Sunday, May 7, 1944
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OKLAHOMA PAPERS PLEASE COPY: With its de
cision not to send a team to the annual Big Six outdoor
track and field championships in Lincoln May 19-20, the
University of Oklahoma has the rather doubtful distinction
of becoming the first Big Six school tc fail to muster a
team for competition in one of the conference's major
sports. Through football, basketball, and indoor track sea
sons, all the conference schools had teams in competition.
Now the Sooners, with athletic teams loaded to the gun
wales with naval trainees, back out of outdoor track com
petition on the basis that they cannot make the jaunt to
J.incoln and keep within the navy's 48-hour leave limit.
The Sooners' contention that the navy leave-limit keeps
them from sending: a track squad to Lincoln raises several
questions. How were Sooner athletic teams, restricted by
the same 48-hour limit, able to make their frequent jaunts
during football and basketball competition? The Oklahoma
school seemed only too anxious to fulfill schedule obliga
tons in football and basketball, in both of which sports the
Sooners had extremely powerful squads. Could it be that
the Sooners are reluctant to journey to Lincoln because
they admittedly have a weak track squad, one which could
not hope to fare nearly so well in conference competition
as did their grid and cage teams? In the conference indoor
track championships, readers will remember, the Sooners
finished a poor fifth, outscoring only Kansas State s all
civilian squad. All of which leads us to believe that Okla
homa's decision to withdraw from the outdoor track cham
pionships was prompted simply by the Sooners' reluctance
to take a beating.
Even if the 48-hour leave-limit excuse is legitimate,
what's to prevent the Sooners from sending a civilian
squad ? Three other conference schools Nebraska, Kansas
State, and Missouri have been fielding all-civilian squads
in all sports throughout the school year. Kansas State, with
only civilian entrants, failed to score a point in the confer
ence indoor meet, but at least the Wildcats had enough
courage to enter a team.
Oklahoma's decision, to withdraw from the conference
outdoor track carnival, though definitely a body blow to
Big Six athletics, makes all the more laudable the courage
of the other conference schools, particularly those with all
civilian squads, in carrying out their athletic programs.
We in Nebraska can be particularly proud of the Corn
huskers, who have surely faced as severe manpower short
ages as any conference school. Never once did we see
Husker coaches Lewandowski and Weir contemplate can
celling scheduled contests or consider dropping from con
ference competition. The Huskers played the last basket
ball game of the season with an eight-man squad, but the
point is, they PLAYED. No excuses or alibis or attempts
to cancel the game.
Track coach Weir is still wrestling with the manpower
problem as he readies his charges for the conference out
door championships. The Huskers competed in the triangu
lar meet at Lawrence yesterday with only a six-man squad,
but, once again, the point is, they competed. No alibis or
thoughts of withdrawing from the mfet.
UN athletic followers can well be proud of Husker
coaches and players. Though the Huskers have taken their
share of beatings this year, never have they cancelled a
scheduled contest or considered dropping from conference
competition. Nor have they taken to hiding behind ques
tionable alibis in order to conceal team weaknesses. In
short, the Huskers have left a record of courage and deter
mination of which they may well be proud.
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K. U. Sweeps
Past Scarlet,
Kansas State
Handicapped by a lack of sec
ond and third place winners Ne
braska's Cornhuskers finished in
second place far behind the naval
trained-spiked Kansas Jayhawks
in yesterday's triangular meet at
Lawrence, Kansas. Kansas State
was a bad third.
The scores were Kansas 85, Ne
braska 37, Kansas State 12. .
The Huskers had three double
winners, but were unable to match
the all-around squad strength of
the Jayhawks, who swept eight
firsts, tied for another, and
grabbed 13 second places. Double
winners for the Huskers were
Dean Kratz, 440 and 880; Buzz
Hollins, shot put and discus, and
Norval Barker, high and low
hurdles.
FEM
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BY ELEANOR KNOLL.
Softball tournament will be fin
ished this week with a little co
operation from the weather. The
schedule has been run an unknown
number of times already but here
it is again: -
' Monday at 5:00.
Raymond Hall vs. Pi Phi.
Winner to play the Gamma Phis
on Tuesday.
Northeast Hall vs. Delta Gam
ma (1). Winner to play Alpha
Xls on Tuesday.
Finalists will be determined after
these matches and the final game
is to be played Wednesday at 5
p. m. in back of the coliseum if
it doesn't rain.
The schedule for the badminton
games is as follows:
Calmer-West vs. Beedle-Ha-gen.
Demel-Horton .vs. Glotfelty
Legge. Klindt-Klindt vs. Bromley
McKissich. Brinkman-Milton vs. Hansen-Ormesher.
The entire table tennis tourna
ment must be finished this week,
says Mickey McPherson, president
of WAA. The participants should
find out whom they are playing
and make arrangements to play
soon. If the game is not played
this week, it will not be counted
in the intra-mural series.
WAA awards will be presented
on Friday at 5 p. m. at Grant
Memorial. Awards will be made
for each Intramural tournament
played this year and a grand
award to the group who has the
largest number of points for win
ning the most events. A new
award will be given to the group
which has had the largest number
of participants in the intramural
series. Three senior women who
have shown outstanding interest,
performance, and sportsmanship
will be given special recognition.
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