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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Thursday,. December 5, 1946
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Now that the lootball team has
returned, it's only fitting to wind
up the gridiron season, as far as
Nobrpska is concerned, by naming
an all Big Six team.
During their stay in California
wh.il 'hey were preparing for the
UCLA tussle, the NU squad mem
bers named an all-opponent team
based on performances of players
against the Huskers.
The athletes had their chance
after seeing the opponents from a
position most adv antageous as far
as being able to judge respective
merits is concerned. So now it's
our turn.
Starting at the end positions,
the battle for first team honors
involves Otto SrhncUbachcr and
Dave Srhmidt of Kansas, Jim Ty
ree of Oklahoma and Roland
Oaks of Misscv'. Despite a cou
ple of demon-like defensive per
formanres by S.'iiiiJt. Schnell
barhrr plaed consistent ball
thruout the campaign and was
one .of Ray Evans' favorite tar
Rets !:en the Jay'.iawks took to
the air.
At ti e opposne terminal post
we Ukz Tyree. The rangy Sooner
played against the Huskers with a
broken hr.nd and still managed to
turn in a fine ppme. Early in the
season he was at his best against
Army and received high praise
from the West Point team.
There is one large figure loom
ing in the list of tackle candi
dates none other than Jumbo
Jim Kekeris, the mobile mountain
who anchored one side of the Mis
souri lin- in addition to coming
thru with valuable points after
touchdown. And when things were
tough for the lightweight Tiger
backs, Kekeris would move to a
fullback spot and was fast enough
to pick up vital yards on plunges
thru the line.
Nebraska's Carl Samuelson was
coming rapidly in the tag end of
the season and was acclaimed by
all of the NU November oppo
nents, Missouri, Iowa State, Okla
homa and UCLA, as one of the
best linemen to play against them.
Fast for his size, the 220 pound
Grand Islander is only a freshman
and gives promise of becoming
one of Nebraska's all-time greats
and merits the other tackle post.
A pair of rough house guards,
Don Fambrough of Kansas and
Plato Andros of Oklahoma, pro
Aide plenty of protection in the
center of the line. Fambrough
was one of a host of backs to be
converted into linemen on the
Kansas team and in this case the
shift worked out well. A deadly
blocker and fast enough to move
with the backs, Fambrough was
also an expert place-kicker.
Andros gained some fame dur
ing the track season as a shot
putter, but he came into his own
on the gridiron. Nothing pleased
the Oklahoma Goliath more than
being able to slam on enemy ball
carrier back beyond the spot from
where the play started.
The renter position presented
something of a problem. Three
teams had better-than-average
pivot men, but Nebraska's little
Joe Partington won the spot by a
whisker over John Kapact of Ok
lahoma and Ralph Stewart of
Missouri.
Altho a broken hand hampered
his play in the UCLA game and
kept him entirely out of the Okla
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homa scrap, Partington was one
of the mainstay of the Nebraska
defense, and seemed to possess a
psychic sixth sense when it came
to diagnosing the opponents' plays.
Coach Bernie Masterson relied
heavily on Joe and Partington did
almost ironman duty in every
game.
From this corner three backs
were head and shoulders above
the rest of the crop and the fourth
spot went to one of the loop's
brightest prospects for coming
years.
Ray Evans of Kansas was the
outstanding back in the midlands.
Operating at quarterback during
part of the season, Riflin Ray
came into hois own when he
moved to a halfback spot. His
performance against Missouri on
Thanksgiving day was a superla
tive exhibition and brought forth'
reams of commendation from on
lookers. Nebraska's Tom Novak was the
class of the fullbacks, and was the
hardest runner in the Big Six. In
juries kept Tom from doing too
much during the late stages of the
campaign but the running he had
done in October was enough to
win him a place. Novak is a fine
line backer in addition to his of
fensive skills.
Halfback Joe Golding is' the
third outstanding ball carrier. He
established all sorts of new rec
ords for Oklahoma and gained
more yardage than either Glen
Davis or Bobby Layne when the
Sooners played Army and Texas.
The 26 year old speedster led the
conference in scoring.
The fourth member of the back
field is another Nebraskan, Dick
Hutton. Altho Missouri's fine
back Loyd Brinkman had plenty
of recommendation, Hutton blos
somed forth as a terrific touch
down threat and was a constant
worry to opponents when he
dropped back to the safety posi
tion. He was a fine pass catcher
and was wiry enough to get plenty
of action on line bucks.
That's it. A team amply sup
plied with speed, finesse and pow
er, and buttressed with plenty of
weight up front. Evans can pass
and punt, Novak can plunge and
Golding and Hutton are the men
for wide sweeps and fast-opening
formations.
The ends are good pass receiv
ers and sturdy defensive men,
while the rest of the line can hold
its own with any combination in
the country.
Iowa State and Kansas State
were unable to produce any play
ers worthy of first team positions,
as Nebraska led the list with four
members on the team, followed
by Oklahoma and Kansas with
three and Missouri with one.
Despite the Huskers' unimpres
sive record, the four players
named on the all-conference
squad were outstanding members
of a team which should move up
next season with practically the
same members.
Dorothy Lamour started taking
piano lessons while filming Para
mount's action-crammed drama,
' The Big Haircut," her teacher be
ing Al Stella, husband of Dottie's
wardrobe mistress, Ruth Stella.
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Schedule
Doc 2-Wasl.l.urn and Kort Hays ut
Kansas Stntr (tlout.le-heailor : Wanons
l.urR TenrlH'rs at Oklahoma; Crinncll at
luwa Mate.
Pec. 3 - Drake at Missouri.
r)CC 4 -smith Dakota at Neliraska ;
Texas Tech at Oklahoma.
j)tc 6 Westminster college at Missouri-
Kansas State at Drake; Oklahoma
vs T. C. U. at Dallas.
Dec 7 Kansas State at Iowa university;
Kansas at Emporia Teachers; Oklahoma
vs S. M. U. at Dallas; Ottumwa Navy at
N'ehraska.
Dec. 9 -St. Lou's IT. at Missouri; Iowa
State Teachers at Iowa State; "Drake at
T'ehraska.
Dec. 11 Idaho at Kansas.
Dec. 12-13-14 Bir Six tournament at
Kansas City.
Dec. 16 Missouri vs. Illinois at Kansas
Cilv.
Dec. 17 St. Mary's of Callforina
Nelnaska; Kansas at St louls U.
Dec. IS Oklahoma at- Wisconsin,
rw 19- Missouri vs Washington U
at
at
ft Louis: Drake al Kansas State.
Dec. 20 Kansas vs. Oklahoma ACKies
at Kansas City.
Dec. 21 Minnesota at Iowa State.
Dec. 23 Minnesota at Nebraska.
Die. Kansas State at Wichita
Dec. 21-27-2S-Kansas. Missouri am'
Oklahoma in Oklahoma City tuurnamcint .
Dec. 27 MichtKan at Iowa State
Dect 2S Nehraska at Illinois: Montana
State at Kansas State; Michigan at Iowa
State.
Dec. SO Kansas State at Washburn;
Kansas vs. Stanford at Kansas City; Ne
braska at Louisville; Missouri vs. T. C. U.
at fit. Louis.
Dec. 31-Nebraska at Western Ken
tuckv; Drake at Iowa State.
Jan. 1 Oklahoma at City ColleRe of New
York.
Jan. 2 Kansas vi Colorado at Kan
sas City.
Jan. 3 -Iowa State at Missouri
Jan. 4 Nebraska at Kansas State'; Ok
lahoma at Bradley Tech.
Jan. Oklahoma at Nebraska .
Jan. 7 Missouri at Lawrence'; Iowa
State at Drake.
Jan. 10-Kansas State at Iowa State.
Jan. 11 -Ottumwa Naval Kase at N
briiaka. Jan. 13 Iowa St3te at Brsilley Tech
Jan. H - Missouri at Kansas. Btate ;
Kansas at Nebraska.
Jan. IK - Nebraska at
liiimi at Kansas State.
Jan. 18-Nebraska at
Missouri; Okla
Missourl; Okla-
huma at Kansas State.
Jan. 20 - Nebraska at Iowa Stale'; Kan
sas at Colorado.
Jan. 22- Wakhington IT. at Missouri.
Jan. 24 - Iowa State at Kansas.
Jan. 2.V-Missouri at Oklahoma.
Jan. Jta-Kankas Stat at Kansas .Ok
lahoma A i:le at Oklahoma.
Jan. 31 -Nebraska at Drske.
Keb. 1-IowaState at Oklahoma'; Ne
braska at Ottumwa Naval Kase.
Keb. 3 Iowa State at Kansas Slalr;
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j Cyclone Team
Not Satisfied
With First Win
AMES, la. The Iowa State
cagers took their opener from
Grinnell, 56 to 28, but that is all
forgotten now as Coach Louis
Menze seeks to bring out the im
provement the Cyclones need for
the 1947 conference season.
Not the least of the reason for
the deadly serious attitude of
coaches and players alike is the
Dec. 9 encounter with Iowa
Teachers. The memory of the
near upset in football at the hands
of the Panthers is too fresh to
permit relaxation by the care
squad.
Menze pointed out after the
Grinnell game that "we are not
as fast as last year and never
will be. We lost the key to our
speed when Bob Peterson, all
Big Six Guard) entered the Naval
Academy."
"This will not be a great team
in the "super" sense," Menze said,
"but it has possibilities of being
a good team. With more height
and weight than last year we have
more possibilities of improvement
than the 1946 team."
Bright spots in the Grinnell per
formance were the play of Jim
Myers. Roy Wende, John Shep
erd, Bill Block. The actions of
the four freshmen Harlan Platte,
Waverly; Don Paulson, Huxley;
Jim Van Deusen, Iowa City; and
Don Ferguson, Ottumwa, drew fa
vorable comment.
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