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1951
Nebraska Cagers
Big-7 Leaders
The University of Nebraska
basketball team has two counts
to settle when it invades the
Kansas State at Manhattan to
night.
The first task before the Husker
cagers is breaking a 7-year losing
sireaK on me wnacat floor. The
last time Nebraska got back to
Lincoln with a victory was 1943
when she defeated the Kansans,
The second count is an ounor
tunity to knock off the fifth best
team in the nation. The Wild
cats have amassed a 17-3 record
this season and a week ago were
in third place.
But they were forced to recede
a couple of notches when the Uni
versity of Oklahoma Sooners de
feated them, 49-46, at Manhattan.
The gangling Okie center. Mar
cus Frieberger, bagged 21 points
in that contest and controlled ev
erything in the rebounding de
partment. Coach Harry Good's starters
have only a mediocre record. Af
ter nesting in the Big Seven
champion's berth for the past two
seasons, the Huskers have had
both feet on banana peeling all
year. They are currently battling
to evade the conference cellar.
Kansas State, however, can
practically sew up the Big Seven
title by defeating Nebraska to
night New Gym
The Huskers may receive little
better treatment in the new Kan
sas State gymnasium. In other
years the Wildcat "cheese box"
playing quarters were simply
too limited for the fast Nebraska
brand of ball.
But the Wildcats erected a new
field house for the current sea
son, and the results could pay
dividends for the Nebraskans.
That story won't be true
though if the second game is a
carbon copy of the first. In the
first game played at Lincoln the
Wildcats breezed to 79-50 vic
tory. The Kansas State bench
Was as instrumental in defeating
Three Lettermen
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bolster Coach Ed Higgenboth
im'i 1951 tennis squad. He was
. a numeral winner last year.
Tiirers Tabbed
To Take
Loop
Indoor Meet
If returning point winners is
any indication, Missouri should
de-throne Kansas in the Big
Seven indoor track champion
ships in Kansas City this week
end. Coach Tom Botts can muster
eight performers who placed in
the annual affair last year, while
the best Bill Easton at Kansas
can do is six.
The Tigers will field two re
turning champions, second and
third place point winners, and
two fourth and fifth place fin
ishers. Kansas has a champion back,
e second, fourth and fifth place
finishers, and two others who
ended up fifth. Nebraska has a
second, a third, and a fourth
back. Oklahoma and Kansas State
each have a titlest back, while
Colorado will enter a defending
champ and a competitor who fin
ished third. Iowa State, which
finished last with three points,
lias no point winners back.
Clark Leads
Leading the power-packed Mis
souri team will be Byron Clark,
last year's 60-yard dash king, and
Bob Gorden who tied for first in
the high jump with Virgil Severns
of Kanas State. Severns Is with
the United States track team at
the Pan American games in
Buenos Aire, Argentine, and
Isn't expected back in time for
the indoor.
Other 1950 Tiger point winners
back for another try on the Mu
nicipal Auditorium boards are:
Harold Carter, second in the 80
yard dash, Frank Bardot, third in
the 60-yard high hurdles; Bill
McGuire, fourth in the mile;
Lome Buchner, fourth In the
broad Jump; Phil Brusca, fifth in
the shot put; and Laddie Stovall,
fifth in the broad Jump.
Returning members of the
championship Kansas team are;
Herb Semper, first in the two
mile; Bob DeVinney, second in
the high hurdles; Jack Green
wood, fourth in the high hurdles
and fifth in the law barriers; Jim
Dinsmore, fifth in the 880; and
Cliff Abel, fifth in the mile.
Huskers Contend
Nebraska, also definitely a con
tender for the loop gonfalon, has
no title holders, back but has
vaultw Don Cooper, second in
1950, Dkk Meissner, who tied lor
third In the high Jump with two
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for plenty of action tonight against the Tigers,
the Huskers as was the starting
five. A raw sophomore, second
string center Dick Knostman,
was the Wildcat's leading scorer
with fifteen points.
The key to Kansas State's suc
cess is the depth and team bal
ance which Coach Jack Gardner
has molded into this year's ag
gregation. Any one of the first
seven or eight players is capable
of scoring in the double figures.
All the Wildcat glory doesn't
completely leave our Huskers
standing out in the cold though.
Big Bob Pierce at center and Jim
Buchanan at guard are two of
the best in the conference. Pierce
is going 11 out to erase the scor
ing record which "Bus" White
head hung up last year. And from
all appearances the record will
probably be his at the end of
the season. Buchanan also is rated
one of the leading conference
guards. He ranks well up in con
ference scoring and his consist-
Coach Ed Higginbetham has
three returning lettermen around
whom he will build his 1951 edi
tion of the Cornhusker tennis
squad.
They are Andy Bunton, junior
from Cheyenne, Wyoming; Jamie
Curran, senior from Buenos Aires
and Robert Radin, senior from
Vere Beach, Florida.
Numeral winners from the 1950
freshman squad who should bol
ster the team are sophomores Don
Bohmont, Walt Weaver, and Jim
Wells, all of Lincoln.
Other varsity squad members
are: Bob Creek, junior from Lin
coln; Ray Colson, sophomore
from Lincoln; Al Dunavan, senior
from Beatrice; Bob Catterson,
junior from Lincoln; Duane Deit
ering, junior from Richmond,
Calif.; Jeff Delton, senior from
Lincoln; Frank Redman, junior
from Miami, Florida; William
Henkle, senior from Lincoln; Wal
lace Reed, junior from Norfolk;
Dan Thompson, senior from Lin
coln; John Schroeder, junior from
Omaha.
The team will begin practice
the latter part of the week. Out
door will begin just as soon as
weather permits.
Freshman Tennis Squad
Jimmy Collins, Omaha.
Wendell Harding, Lincoln.
Ted James, Naperville, Illinois.
Tim Nelson, San Leander, Calif.
Irving Peterson, Salina, Kansas.
Phil Sorenson, Lincoln.
Bill Weber, Wilmette, Illinois.
Variety Schedule
Apr. 19 University of Kansas
Lincoln.
Apr. 21 Kansas State College
Manhattan, Kas.
Apr. 28 University of Colorado
Lincoln.
May 2 University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kas.
May 7 Kansas State College
Lincoln.
May 11-12 Colorado & Okla
homaColorado College.
others, and Leonard Kehl,
fourth in the vault, back.
Colorado's Merwin Hodel, first
in the low hurdles in 1950, will
defend his title. Only other point
winner back for the Buffaloes is
Augie Raso who finished third In
the 60-yard dash.
Other returnees are: Jerry
Meador, Oklahoma, first in the
440; and Herb Hoskins, Kansas
State, first in the broad jump.
These crack thinclads will per
form in the twenty-third running
of the conference Indoor meet.
Finals are scheduled Saturday
night, starting at 8 p.m., before
an expected crowd of 8,500. Pre
liminaries will start Friday night
at 7 p.m.
Returnees by Events
60-yard dash 1, Byron Clark
M): 2. Harold Carter (M); 3.
Augie Raso (C).
60-yard low hurdles 1. Mer
win Hodel (C); 5. Jack Green
wood IK).
60-yard high hurdles 2. Bob
DeVinney fK); 3. Frank Bardot
(M); 4. Jack Greenwood (K).
440-yard dash 1. Jerry Mea
dor (O).
880-yard run 5, Jim Dins
more (K).
Pole vault 2. Don Cooper (N):
4. Leonard Kehl (N).
Mile run 4. Bill McGuire (M);
5. Cliff Abel (K).
Two mile run Herb Semper
(K).
Shot put 5. Phil Brusca (Ml.
Broad Jump 1. Herb Hoisklns
(KS); 4. Lome Buchner (M); 5.
Laddie Stovall (M).
High Jump I. Bob Gorden
(M); 3. (three-way tie) Dick
Meissner (N;.
Meet
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. Jim Buchanan and Joe Good will be in
ently supplemented Pierce as a
scorer and leader. The peppy
guard plucked off high scoring
honors against the Wildcats in the
first game with 17.
Also to be considered is the new
Husker starting combination, once
it gets oiled a little better, will
supply the all-around scoring
punch and team balance which
has been lacking during the 1950
51 campaign.
New Combination
Coach Harry Good's latest
strategy has moved his son, Joe,
from a starting guard position to
a starting forward berth. Good's
old spot is very capably handled
by Bob Mercier, sophomore. The
rest of the team remains the
same with Bernie Akromis at the
other forward, Pierce at center,
and Buchanan at the other guard
spot.
Starting Lineup
The probably starting lineup
for the Kansas State aggregation
lists Jack Stone and John Gibson
at the forwards, Lew Hitch at
center, and Ernie Barrett and Jim
Iverson at the guards.
The Huskers will again have to
give away an adge in the height
department. Center Hitch is an
inch taller than Pierce's 6' 6".
A crowd of n.OOOf is expected
to turn out for the contest. Radio
station KLMS will broadcast it
over the air.
AROUND THE
Ex-Husker Sent
To Buenos Aires
fly Shirley Murphy
Newt Copple, ex-Husker wrestler, ts one of the eight United
States wrestlers to attend the Pan-American games in Buenos Aires.
The team members are associated with the AAU. South American
competition will be with athletes of the AAU ranks.
The Daily Kansan from Lawrence cites Bruce Drake as their
choice for Basketball Coach of the Year. They chose Drake be
cause even with the heaviest losses in the Big Seven, Drake has lead
a group of boys with little experience to victories giving the Soon
ers a 5-3 record. This rates Oklahoma team third place in the Big
Seven standings.
Drake states, "I've got a great bunch of kids that just don't know
when they're beat." Coach Drake and his players are considered the
best sportsmen on and off the court and on the bench that have
vlsitetd the K.U. courts, according to the Kansan.
The Saturday K-State versus K U. basketball game had been
sold out since before Christmas. This annual grudge battle attracted
more than 13,000 fans, the largest to witness a duel between the
two schools in basketball. Some 286 radio stations carried the game.
Ray Jenkins' Colorado wrestling team had a rather fantastic
trip last week through Iowa. After losing two matches and winning
one, the Buffs started home. Car breakdowns, lack of sleep, train
and bus schedules and the freezing ice storm in the midwest gave
the team more problems than any of their opponents. The group
split up and finally arrived home after leaving one car in Kearney,
travelling by bus and train and hitching a ride with a friendly Cor
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a pose while enjoying a month of m competi
tion. The NU gymnasts are preparing tor the All
ColUtee Met In Denver, Msr. 3. They are left
to right: Back row Jake Geler (coach), Eddie
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Willdnson Willi
Stick With His
Split-T Style
Oklahoma Football Coach Bud
Wilkinson told more than 200
other college and high school
football coaches Monday they
can have the single-wing and
T-formations he'll take his
split-T anytime.
The Sooner grid mentor spoke
at a gathering of members of the
football clan at the Coaseville
high schoo?. football clinic.
"I'm completely sold on it,"
he said. "But that doesn't mean
the split T is the best. It has its
bad points too.
Wilkinson said the split T
failed him upon two occasions.
Cyclones Face
Missouri Tonite
Iowa State thirsting for vic
tory and revenge hopes to get
it all in one basketball package
Monday night it faces Missouri
on the Ames court.
Back on the night of Jan. 22
the Cyclones faced Missouri on
the Ittter's court. Starting cold
the Cyclones trailed by as much
as 22-11 late in the first half.
In the final period Iowa State
snarled and fought its way to
within one point of the Tigers
on three occasions only to bow
49-46.
Since the Tigers played Okla
homa Saturday, it is possible that
the two teams could be playing
for a share of fourth here Mon
day night. 'If Oklahoma upsets
the Tigers on the Columbia court,
it would mean that a Cyclone
win here Monday would dead
lock the two teams in fourth. If
the Tiger won Saturday, it would
set Missouri up for a shot at
second if they could also add
the Cyclones to the list Mon
day. Another top crowd is expected
to be on hand.
LOOP...
Crtrm, Bob Yarwood, All Dunavsn (captain),
Phil Sprague (assistant coach). Middle row Don
Yoder (mgr.), Bob Norton, Art HiUman, Jerry
Tubbs. Front row Paul Hughes, Bruce Riley,
Ira Epstein.
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Pi's
AU University
1. Phi Delta Theta (-0)
2. Newman Club (9-0)
3. Phi Kappa Pal (8-0)
4. Phi Delta Phi ll-0
5. Sigma Phi Epsllon (7-0)
. Pioneer House (8-0)
7. GeologlHta (7-0)
8. Phillip 33 (7-1)
U. Brown Palace (6-2)
10. Dorm A Stan (7-1)
Denominational
1. Newman Club
2. Lutheran Student House (S-2)
3. Presby House (6-2)
4. lnterVarslty (8-3)
6. Methodist House (5-5)
fraternity
1. Delta Upsilon (7-1)
2. Phi Gamma Delta (8-1)
3. Alpha Vau Omega (S-2)
4. Plu Delta Tneia (5-1)
b. Farm House (5-1)
6. Phi Kappa Psi (5-1)
7. 8igma CM (6-2)
8. Sigma Phi Epsilon (4-2)
. Beta Tneta PI (3-3)
10, Sigma Alpha Epsilon (3-4)
independent
1. Phi Delta Phi
2. Geologists
3. Phillips 33
4. Dorm A Stars
5. Warriors (6-1)
6. Ag Men's Club "A" (12-1)
7. Ag YMCA "A" (10-2) ,
8. Kinky dinks (5-1)
9. Plamors (9-4)
10. Ag Extension Annex (8-4)
Fraternity "A"
1. Phi Delta Theta
2. Phi Kappa Psi
3. Sigma ttu Epsilon
4. Pioneer House
5. Brown Palace
6. Sigma Nu (5-3)
7. Sigma Chi (5-3)
8. Delta Tau Delta (5-2)
9. Norris House (8-1)
10. Cornhusker Co-op. (6-3)
The intramural basketball rat
ings experienced a general shake
up since their last appearance.
Only the Denominational division
remained comparatively steady
while the other four listings
changed radically.
Brown Palace and the Dorm A
Stars are the newcomers to the
All-University ratings this week.
The two teams enter this week
in the ninth and tenth positions.
Palace rs Win
The Palacers, currently with a
6-2 record, toppled Theta Xi over
the wees: to gam the top ten. The
Stars roarea to .three victories
since the last rankings and now
possess a seven win, one loss rec
ord. The Stars dropped the Dorm
A Comets, NebrasKa Co-op and
Dorms B & C by scores of 35-29,
40-28, and 70-21, respectively.
I Phi Delta Theta and Newman
Club are still the top two teams
in the University. Both own
identical records of 9-0 going into
the final ten days of regular
schedules.
The Phi Delts annexed "two
over the week, dropping Sigma
Alpha fcpsilon and Beta Sigma
Psi by identical 45-29 scores. The
Catholics established a new Uni
versity scoring mark in blasting
the Methodist House, 96-17.
Phi Psi's Up
Phi Kappa Psi climbs to third
place this week. The Phi Psi's,
unbeaten in eight games, crushed
Farm House 56-16 last week.
The top independent team, Pbi
Delta Phi, hoists itself into the
number four position this week,
advancing from filth. The law
yers own the top cage record in
the university to date with a 11-0
count.
The Phi's smashed the Den
tal College Frosh 62-34 and ran
up a 91-19 score on Phi Alpha
Delta which would have been a
new record if it hadn't have been
for Newman Club's effort. Cen
ter Don McArthur of the shysters
set a new individual mark in that
game by notching an amazing 51
points.
Unbeaten Sigma Phi Epsilon
slips to fifth place this week. Al
though winning their only outing
last week, the Sig Eps were over
shadowed by the efforts of the
Phi Psi's and PDPhi's. As it was,
the Sig Eps barely managed a 23
21 win over Kappa Sigma.
Remain Steady
Pioneer House and the Geolo
gists remain steady in the sixth
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and seventh positions. Both are
undefeated in eight and seven
games respectively.
The Pioneers gained their
eighth win at the expense of
Cornhusker Co-op last week on a
33-11 count. The Geologists added
three more over the week's ac
tion including their 64-22 rout of
the Bookmakers.
The rock collectors are still
maintaining the best scoring av
erage in the University. Geology's
per game average at this writing
is an amazing 56 points. They
have not been held to less than
50 markers per contest.
Once-beaten Phillips 33 ad
vances from ninth to eighth this
week. The "half-oilers" swept to
their sixth and seventh wins over
the week. The Pluggers and
Gunners fell to the Phillips gang
by score of 35-26 and 54-38.
Absent
Absent from this week's top ten
are the Phi Gamma Delta Bees
and the Ag College YMCA "A"
outfits.
The Fiji Bees were handed their
first loss in last week's activity
by the junior Alpha Tau Omegas,
28-27. The Aggie YMCA were hit
by the Ag Extension Annex,
23-20.
Over in the Interdenomina
tional division it is Newman Club
by a landslide. The Catholics
have mastered every team In that
tuvision and appear capable to do
it all over.
The Lutheran Student Associa
tion makes the only climb of the
week. The LSAers bouncer!
Presby House out of the number
two spot last week by beating
me tresoys, 43-29. Fresby House
in the process falls to third.
Inter - Varsity and Methodist
Student House hold fast to the
fourth and fifth positions with 6-3
and 5-5 records, respectively.
Fraternity "B"
Fraternity "B" ratings under
went one of the biggest shakeups
of the season. Although the same
ten teams are ranked, not one of
the ten hold the same positions
they owned in the last ratings.
The Delta Upsilon Bees finally
made the grade to the top of
the heap. The DU's, after drop
ping their opener to Sigma Chi,
have rolled to seven consecutive
victories and this week ar the
number one fraternity "B" team
in the University.
The DU's added prestige to
their record last week by edging
a good Sigma Phi Epsilon outfit,
28-28.
Last week's leaders. Phi Gam
ma Delta, are second this week.
The Fijis absorbed their first los6
of the year from Alpha Tau
Omega last week. The ATO's by
winning make the big leap of
the week, gaining third place.!
They were seventh in the last
rankings.
Down to Fourth
Phi Delta Theta slips from sec
ond to fourth this week despite
winning three games. The Phi
Delt record is spotted only by
their Joss to the Fijis. They suf
fered this week when the Fijis
lost.
Farm House also made a create
leap in the rankings. The Arties
were eighth last week but earned
the fifth berth by handinr Phi
Kappa Psi Bees their first loss of
the year, 25-23. The Phi Psi's
not a
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are sixth this week, dropping
from third.
Sigma Chi hangs on in the
number seven slot this week,
falling from fifth. A loss to Al
pha Gamma Rho last week hurt
their rating considerably. Sigma
Phi Epsilon, loser to the DU's,
holds the eighth place position.
The Sig Eps, fourth two weeks
ago, havs lost their last two out
ings. Exchange Spots
Beta Theta Pi and Sigma Alpha
Epsilon exchange the nmth and
tenth positions this week. The
Betas blasted Delta Sigma Phi,
56-35, while the SAE's were los
ing to the Phi Delts.
Independently speaking, it is
still Phi Delta Phi, Geologists,
and Phillips 33 as the top three.
The Dorm A Stars climb from
fifth to fourth this week with
their three wins.
The Warriors advance from
sixth to fifth due to the dropping
of the Ag YMCA. The Warriors
won their fifth and sixth con
tests over the week from the
Gunners and Dusters.
Most Wins
Ag Men's Club "A" is this
week's sixth independent outfit.
The Aggies possess the most vic
tories of any team in action with
12. They have lost one, however.
They rolled over the Plamors, Ag
YMCA "B" and Ag Extension
Annex last week.
Behind the seventh place Ar
YMCA "A" which fefl from
fourth, comes the RJnkydinks,
eighth last week and this week.
The RD's ran up wins four and
five since the last ratings by
downing the Pin Rollers and Ne
braska Co-op.
The Plamors upped themselves
one place over the week. Tha
Plamor aggregation toppled Ag
Extension Annex 29-27 after the
Annex had defeated the Ae
YMCA "A." The Annex upset
victory brings them back into
the ratings as the number ten
team this week. They were the
top independent team in the first
ratings this year.
Sig Nu Sixth
Following the top five frater
nity "A" outfits this week comes
Sigma Nu. The Nu's dropped to
sixth from last week by losmg
their only contest to Phi Delta
Theta.
Sigma Chi and Delta Tau Delta
swap positions this week. The
Sigs climb to the seventh spot
by downlnr the Delts 22-18.
Norris House continues strong
in the ninth place among frat
"A" teams this week. Norris
rang up fts sixth win of the
season last week by toppling
Accacia, 39-19.
Cornhuskers Enters
A newcomer makes its ap
peraance in the tenth rung of the
top ten ladder this week. Corn
husker Co-op with a 6-3 record
gains the ratings for the first
time. The Coco boys have
dropped contests only to fourth
ranked Pioneer House and an
upset loss to Tau Kappa Epsilon,
Teams this week barely get
ting on one of the divi
ing action
sional ratings were Alpha Tan
Omega, Delta Sigma Phi, Delta
Chi, and Kappa Sigma in the
fraternity "A" division and Dorm
A Comets, City YMCA and
Lilies in the Independent ratings.
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