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Friday, December 15, 1939
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By June Bierbower.
The second guessers are having
a grand time out on the west coast
as they razz the UCLA team for
passing on fourth down when they
were on the Southern Cal two
yard line last Saturday at which
time a touchdown would have put
them in the Rose Bowl.
Quarterback Ned Matthews
didn't call the play himself he got
the team together, and by a 6 to
5 vote they agreed to pass instead
of run or place kick. The Uclans
were in line wun me goai pusis,
and both their Captain John Fraw
ley and Jackie Robinson, who were
in the game at that time, could
place kick. Then Babe Horrell
could have sent in Bill Sommers,
another booter who was on the
bench at the time.
Had they run the ball, Southern
Cal would have had to kick the
ball out from behind their own
goal line if they had held the
Bruins, instead of getting it on
their own 20 as they did when the
pass was grounded in the end
zone.
On the other hand, what if they
had completed the pass? It was
thrown in Trojan Bob Robertson's
territory, and in the game before
Robertson had permitted r. Wash
ington scoring pass to be thrown
over him, and the Uclans probably
knew it. Washington, who threw
the pass is a fine passer, but Rob
erton was on his toes that time,
and the pass just didn't work.
Since the all-university wrest
ling tournament went over so well
nome of the boys are asking for
an all-school boxing tournament.
. . . brings backs memories of
the days of that three-cornered
Grand Island feud . . . Les Me
Donald and Wild William Callihan
were matched in a hot, if not too
expert, battle which Bill won. Bob
Little Poison ' Mehring chal
lenged the winner, but Callihan
was too big for him, and won a
decision . . . and did you know
they call Santa Clara s star half
back Ken Casanega "Casanega
the great lugger?" . . . Bruce Vo-
ran, KU's utility man, may be out
of the Southern Methodist game
tonight ... he suffered a charley
horse in practice earlier this week
when he collided with Bob Allen
. . . Oklahoma's freshman basket
ball team includes four all staters
from Oklahoma and another one
from Illinois ... an "all team'
has been selected from players on
teams from Catholic colleges .
it has Bill Kerr. Notre Dame, and
Don Vo&berg, Marquette, ends .
John Kuzman, Fordham and Rich
ard Jones, St. Mary's (Calif.)
tackles . . . Jim Turner, Holy
Cross and Ernest Schwotzer, Bos
ton college guards . . . center is
Santa Clara's John Schiechl .
Steve Sitko of Notre Dame is
quarterback . . .
Newkirk issues coll
. to qolfinq prospects
Ed Newkirk, varsity golf
coach, has issued a call for all
freshman and varsity golf team
, aspirants to attend a meeting
at 12:30 this afternoon in the
coliseum, and asks that all as
piring freshman and upperclass
golfers turn out.
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Indicna comes fresh
from victories in two
games of early season
Nebraska's Huskers make their
second start of the season aa they
go against Branch McCracken's
Indiana Hoosiers in the Coliseum
tonight at 8 o'clock.
Don Fitz, guiding light of the
Husker team, who has been ill
with a touch of influenza this
week, says he feels better, and
wants to go against the Hoosiers.
However, it is not certain as to
whether or not he will get to play
final word hanging on his con
dition today.
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DON FITZ
Lincoln Journal and Star.
The team listened to a chalk
talk today by Coach W. H
Browne in preparation for tomor
row night s game.
Fitz said, "I'll beat the flu, and
Indiana, too." but is rather weak
from illness, and will have to get
the team doctor's okey before
playing.
Les Livingston, Hastings sopho
more, who has been drilling in
Fitz's place since the Husker
game captain became ill, will
probably get the call if Fitz is
unable to go. Sid Held, sophomore,
has been filling the guard post
at which he started last week. Al
Randall in still at center, while
Bud Tallman has been working at
one forward position all weeli
Harry Pitcaithley or Hartmann
Lincoln Journal and Star.
Goetze will open at the other for
ward position. Tallman, a two
year minor letterman, showed im
proved form against South Da
kota as the Huskers won 39-15
Charley Vacant! and Irv Yaffe,
who also looked good last Satur
day, should see plenty of service
Meanwhile the Hoosiers come
fresh from two victories, having
beaten Wabash 37-25, and Xavier
58-24. Twelve players, seven of
them forwards, left yesterday for
Lincoln with Coach Branch Mc
Cracken. Bob Dro, Herman
Schaeier, Jay McCreary, Ralph
Dorsey, Tom Motter, Chet Fran
cis, John Murphy, forwards; Bill
and Bob Menke, centers; Marvin
Huffman, Paul Armstrong, Jim
Gridley, guards.
Schacfer is the leading Hoosier
scorer, having tallied four field
goals against Wabash, and five
baskets and four free throw
against Xavier. Schaefer was de
clared ineligible the second se
mester of last season after a sen
sational start as a regular, but is
back on the team. Bill Menke, the
high scoring Hoosier center, got
six points against Wabash, eight
against Xavier. Dro got six field
goals in the Xavier game, but hit
the bucket only once against Wa
bash. The Hoosiers have twelve
lettermen, and strong reserves
Seventeen men saw service
agains Wabash, and fifteen got
in the Xavier game.
Dro, Schaefer, Bill Menke, Arm
strong and captain Huffman got
the starting call against Wabash,
and look like the best bet for the
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Sixall-uni grappling champs
rowned yesterday; other
two fina Is slated for today
Six student eraDDlers were en-
throned as wrestling kings of the
Nebraska campus yesterday alter-
noon in the final bouts of the uni-
versity-wide wrestling matches.
This afternoon following the finals
in the heavyweight and 131 pound
classes gold medals will be
awarded to the eierht winners by
the intramural department. Silver
medals will be awarded to second
place winners following second-
place bouts, also to be wrestled
off this afternoon.
Outstanding matches on yester-
day's card were the heavyweight
semifinals in which Dick Stastny
won over Bill Rumbolz by a de-
Royal Kahler pinned Johnson in this class Christie won his semi
1:56 with a strong body scissors fll match with Kenneth Huse-
hold and a reverse arm lock. An
other furiously contested bout was
a 175 pound semifinal in which
Art Adams won a decision over
Bob Cooper.
Terry wins.
In the 121 pound final, Dick
Terry, of Lincoln defeated Fred
Henson, Omaha in 2:34 with a
half nelson hold. In the semifinals
Henson threw Bill Wheeler in 55
seconds using a half body lock
In the 128 . pound class Donn
Curttrieht will meet Samuel Sa-
lerno in the final match.
Roy Shaw defeated Kenneth
Miller to win the finals in the 136
pound class, winning in 1:34 with
a spread eagle and head lock. In
the semifinals Shaw defeated
Marvin Berogan in 1:24 with a
Corbin gone, but Sooner
basketball prospects bright
(Thu is th itcond in a sri of five ar-
licin from oiner oix mi cjioui cun-
ceminK their basketball prospects.
Frank
Spence, f ports editor o( the Oklahoma
Dally, tells of the Sooners today.)
By Frank Spence.
No crene is beins hune around
the University of Oklahoma Field-
house as Basketball Coach Bruce
Drake makes ready to defend the
co-championship of the Bix Six
conference
Altho Drake did hand the title
to Coach "Phog" Allen's Kansas
Javhnwkfir. before the season had
even started, he has no reason to
begin believing that his Oklahoma
Sooners ' won't go places on the
courts this season.
With one regular and two re
serves missing from the squad that
helDed him tie Missouri for the title
duiiug his tliai year as ccach, the
young mentor admits that his nine
lettermen and sophomore stars
mav eive the fans another hieh-
scoring team.
McNatt returns
Jimmy McNatt, who averaged
13 points a game last season in
addition to breaking the confer-
improved the next game, though,
as they made 26 of their 69 at
tempted field goals. They made
six of thirteen free throws.
The Hoosiers, then, with two
games under their belts, seem to
farther along this year as yet
than the Huskers. Nebraska con
verted only 9 of 25 free throws
Saturday night against South Da
kota, and will be out to better that
mark tonight.
Probable starting lineups:
Indiana . Nebraska
Pro f.. Pitcaithley-Goetze
Rcharfer f Tallman
W. Mrnk c Randall
Armstrong g lleid
Huffman K..FIU (c)-UvlnRston
Official: Park Carroll, Kansas City;
Dick Pendleton, Norman, Okla.
KiBAHN TO DANCE
GUARANTEE
TEN YEARS OF SUCCESSFUL TEACHING
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bar arm hold and a reverse nel-
son and Miller took a decision
bout trom Bernard Epstein,
Cockle champ,
The 145 pound title went to
George Cockle who won from
Roger Anderson in a:ag using a
reverse body hold. Anderson will
wrestle this afternoon with Ernest
Lauver, who has lost a decision
to Cockle in the semifinals, for
the second-place medal. In the
omer semumai maicn Anaerson
won from Jack Andrews with a
half nelson and body lock In -3:49.
w.lon. wpP ueii av
Christie to win the 155 pound
als after defeating William
and arm lock holds.
Ring comes thru
Floyd Ring won the 165 pound
finals by winning from Leo Mc
Keon in 3:48 with a leg nelson,
grapevine and body lock. Ring
outwrestled Clarence Buccholz in
the semifinal match witn a time
of 3:39.
In the 175 pound class Art Ad
ams won over Keith Roberts in
1:30 usine: a half nelson. In the
second-place contest Roberts lost
to Bob cooper.
Royal Kahler and Dick Statsny
will meet in the heavyweight finals
this afternoon. This afternoon's
program will begin at 4 p. m. To-
day's winners are the survivors
from an original field of 68 en-
trants.
ence scoring record with 29 points
00-ainqf Tnv.,a Statu Will hp back
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at forward ror nis last year, dui
his mate Garnett Corbin, another
talented net swisher last season
will be missing.
Corbin, who has two years of
college engiDiiiiy leu, is now piay-
ing with an A.A.U. team in Ok-
lahoma City. He is being replaced
by another pint-sized sophomore,
Dale Carlile. The new replacement
is fast and tricky but is not built
for the rough work under the
basket.
"We are coming along fast this
season, but we still need height,
the Oklahoma coach recently an
nounced
His latest hope to help this
problem is Hugh Ford, a 6-foot
5-inch junior, who is called the
most improved man on the squad
this year. He will move into the
center position and Herb Scheffler
tne 6-foot-3-inch boy from Spring-
field, 111., will take a guard posi-
tion.
Mesch back
Marvin Mesch is the other start
ing guard. He is also a senior and
was a colorful member of the "Boy
Scat" team, so named two years
ago because of the fast break used
by the sophomoric team
One of the remaining members
of that team, Roscoe Walker,
checked in his suit this week be
cause he was trying to pass
stiff schedule in the law school
Drake lost two more of the sopho
mores because of ankle injuries.
But there are still several bright
prospects on the bench. For for
wards there will be Ralph Bol
linger, Matt Zollner and Gene
Roop, three of last year's letter
men. Marvin Snodgress is also
dependable guard, who halted sev
TOU 10 DANCE IN
PRIVATE LESSONS
Indoor track
meets to be
night events
Bleachers with seating
capacity of 600 built;
first meet with Kansas
The first night indoor inter
collegiate track meet ever held in
Lincoln will be run off Saturday
night, Feb. 10, as Kansas U.'s in
door track team faces Ed Weir'a
Huskers here.
New bleachers, with seating
capacity for more than 600 per
sons, will feature the meet, first
of three home indoor contests, all
of which will be at night.
Improvements, all done thru
WPA labor and materials, include
newly banked curves on the track,
feature which will raise the
speed of the track. The inside of
the stadium has been painted
white and will be well heated.
Due to the favorable weather, .
tracksters have been engaging in
touch football games in order to
condition themselves for the
coming season. Several of Biff
Jones' football men are expected
to report later on, but they are
laying off to catch up on studies
and rest.
Among the footballers, Coach
Weir is counting on Vike Fran
cis and Henry Rohn in the shot;
Bob Kahler for the hurdles and
high jump; and George Abel in
the sprints. Bob DeFruiter, speed
boy from Lexington, is having dif
ficulties with his studies but may
turn out for the sprints. Bill
Smutz, hurdler from last year's
freshman squad, has been show
ing to advantage with a top mark
of 7.8 seconds in the high hurdles
and 7.4 seconds in the lows.
Indoor championships.
Big Six indoor championship
meet will be held this year in
Kansas City's new $10,000 arena.
Weir also announced that the con
ference outdoor meet will return
to Lincoln this spring. It was at
Ames last year. Following is Ne
braska's revised indoor schedule:
February 10, Kansas here;
February 17, Illinois relays; Feb
ruary 23, Kansas State here;
March 2, Oklahoma here. The
dual meet with Minnesota Janu
ary 20 was dropped because of
the early date.
eral of the league's high scorers
last season.
Bill Bentley, a six-footer, will
get a try at the center position
this season with Ford. Both will
perform lots in the Fordham and
Temple games away from home
during the holidays.
The opening game of the season
will be Dec. 16 against South
ern Methodist university on the
Sooner court. Last year the two
teams divided a series at Dallas.
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