Sunday, January 19, 1941
DAILY NEBRASKAN
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By
Jim Evinget
So you think tennis is a sissy
sport do you? Well, pay atten
tion to the following column for
words to the contrary!
Tennis got off on the wrong
foot. Way back in 1874, a woman
May Ewing Outerbridge intro
duced the game to the United
States.
And because girls were the orig
inal tennis players and because the
scoring had something to do with
"love." there grew a masculine
prejudice against th$ game
SISSY GAME, EH T
Time has progressed and so has
the game of tennis. What used to
be a game of lobs, placements and
stamina has now developed into a
game of speed smashes and drives
weighted by an exhausting and
dangerous pace.
Sissy game, et? Well, back on
Jan. 11, 1938, in Los Angeles, Ells
worth Vines and Fred I'erry bat
tied a tremendous match. The
previous year this pair had played
70 matches and were all square
After three hours of leaping,
stretching, diving, running and
swinging, midnight had approach
ed and Vines was the victor by
cores of 4-C, 13-11, 8-10, 6-2, 6-3!
THE FIRST COMET.
You all know of Don Budge, he
of the flaming thatch and blasting
service. Here's an item about the
first California Comet Red Mc-
Loughlin. He was playing an Aus-
tralian for the Davis cup in 1914.
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In the first set, Aussy Norman
Brookes held a 40-0 lead with the
games tied at 9-all. The Califor
nian finally came to life and
served five straight cannon-ball
services that turned the tide. One
of the services tore the racket out
of Brookes' grasp!
Those five consecutive aces were
traveling at the speed of 123 miles
an hour and provided the greatest
exhibition of raw power the tennis
world has ever seen. The match
went to McLoughlin 17-15, 6-3, 6-3.
The newspaper scribes that day
decided "nantv-waist" and "ten
nis" were not synonymous.
NAMES, BIG NAMES.
Since the time of McLoughlin
there have been big names in the
world of tennis. Little Bill John
son. 112 pounds of dynamite, was
en example of sheer determination
end grit.
Others on down the line include
Big Bill Tilden, the father of mod
ern tennis; Frenchmen Jean Boro
tra and Rene LaCoste; Karl Koze-
luh, the tireless Czech; Vlnnie
Richards, Tilden's doubles partner;
Les Stoefen. George Lott, Ameri
cans; Henri Cochet, the little
Frenchman; Perry, Budge and
Vines.
Now the names in amateur ten
nis are Don McNeill. Bobby Riggs,
Ed Aloo, John Kramer, Frank
Kovacs. and the Giant Killer
Brvan M. "Bitsy" Grant.
All the big names and the better
tennis stars have turned profes-
$lonal. In his first year of play
UN athletic
board gives
24 majors
Huskcrs list
four minors
Major football awards were
given to 24 members of the Uni
versity of Nebraska football team,
Coach Biff Jones announced by
the Cornhusker athletic board. In
addition, four minor letters were
awarded.
Lettermen include the- No, 1
unit, ten from the No. 2 unit plus
Theos Thompson, Bob Kahler and
Leonard Mufckin. Minor awards
were given to Wayne Blue, Te
cumseh, fullback; Dale Bradley,
Lincoln, halfback; Howard Kelly,
Grand Island, center, and Gerald
Kathol, Hartlngton, end. Major
letter winners:
ENDS: Willard Bunker, Lin
coln; Bob Ludwick, Lincoln; Fred
Preston, Falrbury: Ray Prochas
ka, Ulysses.
TACKLES: Forrest Behm, Lin
coin; Clarence Herndon, Grand Is
land; Royal Kahler, Grand Island;
Leonard Muskin, Omaha; Vio
Schleich, Lincoln.
GUARDS: Warren Alfson, Wis
ner; George Abel, Lincoln; Ralph
Whitehead. Minatare: Ed
Schwartzkopf, Lincoln.
CENTERS: Bob Burruss
Omaha; Fred Meier, Lincoln.
QUARTERBACKS: Roy Petsch
Scottsbluff; George Knight, Lin
coin; Theos Thompson, Lincoln.
HALFBACKS: Walter Luther,
Cambridge: Harry Hoop, Has
tings; Herman Rohrig, Lincoln
Allan Zikmund, Ord; Bob Kahler
Grand Island.
FULLBACK: Vike Francis
Lincoln.
Aggies nip
Huskers on
court 35-32
Fitzgihbon
high wilh 11
TIGKK8 HKRK MONDAY,
Nrhrakka Dlavi host to Ml"urri Ticem
In the itollxrum Monday nlsht. Thl will
mark the third Kit Six battle fur the
Know Mr mtm and the fourth eonfermee
tilt tor the liuikrr. John KlUcihboa, Jnha
Thompson, forward: Al Randall, rrntrr;
Don Flti, Hid Held, guard, will probably
comprise the t'ornhueker itartinc lineup.
Kansas State found itself in a
tie for first place in the Big Six
cage race thanks to Nebraska
when it nipped the Huskers, 35-32,
on the Manhattan court, Friday
night.
The game
was a see-saw
affair all the
way with the
Huskers lead
ing at three
different points I
rV-
in me secona
half after trail
ing at the half,
16-12.
The Wildcats
came to life
late in the final
stanza and free
throws by Dean
Lill and Dan
Howe and a
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Mermen meet
Carleton in
coliseum tank
lettermen
Ceremonies
after dinner
for-money competition, freckle
faced Don Budge got as high as
$75,000. And as the old sage says
"That ain't hay."
Sissy game, eh? If play like
that and money like that is sissy
stuff, I'd be proud to be a sissy!
One balmy afternoon in New
York, Tilden attempted to add a
bit of dignity to his name. He
prepared to answer reporters and
place it on a level with the fine
arts like literature, opera and
French post cards.
But Tilden had hecklers. One
newsman waving a paper in Til
den's face attempted to ' destroy
the dignity of the game by shout
ing, "Did you read In the paper
here, Mr. Tilden, where George
Bernard Shaw says he never heard
of you?"
For a moment Tilden was im
mersed In deep thought "Shaw?"
he asked. "Shaw? Is that the
new doubles player from Australia"
F itzgibbon
Journal.
fielder by Larry Beaumont iced
the contest.
Win from field.
The Aggies won the game but
not from the free throw line. The
Wildcats tipped in 15 fielders but
missed 13 out of 18 chances from
the foul line.
Two other teams are tied with
the Wildcats to top the cage race.
Oklahoma and Kansas also have
a recora or iwo wins ana a single
setback. The Huskers have a rec
ord of one conference win and
two reverses.
John Fitzgibbon, Tobias sopho
more, captured high point honors
with 11. Sid Held was next in line
for the Huskers with 8.
High for the winners was Dan
Howe with 9, while the Wildcat
ace. Jack Horacek, was held to 7
tallies by the fine guarding of Don
Fitz. Box score:
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3. art Matinee showing of
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This show should be
on everyone's "must
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of HOWARD BECK
ER and hi PENN-6YLVANIANS.
Nebraska fg ft f! Kas. Statt f ft f
Thompson f 0 0 1 ! Horacek I 2 3 0
Gnetze f 1 2 llHowef 4 11
XitzKib'e f 5 1 4iLarnrv'tt 10 2
Vacant! f 0 0 0 Guy c 3 0 2
Randall c 0 2 3: Kill c 0 10
Held g 2 4 41 HolBtrnm g 2 0 4
YounK g 0 O 01 Graham g 0 0 0
LWing'n f 2 0 21 Beaum't g 2 0 1
Fitz g 1 1 3 Mendcn'l 1 10 0
Tot aH 11 10 IS! Totali IS 6 10
Srora at ball: Kansas State IS, Ne
braska 12.
Missed free throws: Nebraska Fit 3,
By Bob Miller
Playing host to Carleton college
of Northfield, Minn., on Monday
at 4 o'clock in the coliseum, the
Cornhusker swimming team with
three lettermen returning opens
the swimming season for the cur
rent year.
Coach Pete Hagelin has not had
an opportunity to schedule the
swimmers in their respective
events for the meet because it has
not been learned whether Carleton
colleee will swim according to in-
terscholastic rules or intercolle
giate.
The difference in the two lies in
the fact that the former has
shorter races and the meet ar
rangement is different from the
latter. Coach Hagelin prefers to
swim according to the intercolle
giate rules as that is the set ad
hered to in the Big Six.
The line-up for the meet in sev
eral cases is already known. Ralph
Worden and Bill Hull will repre
sent the Scarlet in the diving
event. Woods and Hall will be in
the 50: Edwards and Hilgert in the
100 and 221 freestyle; Foster and
Oldfield are the other sure swim
mers in the breast stroke and back
stroke respectively.
Missing from the squad for the
meet will be Carl Rohman, back
stroke and Cliff Lambert, free
style due to the flu. The rest of
the sauad is in crood shape the
coach reported.
One thing that Hagelin particu
larly wanted to stress is that the
meet will be open to all students
who wish to come and there will be
plenty of room for 500 students to
attend. Attendance at meets does
a lot of good for the team and can
turn a possible defeat into victory
for the home team.
The Carleton team is coached
and captained by the same swim
mer Fred Riegel. Not much is
known of the team's prowess, how
ever, but the meet promises to be
interesting to watch.
Ilenzlick, Kosenlof go to
Chicago meeting
Dr. G. W. Rosenlof, registrar,
and Dean F. E. Henzlik of teach
ers college attended meetings of
the North Central Association of
Colleges and Secondary Schools in
Chicago Saturday, Jan. 18. Lr
Rosenlof is a member of the exec
utive committee and Dr. Henzlik
met with the committee on prepa
ration of high school teachers.
Eighteen Cornhusker athletes
were initiated into the University
of Nebraska N club last Wednes
day night in ceremonies held at
the coliseum.
After the dinner and initiation,
the whole N club treked over to
the campus studio to have its pic
ture taken for the Cornhusker, Ne
braska's year book. The following-
were initiated:
TRACK: Herbert Grote, Omaha;
Harold Hunt, North Platte; Wil
liam Smutz, Pawnee City.
BASEBALL: Warren Gableman,
liiden; Robert Searle, Bellevue;
Leonard Van Buskirk, Worland,
Wyo.
TtNNlS:Harry Ankeny, Lin
coln.
GOLF: Jack Weidman, Lincoln.
FOOTBALL: Willard Bunker,
Lincoln; Wayne Blue, Tecumseh;
Dale Bradley, Lincoln; Gerald Ka
thol, Hartington; Howard Kelly,
Grand Island; Vic Schleich, Lin
coln; Ralph Whitehead, Minatare;
Theos Thompson, Lincoln; Allen
Zikmund, Ord; Jack Meyer, Stu
dent Manager, Omaha.
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chemistry department has an ar
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