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Tuesday, April 26, 1949 THE DAILY . NEBRASKAN PAGE 3 McConnell Cops Decathlon; NU Relay Teams Place Jim McConnell, Husker track star, led Nebraska scorers Satur day in the Kansas Relays as he forged ahead in the last five events to top former national . champion Bill Terwilliger, a graduate of Wisconsin, by 30 points as he took home a blue rib bon in the decathlon event. Mc Connell compiled a total of 6698 points to win the event. After five events were com pleted Friday, McConnell was in second place, 20 points behind Terwilliger. Big Jim picked up his points with a win in the shot put, with a heave of 42 feet, 10 inches; a second in the high jump at 5 feet, 10 inches; a third in the 100 in :11.3; a third in the 400 in :51.5; and a fourth in the broad jump with 20 feet, 11 inches. Coming back Saturday, McCon nell copped two events as he tossed the javelin 166 feet, 4 inches and dropped over 11 feet, 6 inches in the pole vault. He took a second in the 1500 meter run and thirds in the discus and 100 meter high hurdle events. The Missouri Tigers shared the unofficial title with the Oklahoma Aggies, each scoring 20 points. Dick Piderit, Husker weight man, took a third in the shot put event with a heave of 49' feet,, 2V4 inches. This was two inches better than Rollin Prather, con ference champ, could do. Three Husker relay squads scored in the meet. The two-mile relay had to be satisfied with third place as the Oklahoma Aggies won the event in a record time of 7:41. Kansas finishd scond. The half-mile team also came WAA Council Members Attend National Convention Eight members from the Ne braska WAA council will attend the National WAA convention in Madison, Wis., April 26 and 27. The Nebraska representatives who left Tuesday for Madison in clude Phyl Allen, Marie Collins, Barbara Van Every, Delores Ir win, Peggy Mulvaney, Virginia Koch, Lois Erikson and Betty Ann Sawyers, v MAIN FEATURES START STATE: "Enchantment," 1:17, 3:17, 5:17, 7:17, 9:17. VARSITY: "The Boy With Green Hair," 1:29, 4:24, 7:19, 10:04. "Indian Agent," 2:51, 5:46, 8:41. HUSKER: "Station West," 1:00, 3:53, 6:46, 9:49. "The Golden Eye," 2:43, 5:36, 8:39. rmrn l NOW SHOWING PAT O'BRIEN THE BOY WITH GREEN HAIR PLl'g "INDIAN AGENT EXTRA DISNEY CARTOON LATEST NEWS 35c TILL 6 P. M. f JJ I1M AHO 'W , h'Jiiiilai. II co-nrr II L in third behind Missouri and the Aggies, while the quartermile team placed fourth behind the Aggies, Missouri and Oklahoma. Two top performances were turned in during the competition. Robert Walters from Texas set a new mark in the high jump as he cleared the bar at 6 feet, 8 316 inches, beating the old mark by one-quarter of an inch. Don Gehrmann, sophomore whiz from Wisconsin, tied the record in the featured Glenn Cunningham mile, as he put on a tremendous last lap kick to beat Texan Jerry Thompson by 25 yards in he time of 4:10.1, the best outdoor time of the year. The IM Dept. announced that the games scheduled to be played Thursday, April 28, at 5:45 p.m. on the Whittier, Peter Pan and Ag College fields have been moved back to 6:15 p. m. so that the ROTC men can get through drills and participate in the games. Prep Star Tops High Jump Mark Two state high school track marks appear to be in danger of falling this year when- the 1943 State meet rolls around. Irving Thode of Loup City last week jumped 22 feet, 6V inches to come within four inches of the record, and then the following week he topped the existing rec ord in the high jump as he won the event in the Kearney Invita tional with a jump of 6 feet, ZVa inches. This is nearly a full inch over the old record set back in 1940. The state's small schools threat en to sweep the field events in the spring classic, as George Wit ter of Atkinson St. Joseph's put the shot 51 feet, 1k inches and threw the discus 152 feet. Both marks are far" above last year's efforts in these events. In the pole vault, Bill Black of South Sioux City is far in the lead and may break Howard De bus' record of 12 feet, 8 inches. Black has gone over 12 feet, 5 inches and just brushed the bar at 12 feet, 8 inches. Husker Teams Host to K-State In Te inns: Golf Nebraska will hp hnst. in TTan sas State in golf and tennis Tues-S day afternoon. The golf matches will be played at Hillcrest and the tennis at the Lincoln Tennis Club, beginning at 1:30. Kansas State finished a notch above the Huskers in the final standings last spring, and defeated NU in dual play 4-3 at Manhattan. The golfers also lost in dual com petition to the Wildcats, but fin ished second in the Big Seven Championships here in May, while Kansas State was a poor last. The two Scarlet squads split in competition with Colorado Satur day, the golf team winning 17-1, and the netmen dropping a 5-2 decision. Golf Coach John Bentley will probably use the same foursome which opposed the Buffs. This will include Del Ryder, Don Spo mer, Vern Strauch, and Don Stroh. Strauch and Stroh came Basketball Coach H a r r y Good announced that a spring basketball practice is being held every day from now until May 13 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Coliseum. This is for varsity squad members, B team members and all fresh man numeral winners. in with 74's against Colorado to lead both teams. The tennis lineup will remain the same also. Coach Francis Leighton has been using Bob Sle zak, a two-year letterman, in the number one singles slot; Jack Cady, also a two-year veteran, in the number two position; Don McArthur in the number three; sophomore Jamie Curran, from Buenos Aires, Argentina, as num ber four; and Bob Means number five. 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