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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (May 10, 1940)
Friday, May 10, 1940 High school cinder stars set for 1 940 state meet; Brown, Debus McAferty perform By Jim Evinger. in the low hurdles. Nebraska's three ring circus Nebraska prep records: the state high school track meet KcV eya928,'h: 99 by Dlck Lambert will become an actuality again 220 'yard dash: 218 by Paul Phllllpa, this weekend. On Friday, the pre- jjfa "n'raL 1.9,3i-h . . . u minimi j iiv.iiiauvvg tt ilk iiviu sway and the final events Satur- day under "the big top" will be the climax of the cinder carnival, Upwards to eight hundred track and field athletes, representing 171 schema .lends .emphasis to the fact that the 1940 ShOW promises in rw nnp ,f the heqt in otatf trark 10 pe one 01 me Desi in siaie iracK history. Coach Joe Toman's IJncoln high . , , , . i lrOlip is billed as the feature Stars and the headliner Of the Whole presentation is the Red and Black's Howard DebUS. Champion last year, Lincoln is picked to be repeat titleholders in Class A. Giving Lincoln the stiffest fight will be North Platte, Kearney, and Central and Techni cal of Omaha. Jackson may move in if the points are split up enough. Neligh in danger. In Class B, Neligh will prob ably relinquish its crown. The An telopes have only two men en tered. Oshkosh and Valentine are selected to fight it out in this group. Winnebago, Class C champion, is chosen as a repeat winner with its stiffest competition coming from Callaway, Culbertson, and Oxford. Ohiowa, defending Class D titlist, is picked to be dethroned by either Diller, Comstock or Bradshaw. Individual attraction centers around Debus, Harold McAferty of Gothenburg, Leonard McDonald of Omaha Central, Al Brown of Omaha Benson, Roy Long of Blair, and Red Neihart of Jackson. Debus has been surpassing his own state record in the discus and has a possibility of taking firsts in the javelin, shot put, and pole vault. McDonald ready. McAferty is the high jumper who went over the six foot, five inch mark a week ago. McDonald, husky Negro, is the lad who will be trivine Debus a run for the money in the weights. Brown, quartermiler, has been turning in good 440 time3 and is capable of breaking the state rec rd in this event. He is a 1939 gold medal winner. Long has been turning in fine times in the cen tury dash and the iron ball, rsei hart is an all around performer in running events. Here are the potential record breakers: Debus in the discus and phot put. McAferty in the high jump. Brown in the quarter miles. Merlin Stackhouse of Oshkosh t hj w n m ..... ' at - I V J 1 .aw Advance Tickets 1.00 per Terson at Rosewell Floral Co., 1Z4 So. 13th, and Unl Drur. 500 No. 14th. SOUin alOUX tHy. J;iH. 880 J1"1 run: 1:J-3 y Robert oinn, "SKfai by Gilbert Dodd., f.iu city, 137. K1 werihoo?i",: 151 bjr Rlph 206 yard low'hurdlea: 23.1 by Lawrence hXy.x by Ro,.nd Reed. George Droat, Orson Parka, Floyd Newton of North Platte, 1936. 8hot ,. M fL 2 lnche b Bm pfe( Lincoln. 193. T,CUV1 n to"'1 b' Howard Debua, Lincoln, 1939. Javelin throw: 191 ft. 24 Inchea by Herb Grote, Omaha Benson, 1937. Mfg W ,nchM b ,,ra High Jump: 6 ft. 2'i Inches by Homer T". Tinon.. by Harold Hunt, North Piatte, 1937. Baseballers play K-State in two games Opening tilt set for this afternoon; Held pitches for NU Nebraska's baseball team goes after a possible fourth place in the Big Six standings today and to morrow as Wilbur Knight's boys face Kansas State's Wildcats in a two-game series. The first tilt, this afternoon at 4:30, pits Sid Held against foot baller Jim Brock, the Staters' No. 1 hurler. Bob Searle, who beat Kansas in the second game of the Jayhawk series, will take the mound in the windup against the Wildcats at 10 Saturday morning. Floyd Kirkland will oppose him. Vernon Thomsen will replace Searie at third Saturday. The Wildcats, with the excep tion of shortstop Warren Hornsby and left fielder Ray Rokey, are all lettermen. Hard-hitting Willard Duitsiuan, centerfielder, leads their batting attack. Their lineup lists Chris Langvardt, basketball and football star at right field, while eager Ernie Miller will be at second. Lineups by position: Schmode or Hurley. t Marshall Held P Brock Kuliino lb Graham Wiliion 2b Miller Searle 3b Tnwnrend TeK'meler Hornby VanBuskirk If Rokey Ray rf lAngvardt Bahelmn cf l)mt.mnn US 5 my RCMlSnTlill ip n k e w us n m a y THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Red Littler off to mset in Memphis Red Littler, star Husker dash man, left yesterday morning for Memphis, Tennessee, and the Cot ton Carnival invitation 440, where he will meet, among others, In diana's Big Ten champion, Roy Cochran. Bob Simmons, Big Six record holder, received a bid, but was forced to decline because of im pending law college examinations. Littler, who finished his 440 yards ahead of Cochran on the first lap of a sprint medley relay at Drake, wenj to St. Louis where he will join the Washington U. and St. Louis teams to proceed from there. Bob Ginn, frosh star, Wednesday night turned in the fastest mile ever made by a freshman at Ne braska, as he stepped the distance in 4:23.9 while competing in a pos tal meet with Ohio and Missouri frosh. Golf, tennis teams meet Wildcats Undefeated netmen . play in fifth meet; golfers seek first win Undefeated in four conference starts, Nebraska's well balanced tennis team will meet Kansas State, Friday afternoon at 2 p. m at the Lincoln Tennis club. The last meeting between thJ two schools found the Huskers winning by a score of 5-1. Playing number one will be Harold Run die; number two, John Huston Number three, Harry Ankeny; and number four, Chuck Eberline. Eberline retained his number four spot by beating a contender, Don Schulz, Monday, by scores of 6-1, 6-0. Golfers play. Seeking their first conference win in five starts, the golf team will engage Kansas State in dual match at the Lincoln Coun try club, Friday afternoon. The team has yet to be fully selected, six vieing for the fou positions. Match play was still go ing on Thursday afternoon in de termining the roster of the team for the Wildcat encounter. In the running for spots are Bill Mowbray, Wal'.y Spomer, Jack Weidman, Don Million, Frank Tallman, and Jack Hyland. T 1 AND HBS rl 25 Per Fersoa Adm. of doo Three no-hit games feature opening prep Three no-hit games headlined yesterday's high school baseball tournament as Springfield's Sul- li van blanked Valparaiso, 9-0, in,2; Steinauer 13, Bethany 2; Utica Class C game that went seven innings, in the only one man no hitter. In Class A play, Omaha Cen tral's pitchers Baltzer and Milek in five innings held Lincoln Teach ers hitless to win 10-0, while Szczepanik and Wickert of Tech turned in another five-inning no hitter, this one over Jackson of Lincoln. In addition several two hitters were turned in during the day's play. Other Class A scores: Omaha. South 3, Plattsmouth 2; Lincoln ,wf ? ; ; ;t -Sri I U snort coat9 "X?Lt UrX J V M Thr M"arl n Tl Rich I V i u ;sJ.';r.cf'" :'',"n,, 1 120- Y ) 11 i.PiiyC 1lBu(hl,trhn ) l u baseball round 5, Fremont 0; Schuyler 8, Sew- art Clasa B scores: Cedar Bluffs 14, Rvrnriis 7' Osmnnfl 4 rfnlrmnnf 2, Bovs Town 0: Elkhorn 14. Wau- neta 3; St. Patrick's 4, Emerson 3; Mason City 4, Gretna 3; Arling ton 9, Papillion 0. Other Class C results: Liberty 8, Garland 4; Millard 3, Burchard 0; Filley 9, Raymond 1; Swanton 7, Malcolm 5. Generals Grant, Sherman and Sheridan were all considered medi ocre when students at West Point. Two hundred thousand students attend college in other than their home states.