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
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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
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10 pe one 01 me Desi in siaie iracK
history.
Coach Joe Toman's IJncoln high
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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
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880 J1"1 run: 1:J-3 y Robert oinn,
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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.
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Lincoln. 193.
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Debua, Lincoln, 1939.
Javelin throw: 191 ft. 24 Inchea by
Herb Grote, Omaha Benson, 1937.
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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
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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.
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Three no-hit games feature
opening prep
Three no-hit games headlined
yesterday's high school baseball
tournament as Springfield's Sul-
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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
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5, Fremont 0; Schuyler 8, Sew-
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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.
