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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 3, 1940)
16 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Tuesday, December 3, 1940 Cage team begins competition in 3 days Baskctballers start season come Friday Sodaks open 18-game schedule; three ace veterans returning By Bill Flory. With a fancy 18-game schedule before them, the Nebraska basket ball team has little time for "bowl fever" aid as a result they are bisily engaged in preparation for the opener at Vermillion, S. D., Dej. 6. Under direc tion of Charles Armstrong and Coach Brown t h e Huskers are buliding around veter ans Don Fitz, forward, Al Randall, cen t e r , Hartman Goetze, f o r -ward, and Sid ney Held, last year's outstand ing sophomore guard. Replace ments must be found for Harry Pitcaithley, Frank Tallman, Irvin Yaffee and Bob Therein, all of whom were lost by graduation. Re turning letter winners who are gunning for places on the start ing five are, Johnny Hay, Lyle King, Chuch Vacanti, Les Living stone and Max Hudbert, a squad man of two years ago. Promising sophomores Outstanding sophomores who have been practicing daily include John Fitzgibbon, John Thompson, Wayne Kellogg, Warren Marquis, Bob Bramson, Ted Greene, Stan Huffman, and Max Young. The squad will leave for the Pacific coast and a game with the University of California on Dec. 26. The next evening they will be hosts of the University of Stanford at Palo Alto. There the team will be endeav oring to set the pace for the football team who has a date with the Stanford foot- DON FITZ Lincoln Journal. SID HELD Lincoln Journal. We Can Slill Equip You For The Military Ball See Our New L.llD-niTE BLU TUX Priced At s2250 77m i$ I he I ritle of The FIRST MGllTF.ll Sorry! No more Tuxedos to rent until after the , Military Ball ELMER'S MAX and CARL Cor. 12th and P ball team on the first day of the New Year. After the affair with Sanford the team heads northwrad where they will meet the Oregon Sate college team at Corvallis. Then back to Lincoln and a tussle with the University of Wisconsin the fourth of January. This winds up the non-conference slate and the regular round robin with the Big Six teams starts Jan 7, with Kan sas State college. Schedule: Dec. 6 S. D. U. at Vermillion. 14 Marquette U. at lincoln. 18 Uni. of Kentucky at Lincoln. 21 Uni. of Minnesota at Lincoln. 26 Uni. of Calif, at Berkeley. 27 Stanford U. at Palo Alto. 30 Oregon S. Col. at Corvallis. Jan. 4 Uni. of Wis. at Lincoln. 7 Kansas State Col. at Lincoln. 13 Uni. of Oklahoma at Lincoln. Kansas State Col. at Manhattan. 20 Uni. of Missouri at Lincoln. 25 Iowa State College at Ames. Feb. 1 Iowa State Cil. at Lincoln. 10 Uni. of Kansas at Lawrence. 15 Uni. of Missouri at Columbia. 22 Uni. of Oklahoma at Norman. March 1 Uni. of Kas. at Lincoln. Schmidt speaks to Public Officials Forum Prof. E. B. Schmidt of the bizad college will speak on the Public Officials Forum at the meeting of the Nebraska Federation of Tax payers in the Cornhusker ballroom today at 3:00. CONGRATULATIONS! TO COACH JONES, HIS STAFF, AND THE FIGHTING CORN HUSEERS ON OBTAINING THE ROSE BOWL BID WHICH YOU ALL SO RICHLY DESERVE. rWx V. .. : 1 .v i.,. .-. Jj UNDER SCIIIMMEL DIRECTION GONGRA rULATIONS HUSKERS! -t VA ,0 A Tribute to Nebraska's Greatest Football Squad from loyal followers for over 38 years . . . rr
