TKurscfgy, April 17 1941
DAILY NEBRASKAN
After Utah win . . .
Huskers ready, willing,
able to meet California
BY CHRIS PETERSEN
Ed Weir's cindermen will pull into California Vb sports dock
Saturday to unload a full parcel of home-grown competition for the
Bruin track and field men In a dual duel that should send shaking
records scampering.
Preview to Husker strength and prowess came on Tuesday eve
of this week when Uncle Ed dished up a four-way track meet In
Salt Lake City to have his hearties come away overfed on victory.
The Nebraska men, scoring in every event In which
they were entered, garnered a total of 80 points.
Brigham Young was second with 39. followed closelv
by Utah whose tally registered 36. Utah State Agri
culture college came in out of the money with
18 points.
Warmup to burnup
The Utah competition was planned as a warm-
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up for the California meet but turned out to be
EUGENE UTIUI
a burnuP M t116 Cornhuskers decisively downed the
avjviueii uie state s inree colleges could oner.
The crimson speed merchant, Gene Littler,
seemed to be the soul of the Nebraska victory,
tallying two firsts and a second and spent his time
between runs encouraeine' and hnlnterino- tm.
Journal, mates. He should be the Husker shining star in
the California fracas for he clicked off the 220-yard dash in the re
markably fast time of 21 seconds flat considering cold rain that
pelted the soggy track in the face of a sharp wind that hit the sprint
ers squarely in the face. What the lad has done in the 440 can be best
set forth in one Bimple fact he has been beaten only once in col
legiate competition for that particular distance and his competition
has been the best in the country.
What the lad can do to both of those particular events in the
warmth and niceties of the "land of sunshine," under ideal conditions,
makes -"the back-homers" sit back and feel sure that the Huskers
should come out on top in those two events. Another man to stake
your hopes on in the 440 pacemaker is one Mr. Bowler who has been
showing rapid progress since the beginning of the season.
Pole Vaulter Harold Hunt, who is going to meet the stiffest com
petition of his career in the tussel with the Bruins, did highly credit
able work when he cleared the bar at 13 feet 6 inches in the face of
a cold and brisk wind.
Another Nebraska man, a gent who is fast becoming one of the
best hurdlers ever to come under Weir's tutorage, is Bill Smutz who
whipped off wins in both the 220 low hurdle and 120 high hurdle
events. If Smutz is in stride on Saturday he should be able to salt
these two events away.
A brief runover of other ace competitors in Saturday's tussle gives
us Bob Ginn, in the distance runs; Ralph King, in the high jump field;
George Abel, in the 100-yard dash, and Schleich, Blue and Prochaska,
all of whom should sew up the shot put A newcomer doing creditable
work is Ralph Worden, in the broad jump; Crook in the two-mile run,
and Champion Herb Grote, who tosses the thin stick 195 feet in the
javelin event
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Eyes in the horse flesh world
are beginning to turn toward the
Kentucky Derby as Churchill
Downs is scheduled to throw open
its gates on the 26th of this month.
A promising crop of three year
olds, all carrying enviable records
are in the offing for the run over
a turf stretch of a mile and two
furlongs.
No Whirlaway
Until a week ago, we were
ready to bet our spare shirt on
a neat nag now in winter quar
ters in Florida that travels under
the name of Whirlaway. Conven
tional wrench in the machinery for
this three year old zephyr came
when he developed leg trouble.
Whirlaway's training must have
been interrupted by this woe and
lapses at this time of the year,
with the hard routine required of
a colt in preparing for a Kentucky
Derby or a Preakness, are dis
astrous. We filed the spare shirt
after that accident and began
seeking another star.
We take Dispose
At this writing, although Derby
entries are not yet made, we're
taking it for granted that one of
the colts answering the bugle
blast will be King Ranche's Dis
pose. Now, to shoot a stack of
chips on this horse looks like the
right thing to do. Maybe we are
riding to heaven on a mule, but
the performance that Dispose
turned in both on the Bahamas
and Hialeah warrants him a place
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UN baseballers
face Kansas team
this Saturday
Cornhusker baseballers journey
south this weekend to meet their
first Big Six competition of the
season, Kansas, Saturday.
The scarlet and cream, diamond
team went down to defeat 2-16
and 2-27 in their first engage
ments of the year against Colo
rado. Coach Knight, baseball men
tor, said that he was not discour
aged despite these scores and that
he had the material for a ball
club.
The Husker coach said that he
was thru experimenting and would
rely mainly upon the experienced
pitching of Don Fitz and Angelo
Ossino in future engagements.
among the year's top horses. His
Beven furlongs in 1:22 2-5 at Hia
leah made even the most lack-a-day
racemen sit up and take note.
Just what this youngster will be
able to do over a longer distance
hasn't been decided by the dope
ster big-wigs as yet, but our guess
is that he will be able to carry
his colors respectfully in any grade
A competition.
Don't pass boots
Another nag that warrants at
tention is Royce Martin's Futurity
winner, Our Boots. His trainer is
grooming him for the early spring
classics mindful of the fact that
no Futurity winner has ever
copped the Kentucky Derby. Mar
tin is anxious to upset precedent
with Our Boots.
Don't neglect a pony named
Porter's Cap. He comes from the
C. S. Howard stable which won
more money than any other last
year. He has shown the mettle
that makes great horses in his
trotting at sundry ovals over the
country. His earnings to date run
well towards the $90,000 mark,
and include a Santa Anita Derby
win.
We know we're starting early
in a role that can be described
as Moses of the race track, but
it takes time to work onto any
thing definite on the outcome of
a race, be it run at Churchill
Downs or on a country road.
UN department
announces 20
placements
Defense work continues to bring
a heavy demand for graduates in
chemistry, according to Dr. C. S.
Hamilton, chairman of the chem
istry department, who announced
Tuesday the following recent
placements:
Emmett Barnum, Elmer Ander
son, and Quentin Wiles, with the
Shell Developing Co. at Emery
ville, Calif.
Oliver DeGarmo, George Steah
ly, and Al Novek with the Mon
santo Chemical company at St.
Louis. Eldon Frank is now with
the company at Anniston, Ala.
Oscar Johnson, Robert Babson,
and Neil Davis, with Merck Co.,
at Rahway, N. J.
Harold Olson, Sterling Dobbs,
Willis Frazier, and Leonard An
derson with Phillips Petroleum Co.
Harold Sampson with National
Starch Co.
Charles Eberline with Skelly Oil
Co., at Eldorado, Kas.
Floyd Newburn with Atlas Pow
der Co.
Fred J. Buchmann with Stand
ard Oil Co. of Louisiana at Baton
Rouge.
Graduate appointments for next
year include Gordon S. Fisher to
Cornell university, Robert D. Lips
comb to University of Illinois, and
Charles E. Brockway to University
of Michigan.
An eye on
Girls
Sports
By Susan Shaw
Badminton playoffs are sched
uled to begin on May 7. Because
of the heavy entrants, which in
cludes 72 teams, Ruth Mathers
asks that all participants play
their matches as scheduled.
The WAA office has received
notice of the challenge from the
Pennsylvania State college bowl
ing team for a match competition
to be played telegraphic style. The
match has been set for the week
ending May 3. Since the intra
murals teams have shown such im
provement over those of previous
years, the competition for a berth
on the competition team should be
keen.
Baseball practices have been
scheduled as follows: Thursday:
Chi Omega, Rosa Bouton, and
Alpha Phi. Friday: Kappa Al
pha Theta, Delta Gamma, Delta
Delta Delta. Tuesday: Kappa
Delta, Howard Halt, Gamma Phi
Beta. Wednesday: Whitney,
Raymond Hall, Sigma Delta Tau,
Kappa Kappa Gamma.
Donned in new license plates the
new WAA bicycles made their
debut yesterday. Girls and their
dates are urged to use this new
and different method of picnic
transportation.
High school seniors
are lunch guests
of chamber today
Seniors from Stanton, la., and
Palmer, Neb., high schools, will
be guests of the Lincoln chamber
of commerce today at a noon
luncheon.
All university students from
Stanton or Palmer are invited to
dine there with their friends.
Ilenzlik studies curricula
Dean F. E. Henzlik of teachers
college was named chairman of the
commission on curricula of sec
ondary schoob and institutions of
higher learning at the meeting of
the North Central association. Dr.
G. W. Rosenlof, director of ad
missions, was re-elected secretary
of the association.
Burnett-
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greatly interested in the welfare
of the livestock Industry in Ne
braska and built the foundation
herds of beef cattle which have
been developed greatly in recent
years.
The dinner in his honor will be
held at the Union by the student
honorary livestock fraternity.
Tickets will be sold for 60 cents
each and may be secured from the
animal husbandry department in
advance and will be on sale until
noon on Feeders' Day.
This will be the fourth annual
dinner. Those honored at the
events in the past include Sam
Hudson, Cherry county ra:chor;
Bruce McCullouch, publisher of the
Omaha Journal-Stockman; and
S. N. McKelvic, Sr., Fairfield.
Their portraits now hang in ani
mal husbandry hall along with
those of the late Everett Bucking
ham of Omaha and the late Gov.
A. C. Shallenberger of Alma.
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