THE DAILY NEBRASKAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1WS
FIVE
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By
Norman
Harris
WHO'S
DISAPPOINTED?
NOT US!
1938 fell flat!
No new library, yet: no PWA
grunt for an athletic service
building; no football conference
title or basketball, or baseball, or
outdoor track! What a year to be
a sports editor! No thrilling vic
tories over the country's leading
team(s) to write up! No maple
burning basketball team to crow
About! No world beater track and
field squads to boast of!... But
stilL everyone seems to have been
satisfied during the year with
Cornhusker athletics, so even if
its against the rules of logic, why
not be satisfied with the whole
year.
There wasn't a single oppo
nent that Nebraska faced all
year that didn't have a lot of re
pect for the Husken in any
sport. That's more than a lot of
schools can say.
Dissapointments and upsets ga
lore rattled Nebraska's season.
One of the biggest letdowns was
the gridiron loss to Iowa State
early In the fall, 8 to 7. We not
only lost that game but George
Porter for practically the rest of
the season and Edsel Wibbels for
the whole season.
No one felt any too happy when
Missouri's track and field repre
wntative edged out Pa Schulte's
proteges in the latei's last try at
Big Six glory. He had hoped to
see his bovs score in every event.
but no go. Mizzou's bitad jumpers
were too good.
Probably the biggest letdown
yet was Missouri's victory over
Nebraska in football. After Her
iie Rohrig chased back a Kiel:
off 87 yarr" at the start of the
second half ...r a touchown and a
10 to 7 lead, the Tigers came
bark to score via the ground for
13 to 10 'ictory.
KANSAS U's cagcrs eked out
a 50 to 47 victory in the Husked
coliseum last winter in a con
test that had almost 10,000 bas
ketball fans seared with the heat
that was rising from the hard
wood. Phog" Allen caught ap
ples, the officials swore, the fans
booed, and Kansas clinched the
Big Six title. Fred Pralle and
Sylvester Schmidt were gieat,
and Bob Parsons and Paul
Amen were great, and the game
was greater. . .but another dis
appointment. And the baseball team! Loss
after loss, with of course a few
wins mixed in. Lack of student
support was a bigger disappoint
ment than the record of the dia
niondocrs. Football injuries to Bill Iverson,
Edsel Wibbels, George Porter, Bill
Pfeiff, F-ay Procehaska, Thurston
Phelps, and other key men jinxed
Nebraska all year, but no one's
crying over the milk that was
fcpilled.
Bigger and better fooball play
ers are coming, taller end sharper
basket bull players will matricu
late in the university . huskier
shot-putt erg and faster sprinters
are yet to come, for no record will
stand forever; nenr coaches will
reign over Nebraska's athletic
realm, hundreds of changes will
come, many next year, others the
year after, others the years after
the ;-ptr after next year... and
so on.
What if the year was S5rt of
dismal compared to other years'
success! It isn't success pri
marily that sports and gam:
vere established to be played for
It was for enjoyment. . .and Ne
braska fans hrd thir share and
then some of athletic enjoyment
during 1938. .. It's in the records,
t'-e book is cltsed, and that's
that.
Faculty Committee
Describes Needs
This description of the needs
for a new library building on
the city campus of the Univer
sity of Nebraska is the work of
a faculty committee on the li
brary. The members of this
committee are as follows:
W. I DeBaufre.
Stephen A. McCarthy.
Robert A. Miller.
C. H. Oldfather.
C. I Peltier.
G. W. Rosenlof.
F. W. Upson,
Cagers Close
Practice For
Bradley Tech
Eligibility of Taylor
Uncertain for Game
Here Saturday Night
By Tommy Thompson.
Working on close formation of
fensive tactics and regular defen
sive work yesterday, Husker var
sity cagers neared the close of the
preparation for their tilt with a
Vocation Cage Slate
Dec. 21, Minnesota at Lincoln.
23, Wyoming at Lincoln.
26, California at Berkeley.
27, California at Berkeley.
29, California (U. C. L. A.)
at Los Angeles.
30, California (U .C. L. A.)
at Los Angeles.
Jan. 3, Stanford at Palo Alto.
highly touted Bradley Tech five on
the coliseum floor Saturday night.
The eligibility of Jimmy Taylor.
diminutive forward from Has
tings, is still in the air, but reports
have it that he will be ready to
go when the opening whistle blows
Saturday night.
Shifts have been made all week
in the lineup, but the chances are
that the starting quintet will be
the same that opened the season
against South Dakota. Harry Pit
cnithlcy, guard from Jackson high,
will see a lc of service, alon
with Irvin 'iaffee, Grant Thomas
and Bob Therien.
Team of Stars.
The squad from Peoria comes
here with an impressive record
and a team of stars. Dar Hutchins.
center, was mentioned last year
for All American honors. Ted
Panish was an all conference
guard for three seasons, and Call
Schunk has carried off high scor
ing honors so far this season.
Captaining the Huskers will be
Bob Elliott, senior guard from
West Point. Bob has made two
minor letters, and is slated to
start the ball game.
During the holidays the Corn
huskers have a rigorous eight
game schedule to play. Wednesday
nifrlit they co up against a power'
ful Minesota team which defeated
them last year 33 to 28. On Friday
the basketeers meet Wyoming and
then leave for their five game pa
cific coast trip. On the coast the
Huskers meet California univer
sity for two games at Berkeley,
Dec. 26 and 27. Here last season
the Nebraskans upset the Bears 33
to 32 in an extra period game.
From there they gro to Los Ange
les and meet a auintet from U. C.
L. A. in a doubleheader on the 29th
and 30th. On Jan. 3 the Scarlet
and Cream end their wrst coast
trek when they meet Stanford uni
versity at Palo Alto. After their
return home they hHve a rest
period before opening their 1938-
J 39 Big Six scneuuie againm. ivtui
sas nere on jan. it.
Reserves vs. Midland.
Tonight the Husker reserves
meet an experienced quintet from
Midland college of Fremont This
will be the first real competition
the B team has met this year, and
an interesting and hard fought
came mav be expected.
Probable lineups for the Brad
ley Tech game:
Ncliruk Brdli Trh
Kc.vi.nili. f Bhunk
Wri-wr f rtirn
Kandi'U I UutrlitiM
Klhiitt t Olnon
Kill K PnlJ
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Vie tn Finals
S.A.E., Sigma Nu's Lose
Marches in Water Polo
Alpha Tau Omega defeated the
Sig Alpli's 7-6 and Phi Kappa Psi
won ovi r the Sima Nu's, 12-8, In
the semi-final games in intramural
water polo played last night.
Cramer was high scorer for the
A. T. O.'s with six tallies to his
credit. Holland and Laughlin also
looked outstanding for the victors.
For the Sig Alph a, Fliesbach and
Ludwick looked good. The losers
made all of their points In the
last half, score (.landing 4-0 In
favor of the A. T. O. team at mid
time. Redick scored nine point for
the Plil Fsi's, while Seemann
also looked outstanding. Austin
brought five point to the Sigma
Nu's, and Dobson at goalee posi
tion performed creditably. The Phi
Psi's were behind at the half 5-3.
Finals in the tourney will be
played Jan. 5.
Schulte Resignation
Tops Sports Stories
Adoption of Big Six Training Table, Signing of
Glenn Presnell As Backfield Coach Also Rate
BY NORMAN HARRIS.
Dame Fortune smiled but seldom during lOilS on Corn
husker nthletie, endeavors. Going: over the Daily Nebraskan
files for the year, one finds no thrilling stories of viitoriis over
Minnesota, Big Six titles in major sports, or half a dozen foot
ball players on the all-eonferenee
After 19 years of faithful active
service as head track coach. Henry
"Pa" Schulte resigned last sum
mer to provide the most important
sports story of the year for the
Daily Nebraskan. As much a
builder of character and real men
as he was of winning track teams.
Schulte had been the most beloved
coach in Nebraska athletic his
torv.
Adoption by Big Six deans of a
football training table ranks sec
ond on this list of important sports
stories. Question of controversy
for many years, the proposal ti
nally gained approval of the big-
fwigs in the loop.
Presnell Returns.
Probably the third most impor
tant snorts story of the year in
the "Rag" was the announcement
that Glenn Presnell, star Husker
back in 1926, '27. and '28, had
been signed to coach the Scarlet
backiieia. Alter
-v three years of
V-$ mighty play on
-V V I Big Six grid
4 irons, Presnell
was a profit
able Investment
for a few years
to the owners
of the Green
Bay Packers.
Following h i s
pro career, he
coached Kansas
univer sity's
' ' ""as
backfield for a
year, afte-r-wards
to return
-Uncom Journal. ,0 ,h 1 ,mt
.irnn rrmrii. mater.
Fourth biggest story on sports
pages was the Huskers' capture
of Big Six indoor track laurels for '
the third straight year. The
Schultemea amassed 38 points to
command a lead of 15 points over
Kansas State and Missouri who
tied for second.
Jones' Trip Fifth.
Biff Jones' return from Wash
ington with news that Nebraska's
request of P. W. A. for $125,000 to
Insure construction of an Athletic
Service building, although a dis
appointment, takes fifth on the
'important" list.
Sixth was the announcement
that Sigma Nu fraternity had won
the Intramural title for the year,
beating out the Sig Eps, Sig Alphs
and A. T. O.'s. who finished In
that rank behind the leaders.
Nebraska's 42 to il upset over
Oklahoma's Sooners and the 39 to
38 thriller victory over Loyola both
in basketball, combine to provide
the seventh biggest report.
In eighth place, altho another
disappointment was the loss of
the outdoor track and field crown
in the Big Six to Missouri, whose
eight points in the broad jump
whipped Nebraska, behind by six
Badminton Practices
Continue After Vacation
Eadminton practices for intra
murals have been extended to the
first few days after vacation. Lin
coln girls can practice during vaca
tion by coming to the Intramural
office and having a net put up.
Bowling practice! must be fin
ished by the lay that school re
sumes after vacation. Anyone may
practice on bowling during vacation.
f K A "
team
points in the final count.
Bumper Frosh Football Crop.
When 128 freshmen, the largest
crop in years,
turned out for
freshman foot
ball, fans began
to look forward
to better sea
(
sons than the
one just past.
Ninth on the
list is the story
r
of this turnout.
In tenth place
2
comes "Pa"
Schulte's pre
diction that Ed
sel V lb be Is
Wolbach discus
thrower deluxe,
EDSEL WIBBELS
would some
day hit 190 Lliw,ln JournM
feet with the discus. The world's
record is 174 feet 2'i inches, and
the Wolbach wizard has already
nuiiru me piauer leu feet 5 inches.
Not even those who guide the
fortunes ot Cornhusker athletics
know the answers to next year s
sports problems. Dame Fortune
does, and here's hoping her smiles
over Cornhuskerland are more fa
vorable this coming year than
ever befoi-e.
Phog Alleri Picks Oklahoma
to Cop Loop Cage Laurels
Jayhowk Coach Sees
Three-Sport Victory
'Oklahoma will top the cagers
of the Big Six. George Edwards'
Missouri squad will put up a stiff
fight, and will end no lower than
second." So, in effect, spoke canny
Jayhswk Coach F. C. Allen in an
interview yesterday to a sport
scribe for the University Daily
Kansan.
Hope for the future, rather than
optimism was expressed by Dr.
Allen in his remarks on the Big
Six outlook in general and the
Kansas team in particular. He ig
nored Nebraska completely in his
survey of the current maple sea
son. "Already we have lost two out
of our finst three gamei played,"
said Dr. Allen. "This is as many
games as we have lost the whole
season ast year two out of twen
ty. We will lose several more
games this year. The Oklahoma
Aggie games were very similar to
our experience with Drake last
year. We lost to Drake University
of the same conference, later in
December by about the same dif
ference in points. But we play
these early season games for ex
perience. I
"Our final goal, lr. Allen
added, "is the Big Six conference
championship play which starts
Jan. 7. Personally, I would rather i
lose every pre-season game on the
schedule than to lose a Big bix ;
championttfiip game. I do not look ;
for a very bright season this year ;
so far as -our chances of winning j
the Big Six are concerned. How
ever, it has been ten years since !
we have had a very bad season. I
Ten years rgo we lost 15 out of 18
games. !
"PerhupH due to the fact that
Kansas has won championships
the Inst few years, many expirts
are picking Kansas again this
year. No team can lose an incom- I
parable Pralle and a versatile
Schmidt, the quarterback, W'thout
feeling the loss. The vtterai.s on :
the Kansas varsity are not going 1
well. The sophomores are showing ;
much promise. We have been un
able, however, to find a man who ,
can spark the team as Pralle did
last year and we miss Schmidt's
steadiness tremendously.
"Henry Iba'i team at Stillwater i
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About the most clear-cut com
parison of Sammy Baugh and
Davey O'Brien that we've seen
comes from a southwestern coach.
He says "Baugh made Texas
Christian great, but Texas Chris
tion made O'Brien great.
They will fight the Civil war
all over again in this North-South
game January 2 at Montgomery.
Ala. The southerners wear gray
uniforms while the Yankees wear
blue.
Since this is the reason for the
biggest so and so's of the year,
there seem to ba so many nomi
nations contronting us that we're
stumped, so once more we'll just
state that the biggest gyp of the
year v,ns this brock-less All
An.orican selection that was done.
Four of the 11 players named
on the United Press' all star steam
for the National Professional
league are plnying their second
year in pro ball. Big news around
here, of course, in the selection
which was made by the league's
coaches, is the fact that Lloyd
Cardwell, ugly duckling of the
1938 all star pickers, made the
team. Other men in their "sopho
more" year are Minnesota's and
New York Giants Ed Widseth,
who's another one never to be for
gotten around here; Ace Parker,
Duke, who is with Brooklyn's
Dodgers; and Gaynell Tinsley,
Louisiana State, who is a Chicago
Cardinal. John Drake, Purdue, an
other 1936 great, is named on the
second team. He's fullbacking for
(Continued on Page 6).
is a good team this year, but any
time a Kansas team makes but
seven out of 20 free throws there
is no need to look further for the
reason of the defeat. From the
Saturday night Kansas shot 65
times and hit only six. We beat
ourselves. Eut these defeats are
good thfngs if analyzed intelli
gently. "Very few of the Kansas follow
ers last year at the beginning of
the season expected Kansas to win
the Big Six. Neither did the play
ers nor the Kansas coach. The
players voted on a guess that they
would finish third in the confer
ence. It is the coach's business to
devclope leaders. We will do our
best.
Personally." naM Dr. Allen. "I
see three major championships for
Oklahoma Tom Stidham in foot
ball, Eruce Drake in basketball
and Jap Haskell in baseball. Mis
souri is powerful and George Ed
wards' team will undoubtedly rank
second if it doesn't nose out Okla
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