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Wednesday, March 21, 1945 THE NEBRASKAN 1 AS I SEE? TT 111 Fem Fun By CIxuuJl ft&icAAOJV AS I SEE IT I really feel sorry for the Army and Nacy academies, they are both going to have to start from "scratch" this year. Hardly any f their first teammen are back. Biff Jones of West Point &ays that none of his "first four" backs are back. He's only got AU-Ameri-can Felix Blanchard and Glenn Davis back for two more years. I imagine Ad Lewandowski would like to start from a few of those "SCRATCHES." A second Army Air Force, area 2, boxing tournament will be held at the Sioux City Air Field on March 29 and 30. All Air Base in Iowa and Nebraska comprise area 2. Teams already entered includes our Lincoln Air Base team and on that team is Cpl. Billy Zuke, who almost slugged his way to the Golden Glove heavy weight championship in Chicago. If the rest of the team can match Zuke, we ought to have another Cham pion team at the base. R. L. Voltz, Nebraska alum, is attempting to orpanize a Class. A professional baseball team in the midwest after the war. The cities included are possibly, Den ver and Pueblo, Colo., Sioux City, Des Moines, Davenport, Waterloo, and Cedar Rapids, la.; Omaha and Lincoln, Neb.; St. Joseph, Mo., and Wichita and Topeka, Kansas. A municipal football and base ball stadium is being planned for Lincoln. If it comes through it will be swell for the proposed baseball team. IF IF IF? Baseball is rolling into high gear at Iowa State, as the Cy clones have completed their fourth week of practice. The squad will move outside next week, weather Victor in the basketball tourna ment is Rosa Bouton hall after beating the Barbs in a close game Thursday afternoon with the score 13 to 10. Since this is the first victory for Rosa Bouton the ulti mate winner of the WAA intra murals is still a big question. There are many single winners of the different contests but no one group copping all the honors. As a double elimination tour nament, badminton begins on Monday. The two members of a team must remain the same thru Isitramurols be posted on the in Grant Memorial. Practices for the tournament began Saturday and will continue to be held on every Thursday and Saturday thru March. All participants in the tournament must have at least one permitting, for the first workouts:practiee of 35 minutes. On Sat on the diamond. urday the practices may be held The Cyclones face the situation! from 1:30 until 3:30 while on The long awaited intramural swimming meet will be held on V iw . 4 i - ..inline lounn oi April according to out the tournament Matches will .nformaUon comm from the th of forming a winning combination with only one letter man and two squadmen returning. All the games will be played on week- Thursday the pool will be open from 7:30 until 8:30 p. m. The ten events of the tourna ment include the 25 yard free ends without of town teams or style, 25 yd. breast stroke, 25 yard simply intra-squad contacts. backstroke, 100 yard freestyle re lay, novelty relay, 50 yard free day that Shortstop Floyed Baker, style, 50 yard breast stroke, 50 obtained from the St. Louis i yard backstroke. 75 yard medley Browns, had been called for a relay and diving. induction re-examination on -e iv,. are three swimmers on a team oroie cnicrs ai me aiu nouse 'and for the 100 yard free style! ,a,er 'nan Sunday, March 25. inis snouia De in wriung. Baseball Is In The Air -Spring Training Starts Altho its only past the middle of March, there's baseball in the air, and the big leaguers are March 25, in his hometown of Youngstown, Ohio. liaicer naa Deen conceaea a;there are lour members to a chance of edging Cass Mitchel, team. No swimmer can enter more 1944 holdover, and Dan Reynolds, than three events, drafted from Newark at short- The meet will be held April 7 stop. and 14 with all events held both Third Baseman Bill Nagel, pur-Saturdays. Participants may en chased from the Milwaukie Brew uuiitrim uvwiui. . . rr; i.tia will begin at 7:30. If enough men . . . , . , . 'enier, mere win oe a iriai mrei swimming; heid on Wednesday, March 28. An nouncements will appear in this paper before hand as to the tiial meet and the nuirVr of men en tered. Rules governing entry in the meet are as follows: 1. All swimmers must have been passed by the Student Health of fice. 2. No individual may enter more than one individual event and one relay. He may also enter the diving event if he so desires. 3. Those in charge of intra murals in the different house fra ternity or barb, should hand in the number of men entered, and the events that they will enter to Medals will be given to all win ners and points will be given to fraternity houses tow'jrd the Jack Best trophy. Below is a list of all the events in the meet. The judge tor the meet will be Ed Higgcnbolham. Events: 1. 150 yard medley relay (3 men back, breiist, free style 50 yards each. 2. 50 yard free style. 3. 50 yard breast stroke. 4. 50 yard back stroke. 5. 200 yard free style. 6. 200 yard free style (4 men). Diving (low board) 1. Running front bender. 2. Backward bender. 3. Back jack-knife. 4. Front dive with 'i twist or any two other dives other than those mentioned. Scoring: Relays: 10-8-6-4-2. Individual events: 6-4-3-2-1. ers, was expected to arrive late Tuesday to boost the White Sox spring roster to the total of twen ty. At Atlantic City, New Jersey, the training camp of the New York Yankees, Allen Rettel, big ter either one but not both of the meets. Five places will be named for each event and the group with the greatest number of points at the end of the tournament will be declared the winner of the meet. Entry lists are due March 30 at the WAA office. The lists should starting to round into shape at starting pitcher. Little Ken Hol- their respective northern training combe, up from Newark, has the camps. Here are some notes on makings of a relief pitcher accord how the teams are coming along. jing to Joe McCarthy, manager of At Bloomington Indiana, thejthe Yankees, home of the University of Indiana, When George Stirnweiss ar and the training camp of tbe Cin-jrives, he will replace Don Savage cinnati Reds, an insistent spring at second, the latter going to third shower ke"pt the Reds inside as in place of Oscar Grimes, who they launched their third succes- will play first if Nick Etten does sive spring training stint, with theinot report, or reports late. result that the first days drill was' -7 ' an undercover affair. ElCCtlOllS . . . There were only twenty players on hand as their manager, Bill (Continued from Page 1.) McKechnie issued the usual in- cron Nu. BABW, AWS board, structions to take it easy. They Tassels, War Council and Ag YW h'd. cabinet are listed among Claire At Muncie, Indiana, acting: Kepler's activities, manager Spud Davis put the Virginia McDonald and Suz Pittsburgh Pirates thru a stiff bat-'anne Pope are the two candidates for Coed Counselor president. Miss McDonald is a member of Tassels, War Council, Coed Coun selor board and YWCA. Miss Pope is a member of the Coed more ivy yuren mienuani., Tassel and YW cabinet member. j BABW will have either Jane McElhaney or Marion Priest as Va., were in president next year. Miss Mc- a right handed ! El haney is a member of Wari pitcher and the other a very lanky Council, Barb Interhouse Council, first baseman. (Coed Counselors, YWCA, Student; MaiTager Jimmy Dykes of the j Foundation and temporary Awg-j White Sox, who are training in wan staff. Theta Sigma Phi and: Terre Haute, Ind., learned Tues-'BABW are Miss Priest's activities.! right-hander with Norfolk last include the name of the girl and was termed a likely prospect as a the events she wishes to enter All Barb women interested in entering either the badminton tournament or the basketball tournament should sign up in the WAA office. ting practice. The drills were conducted in the outfield since the heavy rains had reduced the infield to a mass of gumbo. I.eft-hander Fritz Ostermuller telegraphed the club that he would arrive there on either Tues day or Thursday. Pitcher Max Butcher is also expected to re port on Wednesday. Two rookies from Richmond, camp. One was (mm. mi LOST- Watch, between Union and Kappa house Friday night. Call 2-7425. Re ward. LOST Delta Gamma active pin. on cam pus or in Pioneers Park. Reward. Call Phyllis Sorennen. 2-7371. 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