Wednesday, April 16, 1 947
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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nJ BJ ff K E R
U IDGDiLOIE
By
George Miller
Pitchers and outfielders on the
Scarlet baseball team were pleas
antly surprised when they discov-
ered the fence erected in the outer
reaches of the UN diamond prior
to the Kansas University series
List Saturday.
Heretofore the Husker ball
ground has been without a fence,
and any ball getting between the
outfielders was always good for
more than the rightful number of
extra bases. Thus outfielders got
plenty of road work chasing well
hit balls, and pitchers sweated
every time a ground hit looked
like it might evade the outer
But bMten to had their rrief
v en tht fence was lacking.
V'i hout a target to shoot at,
so i sluggers had difficulty
finding the range.
Dale Mitchell of Oklahoma, now
playing center field with the
Cleveland Indians, was a notable
I exceDtion. Mitchell threatened to
disturb massive walls of the coli
seum with his tremendous clout
ing aeainst the Huskers as he led
his Oklahoma mates to a sweep
ot two game series last spring.
There will be nothing cheap
about home runs over the present
barriers, for the distance from
home plate to fence ranges from
360 to 375 feet at different parts
of the outfield.
The likeable Junior Collopy,
Scarlet gridiron prospect, has an
other chance to show his versa
tility. Now listed as a quarter
back on the. Husker gridiron ros
ter, Collopy is making his third
stop on a tour of backfield po
sitions. Junior nnencd his college ca
reer as a fullback back in 1944
and took up his stand at the
bucking spot when he returned
to school after a hitch in the
service. Midway thru the 1946
season the Husker board of
strategy decided that Collopy
would be used to better advan
tage at a halfback post where
his height would be valuable on
de'ense.
The Scottsbluff athlete made
the shift and turned in a work
( manlike performance as a half
back. It was as a halfback that
he began the spring practices, but
now he seems destined to become
a signal caller.
Junior is keeping out of the way
of line mentor Tony Blazine, for
his next stoo will have to be a
forward wall stop, should any
more shifts occur.
Students at Harvard univer
sity have urged that the university
save Leo Durocher from a year
without baseball activity by sigh
ing The Lip as an assistant dia
mond coach.
According to an open letter
in the Harvard Crimson, the
students annealed to Athletic
Director William J. Bingham to
offer Leo a place of refuse
.after the Dodger pilot had been
ssi?ended for one year.
The letter pointed out that not
even Umpire George Magerkurth.
a frequent target for Durocher ar
guments, was able to ban Leo for
more than one game. But 254 j
games, declared the students, is a
different story. i
Perhaps Husker Coach Tony j
Sharpe would welcome Leo as an
assistant should the Harvard offer j
fall throuRh. .
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Sooners Next
For Nebraska
Baseball Team
Coach Tony Sharpe's baseball
nine will see action this Friday
and Saturday when they jour
ney to Norman for a two-game
series with the Oklahoma Uni
versity Sooners. The Huskprs nr
undefeated in conference nlav hv
virtue of their double header vic
tory over the University of Kan
sas ciurmg spring vacation. Kan
sas State UDset Coach Jack B
Sooners last week.
The Cornhusker cindermen will
also see action this week end
when thev nuiw 1a (jsmwn in
participate in the Kansas Relays.
two new fronts will be opened
the following week end as the
I tennis and golf teams swing into
action. The tennis team will travel
south for its opening contest with
the Oklahoma A. & M. Cowboys
on April 25, followed by a match
with the Sooners on April 26.
The golfers will also go south to
engage the Oklahoma U. links
men on April 26.
N Club Initiation,
Noon Luncheon
Slated for Today
The University of Nebraska N
Club will hold an initiation to
night at 8:00, according to Al
Brown, secretary of the organiza
tion. The initiation will take place
in the N room of the coliseum.
Initiates will be men who earned
letters during the past football
and basketball seasons. Several
men who earned letters before
CONVOCATION
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C. PAUL BUTLER
Rook Critic
fBOOIC M AGIC"
3:00 P. M., THURSDAY, APRIL 17
Union Ballroom
Gridmen Get
Indoor Work
The sudden shift in the weather
threw a monkey wrench into Ne
braska football plans.
Swirling snow and wet grounds
forced the Scarlet gridders indoors
for a chalk talk and strategy ses
sion instead of a rousing out
side drill. After Monday's fast
start, the Husker coaches had
hoped to give the football candi
dates plenty of work during the
final three weeks of practice.
A week of spring vacation gave
going into the service will also
be initiated.
The announcement was also
made that an N Club luncheon
will be held this noon in Parlor
X on the third floor of the Stu
dent Union.
two Nebraska halfback standouts
a chance to recover from Injuries
sustained earlier in the campaign.
Charley Harrington, Auburn ath
lete who was a regular at Wash
ington and Lee last fall and Bill
Moomey, Scarlet regular at the
same time, rejoined the team and
participated In Monday's work
out. Harrington had been sidelined
since the first scrimmage of the
spring season ,and Moomey had
been troubled with pulled leg
muscles sustained during the in
door track season.
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