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DAILY NEBRASKAN Friday, March 5, 1943 n L li 6 Fiji Five Tops Phi Delts, 29-27, After Trailing At Halftime BY GENE SHERMAN. In a copy-righted last half surge that seemed swiped from the plot of a wild fiction plot, a fighting Phi Gam cage crew swept to a narrow 29 to 27 victory over the Phi Delts on the Coliseum maples last night in the grand finale of the 1942-43 intramural court cam paign. Trailing 21 to 13 at the inter misison and 24 to 13 three min utes into the third period, the Fiji crew started clicking with two quick Roy Long buckets. Hayes, Long and Nutzman alternated buckets and the Fiji crew crept to a 25 to 25 draw with four min utes to go. Nutzman and Hayes severed the frantic Phi Delt defensive efforts for baskets and the count favored the Phi Gams 29 to 25. Forty sec onds were left when Vince Cutshall swished a long side shot for the Phi Delts. Campbell Stars. Little Dick Thompson's all-round court savvy highlighted first-half play, but the larger Phi Gam cag ers brushed trickery aside during the closing stanzas. Bob Campbell, former Lincoln high all-stater, was the revolving cog in the Fiji wheel. Campbell's ball handling ability, vhich aserted itself during the second half, plus 9 points gave him individual recognition with Thompson. Phi Gams Hayes, Nutz man, Copple and Long all drove hard during the final half. John Dean, prior to a late-game ankle sprain, and Fred Metheny, con stantly a threat, ranked next to Thompson as Phi Delt stars. B Games. Paced by Jerry Curry and Rod Smith, the" Phi Delt "B" team sal vaged some solace from the eve ning by winning the "B" crown ,from the ATO five, 25 to 12. Har grave and Buxton led the losers with 4 points apiece. Consolation fray -in Class A found Mentor Jerry Abenhouso's Farm Iouse quintet breezing by the Kappa Sigs, 18 to 8. Leading all the way, the O Street club at one time sported a 17 to 3 margin. TJiird place in the B league went to the DU's, victor 14 to 9 over the Leia flippers. iJox scores: flu (iiinima Delia 20.1'hl Delia ThrU 2". H II IK II a s t o i n 1 o t 0 v u 1 a.nbi'll t .Nui.'.iutii 1 Jr ... . t I..OC1 e I.K.IK i.ur li I L. I iiu I 'iui t J'hmt4Hi I 3l Mtxllttll I OjMrtlimy r 0, uitlnt e 1 Sutton t 0 lltai ( S 13 S , Total It 1 1 I'hi Urlta Tlwta l.AIp)M Tail Oniric I; IK t P! ' 11 3 0 i Billion f 12 t s nmi i i a .Imimrnmil I V 0 I x X-Abbott r I 0 0 0 HardliiK r II " 1 o Xi.liiinaa ( 0 III ha pin f ii i ry I Km It f Miilth c I'.jrih r lliicklry ( Turlington ( Matrr t I X liuiiin K LMiii-klry f 1 J lUrriivM g i i I 3 "Vlrli't ( IV 0 . I Total H II II Red" Jlnylr. Hrlrrm: 'loin Hrogun and Ihetnall Names Men for Event AMES, Iowa, March 4. Eleven men have been namled by Coach George Brctnall to represent Iowa State in the annual Big Six indoor tnck meet at Kansas City this week. The squad will include: 50-yard dash Everett Norcross, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Paul Darling, Estherville. 440-yard dash Bob Lary, Marion; Capt. Bob Winders, To ledo; Paul Koprucki. Davenport. 880-yard run Jack Gibson, Perry; Gaylord Wilson, West Lib erty; and Harold Matejka, Omaha, Neb. One-mile run Marlowe Burgy, Ames, and Lee Richardson, Coun cil Bluffs. Two-mile run Duane Dankel, Glidden. High jump Darling. Broad jump Norcross, Darling. Mile relay Matejka, Gibson, Winders, Lary. . Hallett Abend, authority on the far east, recently presented Wash ington State college with a Chinese lindfoape painting, j Hill I f-i U? jU.-i Campbell Star Clocker Ed Stopwatch in hand, Ed Weir is busy these days conditioning his cinderites for the Big Six league championships at Kansas City Sat urday night. Vic Tosses Big asset to Ed Weir's outdoor track squad is expected to be big Vic Schleich, Big Six indoor record-holder (50-5). Schleich has proven his superiority over Sig Six shot putters and now turns attention to conquering the national field. Vic Schleich ranks undefeated in league shot putting competition thus far with a heave of 49-5 his top to date. Vic has defeated Missouri's Elmer Aussiker, Big Six outdoor champion, this term., to , w i - v" ! ' ' i H ' ;. I" 'pi pvj ii - - 1 i l:n X ph ; j i ., ,, , it i Glen, . v -wo t.joj. K ' i ii.ouriesy i.mcoin wuuinan Husker grid mentor, Glen Presnell, no doubt here is telling his son, Danny, and his wife the trials and tribulations of being a war-time football mentor. Spring grid practice sessions open March 15 in face of Uncle Sam's desire for manpower. r If-'" x r J! I $- s By Norris Anderson ff (Sports Editor) Don't look now please but our pood npijlibor, Crcighton, twico this week lias roceived the royal lc-pull. Sly Phog Allen started the leg-pulling campaign on the Hilltop. Mr. Allen notified the Bluejays Monday that all of his first string, except John Buescher, would succumb to army call prior to the Kansas-Creighton match last night. Conse quently, Messrs. Dixon, Evans and Schnellbacher very heart And soul of the Jayhawk quintet weren't at the Hilltop. rhog's plittering foursome scintillated Tuesday night against Missouri, 'e understand none of the four have to re port to L'ncle Sain prior to Saturday. T Jut those Jay squadincn mysteriously "liad to spend their last days at home before reporting." A mere farce, compared to the "battle of cham pions" billings a week ago, was tlie fracas last night. To top the whole picture, our friend I'loyd Olds of the World-Herald devoted a column Tuesday to l'liog Allen "the main attraction, vlietlier be luis a great team with him or not." iMr. Allen knows when lie meets his match. a e Second Muejay leg iiilliiiir was strictly a sell '-inflicted yank. t Decision by M:nlor Eddie Ilickcy to enroll his court won ders in liio Llidison Square Garden tourney, ran strictly ior financial purposes by New York sportsmen, provokes our sense of balance. Sport scribes expected the Creightons to compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, official judge of "who's who" in United States court circles. It was strictly a ease of ready cash over rugged coin peti tion and a genuinely firm nationally raukiii!. ' A former cohort of ours, Don Freeman, now sporls editor of the Daily Northwestern, writes of the change football must endure in the eyes of Mentor Dyim Waldorf. "It will be necessary, however, to lower the level of foot ball tccdiniquc to one more easily grasped by first-year men fresh from high school competition, Waldorf said. "Intricate plays are out for the duration. It would be impossible to teach the boys tricky formations before they've even had a chance to absorb the fundamentals. "Of course, some boys learn faster than others, but it's still a big jump from high school to Big Ten football in one year. You'll notice that eonferenee teams rarely use sopho mores regularly unless they're exceptional plavers." On this page Sunday will ,he printed an all-intramural team, chosen by Gene Sherman (our intramural editor), Tom Brogaii (intramural director) and the whistle 'tooters. ) ' 'i The Family Man Wit X ) 9W Majority Gridmen Available ... 'til June A. consensus among available Cornhuskcr gridmen revealed Thursday that only one spring can didate will face certain induction in the future. The enlisted reserve, called right and left in other schools of late, claim only one Husker Wayne Stranathan. Junior . ROTC officers are en rolled in the reserve, but they probably will not migrate with the regular reservists. "Even tho we know many of the boys won't be around next fall," says Coach Glen Presnell, "we can keep all the lads in good shape for when they do get called." Rule Adds Fire. Bix Six ruling to continue com petitive athletes, passed last week, provoked interest among grid minded Cornhusker fans. Any stu dent carrying 12 hours' work or any .itudnt assigned to a member school for triining by the armed forces of the United States will be eligible for spring competition. Prospect that junior officers of the Cornhusker ROTC unit will remain intact here until June and announcenr'nt that no navy units will be called prior to the close of ihe current semester addj cheer to the spring practice out look. Mary Athey, regular halfback; Frank Hazard, guard; Roy Long, halfabck; Bob McNutt, tackle; Fred Metheny and Bob Cooper, quarterbacks; Gene VVilkins, guard; Jack Hazen, end; Ki Eisen hart, fullback; Charley Dud.i, guard, and Joe Byler, tackle, arc junior ROTC oficers. ERC First. Enlisted reserve crops enrolleea arc the first in line to leave. Creighton's ERC left March 1, Iowa State enlisted reserves de parted a week ago. Marine reserve gridmen include Joe Partington, center; Ed Nyden, end; George Wright, fullback; At and Marvin Grubaugh, end. Ma rines aren't expected to be sum moned until July 1. Halfback Howard Debus and Guard Herb Von Goetz are V-7 enrollees and won't be called until mid-summer. End Bert Gissler, too high (6-6) for the army, and Guard Frank Mazard, possessed of bad eyes, hold 4-F classification 1 - H f ; i