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Tuesday, September 27, 1955
THE NEBRASKAN
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By BRUCE BRL'GMANN
Sports Staff Writer
, It's sure fun to read the sports pages these days.
Not only do they reflect the ultimate in objectivity, sober judg
ment and judicious criticism, but they also provide harmless amuse
ment for 44 members of the University of Nebraska football squad.
Let's refresh our memory for a moment:
before ...
Before the Hawaii game the sports scribes
thundered, "Hawaii has been tossed into the sched
ule for laughs. . . . Only Bill Glassford can hold
down the score. . . . Let's hope the Nebraska coach
is feeling charitable."
After this one game, played in miserable con
ditions, against a psychologically inspired opponent,
before a home crowd that quickly deserted the
Huskers, everyone jumped on the "Goodbye, Bill
. . . Too bad, Huskers" bandwagon and we heard:
"NU building boom a bust . . . building fore
man Bill Glassford caught short again . . . What's
Wrong WitSi Nebraska Football? (in a banner headline) . . . sending
Nebraska against Ohio State is like sentencing them to the electric
chair . . the Nebraska vs. Ohio State game is a contest between two
poorly matched teams. . . . Nebraska will have to be higher than
weather ballons to beat the Buckeyes."
after ...
After Saturday's game, in which the Huskers did everything but
stir Bill Glassford's ulcer lotion, w'e find:
"The Comhuskers came back. Desire. Spirit. Blocking. Tackling.
They had them all. ... A far cry from the gridders handed a 6-0
defeat at the hands of Hawaii. . . determined youngsters . . . stunned
the Buckeye partisans . . . fiercely contested game . . . The players
did a fine job against Ohio State, that's all there is to it."
One might think for a moment he was looking at a group of fresh
man ROTC students practicing the about face on the Coliseum mall.
This chameleon effect that has crept into the printer's ink of so
many of our sports writers (not to be confused with sportsmen) pro
vides, at best, an amusing diversion between Saturday afternoons.
However, to the people Outstate, who can know only what they
read in the newspapers, and to the football players themselves, who
ask only that they be given a fair chance to prove themselves, it's a
downright shame.
criticism ...
This is not to say that I am against criticism. Criticism, sound,
constructive criticism, is useful, but it has its place.
Its place is not heaped indiscriminately about Coach Glassford.
Glassford cannot nor will not be removed until the end of the year.
And even then he can stay five more years if he likes.
Criticism directed ad hominem now can only do harm to the
players on the team and their chances during- the remainder of the
season.
Abusive criticism also has no place leveled against a team (or
losing its first game of the season. Neither is it very fair nor very
logical to assume that, because of an unfortunate initial defeat, the
rest of the season will fall into the same pattern.
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As Rose Bovil Ckamns Pressed 28-20
By MAX KREITMAN
Staff Sports Writer
As the final gun sounded last Sat
urday at Columbus, Ohio, 80,000
people were left awed by a Ne
braska eleven, who one week ago,
were humiliated by Hawaii and
then came back against a 28 point
favorite only to bow to the power
ful Ohio State Buckeye squad 28-20.
Even in losing, the Huskers
proved to their followers that they
knew the meaning of the word
fight. The Buckeyes, who were
playing their opening contest of the
new season, were ranked sixth na
tionally, and were considered four
touchdowns better than the Big 7
visitors.
Nip And Tuck
The 1954 Big 10 and Rose Bowl
champs received the opening kick-
off and marched 57 yards, with
back to tally once again as the
halftime read 14-13 in favor of the
Buckeyes. '
Aerials were potent
The Huskers wrapped up the
scoring in the third period when
Erway found McWilliams wide
open in the end zone. Nebraska
passed up another scoring oppor
tunity in the third stanza that
could have made the difference in
the outcome of the contest. Rex
Fisher found Leroy Butherus open
on the Ohio State five. The aerial
found its mark, but Butherus in
trying to elude the final Buckeye
defender slipped on the turf, and
the Huskers were halted in four
attempts from the five. On a
fourth down attempt from the one,
Erway pitched wide of Fisher,
who got his signals crossed and
Rex could get no farther than the
two.
In singling out the outstanding
Ail-American Howard (Hopalong) :P'er for Nebraska, womd be a
Cassady going the final 18 for the difficult task. Don Erway, who
first of his three tallies. The con-Played the whole contest, and
version was good and with less! Fisher could praised fo ,eir
than five minutes gone, the hosts !'ortc in tne oaciaieia. un me i
had iumDed out in front 7-0. But Jim Murphy played
NU wasn't eoine to fold that easilv. ' game although
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By SAROL WILTSE
Staff Sports Writer
The Davy Crockett craze has fi
nally added WAA to its list of ar
dent admirers. A number of the
braver board members are plan
ning to attend a WAA convention
held at Ltither College Oct. 2 and
3. Each person is to come equipped
with flashlight, sweat suits, sleep
ing bags, and cold pills! The WAA I
organizations throughout the state
will participate and help formulate (
ideas which will aid the organiza-1
tions in the coming year. '
October 4 is the eventful day ;
when the first tournaments will
swing into full force. The heads i
of the three tournaments are:
archery, Shirley Swanson; tennis
doubles, Jeanne Craig; and soccer
baseball, Sandy Kadlacek.
The point system for voting
credit in WAA has been changed
in a few places. Here are the rules
that govern voting:
1. A total of eight points most
be earned before a member will
be eligible to vote in the spring
elections.
2. Freshmen and transfer stu
dents are given a bonus of twa
points at the beginning of the year.
S. One point is givea to every
member of a team each time they
participate in a game.
4. Members of orchesis and aqna
quettes earn two points for their
membership.
5. Girls gain a point every time
they officiate, bat no more than a
total of four points will be given.
6. Girls who are unable physi
cally to be members of a team
may obtain all their eight point!
by officiating.
It took the Huskers only nine plays
to hit paydirt, with Don Erway
going the final nine. The confer
sion try was blocked and the first
period ended with hte Buckeyes
leading 7-6. j
As the second period got under I
way, State moved down to Ne- i
nraska's nine yard line. Then came
the play of the game. Frank El
wood, OS quarterback pitched out
to his halfback Cassady. But John
Edwards, senior fullback became
johnny-on-the-spot and grabbed the
pigskin out of the air and rambled
10 yards to give the Huskers their
only lead of the day. O-State came
the positive side
But the important point about dishing out big chunks of criticism
is that you can so easily forget the positive side of the score card.
Everyone seemed to forget in the "humiliation of defeat that, possi
bly, the best thing that could have happened to the Comhuskers was
that they get beaten their first game. If they had won, even by a
small margin, they would have taken it in stride and breathed easily.
No one seemed to think that this defeat would be just the tonic
the Huskers reeded to weld them together into a scrapping squad that
would almost knock the pins out from under last year's number one
football power.
the job ahead ...
No one suspected that this anemic performance at the beginning,
rattier than at the end or in the middle, would awaken the Huskers,
as probably nothing else would, to the big job ahead.
No one, not even the ubiquitous sports writers busily thinking up
clever invectives, imagined Nebraska would come roaring back this
weekend.
Give the scribes two or three more weeks. Perhaps by then they
can see that what they're putting dewn on copy paper is far inferior
to what the players are putting forth on the football field.
If they don't win another game this season, our team deserves
consistent, fair-minded sports coverage.
Let's hope they start getting it.
IM Water Basketball, Free
Throw Tourneys Scheduled
Possession of a swimming per
mit, trunks, and a great deal of
durability are the only qualifica
tions for entry in the water basket
ball tournaments. A shallow water
tourney is slated for those who
don't navigate too well in water,
andJeep water contests for the
hk experienced splashers.
Any organization may enter one
team in deep water and one in
shallow water. These entries will
be made in Room 102 P.E. build
ing not later than noon, Saturday,
October 1st.
Teams entered may use the coli
seum pool any day, Monday
through Friday, between 5 P.M.
and 6 p.m. for half hour practice
sessions. These sessions must be
scheduled in advance in Room 102,
P.E. Games will be at 5:15 p.m.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesdays,
and possibly on Fridays or Satur
day mornings.
The swimming permits must be
on file in the equipment cage be
fore contestants may enter the
pool. This rule will be adhered to
without exception. Varsity swim
ming squad members are eligible
to compete.
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IM Play Opens
The intramural touch football
gets underway Wednesday with a
full schedule of eight games be
ginning at S p.m. Defending All
University champion Delta Tau
a crecutaoie
outweighed, but
the whole Husker line, spotting 10
pounds per man, played excellent
football.
Next week, the Nebraskans open
their conference season against
Kansas State at Manhattan. They
return home the following Satur
day in a non-conference go against
the Texas A&M Aggies.
By W ALT BLOKE
Staff Sports Writer
How much change can occur in
one week is the question running
through the minds of Nebraska
fans after the first two weeks of
Cornhusker football.
After getting off on the wrong
foot in their opener with Hawaii,
the Big Red played 60 minutes of
hard football against Ohio State.
Last year's mythical champs had
to rally twice to overcome the in
snired Comhuskers. The Buckeyes
Delta goes into action the first had t0 thank their juckv star jn the
day, meeting Sigma Chi on the i personage of All-american "Hopa
northeast Ag field. Last year's i long.. Cassady that they won that
Selleck Quadrangle champ, Gus-1 ?ame Cassady scored three touch
tavson II, also will be active early downs and set up another with an
as it tangles with Canfieid House
on the city campus northwest field.
Other city campus games slated
for Wednesday are Andrews vs.
Bessey YE field. Avery vs.
Boucher SE, and Seatot I vs. Sel
leck SW, all in the Selleck Quad
League. Fraternity A League
games, all on the Ag fields, are
Beta Theta Pi vs. Ph. Gamma
Delta NW, Phi Delta Tbeta vs.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon SE, and Phi
Kappa Psi vs. Sigma Phi Epsilon
SW.
Schedules for intramural fall
tennis and golf will be posted in
the PE building by mid-week, ac
cording to intramural director Ed
Higgenbotham.
Courtrw Surdnv Journal nd Star
EDWARDS
Saturday, it is difficult to single
out any individuals for praise. Cas
sady, of course, was the outstand
ing player on the field, but there
were several plays where "Hopa
long" felt the full brunt of the at
tack of the Nebraska linemen. Jer
ry Wheeler, Bill Taylor, Jim Mur
phy, Jack Fleming, Leroy Buthe
rus, Jon McWilliams and all the
other linemen who played fought
as hard as they knew how against
supposedly better men. The entire
backfield looked good almost the
whole game with Don Erway and
John Edwards drawing particular
praise. It will be a long time be
fore loyal Ohio State fans forget
Edwards' interception of a lat
eral and returning it 90 yards for
a touchdown.
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electrifying run to the two-yard
line. Without "Hopalong" it would
have been a long day for the Scar
let and Gray from Columbus, Ohio.
As far as the change goes Coach
Bill Glassford summed it up with
this statement: "If I could pre
dict the outcome of a game in ad
vance or diagnose the results of a
game after it had been played, I
would get a job as a consultant to
football coaches." There is little
doubt that the Huskers made a good
showing in Saturday's game. They
have proven they are capable of
playing tough, hard football for 60
long minutes against the best the
nation has to offer.
In a game such as the one played
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