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FK1DAY, MARCH 10, 1939
DAILY NEBKASKAN
FIVE
MU scribes select
All E3ig Six cagers
Tourney play
Grapplers leave
advances to
for Big Six meet
semifinals
FIRST TEAM.
James McNatt, Oklahoma....
Robert Harris, Iowa State....
Homer Wesche, Kansas State.
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John Lobsiger, Missouri.,
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By June Bierbower and David Thompson.
Twice a year sports writers arc given the chance to render
judgments of their own in regard to the prowess of this and
that athlete.
At this particular time of the year it is basketball which
is yielding its three month rule over the sports world and the
J)A1LY NEBKASKAN hereby offers its choice of the top ten
men in the Big Six hoop season.
Big gun of the conference and
the most brilliant all-around play
er is Jimmie McNatt, Oklahoma
junior forward, unanimous choice
of team choosers throughout the
Big Six. Jimmie broke the confer
ence scoring record in a 29 point
.spree against Iowa State on the
Cyclones' own court. His deadly
accuracy and proficiency in the
art of ball-handling were the
nemesis of guards throughout the
conference as well as out of it. He
is an all-conference repeater from
last year.
Teamer with McNatt at the
forward positions is Bob Harris,
red-headed shot artist from Iowa
State. Bob has been the spearhead
of the Cyclone attack, and the
team sparkplug. The little carrot
top took up the Iowa State lead
ership when big Gordon Nicholas
suffered appendicitis and led the
Cyclones to a decisive victory
over the Huskers.
Wesche at center.
Who else could fit the center
position but Homer Wesche, lead
ing conference scorer, and another
repeater from last year's "all"
squad. Wesche is the only praise
worthy part of the Kansas State
team, holders of the league cellar
position. In every game it was
the stalwart Wildcat pivot man
that kept the team from being
just another ball club. If they won
it was due lo Wesche, if they lost,
, it was Wesche that stood out with
any player on the court.
In the defense positions, con
troversy reared its head. John Lob
aiger, Missouri star, and Alton
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June
Bierbower
Jock Sutherland's departure
from Pittsburgh, altho it's hailed
with sighs of relief from many
partisans of the Panthers' foes,
brings a little regret, too, especi
ally to some of us who would like
to have seen a Nebraska team de
feat a Sutherland-coached Pitt ag
gregation. The chance is goni
now along with the chance to de
feat who were onco the Pitt
y pros," but who are becoming
more and more just another col
lege amateur team with respect
to salaries or lack of them.
y The purity wave, cause of
'Sutherland's decision to leave Pitt,
had set in a couple of years ago,
but Jock was still coach, and the
more you consider the Scot's
resignation, the more that 1937
13-7 loss hurts. Little less time
or a little different luck would
have made that 1937 crew the
Destiny Team of Nebraska history,
but alas and alack, such was not
the case.
In case some of you didn't quite
grasp the idea of the first para
graph in this column yesterday, it
waa referring to the 1932 ' score
less tie between Nebraska and the
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Howard Engelman, Kansas
Garnett Corbin, Oklahoma
Nicholas, Iowa State
Marvin Mesch, Oklahoma
Lyman Corns, Kansas
Werner, steady Nebraska senior,
came out on top. Lobsiger was an
unanimous choice because of his
sensational defensive ability, cou
pled with his rebound activity. He
was the spark that brought Mis
souri a share of the Big Six title,
and kept them from falling when
they started a late season slump
Werner gets nod.
We gave Al Werner the nod over
Lyman Corlis of Kansas for two
reasons. He topped the Kansan in
scoring and played a steady, de
pendable game throughout the
season. He was the Husker in
spiration, responsible for Ne
braska's wins and a main factor
in the team performance despite
a last game slump. Corlis did not
hit his stride until midseason, and
Al had been going strong from
the start.
Picking the second squad was
not so hard with Howard Engel
man, Kansas, and Garnett Corbin,
Oklahoma, easily the pick for the
forward spots. Despite a late sea
son appendicitis attack, big Gor
don Nicholas, Iowa State, is en
titled to the second team pivot
position. Leader of the Cyclone
offense with Harris and a giant
of defense, Nicholas easily stood
out in conference circles.
Paired with Lyman Corlis at the
guard spot is Marvin Mesch, Okla
homa standby, and a first rank
in? defense man. Marv was not a
particularly strong scorer this
year, but his defensive ability
brought the Sooners out of many
a hole.
Panthers, in which George Sauer
nearly got away for a touchdown
which would probably have won
for the Huskers.
Oklahoma's athletic year thus
far bears a similarity to Ne
braska's in 1936-37 so far as
major sports are concerned.
The Sooners Jast fall and the
Huskers in 1936 both won the con
ferencc football championship, and
both were undefeated, untied and
unscored upon. Both the schools
basketball teams were co-cham
piona, Nebraska with Kansaf and
Oklahoma with Missouri. In addi
tion, both teams won 7 and lost 3
ames.
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Creighton Prep wallops
Lincoln; Jackson gives
Chappell first defeat
Falls City, Creighton Prep,
Jackson of Lincoln, and Omaha
South qualified Thursday night
for the semifinals in the state high
school basketball tournament at
the coliseum. Falls City meets
Prep, and Jackson plays South
Friday Tiight.
Creighton Prep, tournament fa
vorites, breezed thru to a 36-19
victory over Lincoln high, last
year's winner. The young Bluejays
presented an airtight defense,
forcing the Red and Black to re
sort to numerous long shots.
Substitute Center Bob Duffy,
who replaced injured Bill Guil-
foyle, was a shining light on the
Prep team, along with Guard Bob
Roach. Leo McGinn, classy for
ward, also looked good. Fred
Metheny was best for Lincoln.
Jackson Wins.
Jackson of Lincoln, the other
favorite, walloped the previously
undefeated Chappell crew 39-iJi.
The capital suburbanites claimed
only a 15-13 lead at halftime, and
25-20 at the end of the third quar
ter. Waldo Winter, big center, led
the way as Jackson pulled away
in the final period.
In the final game Thursday
night, "Cornie" Collins' Omaha
South high team won a tight bat
tle from Curtis 31-29. The score
was tied 29 all at the end of the
regular playing period, but South
scored a field goal to win the ball
game.
Falls City advanced to the
semifinals when they beat
Kearney 35-24. Jug Brown's team
had a tough time with the Bear
cats, and led by 16-15 at inter
mission. Kearney came up to i
22-22 tie, but Falls City pulled
away to win. Hess, center, led the
winners with 11 points, while Tom
Journey made 10 for Kearney.
Bethany Upset.
Oakdale upset Bethany of Lin
coln 26-18 in class B, after leading
14-11 at the half. The Lincoln
school had won the class B title
for three years in a row, and Oak
dale's victory establishes it as a
favorite with Beaver Crossing in
the tournament.
Other class B scores were
Beaver Crossing walloped Rush-
ville 45-27; Gibbon beat Indianola
22-17; Hardy won from Humboldt
33-22.
In class C, Steinauer beat
Sacred Heart 24-17; Ohiowa beat
Guardian Angel 35-16; Hershey
nipped Lebanon 17-16; Surprise
won over Liberty 36-18.
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Knight, Huskers' best bet for a first, captains
N. U. in conference championships at Ames
Led by Capt. Jim Knight, stel
lar 128 pounder, eight Husker
grapplers and Coach Jerry Adam
left this morning for Ames, Iowa
and the Big Six wrestling meet.
The meet will be held on the Iowa
State mat today and tomorrow.
Oklahoma, defending champion,
will be fighting for its eighth con
ference crown, but will be given
strong competition from the three
other schools entering full teams.
Oklahoma, Kansas State, Nebras
ka and Iowa State will all have
eight men in the meet. Missouri,
hitherto inactive in wrestling, is
entering one man.
Hackney entered.
Five former champs are en
tered. These include Elmer Hack
ney, heavy, Leon Reynard, 175,
Gerald Van Fleet, 155, all of In
state, Hoy Stone, 128, of Okla
homa, and George Haynes, 121, all
of Iowa State, 1937 king. Van
Fleet and Haynes have been beat
en this year by Nebraska men.
Nebraskas strongest entrants
are Jim Knight, beaten but once at
128 this year and runnerup last
year, Bill Luke, wno iook iniru
last year at 136, and Julius Witt-
mann, 145, who has defeated van
Fleet this year.
Three football men will grappie
in the heavyweight class, ihis
group is led by Elmer Hackney,
Alpha Chi's win in girls
basketball tournament
Play was begun yesterday in the
girls intramural basketball tourna
ment. The Alpha Chi s downeu me
Delta Gamma's first team 30 to 2
and Theta's first team defaulted to
Raymond hall. The first games
are in the form of a round robin in
each of the eight leagues and then
the winners of uie league tour
naments will Darticinate in an
elimination tournament.
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The Husker team includes Mil
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Bill Luke, 136, Julius Wittmann,
145, Herb Rosenthal, 155, Shelley
Condon, 165, Ray Tomes or Paul
Fidler, 175, and George Seemann,
heavyweight.
Homer Wesche wins
league scoring title
Homer Wesche, Kansas
State
mainstay, failed to break
Frank
Grove's Big Six scoring record but
led final scoring in the league this
year.
In ten games the elongated
Wildcat made 151 points for an
average of 15.10 points per game.
Jimmie McNatt, Oklahoma star
and holder of the individual game
record of 29 points, is number two
in line. "
Bill Kovanda and Al Werner
rank eighth and ninth respective
ly to lead Nebraska scorers in
the conference. Bill garnered 87,
Werner 80 in the ten games.
The final standings:
g fg ft f ptfl. ave.
10 52 47 29 151 15.10
10 58 14 20 130 13.00
10 41 43 13 125 12.50
9 38 25 20 111 12.33
Wesche, K-State -.
McNatt, Oklahoma
Harrin, Iowa State
Nicholas, Iowa State
Corbin, Oklahoma
Kngleman, Kansas
Reld, K-Stato
KOVANDA, Neb.
WERNER, Neb.
Mesch, Oklahoma
10 45 12 20 102 10.20
10 36 21 11
93
10 36 15 17
10 33 17 26
10 35 10 19
9 25 26 19
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Phys ed club to present
sound films next week
"Basketball for Women" and
Tennis Topnotchers," sound films,
will be presented Tor the public by
the Women's Physical Education
club, on Wednesday and Thursday
of next week.
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