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THE DAILY NEBRASKA
Tuesday, May 28, 1940
Track team makes standout
record; not one senior lost
SEE II!
By June Bierbower.
Today comes our swan song (or,
as Houdini would say, Swami
song), for no longer shall vvc be
rounding out sports copy in the
basement regions of the Union.
Paul Gallieo. when lie gave up
sports writing, wrote a book nam
ed "Farewell to Sport." We're not
Paul Gallieo. as you may have de
tected, so this will just be our
"farewell to sports writing." We
have come to the conclusion which
most sports writers come to soon
er or later, that you can't eat
newspaper inches. That is, maybe.
But the three semesters at the
sports desk down here, and sev
eral semesters of looking-on be
fore that, have left us with far
better reflections than our friend
Mr. Gallioo. Maybe we're too
young to g(t disillusioned yet.
Take the Huskcr football teams.
We've seen some good Nebraska
teams, and one that wasn't so
good. We've seen the Husker stars
from Cardwtll and Sam Francis
down to the present. . .we've seen
such great football names as Ber
wan;er, Widseth, Matisi, Kinnick,
Goldberg, Huffman, Christman
pass in review against fighting
Husker teams... we won't be
around to see the greatest team
Nebraska ever put on a gridiron,
but we'll be following the Huskers
every minute of that 19 10 season.
And we noticed in reading the Big
Ten schedules for 1914 that the
Huskers play Minnesota and In
diana that year, but not Iowa...
wonder if Notre Dame's schedule
is full then. . .and we hope by then
if the Huskers are traveling by air,
it will be on peaceful missions.
There have been lots of thrills
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Beta Theta Pi wins Best
trophy with 822 l-M points
By Yahudi.
Be a Theta Pi
was named the
1939-40 winner of the Jack Best
trophy, Monday, by nosing out
Sigma Alpha Epsilon for the
coveted prize with a total of 822
noints to 810
IMC UCiVllUlll 1IILI it IIllll til llliilll-
pions ran neck and neck with the
fl-. ,l : .. I t l
ueias oown to tne very tinifin line
ami looked like the victors, hut a
photo finish and a recount of the
points found the Betas hitting the
wire in the lead.
Show team was Delta Unsilon
with 692 points. The next seven
teams in the order of the finish to
round out the ton ten are: Phi
Delta Theta. Thi Gamma Delta.
Alnha Tail Omeca. Kanria Sip ma.
Sigma Nu. Farm House, and Alnha
uanima Kho.
Beta's win four crowns.
The Betas won four team titles
in all the sports. . .yes, the Husk
ers had a fine basketball team
three years ago. . .no one who saw
it will ever forget the game in
which the largest basketball crowd
in Missouri Valley history saw the
Husker cagers whip Kansas for a
share in the Big Six championship
...and, on the humorous side, no
one will ever forget the late-lamented
apple core which was
aimed at and struck Dr. Phog AI
Ien of the Javhawks 11k nixl war
...and which, sad to say, incited
his boys to rally for a victory over
Nebraska. . .the team next year
may pull some surprises. . .it
would have this year, had a ma-
jority of its members been able to
steer clear of injuries and illness
.. .yes, we've razzed our pal "Hon-
dini" Fitz, but he can still play
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Big Six
We've seen great Nebraska
track teams, coached by that old
immortal, Pa Scbulte and Ed Weir
we followed a bandied-ahnut
1939 track team to Ames to watch
them win a surprise outdoor con-
ference championship. . .we saw a
youthful bunch of kids win the
hearts of Kansas City fans in tak-
ing the Big Six indoor champion-
ship down there this spring...
there's not much to say that
wouldn't be gilding the lily. Fred
Ware said it Sunday when he
hinted around about national
championships a year or two
hence. We're not too concerned
about that, but with track what it
is here today, Fred may not be far
wrong.
We've see nthe territory north
of the coliseum change from a
ramshackle, unsightly slum dis-
trict to as fine a layout of ath-
letic fields as you'd see anywhere
. . .the Husker's baseball team has
a home now, and some of these
days they'll have a team of which
the university will be proud... it
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looks of a freshman crew which
was teaching the varsity a few
uaseDau lessons this year.
We've seen Husker swimming,
golf, tennis and wrestling stars
come and go. . .we've seen Charley
Miller build gymnastics teams in a
short space of time which do the
Huskers proud... it's those so
called "minor" sports, which the
boys keep playing after they're out
of school... and don't think they
don't work on them out of school
...there could be other sports
here, and some day there may be
. . .who wouldn't like to see a good
old sockin' Husker hockey team
. . .or a polo squad?
We've seen high school football
games, track meets, and basket
ball tournaments. . .we've seen
Hermle Rohrig play for Lincoln
high school, AI Randall for Omaha
South, Roy Petsch for Scottsbluff,
Red Littler for Mitchell, etc. ad in
finitum... we remember reading
about Bus Knight as Jackson
high's star freshman fullback
years and years ago, when our
main sports activity was keeping
as did the Sig Alphs. Farm House,
Alpha Gamma Rho, Sigma Alpha
m Lt, uuu i in vjummu ut'iua wti e
the other winners of events.
This year 25 fraternities partici
pated in 12 sports. Last year there
were 29 fraternities and 13 events.
vr.. til i ti . 1 . .
The closeness of competition this
' ' j.wv.
vear ia shown by the points scored
v lv llin"l miming uuiu
to ninth. In this etohd. seven
teams were within the range of
700 to GOO in final fraternity stand
ings. Closest battles were for fourth
and seventh places. Phi Delta
Theta nosed out Phi Gamma Delta
for fourth by a score of COS to 660.
For seventh. Kanna Sicnia saueez-
ed past Sigma Nu by a score of
626 to 625. Sports and winners:
Touch font hall: Beta.
Tennis: Heta.
ColC: Hota.
Bowling: Beta.
Volleyball: S.A.K.
Wnter Polo: S.A.K.
"B" Raxkelhiill: S.A.E.
PiiiK Pone: S.A.K
"A" Ba.'Ketlmll: Karm Mouse.
Track: Phi (Jam.
Handball: S A M.
Softball; A. U.K..
scrapbooks.
Now some last words: To the
coaching staff-to the Biffer, a
grand guy; to Brownie; to Ed
Weir, Wilbur Knight, Jerry Adam,
Chariot 1itl,i I T.. : ttvi
Npwkirk nnri nil Iho rt hor mahaa
who have helped us along you've
borne up well with a gal at the
sports helm.
To the local press: To editors
John of the Lilliputs Bentley, Cy
Sherman, Gregg McBride, Fred
Ware, and all the other boys...
you've been omre than swell in
helping out and in being patient
w ilh
To the athletes: We've tried to
be a good sports ed, and to do
everybody justice... if there are
good athletes to write about, an
editor's job is twice as easv. . .
you've filled the bill, altho maybe
our press agentry at times hasn't
been so hot... And to Theos
Thompson you can still smack
'e"i down as hard as any 200
pounder.
To our readers, whoever they
may be. Sometimes we've won-
dered if anybody reads this page,
judging from some of the funny
errors which aoDeared here this
year, but which we've had to dis
cover ourselves because no one
squawked about them. Or maybe
people have been too pice, or may
be they've been afraid to squawk.
Who knows?
-" v v. acuicaicia, auu muse
before that have been fun... those
two Minnesota classics, that Pitt
ame this year, the victory over
Oklahoma last fall, won't be
blurred out very soon... not much
more needs to be said, except that
we 11 make our last charge to the
Husers: Remember, next year's
Homecoming ia Tiger day... 27 to
12 Isn't vprv niA t rx tv.ir.ir v..-
, ' J ilium auuui,
is ily
Well, some of these days we'll
be seeing you. And take it easy
over exams.
J.M.B.
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oLirjc!
By Alex Mills.
Saturday's victory over the Ok
lahoma Aggie track squad con
cluded one of the best seasons ever
turned in by the Huskers and, es
tablished the Nebraska team as
one of the best In the entire mid
west as they won the Big Six, in
door and outdoor crowns, then
turned around and virtually ran
over the Missouri Valley Cham
pions -the Oklahoma Aggies.
inis year, iney were unueieaieo:
in their dual meets, both durinir
the indoor and outdoor season; in
fact, in any meet in which the en
tire team took part they emerged
victorious.
In the several contests in which
a few representatives were en
tered, or in which team totals were
unofficial, the Huskers always put
up fine performances.
Littler Stars.
For Instance. Gene Littler, sole
man in the Cotton Carnival invita
tional at Memphis, won the 410
and 220 against some of the best
runners in the counlrv. The team's
leaning penormers were ent to
the Armour Tech and Illinois Re
lays, in the indoor season, and per
formed in great style. The team
picked up no firsts at Drake or
Kansas' Relays, but were very
much in the running.
Littler, Harold Brooks, Herb
Grote. Fd Wibbels, Harold Hunt
and Bill Smutz were among the
best point winners. At Illinois
Hunt finished in a three way tie
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' for first in the pole vault, and Lit
tler set American indoor record
in winning the 300 yard dash.
At Armour Tech, Brooks won
the mile, Hunt tied for first in the
pole vault, Littler won the 70 and
440 yard runs, and Smutz waa
third in the hurdles. Big Six in
door winners were Littler in the 60
and 440, Hunt in tho pole vault,
and Smutz in the lew hurdles.
Beat A and M.
The team won victories over Ok
lahoma, Kansas State, and Kan
sas In indoor duals; outside they
beat Kansas State, Iowa State and
Oklahoma A. & M.
Outdoor winners were Littler in
the 410, Smutz in the highs, Wib
bels in the discus, Grotc i; fie
javelin, and Hunt, who tied '.'or
first in the pole vault.
Outstanding marks cam? as
Wibbels came back to set a new
discus mark of 160 feet, 5l
inches, and as Herb Grote broke
the existing javelin mark with a
prodigious heave of 216 feet 4
inches. Ray Prochaska also bet
tered the old discus record.
No seniors.
What with no seniors on the
squad this year, and with a fine
frosh squad coming up, prospects
for next year are great.
Next on the Husker calendar are
the national intercollegiates in
Minneapolis June i and 22; to be
followed by the AAU meet in
Fresno in July. Husker entries are
not ceitain as yet, altho several
men will be entered at both places.
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