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Friday, March" 7, 1941 DAILY NEBRASKAN r " ' " ' fit v Hit ."' E F I- - V SfioJdA CtAsmcb Br Jim Evinger u Baseball chief holds pow-wow WAYNE KELLOGG Dropping out o school for this semester is one Wayne Kellogg. Who is he, you ask. Well, Wayne Kellogg is a soph omore basketball and tennis ace, from Omaha. Kellogg is not com peting in varsity athletics now in order to preserve another year of athletic eligibility. Wayne is dropping school be cause of the lack of sufficient funds. But he will be back. Kel logg plans to attend summer school and thus insure his eligi bility for next year. CAGER, NET STAR While in high school, Wayne with his brother Gayle collabo rated to win the prep doubles crown. His brother, a south-paw, is the present state singles cham pion. In addition to his ability on the clay courts, Wayne is also adept on the hardwood courts. In mat ters pertaining to basketball, Kei- logg is one of the bright stars for SCOl'llll! 1'CCOrtt the 1941-42 cage squad. v Wayne, a player as aggressive as Johnny Fitzgibbon and possess ing a similar build, operated quite frequently with the varsity sec ond team in practices with the first Husker five this winter. Kellogg will be warmly wel comed back by Coach A. J. Lewandowski, the Corn husker quintet and Nebraska cage fans. ODDS AND ENDS Back and roaming the campus ; " i t ' ' .... .--'-- Wrestlers off for Big Six grapple meet Mindful of their showing thus far this season, Husker wrestlera will leave this afternoon for Man hattan, Kas. and the scene of the 1941 Big Six wrestling champion ships where they will endeavor to turn in some surprise victories to better their record. The eight wrestlers along with to be a "wet blanket" to Coach Coach Jerry Adam include Milton Away yet here, that's Sgt. Ed Schwartzkopf Wednesday's snowstorm proved DAILY itaff photo by Bill Latta. Coach Wilbur Knight, seated, checks over his list of baseball recruits and smiles as he sees the promising names listed among his veteran baseball candidates. Standing left to right are Ralph Kryger, first baseman, Joe Ryan, outfielder, Leonard Van Bus kirk, outfielder, and Angelo Ossino, pitcher. Van Buskirk is a sen ior letterman, while the other three are sophomores. Howard Englemaii breaks loop "Biff" Jones' hopes of getting his spring football squad outside for practice, but this epistle from Ed die Schwartzkopf, stellar pint-size gurad now serving as a first sergeant with the national guard at Fort Robinson, Ark., was a counter-stimulus. The message: "Dear Coach," It started, "I am reporting for spring prac tice. I may not be present phy sically, but mentally I will be in there each and every practice, taking my turn at hitting the dummies. "It is my desire the boys real ize that great football teams are developed not so much In the fall but in the spring drills. The fundamentals which should be learned during the spring are put on the assembly line in the fall and a little polish added, producing great teams. "I am not aware of the type of weather emanating from the Nebraska skies, but I wish it lioc f V 1 Til laoff wcre Psibe for me to extend IltlO ilcllllC. ICli the very enjoyable weather Arkansas are the Two years aeo as a sophomore, again is Kaipn King, waienoo Howara scored pomis in iwo sophomore high hurdler and high games with the Sooners. jumper. For the past two weeks With 158 points in nine con-"-since the Oklahoma dual meet ference games, Engleman boasts King has been at home with a an average of 17.6. The old Big LAWRENCE, Kan. The new Groves also established a record Big Six scoring ciiampion. How- for field goals that season, racking ard Engleman of Kansas, goes up 64. Engleman has yet to over after more points Friday night haul that mark, needing three against Oklahoma in an effort to baskets in the final game to put the conference record in safe equal it. keeping for a while. Another record that the former Four points past the old record Arkansas City high school ace has already, Engleman can set a mark only one game left in which to hard to beat if he enjoys his usual better is the mark for most points good fortune against Oklahoma, in one contest. Jimmy McNatt of case of mumps. Marvin Paul, former Husker backfield football star, is the coach of the St. John's military academy of Salina, Kas. Paul is the men tor who was ousted by Columbus high school officials last spring after a row. CLOWN DIVER When it comes to clown diving, you have to hand it to Les Old lield, sophomore backstroker. Les won his spurs (or water wings) for the Husker tank team this year and cracked his own coach's 150 yard backstroke Big Six record in the conference meet last weekend. But Oldfield does his belly busters on the diving board ether than just in the water. In doing his comical dives, Oldfield can even add good diving form in breaking the frce of his dives. Oldfield is the ther of Barney Oldfield, Line 1 Journal movie columnist now soldiering in Omaha. Six scoring record of 154 points was set by Frank Groves of Kan sas State In 1937. Oklahoma holds that, as the result of a 30 point spree against the Nebraska Cornhuskers last year. Engleman's closest approach to this , was the 27 markers he chalked up against Oklahoma in 1939. This year his season's high was the 26 points he collected in the game with Missouri. which we In recipients. Extend my greetings to all the fellows. As ever, "EDDIE SCHWARTZKOPF." Major Jones had this comment to make following the post card. He read: "The big little man says a lot in a few words. Biff." v Husker track team taking work light Howard Engleman's Varsity Record Sophomore Year Games Big Six Games 1 Non-Conference Games 9 Kuska, Colby, Kas.; Roy Shaw, Omaha; George Cockle, Omaha; Jack Debusk, Endicott; Hub Rod man, Louisville; Foster Smith, Calloway; Herb Jackman, Louis ville. The team leaves by auto at 1 o'clock this afternoon and will ar rive at the Kansas State haven in time for the preliminary bouta this evening. Semi-finals will be Saturday morning and the finals in all weights will be tomorrow afternoon. Everything to gain. The meet will be an elimination tournament and the Nebraska wrestlers will have everything to gain because they will not be forced to protect any records or the like. Glen Duncan of Kansas State and Sam Linn of Iowa are the only returning winners of last year's championships and will have a battle on their hands to retain their crowns. Teams are entered from Ne braska, Iowa State, Kansas State and Oklahoma without the Cy clones from Ames given the best chance of dethroning Kansas State. Mermen leave for Colorado Husker swimmers left Thursday night on their one and only abroad trip when they climbed aboard ft train, heading for the University of Colorado at Boulder for their last meet of the year. Nine squad members who nave been in every meet this season make up the Nebraska roster. These nine have set an enviable record due to the fact that all but All Games 19 Junior Year Games Big Six Games 9 Non-Conference Games 7 NCAA Tournament Games 5 All Games . 21 Senior Year Games Big Six Games Non-Conference Games 7 All Games 16 FG FT Pts. Ave 3b 21 93 9.3 12 5 29 3.2 48 26 122 6.4 FG FT Pts. Ave lb 5 37 4.1 11 5 27 3.9 26 9 61 12.2 53 19 125 5.95 FG FT Pts. Ave 61 36 1 58 17.6 4b 22 114 16.3 107 58 272 17.0 Coach "Ed" Weir's indoor track stars are working out very light ly this week, relaxing before pre paration for their next home ap pearance against Oklahoma A. and one 8 an underclassman. M. in the stadium March 22. Warden lone senior. Gene Littler is taking a vacation ..,. tv, i this week while his injured foot Ralph Worden Is the only senior heals from an infected toenail, on the squad who will not be back Ralph King, sophomore hurdler when the coliseum tank is put Into and high jumper, returned to "Pirlted use next fall in prepara- workouts Thursday after a session tion for the 1942 season H.s un- J J A . . 1 (H sUatlmr a m Kaar Kill Hull who will be a junior next fall. Composing the team that Is Gymnasts face Minnesota on Chemist visits campus R. Norris Shreve, professor of - chemical engineering at Purdue, fill! 1 vr was a recent visitor to the Uni- UttHHUilJ . . : t . s v. 1 j . , v vciauy 01 m'uiuKU uemisiry college. gymnastics, will be held on the P ltmhotl isoum stage on Saturday after- IttnltHt Ul 1, Phog lists Husker j.i.'ir :r r i 1 , .1 - vm The b Junior-Senior PROH Tonight 50 Couple Coliseum f n Getting into the best physical shape possible for its important gymnastic struggle with the Uni versity of Minnesota, the Husker gymnastic team is rounding out its training program. The meet that will pit Nebras ka's aggressive exponents of the apparatus and mat sport against VVVVVVVVVVVV Bob CALAME' and Hit Orchestra for the Saturday Nite DANCE at th until 12 Student UNION 15 AAAAAA the Minnesota Gophers who hold national recognition for their feats in col noon at 2 with plenty of seats for spectators. ine migniy oopners iook sec- II ond to the University of Illinois Oil (lll'SUir 100111 last week in a meet that only pro duced a 'i point difference be tween winner and second place. Nebraska was taking second in the Rocky Mountain A.A.U. meet held in Greeley by a close score while Minnesota was trying for the Northwest title. The entries for each team are as follows with three competing for each school in each event: Horizontal bur: NrbriMkii, Htm South- villi, Vre Krrlnrhrr anil Aim lJerk. Minnrxntii: lUnnlnK, Wardcka, Olmm, Dnljr or I.)kftn. Sid hnrar: Nehrnaka, Jnki Olrr, Ouy Johnwn and Aim I'tlmk. Mliinmota. An flVraon, Olunn, lalr, Drlnkwater, Ixken, (iroAfimiin, or HannlnK. Klyink rlnisn: Nehranka, Ooler, Knlchr and Jnlmnon. Mlnnota, Olson, (Jrossman, Wardka. Daly or Ixken. larnlli,l bam: Nrhrsnka, Kirlnrher, JohiiKon and Houthwlik. Mlnnrsota, Ancler aon, Daly, Lokcn, Harming or Wardeka. Cage tilt Saturday watched by third largest UN crowd Third largest in Nebraska's bas ketball history was the crowd that witnessed Nebraska's basket ball game with the Kansas Jay hawks Saturday night. Ticket check showed that 6,761 persons watched the game, according to an announcement by John K. Selleck, athletic business manager. Kansas-Nebraska played to 7,504 in 1937 and to 7,378 in 1930. with the mumps. Dr. E. N. Dep pen, team physician, gave word that runner Don Morris, who has hail a iif trist tirnlr1 hd ra1v t A take up practice by this weekend, manm me uip e. Robert Simmons, former mem- len, Bill Edwards , LeRoy t oster, bcr of the Husker track aggrega- 1 Oldfield Bill Hull . Don Hil- tion who is now a university law Rert, Ky Rohman, Cliff Lambert school student returned this week ""d Tom Woods. Coach Pete Hage- from a tour of eatsern meets. He " accompanying his band of has invitations io several other proteges to see that they keep their dual meet, record siaie ciean from any loss. meets but has declined them to catch up on his law book study. Growing modest, Phog Allen, water-gulping Kansas basketball mentor, named Sid Held, senior Nebraska eager, and Al Budolfson of Iowa State for all Big Six team honors, departing from his custom of naming the five K U starters for that honor. Remaining nominations by Phog are for three Kansas players, For ward Howard Engleman and Guards Bob Allen and John Kline. Held, who played forward for the Cornhuskers, was named center on Allen's team. Broadcast- (Continucd from Page 1.) ing facts about authors and relate stories that will be amusing to stu dents. Pertinent Information con cerning the war and literature is stressed by the commentator. He notes that P. G. Wodehouse, author of the "Jeeves" series, Is being held in an evacuated German in sane asylum where he Is working on a new novel. A German bomber has destroyed a British publishing house In which several thousand copies of "Mein Kampf" were stored. Of interest to mystery-lovers will be the fact that Alexander Wolcott selects those murder mys teries which are included in the president's library at the white house. Dcntiota hear Ireland Dr. R. L. Ireland, College of Dentistry, appeared in the March program of the Lincoln District Dental Society, on the subject, "Operative Procedures for Decidu ous and Young Permanent Teeth," March 3. r 81 Cm hql I SINVMf riLTIlt MItlCS ttnt MCMS 0NI IMS MS a SLACK MI MEGDIC Filtered Srasktag fa FRAXX KECXO Pipes, Cicmtta or Cigar Holders is bringing extra fry to amies of sacksrs. It's ti wisest itsr yea ever f?gst 1 .. hauflrwwr txnmm
