Wednesday, March 5, 1947
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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With the Big Six (Mid-West)
basketball race drawing to a
Close, it's time to Join the rest of
the conference cage followers and
elect an all-conference team.
Our all star aggregation wfrald
have Dan Pippin of Missouri and
Ray VVehde of Iowa State at for
wards, Gerald Tucker of Okla
homa at center and Allie Paine,
Oklahom.a and Otto Schnell
bacher, Kansas, as guards.
Why not Charlie Black?
The lanky Kansas forward with
the sweeping one hand rebounds
had an erratic season and was
either very good or a bit on the
subpar side, so he lost out in our
way of judging to his less-heralded
teammate, Otto Schnell
bacher. Pippin and Ray Wehde are a
pair of consistent shot makers.
After a slow start due to an ap
pendectomy, Wehde began to find
the range, and at the close of the
season he was one of the most
dangerous scorers in the loop
Iowa State's record of five wins
and five defeats is due in a large
part to the harum-scarum maneu
vering of Wehde who sifted in
and out of opponents' defenses
with deadly effect.
At the other forward Pippin,
the Tiger marksman, used a min
imum of effort to build his scor
ing total. The Columbia ace was
usually in the right place at the
right time with his deliberate one
hand tosses.
Tucker had no peer at center.
Nebraska fans who watched the
Sooner hotshot against the Husk
er didn't get a look at the Tucker
who was a real threat later in the
season. The big fellow's pivot
shots and accuracy at the free
throw line earned him the con
ference scoring championship and
paced the Sooners to the league
championship.
Ancient Allie Paine, 27-year
old Oklahoma balance wheel, was
a tough competitor when the
chiDs were down. His last second
free throw against Iowa State ii
the game which cinched the utie
for the Oklahomans was just one
of the came saving feats per
formed bv the Sooners' chief
Dlaymaker.
Schnellbacher, the fifth mem
ber of the team, got plenty of
competition from Dick Reich of
Oklahoma and Black tor tne lasi
spot on the first team. While
Black had erratic streaks, the
Jayhawks' gridiron star kept up
his scoring pace. Schnellbacher
was a good reboundcr and an im
portant cog in the KU machine.
On the second five we would
have Hal Howey of Kansas State
and Paul "Lefty" Courty of Okla
homa at forwards, Black at cen
ter and Reich and Joe Brown of
Nebraska at guards.
The Iluskers' scoring ace,
Claude Retherford, was in con
tention for one of the forward
posts, but a late season slump
hurt the Indiana botsbot's all
around value.
Howey's performances against
Nebraska would entitle him to a
first team berth, but he was not
quite as dangerous against other
conference teams.
His forward running mate
Courty had a fall away shot that
was practically impossible to
guard. The Sooner portsider was
an important member of Coach
Bruce Drake's pennant winning
outfit.
Joe Brown earns bis spot on the
basis of consistent performances.
Brown's second half showing
against Kansas State was typical
f this dangerous scoring threat.
A superb ball handler. Brown
amazed opponents and fans alike
with bis nonchalant one-hand
beaves at the basket from far out
n the court.
Other players considered for
conference honors were Thornton
Jeakins and John Rudolph of
Missouri, Ray Evans of Kansas,
Clarence Brannum of Kansas
State, Jack Landon of Oklahoma,
Don Paulson and Ron Norman of
Iowa State and Joe Loisel of Nebraska.
f- ::.;
Veteran Oklahoma guard who
helped the Sooners win the Big
Six basketball championship.
Paine was chosen on the Daily
Nebraskan All-Conference team.
Olga San Juan, who has an im
portant featured role in Para
mount's "Blue Skies,' made her
professional debut as a dancer
with a group of school children
who presented a program for the
late President Roosevelt at the
White House.
Lightweight
UN Grappler
Not So Frail
BY DOC RINGLER
If it weren't for the city of
Omaha, Coach Jerry Adam's
wrestling team would hardly
exist. No less than six men on
the starting lineup hail from the
first city.
The latest addition Is Bob
Yambor who has climbed into the
drivers seat in the 121 pound
class. "Pee Wee" has been Yam-
bor's nickname ever since he can
remember, he doesn't remember
how he got it but they ve been
calling him that since he was six
years old.
Bob was barely big enough to
sit at the table without the aid
of a high-chair when he started
wrestling for Omaha South. But
potent things come In small pack
ages. In his fresnman year he
wrestled in the 85 pound class
though he tipped the scales at
less than 70 pounds. He was
beaten twice that year but blazed
through the remaining three years
with 42 straight wins and was a
three time All State.
"I think the Big Six title is a
little out of our reach this year,
but e 11 put on a rough show,
responded Pee Wee in regard to
the Big Six meet coming up
March 14 and 15.
Boxer, Too
During his stay of two years
in the Navy, after graduating
from South High in 1944, he tem
porarily discontinued his wrestl
ing wars. . However, he proved
that he could handle himself in
the rock and sock game by win
ning the regimental lightweight
championship at Farragut, Idaho.
Right now he's seriously thinking
of entering the intramural boxing
tournament if time permits.
Pee Wee entered the Univer
sity of Nebraska in January this
year and promptly dominated the
121 pound division. His favorite
hold is the chicken wing and the
half nelson.
"Gibbs from Oklahoma was the
toughest man I ever tangled with
to my way of thinking," stated
Pee Wee." He went to Oklahoma
A & M in 1942 and had too
much experience for me to mas
ter."
At the present time he is nurs
ing a knee injury, a result of the
Kansas State dual meet, which
he hopes will be mended in time
for the Big Six meet.
Championships
For Swimmers,
Wrestlers Soon
Husker swimming and wrestling
teams are beginning to concen
trate on the conference champion
ships in these events which will
be held on March 14 and 13.
Swimming teams will meet at
Ames, while Mid-West conference
wrestlers will gather at Manhat
tan, Kansas, to decide the grap
pling title.
The potent Iowa State teams j
are favored In both events.
Cyclone swimmers nave defeated
every team in the conference, and
the wrestlers have duplicated the
feat. Kansas State, Nebraska and
Oklahoma are other conference
members with teams in these
sports.
Nebraska swimmers have a meet
with Washington of St Louis on
March 8 before turning to the
loop championships, while Coach
Jerry Adam's wrestlers wind up
their regular season on Monday,
March 11 by entertaining Michi
gan State.
Scarlet Matmcn
Falter Twice
On Road Trip
The Husker wrestling team lost
its second meet on a week end
road trip, bowing to Cornell Col
lege of Mount Vernon, la., 26 to
4, Monday night at Mount Ver
non. Mike DiBiase, ace Scarlet
heavyweight, salvaged two of the
Nebraska points by battling to a
draw with the Cornell heavy
weight, Dale Thomas. Bobby
Yambor, 121 pounder, got the
other Nebraska points by ending
in a draw with Sherrill in the
opening bout of the evening.
Cornell wrestlers scored two
falls. Hauser pinned Micker Spa
rano in 6:33 of their 128-pound
Charles Weidman & Co.
DANCE
PROGRAM
Irving Junior High
Auditorium
March 10, 8:13
Price 3.60, 2.10, 1.80, 1.20
Tickets: Latsck Bri. r Chamber f
Cammeree, Wemen'i DivUlcn
match, and Dexter disposed of
Harold Sholund in 3:29 in the
175-pound tussle.
On Saturday the Huskers lost
to Indiana, 21 to 3, at Blooming
ton. DiBiase got the only Husker
points by decisioning Hasapes of
the Hoosier squad. The Indiana
grapplers won all the other
matches by decision.
William Bendix found himself
in a new position for acting dur
ing filming of Paramount's avia
tion epic, "Blaze of Noon." Play
ing the role of a mail pilot, Ben
dix had to hang upside down in
a plane cockpit for five minutes
during the scene.
$5.00 Per Couple for
ALVIN0 REY & HIS ORCHESTRA?
If Looks Expensive Itut
. YOU WILL HAVE A SWELL EVENING
1. At last, you will have space for dancing
when you hear a name band.
2. There will be no hidden charges for check
ing, tips or tables.
3. The Dining Room will be open for coke
service.
4. You will be dancing on one of the smooth
est ballroom floors in town.
5. The Student Union has arranged for 4
hours of dancing from 8 p. m. to Midnight.
FRIDAY, MARCH 7, UNION BALLROOM
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Her choice for today; Marquise's black
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