans who
want to buv tickets Ann
f .ui mug
down cash is a hard thing to do
-jj.-iuuumny ior a man with an
eye to business such as Myers
who has seen some lean years in
K-State's athletics history.
The same situation is likely to
arise at each of the other four
norne games on the Wildcats' 10
game schedule of Big Six confer
ence contests.
The situation Will nnlv ton4 frs-v
emphasize a long existing need
"w gymnasium and field
house at the state's second largest
muiauuiitti institution.
K-AGpyslNBIG
SIX MAPLE SCHEDULES
Two Kansas Quintets Clash
Tonight on Wildcats'
Home Floor.
MANHATTAN, Kas., Jan. 6.
Although Kansas State has not
been mentioned prominently as a
major factor in the Big Six con
ference basketball race the eves of
conference foes and fans will turn
toward Manhattan Tuesday night
when the two Kansas schools open
the conference season.
It will be the first Big Six game
for both Kansas State and Kansas
and the first of ten conference con
tests for the Wildcats, five of
which will be played at home.
The same starting lineup that
haa carried Kansas State to six
non-conference victories in eight
starts has continued to get firat
call and will open against the Jay
hawkers here Tuesday night Made
up three regulars of last year's
team, the starting five includes
Wayne Thornbrough, Lakin and
Al Burns, Kansas City, at for
wards; Captain Lee Railsback,
Langdon, and Charles Schlerl
mann, Liberty or Paul Gilpin,
Windsor, Colo., guards, and Frank
Groves, Atchison, All-Big Six cen
ter last year at the pivot post,
Gilpin, Groves, Railsback and
Thornbrough are veterans.
In eight non-conference games
this year the Wildcats have scored
311 point to 271 for their oppon
ents, winning six and losing two.
During a mid-December excursion
Into Colorado Coach Frank Root's
team lost to Greeley State 40 to
30, won from the same team 30
to 18 and then went to Colorado
Springs where they defeated Colo
rado college on successive nights.
The scores were 51 to 48 and 51
to 36.
Victories over Washburn col
lege of Topeka 58 to 38 and 29 to
28 and a 39 to 25 win over the
University of Missouri completed
the non-conference victory list for
Coach Frank Root's team. The
other loss was a 38 to 23 triumph
for the Kansas Jayhawkers in
Kansas City, Mo.
PRE-MEDS TO HEAR
LINCOLN PHYSICIAN
Dr. A. L. Smith Speaker
For Sti-Medic Banquet
Wednesday.
Nu-Meds hold their monthly
meeting at the Annex cafe Wed
nesday, Jan. 8 at 6:15 with Doc
tor Arthur L. Smith as main
speaker. His topic will be "Social
Medicine'
Eltven rrembers are urged to at
tend as there is to be the election
of new officers. "This meeting is
opn to members only. Tbeta Nu,
honorary pre-medical fraternity,
wll lhold their semi-annual tap
ping of new members.
A "clip," or flying block from
behind on the football field is suf
ficient grounds for assault and
battery charges, a Pennsylvania
judge has ruled.
Members of the Southern
Methodist frosh team planned to
ride to the Rose Bowl game In
two chartered box cars. Railroad
officials demurred.
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Take a Lot to
Conquer Nebraska.
The current Big Six basketball
survey seems to be Kansas U. rid
ing high. But it may take con
siderable quantities of the right
stuff to shove Nebraska Into a
corner.
The Cornhuskers are at the mo
ment one up and one to go on
their road trip opposition, four
wins in seven starts. Kansas re
mains undefeated.
Nebraska's losses on the way to
and on the Pacific Coast realized
the worst fears of Cornhuskerland.
Few expected to see the team go
thru every game on the long end,
but even substantial facts cannot
submerge hopes. Numbers ' were
disappointed at three losses, but
they were anticipated by the ma
jority. The Worm Turns.
Brigham Young played a seri
ous little mockery of turn-about
on their home court to give the
Nebraskans their first unwanted
little gift from Santa Claus. Alibis,
if in order, were the potent strug
gle with Wyoming the previous
evening. It wasn't until the hard
riding Cowboys tired of chasing
Cornhuskers on foot in the fourth
overtime session that Nebraska
triumphed. And considering that
B. Y. U. gave In at Nebraska a
couple of weeks previous 'by quite
some margin, things were still
rosy under the Scarlet banner
while the ever-championshlp-seek-ing
alumni warbled "Happy Days
Are Here Again."
Santa Clara and Stanford put
the skids under the midwestern
invaders, and sent them over the
bumps twice. Both were high
scoring games, fast, well played,
and reflected credit on the Husk
ers. Santa Clara did it 61-48,
Stanford 41-39. The lead changed
hands something like sixteen times
against the Indians, which might
have been equal to two blindfolded
addicts going nutsy over contract
bridge.
No Alibis.
But there are no alibi:) from
Nebraskaland. And there needn't
be. Four out of seven on that
trip is much better than Nebras
ka has done in years on any single
extended basket sojourn. The big
hope and prayer is that it all isn't
a dream, and that Nebraska will
be able to strut thru a few mem
bers of the conference tribe with'
out being dumped too many times.
But to get back where we start
ed, which, I believe, was some
where in the vicinity of Kansas
being undefeated and in top spot
for conference honors, it would be
an upset If Cornhuskers conquered
Jays. It would be more than an
upset probably a Roman holiday
neht here in staid old Lincoln.
The dope bucket says such
things as Nebraska victory over
the Jayhawks will remain in the
realm of mystery about which all
wonder but few dare to fathom.
In other words, "it just ain't so."
There might be a possibility, but
not if Dr. Forrest C. Allen's big
guns keep harmonizing.
Stralghtest Shooting.
Those pieces of heavy artillery
have barged thru everything
they've run up against so far, even
tho they were extended consider
ably in downing little Baker col
lege, 44-42. They managed to
bring home to "Phoggy" Allen and
the rest of K. U. a round robin
championship with Kansas State,
U. S. C, and Missouri. Which
might mean almost anything or
nothing.
I'm inclined to believe, however,
that, altho fair old Mizzou Is lead
ing the conference percentages,
that it's up to Kansas and Ne
braska for the M. V. I. A. A.
championship. If you're critical
about shortcomings you'll go right
out and bet on Iowa State.
Why? Because the Cyclones
are the little, lost, leftout of it
youngsters who are feeling mighty
hurt and very, very willing to do
something about it. They might
steal Kansas' and Nebraska's nice
ly mowed hay. That would be
mowing while the sun shone and
Lady Luck grinned right out loud.
Anyway, Missouri is laughing
from the top of the ladder. She's
won one conference game. Okla
homa brings up the rear. She's
lost one game. The rest of the
conference herein Is scatered in
termittently and indifferently be
tween. They haven't played any
games.
Student Saves Girl
From Poison Spider
At Risk of Oun Life
Bt Collrra Krwi fkrvlc.
LOS ANGELES The heroism
of a Duke university medical stu
dent, now attached to the chil
dren's hospital In Los Angeles, this
week was acclaimd after he had
saved a little girl from the poison
ous bite of a black widow spider
at the risk of his own life.
The student attache Is Louis
Wayland, who was walking thru a
ward of the hospital where the girl
la a patient when he saw the
spider slowly walking up the
child's back and recognized it as
a black widow.
However, he did not say a word
to alarm the child, but simply
reached his hand out and casually
took the spider off.
It bit him. Still saying nothing,
Wayland walked quietly to the
surgical room and slashing his
finger with a scalpel, sucked a
quantity of blood from the wound.
This week he waa recovering
from the bite, which for a time
made him violently 111. The little
girl will not be told, hospital offi
cials said.
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Three Bouts at Home; Team
Opens Schedule Jan. 18
At Minneapolis.
Wrestling schedule for the 1936
campaign has been completed, it
was announced Monday by Coach
Jerry Adams, eight meets being
carded for the regular season with
three others open to those wres
tlers who qualify.
Three of these meets will be
staged on the home mat at the
coliseum. These include Missouri,
Kansas University, and Iowa uni
versity, all but the latter being
Big Six conference opponents.
The outstanding contests on
the schedule include the opening
encounter with Minnesota at Min
neapolis on Jan. 18, Kansas State
at Manhattan, another Big Six
opponent, and Iowa State College
at Ames, which is also a Big Six
dual meet.
The season will wind up with
the Big Six conference meet, to be
held at Norman, Oklahoma, March
6-7. Next is the National Col
legiate championships, which will
be staged at Washington and
Lee College, at Lexington, Va.,
and finally the Olympic tryouts
to be held April 16-17-18, with
the site still undecided. These
meets will, of course, be open
only to those wrestlers who qual
ify for them during the regular
season.
Hopes for the Nebraska team
were brightened a great deal with
the news that Dick Shafer, Ne
braska high school champion In
the 118 pound division, who was
ineligible the first semester, will
be eligible for competition during
the second semester, which opens
soon after the start of the wres
tling campaign.
The complete wrestling schedule
ior i3U is as follows:
Jan. 18 Minnesota at Minne
apolls.
20 Iowa State Teachers college
ai ueaar aus, lowa.
31 Missouri at Llncom.
Feb. 7 Kansas University at
j-iincoin.
14 Kansas State at Manhattan.
22 Iowa University at Lin
coln.
28 Iowa State College at
Ames, Iowa.
29 Cornell College at Mount
vernon, lowa.
Mar. 6-7 Big Six meet at Nor
man, Oklahoma.
20-21 National Collegiate
cnampionsnips at Washington and
ie Lexington, Va.
Apr. 16-17-18 Olympic try
outs, place undecided.
Students at William and Mary
college cannot engage in flying
unless they have permission from
the authorities.
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DENVER
Huskers Complete Pacific
Needing Victory to Break Even in Series;
Averace 45 Points Per Game.
WYOMING FALLS VICTIM IN LAST MINUTE
Brigham Young Spoils Cornhusker Win Streak; Santa
Clara, Stanford Triumph in California; Manic
Whitaker Counts to Down Utah.
Cliiiiaxinir a six-game barnstorming tour to the Paeilic
coast, Coach Harold Browne's Nebraska basket team stops m
Denver this evening, biilding farewell to cross country adven
ture in an enjragement with the Denver U net swishers. Return
ing to Lincoln sometime Wednesday afternoon, the nomadio
Huskers will barely have time toO " fioundeU
catch up on the sleep lost on their
strenuous battle-strewn jaunt De-
fore formally opening the Big Six
campaign Friday evening against
Missouri.
Nebraska Nonconference Results.
Nebraska 53, Brigham Young
34..
Nebraska 41, Minnesota 24.
Nebraska 46, Wyoming 42.
Brigham Young 46, Nebraska
39.
Nebraska 48, Utah 47.
Santa Clara 61, Nebraska 48.
Stanford 42, Nebraska 39.
With a record of four victories
in seven starts and a point-getting
quota of 45 tallies per game,
the Brownemen will still need a
victory over Denver to break even
on the coast trip. After feasting
on easy prey in Brigham Young
and Minnesota, the touring court-
men made two frantic last min
ute baskets count against Wyo
ming university for a 46-42 win
on the first leg of the journey.
B.Y. U. Retaliates.
But Brigham Young was no
partner to such smooth sailing
proceedings the following day,
and soothed her first licking with
a 46-39 vengeance. The Huskers
were trailing 20-22 at the half,
and when they managed to work
into the lead in the second period
the Cougars came from behind to
spoil everything even the lacka
daisical, limpid manner in which
most of the game had wobbled.
Hank Whitaker brought the
Scarlet colors, trailing in the dust
for the first time in the season,
back to the heights again in the
next battle, heaving a sensational
basket from the middle of the floor
to pull a 48-47 victory out of the
Utah salt flats. Hank's grunt
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The next two eames found Ne
braska either just a little too un
accustomed to troplcality, unfa
miliar with the coast rules, or
lacking in rest between games,
for Santa Clara administered a 61
48 licking, and Stanford dealt an
other hand in the same suit, 42-39.
Inability to control the play be
cause of the coast abolition of the
tipoff had the Huskers at a loss
in both contests, although the lead
changed in the Stanford struggle
sixteen times, almost with every
basket.
Parsons High Score.
The scoring lead in the Ne
braska basket camp reposes at
present in the extremely capable
and accurate hands of Bob Par
sons, sophomore guard and brother
of last year's "Bud." However, it
isn't any too certain a margin by
any means, for his 73 points for
the season are feeling the breath
of Whitaker's 65 and George
Wahlquist's 62.
A summary of the scoring quo
tations: ft
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14
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17 73
Parson 30
Whttnker 2S
Wahlquist 24
Baker 8
Kbaugh 8
Widman T
LeacoX &
Amen 8
Hale 2
Dohrmann 2
Nelson 1
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