Sunday, December 14, 1941
DAILY NEBRASKAN
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uskers Swamp South Dakota, 48-28
Hel Leads
Cage Crew
To Victory
Sophomores Fight Way
Into Spotlight; Opening
Tilt Proves Successful
Captained by Sid Held, high
scoring guard, Nebraska's Corn
huskers shifted into high gear in
the initial game of the new cage
season as they roared down the
coliseum maples last night to a
48-28 hiding of the South Dakota
Coyotes.
The opener surprised everyone
who was on hand at the opening
tip-off. The size of the Huskcr
quint was looked upon with fear
at the start but the experienced
along with the unexperienced
showed so much fight that the
Sodak team did not have a chance.
Young Starts Early.
Starting the scoring proceedings
early, Max Young potted a long
side shot to put the Scarlet team
in the lead that was never re
linquished. Held added twp more
and the Husker team was on its
way to victory.
Not content to be game captain,
Held soon proved that his winning
fourth place in the scoring parade
last year in conference play was
no fluke. His basket eye brought
six field goals and a free throw
for 13 points and the scoring
leadership for both teams.
Solberg Ranks High.
His chief rival was Elmo Sol
berg of the Sodak team. Solberg
impressed as a raw basketballer
that had a good basket eye. He
potted 10 points to rank second for
the evening.
Coach Carl "Rube" Hoy's in
vaders were never in the contest
as far as matching basket for
basket. They had more attempts
at the basket but failed on a very
great majority of them.
Tight Defense Lacking.
The one thing that seemed to
be lacking in the Huskers' set-up
was a tight defense. The numerous
shots that the opposition were able
to take was an indication of this
and improvement along this line
will have to be made before the
next games that loom for the Ne
braskans. The sophomores were given a
chance soon after the game got
under way and it was the sopho
mores that provided spark and
fight in great quantities, making
the game interestnig for all the
fans that watched.
Lew Used 17.
.Couch Ad Lewandowski used 17
men in his conquest with eight
sophomores in the list. The South
Dakota coach usd 11 players.
For Nebraska, Held's shooting
ability along with his floor lead
ership was the guiding force that
Bent the Huskers to victory. The
speed of the sophomores and the
floor work of the veterans were
other things that decided the out
come. Young Ties For Second.
Max Young hit for seven points
and Les Livingston was good for
six points to rate behind Held. Sol
berg, game captain also, was the
standout for the guests followed
by Don Smith, forward, who
scored seven points. The box score:
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Sid Held, senior guard from
Lincoln shown above, lets loose
with a shot that figures in Husker
scoring. Held's 13 points were
high for both Nebraska and South
Lincoln Journal
Dakota, Friday, with the Huskers
winning, 48-28. He served as
game captain for the Husker
cagers.
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By Boh Miller
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Spectators had a lot of fun at
the cage tilt Friday night.... It
was a natural thing for them to
have fun since there were two per
sonalities in the lime light that
have laugh-provoking qualities to
a high degree. .. .One was coach
and the other was an official.
Rube Hoy always a laugh
The coach was "Rube" Hoy, the
South Dakota mentor. ... Poor
Rube, he lives the basketball game
in an of its phases from his spot
on the bench. ...As a coach, he
ranks with the best of them... .As
an individual, he ranks head and
shoulders above the best of them
....He produced more lauqhs un
consciously than many a come
dian can in a conscious (?) state.
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Those Antics
At the game last night when his
boys got the ball down in scoring
position, Rube went to town... In
stinctively his hands would go up
and he would bat out an imagi
nary player. .. .Then he would ac
quire all the slivers on the
bench as he slips up and down to
indicate the direction of play....
He would get his feet mixed up in
it somehow and on top of it he
chewed his gum with such gusto
that at times it appeared like he
was a boogie-woogie fan. .. .Well,
that gives you some idea.
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Then There's Quigley
With Hoy on the sidelines and
E. C. Quigley, gray haired ref
eree, on the floor fans were amply
entertained. .. .Quigley has a very
unique style in calling his fouls
...."You can't do that here," and
"That's a foul" are his favorite
sayings and he booms them out
with such pep that it sometimes
embarrasses the offender. . .When
Quig starts to smile, it !s a cover
up for what fies beneath and the
players begin to worry.
An Institutio
Quigley is an institution in the
Husker cage sport and his absence
from the maples would be a de
traction from the game.... Good
natured and affable, he makes
friends with the players from the
start and they know that Quig
calls them right Sickness has
slowed him down but he still main
tains the same old desire for fair
play.
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All-State Ralry
Football players and coaches
alike from hiah schools all over
the state gathered around at the
Chamber of commerce on i-noay
for the All-State football rally....
The rafly was quite a success and
all had a good time. . . . pens were
Husker Squad
Heading East
Meet Indiana, Kentucky
In Succession on Maples
With a squad of 14 cagers, Coach
Ad Lewandowski leaves tonight
for a two game invasion of In
diana and Kentucky on Monday
and Tuesday nights.
After the game with South Da
kota, Lew announced his traveling
squad composed of five sopho
mores. The players making the
trip are John Fitzgibbon, John
Thompson, John Bottorff, Hart
mann Goetze, Max Young, Sid
Held, Bob Bramson, Kenny Elson,
George Gribble, John Hay, Lyle
King, Warren Marquis, Charley
Vacanti and Lew Livingston.
Indiana and Kentucky.
The cagers will meet Indiana
on Monday and then will move
down to Kentucky on Tuesday
evening. The squad will be back
late Wednesday evening.
On the basis of the South Da
kota tilt, Coach Lewandowski had
this to say about the sophomores.
"I like the way those sophomores
played. Their accurate passing
surprised me."
Barb Basketball
Begins; Opening
Tills This Week
Barb basketball begins this
week with 22 teams competing.
This is ten less teams than en
tered last year, but Roily Horney
believes that competition will be
tougher this year. Pairings will be
made Monday and the first games
will be Wednesday.
First round matches in badmin
ton were played last week in the
interfraternity leagues. The Betas
whipped ZBTs, the Sigma Chis
lost to the Delta Sigs. Delta Tau
Delta Delta was victor over the
Sammys. The DUs captured their
match with the Alpha Sigs, and
the ATOs took the Sig Eps.
Water polo began at the Coli
seum pool last week. In the first
five matches the ZBTs took the
AGRs, Theta Xi forfeited to Al
pha Sigs, ATO won over the Sig
Eps 12-5, Sigma Nu captured an
8 to 3 decision from the Betas,
the DUs beat out the Phi Psis 13
11 and the Kappa Sigs easily sub
dued Farm House 21 to 1.
stretched along with the meals
that were served, making it com
plete. He Was Hungry.
One boy showed quite an appe
tite.... At the dinner at the stu
dent Union in the evening, some
one made the mistake of putting
the rolls too near the boy in ques
tion .... He evidently felt it was
his moral obligation to clear the
plate and he undertook the task.
Big Six Fives
Play 76 Tilts
Thruout Nation
Schedules Take Teams
Far and Wide; Huskers
Go East on Long Trip
LAWRENCE, Kas, Dec.12 A 76
game schedule which will find Big
Six teams playing from Lexington,
Ky. to Berkeley, Calif, and Seattle,
Wash, is on tap for the confer
ence's basketball quintets.
Four of the conference schools
are playing the maximum number
of games permitted, 18, while Iowa
has a schedule of 17 contests. Ok
lahoma also has only 17 games
scheduled to date, but hopes to
pick up another tilt to be played
on their swing back east.
Go West, Young Men!
A trend towards competition
with west coast basketball teams
is noticeable this year, with Mis
souri and Kansas State leading the
parade and making trips to that
section.
Missouri tangles with Washing
ton, Washington State, California,
Idaho and Gonzaga during its
western swing. Washington State
is the defending champion of the
Pacific Coast conference and was
a finalist in the N. C. A. A. tour
nament last year.
Kansas State also plays Wash
ington State and Washington, and
in addition takes on Montana and
Montana State, while on the road.
Nebraska, which went to the t oast
last year, slays at home this win
ter to play host to U. C. L. A. and
Oregon.
Only three Big Ten teams r.re
scheduled to meet Big Six uin
tets this season. Both Kansas .nd
Nebraska play Iowa, with the
Cornhuskcrs also clashing with In
diana and Minnesota.
Oklahoma Travels East.
Lone Big Six team to play In
Madison Square Garden will be
the Oklahoma Sooncrs, who play
St. Johns, Dec. 20. While in Uie
east, the Sooncrs also take on
George Washington U. and Scran
ton. .
Bradley Tech, one of the middle
west'B powerful independent inms,
is on the schedule of both Okla
homa and Iowa States. Kansas
plays another strong independent,
DcPaul, at Chicago and Nebraska
has a game with Detroit.
Cyclones Tackle Navy.
First game with a service team
for any Big Six school puts Iowa
State up against the Great Lakes
naval training station team. The
strong Great Lakes team downed
Notre Dame to open its season.
Kentucky of the Southern con
ference, Southern Methodist from
the Southwest conference, Denver
and Colorado State from the Rocky
Mountain conference are other
foes to be met by Big Six teams.
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