Tuesday, April 27, 1948
Copple to Vie
For Olympic
Berth at Ames
Nebraska's Newt Copple, Na
tional A.A.U. 147.5-pound wres
tling champion, will vie for an
Olympic berth at Ames Thurs
day through Saturday in the fi
nal Olympic tryouts.
Copple will face tough competi
tion in Bill Koll, Iowa State
Teachers' three-time N.C.A.A.
king; Jim Miller, Cornell Univer
sity's two-time A.A.U. champ,
and" John Fletcher of Navy.
Top Wrestlers.
Here are some of the outstand
ing wrestlers in other weight
classes:
114.5 class Arnold Plaza, the
great performer from Purdue
who won the N.C.A.A. title; En
sign Malcolm MacDonald, who is
the A.A.U. champ; Bill Mann of
Illinois, and Bill Jernigan and
Grady Penninger of , Oklahoma
A. & M.
125.5 cjass G eorge Lewis,
Waynesburg, and Lt. Bob Kitt of
the Navy N.C.A.A. and A.A.U.
champs; Germ Leeman, from
Iowa Teachers; Rometo Macias,
University of Iowa; Lou Kachi
roubas, former . N.C.A.A. champ
from Illinois; Dick Hauser, for
mer N.t.A.A. champ from Cor
nell; Charles Ridenour and Ed
Collins from the New York Ath
letic Club, and Gene McDonald
from Michigan State.
136.5 class Dick Dickenson,
Michigan State, and Leo Thorn
sen, JCornell, N.C.A.A. and A.A.U.
champions: Lowell Lange. former
national champ from Cornell;
Nate Bauer, nationally ranked
star from: Oklahoma A. & M.; and
Russ Bush, the Iowa Teachers
ace who won the 128-pound
N.C.A.A., title a year ago.
Jack t St. Clair, Oklahoma
A. & M., and Leland Merrill ' New
York Athletic Club, the UC.A.A.
and A.A.U. champions; Gale Mik
les, N.C.A.A. 155 champ a year
ago; Bill Nelson, 165-pound
N.C.A.A. champ for Iowa Teach
ers in 1947; Dave Shapiro, 165
pound champ for Illinois two
years ago; Joe Mullison of Colo
rado A. & M.
174 class Glen Brand, N.C.A.A.
king from Iowa State; Dale
Thomas, A.A.U. boss, formerly at
Purdue 'and Cornell; and Joe
Scarpello, Iowa's 1947 N.C.A.A.
champ, i
191 class Henry Wittenberg,
Tew York detective and seven
times A.A.U. champion who has
won more than 300 matches with
out a loss; Verne Gagne of Min
nesota, the N.C.A.A. champ; Hugh
Mumby of California; Charles
Gottfried of Illinois, and Lou
Heinz of the San Francisco
Olympic Club.
Unlimited class Dick Hutton,
twice N.C.A.A. champion for
Oklahoma A. &.M.; Ray Gunkel,
AA.U. champ from Purdue; Bob
Maldegan of Michigan State;
Ralph Schmidt of the Elizabeth
town, N.J., Y.M.C.A.; Thurman
McGraw of Colorado A. & M.,
and Art Archer of Illinois.
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BOB COSTELLO, 197- pound Lincoln gridder, is one of the top
candidates for a blocking back position on the 1948 Hussker football
eleven. Costello wcs recently moved from center to the backfield,
ille is the No. 1 blocking back on the Blue team.
Husker Golf,
Tennis Teams
To See Action
Nebraska's golf and tennis
teams will play in two dual
matches this week-end. Nebraska
meets Kansas Friday, then moves
to Columbia, Mo., for matches
with the Tigers- on Saturday.
The tennis team lost to Colo
rado A. & M. and the University
of Colorado, four matches to three,
while the golfers won from Colo
rado A. & M.. 16 to 2. last week.
Snow forced postponement of the
golf match against Colorado at
Boulder.
Jack Cady, No. 1 on the tennis
team, won .both his matches in
singles and teamed with Bob
Slezak to take both dcubles tests
on the Colorado trip.
Iluskerg to Ames
Louis Caniglia at 114 pounds
and Herb Reese, 191-pounder,
will lepresent the University of
Nebraska in the final Olympic
wrestling trials this week-end at
Iowa State.
B. R. "Pat" Patterson, Coin
husker mat coach, is chairman of
the Olympic wrestling committee.
doesn't mean that he cannot be
returned to the B team."
"The freshmen, with a two
game schedule, will get thorough
training in the rudiments of the
game," Coach Clark said. He has
indicated on several occasions that
the freshman coaching job will be
given special consideration this
fall.
?hi Delta Theta,
SAE Lead IM
Golf Qualifiers
Jim Rich, representing Phi
Delta Theta, shot a hot 76 to lead
the field in the qualifying round
of the intramural golf tourna
ment. He toured the Pioneer
course in three strokes less than
his nearest rival, Willie Polite of
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, who shot a
79. Stan Stroh, independent, also
shot a 79 to tie Polite for second
place.
Harry Meginnis of Phi Delta
Theta and Craig Cole of Sigma
Phi Epsilon came in with scores
of 80 to finish in a tie for the
fourth position.
Top Qualif yinr Teams
The Phi Delts andSig Alphs
took an early lead, each qualify
ing six men for the final play
offs. One hundred five men shot
in the qualifying round, with the
low 32 eligible for the match play
which starts this week. First
round matches are to be com
pleted by Sunday, May 2. Pairings
for the first round are posted on
the Coliseum bulletin board.
V-5 Cadets, Officers
All former Navy V-5 cadets
and officers are asked to talk
to Coach Hollie Lepley in his
Coliseum office or in the
swimming: pool before Satur
day. Coach Lepley may also be
reached by calling Ext. 3180.
NU Coaching
Staff to Pick
Four Teams
Nebraska University's spring
football candidates moved into
their final week of drills. Monday.
After Saturday's scrimmage,
Coach Potsy Clark and his staff
said it was not a question of who
would make the Cornhusker foot
ball team next fall. The question
is, who will make the squad.
Potsy will invite back four
teams for the early practice ses
sions in September. This squad
will be picked by the coaches this
week but it will not be announced.
In order to make sure that no
nne is overlooked, the White, or
third squad, will go through a
blocking and tackling practice
this week.
Tackling, Blocking Stressed
"If we missed any one in team
play, ourTrror will be shown up,"
Coach Clark said. "After all, tack
ling and blocking are still the
number 1 requirements of a foot
ball player. If a lad demonstrates
that he can tackle and block we
want him on our varsity squad."
"The same promotion-on-merit
will be the order again this fall,"
Coach Clark said. "The fact that
a player is picked forjhe varsity
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