Friday, April 23, 1948
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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Grogan, Injured Hegwood
Top .400 Batting Mark
Husker Nine
Faces Tigers,
IS Tins Week
Nebraska university's crippled
baseball team left on a four-game
trip to Missouri and Iowa Thurs
day. The 16-man Husker squad op
poses the University of Missouri
at Columbia, April 23 and 24 and
Iowa State college at Ames, April
26 and 27.
Coach Tony Sharpe has four
men on the injury list, although
three of them will make the
junket.
Fred Hegwood of Omaha is out
for the season with a broken leg.
He was hitting .414 for six games.
Tom Novak of Omaha, with a
dislocated finger, Angelo Ossino
of Omaha, with a charley horse,
and Wesley Maser of Lincoln,
with a sprained ankle, are the
other varsity injuries.
Sandstedt to Start.
Omaha's Jim Sandstedt has
t'rawn the opening mound job
a inst the Tigers. Elroy (Lefty)
C'-ystein of Waco will start the
se nd game. Both pitchers have
won two and lost one this year.
Coach Sharpe is still looking
for a replacement to fill Heg
wood's field position. He has been
experimenting with Harland Pow
ley of Pender and Don Hays of
Lincoln, a utility infielder.
The traveling roster:
Dilford Blatchford, Maskell,
Novak, catchers; Jack Helmsing,
Omaha, Gloystein, Ossino, Sand
stedt, Sterling Van Vleck, Neligh,
pitchers; Robert Schleiger, Omaha,
Hobe Hays, Lincoln, Bob Grogan,
Lincoln, William Denker, Elkhorn
infieldcrs; Jim Sharp, Omaha, D.
Hays, Bob Cerv, Weston, Maser,
Powley, outfielders.
UN Trackmen
To Drake Meet
Ten University of Nebraska
track athletes left Thursday noon
for the .Drake relays .
The Cornhuskers will run in
the 4-mile, 880 and 440-yard re
lays. Coach Ed Weir said, besides
appearing in several of the open
events.
Don Morrison and Stan Martin
will run in the open 2-mile. They
will join with Harold Kopft and
Russell Hale to form the 4-mile
team.
Dick Hutton, Harry Meginnis,
Don Vollertseen and Alan Thomp
son will run the 440 and 880-yard
relays. Hutton and Thompson
also will run in the 100 yard dash,
ridcrit Improves.
Dick Pidcrit will compete in
the shot put. In three practice
throws Wednesday. Pidcrit better
ed 50 feet. His best toss was 51
feet 2 inches.
Jim Myers will compete in the
pole vault. Don Cooper, who ag
gravated his sprained ankle early
in the week, was shelved again by
the injury.
Jim Martin, Big Seven indoor
half mile champion, had not re
covered sufficiently from tetanus
shots to make the trip.
AP AU-Ainerican Teams
Have Listed 4 IIusKcrs
Since the Associated Tress be
gan its annual Ail-American se
lections in 1925, four Nebraska
gridders have made the team.
In 1925, the first year of the se
lections, Ed Wier, Husker tackle
and called by many one of the
best in history, was put on the
team. George Sauer, now coaching
at Navy, was chosen the 1933 full
back, and Sam Francis was picked
for the same position three years
later.
Warren Alfson, a member of the
famous Rose Bowl team which
was nosed out by a great Stan
ford crew by 21-13, was selected
as one of the two standout guards
in 1940.
Delta Theta Phi, professional
law fraternity, will have a party
Saturday night at 8:30 p. m., in
Boomer's hall.
Baseball Sealing
Capacity Larger
Nebraska university has in
creased its seating capacity to
2,586 for home baseball games
with the addition of 1,200 bleach
er seats, George (Potsy) Clark
announced.
Over-flow crowds at Nebras
ka's first home games last week
prompted Cornhusker officials to
enlarge the bleachers.
After a four game road trip
to Missouri and Iowa State, the
Huskers return to meet Kansas
here May 3 and 4.
Two University of Nebraska
baseballers batted their way into
the .400 circle against Kansas
State last week.
Bob Grogan of Lincoln tops the
field with a .417 average in six
games. He has collected 15 hits,
including three doubles and a
triple, in 36 times at bat.
Fred Hegwood of Omaha, who
has led Cornhusker batters the
past two years, is in second place,
hitting a nifty .414. "Fritz," how
ever, broke his leg Monday and
will get sidelined the remainder
of the season.
BATTING.
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Wesley Vaser 9 0 4 6 .444
Bob Grogan 36 5 15 9 .417
Fred Hegwood 29 10 12 .414
Harland Powley 3 1 1 0 .333
Tom Novak 10 2 3 0 .300
Willard Branson 10 8 3 4 .300
Hobe Haya 35 13 10 6 .28
Jim Sharp 25 3 6 6 .240
Bob Sehlelper 31 3 7 2 .226
Jim Bandstedt 9 2 2 1 .222
Elroy Gloystein 9 2 2 0 .222
William Denker 32 5 7 3 .219
Bob Cerv 33 6 7 9 .212
(Total basei Grogan 20. H. Hayt 16,
Hegwood 13, Cerv 11. Doubles Grogan
3. H. Haya 3, Cerv, Denker, Hegwood,
Novak, Randstedt. Triplea Grogan. Home
nina Branson, Cerv, H. Hays, Sharp.
Stolen bases Grogan 7, H. Hays 7, Cerv
3. Denker 3. Hegwood 3, Maser 2. Sacri
fices Sandsteadt 2. )
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'ISP Men ami New Initiates
There will be a steak dinner
and initiation for "N" men and
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April 28, at 6 p. m. The banQuet
will be free and will be held
at Ilillcrest Country club. All
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