The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, December 16, 1947, Page PAGE 3, Image 3

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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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Surprising Coyote Five
Seeking its first win of the infant court season, the
Nebraska s cage crew will meet a fast improving South
Dakota university five on the coliseum hardwoods Tues
day night.
Coach Harry Good's Scarlet club, after twoltests with
nig XNine ciuos, race another tough
foe in Coach C. B. "Rube" Hoy';
woyoies,
South Dakota will be playing
us nun game of the season and
come to Lincoln with a .500 mark
of two wins and two losses. The
Vermillion crew has been in
spired by a surprising upset win
over Creighton university last
week. Hoy's youngsters handed
the Omaha Hilltop five a 41-31
boating last week.
Nebraska will, be playing its
last game before leaving to par
ticipate in the second Big Six
tournament at Kansas City.
Hnskers Drop Thrillers
The Huskers dropped a heart
breaking 60-56 verdict to Purdue
in the season inaugural and
bowed 63-59 to Minnesota's high
ranked quintet. Good's charges
are determined to break into the
victory column Tuesday night
Coach Good will string along
with the same starting five that
opened against the Gophers Sat
urday. That will have Claude
Retherford, French Lick, Ind.
sharpshooter, and Rod Cox,
smooth working hoopster, at the
forwards. Dick Schleiger, rangy
pivot bulwark, at center, and Joe
Brown, steady floor man, and
Neil Mosser, play maker, at the
guards.
Retherford Paces Scarlet.
Retherford has paced the
Huskers in the scoring parade
with 15 and 11 points for a to
tal of 26 in the Husker's two
tilts.
Leading Coach Hoy's SoDak
club is Tom Luby, 1946-47 scor
ing leader and all-conference for
ward. Centr Duane Jensen pitted
13 points to pace the Coyotes to
victory . over Creighton.
The Huskers walloped the
northern school last year by a
68-37 count.
Probable starting lineups:
Nebraska:
Fetherford, f
Cox f
Schleiger c
Mosser g
Brown g
South Dakota
Luby f
Diefendorf f
Jensen c
Hoy g
Rausch g
IM Keglers
Terminate
Season Play
This will be the final week of
action in the intramural bowl
ing program with teams sched
uled for a full round Tuesday
night and the final playoffs Wed
nesday. Before the lines played off
Monday night, Beta Theta Pi was
at the top of League I with the
Beta Sigs and Phi Delta Theta
tied for second. In League II
Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Delta
Upsilon were deadlocked for the
number one position. Sigma Nu
was a close third.
League III was dominated by
Delta Sigma Pi with Delta Tau
Delta holding down the runner-
up position.
Top Clubs Vie.
Top two clubs in each circuit
will clash in the Wednesday
playoffs. The winning clubs will
roll for high score with the lead
ing six grabbing Jack Best points.
The individual bowling tour
ney will be held Thursday night
at the Lincoln Bowling Alley be
ginning at 7:00.
A single basketball game will
be played at the Coliseum Tues
day afternoon at 5:00 when the
Alpha Gamma Rho Basketeers
tackle Sigma Nu.
Jayhawk Grid
Crew Prepares
For Bowl Clash
The Jayhawkers from the Uni
versity of Kansas have started
practice for their Jan. 1 Orange
Bowl clash with the Engineers
from Georgia Tech.
Three individual Big Six of
fensive champions are being
primed to lead the Jayhawker of
fensive power: The group includes
the loop's leading passer, Ray
Evans, tabbed on several All
American aggregations; End Otto
Schnellbacher, and Fullback For
rest Griffith, a sophomore stand
out. Leading Passer.
Evans finished the season with
30 completions in 60 tosses for a
total of 598 yards. Not one of his
heaves was intercepted through
out the 10-game schedule. Evans
finsihed the year in great style,
picking up 130 yards by air in
the final game against Arizona
Schnellbacher, winning his sec
ond successive pass receiving
championship, snared 17 aerials
for 361 yards. This was 123 yards
more than second place Dean
Laun, Iowa State, garnered.
Scoring: Champ.
Griffith, who developed into an
explosive runner, took the scoring
championship on nine touchdowns.
He was also second in the rush
ing department with 483 yards.
Rigorous practice sessions are in
store for the bowl-bound Kan
sans. "Hard work wins football
games and the boys haven't got
ten where they are today by eas
ing along," Head Coach George
Sauer stated.
Omaha 6N' Club
Treals Huskers
The Omaha N Club will enter
tain the University of Nebraska
football squad Wednesday night at
the Stockyards Banquet Hall in
South Omaha at which time Harry
btuhirekcr. University of Wiscon
sin coach, will be guest speaker.
The Cornhusker squad will leave
by bus from the Coliseum at 4:30
p. m. Wednesday. Coach Bernie
Masterson said the Omaha club
had arranged for a steak dinner
and a full program of entertain
ment. He urged all squad mem
bers to be present.
Blazine Guest Speaker
Al Blair Prep Banquet
The Nebraska-' football staff
continued to make its tour of
high school prep circles with Line
Coach Tony Blazine speaking at
a high school athletic dinner held
Monday night at Blair.
Head Mentor Bernie Master-
son, Back Coach Dougal Russell
and End Coach Ray Prochaska
attended the dinner at Norfolk
Monday night at which time
Coach Bernie Bierman of the
University of Minnesota spoke.
There were 600 present.
Cliem Engineers Visit Plant
A group of chemical engineer
ing students visited the Ash Grove
cement plant in Louisville Sat
urday morning, Dec. 13.
The visit was in the form of a
field trip. The engineers inspected
the limestone quarry, he rock
crushers, kilns, and rotary grinders.
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JACK PESEK.
... A powerful punter who
ranks 4th among the nation's
collegiate kick specialists.
Pesek Ranks
Nation's 4th
High Punter
Nebraska's end and kicking spe
cialist, Jack Pesek, ranked fourth
among the nation's collegiate
punters, according to a report re
leased by the National Collegiate
Athletic bureau.
Pesek, who topped the Big Six
loop, jumped to the fourth place
rank after turning in a 51-yard
average in Nebraska's season fi
nale against Oregon State. Prior
to that game, the Ravenna husky
ranked sixth among the nation's
top booters.
Leslie Palmer of North Caro
lina State set a new collegiate all-
time mark with a 43.3 yard aver
age for 65 kicks to rank first
among the pigskin kickers.
B Cagers Will Meet
Trade School Quintet
Coach John Thompson's Ne
braska B cagers will meet the
Milford Trade School quintet at
5:45 Tuesday night on the Coli
seum court in a preliminary test
to the Nebraska-South Dakota
University basketball game.
Sprague
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Managing Editor of Awgwan.
Vice President of YMCA. Chair
man of the Rocky Mt. region of
theYM-YW summer conference
at Estes Park, member of the
Union Board of Management, and
former Daily Nebraskan column
ist. He serves as secretary of the
Brown Palace Cooperative.
Groshans was graduated from
Doane college in 1943, received
a master of arts degree from
Iowa University, and is now
teaching English at Kansas State
college.
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NEBRASKA HOOP STRATEGISTS Coach Harry Good, Nebraska U cage mentor, huddlees with
three Husker court stars prior to Tuesday night's battle with Coach "Rube" Hoy's high-flying
South Dakota five. The Scarlet club will be looking for its first win of the campaign while
the Coyotes are out for their third win in five starts. With Good are, left to right: Claude
Retherford, Rod Cox, forwards; and Joe Brown, guard.
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