Wednesday, March 17,
Four Knock Outs Feature
Opening IM Boxing Card
. , BY FRITZ SIMPSON
(Daily Netrraskaa Spartt Editor)
Thirty-two intramural sluggers squared off Tuesday
night in the Coliseum to open the 1948 all-University box
ing championships.
Four knock-outs featured the opening matches. Keith
Lytle, 175-pounder from Gothenburg, scored the first K. O.
of the evening when he dropped Marvin Franklin of Wal
lace in the second round. Number two knock-out was
dealt to George Supp of Los Angeles, California, in the 165
pound class. Bob Edwards of Beaver City threw the K. 0.
punch in the first round. . (
Brooker Scores K. O.
Ken Brooker, 175-pounder from
Gracewood, Ga., scored the third
knockout when he dropped Bob
Baker of Salina, Kas., for the ten
count. Brooker shot a long right
in the third round to finish the
Kansas boy.
Gerald Ferguson of Scottsbluff,
a pre-tournament favorite in the
J 75-pound division .furnished the
e ening's final K. O. when he fin
i?i 3d off Melvin Elward of Ge
ne i in the third round. Elward
had crawled off the canvas after
taking two hard lefts when Fer
guson shot a long right to finish
the Geneva slugger.
Last Year's Champs.
Two champions from last year's
tournament won their first round
matches. Don Thiel of Lewellen,
135-pound er, decisioned Gene
Hinde of Salina, Kas., to advance
to the second round.
Bob Skochdopole, 145-pounder
from Ravenna, cleared the first
obstacle in his title defense when
he outpointed Wendell Jensen
from Minden.
Sixteen matches will be on deck
tonight when the slugfest moves
into the semi-final round. The fi
nals will be Friday at 8:00 p.m.
Results:
125 pounds: Bill Coffey decisioned Clyde
Luther. ... .
135 pounds: Tom Brower decisioned Cur
tis Snowden. Don Thlel decisioned Oene
Hlnde. Dclbert Roth decisioned Bill Ray-
145 pounds: Gene E. Thomas decisioned
Art Tlrro. O. K. Thomas decisioned Al
bert Clawson. Bob skochdopole decisioned
Wendell Jensen. Jerry Hull decisioned Bob
Kretschmer. ... .
155 pounds: Keith Cossalrt decisioned
Orville Vandewese. Tom Loisel decisioned
Mark Stratton. Hal Haldeman decisioned
Chet Keyes. ...
185 pounds: Jack Meltebarger decisioned
Pat Thomas. Bob Edwards knocked out
George Supp. ... .
175 pounds: Keith Lytle knocked out
Jtarvln Franklin. Ken Brooker knocked
out Bob Baker. Gerald Ferguson knocked
out Melvin Elward.
N-Club Announcement
All N-Men must purchase
one ticket to the N Club
dance in order to have their
names placed on the pass list,
according to Wes Maser, sec
retary of the club. Tickets are
available In the Coliseum
ticket office and must be pur
chased before Saturday.
Appraisal of the "new look" by
a popular radio adolescent: "All
the girls now run around looking
like untied laundry bags."
Although the University of Ne
braska basketball team set a new
Big Seven conference record In
average points per game (56.2), it
only finished in fifth position in
this season's race.
Congressional passage of the
bill granting veterans, in school a
pay hike comes under the lable of
political expediency. It was
shelved for a year and then
'popped-up" during election year.
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1948
Rockets Lead
NU Bowlers
In First Week
Nebraska's All-Campus Bowl
ing tournament finished its first
week of play Friday with five
matches played.
The Rockets took three honors
as they downed A.S.M.E., 2-1.
They captured both the high team
series of the week with 2,470
Dins, and thev took the hish team
game with 887 pins. And Bartlett
of the Rockets rolled tne nign in
dividual series with 605 pins.
Reiling of the Lilies took the
high individual game honors with
248 pins as the Lilies defeated the
Wheels, 2-1.
Results:
Lilies 2, Wheels 1.
Rockets 2, A.S.M.E. 1.
Pioneer 2, Y.M.C.A. 1.
I.F.T. 3, Alley Knights 0.
Navy 2, Newman Club 1.
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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Wildcats Win
Berth hi NCAA
Cage Playoffs
Kansas State's Big Seven cage
champions will represent district
five in the Western regional
N.C.A.A. playoffs in Kansas City
Friday and Saturday.
A crowd of 9,700 watched the
Wildcats whip Oklahoma A.&M.,
Missouri Valley king, Monday
night, 43-34. Kansas State be
came the only team to defeat the
Aggies twice this season.
Guard Howard Shannon, 6-foot
1-inch junior from Munday, Tex
as, hit six out of seven field
goals in the first half as the Wild
cats set a dazzling pace with their
fast break. At intermission the
Manhattan boys held a 27-17
lead, and Shanon had 13 of their
total.
The Kansas State ace added
two gift tosses in the last half
to finish the game with 15 points.
Coach Hank Iba's Aggie quin
tet managed only two ties, 5-5
and 6-6, during the contest but
were never headed.
Centers Ward Clark and Clar
ence Brannum, Shanon and Rick
Harman controlled over half the
rebounds under both buckets.
The Wildcats' season record
now stands at 21 wins and four
defeats. They took the Big Seven
crown with nine victories and
three losses this season after fin
ishing in a tie for last place a
year ago.
Baylor University, Washing
ton and Wyoming round out the
Western playoff field this week.
When William Henry Harrison
was elected ninth president of
the United States, he was serving
a term as clerk of the district
court in his home town.
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Information on the duckpin
tournament will be released
Monday, March 22. Team lists
must be in the W.A.A. office by
March 25.
Badminton Schedule for March 17.
Liebon-Rayburn vs. Kent
Schaffer. Busch-Swanson vs. Stratton
Branch. Kellenbargo-Rockwell vs. Bat-tey-Stuht.
Allen-Weatherbee vs. Black-
Beyer.
Pre-orchesis will be held ai
5:00 in Grant Memorial, March 17.
Orchcsis will be held at 7:00 in
Grant Memorial, March 17.
Sig Alplis Take
NU Cage Title
Sigma Alpha Epsilon took the
All-Universitv basketball crown
Monday night when they defeat
ed I. F. T., independent represent
atives, 34-18.
Sig Alph Don McArthur topped
the game's scorers with 11 points,
and Bill Wenke finished second
behind his team mate with ten
counters. Jensen came through
with seven points for the victors.
Wpss tnrmerl the I.F.T. Quintet
in the senrinff column with Six
points. Duling and Kreizinger hit
fave each. The halfway score was
14-5.
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IM Riflemen
Train Sights
On Shoot-Offs
Ten Nebraska intramural rifle
teams will have their sights
trained on the championship
shoot offs which start Monday,
March 22.
According to Sgt. Lovolo, Sig
ma Alpha Mu will go into the
finals in the role of favorite. The
Sigma Alpha Mu sharpshooters
established the highest mark of
the year in the interfraternity
leagues Monday night when they
downed Alpha Sigma Phi, 872 to
811.
The winner and runner-up of
League IV will be determined on
Thursday when Sigma Chi, Beta
Theta Pi and Delta Tau Delta
shoot for playoff-berths. The top
two teams in each league enter
the playoffs.
The following teams have as
sured themselves berths, in the
shoot-offs next week: Sigma Phi
Epsilon, Pioneer, Phi Gamma Del
ta, Phi Kappa Psi, Zeta Beta Tau,
Sigma Alpha Mu, ROTC, and
Pershing Rifles.
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