Tuesday, March 9, 1943
DAILY NEBRASKAN
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I incolii, Benson Seeded
Entries In Prep Wind-up
State prop quintets go on the fir
ing line this week in the big cli
max event of the basketball season
- the state tourney on the Coli
seum maples. Sixteen teams in
Class A and B are enrolled in the
current affair which opens at 2:30
Thursday.
Lincoln high and Oninha Benson
were seeded by 0. L. Webb, tour
nament secretary, as first-round
pairings were drawn Sunday
morning.
Both seeded entries were forced
to exert all power available to
reach the state meet. Lincoln high
squeezed by Crete, 43-40, and
Northeast, 34-33, to gain a tourney
berth. Benson depended on a last
second free throw by Chuck Mul
vaney to trip Creighton Prep,
37-36 in the Omaha district finals.
Individual Stars.
A Lincoln-Benson finale would
pit Link Don McArthur, possessor
of 42 points in the Crete and
Northeast tourney battles, against
Cliff Rose, Bunny Negro star, and
Mulvaney, another all-Omaha
choice.
To reach the finals, however,
both clubs have a rough road be
fore them. Omaha Benson meets
Norfolk; ranked No. 4 team by
Gregg McBride, for the privilege
of meeting the Fairbuiy-Scotts-bluff
winner in the semi-finals.
Scottsbluff is the sole undefeated
Class A team. ', Meantime, the
Links engage a small Lexington
team in the first round for the
privilege of meeting the Hastings
Wahoo victor, Hastings, beaten
twice by-two points, Joins Scotts
bluff as dark horses of. the tourna
ment. Culbertson Tops.
Powered by Warren Eisenhart,
brother of. the Husker fullback,
Culbertson rates a slight nod in
Class B. McCook boasts the sole
defeat against the Bears' record
and that defeat was avenged later
in the season. ,
Class A play will be executed on
the main court while B clubs will
romp on the frosh maples. Semi
finals will be played Friday night
with the championship battles
dated for Saturday eve.
Whistle-tooting corps for the af
fair include Dick Pulliam, Grand
Island; Harold Huston, Omaha;
Max Barrett, Lincoln Air Base,
and Guy Best, Norfolk.
State Tourney
(First Round)
v Class A Thursday
"Varsity, court.
2:30: p.. m. -Omaha Benson
vs. Norfolk.,
3:30 . p. m- Fairbury vs.
Scottsbluff. - v . '
7:30 p. m Hastings Vs.
Wahoo. ' '., " . .'
& :30 p. m. Lexington vs..
Lincoln high. ' j : ;'' '
Class B Thursday. '
FRESHMAN COURT.
2:30 p. m. Culbertson vs.
Huntley.
3:30 p. m.-Dcshler vs. Wy
more. 7;30 p. m. Cathedral of Lin
coln, vs., Craig,
8:30. p. m. Sunflower, Mit
chell, vs. St. Francis, Humphry-".
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Bob Rogers, studying sculpture
and painting at the University of
Texas, Is a former todeo star.
Brainstormer's Quiz Entries
Deadline Today!
Open to any Student Team of 3 People
Round 7. 4:30 p. m. Friday, March 1 2
Prize $5.00 apiece in Stamp to
Each Member of W inning Team
Register at Union Check Stand
Intramural
All-League
'5' Named
. . . Officially
BY GENE SHERMANT
After viewing the majority of
the recent I-M round robin tour
ney, we herewith publish this cor
ner's all intramural class A honor
holl.
Our 1943 edition of the honor
roll can boast all the qualities that
any college coach looks for in a
winning ball club speed, goaling
ability and a competitive spirit.
Without further adieu we give
you the 1943 Daily Nebraskan's
all-intramural selections utility.
Bob Campbell, Phi Gam, for
ward. An adept ball-handler and
a fine team player were Bob's as
sets as he led the champion Phi
Gams in that hectic second half
rally which defeated the Phi Delts.
Bob Bramson, SAM, forward:
Speed, plus an accurate eye for
the basket, made Bramson one of
the most feared cage men of the
tourney. Besides leadinothe Sam
mies in every contest, Bramson
wound up the campaign as the
high scorer with 40 markers ir
four games.
Tom Hayes, center 205 pounds
of aggressive pivot. Big Tom
narrdwly squeezed out teammate
Don . Andreson. Defensive ability,
asserted by the rugged Hayes,
gave him the nod.
Hayes Named.
Al Bloom, Delt Tau Delta,
guard: Delt opponents were given
full proof why Bloom was award
ed a place on the 1942 prep all
state team. A slick baiPhandler
and a "dead eye Dick" from far
out, Bloom sparked his team to a
second place berth in League Two.
Fred Sutton, Phi Delt, guard:
The majority of the spectators
weren't aware of Freddy's play on
the floor. However, all Phi Delt
opponents respected his steady and
cool floor play.
Dick Thompson. Phi Delt,
wirey and speedy, Thompson
employed an abundance of
court finesse to continually make
larger opponents "grab for thin
air." Dick's performance during
the first half of the title clash gave
him claim as being one of this
year's most outstanding players.
Second Team.
.. "A" second team, plus honor
mentions, will be printed in next
Tuesday's Daily Nebraskan. All
'IB" teams will be published in next
Wednesday's and Thursday's edi
tions. Second team performers - just a
shade behind the first-club flippers
include forward Ned Nutzman
(Phi Gam), an accurate outcourt
shooter Vince Cutshal (Phi Delt I,
scrappy performer with ball
handling ability plus; center, Don
Andreson (Phi Gam), best "tip
in" shooter among the offensive
dazzlers; Don James (ATO.i, di
minutive speedster, and John Dean
(Phi Delt), former Lincoln high
all-stater. Dean Kratz (DU) em
ployed scrap and smooth floor
work to win the utility job.
Selections were a Consensus of
opinion between the referees,
headed by Tom Brogan, intra
mural director, and this dept.
"Mysterious"
Allen Cagers
Take Crown
. . .Tucker High j
Gerald Tucker's new individual
scoring record overshadows the
feat of the Kansas Jayhawks in
finishing the conference season un
beaten over Big circles last week.
Tucker scored 175 points in ten
conference engagements to eclipse
the old record of 165 tallies, estab
lished in 1941 by Howard Angle
man, Kansas sharpshooter. Phog
Allen mysteriously "redeemed" his
five star players from Uncle Sam's
clutches to whip K-State in the
season windup.
Phog had all the performers to
gether Tuesday night when the
Jayhawks played Missouri, but the
crew of stars were "supposedly"
in the army during the Creighton
match at Omaha Thursday night.
Then the stars all returned for the
finale against K-State Saturday
night.
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Oklahoma 3A, Oklahoma Apgles 37.
Oklahoma f2, Missouri 37.
Kansaa 47. Missouri 44 (extra peiloot.
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Kansas State 43, Iowa State 3.
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Blitz Kids
Head Barbs
Blitz kids have cut a wide path
in barb intramural play thus far
with six wins charted. Only club
in position to challenge the leaders
is the Cornhusker Co-op crew.
Standing:
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Blltt Kids 0
Cornhtisker ( o-op 4 1
Af'Hl 4 2
I'lonier 4 2
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Tucker Sets
Scanties Away
NORMAN, Okla., March 8.
Gerald "Flats" Tucker, Okjaha
mo's big center, is fast straighten
ing out his basketball scoring af
fairs before reporting to an Army
indoctrination camp thiss ummer
as a junior in advanced R. O. T. C.
field artillery.
Against Nebraska here Mon
day night March 1, the 6-foot 4'i
inch 200-pound Tucker set a new
Big Six individual scoring record
for one game of 38 points, hitting
18 field goals and two free throws
during the approximately 39 min
utes he played.
Old Mark.
The old mark of 33 points was
held by Charlie Black, Kansas' big
junior rebounder, who made it dur
ing Kansas' 69-44 drubbing of Mis
souri at Lawrence last January 6.
Tucker and Black, both juniors,
will shelve their scoring feud for
the duration but hope to resume it
again after both return from the
war for their senior year of com
petition. Black, an enlistee in the
Army Air Force reserve, has been
called to duty.
Tucker's two-year scoring rec
ord as a Sooner now tsands at an
average of 18.07 points per game.
In 14 Big Six games last year and
so far this year, the big Winfield,
Kas., boy has hit exactly 100 field
goals and 53 charity shots.
Second Best.
Although Tucker's 38 points
comprise both a new Eig Six and
a Sooner Fieldhouse scoring rec
ord (the Oklahoma Fieldhouse was
built in 1928),
;! By Norris Anderson " J ft
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Kvcry noted wit from Mark Twain down to ol Hope lias
boon credited with original inn tlip "everyone talks almiit. (tie
weather but no one does anything about it'' adajje.
Now censorship keeps us from talking about the weather,
so we'll bridge this gap between basketball and spring football
by summing up the final week of Big Six play. Highpoint events
in the final week of league activity were threefold, to wit:
1. Kansas State finallv won a jame, toppinpr lnva State,
2. Oklahoma topped Nebraska. i.V4S. and Missouri. "'2-.'!7,
to cinch second place honors. Tucker scored '!S points against
Nebraska and 21. opposite Missouri to exceed by ten points the
.165 former leasuie record by Howard Anleman, Kansas dazzler.
'. Kansas won recognition as first league team to finish
unbeaten in seven years. Victories over Missouri and K-SJjite
pulled the trick for Phog Allen's lads.
If ever a Ihinipty-Dunipty stood on a wall it was Messer
Gerald Tucker when lie first broke into .Itijr Six competition
midway in the .11)41-42 campaijm. AW the fanfare that proceeds
a new Hollywood star had accompanied the Soner soph.
There was his sudden exist from K-State, the "t'hell with
the women and children save Tucker first" fraternity fire.
Midwest sport scribes made Tucker a celebrity before he ever
pushed a shot goalward in official competition.
Now they're labeling the Tucker legend "better than adver
tised." They're dubbing Dick Thompson, soph grid flipper, "l,ittle
Lew" these days.
Diminutive Dick is managing the Stop Nut cage five, Lin
ccln entrant in the AAU tourney at Omaha next week. In
cluded within the roster are former Huskers Lyle King, John
Thompson, Max Young and John Fitzgibbon.
Two more matters require attention here before we close
shop: .
First, to the "barb basket eer" who requests more material
on barb basketball: Tom Krogan. intramural director, informs
us that barb teams have been reluctant to play on schedule and
hand in results. We've determined all semester to give this
barb-fraternity basketball set-up an equal break, so why not
give us some co-operation, barbs?
Second, our scribe Sherman was offended by Elmer
Sprague's statement that sports staff "is a family of replete
and bilious fuzz-cuts." Mr. Spraeue, sometime pray gaze at a
picture of The Angel's scalp and then compare your study
with a mirror.
Sooner Jacobs
Makes Return
... .To Texas
NORMAN,. Okla., March 8.
Texas-born John Jacobs, Okla
homa track coach who will be
honorary referee of the Texas Re
lays at Austin, Tex., April 3. is no
stranger, to the Lone Star state.
Jacobs was born on a farm near
Galnand, Tex., close to Dallas, 50
years ago.
He was a high school baseball
player at Mangum, Okla., located
in Greer county, which at one time
belonged as much to Texas as to
Oklahoma, pending a suit by the
two states for ita recovery, which
Oklahoma won. ' . '
Although he had never seen a
track meet until he enrolled at
the University of Oklahoma in
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Begin Tonight!
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As Activities BIg.
Sponsored by
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of the Southwest conference meet
of 1914 (the Sooners then be
longed to the Southwest loop),
winning the low hurdles, high
jump, broad jump, placing second
in the 440 and running a leg on
the mile relay team.
Tiics., March 9
the Si mien t Union