4 Sunday, March 21, 1948 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Page 3 Sharpe Drills 80 Candidates For Opener With the season's opener only wo weeks away, Coach Tony Sharpe is working with nearly 80 candidates for the 1948 Husker baseball team. The diamond men were unable to practice outside until late in the week. Southern Methodist will be the first Husker foe, March 29-30, at. Dallas, Tex. Twelve Lettermen. Twelve returning lettermen are brightening the hopes that the weather has darkened. Only the first base position is short of ex perienced material. With the withdrawal from school of Thur man Wright, this position is left shy. Lettermen Butch Mathews, Nattick, Mass., who played in the outfield last spring; Bob Schlciger, Omaha, and Norbert Tiemann, Campbell, are promising hopefuls. The Huskers are deep in the pitching spot with Elroy Goly stcin, Waco, expected to be the mainstay, lie won three and lost one last year and struck out 28 men in 33 innings. Elroy is a sophomore and a lettcrman. Jim Sandstedt, Omaha, who was in jured but saw limited service; Angclo Ossino, Omaha; Sterling Van Vleck, Ncligh; Jim Sharp, Omaha, and Jack Helmsing, Omaha, are bidding for perma nent opening stints. Outfield Veterans. In the outfield, several veterans return. Fritz Hegwood, Omaha, was the leading hitter last year with .436; Bob Cerv, Weston, who smashed seven home runs in 13 games; Wesley Maser, Lincoln, a .306 hitter, and Harland Powley, Pender, one of the squad's top dclcnshe players, are the leading contenders. The Huskers open their Big Seven schedule tit Oklahoma, April 2-3. The opening home games are April 16 and 17 against Kansas State. Easter Cards For Rvlatire and Friend. Also I astir Gift H rap Ribbon. Goldenrod Stationery Store 215 North 14 th Street 7 44 J i i . i f . Jd i T'i 7) Yf w 7 s - -v, .... A ! I -i CHAMPIONS Shown above are the eight Intramural boxing champs and the coach of Ihe championship team. Sigma Phi Epsilon. Left to right: Bob Edwards, 165; Don Svoboda, ay weight; Del Roth, 135; Jerry Hull, 145; Gerald Ferguson, 175; Dwight Byers, Sig Ep coach, lorn Loisel, 155; Ray Roth, 125; and Dan Chaney, 130. Eight Boxing Kings Crowned Friday Night Eight Intramural boxing chain pions were crowned Friday night in the final round of the all university championships. Two champions from last year's tournament lost their crowns in the finals. Don Thiel, defending 135-pound champ, lost by default to Del Roth. Thiel received an injury in a wood working class and was unable to fight. Hull Dethrones Skochdopole Bob Skochdopole was the other defending king to drop his final bout. Jerry Hull of Ashland, took a close decision from the Ravenna battler to win the championship. In one of the feature bouts of the evening, Don Svoboda of Lin coln, fighting tor the Wheels, out pointed Francis Mandula, Sigma Chi from Youngstown, Ohio, to win the heavyweight title. Man dula had things his own way the first round, but Svoboda came back in the second and third rounds to take the decision. Tom Loisel. Sig Ep from West Point, won the 155-pound title by decisioning his team mate. Keith Cossairt from Papillion. The 125 pound bout also pitted two mem bers of the same team against eaclj other. Ray Roth from Mem phis and Bill Coffey from Rush ville both represented the Wheels in that bout. Roth took a decision to win the crown. Sie Eps Retain Championship Sigma Phi Epsilon retained its team championship with a total of 126 points. Delta Upsilon took the second-place trophy in the interfraternity division with 56 points, while the Wheels were the toD indeDendent team with 83 was presented the championship trophy. 12S pounds: Ry R"th (Wheels) !! iloned Bill Coffey (Wheels.) 130 pounds: Pan Chaney (Independents) decisioned Derald May (UU). 13S pounds: Del Rotn (Beta) won from Don Thiel DU) by default. 145 pounds: Jerry Hull (Phi Cam) de risloned Boh Skochdopole (SIR Kp). l.Vk pounds: Tom Loisel (Sig Kp) de cldoned Keith Cossairt (Sir KP- 16ft pounds: Bob Edwards (Wheels) de clsinned Gene Hennek (ATO). 175 pounds: Gerald Fercuson (Sir Chi) dec stonea neiin L,yne mrm I HeavyweiRnt: ion svounn muri-iK - points. Dwight Byers Sig Ep Coach cioned Francis Mandula (SiR Chi. Iowa U Wins Rifle Tourney; Nebraska 2nd Iowa University swept both the individual and team titles in the National Intercollegiate rifle tournament held on the Andrews Hall range Saturday. Three Iowa City sharpshooters, Charles Rogler, John Rohner and William Voclckers. finished first, second and third, respectively, in the individual shooting. Rogler fiioH "R1 out of nossible 300. Roh ner and Voclckers fired 277 and 274 respectively. Palmer Tops Nebraskans Walt PalmeT from Westfield, N. J., was the top man on Sgt. Lo vold's Nebraska team. Palmer fired 273 for fourth place in the individual firing. Herb Miller from Omaha fired 268 for sec ond place among Nebraska shoot ers. Nebraska No. 1 finished second behind Iowa in the team firing. The Nebraska squad was com ,o nf Millar Palmer. Jim Pop- pie Casper, Wyo., Gerald Roesler, Tobias, and William Brandt, Un-adilla. Nebraska No. 2 placed third, and Creighton finished last. Oherle, Radke, Goeres, Potash and Harris were the Nebraska shoot ers. 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