The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, May 22, 1941, Page 3, Image 3

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    ThursHay, May 22, 1941
DALY NEBRASKAN
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Huskers bid for Big
Six title Saturday
Students holding university ae- fending their championship, is the
tivity booklets will be admitted to news that Bob Kahler, senior hur
the Big Six track meet Saturday dler who has been out with a
at half price, 25 cents, according pulled muscle since the Drake re
to John K. Selleck, university ath- lays, may return to competition
letic business manager. "Since the this weekend. If Bob is able to
meet is a conference affair the ac- take a final fling over the barriers
tivity booklets cannot be used for for Nebraska, he should add sev
admission, but we have arranged eral points to the Husker score
to give students a special rate," sheet.
Selleck said. Rated as stronfi: favorites to
Wnlrlaway, the Miracle Hoss, No charge will be made for the again annex the conference crown,
took another race when he beat preliminaries in ten events Fri- the meet should present some
out oldsters such as Mioland in the day afternoon. Admission for the stirring individual performances,
mile and one-sixteenth Henry of general public Saturday will be 50 such as "Red" Littler's race in the
Navarre gallop at Belmont on cents. Knothole tickets used by 440 with the Sooners' Bill Lyda,
Tuesday. A gold mine on legs is grade and high school pupils for Bob Ginn's try at Glenn Cunning-
this nag for that win boosted his football games will be accepted ham's mark of 4:13.3 in the mile
short lifetime winnings to $196,351 for the meet. Junior knotholers, and the unpredictable contest in
which aint bad for any 3-year-old. from the seventh to ninth grades, the hurdles.
Trainer Ben "One Blinker" gain admission for ten cents. Othor Henry Schulte, who coached
Jones, threw him into Uiai race nign scnooi siuaenis in wc senior ocariei ana ,Team cinaer equaas
unexpectedly Tuesday saying that knothole division are charged 20 for 19 years, has been named as
Honorary reieree ior me meeu
and a junior from Whittier, an
swered the question by Baying,
"rolling plains are really wonder
ful and the women are very so
ciable." One of the boys who han
dles Lewis' pitches, Stan Sharp,
sophomore catcher from San Diego
summed up his opinion when he
replied that "they both have rain,
but Nebraska's hospitality is a
little better. You have a swell
school."
A little red headed junior fr3m
Berkeley, Pitcher Reginald Va
lencia, provided the most unique
and doubtful answer gotten in the
interview. Said Reginald, "I like
the rolling plains, but you've got
lots'a beetles," and with this, sev
eral of his teammates echoed
"lots'a beetles." Taking on a se
rious look he added, "Nebraska has
greener grass and fresher women."
We're still a little skeptical of Va
lencia's meaning of "fresher."
h wanted to keen him in shape cents.
for the 50 thousand dollar Belmont Special feature of Saturday's
stakes on June 7. If this Whirl- championship meet will be Ne-
away is successful in that competi- braska's varsity band, which will
tion, he will become one of the five flay in the stands between events.
u;f-,. t u.in trirl Pnormrnp-inp' tn VA Weir, coach
crown, consisting of the Belmont, of the Cornhuskers who are de- perieci nosis.
Kentucky Derby and tne 1'reaK-
Here's the story of how this TTllclrOVG fllWTfc
Whirlaway popped to the top as llUOlVt-lO JJ
told by Trainer Jones. 1
"Whirlaway, out of Blenheim II 6ppr11fl WJltTIf
and Dustwhirl, was bred for class. cVWiivi pMlllv
I couldn t ten wnetner ne was
much horse until last June when
he won his first start at Lincoln
Fields, Chicago. He was one of the
most excitable horses as a two
year old that I have ever trained.
He would break out in a sweat and
be covered with water in five
minutes after we took him from
the barn in the morning for a spin
around the track.
to California
Coach Wilber Knight's Husker
baseball crew completed their
Eggs-
(Continued from page 1.)
Coach Evans paused a moment
to shout something at one of the
student managers and then added,
"I got the best ham and eggs here
I've ever eaten."
Also voting for Nebraska food
was Trainer "Bill" Fallon who
formerly lived for some time in
the midwest. Fallon thought the
ham was "excellent" and Nebraska
"does have good corn." A Stock
ton boy, Mai Kates, sophomore
member of the Bear team who
somew
thing Nebraska has that the sun
shine state doesn't "is a state
capitol," and then spoiled it just
a little by adding "hot weather."
Kates' teammate from Clarks
burg, Fred Hirtlan, is a junior and
does duty as pitcher. Hirtlan sur
,-hat disastrous 1941 baseball V left field, thought that one
season yesterday, dropping the
second of their series with the
California Bears, 4 to 0.
Though the Nebraska boys were
We babied him and let him have shut out. they played a decidedly
his own way. He didn't like school- better caliber of ball than they aid
"& " . Tt: " tA'9 Tm- prised the DAILY reporter a little
norror or crowus. i amu put nun w... . . . . . - canitoi
back with the crowds a. much . V SiffoSX?
possiote anu gei nun uscu iu mem. Fwwv.u...j - cnrilpd it entirely when he added
When he won his first race, I knew Angie Ossino, on the mound for spoiled it enUrely when he s added
I had a horse and I meant to keep Nebraska, gave up ten hits, hold- I heard ..j0 J
Mm ine the Bears to four runs. The gooa tno. Hirtian minus nis
. , . . . . - . v-iv,f, oKio tn Unnrk fivo nome state nas weorasKa women
Jones explained how he forced Knightmen were able to knot: k live think that "the rolling
Whirly on mob scenes and soon well scattered blows off Califor- 1baenai'ubuat1,hk..that 016 roUuig
. i . . it.v,.- foiling tn ramgHv thfl lana is an rigiik.
noucea signs or aecreuing '.Vtn.tinn Stuart Lewis, another felt fielder
ail uiie tutu a w iv-fv vu f
ping Whirly with a blinker on his The Bears' next stop on their
right eye while keeping the left 6,000 mile trip is the University
one clear helped win the Preak- of Wisconsin where they will play
The following week, he tne Big ien coniercncc wumcia.
ness.
walked the colt completely around They will also make a stop it
the track on the rail "just to know xsotre uame ior a iwu u
ana men iravei noum iu vi
leans to complete their trip.
the crowd." From now on the
horse will run with the same equip
ment and aided by the same psy
chological tactics.
Whirlaway's future ?
And as he gets calmer he gets bet
ter.'1 On that basis. Whirlaway is
.Tnnp RAva 'Til race him lust as one of the Quietest horses on the
long as he remains sound. He can racing ovals today and already
handle anything in the three year they're beginning to clear out a
old class. Last fall he was a nerv- spot beside Man O' War in the hall
.... r:-.l Tl oo
ous Vreck. Now he's almost cured, of fame for tne new Mirage
William POWELL
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