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Friday, Mav 23, 1958 The Dailv Nebraskon Pooe 7 1 Gardner Named 'Nebraskan' Outstanding Athlete Of Year r . t I x 1 III f If 'f f JIM f m W tf Gardner: An Athlete In Action Keith Gardner, the Jamai can speedster who has found a home in the hearts of many a Nebraskan, has been chosen as the Athlete-of-the-Y ear by the sports staff of the Daily Nebraskan. Keith has won the award not only because of his world record breaking track performances, but also because he has probably done more than any other one ath lete toward restoring pride to the Nebraska sports scene. Gardner, recently dubbed the Carribcan Comet, has set records on the track both outdoors and indoors. This past winter he set two world records indoors only to have one of them topped the very next day. At the Chicago Daily News Relays Gardner ran the 60-yard high hurdles in 7.1 breaking the old rec ord he had set by a tenth of a second. In the finals he ran them in an identical time only to be beaten by a half step and a tenth of a sec ond. He holds the world's rec ord in the low s w ith a time of 6.7 on both a dirt and a board track. He has been one tenth of a second over the world's record in the 60-yard dash tw ice w ith timings of 6.1. Gardner is even more ver sitile outdoors. He ran the 100-yard dash on a wet track in 9.6. He has a relays 120 yard high hurdle time of 13.6. which is equal to the world mark and high hurdle time off the blocks in 13.9, the best in the ration this year. He also, has another best in the nation in the 220 yard dash. Last; week at the Big Eight out-( door carnival. Gardner flew; Cook, who was Daily Nebras over the furlong course in,kan sports editor in 19545. 20.4, a new conference rec-: Previous winners have been ord. Keith even went farther ! Bruce Riley, outstanding gym w hen he ran the quarter mile nast in 1954-55, and Rex Ek two weeks ago in 46.6, the wall, all-conference basket fastest 440 ever run on the 'bailer in 1956-57. There was Memorial Stadium track. He ' no award given in 1955-56. had previously run the quar-1 1 Other nominees this year in ter in 45.5 w hile running a i eluded Gary Reimers. Wilson leg on the sprint me&ey relay Fitzpatriek, Jim Kubacki, team. The Athlete of the Year award was started by Bob rr Dan Brand, Jim Kane, Dwight Siebler, Jerry Brown, Bill North, and George Fisk.. 1 i 7m n I JUL JX.JL..K.. lAXflTnmLirt' : -4 J jfa M ft 1'' j S t ' ,"1 Photo ljy l,ymHii Cass, KAM . . . Out of the Blocks f -10 - i . i, 5 tC V 4fe Coliseum Beat by george moyer Whew! It is an over. Definitely all over at last. No more deadlines, no more pounding a beat, no more fighting the copy desk for my bottle of paste. (Fie on you Diana Maxwell) Seriously, it has been a great privilege and an honor to serve the Daily Nebraskan and the students of the University as sports editor this semester. With that statement for a lead, I can get around to the usual acknowledgment and thank you's. They are well de served and the people who are getting them have done a "wonderful job for me this semester. First off, there are my reporters: Randall Lambert, Elmer Krai, Larry Novicki, Ken Pocras an'? Carry Laup heimer (I hope we spelled that right for once). IVany's the time when the sight of one of their teaming faces has gladdened my weary typewriter fingers. (Typewriter fingers is the atomic age version of writers cramp.) They have done a good job and I hope they will all be back next fall to give my successor a boost. Then there are my friends in the advertising department. Often, when 1 was faced with a positive dirth of ideas and a monstrous news hole, Stan Kaiman, Tom Neff or Bob Smidt would bound into the sports cubbyhole with the cheering words, "Hey, you want a Gold's three by ten?" Of course, the darn thing turned out to be a three by 12" just as often as not and then there would be much cursing among the printers fit the Journal. Also, just as often as not. the business side would put their ads in there whether they told me or not, totaling up to more confusion. Nevertheless thanks anyway, men. Nothing I say about the business side would be complete without mentioning their worthy leader, Jerry Sellentin. Jerry and 1 scrapped constantly about discounts and over time, but, thanks to him, the sports page was well enough or ganized so thai it didn't collapse in complete confusion about thi; middle of the semester. Thanks Jerry. Another well deserved thank you goes to the copy editors, i Bless their confused little hearts.) It is a tough job, slinging together a page that has as little meaning for most of our copy editors (the distaff side) as a book of Greek, but they have done a fine job. Last of all, come my peerless leaders, Mack Lundstrom and Dick Shugrue. It has been a real pleasure to work under those worthies this semester. And of course there are the coaches and the athletes themselves who made this a great semester to write about. How About ISext Year? Speaking of the coaches and players reminds that I meant to say a few words about prospects for next year. The foot ball scene appears to be coming into hand. Coach Bill Jen rings and his men appeared to be a much better squad throughout spring practice this year, and the enthusiasm and willingness to work point to at least an improvement over this year's dismal season. The trouble is that, with Nebraska's schedule, the Husk ers will have a hard time making their improvement show in the win column. The schedule opens with Penn State here in September and from there on there is. no letup. Another fall sport that receives little attention but should be a good one for Nebraska is cross country. Joe Mullins, Mike Fleming and Knolly Barnes return to lead the way for coach Frank Sevigne. The Hunkers will be shooting for the conference championship' and stand a good chance of ' coming through. Race Track The mention of the Madison County Agricultural Society recalled to me that the horse racing season in Nebraska has already opened. Grand Island is through, having had a highly successful spring meeting. Ak-Sar-Ben track in Omaha has now taken over and indications are that the state's largest track will have another record year. Interest in the ponies in Nebraska is phenomenal. And that interest is good for the state as a whole. Nebraska law governing horse racing provides that no track can make a profit. All the money left over after salar ies are paid and improvements in the physical plant are made mut be put to some charitable use. Most of the money goes to support the county fairs and 4-H shows around the state. E. J. Moyer, secretary of the Nebraska Racing Commission, estimates that the county fair in Nebraska would quickly have become a thing of the past had it not been for the support gained from the nags. So the next time you drne a few sheckles on the ponies, remember it's for a worthy cause. (Now isn't that salve to your soul?) ::- GiiwiiiiiiTriitii'ifiifiiiti(Mi.iiiiii)i'iiiiiiiwi miiii i i in mw f -wi 1 1 -whtt ri mi i mi m am ainw n i im , ip i m w i wwiwn 1 1 it tiimbi r i i u narrcrn nwirtiiiin ""iiur"; .r"" "Av -y- vww- -irrmjj i1 i ....i ' ' ...:!. : : " . j -1 : ) I TT ; r . f i.....i,i.- -- -r- -mr- -rr - i .1 iim .mi - urn nr L, Over the Barriers Freshman Talent Boosts NU Young Diamond Stars To Help Varsity Bv Larry Novicki Staff Sports Writer After the season's "baseball final this weekend, coach Tony Sharpe will be faced with somewhat of a problem. He will be watching five of his starters play their last games as Cornhuskers. All of these five starters arej among the top eight on the Husker batting list. Three of them, Gary Reimers, Larry Lewis and Gene Torczon, make up the outfield. Jim Kane, all conference catcher, will be catching his last game after a three-year stretch as Scarlet backstop. Al Karle will bow out of his second base po&' 'on. Although things may not seem too bright when one looks at who is going, they take on a slightly different light when one glances over the roster of the freshmen w ho w ill be coming up. There are three fine candi dates bidding for the vacated catching spot. With both Kane and his understudy Milen Shaw gone, Ely Church ich of Omaha, Sayior Smith of Lyons, and Earl Oltman of Lincoln will be the frosh who will fill in at that import ant position. Churchich played on Omaha Storz' state cham pion American Legion team when he was a sophomore in high school, and he lettered for four years on the Omaha North high school team. He is also contending for a line position on Bill Jennings' foot ball squad. Smith caught for the Ere mont Legion team. He is son of a famous Nebraska semi pro catcher, Milo Smith. Olt man played on the Lincoln Optimist team that advanced ! to the final game of the na-! tional American Legion base-! ball tourney three years ago Loaded With Infielders Again this year the fresh man team is loaded with in-: fielders and short of out fielders. Since most of the regular infielders will be re turning from this year's varsity squad, some position changes will have to be made to fill the three big holes that will be left in the outfield. Dick Becher of Hastings, who is now playing third base for the frosh, may move to the outfield next season. He played on Hastings' national regional championship team in the 1956 American Legion tourney. Larry Isaacson of Lexing ton, a transfer student from Kearney State, has been show ing up quite well in the out field and will be a prime can didate for one of the empty spots in next year's outfield. Vogel Playing Well Another transfer student, Don Vogel of Omaha, has been playing good ball on the in field, but may well be switched also. Other outfield candidates are: Tom Kutilek, a converted first sacker from Creighton Prep; Wayne Min kus, also of Omaha, Gail Pe terson of Newman Grove; and Elmer Wralin of Lincoln. Peterson and Walin have both had pitching experience. Among the top infield bid ders is Dave Murakami, a pint-sized Hawaiian who re ceived high praise from Coach Sharpe. He is quick and ure with a glove, fast on his feet, and he has a good batting eye. While he was still in high school in Haw aii he was chos en to play with a team of all stars that toured Japan. Orvis Larsen, who played on Central City's two-time state champ class B ball team, can play first and pitch. An other first sacker is Jim Wahl of Bradshaw. He played for York in the semi-pro Corn husker league last summer. Bill Fitzgerald of Fullerton, Jimmy Fox of Lincoln, Jerry .Harris of Kearney, Bob Lee of Omaha. Gerry McGill of Wisner and Sidney Strohs of Scribner round out the list of infielders. In addition to Peterson, Walin and Larsen, the pitch ing staff includes Neil Pocock of Ord and Dick Welch of Lin coln. Welch also played on the Optimist's team that won the state, regional, and area American Legion titles. Eligibility No Trohlem Problems of eligibility won't be too acute with this year's frosh squad. Several of the players are taking difficult engineering and science cours es and are getting good marks. Hairis was a winner of a Na tional Elk's Scholarship award. Larsen and Becher are both top students, and Stroh was honored at the an nual Honors Convocation this spring. Championships The Midwest Soccer League championship will be at stake this Sunday afternoon as the University of Nebraska Soccer Club takes the field against the defending champs, Lithu ania of Omaha. Lithuanica will be after its second straight crown and will be shooting for its second un defeated season. The Husker team has been beaten once in five outings. The starting eleven for Ne braska will be: Steve Geor gou, Martin Carrancedo, Steve Takasa, Bob Bone, Les Heat cote, Ron Korsakas, Al Arre gunaga, Martin Bowden, Man sour Danashre, Christensen Vagn and Larry Persed. i 'vlviL. v.?. X . -'tx ! ;-' J " ' ' Sill 9 and Across the line Oncig Reveals Football Slates Football schedules for the 1961 and 1962 seasons have been completed with the ex ception of one game in the 1962 schedule, according to athletic director, BiH Orwig. North Dakota, Arizona and Michigan plus a tenative date with the Air Force Academy are the new names on the Comhusker slate, Orwig an nounced. The schedules: 1961 fiept. 23 Korth Dakota tn Lincoln. !W -ri?nna tn Ltnontn. Oct. 1 Kens AtHte at Manhattan. 14 tivraptiftc in liincoln- 2J (kklahomii Ataie at Stillwater. 3K MmKouri lit Columbia. Tim. 4 1ianta ic Lincoln. 11 Iowa StHtr t Amn, 1fi ('olorano in Lincoln. 2fr Oklahoma in Lincoln. 1 902 flout. 28 iwth Tkota hi Un.-nln. 2H mirhiean at Ann Arbor. Oct. -iwn fitatc in Lincoln. 15 Air Force in Lincoln. (Tentative 2 Kaunas Hlnir in Lincoln. I!7 Colorado at Boulrtwr. iov. Jt Wlshouri In Lincoln. 10 KHnftat. at Lawrence. 1" (Htlahoma State in Lincoln.1 24 Oklahoma at Worman. Bit EiKht Conference Games. Use Nebraskan Want Ads W sell tiomndt for LESS beemiw . , , W fccrwa tt upewaH 4own town location, clerics on eonu fn anion, and tnavefo fn rcfH margins to iphold. ut, m cam vovc WMi t vnucn 7S an n HircHvaa of your cHomofMl. 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