THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Page 7
Wednesday, November 24, 1948
Picking Wins
Easy for 'Daily9
Sport Experts
The Daily Nebraskan football
experts are nearing the end of a
season where upsets have been
the rule rather than the excep
tion, yet they stand bloody but un
bowed with a fine over-all aver
age. After ten weekly selections,
they have picked 456 games cor
rectly out of 600 for a percentage
of .760.
Percentage High
To indicate how successful that
mark is, "Pigskin Pete," who picks
the games each week for the
Sporting News last year finished
with an average of .756. As the
figures now stand, three Daily Ne
braskan experts have better marks
than that.
With one week left to go, Man
aging Editor Cub 'Clem leads the
nack with a percentage of .820,
two games ahead of News Editor
Fritz Simpson, whose mark is an
even .800. This week's games are
particularly significant in that, if
Kansas State beats St. Louis and
Georgia Tech beats Georgia,
Simpson will move into a tie with
Clem for top honors.
Trailing these two are Sports
Editor Harold Abramson, five
games behind Clem with an aver
age of .770, Jack Donovan of the
university publicity department
with an average bf .740, News
Editor Lee Harris at .730, and Bob
Phelps, erstwhile News Editor
with an even .700, 12 games be
hind Clem.
Clem at Top
Fritz Simpson started the year
right by picking every game cor
rectly, but during the second
week-end, Harold Abramson
moved into a tie for first place.
For one week, Abramson re
mained on top, and then Clem
gained four games to jump from
fourth place into a first place tie
with Abramson and Simpson.
He has remained on top ever
since, gradually lengthening his
lead over Simpson. Simpson has
this one last chance to catch the
leader, and both Kansas State and
Georgia Tech must win if he is
to do it.
The final winner will receive a
new, shiny coin to help him pick
the annual bowl games.
II usher Itinerary
The Husker grid team's con
densed Itinerary of its trip to
Portland for Saturday's contest
with Oregon State:
Tl KM)AV
1:00 p. m.-Entrain at Rnrllngton.
11:40 P. m. I -ravr Lincoln.
WKIIXKSDAV
10:15 a. m. Arrive Edremont. 8. D.
4:3 p. m. Arrive Shertdan, Yy.
eierrle.
8:45 p. m. Arrive Killings, Mont.
Till B-SDAY.
11:45 a. m. Arrive Mtasonla, Mont.
(workout at Montana t
field).
S:l.t p. m. I -rave MluMwla.
8:35 p.m. Arrive Spokane, Wash.
FRIDAY
7:35 a. m. Arrive Portland. (Work
out In afternoon, snow la
eveninr.)
SAT I BOAT
2:60 p. m. Oaine at Multnomah Sta
dium. KCNDAY
8:lt a.m. I-eve Portland.
Tl KSDAY
7:00 a. m. Arrive I.lnroln.
Sad Story
The Associated Press reports
that 13,084 fifths of liquor were
crushed by a bulldozer in In
dianapolis. The liquor was de
stroyed last week after four years
of waiting for some one to put
up the $10,600 tax duty due.
XF.1AS CARDS
Assortments or all alike.
Name Imprinted if Detired
Goldenrod Stationery Store
215 No. 14 Open Thurs. to 9
1
rv
' k i - t if
s v.
i. s
V V
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN FOOTBALL EXPERTS go into their weekly ritual to pick
ten winners from the best ramea in the nation.
Reading from the left around the copy desk: News Editor Lee Harris tears up his parlay
card in a raeine temper: Bob Phelps covers his eyes as he flips his trusty coin; News Ed
itor Fritz Simpson is lost in a trance checking the tea leaf results with Williamson; Sports
Editor Harold Abramson produces a glow after a heartening shot (he just found out he
was the only one to pick the Oklahoma- Missouri game corectly) ; Eskimo Jack Donovan
cunningly gazes into his crystal ball which has produced an average of .740. Sitting in
the slot, Managing Editor Cub Clem, the leader, casually checks volumnous statistics be
fore makmg the fatal choice.
This board of experts has corectlv chosen the winner in 76 of the games, compared
to a .756 record by "Pigskin Pete" in the Sporting News last year. Not bad for amateurs!
Cyclone Cagers
Lack Experience
riavtnn "Chick" Sutherland.
Iowa State basketball coach, has
eight lettermen returning to the
Cyclone cage squad.
Sutherland lists Gaylord An
derson, Don Ferguson, Lloyd Kes-
ter, Gene Oulman, JDon jauisen,
Bob Petersen, Leo Schneider, and
John Sheperd.
The Clyclone cage mentor is
planning his squad around these
eight players. Anderson is a for
mer Council Bluffs, la., basket
ball star who stanas 6 ieei 4 ana
nl.T v? fnrwarrl.
Little Don Ferguson, football
letterman, is one of the best ball
handlers on the squad. He should
be a great help along with Lloyd
Kester, a three letter basketball
player.
IM Bowling Card
Wednesday s Inlerfraterniiy toliiiK shite:
Alleys 1-2 Acacia v. Tau Kappa Kpsilon.
Alleys 3-4 Delta Chi vs. Delta Sicma PI.
Alleys 5-6 PlBma Alpha Epsilun vs. Sigma
Phi Epsilon.
Alleys 7-8 Plgma Alpha Hi VI. Zeta Beta
Tau.
Alleys 9-10 SiPhl Delta Theta vs. Beta
Sigma Psl.
Alleys 11-12 Sigma Nus vs. Theta XI.
mum
An Adventure in
Good Smoking
BY HAROLD ABRAMSON
Coach Potsy Clark's Huskers
finish up their season this week
against an Oregon State team
which has had the same ups and
downs as the Huskers.
Although the Huskers have won
only two games at home this sea
son football fans have not lost
their faith in the Scarlet gridders.
Nebraska has squeezed 140,319
people into Memorial Stadium in
its four home games and this fig
ure does not include the Missouri
game. This figure is slightly under
the 142,439 attendance of last year
for five home games and the rec
ord 1937 total of 155,238, also for
five contests.
In eight games the Huskers
have played before 281,669 spec
tators. This is below the ten-game
total of 318,220 established in
1940. In 1947, 246,947 spectators
saw Nebraska play a nine-game
schedule.
The largest home attendance for
1948 is the 36,528 crowd for the
Notre Dame battle. A record open
ing day crowd of 57,209 saw Ne
braska and Minnesota at Min
neapolis. With many of the experts pre
dicting the cagers to come out of
loop play In third place many fans
are anticipating the opening game
with Northwest Missouri State
College on Dec. 1.
Coach Harry Good has been
taking plenty of time in an ef
fort to have his squad in top con
dition for loop competition. Much
of the basketball team's chances
of winning is supposed to depend
on the sophomore players on the
squad.
However, veterans like Bob
Cerv, Rod Cox, Claude Retherford,
Bus Whitehead, Dick Schleiger,
Dick Srb and Henry Cech should
be enough to steady the younger
players.
QLll
No, I didn't need it, BUT I liked the
style and price so well thai 1 bought
SIMON'S POLO COAT
. . . .luxurious worumbo fleece in oatmeal tan or pearl grey
with belted back!
only
45
Simon's Second Floor
t
