THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1939
DAILY NEBRASKAN
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by
June
Bierbower
Nebraska baseball, we think, is
In for something of a resurrection
this season. The campus diamond
Is ready for play, and that means
more good men out for baseball,
more attendance, end a freshman
team.
Altho the team lost Paul Amen,
Elmer Dohrmann, Ivan Borman,
Harris Andrews and Eddie George
Coach Wilbur Knight thinks the
Huskers will be in with a strong
outfit this year.
Knight. hat two very promis
ing catchers whereas last year
that department was woefully
weak. Returning mound stars
are Rube Denning, Nebraska's
counterpart of Dizzy Dean, in
sofar as looks go, and Lloyd
Schmadke, and If Fireball Ed
Wibbels can take enough time
W off from spring football and
discus throwing, the pitching
staff will be in good hands. Dow
Wilson, shortstop last year, and
Y a member of the Olympic team,
will move to second, while Del
Harris, who played both In the
infield and outfield last year,
will be stationed in center field.
Knight has lined up a western
trip on which the Huskers will
play California. The Bears played
here last year, and had to go ex
tra innings to whip Nebraska.
The schedule will be announced as
soon as the western trip has been
entirely lined up, and that's just
about ready.
Bleachers in the coliseum will
be moved out to the baseball dia
mond and will accommodate 2,500
spectators. More can be moved
outside, so that there won't be
much fear of having to stand while
watching the Huskers.
Things are beginning to look
as tho the campus will finally
get mixed swimimng. As soon as
a few more fraternities and
sororities signify their inten
tions of using the coliseum pool,
suits will be ordered.
Dwight Thomas, Nebraska Wes
leyan coach, was sports editor of
the Daily Nebraskan when in
8chool...so not all "Rag" sports
-w editors come to a bad end... Bill
' Jennings, Oklahoma sophomore
who suffered a compound ankle
fracture against Washington State
is off crutches, and will probably
work lightly in spring practice.
Jerry Bolton, another injured
Sooner, is off crutches, but prob
ably won't be able to take part in
spring drill... "Red" McCarty,
who broke his thigh in the Okla
homa Aggie game, is still in an
Oklahoma City hospital. . .Homer
Wesche can crack Frank Groves
Big Six scoring record if he main
tains his pace for the next tnree
games .
Company A wins
firing contest
Knotts, Engineers Co.
D, runs up score of 95
First place in the gallery prac
tice record firing for freshman
companies was won by Company
A, Infantry, with J. W. Cummings
and M. C. Jemison as high ncn,
each having a score of 02.
Robert Powell, with a score of
94, and Philip Smith, with a,scor
of 93, were high men in Companf
i.C, Engineers, which placed second.
A score of 95 for J. A. Knotts,
a member of Company D, Engin
eers, helped his company to place
V third.
V Other places were won by Com-
; pany B, Engineers, . who placed
fourth, Company G, Infantry, who
placed fifth; and Company C, In
fantry, who placed sixth. Company
A, Engineers, placed seventh;
Company F, Infantry, placed
eighth; Company H. Infantry, took
ninth place and Company E, In
fantry, won tenth position.
Swim class instructor
is Mr., not Mrs. Beck
The DAILY NEBRASKAN
apologizes!
Readers of this paper yester
day were generally amazed to
learn that there is a "Mrs.
Beck" who teaches swimming
classes in the men's physical
education department. The
Beck to which the story re
ferred is Mr. Gene Beck, In
structor in men's physical education.
Weir eyes win
in low hurdles
Simons, dash champ,
clears sticks in 7.2 time
Coach Ed Weir's hopes for
points in the low hurdles in the
coming dual meet with Oklahoma
this Saturday, were given a boost
as Bob Simmons, Big Six 440
champion, cleared the sticks in
7.2, the same time that won that
event in the Kansas-Nebraska af
fair last week.
The Oklahoma dual is virtually
a tossup, with both the Huskers
and Sooners possessing some top
notch performers. The highlight
of the meet will likely be the mile
relay, which will list Nebraska s
Bob Morris. Bob Simmons, Bob
Beltz and Elwood Pankonin
against Oklahoma's Ernest Hak
sell, Granville Barrett, Eddie Tor
ibio and Thim Finley.
The third freshman dual color
meet of the year is set for Friday,
at 4 p. m. Both the Greens and
Oranges have copped a meet
apiece. Henry Rohn, who in his
prep school days at Fremont was
the top notch shot putter of the
state, has reported to Weir, and
win mane his initial appearance
in the weight events Friday.
Huskers ready to
avenac defeat
NU can shove Missouri
into 5th place Saturday
Nebraska gets a chance to i
deem itself in the Big Six ratings
when they meet Missouri here Sat
urday night. A win for the Husk
ers would put them in fourth place
and relegate the Tigers to fifth.
Browne's cagers have yet to
lose a conference contest on the
home court this season, and are
determined not to have that rec
ord broken. Missouri has been un
able to break the road jinx yet,
navmg lost three games away
irom Columbia.
Iowa State and Oklahoma meet
Saturday night at Norman in the
fight for the league leadership. A
loss for the Cyclones would drop
them to fourth place and estab
lish the Sooners firmly in first
place. A loss for the Oklahomans
however would put Iowa State in
the drivers seat and drop them to
a tie for second with Kansas.
Ex-Husker Miegel wins
Kansas City boxing title
Charley Miegel, former Univers
ity of Nebraska student, and
minor letterman in wrestling last
year, won the 126 pound title in
the Kansas City Golden Gloves
boxing finals.
Miegel, who formerly lived here,
was a runncrup in the National
A. A. U. meet at Boston in 1937,
and had been two-time Omaha
Golden Gloves winner.
RecT Littler, frosh sprinter,
threatens Beg Six records
Ace specializes in 100,
220, 440 distances
By Hollis Limprecht.
According to the Track Coaches
Ed Weir and Harold Petz, who
ought to know, the Husker prob
lems in the three dash events are
settled for the coming three years.
The reason for this is Eugene
"Red" Littler, freshman sprint ace.
Littler, who has little trouble
living up to his nickname what
with his fiery red hair and numer
ous freckles, is the pride and joy
of the Nebraska first year squad.
The only performer on either the
varsity or freshmen squad who
can best him is Bob Simmons, Big
Six 440 champ, who to date has
finished in front of Littler in his
specialty.
Littler high school star.
Coming from Mitchell, Neb.,
where in 1936 he won the 100 and
220 gold medals in the state high
school track meet, Littler caused
great disappointment when he de
cided to continue his future school
ing at Compton junior college, lo
cated in Compton, Calif., nine
miles from Los Angeles.
He won first national recoexit-
tion at Compton by running on
the team that broke the world's
record in the junior college mile
relay. Paired with Wilbur Miller
and Jim Lawson of Los Angeles
and Art Redding of New York
City, they covered the distance in
3:19.2.
Threaten 220 mark.
While on the coast the western
Nebraska flash turned in several
top notch times. He ran a 48.5 440
while on the relay team, and cov
ered the quarter mile distance in
48.9 from a standing start. The
latter time is only 3-10 of a second
slower than the Big Six record.
His best time for the 220 from a
standing start is 21.4, while the
conference record stands at only
20.7. It is one of the oldest in the
books, being held by Roland "Gip
per" Locke, former Nebraska lum
inary, and Husker fans may have
the opportunity to see it erased
within the next three years.
While still in high school Littler
covered the 100 yard dash in the
unbelievably fast time of 9.6. The
world's record for the century is
9.4, also the Big Six best time. His
time of 6.3 for the 60 yard dash
was made this winter on the Ne
braska indoor track. Made under
far better conditions, the loop rec
ord is only one-tenth of a second
better.
"Red" also broad jumps.
In high school "Red" was also a
broad jumper of no little fame,
having leaped 22 feet 5 inches for
his best mark. However a pulled
muscle sustained last year put a
stop to his competition in that
event. Of all the events he com
petes in, the quarter mile and fur
long are his favorites.
Littler returned to his home
state this fall to enter the Univer
sity of Nebraska. He said that the
weather on the coast did not agree
with him. This together with the
fact that he didn't like it there,
and wanted to go to school in his
home state prompted his return.
Already he has broken the lap
record on the Husker indoor track.
and has turned in the year's best
time for the 60 on the dirt lanes.
He is co-captain of the Green
squad in Weir's dual color fresh
men meets, and in both affairs to
date has breasted the tape in the
60 and 440.
In prep school Littler was a
football and basketball letterman,
but dropped these two sports on
going to the coast. Quiet and Unas
suming, the red thatched lad is 20
years old, stands 5 feet 8 inches
tall and tips the scale at 162
pounds, and is a favorite among
his teammates.
Wesche averages 15.57
points to top loop scoring
Homer Wesche, Kansas State
pivot man, continues to pace Big
Six individual scoring. He became
the first player to pass the century
mark this year when he boosted
his total to 109 points in seven
games for an average of 15.57 per
game. Kovanda is the leading Ne
braska man, with 62 tallies in
six games.
K ft f pti ave
Wesfhe, Kas. State e 7 35 37 21 109 15.57
Nicholas, la. State e 7 27 32 18 86 12.29
Harris, Iowa BtMe t 7 27 27 12 81 11.59
Corbln, Oklahoma f A 30 5 14 65 10.83
Werner, Nebraska, g T 32 9 14 73 10.43
Kovanda, Nebraska f 7 30 12 28 72 10.29
Much, Oklahoma g 5 19 11 4 49 9.80
McNatt, Oklahoma f 6 25 7 8 57 9.50
Relet, Kansas State t 7 28 14 13 66 9.43
Harvey, Missouri f 6 21 8 5 50 8.33
Callihan knocks out
first Golden Glove rival
(Special to the DAILY NKBRASKAN)
OMAHA, Neb. Wild Bill Calli
han, used a deadly left punch here
last night to slap out a 1 minute
31 second victory over Pete Resch
in the first round of the annual
Werners' total score
passes 150 in K.U. tilt
Alton Werner pushed his total
scoring for the year past the 150
mark with his 19 point "hot
streak" against Kansas at Law
rence Tuesday. Bill Kovanda gar
nered 10 counters in the Jay
hawker game also to boost his
total to 122 points.
Scoring:
First triangle
gym meet set
for Saturday
Iowa, Colorado come
for initial three-sided
compet in history here
The Nebraska gymnastic team
will engage in its first home tri
angle meet of the school's history
when the Colorado university and
Iowa U. gymnasts appear on the
coliseum stage Saturday. The
triple affair is slated to get under
way at 2 p. m., and is open to the
public.
Gay Cadwell, because of his
showing in last week's meet with
Minnesota, will captain the Husk
ers. Cadwell tied for first place in
the side horse for the only first
or second garnered by Coach Char
lie Miller's Scarlet. Roy Proffitt,
Jake Geier, Stan Southwick, Don
Seidel and Ray Griffin will com
plete the Nebraska roster.
Huskers have high hopes.
Miller's hopes for a victory in
Saturday's meet were given a
boost when he learned that the
Hawkeye outfit had been defeated
worse than the Huskers by Minne
sota. He is confident that his
charges are an even bet to top the
Colorado squad.
Heading the western invaders is
Tom Kistler, who won top honors
in the parallel bars at the Rocky
Mountain A. A. U. Coach Charles
Vavra's entry list includes Otto
Cross, Rolland Lansing, Clyde Gil
lam, Alvin McCall and Archie
Connett.
Coach Al Baumgartner of Iowa
is bringing a squad headed by
George Parry, a member of tha
Hawkeye team in 1937 when it
won the Big Ten championship.
Other entries are Eastman, Lipoti,
Vogel, Zager, McCloy, Reitz and
Hill.
The Huskers open their travel
ing schedule next week by jour
neying to Gustavus Adolphus and
Carleton Monday and Tuesday, and
Wednesday meet Minnesota in a
return engagement.
Flayer f t ft pf pts
Alton Werner Iff 64 25 28 153
William Kovanda ... Iff 50 22 40 123
on Kits 16 84 31 25 99
Al Randall Iff S3 21 39 88
(irant Thomas Iff 35 11 22 81
Bob Therien 14 IS S 18 2
Irvln Yaffe Iff 7 8 14 19
lark Jnrkson 11 S 1 3 17
Frank Tallman 8 5 S 8 15
Harry l'ltcallhley . . 9 3 7 S 13
midwest Golden Gloves tourney.
The giant Husker fullback from
Grand Island was in command
thruout the entire bout, originally
scheduled to go three rounds. Cal
lihan's victory was the only clean
knockout on the evening's cram
med program.
He will compete in the finals
here Thursday night.
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