The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, March 06, 1938, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 7

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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN. SUNDAY, MARCH 6. 193.1
PACE SEVEN
IIUSKEHS CAPTURE
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SPLASH SESSION
Iowa State Wins Saturday
Tilt; Spiccr Piles Up
Nebraska Points.
(By Rrwrlal I.ard Wire.)
NORMAN, Okl., March 5. Be
hind the plucky swimming of
Fletcher Spicer, Coach Pete Hage
lin's crippled University of Nebras
ka swimming team Saturday aft
ernoon placed second In the Big Six
conference aquatic meet here. Iowa
State won with 76 points, followed
by Nebraska 34, Oklahoma 28,
Kansas 23. and Kansas State 11.
Haldeman's Big Six record of
2:33.4 for the breast stroke stood
up from Friday night and the Iowa
State free style relay team of Al
len, Harris, Wempe and Haldeman
nipped Oklahoma to set a new
mark of 3:57.6 for the 400 yard
free style relay, a new Big Six
record for 25 yard pools.
Spicer Wins 220.
Spicer won the 220 by half a
foot from Wempe, Iowa State,
placed fourth in a close hundred,
and. -hen came back to take third
in the 220 for a total of 11 points.
Furr of Nebraska was second in
the quarter, Smith third in the
breast stroke, Leask fifth in the
dive, Davidson third in the back
stroke, and the Cornhusker med
ley trio of Davidson, Smith and
Younger was second to Iowa State.
The Cornhuskers placed in every
thing save the 50 yard free style.
Omaha Freshman Sets New
Time for 40-Yard Crawl
- In Telegraphic Meet.
Setting an oil time Nebraska
record in the 40 yard crawl, Vir
ginia Bergman, freshman tanks
terette, from Omaha, came thru
with a time of 24.3 seconds in the
last lap of the National Tele
graphic meet, played off in the
coliseum pool yesterday afternoon.
The record surpasses ' that which
placed third in last year's nation
al meet. ' The excellent form dis
played by Miss Bergman, the even
ly timed, effective stroking which
?ent her thru the water at record
breaking speed marked one of the
highlights of th eatfernoon's
events.
Winner of the 75 yard medley
relay, whose time will be sent Into
the national competition, was the
team composed of Marjorie Lin
coln, Martha Jackson, and Virginia
Bergman. Time: 58.3 seconds. This
record also exceeds that which
placed third in last year's national
meet
Placements Revealed Next Week.
The Nebraska meet was played
off in two divisions, yesterday's
division and the first division, run
off last Saturday. Results have
been sent to Northwestern univer
sity headquarters of the central
division. There the scores will be
rated against scores submitted
from 17 other colleges of nine mid-
western states. Placements In the
national competition will be re
vealed some time next week.
The summary:
40 yard crawl: Virginia Berg
man, 24.3; Doris Patterson, 27.4;
Frances Steele, 29.3.
100 yard crawl: Virginia Berg
man, 1 minute, 19.3 seconds;
Doris Patterson, 1 minute, 29.1
seconds.
40 yard back: Marjorie Lin
coln, 32.9 sec; Marian McGee,
35.1 seconds.
40 yard breast: Jane Cook,
36.2 sec; Martha Jackson, 38.2
sec.
100 yard breast: Martha Jack
son, 1 min. 53.8 sec; Jane Cook,
1 min. 54.1 sec.
75 yard medley relay: Mar
jorie Lincoln, Martha Jackson,
Virginia Bergman, time 58.3 sec.
100 yard tree style relay: Doris
Patterson, Francis Steele, Mary
Jo Henn, Virginia Bergman,
time 1 min. 6.3 sec
Men's Handball Tourney
Entrant to File at "
University and faculty men
wishing to enter the city
handball tournaments March
14-21 at the central Y. M. C.
A. will file their entrance
blanks at the association's
downtown office before
March 7. Blanks may be ob
tained at the "Y" or in the
daily newspapers.
TEN WEEKS IN EUBOPE
National Director Reports
Plans for Prize Contest
For Young Americans.
A free ten weeks trip in Europe
with overnight hostel stops, a sim
ilar trip in America, and eight
other prizes are being offered by
the American Youth Hostels. Com
plete details of the contest can be
got from the American Youth
Hostels, Inc., Noi thfield, Mass.
Last year, 7,166 persons tcok
advantage of the American hostel
ing program, and It is hoped that
this number will be increased to
15,000 this year with 50 nzw
hostels. Hostels are inexpensive
overnight lodges supervised by
house parents where all 'h we
traveling by foot, bicycle, horse
back, or canoe can stay for twen
ty-!ive cents a night. The only re
quirement for entrance is a hostel
pass. Hostels furnish beds, bed
ding, cooking facilities, and a rec
reation room.
Monroe Smith, national director
of American Youth Hostels, re
ports that the country has been
divided into eight regions, with
field workers in each region. If
present plans are realized, many
new hostel chains will be formed,
as well, as extending the existnig
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