Tuesday, January 18, 1955
Lincoln, Nebraska
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Over Gophers, 'Cats
The University of Nebraska gym
nastics squad opened its 1955 sea
boi, with a surprising win in a tri
angular meet held here -last Fri-
Staff Views
Basketball
Attendance
At Low Ebb
Coach Jerry Bush's red hot cag
rs singed both Kansas quintets to
boost ck for the Bi Seven
champ' sship as they successfully
defended their win skein on the
Scarlet and Cream maples. The
Cornhuskers displayed a well bal
anced attack against the Wildcats
Tuesday night with five men hit
ting double figures in the scoring
column. Aggression was the
keynote as the Big Red's BUSH
wacked the K. State clan 69-54.
Nebraska only outscored their sky
scraping foes by a slim 21-20 mar
gin from the field but literally
played over their heads controlling
all rebounds.
Kansas' invasion of the unblem
ished Cornhusker home slate was
unsuccessful as the Jayhawks were
Phogged 66 to 62 Saturday. While
Big Seven Conference laurels are
the only apparent battle the Husk
crs face, a more unnoticed foe
stalks its prey at the Coliseum.
This acute problem is that of at
tendance. Attendance tends to be
on the upswing but it is still near
an all time low. A sparse crowa
of 2,200 witnessed the K. State fray
as compared with the seething
mob of onlookers present for the
traditional Northeast-Lincoln high
clash which numbered well over 8,-
000.
Basketball season is the winter
season on campus. The cage sport
is the largest crowd drawer in the
sporting world. Some 8,000,000 es
timated fans will witness major
college games this season. Nebras
kans aren't holding up their share
of the attendance. Too few stu
dents a basketball game means
the intracacies of a checking man
to man defense or a three man
weave with a double post. Basket
ball doesn't give its fans a week
of reflection as football does. The
Huskers are usually active twice
a week. Coach Jerry Bush might
have a bid for the Championship
this year and sideline enthusiasm
and spirit might be the deciding
factor. One thing a Husker fan can
be sure of is that our athletes will
be in condition. How could anyone
at Nebraska do anything to get out
of shape?
Top Citizens
Nebraska
Athletes
Succeed
A study completed this year by a
former University of Nebraska
track, star shows that Nebraska
athletes in their post-coilege career
prove to be "all-around citizens,"
with a steady occupational position
and above average income.
Herbert E. Grote of Omaha sent
questionnaires to 358 athletes who
won letters at the University. To
get a fair representation, he chose
those who attended school during
1922-25, 1932-35, 1938,41, and 1948
1. Master's Degree
His purpose in conducting the
survey which formed this thesis
for a Master's degree was to deter
mine if the time and effort required
to produce athletic teams compare
favorable with the benefits derived
by the athletes or the educational
institution.
. Here are some of his findings:
While in school the athletes
had a median academic grade of
slightly above 80 per cent. Track
athletes had a median grade of
82.2 per cent; baseball and bas
ketball, 82 per cent; and football
80.9 per cent.
Approximately 89 per cent of the
athletes graduated from the Uni
versity or other institutions of high
highest percentage of men who
graduated.
Most of the athletes enrolled in
physical education, economics, pre
law, practical arts, accounting, and
history.
Forty-six per cent pursued grad
uate or professional schooling. The
breakdown was : track, 50.6 per
baseball, 45 per cent; and football,
41.0 per cent.
Sixty-six per cent of the athletes
are in professional or managerial
occupations. A small percentage
are in the skilled, semi-skilled, and
Unskilled occupations.
Thirty per cent of the athletes
own their own business or office
Gridders Richest
The present median net yearly
Income is $6,650.44. Basketball
and football athletes In general
have the highest median income,
over $7,500. Baseball athletes have
lowest, $5,762.
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Victorious
day. The Cornhuskers upset Min
nesota and outscored Kansas State
in the double dual gymnastics
meet. The Huskers began by beat
ing the Gophers 52-44 and finished
the fete by trouncing the Wildcats
61-18. With Minnesota defeat
ing Kansas State 56-25, the Husk
ers took a decisive victory. The
meet was also scored as a triangu
lar with Nebraska 67V4, Minnesota
56, and Kansas State 8.
Standouts in Friday's meet were
Bruce Riley, who finished in all
six events, Don Hodge, who started
his fourth year on the varsity
squad by winning two events, and
Danny Fogel and Wayne Strickler
who each placed in three events.
With the four returning letter
men setting the pace, and the two
sophomores, who are newcomers
to the varsity squad, following up
nicely, the squad made a good
showing in its season opener.
Summaries of the meet are as
follows:
Slda horse Won by Day, Minnesota;
second, Erickson, Minnesota; third, Linn,
Nebraska; fourth, Murray, Minnesota; fifth,
Riley, Nebraska.
Trampoline Won by Hodge, Nebraska;
second, Brown. Minnesota; third. Kriat, Ne.
braika; fourth, Riley, Nebraska; fifth. Holt,
Kansas State.
Horizontal bar Won by Fogel, Nebraska;
second, Johnson, Minnesota; third, Strickler.
Nebraska; fourth, Riley, Nebraska; fifth.
Day, Minnesota.
Parallel bars Won by Johnson, Minne
sota; second, Riley, Nebraska; third, Strick
ler, Nebraska; fourth, Olson, Minnesota; tie
between Fogel, Nebraska, and Beatty, Kan
sas State for fifth. t
Flying rings Won by Solon, Minnesota;
second, Strickler, Nebraska; third, Johnson,
Minnesota; fourth, Riley, Nebraska; fifth,
Olson. Minnesota, x
Tumbling Won by Hodge, Nebraska;
second, Riley, Nebraska; third, Frantzeck,
Minnesota; fourth, Fogel, Nebraska; fifth,
Holt, Kansas State.
What's NU In Sports?
Senior's Quick Thinking
foils ItU's Zone Defense
It doesn't seem possible, but the
Nebraska basketball team could
follow in the paths of its predeces
sor, football, but the cage crew
is doing just that. They started
out very slowly, winning only two
of their first seven games. They
then took to the winning trail and
have copped three out of their last
four outings. Their last win, a
66-62 triumph over the Kansas Jay
hawks was a good example 'of the
times to come for the Husker quin
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Hustle, Hustle
Under the tutorage of their
rookie coach, Jerry Bush, the Husk
ers employed a new offense,
brought to NU by Bush. It was a
completely different type of of
fense than the fast-break offense
employed by Harry Good last year.
This offense required deliberate
type basketball unlike the hurry
scurry type seen in modern day.
Its only effect seems to be against
a man to man defense. Until the
Saturday night tilt against the Jay
hawks, the Husker foes have em
ployed this defense, making their
offense work. But last Saturday,
KU attempted to puzzle the Husk
ers with a tight zone defense. Ris
ing to the occasion, Bush altered
his pattern of play and succeeded
in bringing the Hawks out of their
zone. The point in question is that
the Huskers of this season have
the ability to rise to the occasion.
If NU can play ball like this, it
will mean more wins for the Ne
braska cagers and a possible Big
Seven title.
Passed Three Tests
The Huskers have passed three
tough hurdles to date, Kansas, Iowa
State, and Kansas State. Their
tough assignments are still ahead,
mainly on the road. On the Coli
seum boards, they will have Colo
rado and Missouri, while the Buffs,
Iowa State, KU, K-State, and
Oklahoma are games on the road.
They also have an encounter with
the Sooners here. Though their
record in the Big 7 stands at 3-1,
they still have five opponents to
meet on the road, none of them
a cinch game. The Cyclones have
had the reputation in the past of
being an easy contest, but indi
cations are that IS will be tough
the whole year. Kansas State,
whom the Huskers polished off
here are always rough on their
home boards. KU, who's 33 home
court winning streak was broken
by Missouri, are still a threat on
their home maples. Colorado, one
of the pre-season favorites, will
provide the , toughest opposition,
while OU may prove a breather.
Tigers Tough
As the season progresses, it looks
like the Missouri Tigers are defi
nitely the team to beat. The Tigers
seem to be tough both homeland
away. Colorado will probably fin
ish second with NU and K-State
fighhting it out for third place.
The Cyclones could replace the
Wildcats.
The Big 7 has produced an
abundance of outstanding players
this year. MU has three top-notch
performers in Bob Rieter, Lionel
Smith, and Norm Stewart. This is
the three that has been the nuc
leus, of Mizzou's 11-2 record, ' and
an eighth place rating in the na
tional polls. Colorado, with their
starting five back from last year,
pre being paced by their "big
three. Burdette Halderson, Bob
Jengerard, and Tom Harrold.
Cal Bentz, Hastings senior in
Teachers College, was the big
gun for the Nebraska swimmers
as they defeated Kansas Univer
sity, 48-35 Saturday at Law
rence. Bentz splashed in first in
the 220-yard free-style and the
Cagers Rest
Huskers To Face Northwest Missouri;
Bushmen's Hustle Gains Third Position
Fresh from an impressive 66-62
triumph over the Kansas Jayhawks
the Nebraska Cornhuskers will
take a breather this week with only
one game on the agenda. Friday
night the Huskers meet little North
west Missouri State College of
Marysville, Mo.
Slow Half
The Nebraskans looked good in
Nebraska has about the best
balanced attack in the conference.
Rookie Rex Ekwall is pacing the
Cornhusker quintet, with Willard
Fagler, Chuck Smith, and Whitey
Buel giving valuable aid. Stan
Matzke has his hot and cold
streaks, and Norm Coufal, Gary
Renzleman, and Bill Wells add
top bench strength. For Iowa
State, Chuck Duncan Gary Thom
son are the top guns. Larry Wet
ter is also a valuable man in the
line-up, as IS is enjoying one of
their best years. Pacing the Kan
sas State attack is center Roger
Craft, and guards Ken Poore and
J. R. Snyder.
Young Team
The Jayhawks attack has been
carried by four sophomores and
a junior. First year men Gene
Elstun, John Parker, Lew Johns
ton, and Maurice King, and junior
Dallas Dobbs, all-Big 7 selection
last year.
Grapplers Bow
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AAinnesota,Manlcato Overpower NU
Garnering only three events, the
Nebraska wrestling squad bowed
to the Minnesota squad 19-13 Sat
urday at Minneapolis. It was the
Gophers second victory in three
starts. It was the Huskers second
loss in two outings. They bowed
to Mankato 19-9. Friday.
Morton Winner
Marshall Nelson, wrestling In
the 123-pound class won his match
by default to put the Huskers
ahead 5-0. Minnesota then copped
their first match when Bill Hunt,
Minnesota's 13 0-pound entry
pinned UN's Jim Owens In 4:04.
Ron Malcolm continued the Go
phers on their way with a pin over
Don Beck in 3:44. Don Meyers
made it three in a row over Don
Strasheim's crew with a 7-0 de
cision over Norm Cramcer in the
147-pound division. Arnold 'Mor
ton finally tallied again for Ne
braska when he pinned Minneso
ta's Lowell Webster in 4:37.
Bryant Wins
In the 167-pound clash Dave
Cagers Relax
After Fierce
League Action
The Cornhusker cage squad Is
holding down third place in the
Big Seven Conference this week
as a result of the Huskers' two
victories last week-end. The cag
ers downed Kansas State Friday
night 69-59, and followed up by
edging past Kansas University 66-
62 Saturday night. The two wins
give the Huskers a 3-1 conference
record. Missouri is 'still holding
down first spot in the conference
after defeating Kansas State 94-85
last weekend.
In all games played this season,
the Huskers are in sixth place
among the Big Seven teams, hav
ing won 5 games and lost 7. Mis
souri is also holding down the top
spot in this bracket with 10 wins
and 2 losses so far in this sea
son's play. With semester exams
drawing near and the teams slack
en off a little, the Big Seven Con
ference is still anybody's race.
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Merman Splashes Home
200-yard back stroke, as well as
aiding in the 440-yard relay,
which clinched the meet. He was
ably supported by Gordon Peter
son, Dave Gradwohl, and Bill
Tagney, who won the 60-yard
free style, 440-yard free-style,
posting a triumph over the visiting
jayhawks. After a slow first half
in which the Huskers led by 25-17
at rest period, they came on strong
in the last half. The Kansans put
on a brief rally at the end to pull
within four points. In the first half,
Stan Matzke, senior co-captain was
forced out of the game because of
three fouls. Norm Coufal, subbing
for the Lincoln guard, promptly
poured in 10 points to pace the first
half attack. In this period the Hus
kers hit only 25 per cent while KU
meshed only 18 per cent. Maurice
King, a sophomore from Kansas
City, led the Jayhawks in the first
half with 10 tallies. From the tip
off in the second half until the
final gun, the two teams seemed
to match baskets. Nebraska's lead
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and diving, respectively.
The next meet for the Nebraska
mermen is at Colorado A&M Fri
day, followed by meet with
Colorado University Saturday.
Bentz is expected to continue on
his winning ways in these Im
portant meets.
extended to as much as 12 points
before the visitors began narrowing
the margin.
Zone Defense
Kansas surprised the Cornhus
kers right away with a tough zone
defense. It stymied the Huskers
until the outset of the second half,
when Nebraska switched their of
fensive tactics and brought KU out
of their defense. For Nebraska,
Willard Fagler, NU's other co-captain,
led the Nebraska attack witj
points. Dallas Dobbs was high for
KU with 13. The win brought the
Cornhuskers seasonal mark to 5-7
and a conference record of 3-1.
It puts them in second place behind
the Colorado Buffs, and Missouri
Tigers, who are each tied for top
spot with a 3-0 mark.
Nebraska has been quite a sur
prise as the season has progressed.
After opening their season in dis
mal fashion, they have come on
strong in the conference. They won
their first contest from Iowa State,
then bowed to Missouri. Since
then, they have posted wins over
Kansas State and KU. Their tough
assignments lie ahead. They still
must meet Colorado, K-State, and
Iowa State on the road. They also
have MU and Colorado to en
counter at home.
Ekwall, Fagler Shine
Individually, Rex Ekwall and
Willard Fagler looks like all-Big
7 performers. The sophomore for
ward from Holmesville has been
the Huskers leading rebounder and
choice in his sophomore year,
Matzke, the other co-captain along
with Fagler nas looked good at
times. Charlie Smith earned a
starting assignment win the early
parts of the season and has be
feated Lawrence Goll 6-2 in the
final match of the day. Of the
four returning lettermen, only Bry
ant and Morton gained wins. The
other two returnees, Crancer and
Goll, bowed.
Colorado Trip
Next match on the Husker agen
da is Jan. 21, against Colorado
A&M at Fort Collins. They then
journey to Colorado to meet the
Buffs the next day before treking
to Fort Carson to meet the men
from the Army base. Before re
turning home on the 7th of Febru
ary, they meet the University of
Iowa and Iowa State Teachers on
the road. On the 7th, South Da
kota State comes to Lincoln. Kan
sas State follows South Dakota in
town before the Huskers take to
the road against Cornell College.
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Swimmers Cop Dual
Sports Staff Writer
The captain of Nebraska's swim
ming team, Calvin Bentz, led his
determined team to a 48Vfe to 35V4
victory over Kansas University at
Lawrence Saturday. Outstand
ing winners for Nebraska were:
Calvin Bentz in the 220 yard
free style and the 200 yard back
stroke, Gordon Peterson in the 60
yard free style, Dave Gradwohl
in the 440 yard free style and
Bill Tagney in the diving compe
tition. The Kansans fought hard and Ne
braska's victory was not decided
until after the final relay. Going
into the final event, the 400 yard
relay, the Huskers were leading
41 to 35. With the final event
counting seven points, the Kan
sans could have won the meek hy
taking the 400 yard relay. The
victory with Bill Tagney leading
off and Dick Hall and Calvin Bentz
picking up small leads. Gordon
come a steady performer. Norm
Coufal, Gary Renzleman and
Billy Wells add good bench strength
for the NU five. Coufal proved his
worth in the Jayhawk tilt with four
quick shots during the low-scoring
canto. Wells floor play was of top
value during the second half drive.
Renzleman hit his peak in the Kan
sas State tilt, jailing 13 points.
Tough Road
The road ahead will be a hard
one for the Cornhuskers as they
go in quest of a conference cham
pionship, first under rookie men
tor Jerry Bush. The toughest as
signments will be to cop victories
over CU and Missouri. The two
quintets have been rated No. 1 and
2 in the league. Both squads are
unbeaten.
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Peterson, anchor man, ended with
the winning time of 3:52.1. This
was the fastest 440 yard relay time
that a Nebraska swimming team
has turned out in five years. It
was this time that enabled the
Nebraska tankmen to sew up the
meet in its final stages.
Three other swimmers who also
garnered points for the Nebraskans
contributed to the Husker victory.
Hugh Barnard took third place in
the 220 yard free style and sec
ond place in the 440 hard free
style, Bob Sandstedt took third
place in the individual medley
and tied for third place in the
200 yard breast stroke, and Dean
Stoneman took second place in the
diving meet.
The meet opened with the 300
yard medley, and the Kansas team
beat the Husker trio with a win
nign time of 3:18.5. The second
event, the 220 yard free style,
was sewn up by the Huskers as
Calvin Bentz turned the winning
time of 2:28.2 and Hugh Barnard
finished third. Again in the 60
yard free style, the Nebraska mer
men took two of three places with
Gordon Peterson winning in 33.1
and Bill Tagney finishing third.
The Nebraskans fell a little in
the 120 yard individual competition
as Bob Sandstedt was the only win
ner, finishing third. The winning
time was 1:24.5. The Cornhuskers
came back in the diving competi
tion to take first and second of three
places. The winners were Tagney
first and Dean Stoneman second.
Gordon Peterson and Dick Hill
took second and third places, re
spectively in the 100 yard free
style as the Kansas turned in the
winning time of 58.5. Captain Cal
vin Bentz again came through to
take first place in the 200 yard
backstroke with a winning time
of 2:37. The Jayhawks took sec
ond and third places. In the 200
yard breast stroke, Nebraska
swimmers took second place and
half of a third place tie. Dick
Hlidek was the second place win
ner and Sandstedt split the third
position. Huskers Dave Gradwohl
and Hugh Barnard swept the 440
yard free style competition as they
took first and second places re
spectively. Gradwol's winning
time was 5:51.7. And finally in
the big match, the 440 yard re
lay, the Nebraska quartet of Tag
ner, Hill, Bentz and Peterson
cinched the meet with a winning
time of 3:52.1.
With the winning of the final
event, the Nebraska swimmers won
over the Kansas Jayhawks by a
decisive 13 point victoryl With
so many different Huskers con
tributing to the scoring, and many
of them finishing in more than
one event, it is easy to see the
reason for this margin. Nebras
ka's first showing in the pools this
season has been a successful one,
and the Huskers are looking for
ward to their next two matches.
They will travel to Colorado A&M
Friday and then up to Boulder for
an important match with Colorado
University.
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