Friday, March 21, 1941
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It was on March 17, an unim
portant date to be filed away with
dirty socks, that revolution came
to this page ushering in a new
regime headed by one Christopher
Petersen, an armchair athlete of
wide rebuke.
As for participating in events
of brawn and body prowess, Peter
sen's single claim to fame in the
world of athletic competition con
sists of staying under water in
Hudson river for three days on a
bet from a fellow columnist, Henry
McLemore, who writes of the in
significant in a significant man
ner. For that feat, he was made a
knight, in manner traditional, at
the service of the Queen of Tran
sylvania. So steeped in traditions
of knighthood is Petersen that he
is often accused, and publicly too,
of having lance in his pants.
Petersen's high school athletic
career was. one never before un
equalled. He . unofficially broke
the state high school record for
the mile running home at nights
from Boy Scout meetings. His
swimming feats were tops and he
had his favorite style, the crawl
stroke with the sun stroke running
it a close second. The bottom fell
out of diving records (and the
pool too) when he took to the
springboard. To this day, grade
school children in Blair schools
walk through those huge halls of
learning purposely to gaxe with
awe upon the chunk of statuary
which depicts this Petersen. How
ever, the placard under the
statue has been horribly jumbled
and reads "An athlete on an all
around bust" instead of "A bust
of an all around athlete." That is
the only logical reason why his
fan mail has diminished from two
letters a day to one meager post
card. That, sports addicts, introduces
you to the new mentor of white
and black jargon. We've probably
been thrown for a loss on this
play but there are still some
passes to be made. Hope you can
stand this prattle with your coffee
and crayfish at breakfast each
morn because we're sports editor
now and if we can't do a job, well
. . . well.
Yes. there was no sport page
yesterday. But there was Betty
Rathburn where the sports 'Were
going to be and when there is a
decision to be made between Betty
Rathburn and sports well, you
know how decisions aren't!
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Gridiron ...
Youngsters
spike team
prospects
Game-length scrimmage
tomorrow putg rookies
in interest spotlight
By Chris Petersen.
These are tough times for Ne
braska's hundreds of lunch-counter
coaches.
There are a lot of question
marks in their line-ups as promis
ing rookies
move up from t
the frosh squad
to press the old
hands for top
berths. To com
plicate masters,
there aren't
many veterans
back from laot
year's starting
lineup. List
these three:
Vike Francis at
fullback, Fred
Preston on the
end, and Clar
ence Herndon
at tackle. Hern- oakdkx hebndon
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ond to Forrie
Behm during the memorable 1940
season but due to Behm's leg in
jury, put in as much time on the
gridiron as the All-American.
The big query in the minds of
those watching the spring prac
tice sessions is "Who will be re
placements this fall?" With the
squad split into two groups, the
Harvards and Tales, predictions
for anything near a definite line
up are impossible.
Saturday Scrimmage.
With the possibility that Major
"Biff" Jones and his staff will pit
the two squads against each other
in a full time game scrimmage,
Saturday afternoon, eyes will be
on the bunch of youngsters com
ing out of the frosh ranks.
To bear watching among the
new backfield men are Roy Long
of Blair; Marvin Athey of Wau
neta; Wilmer Hansen. Loomis.
Long will probably be on the tail
back spot, a position that he
played for three years on a cham
pionship prep outfit at Blair. A
big. rangy lad, he tips the scales
at 190 and was fast enough to
capture wins in the 100 yard dash
in high school competition.
Athey at signal station.
Athey, at the signal calling sta
tion, should keep Marv Thompson
busy holding his spot at quarter
back. With his 180 pounds and
prep school experience at that po
sition, he is the compensation to
coaches for the loss this year of
three veteran signal callers.
Nice material for the wingback
spot is Hansen who got his start
in this game with Holdrege. At
175 he is a stocky lad who should
be able to do more than his share
on blocking duties.
Spiking these three men rre
Jack Hazen, Omaha, who is al
ready known to Husker fans, hav
ing one year of varsity under his
belt. Randall Salisbury, Elm wood
boy, should prove his worth at
spinner back post. Note too. Dean
Jackson, former Lincoln high end
star, whose six feet and 180
pounds should be a valuable asset.
Tackle spot strong.
Coming up at the tackle posi
tions are Joe Byler and Bob Mc
Nutt to make that part of the line
particularly strong with veterans
Vic Schleicb, Clarence Herndon,
and Francis Leik, all ready for
service.
Getting plenty of note is Gene
Wilkins, Omaha, and Herb Von
Goetz of North Platte, both at the
guard positions. Von Goetz is con
sidered by some as a likely re
placement at that post.
A tall boy at 6-3 and aspiring
end is Ed Nyden of College View.
He and Jackson both look good at
the wing positions.
At the center position again this
year will be experienced men,
Fred Meier and Howard Kelly.
Both men kept Bob Burruss busy
last season holding down his start
ing; position.
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decks for dual compet
Clear the track tomorrow for
Bob Ginn, the short sophomore
runner whose speed in the middle
distance events is warming the
cockles of track coach Ed Weir's
heart, m
Ginn, who broke the Nebraska
indoor record for the mile with a
time of 4:19 at the Illinois Tech
relays last weekend, will this Sat
urday run the mile and returning
about a half hour later will at
tempt to lower the indoor half
mile record of 1:59.1 set last year
by Harold Brooks.
King returns.
Bob will be running against
Oklahoma A. and M. in the Com
huskers' last indoor dual meet of
the season. Ralph King, the sopho
more cinderman, will return to
competition in this meet, compet
ing in the 60 yard high hurdles
and the high jump. King has been
out since the first meet of the
season with the mumps.
Bob Morris, upon whom Weir
hoped to call for the broad jump,
is still nursing an ankle cut and
Northwestern . . .
Phys ed prof
decries waste
in athletics
EVANSTON, III. (ACP). The
millions of dollars spent by Amer
ica for sports and physical educa
tion have been largely wasted,
Leon G. Kranz, professor of phys
ical education at Northwestern
university, believes.
"Far from producing a phys
ically fit people, our sports pro
gram is in a large way responsible
for the physical shortcomings in
dicated by the large number of
draft rejections," says Kranz.
It is Kranz' belief that physical
educators have placed too much
emphasis on sports and that as a
result individuals who are poor in
sports become discouraged and
even those with considerable skill
give up their training after pass
ing out of the competitive age.
The physical education program
at Northwestern university is
cited by Kranz as a model for a
more adequate American body
conditioning plan. A wide variety
of sports golf, swimming, base
ball, basketball, and others are
offered to the students, but the
emphasis is placed on making
these activities bring about good
physical condition rather than on
developing- individual skill.
Kranz challenges the exercise
value of two of America's most
popular sports, golf and bowling.
He says it Is a delusion to believe
that weekly participation in these
sports will provide adequate exer
cise. W Club brings
Doghouse band
Bend down brother and hear
them doghouse blues, both sweet
and hot!
Come Friday, April 4. the "N"
Club will bring Bob Strong and
his band to the university coli
seum to play for their annual
dance. Strong's orchestra is beard
every Tuesday night over a na
tional hookup on the Raleigh To
bacco program, titled "Uncle Wal
ter's Doghouse."
"N" Club prexy, Don Fitz and
John McDermott announced last
night that the band had been def
initely cigned for the night when
campus athletes entertain the stu
dent body.
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OWL PHARMACY
148 No. 14th aV P M068
will be unable to compete. Okla
homa A. and M. has a broad
jumper. W. L. Clapham, who has
pitched himself just under 25 feet
Husker Bill Smutx will jump
against him in addition to travel
ing both the hurdle courses.
Gene Littler's thigh has been
bothering him but he will run his
60 yard and 440 events.
Prochaska outside.
With war weather Ray Prochas
ka moved outside to get in. form
with the discus. Ray held the Big
Six discus record for eight minutes
last year until fellow-Husker Ed
sel Wibbels rebroke the record
with a toss of 160 feet 5U inches.
Prochaska is getting an early
start this year in preparation for
an attempt to regain the plate
tossing crown.
Coach Weir hopes to turn his
whole track squad outdoors next
week in preparation for the first
outdoor meet of the year to be
held with the University of Cali
fornia at Berkeley, April 11.
UN diamond nine
workout outdoors
With the crack of a bat and
the thud of a ball in a glove, Coach
Wilbur Knight's varsity baseball
squad held their first outdoor
practice last night in preparation
for a season's tussle with the
"great American game."
With a rugged schedule of 18
games facing them, the squad took
advantage of their first day out
to work on play situations, infield
practice and batting exercise.
Their first game is set for April
11 with the University of Colo
rado eleven at Boulder.
Good weather during the fore
part of the week brought the ice
out of the ground on the diamonds
making outside drill impossible
However, the squad spent their
time in the coliseum with con
centrated drills on bunting and
batting along with a study of in
field situations.
Indefinite yet, are lineups for
this year's varsity pquad. With
several veterans of other seasons
missing, the NU nine will draw
new men from the ranks of last
year's frosh squad.
Women students at Pineland col
lege follow extensive ROTC train
ing and wear military uniforms.
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Sports
By Jeanne! te Mickey
Newest feather in the WAA cap
is the decision of the council to
buy e'ght new bicycles to rent to
students at a low cost for riding
around the campus on these beau
tiful spring days. There will be
two girl's, four light weight, and
two men's bicycles. The decision
came as a result of suggestions
from other WAA groups at the
A.F.C.W. convention in Illinois
last spring which several members
of the council attended.
From another suggestion from
this same convention, a state WAA
convention will be held here tor
the first time. Nebraska Wesley
an will be host to the Nebraska
WAA group which will act in n
assisting capacity.
Last night the Gamma Phi's
took another close game over Ray
mond Hall by a score of 15-12.
And on Tuesday the Tri Delts
topped Alpha Chi in the I e mi
finals by a score of 15-12.
In the society column line: That
new diamond found on the left
hand of Miss Loize Montgomery,
phys ed instructor, was a birthday
present Tuesday from Cy Yordy,
Jackson high athletic coach. We're
looking for some candy around
the department soon.
Kappa Sigma to
meet DU team
in handball finals
Trouncing the Sammies in the
first three matches. DU yesterday
evening advanced to meet Kappa
Sigma, later this week, in the
handball finals. DU took the dou
bles match and the first singles
game, enough to give them a
win.
The winner of the handball
match between the Kappa Sigs
and DU's will receive 100 points
toward scoring for the Jack Bert
trophy.
Meeting in the finals of the
tournament will be Wayne Mack,
KS, and Harry Ankeny, DU: War
ren Rounds, KS, and Roy Nye. DU
in the two singles matches. In the
doubles. Butch Luther and Forrie
Behm will play for DU against the
Kappa Sig team of Dick Hitch
cock and Leonard Van Buskirk.
A plan for students to raise
money for the needy by economiz-,
ing on one meal a week is under
consideration at Oberlin college.
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