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MM Sunday, September 22, 1940 DAILY NEBRASKAN ;. I ... . . 1 V ' O 1 'im in Efimgrr It's ben a week nw ine the first fall issue of th DAILY went to presa . . . Right now U the. spot and tim when the rest vof the sports department is densa rul ing introduction . . . First, we have Bill Klory. a freshman from Columbus, who will be handling practices and' (possi bly) a column of his own . . . His tendency to "eolumniie" in hi straight news stories almost turns the account of his news matter into a "colyum" anyway . . . Flry, Bierbower to assist. Next, comes James or Jim, but preferably Mirk, Bierbower, a freshman from. Giltner . . . Mick' ia the brother of June, bona gal in this corner last year . . . Mick also will take his turn covering practices and writing general sports reviews and advances . . . On down the line, we have George Abbott, a Fremont frosh, who aspires to write stories on the Henry McLemore line . . . his fea tures will come later . , . Vic Brad show and Leonard Luttbeg will also come in- for duty when the occasions arise . . . "Cheerful" earfuls. Sports in brief: The main rea son hostile crowds cannot unruffle the disposition of Nick Strincevich is that he is an expert steel worker during the winter months . . . Therefore, hissing, foot-stomping, etc., make familiar atmosphere for the Boston Bees' rookie ace chucker and boiler maker . . . Johnny Goodyear, Marquette halfback, will have his share of feminine rooters behind him this year . . .Johnny only has six sis ters . . . Roman Roh, former Creighton university basketball aee, finished his first season of pro baseball with Decatur of the Three-I league with a pitching record of nine and nine . . . Never a raincheck. . It should be a record of some Bort or something ... In its 25 years of baseball dating back to 1915, the Denver Post tournament has never had to honor a rain check . . . Clemson is grooming Joe Blalock, former end. to fill the shoes of Banks McFadden . . . Jimmy Foxx is very optimistic . . . He still needs 200 more home runs to reach Babe Ruth's lifetime mark of 714, but the Red Sox slugger thinks he can do it . Reports from the Oklahoma grid iron camp at Norman have it that the Sooner first and second teams will average close to 195 pounds per man . . . That, dear readers. will be the heaviest football squad ever developed at Norman . . Question mark of Big Six is K.U. Jayhawks Gwinn Ilrnry finds 13 lrttrriwn among squad of 50; Miller mining By Mick Bierbower. Killlor'a note: Thin Ik the third In it urtir of ketcaen a Nroraawa'a I (HO football nnxn-til. Fun For All and All For Fun Good Arrows. Good Bows Good Light JIM'S ARCHERY RANGE 324 No. 14th Gwinn Heniy. now In his second year as head football coach ft Kansas U., if rapidly prepari ig his team for the opening game of the season with Iowa State at Ames, October 5, the day Nebras ka opens at Minneapolis. Around 50 players checked out Jayhawker equipment this year. Ralph Miller, one of the nation s best passers in 1339, will rest his weak knee this season and wait until 1941 to take part in his final campaign. Miller completed 23 passes in a total of 3i attempts last year for a percentage of .622. The comple tions added a total of 265 yards to the total ground gained by the Jayhawks last year and were good for an average of ll'i yards per completion. Miller's knee has been under the knife twice, once in 1939 and again last spring, and Ralph is staying out this year because of the advice of the specialist who did the operating. Letfermen total 13. However, 13 lettermen will be back along with two lettermen of previous years, and 23 sophs are in suit Twelve more upperclass men will be in uniform. Last year's lettermen returning are Ward Crowell and Hubert Ul rich, ends; Jim Holloway, W. F. Jack and Monte Merkel, tackles; Herb Hart man. Jay Kern and Quido M a s a a r e. guards; Don Pierce, center; Ed Suagee, Jake Fry and Denzel Gibbens, half backs; and Ed Hall, fullback. Charles Wenstrand, halfback who lettered in 1938, and Wayne Wilson, center who lettered the year previous, are back this year. Play Huskers at home. After the opener with Iowa State, the Jayhawkers play Drake, Nebraska. Kansas State, ViUanova Oklahoma, George Washington Missouri and Colorado State In that order. The Cornhusker-Jay-hawker game will be at Lawrence October 19. The Jayhawkers are not fa vored to walk off with the Big Six crown, but they have pulled many upsets in previous years and Gwinn Henry's squad may surprise overconfident teams this year. Tuesday: Missouri U. More than 600 high school htu dents participated in a mock re publican national convention at Temple university, nominated Van- denberg for the presidency. Microfilms of daily newspapers are being made at the University of Michigan library in order to conserve storage space. - TEire Garment Cleoned and Pressed Cash and Carry Sport tales in brief; Wifobels? injury jinxecl By Bin" Flory. Picked up here and there about the campus: First off ia the news of big Ed Wibbeto of track and field fame. Neva has it that Ed will not be in school the . ,.: ; ., . first semester but will prob- : a Jly be back in tie fold by the ) turn of the first term.' Wibbets met with a bad streak of lucktMS. late this sum-pj gj met when a V '.V expioaea in n wwmt-- face. His eye- . fef ' sight was tern- J. ' U porarily im-aamwmmwwjwm i 1 " . B I a ML' I U lUutVl r paired and of gte ,,.;,,. late has been slow to improve. Altho a victim of several tricks of fate in his athletic career Wibbeis of Wolbach has always come thru with flying colors. Guards call 5 gridders As is well known by this time. the National Guard of Nebraska has been called for a year's en campment. From the football team will go Guard Eddie Schwartzkopf, End Burdette Wert- man. Halfback Dale Rubottom, Center Bob Bonahoom, and Guard Francis Greenlief. Freshman football thus far has been slow in getting started diw to registration. Several of the bet ter known stars up from the high school ranks are on the docket and all will be given a tough scrap for the positions. Competition in the frosn raniw promises to be somewhat like that in the varsity. AH of which points to bigger and better repre sentatives of the Cornhusker state on the gridiron. Injuries slow drills. Biff Jones, the Cornhusker mentor, has his share of injury worries. What with Cowboy Petsch and King Kong Kahler on the sidelines, Harry Hopp missing because of classroom activities and the heat causing a let-up on the heavy drilling, the Husker coaching squad has plenty to bother their sleeping. Altho a little ahead of season Red Littler takes his track ser iously this early in the game. Daily, Red can be seen on the stadium cinders warming up those fleet legs of his. Fans are looking forward to a great season for the Mitchell Redhead. Also present for pre-season bas ketball drills was Tall Al Randall of basketball fame. Speed is AI's quest and from his activities he will be somewhat speedier on the court come winter than in past years. Swimmers asked report Monday Coach Richard "Fete" Hage lin has issued a eat? for a4l freshmen and varsity swim mers. The first meeting of the year will be held on Monday to the basement of the coliseum at 5 p. m. meeting will also be devoted to a further explanation of the Barb program and ideals, and to organi ation of barb clubs, CAA (Continued from page 1.) gines, and instruments, plus a minimum of 35 hours of actual flight instruction. When this pre liminary flight training program has been completed satisfactorily the student receives a Private Pi lot's license. The preliminary course qualifies the student for participation in the advanced flying course which will be offered the second semes ter. At 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in room 315, Student Union, an open meeting for explanations and announcements will be held. Everyone interested is welcome, Dean Ferguson announced. Once more congressmen are in timating that it's great to die for your country. Today's little prob lem: name ten heroes of the first World war. Goering is said to have flown over London in a bomber. That's bringing the mountain to Mohammed. Second score 14-0 victory in Saturday drill Boh Kahler, Ken Simmons tally touchdown; four markers rung tip Friday While many colleges were In the midst of their first football games of the season, Saturday afternoon, the Cornhuskers were hard at work, too. playing football but only in ! an intrasquad battle The second eleven pushed over two touch downs and a ; pair of extra ,. points over the fourth team to provide the only scoring yesterday. Sop homore Dale Bradley passed to Lop ing Bob Kahler for the first Robert iahler tally and Ken Journal. Simmons, wee fullback, rammed across for the second touchdown. Vic Schleich and Herman Run rig added the extra points by placement. Four touchdowns Friday. Friday was another big day for the scorers. Four touchdowns were racked up. Eddie Schwarta kopf carried over a lateral, Ray Prochaska crossed on a lateral from Fred Preston starting from Jack Vincent, Vike Francis run ning 20 yards for a score, and Don Rubottom plunging over the last chalk line were the scoring plays. Best performances on Saturday were turned in by Bob Kahler, Wayne Blue, Harry Hopp, and Herman Rohrig in the brickfields. Warren' Alfson, George Abel, Fred Preston, Forrest Behm, Lynn Myers, and Freddy Meier did the best duties in the front walls. J i W i NEBRASKA-MINNESOTA GAME OCT. 5TH FOLLOW THE TEAM OFFICIAL ROUTE VIA CiiiCAGO GREAT WESTERN R. R. TO MINNEAPOLIS BARB ABLE CLEAQERS 223 No. 14 Phone 2-2772 (Continued from page 1.) Bob Wilson, social chairman, said that an extensive social prog ran; has been planned for this semes ter, including scheduled hour dances with fifteen sorority houses, and 10 barb women's resi dence halls. 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