Thursday, May 17, 1962
Page A
The Daily Nebraskan
JAe OUL fijw.
With a successful Husker weekend in baseball, the
Huskers definitely should clfmb into the first divison
; and more than likely end up In a tie for third. Just to
. show you how much one series meant, had the Huskers
swept the K.U. series, they would be right in the middle
of the pennant fight.
Grid Coach Bob Devaney's sports spectacular last
weekend showed the Husker fans something they've been
looking for the last 20 years. The past Husker football
editions were a three yard charge, a cloud of dust, and
punt. The daring and passing of this team will be some
thing to behold next fall.
It's early to say what's going to happen next year
but The Old Pro is optimistic. For the first time, it ap
pears we have a fulltime head coach who has both good
player-personnel relationships and courage to make the
' right moves. Here's the way it appears next season is
shaping up.
Oklahoma will be the team to beat in the confer
ence. With a closing rush of five straight victories last
. year and . with Bud Wilkinson at the helm, O.U. will
flash the prominence of old. I'll pick them to win the
conference next season.
- NU should close in second. The problems of the
past seem . solved and with experience and depth, the
Huskers may upset everybody and win the crown.
Colorado, although losing some outstanding stars, will
. pe near me lop aii year, a
a a a.
picK musi oe Dasea on me pro
bation and the effect it will have on the
morale of the team. Also, changing head
coaches after a near perfect season will
have some bearing on the Buffalo finish.
They still have to be rated as a dark
horse.
Kansas, losing some real stars this
year, will also be a dark horse in the
conference race. I pick them fourth on
the basis of last season's performance
but not any higher. They also will have
much to say about the outcome of the race next fall.
Iowa State has a top group of sophomores and a
rugged group of upperclassmen but inexperience will
send them down into fifth spot The Huskers of the past
give adequate proof of what happens to a sophomore de
pendant ball club. Iowa State will be tough in the early
season but the last few games again will kill Cyclone
hopes.
Missouri will lose almost everything from outstand
ing backs to their best linemen. The Tigers have been a
threat in the past but are again building for the future.
Here's a club that could fool anyone but I'm not looking
for much out of Columbia next year.
Oklahoma State will suffer again from the loss of key
personnel but retain enough experience to give anyone
trouble. The Stillwater crew is still not up to Big Eight
caliber as far as football champions go. They will defi
nitely end up in second division but how low is the ques
tion. The Old Pro will pick them second from the bottom.
Kansas State will have to wait for basketball in or
der to ainex a Big Eight crown next season. The Wild
oats won't have much to sbout about this season and the
sly place anyone can place them is the cellar. Only a
miracle could' move them much higher.
Generally speaking, the Big Eight Conference overall
will be somewhat down in outstanding talent but should
be fairly evenly matched. The real good crop of players
left this season and almost anything could happen.
The Husker rundown is probably as good as it has
ever been. The end situation appears to be well taken
care of. The team is three deep with Larry Tomlinson,
Jim Huge, Mike Eger, Larry Donovan, and Bill Comstock
showing good ability in -catching the balL
The tackle situation also looks about three teams
deep. Tyrone Robertson, Lloyd Voss, Bob Jones, Al Fish
er, and Monte Kiffin appear to be the best This has
always been one of the Huskers stronger spots.
Gary Toogood, DwaiB Carlson, John McDermott, and
John Klrby give the Huskers adequate strength at the
guards. It appears that this position has the best speed
present than at any other time for several years.
The center position is probably the weakest spot on
the team. Ron Michka and Don Stevenson are doing well
and may get help from Duncan Drum and Lyle Sittler.
Quarterback Doug Tucker may surprise everybody
and take Denny Claridge's job right away from him.
During the game last week, he seemed to call the best
sequence of plays on the field and really didn't have a kit
of breaks with penalties, which did help the Red squad,
john Faiman and Ron Gilbreath appeared ready to hand
le the position. Tucker must be tabbed as the outstanding
sophomore on the Husker squad. The only factor that
might hurt Doug is that be is. first year varsity man.
Daring the game, the Whites were doing an extreme
amount of talking in the huddle and a quarterback in
command must be the sole field general. Look for great
things from Tucker.
Bill Thortoa played his usual fine game at fallback
frith great aid from Gene Young and Noel Martin. I
leek for Martia to be used as a defensive specialist One
cf the best limebaciers, Martin could belp the Husker
squad with experience and dev&. Young looked very
good in running and oi defense.
The halfback situation is probably the best it has
been since I've seen Husker football. Dave Thiesen was
very impressive is Saturday's game; Rudy Johnson, Wil
lie Ross, Dennis Stuewe, and Warren Powers also con
tributed heavily to the overall picture. Sophomore Kent
McCloughan has speed and ability but still lacks the ag
gressiveness to be great If his attitude and blocking im
prove, the Huskers will have an additional asset to a
powerful backfield.
Overall, the Husker team has experience and desire
tins season; something definitely lacking in the past A
good deal of backing from the fans will gibe the Huskers
a .winning season next year.
Noteworthy to this occasion is the fact thatBiH
Jennings had stated ihe Husker state had very little tal
ent for football. However, I understand Bill finally found
a towa called Nebraska City in the state as weH as sev
eral ethers he forgot to visit as bead. cacn at Nebraska.
The Old Pro feels he's the best recruiter we could have
for our school at XU.
A ncte to all other sportswriters who don't like to
pick teams, try it sometime, it's fun. What's more fun is
the expert second guessers you run into m the sports
world who can always say I told you so after it's all over
with.
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DAILY JEBRflSItffl
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Bonistall Spins One Hitter
To Start Huskers on Path
Of Shutout Sweep of Buffs
By RICK AKIN
Sports Staff Writer
Ernie Bonistall, righthand
ed pitcher for the Cornhusk
ers, has been awarded the
Daily Nebraskan Star of the
Week award on the basis of
his one-hit pitching against
Colorado last weekend.
In his stint against the
Buffs, Bonistall retired the
last 19 men to face him in
the seven-inning contest. Only
one man reached first, and
that was on a first inning
single.
Bonistall's victory started
the ball rolling for two oth
er Husker moundsmen in the
three game series. Ron Have
kost and Keith Sieck followed
suit with shutouts as Nebras
ka beat the Buffs, 2-6, 2-4
and 1-0.
Thus far this season, Ernie
has been used mainly in re
lief and was many times the
unsung hero of early Husker
victories.
Ball Went Right
Commenting on his show
ing against Colorado, Bonis
tall said, "I've been a little
wild in the early part of the
season, but the ball went
where I wanted it to against
Colorado."
Hailing from Williams
ville, N.Y., Bonistall began
his baseball days by playing
Little League, Pony League
and American Legion balL
In high school, he was All
Western New York in foot
ball, basketball and basebalL
No All-State awards are giv
en. In that part of the coun
try, according to Bonistall,
"there is much more emphas
is on baseball whereas in Ne
braska the main spring sport
seems to be track."
Huge Elected N
Jim Huge was elected presi
dent of the N Club at the an
nual initiation banquet last
night at the Lincoln Hotel.
Other officers who will bead
the varsity letterman's club
for l952-'63 under Huge in
clude: Bill Thornton, vice
president; Ray Stevens, secretary-treasurer;
Phil Swaim,
public relations with Larry
Tomlinson and Vera Bauers
as sergeants of arms.
George Kelly will serve as
Tbibha&kjcuv
tipplcuid&L.
The Corn Cobs have initia
ted eleven new men and have
assigned them jobs for the
coming year.
The initiates and their jobs
are: Bill AhLscbwede, Dave
Griffin, and Larry Roo6,
H o ro e c o ming committee,
Roger Stork and Tom Ko
touc. Rallies and Shows com
mittee, Dick Weill and Bob
Mahood, Flower Sales com
mittee, Jim Conner, Card
Section committee, Dave
Smith and Jary Phillip, Pub
licity committee, and Dave
Zimmer, New Student Week
committee.
The new officers of the
Women's Residence Afsocia
tioi were elected recently.
They are: president, Ar
neDe KratocfaviL sophomore;
vice-president, Doris Mueller,
sophomore; secretary, Sandra
Ahlman, sophomore; treasur
er, Evanne Agena, freshman;
activities chairman, Vivian
High, sophomore; social, Jane
Yost, freshman; scholarship.
La Donna CoweiL frethman;
publicity, Linda Launer. f resn
mai; intramural, Karea Ault,
sophomore.
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Aquaquettes, women's syn
chronized swimming club, has
elected officers for the tam
ing semester.
Sue Elliott will serve as
president of the organization.
Other officers are Linda Lar
sen, vice president; Mary
Alice Crabill, secretary; Sue
Erickson, treasurer; Earbara
Edwards, publicity chairman, i
of the Week Award-
j Offered 39 scholarships,
"because it is very good aca
demically," on a football
scholarship under the Bill
Jennings regime.
During his freshman year
he undertook the strenuous
endeavor of going out for
three sports football, basket
ball and baseball.
Playing quarterback, Bonis
tall was red-shirted in h i s
sophomore year and in the
spring he decided to devote
his attention to baseball.
And the personable right
hander has continued his de
votion since.
Overall Team Showing
Concerning the Husker's ov
erall record of 13-10, Bonis
tall said, "There have only
been a couple of games in
which we were out of the run
ning. Otherwise, we've been
in every ball game.
"Missouri has a real fine
team with hard hitting and
good pitching and should do
w ell in the College World
Series," Bonistall said of the
league-leading Tigers, pre
suming they will win the
loop pennant. "The Big Eight
is one of the finest baseball
conferences in the country,"
Ernie added.
On Nebraska athletics Bon
istall feels that the attitude
of the Husker athletes has
become more optimistic since
he was a freshman. He also
believes that the awarding of
more baseball scholarships
would strengthen Coach
Tony Sharpe's teams consid
erably. Bonistall. a member of Sig
ma Alpha Epsilon, is in busi
ness administration specializ
ing in personnel administra
tion. Club President
the X Club faculty adviser
next year, succeeding Dick
Klaas.
Forty-one athletes were in
stated at the banquet:
AJbras. Xkmui
Anuder, JH
Anderaun. Tlr
Brown, Edbert
CHafcuL Kichart
Chtpmai. Gflvdra
Clara&e. Deiuua
Cuuk, Iave
Burly, Kendall
FvwJec WiUium
For, Km
Henry. William
uhwiun, Kudy
lama. Outri
Kiftm. Monte
Ktrby. 4uhn
Kuhn. Robert
Levy Chwhes
Mrlntrre. Jdba
Mjohka, Ran
Knnetu
XmtrwM. Thorn
Petsch. TXuvi
Puclr. Demur
Rotterl. Drae
Rood, ied
ReaK. Willie
Guzman. Thomas
Sladovnlk . Charles
Smitk. itr
Swihart. Steves
rmlmtw. Larry
Vjnoem. William
Vaafi, Lltnfl
Vrtfin. William
K era ii Awarded
Hillnian Grant
Richard Reran of Omaha
Central has been awarded
the Hillman gymnastic grant
which provides him with f 100
a year for four years, an
nounced Husker gymnastic
coach Jake Geier.
Reran was third in the all
around competition in the
last state high school meeL
Jim Howard, now a fresh
man at Nebraska, won the
first Hillman award a year
ago.
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like kindly old grandmother.
Yet she's a hardened leader of
10,000 U.S. Communists, la
this week's Post you'll meet
all the party bigwigs. And
learn why the party is stiB a
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Are First Nominees
Athlete Awards
BONISTALL Nebraskan
Star of Week.
SPORTS SLATE
Today
No events scheduled
Friday
BASEBALL Nebraska vs.
Kansas State (2) at Man
hattan. GOLF Big Eight Meet at
Colombia.
TRACK Big Eight Meet at
Lawrence.
TENNIS Big Eight Meet
at Lawrence.
Saturday
BASEBALL-Nebrasta vs.
Kansas State at Manhattan.
GOLF Big Eight Meet at
Columbia.
TRACK Big Eight Meet at
Lawrence.
TENNIS Big Eight Meet
at Lawrence.
Busli Expects
Three Prepsters
Three Nebraska prep ath
letics have announced plans
of enrollment at the Univer
sity next fall.
Bill Marshall all-state cage
choice from Grand Island, is
planning to come to Nebras
ka, said basketball coach Jer
ry Bush. Marshall is 6-3i,
weighs 212 and is in the up
per third of his class scho
lastically. Steve Carsten, of Avoca, is
6-5 and also a member of the
national Honor Society, plans
to enroll here. Bush said.
And John McPherson, who
at 6-1 ranks as Ralston's top
all-around athlete, concludes
Bush's list
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Two athletes, Don Purcell
and Bob Prokop, are the ini
tial nominees for this
year's Daily Nebraskan Out
standing Varsity and Out
standing Intramural Athlete
of the Year, respectively.
The deadline for nomina
tions is Sunday, May 20 at
12 noon. The winners will be
announced in the final issue,
May 25, and will be honored
at a luncheon in the Student
Union on that day.
The letter nominating Pur
cell, a varsity football and
baseball player, for the Out
standing Varsity award said,
"Purcell, a senior from Oma
ha, has been an outstanding
football and baseball player
for Nebraska during his un
dergraduate years.
"Elected tri-captain of the
football team in his senior
year, Purcell climaxed three
brilliant years at left end of
the Cornhusker varsity. In
merit of his fine play he was
the recipient of the Tom No
vak Trophy as the Most Val
uable Senior Football Player,
which was awarded to him
on All Sports Day, May 12,
1962.
All Big Eight
"Purcell was selected on
the All Big Eight team in his
junior year and on the sec
ond team in his sophomore
and senior years.
"Feared by opposing
squads, Purcell was on the
Oklahoma and Iowa State
All-Opponent teams and was
cited as the Outstanding Op
ponent Lineman by the mem
bers of the Iowa State squad
in his junior year.
"A member of Phi Delta
Theta, he was recognized by
the national fraternity by be
ing selected on the All-Phi
first team in his junior and
sophomore years and on the
All-Phi second team in his
senior year.
Connor Award
"He was also honored by
receiving the KLIN Ted Con
nor Award for Outstanding
Lineman in his junior year,
the Optimist Club Award for
Outstanding Lineman in his
senior year, and the Fred
Lorenz Trophy for Outstand
ing Lineman in his senior
year.
"On the baseball diamond,
Don was used mainly as a
catcher, but saw action as a
pitcher in his sophomore
year. f
"Around the campus, as
well as at the football sta
dium or baseball diamond,
Don has made his mark. He
was a Prince Kosmet fi
nalist in hi? senior year and
a member of Phi Epsilon
Kappa and "X" Club," the
letter continues.
Prokop is the first to be
nominated for the Outstanding
Intramural Athelete Award.
"Porky," as he Is com
monly called, has been
nominated for this award
two previous times and his
intramural specialties include
all sports.
He has been a member of
the Daily Nebraskan All-Intramural
basketball team for
seven consecutive years. As
player-coach, be led Kappa
. : ....WW-.
Chesterfield
King Size."
Sigma football team, catch,
er for the softball team,
a member of an all-frater-nity
championship volleyball
team, (1961), a finalist in his
flight of horseshoes, a com
petitor in badminton and a
participant in other minor
sports.
Last Year
"Since Prokop will retire
from intramural activities
this year (he is graduating in
August), I feel that we should
truthfully and sincerely hon
or this great intramural play,
er by selecting him as Out
standing Intramural Athlete
of the Year an honor that
he deserves for his contribu
tion to the University IM pro
gram." " The letter further states,
"If the Daily Nebraskan
again selects some horseshoe
champion or billiard buff as
the Intramural Athlete of the
Year, they will have made a
complete mockery of their
award. For two years now,
they have passed over the
most feared intramural ath
lete and you can name
the sport, he played them all
this campus has seen in the
last decade. They have
passed over him in favor of
men so insignificant that the
term 'lesser lights" is hard
ly apt."
Prokop, 6-7 ex-Husker var
sity basketball team mem
ber, is also well known on
campus as "The Old Pro,"
author of "The Old Pro"
sports column.
Nominations
The nominations may be
made by any student or fac
ulty member and should in
elude a letter stating the ath
lete's qualifications for re
ceiving the award.
Nomination letters should
be signed by the person mak
ing the nomination and will
become the property of the
Nebraskan.
Any or all parts of the let
ters may be reprinted by the
Daily Nebraskan.
Eight Gymnasts
Will Attend NU
Gymnastict Coach Jake
Geier has announced that
eight of the top high school
gymnastics participants have
stated that they will attend
Nebraska next fall.
Kenneth Hood, the all
around champion in the last
high school gymnastics cham
pionships, is the cream of this
year's high school crop and
definitely plans to attend Ne
braska next fall, according to
Geier. Hood win graduate
from Lincoln Northeast this
spring.
Gerald Belschner, Lincoln
Southeast, second in the side
horse and Richard Bergan,
Omaha Central, third in the
all-around competition, have
both anounced that they will
attend Nebraska in the fall.
Other place winners in
gymnastics who will enroll at
Nebraska include Micky John
son, Lincoln High; Bob 00
man, Grand Island; Allen
Armstrong, Lincoln High;
William Carne, Omaha Ben
son and George Rozmarin,
Lincoln Southeast.
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