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Sunday, February 23, 1941 6 DAILY NEBRASKAN TGataoi (tap Two records equaled, one broken in dual meet win BY JIM EVINGER. Tn a dual moot in which times and distances blow Imlh liot and cold, Nebraska's star-si uMed indoor track team sound ly defeated Oklahoma's cinder aces, 73-31, in Ihe stadium oval, iSaturdav niiht. Two University of Nebraska records were equaled and one other whs beaten (luring the course of the evening. Gene Littler cracked his 410-yard record with a time of 40.4. littler set a 50.1 time last year. BUI Smut z skimmed over the 60-yard high hurdles to tie his varsity mark of 7.5 which he set in 1940. The other mark equaled was by Bill Lyda of Oklahoma, who sailed over the 880-yard course in 1:59.1, which was the same time that Harold Brooks of Nebraska made last year. Hunt near record The other record nearest falling was Harold Hunt's pole vault height. Hunt won his pet event at 13 feet 7 inches, a fraction of an inch behind his 1940 mark, but missed an attempt at 14 feet even. .Little Bob tJinn started the Huskers off in the win column when he took things easy and won the mile in the time of 4:32.4. Ray Smethers of Oklahoma took sec ond over Husker Bill Cook. Orville Mathews, Sooner foot baller, staved off a late rush by Littler in the 60-yard dash and nosed the Redhead out at the fin ish line. Littler got a bad start and could not come up even with the Okie gridder. Mathews' time was 6.3. Littler "coasti" in 440 Bill Lyda of Oklahoma pushed Littler all the way around in the record-breaking 440 and Bowles of Nebraska took third. Littler roasted in the final straight-away and still cracked the quarter-mile record. Smutz and Bob Kahler finished one-two for the Huskers in the high hurdles and from then on the end was never in doubt. Ginn took hia second win of the evening in rolling over the two-mile distance in 10:06.2 with Dale Garrels of Nebraska a close second. Ray Smethers took third for Okla homa. Arden Kersey and Brogan fin ished second and third to Lyda in the half mile race in which Lyda equaled Brooks' mark. One-two in hurdles Smutz and Kahler placed one two again in the low hurdles after gridder Bob barely nosed out Walker of Oklahoma for place money. Smutz won the event in 7 seconds flat. Harry Kender, Sooner vaulter, went out at 13 feet 1 inch to take second over Nebraska's Walt Nye. Harold Scott, Husker pole vault letterniMn, was not in suit due to a pulled leg muscle received last Another meet another win; tankers sink Kansas, 62-21 BY BOB MILLER. 1 ci raska s swimmers have lone it a train 1 For llic sixth time in as many meets, the Husker mer men liave lieen on the long end of ihr final score. Friday niilit was no exception in the coliseum pool, when the Scarlet tankers sank the University of Kansi'S, (i'J 'JI. For the first time in the present season the swimmers un der the able di re c t i o n of Coach Pete Hagelin swept every one of the p o s s i ble nine first places. Their beat previous record on this account was eight out of nine against Oklahoma last Friday, Feb. 15. Starting the meet out right, t r ft w Lincoln Journal. Peto HaK'-lin. the Cornhusker 300-yard medley relay team composed of Les Old- field, LeRoy Foster ana mm Woods brought in the first win in week in vaulting against Kansas State. ' The shot put was slammed by the Nebraska football team. Full back Wayne Blue pushed the iron ball out 49 feet 6 inches, Tackle Vic Schleich took second with 48 feet 11, and Knd Ray Prochaska placed third with 47 feet 4i inches. All efforts were their re spective competitive best this sea son. Kahler earns tie Bob Kahler earned a tie with Ray Mullins, Oklahoma, in the high jump at 5 feet 10 inches. Smutz placed third in this event. Smutz also took a third in the broad jump to take high point honors for the night with 12 points. Bob Ginn and Bob Kahler each had 10 points. Other places in the broad jump went to Harrison of Oklahoma, first, and Don Morris, Husker sophomore. Harrison's best jump was 22 feet 8i inches. Photo finish in relay In a photo finish, Nebraska's mile relay team squeezed out the Sooner quartet. Running in order for the Huskers were Bowles, Cul well, Chaloupka. and Cook. Bill Cook nosed out Walker at the tape for the win. The time was 3:39.7. Nebraska was without the serv ices of high hurdler and high jumper Ralph King who has the mumps, and pole vaulter Harold Scott. The Sooners were at a dis tinct handicap. Only ten cinder men made the trip, but failed to score points in only two events the mile relay and the shot put. Summaries: Mile run: Won by Bob Olnn (N): . ond, Roy Smothers (O); third, Bill Cook (N). Time: 4:32 4. 00 yard dash: Won by Orv Mathewn (O); Heennd, Kugenc Littler (N); third, Don Morris (N. Time: 3. 440 yard dash: Won bv Littler N: eeond, Bill Lyda (Oi; third. Bob Bowie (N). Time: 49.4. (New varsity record. Old mark. 50.1. art by Littler in 1140 ) 80 yard nlch hurdles: Won by Bill Smuti N): second, Boh Kahler (Ni; third, Bob 1-tinsford (O). Time: 7 5. (This equal! varsity rscord set by Smuti in 1940.) Two mile run: Won by Oinn (N: sec ond, Pale Oarrels (N); third, Smethers (O). Time: 10:06 2. 8S0 yard run: Won by Lyda (O): sec ond, Anion Kersey (N); third, Jim Bro gan (N). Time: 1:M1. (Kqusls var sity mark set by Humid Brooks in 1940 60 yard low hurdles: Won by Smuti (N); aecond, Kahler (N); third, Archie Walker (O). Time: 7. Pole vault: Won by Harold Hunt Ni. 13-7; second, Hurrv Kender tO), 131; third, Walter Nye (N), 11 -ft. Shot put: Won hv Wayne Blue (N), 4-; second. Vic Kchlen-h (Nr 48-11; third, Ray Prochaska (Si, 47-4 . HlKh jump: Tie for first between Ray Milium (O) and Boh Kahler (N ), i-10; third, Smuts (N). VS. Board jump: Won by Tom Harrison (0, 22-8'4; second, Morris N, 22 third, Smut (N), 22-2 S. Mile relay: Won hv Nebraska (Bowles. Harlan, Culwell, Don Chaloupka. Cook). Time: :37. 3:20, a time that is only one-tenth of a second off the Big Six record in that event. Worden dethroned. Don Hilgert and Cliff Lambert finished one-two for the home team In the 220-free style. Next, Bill Edwards, only Nebraska n entry, outswam his two Kansas oponents in the 50-yard free and then two events later came back and took another first in the 100 free with Woods right behind. In the driving event, a minor upset took place in the form of diminutive Bill Hull chalking up 96.5 points to take first over his teammate Ralph Worden. who slipped up on one dive and got a 93.7 total. Hull came back in the 440-free to add another first to his credit with his win over Lambert. Oldfield crack record. Les Oldfield won his favorite event, 150-yard back stroke, in a time that was well under the Big Six mark of 1:47.5. His time for the distance was 1:45.6. The conference meet is the event that Oldfield is waiting for now since he will have two chances to get a new record into the books. All of hia time in this event this sea son has been under the estab lished record. Foster took command of the Littler breaks own 440 yard mark . . . - f ' " 1 (-"'I " 1 I ' s ''V s f n , X I ' K 1 - ' 1 I j' s k ,i i- -j ' ' i " . " , ... . ; - ' ' X . I Off for another new record Saturday night went Gene "Red" Littler. The Mitchell speedboy sailed around the indoor oval in the Husker-Sooner dual meet in his pet 440-yard dash event to set a new Nebraska varsity mark. Littler broke his 1940. time by seventh tenths of a second in lowering the 50.1 mark to 69.4. In addition to winning the quarter-mile Littler took second to Orville Mathews, Oklahoma gridder, in the 60-yard dash. The Redhead got a bad start but pulled up fast to take the runner-up spot. Bob Simmons rims third in New York 600 NEW YORK. Nebraska's Bob Simmons, barnstorming star ath lete, finished third in the 600 yard run at the National A. A. U. in door track meet Saturday evening in Madison Square Garden. The ex-Big Six quarter-mile king placed third behind Jimmy Herbert and Chuck Beetham in a blanket finish. Herbert sprinted one and appeared to have lost his wind, then sprinted again to win in 1:12, second fastest time in the meet's history. Munski takes second. Simmons ran a preliminary heat which was the fastest of the time trials. Behind Simmons came Joe Zeitler and Warren Breidenbach. Missouri's John Munski finished six yards behind Walter Mehl of Wisconsin in the mile run. Mhl faded in the last lap after a strong three-quarters. His time 4:10.9 200-breaststroke and squeezed out a close win from Hilgert in 2:46. Foster's time has been improving all season and Friday night he got the best time of his present cam paign. Loop meet on Friday. The 400-yard free style team composed of Oldfield, Woods, Fos ter and Edwards took the last event to end another chapter auc ressfully to the Husker'a log book. 300 vard medley: Won by Nebraska (I.es Olillirld. l-croy Foster. Tom Woodsl Kaunas llnn Iji Slirllr, i;ene Nelson, Joe Morton). Time: 3 20. 220: Won by Ion Hllxert (N); second, riilf Ij,ml.rrt (Ni; third. Bill Hackle (K i. Time: 2:3f 2 M: Won by Hill Edwards (N); s.cond Joe Morton (Ki; third, K.d Mosea (K) Time: :24 5. Iiivlm: Won by Bill Hull (N), HI second. Ralph Worden (Nl, 03.7: third I'nill Wlnle iKt. M loo: Won bv Bill K.dwHnUi (N); aecond, Joe Murton tKj; third, Tom Woods (N) Time: ;M 2. i:0-ysrd backstroke: Won by Ies Old field (Ni; second, Dan 1 Hhelie (K Time: 1.45.6. 200 y; rd breaststroke: Won by I-erny Foster (N); second. Don HllKert (N) third. (Jene Nelson (Ki. Time: 2:46. 440: Won by Hill Hull (N); second Cliff Ijimbert Ni: third, Beachy Muarer (Ki. Time: 5.51 7. 441-yard relsy Won by Nebrnska (Ies Oldfield. Tom Woods, l.rroy Foster, Kill Kdwardsl. Ka.ims (K.d Moses. Bearhey Muaser, Gene Nelson, i'aul White). Time 4 44 4. Kelerre: Harry Kuklln, Nebraska. SEIORTllAHD DICKINSON IN 3 DATS OH 00 TAIX1HT AIJM IMHYini'.!. INKTlTIOrt COMPLETE SECRETARIAL TRAINING DICKINSON SECRETARIAL SCIIOOL II 1 in rata liberty life M4r. S-tlM gd Lincoln Sunday Star and Journal. ATOs, Phi Psis in water polo match Monday night Monday night will be the night for Alpha Tau Omega and Phi Kappa Psl to compete in water polo in an effort to determine who will meet Sigma Nu in the finals on Wednesday evening. The ATO's had to swim against IN "DAWN SHEER" RAYON WOVEN WITH &nJ F.verybodjr Was a art annerlaliye for ikeae i Some ik ike lovrljr prinw line. Soate ilanlin detail. Soaac deligU ihe lon aummef life of Ibrar rasrwible. Everybody i MxX V ex Man le AMO 9lo IS. "Musi Yon?" Sprinf aavjr redlngola Wright ilh Raskea f pink, blae or miu eyelrt eaabroiderod katista eJged ia rolloaj Uoe. "Von Musi!" Smart siraarc-aerUd dress aad eoat ia pvwdcf, aqaa, roae aod keiaw with freak white eyelet batiat aad roal Iriek rreefcet aoeaaul Also is) M-.Si6f:-sj--4jsl,1'- -mtr4s!(M Grapplcrs lose Friday meet to I.S.T.G-, 27-5 Milton Kuska losses rival for only Husker points in seventh loss Able to score in only one weight the 121 pound division, the Univer sity of Nebraska wrestlers, coached by Coach Jerry Adam, were thrown for another loss, the seventh of the season, by Iowa State Teachers college in Cedar Rapids by a 27-5 score. The meet held on Friday night was the first of a two meet nortll ward jaunt which saw me team meeting the University of Minne sita at Minneapolis last night in the finale of the trip. Milton Kuska was the only Husker to dent the win column in the disastrous meet and in hia event, he threw Charles Ferguson in 2 minutes and 58 seconds of the third period. His win over the Iowa Teacher's representative was not of any practical value to the team as they did not win in any of the seven other divisions. Three of the Ne braska wrestlers, Jack Debusk, Hub Rodman and Chuck Bourg, lost their matches by falls. The summary: 121-Kuska (N) threw Ferguson (IT) 10 8 :oR. ' 128-Welti (IT) declsloned BhtCw. 1,18- Isaacson (IT) declsloned Cockle. 145 Hassman (IT) threw Debusk la 5:4.V 1M Welti (IT) threw Rodman In 7:15. 18ft Melaon (IT) declsloned Smith. 175 Martin (IT) threw Bourg In 1:21. Heavyweight-Rajcevtch (IT) declsloned, Jackman. the Phi Delta to get a winner in league 1, which they won 15-9. The Phi Psi's coasted through their league undefeated. In leaguV 3 the Sigma Nu's had to swim toV decide a tie. They won 9-4 from ' Phi Gamma Delta and drew a semifinal bye to enter the finals. One more day will be given fra ternities to enter teams for the intramural handball and ping pong. This must be done by Tuesday. " ri? sik i spring 77