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AWAITING TTIE PITCH . . . Ray Morgosh, flashy Oklahoma
Sooner shortstop, will be showing: his defensive prowess in the
Oklahoma Infield when the Nebraska baseball team Journeys to
Norman for their double header this Friday and Saturday.
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The Brooklyn Dodgers have
gotten off to a fast start in the
National league pennant race this
year. The Bums have walked off
with five victories In their first
six starts.
All early season indications
that the Dodgers will have no
threat to cope with from the
New York Giants or any other
senior circuit team, seem to be
coming true.
The closest team to Charley
Dressen's Dodgers and ex-pected
to finish in the first division this
term are the St. Louis Cardinals,
who are currently two games off
the pace.
The Cincinnati Reds and Chi
cago Cubs are riding; high, but
are not expected to be up there
Reds are one game and the Cubs
as the season progresses. The
1H games behind the pace
setters from Ebetts Field.
There were no games scheduled
In the National league Monday.
In the American league, the
New York Yankees seem to be
getting adjusted to the new sea
son. They whipped the Phila
delphia A's, 5-1 behind pitchers
Vic Raschl and Bob Kuzava.
Wee Bobby Shantz, former
hurling star for the Lincoln Ath
letics, was the victim of the Yanks
onslaught Shantz threw a five-
Major League Standings
National
W L Pet GB
Brooklyn 51 1 .833
Cincinnati 4 2 .667 1
Chicago 3 2 .600 ltt
St. Louis 3 3 .500 2
Boatoo 3 4 .500 2
New York 2 3 .429 2H
Philadelphia 2 4 .333 3
Pittsburgh 2 5 .287 3 '4
American
W L Pet GB
Cleveland 7 0 1.000 ....
Boaton 6 1 .857 1
Washington 3 3 .500 3tt
St Louia 6 2 .714 2
Washington 3 3 .500 3
New York 2 3 .400 4
Chicago 2 5 .286 5
Philadelphia 1 5 .167 S
Detroit 0 7 .00 7
hitter at the world champions
while his teammates were collect
ing seven bingles off Raschl and
Kuzava's slants.
Rookie Mickey Mantle rot
the big blow for the Yanks
when he smacked one of Shtanz'
pitches over the left field fence
in Yankee Stadium for a home
run. v
The win was the third for the
Yanks this season with a similar
number of losses. They are in fifth
place in the American league, 3
games behind the Cleveland In
dians. Washington managed to stay
In the first division for another
day by downing the Boston Red
Sox, 3-2
Three pitchers were battered
off the mound by the Senator
batsmen. Jim Atkins, Bill Wight
and Randy Gumpert all saw duty
and Atkins was charged with the
loss.
The BoSox were able to gar
ner 11 hits off Julio Moreno. For
Moreno, it was the second one
run victory over the Red Sox
this year. He beat them 4-3 in
11 innings at Washington last
week.
These were the only games
scheduled in the American league
for Monday.
Tuesdays slate in the major
leagues is all filled up.
The National league, every
team will play a double-header
weather permitting. Boston will
be at Brooklyn; New York will
be at Philadelphia; Chicago will
journey to Pittsburgh; and the
Cincinnati Reds will entertain
the St Louis Cards.
In the American league, all sin
gle games, the Philadelphia Ath
letics will go to New York; the
Washington Senators jaunt out
Boston way; Cleveland will visit
St. Louis; and Detroit will go to
Comiskey park for a game with
the White Sox.
The best game of the day looks
like it might come from St. Louis
where the Indians will throw Mike
Garcia against Jimmy Byrne of
the Brownies.
Kansas Relay
Team To Fight
It Out With KU
Two of the greatest baton
teams ever to come out of the
midlands will move into the
Drake relays at Des Moines this
week end seeking the "triple
crown."
The "triple crown" victories
in the Texas, Kansas and Drake
relays will be sought by teams
from the Universities of Okla
homa and Kansas. Both came
through in spectacular fashion
at the Kansas relays Saturday.
Oklahoma, which won the uni
versity two-mile relay at Texas
repeated at Kansas in 7 minutes
41.5 seconds, five-tenths of a sec
ond over the meet record.
Kansas, while bidding for triple
in the four-mile relay, will also
be bidding for an American rec
ord as well. The Kansas team
composed of Lloyd Koby, Art
Dalzell, Wes Santee and Herb
Semper won Saturday in 17 min
utes 18.3 seconds; a meet record
and only 2.2 seconds shy of the
intercollegiate mark.
Also representing the Big Seven
will be Bob Gordon, outstanding
high jump contender and team
captain from the University of
Missouri. Gordon has topped 6'7"
already this year.
Also after triples at Drake
will be relay teams from Texas
University and North Texas
State. Texas will have two
teams vieing for triples Satur
day. '
The Longhon' 880-yard relay
quartet of Dean Smith, Carl
Mayes, Jim Brownhill and Charles
Thomas, repeated at Kansas in
record equalling time of 1 min
ute 25.2 seconds. The same four
some, wun ttaipn rerson sudsu-
tuting for Brownnui, aiso cap
tured the university 440-yard re
lav in 41 seconds.
North Texas State of the college
class will be seeking its triple in
the 880-yard relay. Bill Walters,
Walt Lindsey, Jerome Zabojnik
and Ray Renfro won the half mile
in 1 minute 27.1 seconds at Law
rence. Only one individual will be
seeking the triple crown. Dar
row Hooper of Texas will go
after triples in both the shotput
and discus. The husky Longhorn
star won the Kansas relays shot
at 53 feet 9 inches and the dis
cuss at iaz ieei es incnes, re
peating in both events.
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Strictly ECushner
By MARSHALL KUSHNER
Snorts Editor '
In the Friday. ADrll 18 issue of The Daily Nebraskan, the sport
page carried a story concerning the Nebraska track team and the
difficulties they were expected to encounter in traveling to their
dual meet against Missouri and the Kansas Keiays.
It can now be reported that Coach Ed Weir et al, conquered
the roaring Missouri by journeying down to Kansas City and cross
ing the river at that point. It took a little extra gas, but the Corn
huskers arrived in time to partake in the dual meet (and ret nipped
by H of a point) and take some third place laurels in the relays.
All in all. it was a rather busy weekend for the Nebraska thin
clads, who are busy planning their itinerary for the Drake relays in
Des Moines this Saturday.
Climbing The Ladder
iim v. The Kansas state college atnietic teams nave
t jf 1 made an amazing comeback from the nightmarish
t , f days ot tne War and post-war era. Not only can
' I . Manhattan teams be counted on for good battles
I '-,. j in football, basketball (and how!) and track, but
1 1 "" r , they have also expanded and improved their entire
' - . athletic department
Kansas State inaugurated gymnastic competi
tion last season. They have improved their base
ball facilities and have "loosened up" their athletic
fund for supporting and better equipping their
tennis and golf teams.
The K-State officials apparently possess the
idealistic belief that the primary purpose of ath
letic competition is to induce narticination and
skills of various athletic talents and to- improve the participant so as
to make him a better all-around student and develop better sports
manship (not that Kansas State stands alone in this belief).
This could be the explanation for all the West Point's "naughty
cadets" enrolling at Manhattan ... (it could be but . , .).
You Too Can Take Benzedrine!
Speaking of Kansas State, they've got a whale of an athlete
down there. He goes under the name of Verl Switzer.
This fine Negro athlete not only is an all-Amerlcan football
halfback, but doubles as a star trackman on the Wildcat cinder team.
His football fetes are numerous, but his reputation In the pig
skin sport is built around his tackling and blocking ability. His
tackling is the hardest this conference has seen since the days of
Tom Novak and Johnny Rapacs of Oklahoma.
In track, Switzer broad jumps, pole vaults and probably could
run the sprints if they put Hadacol on the training table. He won the
conference broad jump title from the Sooner's Neville Price and has
recorded a leap of 24 feet 3y4 inches this year.
As The Old Saying Goes
"Monkey's is the craziest peoples." That's the way the old saying
goes. We contend that if that's true, sports fans are the next in line
for the honors.
We've had two guest columnists this semester on the sport
page, Norris Anderson, sports editor of the Lincoln Star, and June
Beirbower, sports writer for the Lincoln Journal.
Both professional sports sportsographics (describers of sports
events to those of you who don't have the latest sport slang diction
aries) mentioned the lack of Nebraska spirit and prescribed the
medicine to cure the dreaded disease.
I can recall a very lucid example of this during the past basket ball
season. Several "Joe College" arm-chair generals were loqua
cious in their shouts of disapproval for Bill Johnson in the first
quarter of a game.
They verbally crucified Johnson, who was having a rather bad
first quarter. The shouts of antagonism certainly and apparently
weren't providing Johnson any encouragement to shake off his bad
fortune that evening, but he finally shook-off the curse and played
fine basketball for the remaining three quarters.
This is a typical example of what seems to happen in most all
Nebraska sports, including criticism of coaches. This is probably
a typical example of what occurs in most colleges throughout the
country. You might call it "sports nature."
Oh well, we're not going to solve the problem in this writing and
we don't plan to dedicate this space for preaching good sportsman
ship, but many fans forget good sportsmanship is good sense and
vice-versa.
Even The Greats Strike Out
Recollections of a balmy day in Pittsburgh when the Pirates
were playing a doubleheader against the Giants.
The first game of the series, Hank Greenberg, then Pirate first
sacker, blasted two home runs and was the hero of the Buc victory
in the opener.
for Hank, who must not have wanted to push his luck too far.
The Pirates trailed 8-5 in last half innings of the game and the
pitcher, Kirby Higbe, was slated to come to bat with the bases
loaded. The Pirate manager called upon Greenberg to come in and
pinch hit
Same the second game, Elbie Fletcher took over first base duties
Forbes Field rooters were rhythmically pounding their tootsies
against the floor in hopes of inspiring Hank to pound one over the
fence and win the game. As it turned out, Hank struck out on four
pitches and was booed off the field.
Tuesday, April 22, 1952
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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Assistant Sports Editor
Baseball Coach Tony Sharpe's
diamondmen will try to come back
in. the win column this weekend,
when they invade the University
of Oklahoma stamping grounds at
Norman.
The Huskers might need a
clean sweep of the series in or
der to keep in the running for
the Big Seven crown. After
their 6-1 setback Saturday at
the hands of Kansas at Lincoln,
the Nebraska club dropped to
a third place rating in the con
ference standings.
The Sooners, champion ball club
last season, have apparently lost
some of their game-winning dia-
the Aggies and Huskers good
pitching opposition. As yet, the
Sooner mound staff has been un
impressive in early season appear
ances. Since the Huskers have only
four home contests remaining
on their schedule, the KU loss
looms as a costly one. The game
was to have been the second of
a two-game series, but Friday's
clash was called off because of
a sloppy field.
Under the Big Seven rules, a
rained-out game is cancelled in
stead of postponed, as they had
been in previous years. Under this
system, Saturday's game is the
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with the Huskers this season.
Nebraska will meet Missouri,
the early favorite for the Big
Seven championship and cur
rent league leader, while on the
road May 12 and 13. The Tigers
hold a ton 2 wins, no losses
record.
The two top-ratei teams in
the conference, Missouri and Kan
sas (1-0) were scheduled to meet
Monday and Tuesday of this
week.
Missouri, which won a pair of
easy victories over the Kansas
State Wildcats last week, may
be caught off balance by the
Javhawk club, which has rap
idly been gaining diamond
prestige. Kansas Coach Hub
Ulrich can count on some top
notch chocking from Jack
Stonestreet, who hurled against
the Cornhuskers Saturday. He
held Nebraska hitters to a pair
of singles.
The Wildcats appear to be the
only weak ball club in the cir
cuit. They dropped four straight
lpaeue eames last week, losing to
Nebraska, 12-1 and 14-1, and Mis
souri, 20-1 and 12-4. 'me green
K-Stat outfit onens Iowa State's
conference opposition Monday and
Tuesday t' Ames.
Big Seven Standings
W L ' Pet.
Missouri 2 0 1.000
Kansas 1 0 1.000
Nebraska 2 1 .667
Colorado 1 1 500
Oklahoma 1 1 '500
Iowa State 0 0 .000
Kansas State 0 4 .000
12 Men Play First
College Ball For KS
Only four lettermen were
available for Coach Ray Wau-
thier when the Kansas State base
ball team opened its Big Seven
conference season with Nebraska
April 15-16. Nebraska won, 12-1
ana 14-1.
The Wildcat varsity squad was
trimmed to 20 men, 12 of
whom are in their first season
of collegiate baseball. Seven of
the 20 varsity men are freshmen,
five are sophomores, six juniors
and two seniors. The lettermen
are Joe Arnold, senior outfielder,
Westmoreland; Gene Kubicki, sen
ior pitcher, Kansas City, Mo., Ray
Holder, Junior catcher, Union
town; and Earl Woods, junior
catcher and outfielder, Manhat
tan.
Courtesy The Lincoln State Journal
LEADING HITTERS . . . Ray Novak and Jerry Dunn have been
leading the Nebraska batters thus far with averages of .290 and
.385. Novak has knocked in 16 runs and Dunn 12. It has been
hinted that Novak will start against Oklahoma this Friday in the
pitchers position.
mond talent. They are wedged in
fifth place in the league with a
1-1 season record to date. Okla
homa could do no more than
split with the Colorado Buffaloes
at Norman last ween end.
The Sooners are scheduled
to meet their bitter intra-state
rivals, Oklahoma A&M, Wed
nesday and Thursday, two days
immediately prior to the NU
OU battle. This fact eases the
pressure on the Husker staff,
because in order for the Okla
homa team to defeat the Aggies,
they must use some top pitchers
who must rest after their stint.
In this light, the Husker out
look upon the situation appears
bright. OU Coach Jack Baer
must put a severe strain on his
pitching staff in order to give
Flood Fund
The flood crisis has passed In
Omaha but money is still
needed for the damage it left
in its wake. Contributions to
The Daily Nebraskan flood
fund will help.
Contributions from anony
mous donors Monday totaled
four dollars.
University students and fac
ulty members still may con
tribute their share toward this
cause.
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Nebraska Coaches
On Banquet Circuit
The "Not In" sign will be posted i
outside the Athletic department's,
door this week as the coaches,
depart on the banquet circuit to;
different parts of the state.
Marvin Franklin, assistant foot-J
ball coach, will be the busiest as
he Is scheduled to talk at Suther
land, Monday; Nebraska City,
Tuesday; and DeWitt, Friday.
Also embarking Monday will
be H. H. (Ike) Hanscom, fresh
men football coach and Harry
Good, basketball coach. Hans
com will be at Fullerton Mon
day, while Coach Good will
speak at Valparaiso.
Two men who are 'non' coaches
also have speaking engagements
this week. L. F. (Pop) Klein. Di
rector of Concessions, will speak
at Crete on Saturday while Jim
star, will be the main speaker at if
the Adams high school banquet.
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