Friday, November 21, 1947
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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The Nebraska Cornhuskers Thursday afternoon went
through the final steps in preparation for their coming bat
tle Saturday with the Oklahoma Sooners in Nebraska's Me
morial stadium. Thursday's practice session was taken up
for the most part by a chalk talk by Coach Bernie Master
son which stressed a review of defensive formations that
have been planned to halt the powerful Sooner machine. The
lengthy indoor session was fol
lowed by a brief outdoor stint
that saw the Scarlet gridders run
ning offensive plays and going
through a general limbering up
routine.
Huskers Heavier.
The Huskers will enter their
Big Six finale Saturday owning a
six pound per man weight advan
tage on the line while the Sooner
backs scale eight pounds heavier
than those of the Cornhuskers.
The Husker starting line will hit a
219 average, while the Sooner for
wards, coached by Gomer Jones,
scales in at 204 per man.
The Husker front linemen have
been bolstered this week by the
return to action of Gerald Jacupke
who was injured in the Kansas
enme and whose service was
Joubted u n ti 1
Thursday night
Jacupke made
a fine show
ing against
Kansas and is
expected to be
a key 'man
against the So
oners Satur
day. While the
Husker line
was bolstered
'.his week . the
reserve back-
it : ki
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Darrell Royal
field strength was delt a serious
blow when Ken Fischer received
a fracture . of the left ! leg.
Fisciher's absence will weakeri the
Nebraska defense for he has been
a reliable defensive man all thru
the season! M '
Rapacz vs. Novak
A special feature of Saturday's,
struggle will be the battle of the
two of the finest centers in the
the nation. Oklamhoma will
will bring John Rapacz, unani
mous selection for all Bix Six
honors last year to meet Ne
braska's Tom Novak. Both of
these men have turned in top
notch performances in every game
they have played this year. Ra
pacz has had the better team to
work behind this year but he has
still consistently stood out for the
Sooners and he rates with the
best. Novak has certainly earned
his spurs at the pivot position
this year for the Huskers with his
jolting tackles
and bone
crushing blocks
Novak was
rated as the
most valuable
man on the
field when the
Huskers fell to
Notre Dame
earlier in the
season. Tom
has built such i
a reputation Mitchell"
among opposing Jc
coaches that in recent games he
has had to contend with the fact
that he is a marked man. Most of
the time the burly center is taken
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Two Games
Decide Big 6
Grid Champ
The 1947 Big Six football cham
pion or co-champions will be de
cided this week-end when Okla
homa invades Nebraska and Mis
souri meets Kansas at Lawrence.
The battered Missouri Tigers
will travel to Lawrence Saturday
with the hopes of breaking the
Jay hawkers string of 12 games
without a defeat. Tiger Coach Don
Faurot's chief worry is replacing
his injured starters. Backs Lloyd
Brinkman, Bill Day and Fred
Kling and End Mel Sheehan will
be out with injuries. Day has
been the Tigers' No. 1 punting
artist this season.
Evans Home Finale.
Another worry for Missouri is
riflin' Ray Evans. Evans, the Jay
hawks' top back, will be playing
his last regular season college
game in his home stadium at Law
rence. Last year he virtually single-handedly
presented Kansas
with a 20-19 victory over Mis-
out the play by two opposing line
men but he still breaks thru set
defenses to make vital tackles
that have given spirit' to the men
in Scarlet.
The Sooners have for the past
week been putting in overtime on
their passing attack while seeing
plenty of hard scrimmage. Coach
Bud Wilkinson has not let up on
contact work and will have his
team ready to throw everything
in the book at the Cornhuskers.
Saturday's probable starting
lineups:
Nebraska
Cochrane (180) ..Is...
Toogood (234) ... It...,
Lorrnz (198)
Novak 200)
Jacupe (201) It...
Samuelson (232) ,.rt...,
Pntk (218) rt...
Tho's'n (EC) (162) qb..
Meyers (174) m...
CFicher (164) ... n. ..
Adam (167) la...
Average weighe line:
Oklahoma 204.
Average weight backs: Nebraska
Oklahoma ISO.
Average weight teams: Nebraska 196;
Oklahoma I'S.
Officials: Referee, Jack North. High
land Park; umpire, Cecil Muellerleile. 8t.
Louis U. lineman Bob Miller, Missouri,
field judge. Pierce Astle. Emporia.
Oklahoma
Tyree (206)
HPaine (213)
Burns (215)
Rapacz (213)
Husak (202)
Walker (210)
Goad (167)
Mitchell (ISO)
Sarratt (175)
Brewer (172)
Davis (195)
Nebraska . 210;
172;
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UN YELL SQUAD Catching their breath between cheers and allowing the photographer time to
catch those ready Ip;ma smiles are the cheerleaders, from left to right, Bill Mickle, Bud Oehlrich,
Betty Aasen, Chcric Viele, Yell King Martin Pesek, Marge Cherncy, Skeeter House, Jo Jankovitz
and Norm Leger.
souri. The Jayhawks are current
ly second in the nation on total
football defense.
Oklahoma's Sooners invade the
Cornhuskers of Nebraska in the
circuit's other decisive contest on
Saturday. A crowd of 32 or 33
thousand is expected if good
weather prevails.
Loop's Top Centers.
The fans will not only see a
game of championship import
ance, but they will also see the
loop's two leading centers in ac
tion. Johnny Rapacz was unani
mous choice as All-Big Six cen
ter' last year. Tom Novak. Ne
braska pivot, is Rapacz's main
competition this fall. The Soon
ers are heavily favored due to
their surprising victory over
Missouri last week.
Here is the Big Six situation
as it now stands. If Oklahoma
and Kansas win, they will be the
circuit's co-champions. If Kansas
loses and the Sooners win, Okla
homa will become the sole pos
sessor of the crown. A Missouri
victory and an Oklahoma defeat
will give Missouri the champion
ship.
Cosmopolitan Club.
The Cosmopolitan Club will
have a juke box dance at 8:30
p.m. Saturday in Rooms X. Z and
Z in the Union. Members and
friends eager to dance to Euro
pean music, waltzes, rhumbas and
tangos, are advised to attend this
event.
Nubbins, Frosh
Battle Monday
A final battle which will wind
up the 1947 grid chores for Coach
Ray Debolt's Nubbins and Coach
Pop Klein's freshmen has been
postponed until Monday afternoon.
The two clubs who fought to
a 0-0 tie on a muddy Coliseum
gridiron earlier in the season
were originally slated to fight off
the deadlock Thursday afternoon.
DeBolt's charges, unbeaten in
both of their tilts this season
against the Ft. Riley Centaurs,
will be out to make up for the
lost prestige in the first battle
between the freshmen. Likewise,
Klein's frosh starts will be set to
throw everything at the Nubbins
to register an upset win.
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Phi Bolls Forfeit
Pin Pong Match
In the only game scheduled for
Wednesday afternoon, the Sigma
Thi Epsilon ping pong crew won
by forfeit from Phi Delta Theta.
Beta Sigma Psi played Alpha
Tau Omega Thursday. The win
ner of the match will play the
Sig Eps Friday afternoon for the
fifth place in the tourney.
Earlier in the week, Sigma Al
pha Epsilon won the champion
ship finals from Beta Theta Pi
by a score of 3-2. Newman Club
gained third place from Sigma
Nu by virtue of a forfeit.
Entry deadline for both the in
tramural basketball tourney and
the wrestling meet is November
26. Physical examinations will be
given "between 4:00 and 6:00 p.
m. for all wrestling contesants.
Competition wil start Dec. 2 in
the coliseum basement. Basket
ball play will begin Dec. 9. Teams
may now schedule practices at
the coliseum.
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