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h 1 Tuesday, February 2S, 1957 The Daily Nebraskon Paqe 3 Reimers Leads Huskers: ' Schwall Scores 23 In Sooner Win Huskers Defeated In Bia 7 Battle The Oklahoma Sooners held Ne braska scoreless for almost the final three minutes of play last night to squeeze out a 55-53 Big Seven basketball win. In winning, the Sooners moved within a half game of a sixth place tie with the Cornhuskers. Don Schwall, 6-5 sophomore whiz, led the Sooners with , 23 points, 13 of which came in the first half as the winners gained a 23-24 intermission lead. The game was close in the open ing minutes of play with Nebras ka holding a slight lead. Then the Bushmen bit their usual slump Courtesy Lincoln Star Jim Knbackl, 510" guard who Was Nebraska's third leading scorer last year with a nine point per game average, moved back into a regular's job with the Huskers against Oklahoma Mon day, night. The diminutive flash played most of Uie first half as Nebraska pressed the Sooners 28-24 at intermission. and Oklahoma scored seven straight points to take 20-15 lead. In the second half Oklahoma started as if they were going to turn the game into a rout. Schwall hit a field goal and two free throws and the margin was 33-24 before Ron Parsons started to hit for Nebraska. Parsons hit five field goals- while Don Smidt and Rex Ekwall each scored four points in closing the margin to one point 42-43 with about ten minutes remaining. Then Gary Reimers took over and hit a jump shot from the keyhole to send the visitors into a one point lead. The remainder of the contest saw both teams in the lead sev eral times. Reimers and Parsons kept Nebraska close while Schwall and Joe King lead the Sooners Nebraska pressed 53-54 following Reimers basket but couldn't score again. The Huskers had their last chance when they had the ball out of bounds with :44 remaining in the contest. They tried to get a good shot but could not get open until Reimers shot and missed with about 20 seconds to play. He then fouled Gene Hudson and. that was the contest. Hudson hit one of the two free throws but Nebras ka couldn't get possession. Reimers led the Nebraska scor ing with 16 points while Parsons and Ekwall had 14 and 12 respectively. Thompson Second: Wilt Paces Scorers; Boozer, Parr Move Up Jack Parr and Bob Boozer are asserting themselves strongly in the race for individual scoring hon ors, Big Seven Conference basket ball statistics show today. ' Parr, 6-9, moved into third place with an eight-game average of 18.6. Boozer, 6-7 sophomore, edged into fourth with 18.5. Boozer has been especially strong alt the free throw line, sinking 66 and missing only 22 for a percentage of .750. Still in the lead is Wilt Chamber lain of Kansas, who also is duel ing for national honors. In confer ence games only, the 7-foot Jay hawker has an average of 22,5 in eight outings. Last week's ac tion cost him three-tenths of a point. - Gary Thompson, Iowa State's 5-10 Rolland Rocket, suffered an identical loss but stayed in second The Hot Corner By BOB WIRZ Staff Sports Writer Last week the New York Yankees and Kansas City Athletics shocked the rest of the American League with their big player trade. The trade saw little Bobby Shantz, Art Dittmar, and Wayne Belardi going'to the world champions and, in return, the A's received pitchers Rip Coleman, Micky McDermott, and Tommy Morgan along .with infielders Mike Graff and Billy Hunter and outfielders Irv Noren. Each team still has to name one more player in the deal by June 15. Ori ginally Cletus Boyer was in on the deal until mid-June. American league fans already are worried that the- trade was strictly to the Yankees benefit. Dittmar, who was the key to the trade, won 12 last season for the lowly A's and lost 22. He figured to become one of Casey Stengel's regular starting hurlers. Shantz also'could help the bombers if he returns to top form. The former Lincolnite, wants to be a starter, but he may end up in the bull pen. Shantz says that his arm feels good and he believes the larger Yankee park also will help his pitching. Belardi will probably end up in the minors. He is the former under study to Gil Hodges at Brooklyn. Belardi was traded a few years ago to Detroit and since then has had very little luck. On the other hand the A's should be helped greatly with the three hurlers and Hunter. Coleman never had too much of a chance with the Yanks and could have a real fine year. McDermott didn't help the Yankees but should be a stopper for Lou Boudreau. McDermott also will be a help with his pinch hitting ability. Morgan will bolster the relief crew. - Young Hunter will probably replace Joe DeMaestri at short for KC. This will be an improvement both at bat and in the field. Many baseball men feel Hunter could develop into one of the league's better men. There was no room for him playing behind Gil McDougald. Noren, who was injured much of last season, still hasn't signed his 1957 contract and announced last week that he may give up baseball if he can't get as muqh money as he received last year. Graff was on the Denver roster and stands only an outside chance of sticking with the Athletics. From here it looks like no matter who benefits from the trade the Yankees will probably end up on top again this year. However, the A's should improve their standing of last season. place with an even 20 average. Thompson has played in nine games. Missouri and Joe King of Okla homa, third and fourth respectively last week, dropped to sixth and seventh. Smith has 17.6 and King 16.4. Bill Ross of Missouri had the fifth best average, an 18.2, up two-tenths from a week ago. Cornhuskers, Rex Ekwall and Gary Reimers are ninth and tenth respectively in total points. Ek wall is carrying a 14.1 average per game totaling 113 points while Reimers has a 14.0 average and 112 markers. These statistics are based on eight conference games As teams, Kansas State and Kan sas are setting the league scoring pace. The Jayhawks are averaging 68.8 a game, 13 more than their opponents. The Wildcats are scoring at a 68.6 clip, 13.8 points more than their fores. These two teams appear to be gaining momentum as they head for their March 6 meeting at Manhattan. The closeness of the KU-KS riv alry can be pointed up in this manner: Kansas has scored six more goals from the field than the Wildcats have, and Kansas State has eleven more free throws than the Jayhawks. Kansas has increased its free, throw percentage from .594 to .623 Kasas State from .88 to .699. The Wildcats thus replace Missouri as the hottest free-throwing team in the league. The Tigers slipped from ,710 at the charity line to .685. Other team scoring averages: Iowa State 61.4 and Missouri 66.2 in nine games; Colorado 62.6, Ne braska 59.6, and Oklahoma 57.0 in eight games. Kansas has a non-conference game Thursday with Oklahoma A & M at Stillwater. League ac tion Saturday night finds Iowa State at Kansas State, Nebraska at Kansas, and Colorado at Missouri. Two Days Left For l-M Balloting Selections for the all-intramural cage team will be released soon by the Nebraskan Sport Staff. In compliance with this time-con suming job of tabulating all of the votes, we wish to remind all intra mural basketball team managers that the ballots for the Intramural All-Star club are to be sent in by Wednesday noon. Any ballots received after this time will not be considered in the computing of the team. All intramural managers should remember that they are to submit a ballot with their choices if a member of their own squad is to be recognized in the, final tabula tion of the ballots. If a manager does not return a ballot, no player on his team will be represented even if one of his players does re ceive All-Star votes. Please abide by the rules of the ballot if you wish to be recognized. Dally Nebraskan Sports Danny Hedge, Oklahoma's champion 177 lb. wrestler has chalked up some very enveable records. He has not lost a col legiate match, his record being 38-0, and has pinned 29 of these men, the last sixteen in succes sion. He has thrown his last six opponents in a total of 9 minutes, 19 seconds. Gacusana, Converse Star: Links Win Sfafe Swimming Title; Boys Town, Hastings Hunnerups Lincoln High won the State High School Swimming meet at the Activities Building pool, Sat urday. Enroute to their victory, the Links set four new records and won five of nine races. Trailing going into the relay events, Lincoln High swept both the 200 yd. medley relay and the 200 yd. free style relay events in record time to finish with 64 points. Boys Town and Hastings ' ' It lvV Courtesy Lincoln Star Ken Pollard . . . Corniiusker Pole Vaulter wilt challenge Jay hawk ace Dave Tarns at the Big Seven Track Meet in Kansas City Friday and Saturday. Tarns recently became the first 14 foot pole vaulter in Kansas Univer sity history. Pollard has done 13 feet for Nebraska and under the pressure of Tarn's competition may be able to do 14 feet. trailed with 51 and 41 points re spectively. Leading the Links attack were Joe Gacusana and Larry Con verse. Gacusana broke his o w n state record of :24.6. Converse broke his record of :55.7 in the 100 yds. freestyle by swimming to a : 54.3 in the preliminaries. He came back and won the event in :54.7 which also shattered last years record. V Courtesy Sondiiy Journal and Star Link swimmer Gacusana . . future U taker? Two surprise efforts by Lincoln High men gave the Links all im portant points. Roger Corn upset Jack Fair of Omaha Tech in the 100 yd. backstroke. Fair was the defending champion and had led all qualifiers earlier in the day with a 1:08 clocking. Corn won the event in 1:09. Tom Morrissey surprised by coming in second to Converse in the 100 yd. freestyle. This second place finish enabled Lincoln to go ahead at the halfway point. The Links still needed a strong finish to come out on top. Their 200 yd. medley relay team com posed of Jack Houchen, Vance Zuerlein, Joe Gacusana and Jim Pickett shattered the old record of 2:03.4 set in 1956 by Lincoln High by swimming a fleet 1:58.4. The 200 yd. freestyle relay team composed of Tom Morrissey, Lar ry Haack, John Usher and Larry Converse won in record time of 1:41 which beat the old" mark of 1:43.6 set by Omaha Tech in 1938. Bill Champlin of Hastings set a record in the 150 individual med ley. He swam the distance in 1:38.9 bettering his own mark of 1:41 J set last -year. Earlier, Champlin lost his. 200 yd. free style championship to Bob Ander son of Boy's Town but gained re venge by beating him in the 150 yd. medley. Hastings also had its share of honors producing the one two fin ishers in the 100 yd. breaststroke. Bill Fowels won the event with teammate Roger Holthaus, last years champion inches Jbehind him. Fowels, who is only a fresh man iwarn the event in 1:04.6. only eight tenths cf a second off the state record. The diving event was won by Jim Frank of Lincoln Southeast with a total of 193 points. Mike O shorn of Omaha Tech finished second with 1594 point. , Conference Statistics School Iowa State 9 Opponents 9 Kansas State 8 Opponents Colorado 8 Opponents Kansas 8 Opponents Missouri 9 Opponents Nebraska 8 Opponents Oklahoma 8 Opponents Field Free F.I. F.I. Personal Tot Ave. Per Goals Throwf Missed Made Foals Points Game 180 193 93 .675 175 553 61.4 174 197 100 .663 172 545 60.6 184 181 78 .699 130 549 68.6 150 138 77 .642 152 438 54.8 154 193 94 .672 170 501 62.6 158 130 78 .625 170 446 55.8 190 170 103 .623 127 550 68.8 158 130 78 .625 170 446 55.8 188 220 101 .685 186 596 66.2 214 207 105 .663 187 635 70.6 167 143 78 .647 142 477 59.6 176 172 75 .696 133 524 65.5 158 140 84 .625 187 456 57.0 173 220 87 .694 136 566 70.8 LEADING SCORERS Name School Chamberlain, Kansas ....... 55 70 55 .560 22 Thompson, Iowa State 65 50 20 .714 22 Parr, K-State 60 29 21 .580 28 Boozer, K-State 41 66 22 .750 26 Ross, Missouri 63 38 26 .594 29 Smith, Missouri 47 64 14 .821 24 Schwall, Oklahoma 50 38 20 .655 28 King, Oklahoma 49 33 22 .600 28 Ekwall, Nebraska 39 35 13 .729 24 Reimers, Nebraska ... 40 32 11 .744 15 Elstun, Kansas 37 32 17 653 20 Loneski, Kansas 27 23 8 .742 9 Cadle, Colorado 26 40 16 .714 26 Crawford, Iowa State 28 45 27 .625 31 Siebert, Missouri 40 19 10 .655 23 180 180 149 148 164 158 138 131 113 112 106 77 92 101 99 22.5 20.0 18.6 18.5 18.2 17.6 17.3 16.4 14.1 14.0 13.3 12.8 1L5 11.2 11.0 Busy Week For Huskers, Four Husker Varsity teams will see action this week. The swim ming team will entertain Fort Hays Kansas at 4:00 Friday and Kansas U at 3:00 Saturday at the Coliseum. The track team will travel to Kansas City for the Big Seven indoor meet to be held Fri day and Saturday. They will try to better their last place finish of a year ago. The gymnastics team will at tend the all college invitational at Manhattan, Ka. RENTALS SALES SERVICE BLOOM TYPEWRITER 223 N. 13th 2-5258 EXCHANGE Use Nebraskan Want Ads Want Ads Bring Results HENRY FOPclXfe n" - I VERA MILES 1 U : ! I in ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S I ; I HOW PRACTICAL IS MOONLIGHT? The bookworm said, "A moonlight night Is apt to be a worthwhile sight. But after you're through with it What can you do with or WlCJtAU Plenty, chum! Open up your libido and let in some moonlight. Take your pleasure , ,; BIG . . . smoke Chesterfield King. With that big size and that tig taste . . . it's the smoothed tasting smoke today 'cause it's packed more smoothly by ACCORAY. Uk yowr pleasure EIGt A Chesterfield King bcu IvfytWng I $50 for tnck phitonphUxi verm aiprpUi for piMl eatkM. ChaiafMd, fX. Box 21, Utm Ymk . N. T. CUvtil Mjgr C&lgArettes : Missouri, Kansas Favored: Uuskers Darhhorse Choke if Seven Track Kleef MB By STAN WIDMAN Staff Sports writer Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska have been placed in the favorite roles for the Big Seven Indoor Track Meet to be held in Kansas City this Friday and Saturday. The Cornhuskers will place their main hopes in the flying feet of Keith Gardner, winner of twelve races this season. His victories in the 60 yd. high and low hurdles and the 60 yd. dash have produced several meet records and has cast him as the man to beat in these races. He is expected to get all the trouble he can handle from Missouri's John Mclntyre who ran the high hurdle event in :7.4 against Kansas, and Gene O'Con nor last years Big Seven champion from Kansas State. Henry Wiebe, Missouri's top dash man will be pushing Gardner in the 60 yd. dash. Bill Hawkins stands a good chance of scoring high in the broad jump. His top effort this season compares very favorably with the rest of the conference broad jump ers. Bob Elwood, who has won the mile twice and two mile four times, should provide the Huskers with more needed points. Favored along with Elwood are Tom Rodda, Kansas State miler, Pete Orr and Jim Sanders of Mis souri and Dick Dudley of Okla homa. Jan Howell of Kansas has the best time in the mile to date, 4:10.2. Another Husker who should get into the scoring act is Ken Pollard, thirteen foot pole vaulter. Kansas University's Dave Tarns is favored in the event having gone over 14 feet this year, in a meet against Chicago. Dale Knotek and Larry Gaus- man are also expected to score in the meet. Both have gone over 6.4" ia the high jump this year. Larry Frisbie and Bob Cannon, both of Kansas U. are expected to give them trouble as both have gone over 6'6" in dual compe tition this season. Kansas, another favorite, will re lay on such men as Al Oerter and : Lowell Janzen. Oerter who placed first at the Olympics in the discus will be the overwhelming favorite. He has gone over, 54 feet several times. Janzen has done the 850 . in under 1:57 and will he the fa vorite in that event. Missouri's Pete Orr will be the favorite in the 440. He hasnt lost in this distance this year and was last year's champion. He also ., is a crack miler. 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