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Courtesy Lincoln journal.
I ASEBALL .MENTOR Coach
Tony Sharpe will see how his
Nebraska baseball team, shapes
up when he sends his players
into action Friday and Satur
day against the University of
Colorado at Boulder. Sharp
directed the Nubbins basket
ball squad this winter.
Weather Bothers
Varsity Golf
Team Candidates
Try-outs for the 1947 Univer
sity of Nebraska golf team were
held Sunday at the Hillcrest
Country Club. More than 40 men
were on hand to make their bids
for the varsity berths.
The volfers were not in their
best form because of cold weather
and a stiff wind. Bernie Morten
sen was medalist with an 80. He
covered the first nine with a 40
and shot the same on the back
nine. Rollin Bailey and Del Ry
der, Grand Island city champion,
toured the links with 82 each.
Keith rowell shot an 83; Don
Waite, Srottsbluff city champion,
an 85; Rod Smith, 87; and Paul
Ilyland and Don Stroh, 88.
Coach Williamson urges all men
to continue practicing, because
another try-out will be held soon
after spring vacation. There is a
possibility of a match before the
first regularly scheduled contest
with Oklahoma University on
April 26.
Veterans who reduced the
amount of their National Service
Life Insurance policies with Vet
erans Administration during 1946
chose an average of $3,432 as the
amount they wished to carry.
Nearly 20,000 patients in Vet
erans Administration hospitals
participated in athletic activities
each week during December as
part of VA's physical rehabilita
tion program for hospitalized veterans.
Nebraska baseball players will
get their first taste of action Fri
day when they face the Colorado
Buffs in the opening contest of a
two-game series scheduled for the
Boulder diamond.
24 Travelers.
Coach Tony Sharpe has named
a 24-man traveling squad for the
trek west, and has decided on a
tentative starting lineup and bat
ting order except for three posi
tions. Hobe Hayes, Lincoln sandlot
start, will lead off for the Scar
let team and will play second
base. Jim Sharp will open in left
field and hold down the second
spot in the batting order, followed
by Shortstop Bob Grogan.
The important cleanup post is
still in doubt, with Bob Cerv, bas
ketball letterman, and Wes Maser,
leading hitter on last year's team,
battling for the position. Cerv re
ported late, but has cut quite a
swath in the Husker ranks with
his hitting prowess.
First Base Problem.
Shirley "Butch" Matthews, Nat
ick, Mass., slugger, is slated to bat
in the fifth spot, with either Bob
Schleiger or Thurman Wright
coming sixth. Schleiger is ex
pected to get the nod at first base
against left handed pitching, while
Wright, high scorer on the Nub
bins basketball team, will move
into the lineup against right
handed hurlers. .
Bill Denker of Elkhorn is the
third base regular and will bat
seventh ahead of Catcher Sam
Vacanti.
Either Wally Scheef, Gretna
minor letter winner last year, or
Bob Noel of LaGrange, Ind., will
start on the mound. Both pitchers
are right handed. Angelo Ossino,
prewar regular, will be available
for relief duty.
In last year's two-game series
the Husker nine trimmed Colo
rado, 10-0 and 5-3. The Colorado
outfit was also the opening foe
in the 1946 campai, .
Play Saturday.
The Nebraska team will leave
by bus Thursday morning and
will return Sunday after a game
on Saturday afternoon. In addi
tion to the starting lineup, Sharpe
has tabbed the following players
for the travel roster:
Pitchers: Jim Sandstedt, Harold
Jacob, Sterling Varr Vleck, Elroy
Gloystein and Jerry Schmidt.
Catchers: John Maxwell, Dil
ford Blatchford.
Infielders: Fritz Hegwood, Vic
tor Goerke, Fritz Wolff.
Outfielders: Harlan Powley,
Dean Rogers.
Cage Drills
Coach Harry Good announces
that there is a possibility of spring
basketball practice following
spring vacation. In the event that
an organized practice is not con
ducted, basketball men are urged
to work out whenever they have
free time.
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O U T FI E L D CANDIDATE
Wes Maser, outstanding bats
man on the 1946 Scarlet base
ball team has shifted from
shortstop to outfield this season
and is battling with Bob Cerv
for the center fielld spot in the
starting lineup.
Kiwanis Nabs 1st
In Civic Jamboree
The Lincoln Kiwanis Club won
team honors in the Civic Jam
boree sponsored by the Univer
sity of Nebraska Department of
Physical Education and Athletics.
The Jamboree was held Tuesday
evening in the N.U. coliseum.
The Civic Jamboree is held to
provide organized competitive
recreation for the civic clubs of
Lincoln. Volley ball, bridge, bad
minton doubles, cribbage, barber
shop quartet singing, basketball,
free throws, and shufflcboard
were among the competitive
events.
Following the Kiwanis Club in
team standings were: Rotary, sec
ond; Co-Op, third; J.C.C., fourth,
and Lions, fifth.
About 775 of the veterans who
drew self-employment allowances
from Veterans Administration
during December were operating
their own manufacturing estab
lishments.
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TRAINING ROOM SCENE With at least three major sports going on at the same time Trainer Ewyn
Dees is a busy man. in the Nebraska field house training room. Here Trainer Dees (left) gives
Harvey Stroud, trackman, some attention, while football player Jack Evans looks on . At the right
Bill Moomey get in some licks on the stationary bike. Moomey is a football halfback as well as be
ing a track hurdler and sprinter. In addition to football and track candidates, baseball players also
make use of the training room facilities.
Rough Gridiron
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Spikers Steal
IM Spotlight
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Volley ball stole the intramural
spotlight in the early part of the
week as seven games clicked off
in rapid succession on the coli
seum floor Monday night. In the
afternoon contests played at 5:00,
the Phi Kappa Psi team looked
good in the first game of their
match with Sigma Alpha Mu as
they downed SAM 15-13.
However, the Sammies came
back in the latter two contests
to take two wins and end up
with a record of a pair of wins
and a lone loss. All teams play
three games in each match and
all games are registered in the
standings. While this spirited
battle was going on, the Sigma
Alpha Epsilon spikers were put
ting the finishing touches on the
Cornhusker II as they copped
three straight games. The Kappa
Sigma-Beta Sigma Psi game was
postponed until a later date.
Volley ball scores:
Sigma Alpha Mu 2, Phi Kappa Psi 1.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon 3, Cornhusker II 0.
Kappa Sigma vs. Beta Slsma Psi, post
poned. Presbyterian House 2. TMCA 1.
Ag Club 3, Huskerville 0.
Lillies 3, LSA 0.
Delta Upsilon 3, Tau Kappa Epsilon 0.
Badminton.
Zeta Beta Tau advanced to the
group of quarter-finalists as they
downed Tau Kappa Epsilon two
games to one. Most of the action
in the badminton tourney which
is single elimination will take
place after spring vacation, with
a few of the matches being held
this week. Wednesday's competi
tion found Delta Upsilon knock
ing off the P. E. Club by the
count of 3-0 to stay in the fight
for tourney honors.
Water polo continued to cause
attention as six sets of ambitious
splashers gave their best in the
games played Monday night. Most
of the Water polo action is fast
and furious as all teams are near
ly evenly matched, and for the
most part play has been close
thus far in the season. The fact
that the games are played with
winners coming out with but
slight margins was born out Mon
day night as two of the three
games were won by three point
margins or less.
In the opener of the evening
Phi Gamma Delta edged the
swimmers from the P. E. Club
10-7, to continue on a victorious
path. The other close contest was
Coach Bernie Masterson's Corn
husker football minions took
things easy Wednesday afternoon
in preparation for another one of
those rough-tough scrimmage ses
sions which have come to char
acterize this year's spring practice
sessions. The Scarlet players are
getting an abundance of actual
game experience, and the UN
coaching staff is giving everyone a
chance to show his stuff.
Backfield candidates ran thru
plays without opposition during
the Wednesday practice period,
while linemen absorbed more of
Tony Blazine's pointers on for
ward wall maneuvers. Ends and
backs combined for a passing
workout later in the afternoon.
One position shift occurred
during the day. Bob LIpps,
letterman guard, returned to
that spot after beginning the
spring drills at an end spot.
Three backfield combinations
were running for the Scarlet in
yesterday's practice. Dick Thomp
son quarterbacked a crew which
had Cletus Fischer and Bill Reidy
at halfbacks and Dale Adams at
fullback. Phil Young spent the
time familiarizing himself with
the fullback assignments by fol
lowing Adams on the plays. Kenny
Fischer was also in action with
this bunch.
Two More Groups.
In another quartet Joe Parting
ton was at quarterback with Jim
Myers and Junior Collopy at half
backs and Wally Hopp at full
back. The third outfit had Carl.
Dilldine and Bruce Bergquist at
quarterback, George Bostwick and
Bill Beuller at halfbacks and Dar
win Salestrom and Bob Mullen al
ternating at fullback.
played between Sigma Alpha
Epsilon and Kappa Sigma with
the Sig Alphs coming out on top
by the narrow margin of 11-9.
In the final, Zeta Beta Tau could
muster only three points while the
Betas from Beta Theta Pi picked
up 12 counters. The final: Beta
Theta Pi 12 and Zeta Beta Tau 3.
Thursday's schedule of Volley ball:
Court 1: 8igma Phi L, ilon ts. Delta
Upsilon.
Court 2: Sigma Chi vs. Sigma Alpha
Mu.
Court 3: Delta Tau Delta vs Slums Nu.
Court 4: Theta XI vs. Phi Kappa Pst.
Court 5: Cornhusker II vs. Delta Up
silon. Court 6: Ag Club vs. Presbytcilan House.
Thursday night's Water Polo:
5:10: Alpha Gamma Rho vs. P. E.
club.
5:18: Sigma Alpha Epsilon vs. Ksrrn
House.
5:25: Beta Theta PI vs. Tau Kappa
Epsilon.
The estimated number of Na
tional Service Life Insurance poli
cies in force with eVtrans Ad
ministration on Dec. 31, 1946, was
around 5,600,000, consisting of
nearly 5,000,000 term and over
600,000 permanent plan policies.
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