Tuesday, January 23, 1940
Tlie DAILY NERRASKAN
Brownemen play at
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Huskers seek
second Big
Six victory
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by June Bierbower.
Although Nebraska's prospects
for outdoor track seem rosier than
those for the indoor event because
of a powerful array of field event
stars, Saturday's first track "fccl
ouf of the season for the indoor
team was extremely gratifying, to
eny the least.
Harold Brooks, state high school
medalist in the mile two years ago,
turned in a 4:25 mile, best ever
made under the stadium which Is
little short of astonishing on the
kidney-shaped track under the oast
etadium, and In view of the fact
that this is only the second semes
ter in school for Brooks.
The Gothenburg boy will be
eligible for varsity competition
next semester, and may make Ray
Gnhan. Ray Harris and a guy
named Munskl trot for their
laurels. Fred Matteson, a fine
runner in his day, never got better
than 4:30 on the Indoor track, and
Charley Mitchell of Kansas State,
who had held the best mark ever
made on the track, did 4:29 in the
dual meet last year.
Bob Ginn, froih runner, and the
best half miler in the state's high
school ranks last spring, also bet
tered Matteson's mark, and Bill
Cook, two-milcr, came within one
second of it. And when you stop
to think that most races this early
In the season are done In about
4:30 or 4:40: that sounds very fine
And for those who are interested,
Brooks and Ginn have both neared
Matteson's outdoor mark in the
mile, Brooks having turned in
mark of 9:54.4, and Ginn 9:45.6
last fall.
Red Littler, Junior A. A. U,
champion in the 200 meter dash
was bothered by an Injured leg but
he was fast enough to hobbl
through to win the 60 and 440 yard
events in 6.5 and 52.2 seconds res
Ticctivcly. both of which times
would pick up good points.
Bill Smutz, soph hurdler who
.has improved rapidly since coming
to Nebraska, shows promise of
picking up plenty of points for the
Huskers before he's through. His
times of 7.9 and 7.2 seconds were
the same times as the winners of
the two events made in last year's
Nebraska-Oklahoma duel.
Since we're getting very opti
mistic, we should mention Ed
Wibbels, too. He's finally decided
to forego football, and, with Elmer
Hackney out of commission should
be the best shot putter in the con
fcrence this year. The 43-1 mark
he got Saturday is better than
most of this year's midwest crop
will be' getting.
Herman Rohrig will be on the
spot next year, as we see that
Grant Rice Is his newest professed
watcher. Although it n going to b
a little hard on Herman, it's goinji
to be hard on some of the boys on
the other teams if they forget
about Harry Hopp, Roy Petsch,
Bus Knight, Vike Francis, Bob
Kahler, Bob DeFruiter and Henry
Rolin. For provided scolastic and
other difficulties don't rear up, the
Iluskers backfield, and their
guard contingent of Ed Schwartz
kopf, Warren Alfson, Hub Monsky
and George Abel, should compare
with any in the country next fall,
When any one of them is taken
out, the only difference a substitu
tion will make is to put a frenher
man in.the game, tnd in that case
It s hard to concentrate on
"marked man."
Ed Weir, generally considered
one or the greatest players th
game of football has ever known
came in for more honors in Grant
Rice's column Monday, as Rico
put forth an all-time team, which
he called "a combined all-time, all
America a Stuhldreher-Rice spec
lai witn the shade of Knut
Rockne thrown In."
In Grantland's Collier's all-time
team, he picked Flncher of Gcorsri
Tech over Weir for a tackle cost
tion, but on Stuhldreher's recom
mendation, Weir got the nod yes
leraay. The Wisconsin coach.
former Notre Dame player, said
"Weir was the only football
player picked by Notre Dame nlav
ers as the best man Notre Dame
faced three straight vears. He was
the greatest tackle I ever saw-
extremely fast, alert and n Feres
Bive. Weir had everything it
takes." "
ay Berwanger, the best player
we have ever seen, made a place
Don Fitz misses trip
to Lawrence where
Scarlet meets KU
Nebraska's Cornhuskers, hungry
for their second Big Six victory
after losing two conference games
in a row, Invade Lawrence for a
game with the Kansas Jayhawks
tonight.
The Huskers started off with a
48-26 win over Iowa State, but
dropped their second game to Mis
souri, 46-33, and Friday night lost
again, this time to Kansas State
35-22. Kansas, meanwhile, as
tounded the Big Six by walloping
Oklahoma co-champions with
Missouri, 46-26 before nipping K
State, 34-33, but lost last week
to Missouri at Columbia, 42-31.
Nebraska, In meeting the Jay
hawks, will be attempting to
break a string of 17 consecutive
victories the Jayhawks have won
on their home floor. Kansas has
not been beaten at Lawrence since
Oklahoma turned the trick early
in 1938. Nebraska lost a thriller
last year at Kansas, 46-43, after
beating the Jayhawks at home
earlier in the season.
K. U. woeful.
Press reports emanating from
Kansas are singing songs of woe
because of the height advantage
the Huskers will hold. Al Randall,
who has led Husker scorers In
tlie past two conference games,
stands 6 feet 7 inches, and guards
Bob Thericn and Sid Held arc
each 6 feet 4 Inches tall. Mean
while, the tallest Kansas player is
John Kline, 6 feet 2'2 inch guard.
However, none of the Kansans in
the starting lineup are under
feet, although of course, the Husk
ers are taller on the average, with
only Harry Pitcaithlcy of the
starters under 6 feet.
Starting for KU will probably
be Ralph Miller and Don Ebling
or Howard Engelman at forwards;
Bob Allen at center, and Dick
Harp and probably Bruce Voran
Voran, the prize utility man of the
conference, can play any position
and is often held on the bench so
that Coach Phog Allen can see at
which position he is most needed
Huskers miss shots.
The Huskers seem to have lost
their basket eyes in the last two
games, having made only 14 of 80
shots against Missouri, and 10 of
57 against Kansas State. Without
Fitz, who will be out of tonight's
game again, the inexperienced
team lacks a balance-wheel, and in
the past two games has missed
set-up after set-up.
Fitz attended classes Monday
for the first time since last week
and said his knee "felt fine." Al
though he is out of tonight's game
he may be able to go Saturday
night against Oklahoma. He was
present at the Husker workout,
and shot a few baskets, although
he did not suit up. The Huskers
saw pictures of last year s KU
game, and worked on set-ups last
night in a light drill.
Ten men will make the trip
including game captain Harry Pit
caithley, who will keep among the
leaders in Big Six scoring pro
on the team. Stuhldreher says
"Berwanger. . .on any good team
would have been the greatest of
them all. (Meaning Thorpe, Gipp
Grange, Nevers and Eckersall.)
Other men on the team are Ger
many Schultz, Michigan center
Pudge, Heffelfinger , Yale, and
Bochy Koch, guards, Baylor; Fats
Henry. W & J, tackle; Brick Mul
lor, Stanford, and Wes Feslcr, Ohio
State ends; Jim Thorps, Carlisle
Red Grange, Illinois; George Gipp
Notre Dame, backs.
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Years football
drops below 200,000 mark
Nebraska football attendance for
the 1939 season dropped below the
200,000 mark last year for the
first time since 1935.
However, in view of the fact
that only four games were at
home, and of the general condi
tion of mid-west business, the to
tals were very satisfactory, ac
cording to business manager John
K. Sellcck, who says there Is us
ually a normal drop every other
year, because of the way the sched
ule runs.
The total fell off 38,247 from last
year, when it was 237,390. This
year's mark of 199,143 paid ad
missions was lowest since 1935
when there were 193,558 paid ad
missions.
Largest crowd this year was at
the Oklahoma game here, as 34,-
641 paid their way Into the Bay
521 people paid their way in. 29,-
628 watched Minnesota play here,
28,488 were at the Balor game,
and 26,641 paid their way Into the
Kansas game. More than 8,000 of
those in attendance at the Baylor
contest were knotholers.
Road games hurt
It was the out-of-town schedule
which took the Huskers' mark
down this year. Only 11,770 saw
the Iowa State game, and the In
diana crowd was only 12,187. 15,
203 saw the Missouri game, as
the only crowd of any size to see
vided that he has a good night to
night. Others going are Frank
Tallman, Irv Yaffe, Al Randall,
Bruce Duncan, Bob Therien, Sid
Held, Hartmann Goetze, Lyle
King, Charley Vacant!.
Probable starting lineups:
Knnu Nebraska
KbllnB f.... Pitcaithlcy (sc)
Miller t Tallman
Allen c... Randall
Voran K Thericn
Harp g Held
Hagelin sends frosh, varsity
swim teams thru tryouts
Pete Hagelin, Hu3ker swimming
coach, pitted his varsity and frosh
crews together for tryouts for the
meet Friday afternoon In several
events, as Les Oldficld, freshman
ace from Lincoln high turned in
the best time of the afternoon with
a 1:55.4 mark in the 150 yard
backstroke.
Bill Edwards, sophomore star
from Lincoln, paced the varsity
as he turned in the best time for
the upperclassmen with a :57.9
mark in the 100 yard freestyle.
Edwards beat Don Hilgert of the
frosh to take the 50 yard freestyle
in :26.1.
Hilgert wins 440.
Hilgert, another ex-Lincoln ace,
did the 440 freestyle In 6:07, while
Fred Rodenbeck, varsity letterman
won the 200 yard breaststroke in
2:50.9. Rodenbeck, according to
Hagelin, is the most improved man
on the varsity this year, as his
mark Friday was the best he has
ever turned in.
Bob Chatt, veteran, won tlie 200
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attendance
the Iluskers on the road was at
Pitt when 20,655 people paid to
get in, and that was a far cry
from the 64,164 paid admissions
they drew at Pitt in 1937 in which
year 215,395 people saw the Husk
ers play for an all-time Nebraska
record. Largest home crowd in Ne
braska history turned out for the
year's Indiana game, with attend
ance figures totaling 39,360. Sec
ond highest crowd in Nebraska
history is the 52,530 people who
saw the Iluskers play at Minne
sota in 1936.
1934 total was 202, 320, and the
1936 aggregate was 214,715. Poor
est crowd in the past six years
has been at the 1938 game at
Iowa, which drew only 6,280 peo
ple.
High school teams
enter gym meet
Thirteen schools have already
submitted entries for the first
high school gymnastics meet in
Nebraska to be held at the uni
versity March 15.
Charlie Miller, Husker gymnas
tics coach, originated the idea of
such a meet, and obtained en
dorsement for his project from the
Nebraska High School Activities
association. Most of Miller s var
sity candidates have never had ex
perience, and the state meet Is
being held to endeavor to create
more state-wide interest in the
sport.
Schools which have promised
entries are Grand Island, Beatrice,
Holdrege, Hastings, Kearney, Co
lumbus, Omaha Tech, Omaha Ben
son, Curtis, Crete, Holmesville
Norfolk and Wilber.
yard free style in 2:39.4, and in
the diving event, Ralph Worden
defending Big Six champion, won.
Well balanced.
The Husker squad is well-bal
anced this year, although they're
a little weak in the backstroke
Hagelin, however, is expecting
their record to be better than last
year's.
The Huskers open their season
Feb. 3 here against the always
strong Minnesota Gophers. Colo
rado U. comes here Feb. 5, and
Nebraska ends its home season
Feb. 8 against Kansas State
Other meets are Feb. 16, Iowa
State at Ames; Feb. 17, Grinnell
at Grinnell; Feb. 23, K-State at
Manhattan; Feb. 24, Kansas at
Lawrence; Feb. 26, Oklahoma at
Norman; March 1 and 2, Big Six
meet at Amos.
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Pit7 still leads
n NU scoring;
Randall fourth
Harry Fitcuithley remained In
the Husker scoring lead as he got
six points against Kansas State
Friday night, and should pass the
century mark against Kansas this
evening, having a total of 96
points in 11 games. Don Fitz, who
is still out because of his knee
injury, trails with 66 points in ten
games, and Sid Held, sophomore
star, Is still third with 69 in U
games.
AJ Randall, with eight points
against K-State, supplanted Irv
Yaffe in fourth place. Randall
has 52 and Yaffee 48 points In
eleven games apiece.
Most fouls.
Pitcaithlcy leads the team tn
personal fouls as well as points,
having made 21. Yaffe has 20, m
and Randall 19. Pit's 96 points
have come on 35 fielders and 28
free throws.
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Harry Pitcaithlcy .... 11 35 28 21 OH
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Rid HeM 11 22 115 11 B9
Al Randall 11 19 14 19 r2
rv Yaffe 11 18 12 20 48
''rank Tallman 11 1 7 14 39
fartmann Ooctzo .... 10 10 7 17 27
Hob Thericn B 11 1 4 23
Lvlc KinR 9 8 1 9 17
Charles Vacantl 8 3 117
Iiruce nunenn ........ 7 3 0 2 H
Lps Llvlneston 7 0 K 7 5
John Hay 6 10 0 3
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