The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, April 29, 1937, Page THREE, Image 3

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Football's Best Friend.
By Ed Steevet.
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A football player's best friend
Is not his dog, his pipe, nor his
mother; it is Sergeant Richard
son.
Somewhat like Miss Bierbower
of a few issues back, only much
more so, he looks upon football as
the staff of high life. Alwavs dur
ing afternoon drill periods, you
can hear the gruff voice of the
knaried sergeant soften to a duI
rating jest to some football player
cnrouie 10 practice. He can call
every football player who has ever
graduated from this school by both
liis names and his nick tag. plus
some very "personal" quips about
mem.
The oderiferous dressing room
under the stadium is the habitat of
the officer every one of his avail
able spare hours. He spars, teases,
and confides with every man
dressing.
If a dual personality ever
hung from a frame of a man
it does on the sarg. He can be as
gruff and tough as any man,
rumbling commands like a firey
volcano. Then as quick as the
breaks in drill classes come he
can settle down to a mischiev
eously benevolent person; so
much so that you feel like you
wish he were your roommate.
That is the way the athletes
leel about him. They get their
orientation from him. About the
time Richardson recognizes them,
they know they are arriving ath
letically. Many have wondered the reason
the sarg admired gridders so. Most
people suffice themselves with the
answer that it is his love for pure
masculinity like broad shoulders
and furry chests. The reason, how
ever, is that the retiring soldier
was once a gridder himself.
He played his ball with an
army post In South Carolina.
To play on a post eleven means
that you have to be just about a
third tougher than the average
college gridder and to play in
1905, '06, and '07, when the sarg
did, you have to be more rugged
still. On his team the average
weight was better than 200
pounds. The backfield alone
weighed in at 195.
"We played all those college
teams down there in their warn
up games." mused the sergeant
looking off into the distance.
"Then. too. we played all the other
Tosts and other army spots.
ery little was barred back m
those cays and officials were lax
until injuries began to clutter up
the field.
"It was a lot like pro ball, only
a little rougher.
They had good equipment at
Richardson's post, but they wore
long helmets. Long hair like a
horse's mane was the vogue.
That protected their heads, un
til someone grabbed it and pulled
until their hair left its moorings,
or until the gridder yelled down
or uncle or what have you.
"I told Cardwell that I would
like to play the game with him
when he had long hair," chuckled
the soldier, "his hair is just
tender as hell, you know."
His respective post lost only a
few of their games. Many of them,
aa we understand it, ended in ties
or free for alls.
"Ml never forget the last game
I played," he continued, "we just
couldn't win. and neither could
they. I got three ribs broken."
The sarg, who played right end.
lamented the fact that during the
war he contracted flu and has
never had the weight to play the
game since, so he takes the closest
thing to it as a fan.
Richardson retires in the sum
mer after 30 years of duty. He in
tends to spend his first few months
in Florida fishing and later re
turn to this state, build a home,
and follow football indefinitely.
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Golf, Tennis Squads Go on
Weekend Road Trip for
Jay, Aggie Duals.
Duals with Kansas StaU at
Manhattan Friday and Kansas at
Lawrence Saturday constitute this
week's engagements of the tennis
and golf squads. Coach Wilbur
Knight's baseball team will stay
home and play Kansas Univer
sity Friday and Saturday at Muny
field.
Fresh from a 13-5 conquest lat
week over Iowa State, the Husker
roafchie wielders, coached by Ed
JCewkirk. tall Lincoln Country club
profesNional. are on the trail to
acalp the Wildcats and the Jay
hawks. "Whitie" Reed, Jerry
Hunt, Gord'wi McEntire and Eu
gene Zuspann will represent Ne
braska on the links for these two
duals.
Coach Gregg McBride's retmen
had to contend themselves with a
3-3 tie last week at Ames with
the Iowa State aquad. Because of
this situation. Mentor McBride ta
Ktill dubious as to whom he will
tart againrt K-State and Kansas.
Probable utarters are Antoni
Hamoy. Will Krmiy. Irvin Kuklin
an! John Uetnch.
The baaeballers dropped two
t;amea, 7-6 and 10-8, last weekend
to Miaaojri at Columbia. The 7-4$
contest required ten innings to
determine the winner. Kansas did
Dot have a diamond aquad last
year, so its strength Is not known
The Huskers bold victoriea over
Iowa State and Oklahoma A- M.
Chin golf, a game designed to
aid shavers in going down the
facial-fairways in the least possi
ble strokes has yelled "fore" on
cine university and college cam
puses In the east.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 29.
Delts, Alpha Sigs
Meet in Finals of
Softball Tourney
Sig Eps, Acacias Drop Out
Of Race in Semifinal
Tilts Wednesday.
By Bob Dreibus.
Delta Tau Delta, paced by Dow
Wilson, Olympic baseballer, who
personally accounted for six of
their runs, pounded out a 10-2
win over Sigma Phi Epsilon in last
nights Greek softball semifinal
playoffs and were joined in the
finals by Alpha Sigma Phi who
battered out a 9-8 win over
Acacia's highly touted team that
won the crown last year.
The championship game between
the Delta and Alpha Sigs will
probably be played off Friday, in
tramural officials stated.
Barb competition advanced an
other round as the favored
Panthers and the Palladians and
Clippers snagged wins in the wan
ing campaign.
Sigma Phi Epsilon opened the
scoring in their game as Bishop,
leadoff man. doubled and was fol
lowed by a bit of the same species
by Douglas for a run. Douglas
in turn was driven home by Ras-
tede's single. The Delts countered
in the last half of first frame" as
they pounded out three of the
thirteen hits they collected in the
game. Two runs were produced
with two away as Bob Parsons
singled and scored on a double off
the bat of Sauer who in turn was
driven home by Naviaux's two
bagger.
Delts Come Back.
The Delts came back to score
in three more runs in the last
half of the second after holding
the Sig Eps scoreless. Wright
first up went out short to first.
Cocklin walked. Sawtell made
it two away by grounding out
third to first. Short got a
scratch hit to the infield to
make it two aboard the sacks.
Wilson then proceeded to pole
out a long home run and drove
in three runs. He was followed
by Howell's double but Parsons
left the Husker quarterback
stranded as he lined to short for
the third out.
The third, fouith. and fifth in
nings were scoreless. In the sixth
the Delts again broke loose and
pushed five runs around the dia
mond. Cline opened with a double.
Wright drove him in with a single.
Cocklin fanned. Sawtelle singled
sending Cline to second. Short
went down on a bounder, short
stop to first. Wilson again pounded
out a long blow and emptied the
base with his triple. Howell
walked leaving Wilson on third.
Pitcher Bob Parsons tripled to
send two tntn across for the fourth
and fifth runs of the inning. Sauer
grounded out third to first, for the
final putout. Pitcher Bob Parsons
struck out four Sig Eps.
Douglas Lead Sig Eps.
Douglas was the Sig Eps biggest
threat. The former football back
clouted doubles in the first and
third and tripled in the sixth. He
scored in the first, died in the
third, and was tagged out on a
pickle play in the sixth. The
other four hits for the losers were
garnered, one each, by Bishop.
Rastede, Dunlap. and Kawalt.
Durkee, on the mound against the
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potential softball champions, had
a brace of whiffs to his credit.
Alpha Sigma Phi In putting
the damper on the Acacia out
fit's hopes of retaining the Jack
Best trophy and dropping them
from softball honors considera
tion came from behind three
times to take the lead and fi
nally the game. Acacia opened
the scoring in the first frame.
Sibley and Redfield went down
in order but McKenzie rapped
out a single. Smith sent the H
streetcrs off to a flying start as
he poled out a home run, scor
ing McKenzie ahead of him.
Cahase went down for third out.
The Alpha Sigs tied the score
in the last of the opening canto
as Gonzales, leading off, rapped
out a double and was sent on
around the hassocks as P.
' Wagner tripled. Don Wagner
pushed his brother on around as
he too doubled. Woods, John
son, and Hopkins went down for
thres outs. '
Acacia's Rally.
Acacia came back in the second
frame to count three more as Place
walked, advanced on Shirey's out.
and hit to put two men abroad the
sacks. Sibley tripled to clean the
casks. Redfield went down for the
third out.
After holding the Alpha Sigs
scoreless in the last of the second
Acacia scored again as Smith was
driven home by Chase's two bag
ger. The Alpha Sigs knotted the
last half of the third aa they
scooted around the bay paths for
four markers. Latham walked and
was followed by consecutive hits
off the bats of Gonzales, P. Wag
ner, and Gene Woods. Again D.
Wagner seeing his flesh and blood
stranded on the hassocks pro
ceeded to smash out a two base
hit and clear the bags. He waa left
on base as Harry Chaim, on the
mound for Acacia, tightened, to re
tire the side.
With the score at six all eoine
j into the fourth. Acacia again went
aneaa as Meier and Sibley scored.
Alpha Sigma Phi followed suit
with a like number of scores as
Latham and P. Wagner tallied.
The winning run came in the
last half of the fifth as Hopkins
of the Alpha Sigs walked, ad
vanced on outs by Matske and Mc
Ginnis, and scored on Palmer's
double. Johnson on the mound for
the winners held Acacia to a pair
of hits in the final three innings
after his shaky start.
Barb Panthers Win.
Those Barb Panthers con
tinued to write their names on
the softball cup as they pounded
out a 11-2 win over Ag Cafe
teria. The Ag College team sent
.planty of men down to first but
were unable to push them around
as Mil Knight garnered eleven
strikeouts. Although he is
sued seven walks and four hits
he weathered the storm by turn
ing on the heat in the clutches.
Egle led the scoring parade for
the winners by tallying four
times in as many attempts.
Stuhr collected a brace of hits
for the losers.
If any contestant nips himself,
he will have two points tacked on
his score in wtiokes. Six points
for allowing a bristle to remain
anl ten for leaving dried soap vis
ible on his face, neck or ears.
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From Lincoln Journal.
Brother Sam Francis. Olympic shotputter and 1937 record
holder of the iron ball division in the Kansas, Texas and Drake
Relays, left, shows Brother Vike Francis the masterful technique
employed in putting the shot a mark-eclipsing distance.
Vike. Sam's kid brother, graduates from Fort Morgan high this
year and is considered good track timber to carry on in the
weights department after Sam gets his sheepskin this June. Sain
hasn't left many records open to beat, but Vike hopes to overshadow
the track and field efforts of his big brother when he enrolls as
a Cornhusker freshman next fall. Vike tips the beam at 203
pounds and towers to 6 feet 2 inches.
TOUGH FIGHT WITH
25 Men Report for Practice
Despite Threatening
Weather.
Determined to pluck the Jay
hawks' feathers this Saturday at
Lawrence, Kas., 25 Husker track
men reported for workouts yester
day at the outdoor runway despite
the fact that an overcast sky indi
cated the possibility of a shower.
A 79-24 victory last February
over the K. U. squad is still well
remembered by Coach Henry F.
Schulte's proteges and it is their
present aim to return to Lincoln
with a counterpart performance
over the Jayhawkers. Altho the
Nebraskans encountered little
trouble in disposing of the Har
gissmen in this indoor contest.
Coach Schulte believes that the
impending dual will be a real test
of the power of the concerned
squads in that each has now an
equal opportunity to partake in
outside rehearsals.
"Split Events."
"It'll take everything we've got
to beat Kansas Saturday." said
Mentor Schulte as he began figur
ing means of defeating Coach Bill
Hargiss' lads. "There will be few
split events and they'll take firsts
in the sprints and th pole vault.
Besides, they will win plenty of
thirds."
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Kansans at the recent Drake
relays is enough reason to war
rant Coach Schulte's pessimism
over the outcome of Saturday's
contest. At this track and field
classic, the K. U. 440 yard relay
took a fifth place: the 6S0 yard
relay a second; Fried land, a shot
putter, a fifth; Shannon, a high
jumper, a fifth.
In Sam Francis the Huskers
are sure of firsts in the shot put
and the discus. Sam has yet to
taste defeat this season in these
two events.
Lloyd Cardwell. whose leap of
24 feet 2 5-8 inches gave him a
fourth in the broad jump at Drake
is a favorite to come thru with
a lion's share of points.
Neumann in Vault.
Bob Neumann, pole vaulter, is
planning to have it "out" with
Bird and Xoble, Kansas vaulting
stars. In the indoor meet here
with the Jayhawks, Bird won the
pole vault after being pressed by
Xeumar.n. Ray Noble, who is well
remembered by Husker basketball
fans for his fight with Floyd
Ebaugh, Nebraska's elongated
cage center, here last winter, has
done several catapaults over 12
feet.
Les Pankonin, 440 yard runner
from Louisville, was clocked for
the century dash at 10.1. which
wasn't bad for a performance
made on a water soaked track.
Dick Fischer, speed merchant
from Valentine, and Marvin Plock
defied the threats of rain and
practiced assiduously to whet their
strides for the Lawrence meet.
"Mistake and be charitable," is
the motto of midland college typ
ists. In recent accuracy tests, the
click clackers had to donate an
egg or a can of tomatoes to the
Salvation Army for each error
made.
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TRI-COLOR TRACK TEAMS
TO HOLD BTHMEET TODAY
Stadium Cinderway Chosen
For Scene of
Battle.
Tri-color trackmen will stage
their eighth meet today on the
stadium cinderway. Should the
weather be inclement, the con
test will be held under the east
stadium.
The last color meet was cap
tured by Capt. Bob Kahler's Red
team, which chalked up 70 points
to establish a new scoring mark
for the seven contests. The Kahler
tutored men have won the last
three tourneys and are leading the
pack in the scoring column. Bill
Pfeiff's Orange clan and Jim
Mather's Green aggregation have
each tucked two triumphs under
their belts.
L'nfavorable weather the last
four days has put a crimp in the
practice schedule of the tri-color
runners. Refusing to give in to
the wind and dust. Coach Schulte's
color performers exhibited much
enthusiasm in preparing for to
day's meet-
Freshmen Work on Offense,
As Practices Reach
Halfway Mark.
As the seventh of the 15 spiir.g
basketball drills rolled around last 1
night. Coach V. H. Browne found
most of his veterans missing. '
The freshmen are the ones who i
are showing the interest in these ;
extra lessons on fundamentals. The '
frosh. coached by Morris Fisher :
this year, show more promise than j
any yearling class for several years ,
back, says Browne. i
In the first five days of prae- j
tice the staff stressed defense. ;
since that time they have turned j
to the chapter on offense, giving
most of Wednesday's time to drib- I
ble-in shots. j
Three regulation games will be ,
played before the close of the !
spring workouts. The first is sched-
uled for next W ednesday night. j
The probable varsity will be
Amen and Werner or Elliott, for
wards; Ebaugh, center; and Par
sons and Dohrmann, guards.
Believing that he still has some- .
thing to learn about singing. Jack ;
Fulton, radio's romantic tenor, has
enrolled for courses in De Paul .
university's college of drama and
music. j
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ALL-SCHOOL MEET
13 to Compete for Honors
In Annual Contest at
Coliseum Tonight.
About 13 all-school gymnasts
are nervously awaiting the whistle
which will start the fourth annual
gymnastic meet tonight at 4 ..a)
in the coliseum.
Contestants spent yesterday
afternoon going thru their various
exercises while Coach Charles
Miller indicated methods of im
provement. Although the field is
smaller than previously expected,
the quality of the material is un
doubtedly as good. Leonard Roy,
Loup City, and Frank Myers.
Broken Bow. aie the two latest
additions to the entry list. Roy
will probably enter the side horse
while Myeis will be in the parallel
bars and the flying rings.
The program for the meet In
cludes, besides the regular sched
ule of events, an exhibition by
Fd Reynolds and Ed Bignell. var
sity let tei min.
The complete list of entries:
Horizontal bar: H. Kammerlolu,
Peter Kreisiher, Roy Proffit.
Flying rings: John Meyer..
Frank Myers. Ki isc her, Louis
Schneider.
Tumbling: Kammei !ohi . B.ll
Leask. Kreischcr. Proi'fitt. Mix
Raiiv-s.
Side horse: Alvin May. Kreist ti
er. Clilf Scott. Leonard" Roy.
Parallel bars: Mav, K:eisLh-r,
Profiitt, Myers
India:' iluts: Lea.sk. May.
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