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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Thursday, November 7, 1946
QJ5EKEED
D ODi ELD TT EE iT
By
George Miller
Halfback Dick Hutton is among
the first ten Big Six performers
In three different departments ac
cording to statistics released by
the conference bureau at Kansas
City.
The nimble-footed ballcarrier is
the sixth ranking ground gainer
la the loop, the fourth best maa
on pant ranbacks and number
seven in pass catching, judged by
yards gained.
Oklahoma's Joe Golding has a
long lead over the rest of the ball
carriers, having gone 507 yards in
67 trips with the leather. In addi
tion to pacing the conference,
Golding is certain to establish a
new all-time record for yards
gained by an Oklahoma player.
Loyd Brinkman and Bob Hop
kins of Missouri are second and
third, Ray Evans of Kansas is
fourth and Dick Howard of Iowa
State- fifth before Hutton breaks
into the picture with a gain of 236
yards m 53 carries. Another Hus
ker, Fullback Tom Novak, is
eighth in this department with a
gain of 209 yards in 65 attempts.
The records of the first six are:
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Sam Vacanti has risen to second
place among the loop's passers,
having completed 12 of 35 tosses
for a gain of 229 yards. Ron Nor
man of Iowa State leads with a
gain of 263 yards on 24 successes
of 57 attempts.
Another Husker, Fred Metheny,
ranks sixth in this field with a
gain of 137 yards coming on 11
completions out of 24 tosses.
Hutton and Bill Moomey are
far down the list as pass receiv
ers, Dashing Dick having amassed
89 yards on three completions and
Moomey having a total of 75 yards
after catching six passes. Dean
Laun of Iowa State has caught 20
passes for a gain of 282 yards to
lead in this department.
It is in the punt returns that
Hutton is really dangerous. Five
times the Auburn back has toted
the pigskin after catching a punt
and in those trips he has rone 97
yards for an average of 19.4 yards
per try. He is second in average
runbacks behind Jack Mitchell of
Oklahoma who has averaged 25.8
yards in returning seven pants for
181 yards. However Dick Howard
of Iowa State and Sooner Darrell
Royal have also compiled more
yardage on punt runbacks than
has Hutton.
"
Still another Ncbraskan holds a
place in a different field. Roy
Long is tenth among the confer
ence punters with an average of
33 yards after 29 boots. Missouri's
Bob Teel leads with an average
of 43.8 on five kicks.
Cyclone Ron Norman is the
busiest booster for he has kicked
36 times for 1,300 yards, an aver
age of 36.1 yards per kick.
When the Iowa State gridders
invaded Manhattan last week for
a game with Kansas State, Coach
Mike Michalski was able to mus
ter only 25 men for the trip. De
spite the lack of reserves the Cy
clones came through with a vie
tory.
For once the pregame moaning
about injuries was no joke.
Several Kansas State perform
ers saw double duty last weekend,
playing for the Wildcat B team on
Friday night against Wichita B
and coming back Saturday after
noon for action in the Iowa State
contest.
One of these had workers. Half
back Del Eh ret, scored in both
games. He collected three extra
points against the Wichita eleven
and then was successful with a
placement after the "Cats only
touchdown against the Ames out-
nt.
Who says we're saperstitioas
A sign la the UCLA dressing
room reads: "Anyone Mentioning
Kose Bowl ia this rooaa mast take
1 extra laps aroand Spaaldiag
Field."
It just doesn't pay to throw
passes against Washington State.
In five games this season the
Cougars have intercepted 12
enemy aerials and returned the
pigskin 193 yards, while the op
ponents have gained 255 yards on
16 completions.
IM Notes
AO COI.I.K,E KOOTBAIJ. STANDINGS
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Remalntnr ramea :
Thar?. Nov. 1. Alpha, Cacaroa Rha va.
Ac Frrshmra.
Monday. Nov. II, Odds and Eada vs. Ac
rrefthmea.
Wrdnrsday, Nov. IS, Ac Krrshmra s.
Ac Men's Inn.
Thnmday. Nov. 14, Farm How vs. Odds
and Knds.
Merle Stalder, Salem, won the
Ag College Free Throw tourna
ment by defeating Robert Scheve,
Plymouth, in the finals, 27-22.
Scheve had downed Ed Sautter in
the semifinals, while Stalder
shaded Don Gard in a very close
semifinals match.
The intramural football games
scheduled for Wednesday were
cancelled due to rain and will be
played Friday, at 5 p. m. Those
to be played are: Sigma Phi Ep
silon vs. Beta Theta Pi; Presby
terian House vs. Vet's Organization.
Army vs Notre Dame
On Year's Top Game
Victorious Tigers Set
Sights on Sooner Tilt
New York City's Yankee Sta
dium is the setting Saturday for
the outstanding football game of
the current season, and perhaps
of the last five or six seasons
When the mighty Cadets from
West roint take the field against
an andefeated Notre Dame team
reaiiaisceat of the Irish pre-war
squads, some seventy thoasand
people will be oa hand to wit
ness the thirty-second meeting of
these rridiroa Goliaths.
This contest stacks up as the
"game of the year" for more than
one reason. Besides undoubted
ly determining the national col
legiate football champion, it will
be a contest in which revenge is
the motivating force. For the past
two years Army has plastered
Notre Dame with humiliating de
feats, 59-0 in 1944 and 46-0 last
season, and now that the Irish
have returned to the front of the
football picture, they are more
than anxious to make up for those
embarrassments.
Cadet Win Streak.
Also it will be an attempt by
Army to run their string of con
secutive victories to twenty-six.
If the Cadets can hurdle this ob
stacle ,they can be counted on to
finish their third straight year
without a defeat or tie.
Army has been installed as
slight favorite oa the strength, of
their past record, bat by game
time the odds may be .favoring the
Notre Dame squad. Many observ
ers feel that the West - Painters
are dae for a mighty tumble and
that this is the time and the place
far that faU.
Seve nteams have fallen be
fore the might of the Army so far
this season, while Notre Dame has
conquered their first five oppo
nents. However, there is no
chance for comparing the strength
of these two teams on the basis
of comparative scores for they
have not had a mutual opponent
up to date.
Most of the men who will be
carrying the bardea of the Army
attack Saturday need bo intro
duction to fans throaghoat the
eoantry. The prowess of saeh
men as Doc Blanchard, Glen Da
vis, Arnold Tucker, Hank Fold
berg, and the rest of the Army
lineup has been well illustrated in
previoas encounters.
Notre Dame, too, has more than
one or two men who are capable
of holding their own in the pres
ence of outstanding talent.
Lujack Outstanding.
Johnny Lujack, the Connesville,
Pennsylvania, flash, is being
hailed as the outstanding player
of the year, and Saturday's game
may well decide whether he or
Blanchard receive the coveted
award. Lujack, by his brilliant
iquarterbacking and rugged all-
, i ,. . .
around piay, is maKing ine insn
fans forget the great Angelo Ber
telli, to whom he was an under
study when he first went to South
Bend.
Other stalwarts of the Notre
Dame eleven Include Jim Mello,
regular fullback on the national
championship team of 1943; Emil
Sitko, another pre-war backfield
great; Bob Livingstone, hard-hitting
halfback; Zygmont Czarob
skl and George Strohmeyer, two
of the foremost liaesmen in the
roan try; and Jim Martin, who has
tamed in consistently good play
all year.
Both .teams will be handi
capped by- the loss of key per
formers. Army's regular right
halfback, Herschel Fuson, will
miss the fracas while Strohmeyer
probably will not see action for
Notre Dame.
Irish Reserve Forces.
Notre Dame's reserve strength,
which is four deep at most posi
tions, may well be the factor to
tip the scales in favor of the
Irish. Whatever the outcome,
this game will be remembered as
one of the most outstanding in the
past decade.
Rules Change
Made Because
Of Cyclones
AMES, Ia. Iowa State's grid
squad breathes fire in its work
outs preparing for Drake in hopes
of cooling off the Bulldogs for the
thirty-first time in the long series.
Cyclones Ready.
Supercharged both by their re
cent victory over Kansas State
and the desire to beat Drake, the
Cyclone practice sessions can be
literally "heard all over west
Ames. Nearly at full strength for
the first time this year, Iowa
State appears ready to shoot the
works Saturday.
Checking back in the history
of the series which began in
1898, there was at least one
game that was "heard" when
ever football is played today.
That was the famed 7 to 6 Cy
clone victory in 1925 which was
Instrumental in bringing abont
a rales change.
Iowa State led 7 to 0 late in
the game and was in possession
of the ball on its own 20-yard
line on fourth down. Capt. Johnny
Behm, now a resident of Cleve
land, Ohio, received the ball and
startled friend and foe alike by
running back into his own end
zone for an automatic safety to
make the score read 7-2.
Heady Play.
The rules in 1925 permitted the
Iowa State team to put the ball
in play in any fashion it wished
so scrimmage was the answer.
Three more plays failed to gain
10 yards and again Behm gave
up a safety. The performance was
repeated a third time to make the
final score read: Iowa State 7,
Drake 6. The contest ended with
the Cyclones still in possession of
the game.
Rule makers at the end of the
season legislated that strategy out
of the books. Today the team
yielding a safety must put the ball
into play by a free kick from its
own 20-yard line.
Phi Dolts Nip
Delta Upsilon
For Top Spot
In a championship game which
was not decided until the last
minute of play. Phi Delta Theta
squeezed past Delta Upsilon. 13-7
to cop first place in the fraternity
playoff.
Delta Upsitoa capitalised oa
a Phi Dett fumble on the open
ing kickoff to draw first bhod
ami take the lead. 7-. Attempt
ing a lateral pass oa the kickoff
return, a Phi Delt player
fumbled the hall and Hanson re
covered for DU on the 2-yard
line. The Phi Delts held until
the fourth dowa when Coding
ton rifled a pass to Moodie for
the toacadown.
The DU5s kept the Phi Delts
in hot water during the first half
with the running of their two
scat-backs. Moodie and Kratz.
Several penalties also hampered
all Phi Delt bids.
Coming back strong in the sec
ond half, the Phi Delts opened
with a barrage of passes. Leb
sack found his targets consistent
ly, including Herger, Cady and
Dick Chapin.
Pass Connects
Failing on their first extra point
after touchdown, they were trail
ing 7-6 until less than two min- '
utes remained. Then, on a de
ception play, Lebsack pitched one
thru the middle to Dick Chapin in
the end zone. The clock had run
out and this time the extra point,
altho made, was unnecessary.
Starting lineups:
ftii Delta Theta Delta ITnuOon
Huston V. .
Pop R . .
Hercer c ..
Chapin. D rc .
klsurr le. .
Smith . .
Schroeder Ill . .
Ctpin, L. rh. .
Hall fb. .
Hsnnon
. ... Skocg
Mrehan
Goadvin
,. Roberta
... Mondie
... Kratr
. . . . We k
Codinetoa
Vesper Choir
Vesper choir practice will be
held at 4:34 p. m .today in
room 315 of the Union. All
members are asked to be pres
ent, and anyone who would
like to participate is urged to
attend.
UN Gymnastic
Team to Return
To Competition
The University of Nebraska
gymnastic team will be back in
competition for the first time since
1942, Coach Charley Miller an
nounced. Coach Miller has no lettermen
nor former squad members in his
present group of tumblers. Offi
cial workouts started Monday,
Nov. 4.
Among the athletes now re
porting are PhilfSprague of Be
atrice, who placed second in the
Fourth Annual Nebraska High
School gymnastic meet in 1943.
Leo Geier of Lincoln Is a brother
of Jake who won two major
letters in gymnastics in 1939-41.
Leo had some experience in the
Navy Preflighl physical training
program.
Nicky Kallos of Grand Island
who scored points in the 1942 high
school meet shows promise on the
flving rings. Coach Miller said.
I Others expected to try for places
on the team include uene sun
deen, Lincoln; Clarence Lefler,
Valparaiso: Ken Harding. Au
burn: Dick Petrashek. Table Rock;
Bill Rankin, Omaha; Robert Carl
son, Aurora; Lloyd Garner, Lin
coln; Neils Wodder, Marquette;
Ken Willey, Lincoln; Ken Mc
Ardle, Elkhom; Jack Kysar, Lin
coin; Mel James, North Flatle.
COLUMBIA, Mo. Showing
their most convincing offensive
power this season, the Missouri
Tigers in a first-half touchdowr
whirlwind against Nebraska Sat
urday, justified many early sta
son predictions that the Bengals
have the team to battle Oklahoma
for the conference title. But the
scribes are withholding their fi
nal guesses on the forthcoming
Missouri-Oklahoma headlincr un
til they see what the Tigers dis
play against the Buffaloes of
Colorado this Saturday.
Mizzou's shifty halfbacks. Bob
Hopkins and l-oyd Brinkman,
again were the big guns in the
Tiger ground came. Each counted
one touchdown and were danger
ous every time they handled the
ball. The field generalship of
little Len Brown, 143-lb. quarter
back, was superb and his direc
tion of the Bengals proved to be
a big factor In the victory.
Jumbo Jim Kckeris and Ralph
Stewart were perhaps the out
standing linemen on the field last
Saturday. Kekeris' talented toe
added three conversions and his
defensive play was a standout on
th Tiger forward walL Center
Stewart, Bengal line-backer,
plugged holes in the line all after
noon. No Serioas narts.
The Tigers emerged fro mthe
game with no serious physical in
juries which would hamper the
squad against the Buffs. Loyd
Brinkman suffered a bruised
nerve in his face and Kekeris sus
tained a charley horse. Lee Bow
man, fullback, received a cut over
his eye which required four
stitches to close.
Colorado Coach Jim Yeager,
familiar to all Midwest sports
fans during his pre-war service at
Iowa State, will bring an unpre
dictable eleven to Columbia next
Saturday. Colorado, second in
the Big Seven Conference, was
defeated by Utah, the number
one rashlng and pa-wing team in
the eoantry, bat the 7-S score may
indicate the defensive power
which the Baffs possess.
The Tigers emerged from hte
over the St. Louis U "B's" 13-0
at Jefferson City last Saturday,
will travel to Muskogee next Mon
day to meet for the second time
the reserves, of ,he kUniyersiVjr
Oklahoma."
6 RJAM FOOTBALL GAME
CATlha EPICAL
TALLAGE
FRIDAY, NOV. 8-7:45 P. M,
LINCOLN HIGH OVAL-22 & J
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