Tuesday, April 4, 1961
The Pink Rag
Poge I-
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om Named Athletic Director
Ping Pong Coach
Moves Up at NU
Reddy Predicts New Frontier
For Athletics at Nebraska
Reddy "The Kid" Roundbottom has been named to the
post of athletic director at Nebraska by the Board of Regents.
The announcement came on Good Friday amid tearful
cheers of joy. He is replacing Big Bill Errorwig who took an
extended leave of absence shortly after receiving the annual
press award as "The Biggest Sport of the Year."
' Roundbottom, a graduate of
Dumb College, was named to
the post on the basis of his
past experience and his pro
gressive views on college ath
letics. Reddy has been coach of
the table tennis team for the
past 10 years and has been
connected with the intermural
program for as long as any
one cares to remember.
Roundbottom's record in the
win-loss column is not im
pressive the first few times
you look at it and the next
few glances makes it look
even worse.
One of Setbacks -
His team finished 8th in the
Big Eight ping pong tourna
ment last year without scor
ing a point. This, however, is
just one of the many setbacks
which has made him great,
and has given him a philos
ophy that is cherished by all
who know him.
"It's not whether you win
or lose, but if you have a
good time," he says.
Reddy continues, "I have
always tried to instill in my
boys the spirit of losing grace
fully. This is something that
1 could not carry on without
and I feel that passing this
philosophy on to all the young
men I come in contact with
is one of my greater accom
plishments." Reviewing the records we
were inclined to agree with
the new athletic director
his boys had to be good los
ers. Reddy is known in some
circles as one of the most
progressive minded coaches
in the nation. I asked him for
a prognostication of the trend
bl college athletics.
After thumbing through his
Webster Vest-Pocket he said,
i prognosticate a gradual
decrease and eventually the
abolishment of the brutal
f ports and a trend toward
more friendly games, it is be
cause of this that my experi
ence in intermurals will be a
great benefit."
Reddy Cited
Roundbottom, who is giving
up his nook after a long
Nebraska Officials
Surprised by Move
Most in Athletic Department
Not Happy with AD Choice
Most of Nebraska's athletic coaches and officials were
stremely surprised and some were even a little bitter at the
appointment of Red Roundbottom as athletic director.
. Mother Klink, assistant to former director Bill Errorwig
ind present concessions manager said, "Maybe he will do a
:wd job, but I doubt if he will
He is too radical and I
eel that I would have been
men better able to handle
e position, since I am noted
br my ability to remain
'col, calm and collected un
i'?r any situation.' '
Husker football coach Nil
Winnings expressed fear that
. jme money would be taken
ay from his department by
. le new athletic boss.
"Everyone knows that he
'as been unsuccessful as a
mnis coach and that he
Hames his losses on the fact
fiat we get most of the schol
arship money while his poor
boys get only a meager share,
said Winnings. "If he takes
away some of our money we
may lose a couple of boys out
of the 90 that we have on
scholarships.
"The thing that worries me
"le most about this is that
be gives more money to
. iher sports and they start
- inning, then people will ex-
ect me to produce a win-
pr and I will be in real trou
i !e then.
"That is the main reason
fiat we have been spending
co much money. Because as
ig as we can keep the oth
er coaches here from getting
. and producing a winner,
the people in the state won't
st too unhappy if we don't
.ave a winning football
Swimming coach Rickey
Noclass was happy over the
rppointment of Roundbottom.
i was glad to see my room
mate here in the PE Building
' et the job. Now that he's in
the big chair maybe I can
I a little money for my
swimming team.
. "With just about $1.25 more
reign as intermural director,
was cited for raising the pro
gram to its present level of
excellence.
Some of the intermural
managers even invited him to
a necktie party, but Round
bottom was called out of town
at the last minute and the
party had to be called off.
Freddie Fratrat, intermural
manager for Phi PI Phew,
said, "We are sorry that
Reddy couldn't make it to the
party, but we are planning
another and we'll keep trying
until he is able to attend one.
We want to express our feel
ings for all that he has done
to as in intermurals."
Speaking of the intermural
program, Reddy says, "I was
very happy to work with the
intermural program because
it is very dear to me. It is
inspiring to see the young
men competing so fiercely in
such fine sports as badminton
and horseshoes sports that
I feel will one day dominate
college athletics."
The new athletic director
has released no immediate
program, but his moving and
historic acceptance speech
gave us many of his ideas.
New Frontier
He said, "I feel we are on
the edge of a new frontier
in college athletics, an era
full of challenges which will
be difficult, but can be over
come with my leadership and
a lot of hard work." '
Reddy has one major plan
which he is working on and
which he feels, "... will
stimulate more interest and
will be a major step in rais
ing the quality of college ath
letics." He plans to submit a re
vised program for raising the
minimum wage to $1.25 an
hour for athletes. He feels
that inflation has taken the
bottom out of athletes salar
ies. In introducing the proposal
he said, "If we are going to
keep the top men here we are
going to have to show them
in some small way that we
appreciate and love them."
be able to stand the pressure.
I could have a winner. But
there is another reason I am
glad he got the job.
"Don't print this, but I am
glad to see him leave this
office. Yon see, he had bad
breath and I bad to fumi
gate the office' every morn
ing when I came to work or
I wouldn't have been able to
stand it."
Nowins Bushbeater, head
basketball coach, was dis
mayed at Bill Errorwig's leav
ing and refused to comment
on the new director.
"I was real sorry to see my
good friend leave the cam
pus, but I guess you have to
go some time," Bushbeater
said.
"He really stood behind me
(he was way behind) during
my terrible seasons and I
just hope that Reddy has the
same patience with me that
Errowwig had. Big Billy was
just like a father to me and
when 1 needed someone to
comfort me he was always
right there."
Revine Honored
By Bennies Gang
Dank Revine, Husker track
coach, was presented a set
of platinum track utensils as
an honorarium by the Benze
drine foundation in their an
nual awards.
The utensils included jave
lin, shot, baton, hurdle, end
cinder all of Platinum. In ad
dition to these small tokens,
the Benzedrine corporation
gave coach Revine a pair of
Vicuna shorts.
Errorwig Takes Over IM Program
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TALUON
Talljon
Chooses
Huskers
Versatile Star
Is AlLMelvin
Whoopee Talljon, all-Melvin
tennis great, has announced
that he will play 'on some
Husker athletic squad.
The tall, versatile, ail-all-all-
athlete will be forced to pick
between tennis, basketball,
football and baseball when he
gets to the Nebraska campus
All the Husker coaches,
Nowin Bushbeater, Nil Win
nings, Dank Revine, Tony
Twinkletoes and new athletic
director Red Roundbottom
are engaging in fisticuffs over
the newfound precocious, also
rather smart all-all-all-star.
Roundbottom commented
that although the tall, versa
tile athlete was a star in foot
ball, basketball, tennis, and
baseball at Melvin, he might
have difficulties making the
Husker squads.
"It isn't noticeable in the
picture, but Whoopee's right
arm is trie only with an elbow
and it had to sacrifice nearly
half a foot of arm length and
nine toes for the privilege.
You can t see it, but Tall
ion has to jump to hit the
serve pictured," Reddy con
tinued.
NU Shooter
Is Booted
Herman Hotshot was boot
ed from the Nebraska rifle
squad Monday, rifle team
coach Floorsluff announced to
the Daily Worker.
"Hotshot has been traveling
with the squad but has not
been one of the consistent high
scorers, said Floorshuff.
"I didn t want to relieve
him of his rifle responsibil
ities, but the incident during
yesterday's range action
forced me to take action, con
tinued the coach.
The incident Floorsluff
Spoke of occurred when Floor
sluff ordered Hotshot off the
ranee after consistanly low
shooting."
Hotshot glared at Floorsluff
and preceded to challenge
the coach to shoot any high
er.
"The challenge wasn't the
bad thing and for that mat
ter, it wasn't so bad when he
shot all the buttons off my
new shorts, said Floorsluff
"It was the fact that he was
standing on the range, the wax
you know.
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NU Plans
0ensive
Changes
Nebraska football fans can
expect to see more Offense
from the Husker team next
fall, Coach Nil Winnings said
Monday as spring practice be
gan for the NU gridders.
The mam reason fans will
see more offense is that the
Huskers will be using anoth
er down this year before punt
ing. Faithful fans who have
had the stamina to watch the
dismal Huskers in past years
will remember that Nebras
ka always punted on third
down.
The Husker coach cleared
up this phenomena Monday.
The reason we have been
punting on third down is be
cause I thought the rules al
lowed only three downs.
"I had a dream one night
that the rules makers changed
the rules when I came to Ne
braska and gave a team only
three downs. That is why we
have always punted on third
down."
When asked why he hadn't
noticed that other teams nev
er punted on the third down,
Winnings replied, "If you will
remember I always keep my
head down and thus I never
see what is going on out
there."
Winnings also hinted that
the Huskers may pass more
next year. "If we get good
field position, well pass," he
said. "We've never had good
field position for passing since
came here and the fans
don't understand that yon can
get in trouble without good
field position."
When asked what he meant
by good field position, win
nmgs said, I consider good
field position anywhere with
in 15 yards of the opposing
goal line
"Of course until we get that
close to a touchdown we will
have to continue to rely on
our two yards up the middle
and a cloud of dust offense."
The NU mentor also said
he plans to use Lightning
Thunder at halfback instead
of at fullback. "We are doing
this because he will be able
to hit the line at an angle
now instead of running into
it straight on.
"As any good engineer
knows there is less danger of
breaking something if two ob
jects collide at an angle than
if they run headon. This new
angle will save wear and tear
on poor Lightning's neck and
he may even be able to walk
around with his head above
his shoulders rather than be
tween them."
Winnings also has a plan
for making a little extra
spending money. He is manu
facturing Lightning and inun
der dolls which will go on the
market soon.
When the dolls are wound
up they are guaranteed to run j
straight into the nearest wall
with their head down. The
dolls will be available at most
department stores and the
dolls are guaranteed to stand
up under any pressure.
Sam and Tank
To Lead Alums
All-Sports day fans will see
Slam Bam Sam and Tank
Trackback in the All-Sports
spring, the athletic director's
office announced today.
Sam and Trackback have
been stalwards on the alum
squad for the past decade.
Sam is noted for his ability
to roll up into a ball of fluff
and become almost invisible
behind the posterior of his
mighty center. His versatile,
running, passing, kicking at
tack led the alums to a good
after-game cigar feast last
year.
Trackback, mighty tackle
for the Huskers, was judged
last season's outstanding ball
receiver in Alum play. Track
back is also noted for his
punt blocking prowess.
Farmhands to Host
Plucking Good Time
Farmhands have announced
that they will sponsor a chick
en plucking contest next week
in the intermural annual
hoopla of fun games.
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Charlie Brown Named
Athlete of The Week
For the week of March 27
to April 4 Charlie Brown has
been named the Daily Work
er's Athlete of the Week.
The great sports figure
Brown, throughout his long
career at Nebraska, has ma
jored in physical education.
His great hope is to be a tid
dley wink coach.
Throughout his six years in
college he has won stupen
dous honors in this major
sport. As a freshman he won
the Juliet Low Girl Scout Tro
phy for winning the National
Tiddley Wink Tournament
held on the Memorial Stadium
Field.
Brown was the hero of that
tournament for finding three
long lost tiddley winks.
In his sophomore year in
the Tiddley Wink champion
ship of 1957 he came from
nowhere to win the tourna
ment amid the tumult of
shouts from his screeching
supporters.
From this day on he was
known as "The Big Man on
Campus." "The Man" is very
modest, but throughout h i s
fantastic career he has had
BLAST-OFF THAT PAYS OFF. Roy Woodle, Convair Flight
Engineer, supervises an Air Force Atlas Satellite Launch that
will relay information from outer space to increase knowledge
of the earth and aid weather forecasting and communica
tions. This brilliant, young space engineer smokes Camels.
He says they're the only cigarettes that give him real satis
faction every time he lights up.
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CHARLIE
the support of the beautiful
University coeds.
Some of the honors he has
received are the marathon
trophy for 25 straight hours
of snapping his fingers, the
most points accumulated in his
six years of college 1,000,
and his most outstanding
achievement was the winning
of the Benedict Arnold Tro
phy for good sportsmanship
Now, all you red-blooded
University students know why
we of the Daily Worker have
awarded the Athlete of t h e
week award to Charlie
Brown.
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Former Athletic Director
Resigns Indiana Position
Bill Errorwig announced yesterday that he would quit
his new athletic directorship at Indiana and assume the in
termural management responsibilities at Nebraska.
The IM director spot was vacated when Reddy Round
bottom took over the Husker athletic director post.
I've always had my eye
on the intermural post, but
1 never realized that the pro
ficient and masterly man who
has made it what it is would
ever be named to the athletic
director's job," said Error
wig; "When Roundbottom desert
ed the Husker intermural post
for my old job, the field was
clear and I realized that if I
was ever to break into the
realms of IMdom that Husker
ville would be the ideal place
to start," continued Error
wig. When asked about plans for
the IM spot, Errorwig com
mented, "I plan to continue
in the shadow of Reddy, but
I believe that intermural ac
tivity should be further ex
ploited and its full benefits
enjoyed.
1 also plan to set up a
more stringent program. Vio
lations of IM rules will now
be searched down rather than
stumbled across. I am dedi
cated to the fact that certain
organizations have been pull
ing shinanagins on Reddy and
he has let them get by too
easily.
"To bring about this new
spirit of good clean fun, I am
going to renovate the present
intermural rules system. This
will include using first, middle
and last names and finger
prints to identify the inter
mural participants.
"I am also going to rec
commend that every IM man
ager put up a $10,000 bond.
This new addition to the
"Let's make intermurals big"
program was brought to my
attention by the recent mis
use of badminton birds and
undue horseshoe wear.
Under Bill's new plan it
will be imperative that every
one brush his teeth with Pol
gate, gargle Misterine and
chew gum in the presence of
the IM director. "Bad breath
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detracts so from the clean
competitive atmosphere of in
termural play," states Error
wig. A five-year plan has been
set up by the new director.
"The plan will eventually
lead to the discontinuation of
intercollegiate athletics which
have become commercialized,
brutish outlets of personal
grievances against Nebras
ka," continued the new IM
head.
Errorwig also believes that
the new five-year plan will do
away with the spirit problem
now experienced.
I mention spirit becausa
of the tumultous approval tha
six in a row porkers got as
they won this year's IM title.
There were more peopl
watching the final game than
have turned out for any twfr
Husker games this year," said
Bill.
Keglers Try
For Strikes
The Nebraska bowling team
will travel this week to Laws
ence Kans. to compete in fet
national bowling roll offs.
This year's roll offs will ba
judged not on total score but
on the number of strikes hi
a row.
Roll-off director Burr
Whine commented that Vxi.
new style of competition
should prove to be a nighrr
competitive method of bowl
ing.
"Another feature of this
type of tournament is the fact
that we can get natic "l cov
erage and three spons The
proceeds zrcrrn uus lut&tu.
make the trip a little easier
for the under-scholarshipea'
athletes," continued Whine.
"Aid to bowlers long has
been a sore spot," he con
cluded. -
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