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Nebraska's baseball team will challenge third
rated Oklahoma for the lead in the Big Eiht Confer
ence in a four-game series at Norman, Okla., Satur
day and Sunday.
The 1 lth-rated Huskers, 34-10 and 12-1 in the Big
Eight, trail 33-5 Oklahoma, which is unbeaten in the
conference with an 8-0 record: ,
"I'd rather be where we are than where they (the
other Big Eight teams) are," said Oklahoma Coach
Enos Semore. The only team we have to depend
upon is ourselves."
Semore said he expected the Sooners to be a bet
ter ball team than last season, when Oklahoma fin
ished 39-20.
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Nebraska pitcher Jeff Anderson delivers a pitch in the Iluskers' double-header sweep cf Missouri
Western Wednesday. UNL travels to Neman, Oklx. for a four-caiae weekend ssriss c-iirrt thp
Sooners beginrir.g Saturday.
"I have to say I'm happy with our progress " he
said. "We've had consistent pitching, plus weVe been
pretty effective offensively. I thought we'd improve
our defense, and we have.
"Oh, I might be surprised by 'our number three
rating; I didn't think we'd be that high."
Oklahoma lead3 the Big Eight in batting, with
eight of nine starters hitting above .300. The Soon
ers' pacesetter is outfielder Ron Leon, with a .427
average.
Pitchers Mike Santiago and Bobby Witt were first
and third, respectively, in conference earned run
average for all games played through April 9.
Semore said Nebraska's pitching staff is only a
part of the Huskers' success.
"They're doing a lot' of things to force the other
team into mistakes, like bunting and stealing."
Nebraska Coach John Sanders said the Huskers
have "a positive attitude" as they prepare for the
series.
"We all know what the series means and how itfits
in the scheme of things," Sanders said. "We like to be
in tough situations and we've been on the road in
some. We went to Hawaii, Southern Cal and Nevada
Las Vegas, and those are all tough places to play."
Semore said he is excited about the opportunity
for two nationally ranked teams to play in Norman.
"I'm hoping for good weather and a packed
house," Semore said. "This is a chance for us to play a
good team four games in a row, and this should be a
great matchup."
Nebraska' has had little success playing at Okla
homa, winning only 14 of 56 games there. Since a
split of a two-game series in 1930, Nebraska has not
played Oklahoma on its new diamond, L Dale Mit
chell Field. In 1933 the teams were rained out of a
four-game series.
Sanders said Jeff Anderson and Phil Harrison will
be the starting pitchers for Saturdays double
header, with former Omaha Crei-hton Prep team
mates Jeff Koenigsman and Chris Knust taking the
mound on Sunday.
VMy', Scoreboard
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Tae Kwon Do gains recognition
will beadclitionto 1988 Olympics
(Sportsmanship ratings in parentheses)
Soccer
Independents
America's Team (4.0) 3. LXIXERS (3.7) 2
NUMSA i (4.0) 6, Sorry, My Fault (3.7) 0
NUMSA II (3.7) 2, Blue Mooses (3.2) 0
Tigers (3.3) 1, Nacional (1.0) 0 OT
Don Ho's (4.0) 2, Pi Phi Hashers (3.6) 1
Holysmokers def. Selleck 4000 by forfeit
D.C.'s (3.6) 5, Team Italia (4.3) 0
Residence Halls
Cather Twelve B def. Harper Two B by forfeit
Cather Eleven A (4.0) 3, Abel Six A (4.0) 1
Piper Four C (3.2) 3, Abel Eight A (2.5) 0
Abel Ten B (4.5) 3. Schramm Eight B (4.0) 2 OT
WO'IEN
Gators (NR) 2, Hoskettes (NR) 1
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Co-Hec A
Norgas 9, Beta Sigma Psi 4
Abel EightSandoz Four 16, Phi Gamma DeltaChi Omega 3
The Birds 16, Ag Men 11
Sigma ChiPhi Kappa Psi 16, Schramm ThreeFour 13
Our Team 11, Delta Tau DeltaLittie Sisters 9
America's Team 23, Heppner TwoThree 5
Sigma Phi Epsilon 1 16, Flex Crush II 7
Alpha Tau Omega 16, Bare Bodkins 6
Gummers 14, Phi Delta ThetaKappa Alpha Theta 12
Revenge of the Mad Whackers 18, Alpha Delta PiPhi Delia
Theta 2
Flyswatters 16, Hosers 12
Bailers def. Delta Sigma PhiDe!ta Delta Delta by forfeit'
Sigma NuLittle Sisters 16, Doiph Connection 12
Pi Phi & Company 16, Abel EightSandoz Six 11
Sweets 12, KappasBeta Theta Pi 11
Sandbaggers 22, Burr Two East and West 14
Co-EecB
Campus Red Cross 18, Sigma NuLi
Toby and the Riffraff 18, Guppies 15
Main Skins def. Neihardt Staff by forfeit
By Scctt Ahktrand
Tae Kwon Do is on the verge of name recognition.
A demonstration sport in the 1984 Olympics, Tae
Kwon Do will be an Olympic sport in 1938 at SeouL
South Korea.
Locally, Tae Kwon Do (Korean karate) is growing.
An example of its popularity is the recently held
second annual Midwest Open Tae Kwon Do Cham
pionships in Lincoln at the UNL Coliseum. Approx
imately 150 participants entered the competition.
Sponsored by Lee's Tae Kwon Do and the UNL Mar
tial Arts Club, the championships drew participants
from the white belt rank up to the black belts.
Entrants, who varied in age from six years on up,
competed in both forms competition and in sparring.
Dave Zierott, an assistant instructor at the UNL
Martial Arts Club and a first degree black belt, said
attendance was down at the tournament compared
to last year's figures because of time constraints.
x "Mr. (Joo) Lee returned from Korea just two
weeks before the tournament. With a tournament of
this size, it's difficult to get everything done in two
weeks," Zierott said. "We had 200 people last year,
but all in all, I'd have to say it was a good tournament."
Zierott said it would be a mistake to think of Tae
Kwon Do only as a competitive sport.
"There's a lot more to Tae Kwon Do than just the
competitive side," Zierott said. "A lot of people start
Tae Kwon Do for the self-defense and competitive
aspects of it. But once youVe been in it awhile vou
realize that there's much more to it. '
"You learn to respect your opponent and yourself,
lou learn willpower and discipline. It's a lot more
than just kicking and punching."
. 5e"sfd,Mr- Lee's school and the UNL Martial
Arts Uud both stress a togetherness among their
members. . . a
"We stress a family-type atmosphere at our clubs.
We may go at each other hard in practice, but when
the workout is over, we're smiling and ready to m
out together for a cola or something," Zierott said.
It s i a wonderful group feeling."
Zierott said this recent tournament provided an
excellent example of the benefits of Tae Kwon Do.
In the tournament white belt, Eon Weaks partici
pated for the first time. Zierott said Weaks appeared
nervous in his match. Neither participant scored a
point in the match so it went into overtime. Zierott
said it was in the overtime period that Weaks' atti
tude changed.
"His opponent came at him and started knocking
him backward, but all of the sudden you could see
his face change," Zierott said. "He stopped being
nervous and he started looking confident. He ended
up throwing a near perfect punch to the rib cage to
win the match. You could see that for that"one
moment, everything had come together perfectly for
him."
While the benefits of Tae Kwon Do are numerous,
Zierott said Tae Kwon Do may not be the riht form
of karate for everyone.
"Some schools claim they're the best, but I dont
believe in saying that," Zierott said. "I think you
should have respect for all of the schools. What's
important is that the individual find the style of
karate that is best suited for them."
Zierott said Tae Kwon do is a very fast style that
emphasizes kicking.
"About 70 percent of our techniques are lacks," he
said.
With the Olympics this summer, Zierott sr.iJ. he b
sure that Tae Kwon Do will grow in popularity. The
Korean national team will present Tae Kwon Do as a
demonstration sport in Los Angeles. Then the sport
will be officially contested in the 19S3 Olympics in
Seoul.
Zierott said Mr. Lee's club has a member who
stands a chance at making the 1923 United States
Olympic team.
rvP? arrar hs3 a definite chance at making it in
19a3. He's a second degree black belt who studies
under Mr. Lee and we'd really like to work with him
and get him to the Olympics."
Farrar, 18, is a freshman at UNL
. Zlerc" said FJamr's ability could generate some
interest m Te Kwon Do. ,
"I think if Mike did make it to the Olympics, we
could redly get a lot of people excited about Tae
Lwon Do.