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I ) H UU III VI Ui WW W Tuesday, February 14, 1950 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN PAGE 3 nldosteirs Mm 7 Lead! od Wood Stair Busier Leads Nebraska In Thrilling Win With 24 By Kimon Karabatsos Bus Whitehciid, playing strict lv all all-American hriinH nf Cornhuskers to a 57-55 win over a rejuvenated Okliihonia outfit at Norman Monday night. The thrilling victory placed Coach Harry Good's cagers in a tie with Colorado for the Big Seven lead. Both teams have won five and lost two. Before the week is up, another team will be sharing the lead with these two teams. Either Kansas or Kansas State will en ter the limelight, depending on which teams win in their game tonight (Tuesday). Oklahoma jumped to an early lead on Glasgow's two free throws. He hit another gratis shot before Whitehead countered with the same to make it 3-1, Okla homa, with just two minutes gone in the game. Bob Cerv, on a fast break with Tony Lawry, countered with the first field goal of the evening and tied up the ball game at 2:45. Two more free throws gave the Sooners the lead and then Speigel hit another charity shot to give Oklahoma a 6x6 average from the keyhole. Cerv potted a long shot and Joe Malacek, getting his lonely point of the evening, tied up the game at six all with four min- ,utcs gone. Speigel meshed a long shot and Morrison sank his two free ihrnws tn eivp the Sooners a four point lead before Whitehead hit one of his free throws. Six Point Lead Waters and Merchant hit a couple of long shots to give Coach Bruce Drake's men a six point lead the widest margin during the entire game. Bus hit on his favorite jump shot and then swished his free throw after Waters had fouled him. Marks hit from the floor and Jim Buchanan was caught guard ing him too closely to give the Sooners another point. Two for NU tt.ih Pierre and Buchanan pot- tod a couple of quick baskets to keep the Huskers in the game. Speigel connected on a long shot j and then Pierce hit irom out. Nebraska was charged with three straight fouls Whitehead, Buchanan and Lawry, but the Sooners who hadn't missed one yet, connected on only one of the three. Bog Gates entered the fame and quickly sounded notice to 3.500 partisan fans that he can make 'em from afar. He sent a very long one through that just rippled the meshes. His long shot tied up the game at 20-all. , Nebraska meshed three free throws to make their average from "chanty land" 6x7 The two teams traded points and then the officials called a double foul Whitehead and Freibcrger the 6' 11 '2" monster. They both made their shots. . Glasgow managed a tip-m and then Gates sank a :i0 footer from center cun t to make the score 2U-30 with just two minutes Ictl in the first half. . Speigel connecter! on a foul shot and Glasgow hit again be fore Lawry and Whitehead man aged two points from the foul line, making the score 31-33 wun just 11 seconds remaining before intermission. Amazing Averages. During the first half, Nebraska 'and Oklahoma hit amazing aver ages from the nee imuw "' The Huskers hit 0x10 ana Sooners 15x19. The four point margin from the key-hole gave the halftime lead to Oklahoma. Going into the second hair, Whitehead quickly evened up the game with a pivot-shot. Glasgow hit for Coach Drake s boys and Lawry hit one from way out. Lawry ruined Nebraska's free throw average, missing two and Merchant took advantage of Cerv's foul to re-take the lead for Oklahoma. Whistle-Happy. Fouls, mostly Nebraska's, dominated the scene for a little while and then Whitehead hit from the floor to give the Huskers a 1 point lead, 38-37. Cerv hit two from the "line to give NU a 3 point lead. It was short-lived tho, with Speigel hit ting his free throw and Glas gow's onc-hander. Three Husker free throws gave Nebraska the lead with just a little more than 13 minutes left in the game. The teams traded a couple of buckets and then Malacek left the game on five fouls with 11 minutes left. Price joined him later. A jump-shot by "Buster" and a free throw by Lawry gave Nebraska a 6 point lead. White head had a chance to stretch the margin, but failed as his free throw rolled around the rim and then dropped out. Lawry was caught pushing Waters and the Oklahoman narrowed the lead to 5 points. Morris cut the lead to 2 points and then Waters connected with his free throw, making the score 47-48, Nebraska. Joe "not the comedian" Brown cut the Sooners cheering section off with a moan as lie hit a beau tiful 20 foot set shot. Glasgow hit from the floor and White hit from the key-hole to tie the game with 3:40 seconds remaining. Eight seconds later, Buster meshed his 21 point on a free toss. He added to his total less than a minute later on his jump-shot and then Walsh potted one frm the floor to give the Husekrs a 5 point lead. Brown was caught fouling and the Sooners took advantage for one of the two shots. Morris hit from the maples with just 44 seconds left and a second later fouled Brown, which was good for a Nebraska point. Thirty seconds remained as Glasgow hit a lay-up making the score 56-55. The game couldn't have ended more appropriate. With just 14 seconds remaining Whitehead walked calmly up to the free throw line after Morrison had fouled him. Amidst the yelling of the Sooner crowd, defying him to make it, he quickly potted it, squelshing any chances for a Sooner victory. When the buzzer finally sounded. Buster was holding the ball in mid-court. NpbraskA r.ftwrv f . . . Malei'ek f , PlTif f Whitehead c Orv i! Bui-hannn g (laten ic .... 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Within two weeks, Sharpe will know pretty well just how his pitchers are going to round out this year. The pitching load will no doubt fall on the shoulders of three year man, Elroy "Lefty" Gloystein of Waco, Nebraska, man from last years squad. Also working at second base is John Rego. If Mladovich or Jensen fail to Qime through at first, they will also work on second. While in high school, Mladovich was known for his short stop capa bilities. Skalla Improves Holding down third base will be letternian, Bill Denker from last year's squad. Returning lettcrmen in the outfield are Bob Serv, Harlan Powley ,and Don Hays. Other boys showing promise in the outfield are Bill Fitz Sharing pitching honors with Gloystein will be another letter man, Bob Camp of West Point. Last year, Camp was the num ber one relief hurler on the squad. Also rounding out the pitching staff will be Sterling Van Vleck who has been on the squad for the past two years but has failed to letter. Other boys vying for this berth are Linus Vrbka, Del bert Kopf, and George Nutt. Tom Novak, veteran catcher, will climax his four years of competition with the baseball squad. Working behind Novak will be Bob Lehrberg and Bob Steinberger. Novak will also be counted on to collect some much needed hits. With no lettermen returning to first base, competition .s wide open for the starting berth. Working out at first are Bob Mladovich, Bill Jensen, and Harold Bonness. Leading the second base pros pects is Hobe Hayes, a letter gerald, Bob Diers, and Keith Skalla. Skalla of Beatrice is one of the leading prosecpects lu the outfield. With strong competition for berths, and good prospects, Coach Sharpe is hoping that the team will have a fair season. Sharpe won't issue a call for freshmen until he can hold prac tice on the outside diamonds. 4k -i3 !7 h a J LEE MOORE By placing sec ond in the Jayhawk-Husker duel meet last Saturday, sounded grave warning to Big Seven milers. His un-ol'ficial timing of 4:24.6 makes him the "Dark-horse" of the Big Seven meet. Sig Nu 's Beaten By Bill Mundell Sigma Nu's dream of unbeaten glory in intramural basketball was rudely shattered over the weekend in the 'battle of the giants' with Phi Gamma Delta. The Phi Gams finished the first half of their season with their sixth straight victory, 41-35. The whole story of the game came in the second half of play with the victors holding the Nu's to only five points. Halftime score stood at 30-25, Sig Nu. Olson was the big gun in the Phi Gam attack as he led the scoring with 18 points. Altman of Sigma Nu netted 14 for tops for the losers. Unbeaten Delta Tail Delta con tinued its pace over the weekend as it clouted once-beaten Tau Kappa Epsilon, 50-33 behind the L'2 points of Vandel. The Delts (ranked third in the University) were never in trouble in gaining their fifth win. Anderson scored 12 points for the Tekcs. Tans Terrific Alpha Tau Omega went point happy in its game with Sigma Alpha Mu as the Taus slaugh tered the hapless Sammies, 88 22. The ATO's rallied behind hiKh-scoreis, Jack Carroll and Mack Robinson in rolling to their fifth consecutive victory. Both Robinson and Carroll scored 24 markers for the Taus. Swedcl son was high for the losers with iflne. A fourth team also continued mi bealcn as Inter-Varsity (ranked sixth in the U.) won their sixth game, 24-19 from the Methodist Student House. The IV men were hard-pressed playing without their top-scorer, Ray Lucht, who graduated in January. Brother G. Lucht led the winners with 11 points, how ever with Ron Myers contribut ing ten. McKinzic chalked-up eight for the Methodists. Drlta Sigma Phi kept low ly Cornliusker Co.-op in the cellar of Fraternity league III, thumping the CoCo boys, 22 13 in a low scoring affair. The Co-op didn't register a field goal until six minutes came in the second half. Clark Betcke and Dick Fenslcr of the Delta Sigs led the scoring with nine and six points respectively. 7 WATCH FACTS Did you know your watch ticks 15,768,000 times a year. It Is one of your most faithful servants. Keep It in good condition. Cleaning Only $3.50 Three Day Service! Your Campu Watchmaker DICK'S WATCH SERVICE In Nebr. Book Store Press Box Views . . . BV KIN M ON KARABATSOS (SiMirtn Kdllor. llly Nrbrankant (Tlii U the rtmt of a nrrlrit of arflrhv attarklni and upholdtni the N AA "nan My ( otlr." 1 tr that alnr Mill In dirfrtly affrrtu rvrry lurient on th ram IMin, linth ftlflra of the oft dlftcumrd que tlon Hhutild be presented.) What good is the NCAA? Thcj have set up a "Sanity Code," can't enforce it! Why can't it be enforced? If you have, or let's put it this way, if you think yoi' have the answer; drop a lettei fully explaining your views t( NCAA President Hugh C. Willett, University of Southern Cali fornia, Los Angeels California. He's stymied! KK It seems that a few schools have failed to comply with the code by giving their athletes some financial aid. The "Rebels" seem to think that this is OK, but 111 members of the NCAA definitely think otherwise. KK J a n u a ry 15. newspapers throughout the Nation carried glaring headlines on their sports' pages stating, "NCAA voting Fails to Expel Viola tors," "Rebels Win Smashing Victory," "Sanity Code Falls" and many other such notations. Radio sportscasters played up the news just as strongly. KK Why all the 'Hallabaloo'? What did they win? You can find varied comment on those two questions. Some say this is just the beginning of professional col legiate football, others, that it is giving the athletes a just reward for their services on the grid-iron or on the maples. Some strike it down, condeming it with a thou sand tongues. KK Let's take a quick look at what happened at the NCAA New York conference and and find out just what happened. It ap pears that seven schools (their names are not important) had been accused of subsidizing their athletes. None of these schools denied the fact that they had been subsidizing in fact, they just sat back and said, "SO WHAT." Maryland handed the board their resignation and a few other school officials tossed around some heated words at each other. Each defending their views on this touchy subject as vehemently as the other. KK After about seven hours of this heated discussion, they decided to put the issue to a vote of the members. The issue was whether to expel the violators or not. KK Of the 204 schools represented at the New York conference, 93 turned "thumbs down" on the Niclson of the losers garnered five. Beta Sigma Psi handed Alpha Gamma Rho its sixth straight loss over the weekend by a score of 37-24. Young of the Beta Sigs led the scorers with 13 as the Lutherans registered their third win i:i five starts. Gibson led the AGF.'s with 11 markers. Sig Chi's Fly Sigma Chi rolled to an easy triumph in their game with Acacia, winn.ng convincingly, 65-15 after leading at halftime, 34-8, Curtis counted 11 points for the Chi's while Ferguson and Prince each garnered ten. Kelly of the Acacia's scored nine. In the closest game of the day, Delta Sigma Pi edged Pi Kappa Phi, 34-33. Dal Schocder of the Pi's and Gardner of the Pi Kaps each netted 12 points. The Lutheran Student house was slowed to a walk in the first half, but burst out in the second to hand Cotncr house a 45-20 defeat. Woody Bohn led the Lutherans to their fifth win in six starts, scoring 16 points. Other games over the weekend saw Pioneer Co-op smashing the Kappa Sigs, 62-33 behind the 23 points of Berry and the Newman club taking their fourth win of the season, a 37-16 win over the Presbyterian Student house with Griffin of the Catholics scoring 11. The last two games of the day were the SAE "B" victory over Phi Psi "B", 18-15 and Farm house's trouncing of Beta Theta by the score of 38-22 with Heiss scoring 15 for the Aggies expelling action. The "Puritists" were handed a stunning defeat they had failed by 25 votes tn expel these "heretics." Their constitution requires a 2-3 ma jority for expulsion. KK By the vote, it appears that the 93 schools voting "nye" also cast an un-writtcn vote lor NCAA aipervision of subsidation. Now, VCAA Proxy Willett has brought ip a constitutional question by placing a quarantine on six members for non-compliance with the "Sanity Code." KK Voicing a strong objection to his section, Dr. H. C. Byrd, .ires dent of Maryland university which is one of the schools ai ccted said: "No one has any authority to issue any official statement f. r the NCAA until after the duly elected council meets at deter mine what policies are to be set." KK M. G. Pritchctt, director c;l athletics at another school in the same predictament, Virginh, joined Byrd by saying, "I think Willett is taking a great deal of authority which the constitution does not give him." KK To me, this appears to be the beginning of a new policy, backed by the Southern schools and per haps a few "Yankees," in which organized subsidation will be sanctioned by the NCAA. This is only a "hunch," but, who knows, it might be a step in the right direction. KK It had been said, before the NCAA meeting, that the only thing troubling the i association was the "grads" and rabid fans who wanted victorious seasons for their favorite team. They complained about not having any jurisdiction over them. Which - 3 - f-$r " ., ' - J ' x r - i A " P ti 3 j s t ?Ady cujaidfe? ! ..... Cune,of couise, 9 J tyfySh smokeis who $ know. .Ah " JiXamasm: Billikns Bop NU Swimmers The Washington University swimming team dunked the Husker mermen at St. Louis last Saturday by a score of 46 to 29. Bob Phelps won the 200 yard breast stroke in 2:42.5 for the best time of his career. The Ne braska 300 yard medley relaj team set a new time for 3:-4.8 for Nebraska swimming records. Ted Kanamine led in the 50 yard freestyle but was disquali fied for failing to touch the wall on a turn. Eddie Craren had the diving event all to himself. Pohlman Doubles Pohlnian did the most damage to the Huskers as he won both was very true. "I know of a case where a hoy was paid a $10,000 bonus Just to attend a certain college," stated a professional football coach which queried on the touchy subject by a sports writer. ! KK lie qualified his statement by saying, "The school does not pay this money, you understand. Sometimes the school doesn't even know about it. The money comes from alumni funds." i KK I Those alumni funds arc the key to the NCAA's problem, for ! while this organization (NCAA) can legislate for the colleges it has no authority over the "grads" with over-stuffed pockets who are determined to have an un- j defeated season at Poclunk. KK I One way which they might be : able to stop these out-landish ; $ 10,000 bonuses is for the NCAA to authorize reasonable payments i to deserving athletes. Ill ItlllVil Mildness the 50 and 100 yard freestyls races besides swiming on the 400 yard relay. Marvin Grimm, ace sprint man, did well in the meet. He is returning to form after an early reason injury and hopes to be at lull strength for the conference! meet. Coach Lcpley stated that the liability of the Huskers to place norc men in the distance events was a main factor for the defeat. He also feels that tho Husker squad needs more depth. Tho team is making progress never theless. The squad slipped off the icy highways on the return trip but no one was injured. Prisoner of The trackless jungle has swallowed up Vaughn! He can't escape its spell! Vaughn Monroe's new HCA VICTOR Finash hit BAMBOO ia going faster than ice cream in Africa hurry, hurry for it! His biggest ever! i ' I; V Yes, Camels arc SO MILD that in a coast-to-coast test of hundreds of men and women who smoked Camels and only Camels for 30 consecutive days, noted throat specialists, making weekly examinations, reported NOT OXE SINGLE CASE OF THROAT AUV v DUmUMU-Usa ViA"4MW m