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(Wednesday, February 5, 1941 DAILY NEBRASKAN SfiodA &M11CL v ; Dr -- Professional football took a udden upswing in popularity with the signing of Elmer Layden to a five year contract as commissioner of pro football. The play-for-money boys of the pigskin sport are now really plac ing their activity on a business level. It begins to look like the professional baseball business. Kenesaw Mountain Landis is the high all mighty mogul of the major leagues. The minor leagues have a chief at the head of their af fairs. Even the semi-pros look up to the word of George Sisler. And now comes Elmer Layden to rule over the pro footballers. The Notre Dame coach should build up even more the rapidly in creasing popularity of pro foot ball. Other professional sports might look for men to be placed as big chiefs over their respective affairs. Boxing may name a man soon to reign over its .business. Jack Dempsey has been mentioned as a possible candidate for the latter position. Listed among the graduates from the January class of 1941 were three prominent football Btars. Warren Frank Alfson, Rob' ert Lawrence Burruss and Roy Robert Petsch were those Husker pigskin artists receiving Bheep- ekins. Here's for more power to them In the lines of endeavor they fol low upon leaving college. If they proceed in future years as they did at Nebraska, they will go far. Three Colorado all-conference football stars are seriously consid ering playing professional football next fall. Their names are Harold Punches, John Pudlik and Leo Kent State matmen overpower Cornhuskers, 26-0 Sophs aplenty on K-State quintet MANHATTAN, Kaa. Feb. S. Kansas State might well lay claim to the distinction of having the sophomore basketball team of the Big Six conference. Six members of the traveling squad of ten are playing their first year of varsity competition and another, Forward Dan Howe, competed only the first semester of last season. The first year men are Marion Miller and Warren Hornsby, forwards; Tom Guy and Dean Lill, centers; Larry Beaumont and George Mendenhall, guards. Stasica. The first one is a former Wymore prep athlete. The University of Kansas bas ketball team is as vulnerable to de feat at home as the Nebraska foot ball eleven. The Jayhawks are possessors of a 22 game winning streak on their home floor. On the KU squad are four sen iors. This quartet in their three years of competition have helped to win 18 games on the home court without a loss. On the road it has been a different story. During the same period, the Jays have won 17 and lost 16. Coach Phog Allen explains the difference as pertaining to the players' mental attitude. Phog maintains, "They are mentally at ease on the home floor. The dis turbing influences that operate away from home do not prevail on the home court.' The Iowa State college wrestling coach is a former Nebraska grad. . . .His name is Hugo M. Otopalik. ...Michigan is expected to again top the Big Ten and national col legiate swimming titles.. . .Minne sota has hopes of second place in its conference. . . . v " " ' 1"V ' ' ' ' a I C i It (;" -'it i . ' . - . What shirt is collar and shoulders above (he field? ARROW America's favorite shirt, with the perfectly handsome Arrow collar anJ tho "Mitoga" figure-fit (shoulders sloped, waist neatly curved, arms tapered like yours.) Arrow Shirts are Sanforizcd-Shrunk fab ric shrinkage less than 1. White, and colors; wide choice of collar styles, Cct some todayX $2 up. Arrow Tle, ipeciallr deilfned to go with Arrow ShirU, $1.00 and $1.50. Iowa State faces loop leading cage quintet, Oklahoma AMES, Iowa, Feb. 5. Iowa State college will reach the mid point of its Big Six conference bas ketball campaign this week. Cy clone cagers will meet the league leading University of Oklahoma squad at the Sooner court, Satur day night, in their fifth game of the season. Oklahoma's victory over Kansas State college, which evened a pre vious defeat at the hands of the Wildcats, boosted Sooner stock last weekend. The victory was by a strong 46 to 38 margin. Nicholas scores 18. Iowa State lost for the second time this season to the University of Nebraska, in spite of an 18 point scoring demonstration by Gordon Nicholas of Lawton, senior center and Cyclone co-captain. The Huskers took a 41 to 36 decision on their home floor, last weekend. Nicholas passed the 100-point mark for the season with his per-1 formance at Nebraska, and in creased his lead in individual tabu lations to 33 points. Co-Capt. Al Budolfson, junior forward from Rolfe, moved to third place in the Cyclone totals. Iowa State individual scoring this season is as follows: IB ft Df to Gordon Nicholas e 44 26 23 114 Carol Schneider g 33 15 13 81 Al Budolfson f 32 15 19 79 Dale DeKoster g 28 18 26 74 rrea uoraon I it a 32 68 Leon XTknes c 15 7 9 37 Carl Bruch g 2 0 1 4 t;a smith x 2 0 2 4 Graver Mlehe g 0 1 0 1 Jerome Deneckere c 0 0 1 0 Missouri seeks first league win COLUMBIA, Mo.. Feb. 5. The University of Missouri will meet Kansas State In one-half of this week's conference Big Six cage ticket. The Tigers will be out after their first win In five starts when they face the Wildcats at Manhat tan. Kas., Thursday night. Busiest program of early Febru ary Is that of next Monday night, which sees Iowa State at Kansas State, while the University of Kan sas gets back into action playing host to Nebraska. Kansas can re gain the league top by winning, provided Iowa State stops the Sooners in Saturday s schedule. Barb I-M quintets swing into action A EI Monday night beat Brown Palace 24 to 19 in a barb intra mural basketbll game. Warren Marquis and Bill Anderson paced the victors, who overcame Dan Pressly's 15 points for Brown Pal ace to take the lead in league I. Casino downed ACBS 28 to 26. League VI went slightly daffy as the Madmen and Mad Russians each won to go into a tie for first Joe Waide led the Madmen to a 20 to 14 win over the Rusty Roustabouts while the Mad Rus sians knocked off the Cornhusker Co-op by 18 to 12. Incumbent champs, the Dark Horse quintet blanked the KICK'S by 20 to 0; but Husk's "U" Kolo nels held the pace in League II with a 15 to 8 conquest of Davis hall. Omega Club beat Tappa Nu Kegg 15 to 8 for first place In league III. In other games the Grads, 13, beat TKB, 12 'f Ak-Sar-Ben beat Heagy's Manor 21 to 19; and Pio neer Co-op beat the Termites 16 to 6. mm v MEN-TRY THE PIPE HfVfe THAT'S REALLY GREAT PARAMOUNT STAR 150 V U imix'i There's only one cor rect way to "break in' a pipi . . . that $ by tmoking It . . . Only Dr. Crabow pipes are pre-smoked with fine toturce (Edgiworth) onlMman'smechan- lei! smoking machine. TASTE fATCNHD OEMCt 'jZ,--Ss' NO BREAKING IN NO BITE HO BITTER Husker wrestling team bowed to., the Kent State Golden Flash wrestlers last night to the tune of 26-0. The Kent team won their 18th consecutive victory by down ing the Nebraska matmen. Kent State won all but the last match by decisions. In the final Kent's Walt Porowski pinned Her bert Jackman, 255 pound Husker grappler In one minute and 56 sec onds. George Papushak defeated Foster Smith of Nebraska to win his 37th straight match. It was Kent's fifth victory this season. Summary: 121 pounds: Don Sinn (K) defeated Ter ry Richards. 128 pounds: Fete Smith (K) dectsloned Milton Kuaka. 130 pounds: Duane Hague (K) won over Rov Shaw. 145 pounds: Mike Slepecky (K) de feated George Cockle. 155 pounds: Dave Paulua (K) beat Jack Debusk. 165 pounds: George Graham e (K) won over Kenny Heusemeuller. 175 pounds: George Papushak (K) won over Foster Smith. HeavyweiKht: Walt Porowski (K) pinned Herbert Jackman, Ume 1:56. I EAT-A-TREAT TODAY I ! NOON. FEB. 5 rJ Choice Liver and Bacon or Boiled Tongue or Kidney Bean Salad Graham Cracker Potatoes Choice of Beveraqe Roll Butter J 25c Choice of Vegetable! Student UNION Cafeteria adrift r 1 You could save yourself a lot of aspirin if yon would let LONG'S Be Your Guide HillT5 :Z3 peon STEHS Ends on old headache with their complete stock of books and student supplies. 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