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lifr) a iWr 9L by June Bierbower Jim Knight Berved notice again that he is one of the country's best 128 pound wrestlers as he took his seventh straight match of the sea sonthis time as he stopped Paul Petry, Illinois' previously unde feated grappler yesterday. Two outstanding wrestlers of the meet, Knight and Archie Deutschman, both- won by deci sions, and both in about like man ner. Knight, tho meeting a tough man, never was in danger, while Deutschman nearly pinned Leland Clare on several occasions. Clare put up a surprisingly strong fight against Deutschman, runncrup in the national collegiates last spring, tho, and gave the pro-Husker crowd chances to crow as he sev eral times escaped pinnings. In addition to that star studded freshman basketball team there's another strong frosh squad work ing out this winter this time the track team, members of which turned in some outstanding per formances Friday in the first frosh dual of the season. Gene "Red" Littler, Mitchell's Mercury personified, is, to take an example, probably as good If not a better sprinter than there is in the Big Six right now. Then two of the boys he beat out in winning Friday's 50 yard dash, Jack Benger and George Abel, could make any body's track team. Harold Hunt, holder of the state high school rec ord, went 12 feet 8 inches, a mark which would win some badly needed points for Ed Weir this season. There wasn't any mile race, but with Bod DeFruiter, Lexington, and Harold Brooks, Gothenburg, both former state champions in it. as well as Dale Garrels, Doane transfer, who was mile winner in his high school division two years ago, it would have been a honey. Incidentally, both DeFruiter and Brooks are from Dawson county, DeBtuiter being state medalist from 1935, and Brooks winning the title two years later. Those 46 feet 2 inch and 45 feet 1 inch shot put marks turned in by Vike Francis, as well as Vic Schleich's and Wayne Blue's ef forts, would have beaten anything in the Minnesota-Iowa State frosh dual, said Coach Weir. Many schools feel pretty good if they have a freshman who can hit 42 feet. Junior Smutz, Pawnee City, who tied for medal honors in the high hurdles at the high school track meet last spring, is the same boy who swept the hurdle events. There are others, too, whom we naveni namea, dui mis isn t ismu, either. There's a little matter of eligibility which haunts around so we won't make any predictions. Elmer Hackney made his first appearance with the Kansas State wrestling team Friday against Illinois. . .Elmer has been hitting the books recently. . .Ward Haylett will be wanting him for the K-State indoor track team quite soon, too, but as we remem ber, Hack didn't go out for track until the outdoor season began last year. . .Captain Jimmy Hull of Ohio State, who set the year s high scoring mark in the Big Ten with 23 points the other night, appear ed in Lincoln, two years ago as a sophomore when the Huskers beat the Buckeyes. . . Freshman backs Rohn and Hudson leave Henry Rohn, Fremont, and Douglas Hudson, Curtis, two of Ad Lewandowski's most promising frosh backs, have left school. Rohn dropped out because of financial troubles, while the scholastic ax dropped Hudson. Herman Rohrig, ace varsity halfback, is not in school this se mester, but will be eligible for football when he returns next fall. DCs, Sigma Kappas vie for bowling title Bowling champions of the girls' intramural league will be deter mined Monday when the Delta Gamma's play the Sigma Kappa's at 5 o'clock. The Delta Gamma's defeated the Phi Mu's 520 to 481 and the Sigma Kappa's trounced the Tri Dclt's 551 to 439. Serving Students for 10 Years Dunlap Optical Co. 120 No. 12th Si. SUNDAY, FEBHUAKY 5, Favorites cop interfrat cage games Champion Fiji's open with 37 to 13 victory over Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity basketball teams in class A leagues swung into action Thursday night at the coliseum with practically all of the favored teams coming through with wins. The feature game in League 1 was between the Delts and Sig Eps, the latter outfit eking out a 23-22 victory after the lead had see-sawed back and forth through out. Searle, Sig Ep forward, was the big gun in his team's attack while Dow Wilson stood out for the Delts. In the other games, a well balanced Sig Alph quintet, featuring Hopp, Duncan and Francis, won as they pleased over Lambda Chi Alpha, 40-9. Nye paces D. U.'s. In league 2 the D. U.'s, paced by Nye, who scored twelve points, nipped the Phi Psis 20-18 in an other close game. Radtke's ten points were tons for the Phi Tsis. Another hard fought game was me Sigma Nu- Kappa Sig tilt which saw the Kappa Sigs win 19 12. "Wild Bill" Callihan scored 14 points to pace the Kappa Sigs while Deger looked best for the losers. The A. T. O.'s won by for feit from Delta Sigma Pi in the other scheduled game. In League 3 the Phi Delts served notice that they will be strong contenders for the championship by defeating XI Psi Phi 27-4. Hay with 10 points and King with 6 counters led the Phi Delt attack. The Sigma Chis were impressive in their 28-14 victory over Phi Sigma Kapna. Farm House tTesion, wno garnered nine points, beat the Chi Phis 16-9. Scherer Phi Gam big gun. The Phi Gams, defending cham pions, bobbed up with another good quintet, defeating Zeta Beta Tau 37-13. Although the entire team contributed points, it was Bernie Scherer who sparked the Fiji attack, while Hub Monsky looked best for the losers. In the other league 4 games the Betas defeated the Alpha Sigs 16-10 and Sigma Alpha Mu copped a tight defensive game from Theta Chi 7-5. 440 champ turns in speedy dash times Two time winner of the Big Six gold medal for the 440 yard dash, Bob Simmons last week undertook to lessen Coach Ed Weir's hurdle problem, and Saturday proved his worth by turning in a 6.1 time for the lows. He also was clocked In the best time for the 50 yard dash when he nosed out Jack Dodd with a 5.5 time. Only one week of practice re mains before the Nebraska cinder men open their 1939 indoor season as the Kansan track squad jour neys to the stadium oval for a dual affair Saturday, Feb. 11. It will also be the initial meet for the Huskers under their new mentor, Ed Weir. Other highlight performances in Saturday's time trials were Bob Mills' 47 feet 11 inches in the shot put, Les Pankonin'a 53.4 for the 440 and the 4:36 mile turned in by both Al Kuper and Del Moore. Ed sel Wibbels and Ray Prochaska performed creditably in the shot put, the former reaching 46 feet 5 inches, and Prochaska getting 43 feet 2 inches. fountain pens inks ZIPtBR feather notebooks AT 1939 DAILY INEBKASKAN 'Typical frosh eager is six footer, -weighs 172 Picture in your minds a sturdy specimen of young manhood, standing six feet in height, and tipping the scales at 172 pounds. There you have a composite pic ture of Nebraska's "varsity" freshman basketball squad rolled into one. This squad is composed of 23 young athletes, the cream of the frosh cage crop, who have risen from the ranks of the 90 odd aspirants who reported to fresh man coaches "Chili" Armstrong and Adolph Lewandowski. Held, Dutcher, Hay, Goetz shine. Sid Held, former Lincoln high star, and Jerry Dutcher, Omaha Benson's contribution to last year's all state array, are the rebound artists of the squad. Noted for his extensive array of shots, is John Hay, teammate of Sid Held at the Capital City high school. Hartmann Goetse, high point man in the frosh-B team game Mon day night, and Dan Fisher, Creighton Prep eager, give the yearling team the speed and gen eralship necessary to a successful aggregation. The long shot artist of the squad is Warren Radtke, Abraham Lin Orange cops first frosh cinder meet Smutz leads motes to 75-65 verdict Lead by Bill Smutz, Pawnee City hurdler, the Orange squad edged past the Greens, 75 to 65, in the initial freshman dual color meet of the year Friday, on the stadium track. Smutz annexed first place in both hurdle events, but was overshadowed by Eugene 'Red" Littler, Mitchell speedster, when it came to individual per formances. Littler, Green mainstay, won both dash events with a 5.5 time in the 50 yard dash, and was clocked at 53.6 for the 440. Ac cording to Coach Ed Weir his 440 time was very good, considering the condition of the Nebraska in door track. Smutz skimmed the high hurdles in 6.9. and turned in a 6.4 time for the lows. Harold Hunt, North Platte, established a new freshmen record in the pole vault when he cleared 12 ft. 8 in. Attempting to top 13 feet, Hunt missed by inches. Prospects for points in the weight events in 1940 were given a boost when Vike Francis, Vic Schleich and Wayne Blue all bettered their previous past performances in the shot put. Shot Distances Please Weir. Francis, brother of Olympic team member Sam, topped the trio with 45 ft 1 in., followed by Schleich's 44 ft. 3 in. and Blue's 43 ft. 11 in. "All three distances would have won first place in a recent Minnesota-Iowa State frosh dual meet," said Weir. Harold Brooks, Gothenburg middle distance runner who won the gold medal for the mile in the 1938 high school state track tour ney, took first place in the half mile with a 2:07.0. ' The Husker coach was pleased with this time as Brooks entered school the sec ond semester and had had only one week of workout before the meet The half mile was the only dis tance event run off, Weir feeling that the tindermen were not in good enough condition for the coln eager from Council Bluffs, la., who can pot them from all angles of the court. Leslie Living ston, former Hastings basketeer, and Herb Grote, husky Benson recruit, furnish the floor play and drive to the squad. Best balanced squad in years. "This is the best balanced and rounded freshman squad in several years, with a versatile array of talent," said Coach Lewandowski when questioned about the possi bilities of the yearling crop. "Whether or not they will be eli gible next fall is another ques tion," Lew said, remembering the large number of last year's crop who failed to make the grade. Other members of the frosh varsity squad are Sid Bradley, Bethany High of Lincoln; Allan Canfield, Clay Center; Robert Garey, Jackson of Lincoln; Hollis Hartley, Kansas City, Kansas; Cliff Hurley, Ohiowa; John Hus ton, Lincoln; John Keating, Cur tis; Lyle King, Lincoln; William Kinnamon, Lincoln; Don Pollock, Fremont; Ray Rhoades, Jackson; William Ruyle, Jackson; Sid White, Grand Island; Charles Vacanti, Omaha Tech, William Smutz, Pawnee City. Swim team nips Carleton, 40-35 Winning but three firsts out of a possible eight, Nebraska's swim ming team opened their 1939 schedule by winning over Carleton college of Northfield, Minn., 40 to 35, there Friday. The Huskers garnered enough second and third places to provide the margin of victory. Nebraska won first places in the 160 yard freestyle relay, 220 yard freestyle, and diving. Summary: 10 yard freestyle relay: Won by Ne braska (Hagelin, Simmons, Chatt, Legate). Time 1:20 8. 100 yard breastMroke: Won by Matron C); Rodenbcck N1. second; Kendal (C), third. Time 1:07. (New pool record.) 40 yard freestyle: Won by Moersch (C; Legate N, aeoond; Cbatt (NJ, third. Time :19 8. 220 yard freestyle: Woa by Karelin fN; Requa (C), second; Furr (Nl, third. Time 2:34 8. 100 yard tmrkstroke: Won by Riegal C); Lake (Nt, second; Van Horn (N), third. Time 1:11.4. 160 yard freestyle: Woo by Mnerscb (C; Iegate N , second; Chatt N, third. Time :S7.8. rllnn: Won by , Borden INI; Tounper (N). second; Sharp (C), hitd. 180 yard medley relay: Wm by Carle ton (Riegel, Masson; Moersch). Time 1:47.2. longer runs. For the same reason there was no broad jump. A dual color affair will be held every Friday, with the first six places in each event winning points. These points will count toward a freshmen numeral. Weir stated. First place winners Fri day: Track crests. M yard dh: Littler G VS 440 yard dash: Littler UI U.S. Half mile: Brooks (G) 2:07 4. Hlfh hurdles: Smnti ( . Low hurdles: Smuts tO) 6 4. FleM Krent. RiRh Jump: Bencer tO i ft. gi in. Hhot put: Francis (O) 45 ft. 1 in. Pole vault: 12 ft. 8 in. The so-called "French" tele phone is not French at all. It was invented in this country by a graduate of Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. TODAY FROM 1 P. M. ! Als . Special 1 i.i Selected aris I Always Seat i3 y SEVEN Illini crush NU gropplers, 23 to 3 Knight gets Huskers' points as he hands Perry first defeat Matman Jim Knight made il seven straight victories for the year yesterday as he took a ref eree's decision over Paul Petry of Illinois. Knight was never in dan ger in cutting short a string of wins which reaches back four years during which time Petry has been undefeated. He won the Illinois high school crown three years in a row and had won all his matches this year until yester day when he met Knight. Knight was the only Husker to win a match. The Huskers lost by a score of 23 to 3, leaving Il linois still unbeaten. Only one fall was scored against the Huskers. It took Dave Helman six minutes and forty-five seconds to pin Milton Kuska in the open ing match of the meet Helman used a bar arm and half nelson in gaining the fall Besides Knight's victory in the 128 pound division, all the other matches went to Illinois by decisions. Archie Deutschman, Big Ten king and runnerup in the nation als at 145 pounds last year, had Lee Clare in a pinning position several times but could do no bet ter than gain a decision. Deutsch man is still unbeaten this year, as is Wes Leverich, who decisioned Paul Fidler in the 165 pound class. Knight extended his all time scoring record to 110 points in decisioning Petry. He has lost only one match in dual competition since enteiing Nebraska, and last year got as far as the quarter fi nals of the nationals before being eliminated. The decisive way in which he handled Petry indicates that he may go even further this year than last. Nebraska's next meet will be Wednesday, Feb. 8, with Kansas State, immediately following the Husker-Wildcat basketball game. The summaries of yesterday's meet: 111 sown: Dave Helmut. tlHwati), planed MiHnn nana a tn :0d.4A wka a bar arm and naif sriwr. 128 panada; Mm Kntuht, Nebraska, created Panl IVtry. dcrMaa. 1S8 pawn: Jim Kmrnm, llHfwria, de feated iUM Ie, aWMsa. 145 paoada: Areata IVeiitucKmaa, Il linois, defeated Inland 4 Tare, dreutnn. 1M ponds: Ted ffervla. Illinois, de feated Ray Tames, derMnn. 15 pounds: Wes lTCrirh, IMnnls, 4 feate4 Paul FMter, dxrfefcm. 17S panada: Jtaa ftreawui, Illinois, de feated Shelley (London, deetston. Heavyweight: WMHaaa Hats. TIT ids, defeated tieence Seemaji. derteton. Referee: Jha Krlwrc BETTER BUYS AT LONG'S BOOK STORE linn r n iodmyl AlvmrtAStmt tor 2Se ...II All Baastaed u Omny Plus! 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