Tuesday, March 26, 1946
THE NEBRASKA!"
Page 3
D 0 HOTT IE iT
By
George Miller
After a month of idleness on all fronts, University of Nebraska
athletic teams will get back into action with a bang following the
weeK of spring vacation.
Since the close of the indoor track season on March 2, Husker
athletic activity has been confined to the appearances of wrestlers
Harold Boker and Ed Copple in the NCAA meet at Stillwater, Okla
Spring football has been underway for two weeks, and the baseball
track, golf and tennis teams have been preparing for a full sched
ule of competition beginning early in April. "
First on the April agenda is the outdoor track team's dual meet
with Oklahoma University on April 3 at Norman. The Husker cinder
men will follow this meet with participation in the Texas Relays at
. Austin on April 5 and 6.
Coach Frank Smagacz's baseball team will make its first starts
on these same dates. The Husker nine will entertain the University
of Colorado in a pair of contests on Friday and Saturday afternoons
at the varsity diamond.
Tennis competition begins on April 12 at Lawrence, Kas., when
the Scarlet racquet-wielders face Kansas University. The golf team
will also be in Lawrence on that day for matches with the Jayhaw
squad.
After this initial outburst, activity will continue at a steady pace
until the end of the school year. The golf and tennis slates show
plenty of play in store for Scarlet teams. Bud Williamson's golfers
will engage in seven matches, while the tennis team has four definite
appearances and another still on a tentative basis. In addition to the
regular match play, Nebraska will be host to the Biff Six golf cham
pionships on May 18.
Ed Weir's track and field squad has a busy campaign mapped out
With the signing of Colorado University for a dual meet in Lincoln
on May 4, the track schedule is completely filled. Highlights of the
slate are the Drake Relays on April 22 and 23 and the Big Six out
door championships which will be held in Lincoln on May 17 and 18
In addition to the varsity activity, intramural competition will be
stepped up following the spring recess. Events left on the intramural
program include water polo, indoor and outdoor track, softball, horse
shoes, badminton and volley ball.
While on the subject of spring sports, it might be well to men
tion the fact that tennis enthusiasts on the campus can look for al
leviation of the tennis court shortage which was intensified when
construction was begun on the armory east of the coliseum. Usable
courts on the city campus at present are limited to five courts south
of Bessey Hall and four at Carrie Belle Raymond Hall.
Even with the courts east of the coliseum the situation was piti
ful and now the university boast but thirteen courts, including four
on the ag campus. None of these are surfaced but the future holds
promise.
Intramural director Lou Means has recommended the construe
tion of a number of all-weather courts which will be a welcome
present to tennis fans. . Means has presented this plan to the ad
ministration and the new courts are expected tobe completed by
next September.
Don Spomer,
Kenny Adams
Pace Golfers
Don Spomer of Lincoln and
Kenny Adams of Grand Island
led the field with low scores
of 80 each in the first round
qualifying play Sunday morning
as 41 hopefuls tried out for berths
on the University of Nebraska
golf team.
Coach Bud Williamson will
send the fifteen low scorers from
Sunday's round at the Pioneers
course back to the links on April
5 for another tryout round. The
eight low men in this second
elimination will then represent
the Huskers against the Univer
sity of Kansas on April 12 at
Lawrence. This match will open
the season for the Nebraska
golfers.
Behind Spomer and Adams
came Ed McEUigott who bad an
82. followed by John Church with
81. Tom Gillespie 85, Scott Green
wood 86, Jim Liggett 86, George
Staley 86, Rex Gribble 87. Bus
Whitehead 87. Earl Auvinen 88,
Ted Waechter 88, Rollin Bailey
89, Mac Graham 89 and Don
Stroh 89.
Spomer won the intramural
golf tournament iast fall with a
75 over the same course.
Men's PE Club
Reorganizes; Idle
For Nine .Years
The Physical Education Club for
Men, dormant on the campus since
1937, held a reorganization meet
ing Wednesday night for the pur
pose of electing officers and plan
ning activities for the remainder
of the year.
Dick Miller, Fairbury, was
elected president of the group,
with Jim Sandstedt, Omaha, vice
president, and Ed Schwartzkopf,
Lincoln, se cretary-treasurer.
Franklin Christensen, Edgar
Thompson and Dennis Maine were
nairri to a special committee and
will assist the officers in forming
the constitution and directing the
functions of the organization.
Tennis Courts
to Be Ready
For Use Soon
Lou Means, director of student
physical welfare, announced to
day that all tennis courts on the
university campus will be ready
for use when students return from
spring vacation on April 3.
Included in the conditioning
plans are five courts south of
Bessey hall, four courts at ag
college and four courts at Carrie
Belle Raymond hall.
Means is now working on plans
to be submitted to the adminis
tration which will provide for 14
hard surfaced courts on the city
campus and two all-weather
courts at the ag college. These
courts are badly needed and it is
hoped that the project will be
completed before September.
There are 17 Joneses listed in
the 1945-46 student directory.
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Look smooth and snappy
for the prom.
Clothes cleaned
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UN Gridders
Try Light
Scrimmage
Contact work was the order of
the day Monday as Coach Bernie
Masterson sent the University of
Nebraska spring football candi
dates through their next to last
drill until after spring vacation.
Aiier iwo lineups had run
through plays against dummy
opposition, Masterson sent his
units against a team directed by
Pop Klein and Jerry Kathol for
some actual scrimmage work.
One backfield combination lined
up with Fred Metheny at quar
terback, Dick Hutton at left half,
Chick Story at right half and
Jerry Moore at fullback.
Hutton Shows Speed.
Hutton. SDeedv Auhurn fail-
back, had the white-shirted sec
ond squad panting as he flashed
dazzling break-away power after
blasting through the line from the
T formation.
IUTRAMURALS
With the advent of warmer
weather, outdoor sports and ac
tivities claim the attention of
men and women on the campus.
The intramural athletic depart
ment suggests that organizations
and teams or individuals who de
sire to come to the coliseum from
4:00 to 6:00 any day for informal
recreation in softball, volleyball
or other activities should feel free
to do so. Equipment may be
checked out at the coliseum base
ment cage.
Several teams have been hav
ing informal volleyball practice
the last few days in anticipation
of the coming volleyball leagues
which begin April 4, after spring
vacation. Water polo leagues are
running now while badminton
singles tourney also gets under
way April 4. Entries are now
being received at intramural
headquarters in toom 207 of the
coliseum.
Bulletin
Nn-Med meeting will be held Thumdny.
April 18, at 8:15 p. m. In the I'nlon. Dr.
George I'laee, unlvernity graduate, will be
the guest speaker.
Mrs. Ray Kic will dlsrnss "Women'i
Responalbillty la Making Marriage a Sue
ens" at the meeting; nf the YW'CA per
sonal relations group Turday at 4 p. m.
In the 8. K. room of KM en Nnilth. All
other VHCA immbers have been Invited
to attenl.
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