Thursday. January 4. Kt9
The DAILY NEBRASKA!
If! I II TTIjTI n
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Mil Ul liii o
by June Bierbower
When and If the Huskers get
eome of their defensive troubles
ironed out, and start cashing in on
more of their free throws, Ne
braska's basketball team won't be
easy pickings for any team.
Nebraska opponents have piled
up on an average of 46 and three
sevenths points a game and they
have averaged 51 and two-thirds
points a game in the last six games
that excludes the South Dakota
game, first of the season when
the Coyotes got only 15 points.
Hardest on the old defensive
average were the Minnesota and
Utah games when the Gophers
ecored 61 points and the Redskins
C3 against the Huskers. Wiscon
sin got 43, Indiana 49, and Detroit
and Stanford 47 apiece.
The huskers, meanwhile have
averaged better than a point a
minute, averaging 43 and one
third points per game. Smallest
ncore Nebraska has had is 37 in
the Minnesota game. They had 39
in the first two games, got 48
against Stanford, 40 against Utah,
63 against Wisconsin and 46 Tues
day night
Lightning, they say, never
strikes twice in the same place,
but when Don Fitz let fly that
long attempt at a basket Tuesday
night in the closing seconds of the
Fame, it looked for a minute like
it would. Fitz sank a long, one
handed shot to win the Stanford
game 48-47 in the last 30 seconds
of play, and had he made the shot
against Detroit the Huskers would
have undoubtedly won by another
48-47 score, but it just wasn't in
the books for it to happen again.
Tuesday night's game was the
eecond one-pointer in a row the
HusXers have lost to Detroit...
the Titans won 43-42 at Detroit
last year. . .funniest thing seen in
a long time on the Husker floor
came when little Frank Dulapa of
Detroit fouled Hartmann Goctze
...the little Titan knew he had
fouled and led referee Ted O'Sulli
van a merry chase around a group
of players before O'Sullivan
reached him.
Geore Seemann and Hub Mon
sky, varsity griddevs and Dick Mc
Clymont, senior manager drove to
California over the holidays and
Athletic service structure
will be boon to NU sports
Nebraska's athletic service
building, long a dream of the
Husker athletic depp'tment, is be
ginning to be built even though
it will be three or four years be
fore the field house is completed.
Biff Jones, Husker coach, hat
been working for a new building
ever since he came here, having
made a trip last year especially to
Washington to aid In getting
funds for such a structure at
which time there seemed little
hope of doing much in the im
mediate future.
However, much of the WPA ap
propriation of more than $100,
000 which was allotted for cam
pus improvements recently, will be
used to begin work.
Total cost of the building
will be $275,000, according to
John K. Solleck, business man
ager of athletics. The athletic
department plans to use the pres
ent grant to excavate, build the
concrete foundations, a tunnel to
the east stadium and walls, and
to install sewer and water lines,
Jobs which will take from six to
eight months. Excavation began
last week.
The structure will be three
stories, 90 feet wide and 200
feet long, not quite as large
aa similar structures at other
schools, but large enough to suit
Oornhusker needs. It will be of
the sam red brick as the coli
seum, and have towers at either
end, and windows resembling the
stadium design.
The south elevation will meet
the bank of the stadium track at
the north end, and the ground
floor will be even with the prac
tice fields to the north, and not
visible from the south, or stadium
side. Above the tunnel connecting
it from the east stadium and in
Pitcaithley
leads NU cagers
in score table
Harry Pitcaithley, senior for
ward, again went out into the lead
in Husker scoring as he got 15
points against Detroit Tuesday
night, to bring his total to 62 for
the seven games the Huskers have
played. Don Fitz, his former Jack
son high team mate, is second with
55. Sid Held, sophomore guard is
the only other player over, 40,
having 41. Summary:
K fg ft pf tp
Pitcaithley f 7 23 18 14 62
'iti g 7 21 13 11 55
Held g 7 15 11 9 41
Yaffe f 7 12 10 10 34
Tallmnn f 7 13 8 7 31
Randall c 7 9 10 11 28
Goetze f 6 7 4 11 18
King f-c 7 8 1 8 IT
Duncan c-g 4 3 2 6 6
Livingston g 6 0 & 6 S
Vacantl g 7 2 1 1 5
Therlen e 2 0 0 0 0
Kay t 5 0 0 2 0
Radtke g 1 0 0 0 0
WAA News
Basketball practice will begin
next Wednesday, Jan. 10.
The first round of the ping pong
tournament must be played by
Jan. 7.
Tanksterettes will meet Satur
day, Jan. 6, at the pool from 1:30
to 3 p. m.
The regular barn dance will be
held Thursday from 7 p. m. to 7:50
p. m. in Grant Memorial.
Archery will meet Tuesday, Jan.
9, in Grant Memorial.
The Girls' Rifle club will meet in
Andrews basement from 5 to 6
p. m.
BOWLING SCHEDULE
Thursday, January 4 at 4 p. m.:
Chi Omega III, vs. Delta Delta
Delta III; Delta Gamma III, vs.
Alpha Phi III; Kappa Alpha Theta
III, vs. Kappa Delta III, Alpha
Chi Omega I vs. Alpha Omicron
Pi I.
Friday, January 5 at 4 p. m
Kappa Alpha Thcta I vs. Phi
Mu I; Kappa Delta I vs. Kappa
Kappa Gamma I; Pi Beta Phi I vs.
Sigma Kappa. Sigma Delta I, vs.
Raymond Hall I.
Friday, January 5 at 5 p. m.;
Kappa Kappa Gamma II vs.
Delta Delta Delta III; Phi Mu I vs.
Chi Omega II; Kappa Delta II vs.
Kappa Alpha Theta II.
saw USC beat Tennessee in the
Rose bowl game... they made it
back to Lincoln yesterday after
noon. . .George Abel, Husker guard
who played high school football in
San Diego was in California over
vacation and saw the game, too.
side a ten-foot concrete fence will
be a sidewalk leading past the
field house to north tenth street
to help crowds leaving the sta
dium. A wall will be made
between the west stadium and
field house, and will have new or
namental gates for entrance to
the knothole and bleacher sec
tions. There will still be room at
the north end of the field for
bleachers.
The ground floor will have a
dirt-floor practice field with a 45
foot ceiling which will be ade
quate for indoor football and
baseball practice. It will permit
passing and punting into nets, and
keep the Huskers from missing
many valuable practices through
inclement weather. Also on the
ground floor will be a smaller
room with a lower ceiling for
dummy work, while the rest of
the space will be taken up with
equipment and groundkeepera'
rooms and space for a future
laundry.
The second floor, to be level
with the stadium field, will be di
vided into two parts. A half will
be devoted to football, with lock
ers and showers for the players,
coaching staff offices, and a class
room for practice. Another
part will be given over to locker
rooms, showers and offices for
trackmen, coaches and trainers.
Also on the floor will be a room
for storage of all university ath
letic equipment, off which will be
a mothproof storage room for
woolens.
On the third floor on the south
side will be handball and squash
courts, while the north side of the
second and third floors wiH form
the top o! the Indoor practice
field.
Huskers drop 47-46 thriller
to Detroit; wind up vacation
play with 2 wins, 3 losses
Nebraskak defeats Stanford, Wisconsin; loses
games to Minnesota Gophers, Utah, Titans
Nebraska's basketball team fin
ished its vacation play Tuesday
night as the Huskers dropped a
47-46 thriller to Detroit as Don
Fitz' field goal attempt in the last
few seconds missed its mark and
the Titans held onto their slim
lead.
Nebraska trailed throughout
the first half, as the Titan defense
held the Huskers without a field
goal for more than eight minutes.
Coach W. H. Browne'3 team drew
up to within two points of their
foes shortly before the end of the
half, but Detroit scored seven
points in three minutes to lead
27-18 at half-time.
Pit leads rally.
Nebraska, a second-half team
as most of their other games this
year, came back behind the in
spired play of Harry Pitcaithley
and with seven minutes to go led
38-35.
Detroit moved out ahead again,
and led 47-43 with a minute and a
half to go. Pitcaithley, who scored
fifteen points during the game,
was fouled on a field goal attempt,
and made his second free throw
after missing the first.
Sid Held scored a few seconds
later to whittle the margin still
further, and the Huskers took the
ball out of bounds at the far end
of the court after a Detroit pass
had gone wild. With around fif
teen seconds left, Fitz, who won
the Stanf&rd game in a similar
situation, fired a long one but it
bounced off the hoop, and Detroit
held the ball for the remaining
moments.
Titans foul.
The Huskers made only thirteen
field goals, to seventeen for De
troit, but 'the Titans made 24
fouls, and the Huskers converted
on twenty attempts. Detroit, led
by Charley Bucholtz with fifteen
points and Bob Callihan with
eleven, got seventeen baskets and
thirteen free throws. The Husk
ers missed nine free throw at
tempts; Nebraska six.
Detroit. I Nebraska.
fK ft fi fg ft f
Pegan f 0 0 2 Pitcaithley f 6 5 1
Gedda f 2 13 Kin); f 0 0 1
Plana f 3 1 2ITallmanf 10 0
Lnnrigren t 0 0 4Yaffeef 2 13
Calllhanc 4 3 41 Goetze e 0 3 2
Htichnltze 6 3 2' Randall e 0 5 3
Brice g 0 0 01 Vacant! g 0 0 0
O'Donnrllg 1 2 31 Held g 3 3 2
Talbot g 0 0 Oi Fit g 2 3 3
O'Brien It 0 0 1 ! Livingston g 0 0 0
Dulapa g 13 3! Duncan g 0 0 0
IHayf 0 0 0
Total! 17 13 24 Total 13 20 14
Score at end half Detroit 27, Ne
braska 18.
Missed free throws Pitcaithley 2,
r.octie 2, Held 3, I-undgren 3. Calihan,
Buchholts 2. Kit a, Tallman.
Official John ljnce, Pittsburg Tech
era, and Ted O'Sullivan, Missouri.
Edge Stanford
Nebraska won its first vacation
game, beating Stanford 48 to 47
after trailing 33 to 14 at half time.
Fitz put in the winning basket in
the last 30 seconds of play to give
the Huskers their only lead of the
game. Don Williams, Stanford for
ward, scored 26 points, 22 of them
in the first half, but went out on
fouls with 11 minutes gone in the
final period.
Fitz, with 13 points, was high
scorer for the Huskers in the game
which was probably one of the
most astounding in Nebraska bas
ketball history.
Nebraska fg fl f Stanford
fg ft
1 1
Tallman f
I (Anderson f
II Williams I
2 1 Taylor e
2 1 Davidson g
2(Oowden g
II Denton f
OILaFallls f
OlPenn e
lRahn g
Pitc'ley f
Randall e
Fits g
Held g
Yaffe f
11
1
2
1
0
0
2
Goetze f
Hay f
Duncan C-g
King c
1
Therlcn c
Livingston g
Vaa ntl g
Totals 18 12 13
Halftlm score: Stanford S3, Nebraska
14.
Missed free throws: Anderson 2, Cowden,
Penn, Pitcaithley, Fits 3, Held S, Yaffe,
Goetze, Duncan.
Officials: Parks Carroll, Kansas City;
Dick PuUlam, Grand Island.
Bow to Gophers
Nsuraaks, wsaJtsned in Um second half
and lost to Minnesota, CI to 37, after trail
ing 20 to 17 at halftlme In the game played
Dec. 23 at Minneapolis.
Don Carlson, starting his first game for
the winners, poured in 14 points, while
Harry Pitcaithley got ten for Nebraska and
Vatfe and Fitz seven apiece.
Nebraska fg ft fl Minnesota fg ft f
Tallman f 11 ljCarlson t 5 4 0
Pitcaithley f 4 2 2i Smith f 10 1
Randall c 0 0 21 Pearson e 4 11
Fttzg 2 3 1 1 Anderson g 3 12
Held c 2 0 3Thune g 2 0 2
Yaffe f 3 1 HAhrcnsf 0 2 0
King f.e 1 0 OlVan Every f 2 0 1
Duncan e 2 0 OlBoernerf 0 0 2
Vacant! g 0 0 UMacDonald o 2 0 1
Livingston g 0 0 HMohrc 111
I Warhol g 2 0 0
IDIckg 12 1
I Roth g 2 0 0
-I
Totals
19 7 12 Totals
23 11 12
Score at half: Minnesota 3(1. Nebraska
17.
Free throws missed: Taffe, Pitcaithley
2. Randall 3, Flu, Carlson 2, Smith, An
derson 2, Thune.
Officials: Referee, John Getchell; um
pire, George Higglns.
Lose to Utah
The Huskers lost their second
game in a row as a small but fast
Utah team walloped them 63-40
after the Utes had piled up a 35
17 margin. Val Sheffield and
Vaughn Bennion led the western
ers in piling up their half-time
average as their team made good
on 46.8 percent of its shots at the
basket. Sheffield made 18 points,
Bennion 14, and W. Johnson 10,
while Fitz was the leading Husker
scorer with 10.
Nebraska
Pitcaithley f
Taffe f
Randall e
Held g
Fiti g
Goetze f
Tallman f
King c
Livingston g
VacanU g
Hay f
fg ft
f! Utah
41 Watts f
4' Sheffield f
OiBennison c
II Smith g
1W. Johnson g
4 1 Lowe c
II Atkinson g
llOpenshaw f
2'F. Johnson f
Oi Wilson I
OlSoffe g
fg ft
3 2
3 2
-I
Totals IS 10 181 Totals 24 13 14
Score at half: TTtah S.S, Nebraska 17.
Free throws missed: Sheffield. Bennison,
Smith, W. Johnson, Pitcaithley 3, Held,
Vacant!, King.
Officials: Moe Pressly, Omaha U. ; Ted
O'Sullivan, Missouri.
Beat Wisconsin
The Huskers rallied in the sec
ond half to beat Wisconsin Decem
ber 30 in the first game of a
doubkheader in Milwaukee. The
Badgers were ahead 20-16 at half
time, but the Huskers tied the
count at 27-all, and went out
ahead for good with baskets by
King and Held after a basket by
Timmerman had put Wisconsin
ahead.
High scorer of the game was
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COLD'S Third Floor.
California
plays here
Saturday
NU cagers to finish
out of conference slate
against Price's Bears
Nebraska winds, up its out-of-conference
schedule Saturday
night as Coach W. H. Browne
sends his Huskers against Cali
fornia's barnstorming Bears. Ne
braska has won three and lost
four games, and will be attempt
ing to bring the average up to
.500 before conference play starts
Monday, Jan. 8, against Iowa
State here.
Nebraska broke even with
California last year, upsetting
Coach Nibs Price's team in the
first game on the coast, but drop
ping a return engagement a few
days later.
Three vets back.
California has three veterans
from last year's team, Capt Walt
Bickerton, 6 foot, 6 inch center
Bill Ogilvie who starred against
the Huskers, and 6 foot, 5 inch
guard Bill Biggerstaff. All three
played here two years ago when
the Huskers won, 38-32, in an ex
tra period. Starting forwards are
Ken Morgan and Bob Alameda.
The Bears, who are expected to
figure prominently in the Pacific
Coast race, lost 51-47 to Marshall
college in Huntington, W. Va,
Tuesday night The score was tied
ten times, and the game went
overtime.
The Huskers have been aver
aging well over forty points a
game, but since the South Da
kota game when the Coyotes got
only 15 points, no Husker op
ponent has scored less than 43
points, so Coach W. H. Browne
will continue to drill his team on
defensive measures, which will be
necessary if the Calif ornians are
to be halted.
forward Bob Schwartz of Wiscon
sin. Leading the Huskers were
sophomores Hartmann Goetze with
13 and Sid Held with 12.
Nebraska fg ft fl Wisconsin
fg ft
Tallman f 2
llSchwarts f
II Smith f
4 Anderson (
3Alwln f
3Knglund e
lITim'erman e
OlRundrll g
01 Gallagher g
01 St rain g
OlSchiewe g
e s
Yaffee f 1
Pitcaithley t 2
King f 3
Goetze e 6
Randal e 1
Fiti g 3
Livingston g 0
Vacantl g 0
Held g 5
1
Totals 23 7 131 Totals
16 11 16
Halftlme score: Wisconsin 20, Nebraska
16
Free throws mtsd: Anderson, Gallagher
2, Pitcaithley 3, King 2, Got t re 3, Held.
Referee, John Getrhrll, St. Thomas; un
plre, Bill Haarlow, Chicago.
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