Friday, December 211951
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
PAGE 3
The Benchviarmet
By RON GIBSON
Sports Staff Writer
(The end of the year 1951 was drawing near, and Ol' Potsy
Clark, Athletic Director at the University of Nebraska, went
on a long trip to pay a visit to an old girl friend who had mis
treated him, a gal named Lady Luck. When Potsy chatted with
Dame Fortune, the following conversation took place:)
LADY LUCK: Well Potsy! Here for your annual
visit, I see. How ya been?
POTSY: Lady, I come to register a complaint.
LADY LUCK: A complaint? What about?
POTSY: You know darn well what about
I'm here to complain about the dirty tricks
you played on the Cornhuskers in 1951. You
call yourself Lady Luck. Listen, as far as Ne
4.
braska is concerned, you're Miss Fortune.
LADY LUCK: Why Potsy! Whatever do you
mean? What did I do to the Cornhuskers thst
makes you so unhappy?
POTSY: What do I mean? I mean all the
i things you did to .make it tough for Nebraska's
athletic teams this last year.
us suffer, and you know it. What's the idea of giving the Huskers
, so many tough breaks?
LADY LUCK: What tough breaks are you talking- about?
POTSY: Well, for instance, there's the football team. What you
did to Bill Glassford was mean, low-down and uncalled for. As
if weren't enough to lose our whole starting offensie line from
tackle to tackle by graduation, you had to make things worse.
To begin with, you tried to wreck Camp Curtis by giving Bill
and the boys just about the lousiest weather imaginable. But that
was not enough. Then you had to throw in a few injuries. ,
LADY LUCK: Well, you've got to expect injuries.
POTSY: Sure, but you went to far, Lady. We thought we wen
going to be all right, but then wham! You laid up Bobby Reynolds
with a bad shoulder Injury. Don Vogt got appendicitis. Even so,
we thought we. had a pretty fair chance.
' But no. You had to spoil everything. First there was Nick Adduci.
You saw to it that the army got him. Then you crossed us up with
that Carodine deal. Finally, you got to Bordogna, cut down his
efficiency with a leg injury. And, to cap the dima, you got Bobby
' hurt again, with that eye injury. What kind of a gal are you?
LADY LUCK: Gee, Potsy, I'm sorry.
POTSY: Football isn't the only sport you hit. What about basket
ball? Already you've started in on Harry Good. Look what you did
to Joe Good, letting him sprain his ankle! Lay off, will you?
Then there's baseball. You had to make things tough for Tony
Sharpe. too. What's the idea having it rain so much last Spring?
How did you expect the baseball
all thA time?
You couldn't leave track alone,
Jonesand Wendv Cole, not to mention Ron Clark.
Then you got to the minor sports. The gym team lost Bob Norton
to the Navy just this month."
LADY LUCK: Gee. Potsy, I'm
I was giving you fellows so much trouble. Can't I make it up to
you somehow?
POTSY: Sure, by giving us a few good breaks next year. After
all, Lady, we want to be friends with you. So please aon't cross
us up again like you did in '51.
. LADY LUCK: I'll see what I can do for you, Potsy. I'll try to
lay off on the injuries and the bad
realize what a bad girl I've been tnis year.
POTSY: Weil thanks, Lady. And don't forget: Better luck in
1952.
Sports World Resolving
For An Improved 1952
BY SANTA CLAUS KUSHNER
Assistant Sports Editor
Resolutions are the order of
these few remaining days of 1951
as people all over the world usher
in the new year. The sports world
will join th annual crusade for im-
provement.
lAthletics took quite a beating
this year. It started during the
early months of 1951 when the
basketball scandal was un
covered. Following this came the
era of cheating and over-emphasis.
The old basketball heroes of
yesterday were in the process of
"just fading away" when some
were caught in one or the most
. disastrous scandals in basketball
r history.
All-Americans like Sherman
White. Ralph Beard, Alex Groza
and many other stars were con
victed on a bribery charge that
probably caused Mr. Naismith
to turn over in hU grave.
' The poor cadets at West Point
were thrown out in the cold for
doing what a good share of the
modern Joe Colleges are doing
cheating. Included in the mass ex
termination from the Mmtary
Academy were such notables as
Earl Blaik and Al Pollard.
The Naval Academy even
. adopted a new chant which they
used during the Army-Navy
slaughter (42-7) laughter this
year. "We don't cheat at Navy"
echoed melodically around the
, house that Ruth built this year.
it & t
Tt was a good and bad season
Yankee starting outfield next
for football. Most of the football
experts had a pretty good idea of
what was going to take place be
t fore the season started. Aside from
" West Point's demobilized Army
team. Texas, California and Ne
braska were all big disappoint
ments. The Longhorns were ranked
kingpins of the Southwest con
ference and ended up far down
the ladder In the final standings.
The Golden Bears of Pappy
Waldorf flew through their
opening two gams and finished
on one wing and no prayers for
going back to the Rose Bowl,
t The Nebraska story was prob
ably the saddest of them ail. Pre
dicted to be the team to stop the
Ing the conference crown, the
Oklahoma Sooncrs from regain
Huikers were able to win only one
came this year.
f r 6
Boxing had its sad moments.
Joe Louis had his picture taken
In position he had never been
la before. Louis was caught
sprawled out on the oanvess tak
ing a ten-count after Rocky
Marclano bounced 16 pounds of
leather off his noggin.
Sugar Ray Robinson, pride of
American boxing, was stunned by
Randy Turpin of England in what
will probably be ranked one of the
great boxing upsets In history.
Robinson battorcd the flashy Brit
isher in the rematch.
The battle for the Davis eup
continues as the Americans,
sparked by Frankie Sedgtnan,
are making a bid to capture the
trophy from the Australians.
Gumle Moran still created small
riots with her latest styles In the
panty-parade.
The National League pennant
race was one for the books. The
-4 Giants and the Dodgers, two very
friendly teams in the- ssnlor cir
cuit, threw everything at each
other but Rip Sewcll's' blooper
ball.
Meanwhile Casey Stengel's
New York Yankees had to win
, Me American league competi
!on and enough to take the
orld Series in six games.
if
5
Li
You really made
Clark
team to play with the field wet
either. You let the army get Hobe
sorry about all this. I didn't realize
weather and all. I guess I didn't
j The ytfar 1s'"rapi(fiy come to a
close and football is undergoing
one of the most critical periods of
its history. The numerous glorifi
cations that football has enjoyed
during its history are being care
fully scrutinized around the coun
try and many colleges are propos
ing abolishing many of them.
it -a tt
1. The Big Seven will amend,
their ' ruling for not allowing
participating In any post season
affairs. The Big Seven la more
than likely to find themselves
alone on this bowless limb.
2. A successfull football sea
son for Coach Bill Glassford so
that the ignorant participants of
the "Goodbye Baby Face Bill,"
episode will eat their words.
3. Hoping that the list of ath
letic scholarships will not be
published for the good of the
athletes of this university.
4. An end to the series of
basketball scandals and cheating
ordeals that haa caused a pun
genth odor to sweep across the
country and no doubt an Ironi
cal smile to come over the face
of Chicago university's president
Robert Hutchins. .
5. Continued success to a
young bunch of Nebraska
basketball players who will
probably develop into a closely
knitted, winning basketball team
before the season ends.
6. Looking forward to seeing
Bob Cerv in that New York
Yankee starting outfield next
spring and Nellie Fox atop the
list of American league batters.
7. To Bill Glassford and his
staff, Harry Good, Tony Sharpe,
Jake . Gelre, George "Potsy"
Clark, Hollle Lepley, A. Lew
andowski, to the faculty, and
especially to YOU ... A VERY
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
sports staff.
Fijis
Bowling Title
DU Second
Phi Gamma Delta rolled to the
fraternity bowling championship
with a 2343. The Phi Gams were
sparked by Sev Harkson and Bill
Holmquist who notched 512 and
505 respectively.
Led by Jack Randecker's 505,
Delta UDsllon was second with a
2208. Beta Sigma Psi headed by
Del Toffen's 494, pulled up third,
Z139.
The All-University champion
shin will be bowled after vaca
tlon. Phi Gamma Delta will meet
Delta Theta Phi, law fraternity.
the independent champs.
IS Faces VVU
Iowa State heads north Friday
to take on a pair of Wisconsin
wrestling foes.
Successful in Its first start (a
24-28 win over Grlnnel, the Cy
clone team hopes o avenge one of
its 1951 losses and to itart a new
series with a victory. On Friday
the team Will meet Wisconsin
at Madison. Last year the Badgers
handed out i 25-8 lacing to the
Cyclones.
Coached by George Martin, for
mer national champion at Iowa
State, Wisconsin is led by another
Iowan. Capt. Don Ryan. Other
Badger veterans are John Falter,
177-pounds. and Art Prchlik,
heavyweight
Iowa State leads In the Wiscon-
sine series, 9-4.
Bernie Masterson ; may be the
next Chicago- Cardinal football
coach. -
It was learned Wednesday
that Masterson, former player
and head mentor at Nebraska, is
receiving serious consideration
for the job vacated by Curly
Lambeau three weeks ago.
Masterson said he has not yet
made an official application for
tne position.
I have not yet made a move
toward the Job," Masterson said.
"All I know is that a group in
Chicago has brought up my name
Currently head football coach
at Lewis college, Rockport, 111.,
Masterson's team finished the
season with an 8-1 record. His
squad was picked to play in the
Corn Bowl.
A Cardinal official said that
"Bernie's Chicago friends have
been conducting a strong cam
paign in his behalf."
It Is believed that Masterson's
support is coming from friends he
acquired while quarterbacking the
Chicago Bears. He has long been
a favorite of George Halas. owner
oi me Bears.
Masterson was a three-year
letter winner in football and
Iowa State
Starts Practice
For Drake Tilt
Final exams not withstanding,
the Iowa State basketball team is
getting in some mighty-hard
practice licks this week as jt pre
pares for its second game of the
year with Drake.
The two teams clash again at
Des Moines Saturday night.
Coach Chfck Sutherland some
times has to check a master roster
to know who is practicing but the
Cyclones haven't missed a day.
Even when exams keep some of
the players out of the scheduled
drills, they have turned up later
for shooting practice. Starting on
Tuesday night, however, Suther
land has been able to have the
entire squad together for practice.
Even a stranger could sense a
tough game coming up as he
watches the Cyclones drill. From
Sutherland right through every
man of the squad there is a sen
ousness about the return contest
that lets all observers know the
Cyclones expect a busy evening
Saturday. By the same token it is
apparent the scrappy comeback
kids from Iowa State figure that
Drake will have some touch prob
lems to handle, too.
The game will be the final con
test for the Cyclones before the
Big Seven tournament at Kansas
City, Dec. 2S-2.
Grid Figures
"There is no place like Ne
braska!"
Footballwlie, this is certainly
true. It Is borne out by the at
tendance figure on home games
during 1950 and 1951,.....,. .
In 1950, the Cornhuskers did
not lose a game on the home sod.
And there were 178,381 specta
tors on hand to watch these vic
tories. But in 1951, the Cornhuskers
did not win a game at home. Yet
179,444 spectators loyally stood
by in one of Nebraska's worst
seasons, both from a standpoint
of losses and weather.
In other words, there were
563 more patrons on hand In 1951
than in 1950.
More than 90 per cent of the
season book holders in 1951 have
reordered their tickets for 1952.
A breakdown of the attendance
in 1951 follows:
Texas Christian Uni.... 37,287
Penn State College 89,770
University of Kansas. . . 35,083
University of Colorado. . 33,606
University of Okla 38,698
Total 179,444
The Penn State game, which
was Band Day, set a new indivi
dual game record at Nebraska
with 39,770 spectators.
It broke the mark set by the
Indiana-Nebraska game in 1937
when 39,360 watched the Huskers
nip the Hooslers, 7-0, when Jack
Dodd broke away on a reverse
on the first play after the klckoff.
Coca Cola
1
C
V
4y jk
Courtesy Lincoln Stir.
CARD COACH?.. Bernie
Masterson, former Nebraska
football coach, Is a strong can
didate for the pro Chicago
Cardinal vacancy.
Phi Gam Leader
I . Ik ' '
SEV HARKSON . . . Led his Phi Gamma Delta mates to victory
In the fraternity bowling tournament.
Knee Operations May Hamper
Oklahoma Wrestling Success
Four . knee, operations hold the
key to Oklahoma's wrestling hopes
m 1952.
Coach Port Robertson's de
fending National Collegiate
champions of last year are pull
ing hard for complete recoveries
for Frank Marks, Big Seven
champion at 167 pounds, ana
also for Don Reece, slated to
succeed graduated Jack BIu
baugh at 130 pounds, and for
Ronald Scott, 147-pounder who
may move to 157, and Harold
Reece. 137-pound alternate.
Oklahoma must have Marks,
blond divinity student, who m
jured his knee while winning the
Big Seven 167-pound true last
March from Howard Snider of
Iowa State and was unable to go
with Robertson's Sooners to the
national meet which Oklahoma
was hard-pressed to win without
him by one point.
As a sophomore last year, Marks
lost his opener 4-3 to Mike Fucci
of Oklahome A & M, then rallied
to win ten straight and will take
that unbroken string into 1952
competition if he is able to
wrestle. His 21-second fall over
Al Johnson of Nebraska in the
Bl Seven semi-finals here was
the fastest fall ever scored In the
Sooner Fieldhouse.
Coach Robertson says: "We
won't have as good a team as
last year. However, we can till
have a pretty fair team If the
From Eliza Cook
Hunger is titter . . .
but the
of WW fell
Is tkirst.
Jletaim
Yet, thirst asks nothing more
than Coca-Cola. If you're sauntering
along or racing your motor,
start off refreshed . . . have Coke.
. lOmiO UNDER AUTHORITY Of
"Cob" I, rtalntrtj tnd-mark.
Bottling Company of Lincoln, Nebraska
n .0 n n
swimming at Lincoln high
school and was an all-state
halfback. Although he played
in the shadow of All-Amerlcan
fullback Getrge Sauer at the
University, Masterson won a
berth on the all-conference
team.
Under Halas, he became the
first of the great Bear T-forma-tion
Quarterbacks, followed by Sid
Luckman and Johnny Lujack.
Masterson began his coaching
career at Stanford. He is given
a great deal of credit for de
veloping quarterback Frankie
Albert, whose team defeated
Nebraska in the 1941 Rose
Bowl, 21-13.
Later he coached at UCLA and
was head mentor of St. Mary';
pre-flight team during the war.
In 194Q he took over as coach
at Nebraska and installed the T.
Leaving Nebraska at the end
Of the 1947 season, Masterson
accepted a position with the
New York Yankees, pro grid
team, and then he went to the
University of Iowa as backfleld
coach. This was his first year
at Lewis college.
The Cardinal coach probably
will not be selected until Jan. 18,
boys are willin gto pay the
training price.. I haven't at all
been satisfied with our progress
in early workouts."
The Sooners lost half their team
from last year and drew few
freshman and sophomore replace
ments. Gone are Phil Smith.
NCAA and Big Seven champ at
157 pounds, Jack Blubaugh, Big
Seven champion at 130, George
Jackson, Big Seven champ at 147
and both heavyweights, Bill Kale
and Larry Cotton.
The lf52 schedule: Jan. 11
(Fri.) Colorado Aggies here,
Jan. 18 (Fri.) at Oklahoma Ag
gies, Feb. 1 (Fri.) at Iowa
State, Feb. 2 (Sat.) at Iowa
Teachers, Feb. 4 (Mon.) at Ar
kansas Teachers, Feb. 8 (Fri.)
Colorado here. Feb. 15 (Fri.)
Oklahoma Aggies here, Feb. 19
(Tues.) Nebraska here, Feb. 29
(Fri.) Kansas State here, March
7. 8, Big Seven tournament at
Ames, Iowa, March 28, 29,
NCAA tournament at Fort Col
lins, Colo.
Williamson Tabs OUllth
Oklahoma was the only Big
Seven football team which ranked
in the top 15 positions in the final
Paul Williamson ratings for the
1951 football season. .
The Sooners were picked as the I
11th best grid team in the United
States. Nebraska ranked 77th.
A
most accurse
scorpioru
THI COCA-COW COMPANY IV
151, THI COCA-COIA COMPANY
Tutor,
i I
i
I'M
Courtesy Lincoln Star.
By GLENN NELSON
Sports Staff Writer
Track ccach Ed Weir will be
counting on plenty of strength and
deDth from his freshmen and
sophomore squad members dur
ing the indoor season.
His Big seven inaoor cham
pionship team last year packed
plenty of depth as well as a few
standout performers. But sev
eral of his squad members were
lost through graduation or the
service.
Big Seven competition this year
should be just as stiff as last sea
son, If not tougher from the stand.
point 0 f the Cornhuskers.
Oklahoma should turn out a
team which displays both quality
and depth. It won last year's
freshman meet easily and will
have several good new men to add
to its fine varsity team.
Kansas has been picked by
many coaches as one . of the
stronger teams in the confer
ence. The Jays especially pow
erful In the distance events.
Missouri's Tigers, runners-up
last year to the Husker cinder
men, will , be back boasting an
outfit which counts on squad
depth.
"Our freshman crop appears
to be stronger than average,"
Weir said, "and we will count
heavily on them for squad
strength."
The Cornhuskers are in good
physical condition, following fall
workouts. The team had good
weather for most of its fall work
outs.
Many of Weir's men will be
running in an indoor track meet
for the first time and will lack ex
perience in that department.
(several oi last year's stand
outs will be missed. The Ne
braska team lost the usual
amount of men through gradua
tion, but several others have
been taken by Uncle Sam.
Don Cooper and Leonard Kehl,
the two top pole vaulters in the
conference last year, were gradu
ated last spring.
Ken Jacobs, a top-flight miler
on the club last year, and Wendell
Cole, second-place low hurdler in
the conference indoor meet last
year, also were lost through grad
uation. Hobe Jones, all-around mid
dle distance and distance run
ner, scored heavily in the in
door meet last year. He was
taken by the Air Guard unit hist
spring.
Jones set the all-time Nebraska
record in the half mile event in
the 1951 indoor meet. He won the
680-yard race in 1:56.4. Lee Alex
ander returns in the sprints.
Dick Meissner, ace high jumper
on last year's thinclad squad, cap
tured second place in last year's
meet. He is another top point-
getter lost through graduation.
Weir announced that am nein,
440 runner back from last year's
squad, has recently received word
Varsity: "The Mob," 1:45, 8:42,
39 7:36 9:35
State: "Christmas Carol," 2:10,
:35, 7:00, 9:25.
Esquire: "Odette." 7:Z4, p:ib.
ajflrtiaIa
I he llolltejr rictura of Alt 1
Charles Dickeni' Joy out Clatfic!
"A
CHRISTMAS
CAROL"
Starring th Ineomparabal
Alactalr Sim
as "Scrooge
Plu$
Carnival Cartoon
NOW IT CAN BE TOLD
, . ThA Tnie, Tmimi. "aipmwful
Htory of th MiMt Bunted
Wtmsm In Hlitorjr!
Anna
Neagle
Trevor
Howard
"Odette"
ADPKD
"rtuto'i SnrprUs rackace"
Today
Sklo4 WMorfraat Urn
Srm ColllWi
'THE MOD?
Starring
Irzizrhk t?M!K73
"The mob that defltd the Ke
fauver committee! The coldest
ycrew since The Killers"!
TRACK STALWARTS . . . Coach Ed Weir (1) well be depending1
on Dan Tolman, a hurdler, (r) to help the Nebraska cinder team
defend Its Indoor conference crown. v
Underclassmen Aid
Husker Track Team
Pupil
m
Courtesy Uncoln Star.
from the R.O.T.C. department that
he will receive active duty shortly
and will not be able to compete
with the squad this year.
Lee Moore, miler from Grand
Island, looms as a bright spot
on the Husker picture. Moore,
who was unable to compete last
season, turned In times under
4:20 two years ago as a sopho
more. He should give the Ne
braska team a great boost la the
distance events, and help relieve
the loss of Jones and Jacobs.
Moore and Cooper will compete
at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans.
The t winter classic will offer
plenty of competition for the men.
Thirty-Third
Husker Plays
For Charity
Frank Simon University end.
will be the thirty-third Cornhus-
ker to compete in Shrine charity
games when he plays for the West
at San Francisco, Saturday. Dec
29.
Harold Hutchison, now a resi
dent of San Francisco, was the
first Comhusker . tapped for this
contest. That was in 1825 and
Hutchison, oddly enough, com
peted with the East eleven.
A later geographic division used
the Mississippi river as the divid
ing line and since then all Corn
huskers have played with the
West.
Don Strasheim was the first
Cornhusker to clay in the North-
South Shrine game at Miami. He
competed a year ago.
The Cornhusker cagers
dropped a 58-57 decision to
Texas Christian in an over
time period Thursday night
The score was tied, 55-55, at
the end of regulation play.
Next on the Nebraska schedule
is Miami university.
Lincoln: "Elopement," 1:15,
3:20, 5:25, 7:30, 9:40.
Stuart: "The Lady Pays Off,"
1:44, 3:42, 540, 7:41, 9:42.
Capitol: "Man from Planet X.M
2:37, 5:35, 8:33; "Iron Man," 1:00,
3:58, 6:56, 951.
Nebraska: "Buck Private," 1:17,
4:37, 7:57; "At War With the
Army," 2:56, 6:16, 9:36.
"ELOPEMENT"
Starring CLIFTON
Webd
Co-Slnrring
Charles BICKFORD
Ann FRANCIS
William LUNDIGAN
i . rim
Color Cartoon
and
Timely Sports
d
STUART
A cooin rouwTiew twiothi f
it's iramur ina...
LINDA DARNELL
tTSPHIN MmNALLY
Wood WMrfpaelMr Cohsr
Cwtooa I'ln, lam MeUoaJiM
"K Vo Want to ft ritmbar"
Dnn Ovoa tSta ttt Mt Till
NtBEIAEiAl
TIM BAttte ol Um Cetnlc!
DEAN JERRT
r.!IRTIMw LE173S
W WAR VIITII
TIE KBffl
y ii in pl
f Abbott an
I in "Buck
BP I.IIH1I.IMIIIJWI
FLU3
and Costello
Privait'i"
mmmA
o
2 BIG HITS!
EvtJya EZTC3
to:
Bskt m
una tea rio x"j
J
II
WmmmJLf
J
I H 1
SSa to KUa to Opa Uttti