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Wednesday, November 27, 1940 DAILY NEBRASKAN r 1 - J- t 8 V -X Br F Jin Evinger V SpoJdA COlMUL a HOPP SHINES. Harry Hopp'a marvelous per formance In the Saturday battle with the Iowa State Cyclonea cleanly marks the man who Is the most valuable In the Husker back field It wasn't "Hippity Harry" Saturday, It was Blasting Harry with all the trimmings. .. .When rry couldn t sidestep a Cyclone umnM-h tarUlAr h nlmnlv low ered his head and bowled over him for a few more precious yards .... Not to take any glory away from the Husker, themselves, a word of praise ought to be sung for the fans in Memorial stadium Saturday. . . . As soon as the Husker ran from their dressing voom at the start of the second half, the whole 18,000 partisan Nebraska follow ers wouldn't down the "Touch down, Touchdown" chant until the Huskers were finally safe in the lead. . . . CROWD ROARS. Don't think that sideline cheer ing wasn't any great aid, because it was.... Coach Jim Yeager of Iowa State said after the fray that if that game had been played in Ames, the Cyclones would havs been' the victors .... That crowd behind a team helps every time . . . Hats off to a grand bunch of footballers who can come back and hats off to a crowd that shows where it stands when its tyim is in the dumps. . . . There was one Husker on the field Saturday who came within 50 seconds of being the first Ne- braskan to play a full 60-minute game this year He wasn't Vike Francis, altho the Viscount lacked about three minutes, and he wasn't Eddie Schwartzkopf, but he was Clarence "Chintz" Hern- don This Grand Island junior was taken out for Forrest Benin with ess wan a minute to be niavea r ta K-State stands in Husker road s ! , 1 Forrest Behm named on NEA AU-American First nationally reknowned AH- American mythical football team came out over the weekend with a ntortiKt gridder In the lineup. The player For rest Behm. Forrey.husky ex-Lincoln high I tackle, was named at left tackle on the all-star eleven selected by Harry Grayson, sports editor of NBA service. No other Big Six athlete was listed on the rouuear behm. first team. udcou jouml Behm, senior and co-captain with Harry Hopp for the Huskers against Kansas State Saturday afternoon, has seen service in every game since his sophomore year at Nebraska. . . .Odd thing about it all was that Chintz had been a second team tackle all along.... But Behm'a leg injury kept him out of the lineup The last minute inser tion of Behm into the lineup kept Forrey's string of having played three years at Nebraska intact. in everv Husker game in his HITS AND BITS. Here and there: Don Pierce, University of Kansas' great cen ter, is the new sports editor of the Daily Kansan....He thinks playing football is tough, but wait until he starts batting out a "colyum" and making up a page every ray.... He 11 wish that the pigskin season lasted a few months more.... On the student election ballot at Kansas State recently, there were six gridders listed as candidates. The most popular present bought by Missouri players on a trip to bring home were little toy fuzzy dogs.... Jim Starmer, Tiger halfback, brought his girl friend two different kinds on each Miz zou trip.... Nebraska plans close season with triumph over Wildcats to be conference champion Nebraska 's Oornhuskerg are out after their desisert now. The nine-course "dinine special" is all complete but for the final delicacy the gobbling up of Khiihhs State. Saturday aft ernoon, in Memorial stadium for the closing entree. . Only one course has been & "faux pits" thus far. The Husk er slipped a bit in losing a heartbreaker to the nation's number one team Minnesota but have gained back social prestige on the gridiron in winning the last seven courses. Fine menu to far. The nuskers will have their eake Saturday that is, Kan sas State but can they eat it toot To beat the Wildcat would be a choice dessert. Let s hope the V lift IM ; O'r-l Coca-Cola with food is a taste experience mil lions welcome. A natural partner of good things to eat, Coca-Cola sends you back to work with that feeling of complete refreshment. A US E THAT REFRESHES Boolad tmAtt iiKhoricy of Tk Coc-ol Co. br LINCOLN COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANT 2120 G St. Th. 2-5357 Huskers won't bobble this crown ing act in achieving a fitting cli max to the 1940 Cornhusker foot ball season. Kansas State's record is none too impressive, but that does not mean a thing. Look at what the Iowa St&te Cyclones did to Ne braska in the first half of that game last Saturday. Field cjver on. A word to the wise Is suffi cient and the Huskers are not planning on letting the Wildcats get the jump on them this Satur day like the Ames gridders did last week. The snow covered fields pre vented the Scarlet from going out side, Tuesday afternoon, but the entire squad drilled under the east, stadium in sweat clothes. Dummy scrimmage was held and plays were run thru. The large field cover has been on the gridiron for the past two nights and has prevented any moisture from hitting the sod. Therefore, a dry field is assured at the start of the Aggie-Husker contest M. Thompson out. There were no lineup changes. except that Forrest Behm is ex pected back in the starting eleven by game time Saturday, since Behm is a co-coptain with Harry Hopp. Behm's injured leg is improv ing and will be ready to go. Clar ence Herndon, who did such a good job of relieving Behm in the Pitt and Cyclone games, will be available if Behm recurrs an in jury. Royal Kahler, senior tackle, is also bathered by a bad leg. The ankle is swollen somewhat, but he too is expected in the starting: lineup Saturday. Sophomore Vic Schleich will be ready in any in stance Kahler cannot carry on. Marvin Thompson, sophomore end, will not see action as his wrenched knee has been slow to respond to mending. Ruth Huston elected Towne Club prexy The new president of Towne Club, announced Monday at a regular meeting, is Ruth Huston, junior from Tecumseh and former vice president Miss Huston re places Marian Beardsley, who is now working in Indiana. Plans for having the Cornhusker picture of the group taken were discussed as well as the scheduled exchange dinner this weekend. Marquette university has estab lished a new naval ROTC. Frosh cagers-note A call for all frosh basket ball aspirants is now being sent out by the Nebraska coaches. About SO are out for practice nightly now, but even more are wanted. There are some who are stilt out for frosh football, but they are expected out the first of next week. The official start ing day for regular workouts and practice is set for Monday, Dec. 2. The original manuscript of a report signed by Hernando Cortex, Sixteenth century governor of New Spain, is in the University of Texas library. All states In the union and 1 foreign countries are represented by students at Northwestern university. Movies- (Continued from page 1.) Danzig by the nazis for taking for bidden pictures, and was nearly cut off from escape at one time during the German bombardment of the railroad in the vicinity of Wilno, Poland. He is appearing on this campus as a lecturer on the Union Special Events program. Steward Cramet, magician who was scheduled to appear on this date, was drafted and will be un able to keep his appointment J r ' f 4 1 0 Arms- (Continued from page 1.) in the defense of Eton college. It is the hope of the committee that other universities throughout the nation will follow suit Included in the list of arms de sired are pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns, binoculars, and ammuni tion. Lieutenant E. C. Richardson, coach of the university rifle team, who received a similar letter, had this comment to make: "To my knowledge the university has no arms available for such a purpose, but I am willing to serve as an agent to handle any contributions of this sort which the faculty or students desire to make," W Pay more, Ile you can get M nill . me lor only THREE WAs TO Pi v J- t'"e Our Budget ia 'Kiiiiin! lumwwt Mgin sj inauj 'inai'irr ll St.