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Wednesday, December 17, 1941
DAILY NEBRASKAN
Husker Cagers Bow Before Kentucky, 42-27
A Progressive Activity . . .
Intramurals Offer Men
Varied Sports Program
With the nation looking to
physically fit young men for their
armed forces, nearly half of the
university's 3,606 men are engaged
in one or more of the eleven, sports
to be found on the intraneural pro
gram. William "Rollie" Homey, who
succeeded Harold Pets is the man
behind this program, in pointing
out the importance of intramural
sports in a recent interview stated,
"To give you an idea of the num
bers competing, our records show
that 2,854 fraternity men par
ticipated a year ago; and this fall
and winter with a lower registra
tion, 2,766 men were engaged in
some form of intramural activity."
Barb Number Lower.
"Add to these figures the 884
barbs in 1940 and 840 this year, I
feel that our program is one of the
most important activities in the
university. These figures do not
include men engaged in varsity
sports such as football, basketball,
track, swimming, golf, tennis,
wrestling, and baseball."
Of the 3,606 men enrolled this
fall, ninety-four percent of the
fraternity men and 33 percent of
the unaffiliated men compete in
intramural sports, as compared
with a year ago when 47 percent
of a total of 3,777 took part in
some sport.
11 Sports Offered.
Included on the list of 11 sports
in which fraternity men engage
are touch football, tennis, golf,
volleyball, water polo, basketball,
ping pong, bowling, track, hand
ball and softball, while the barbs
compete in touchfootball,, basket
ball, ping pong, volleyball, and
Softball.
Top sports, according to Hor
ney's figures, are basketball with
. States Rollie Horner
29 teams engaged in tournament
play, and softball, with 376 men
on 24 teams competing.
The figures:
INTRAMURAL STATISTICS.
1939-40 1940-41
Total male students 3,777 3,606
Nn fro m.-. v. A nqo ajn
Number competing 785 795
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No. barbi regiitered 8,854 2,766
Number hnrhii mmivtlnB . . HfU JUft
Percent barbs competing .. 32 33
4oiai men competing 47 46
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Touch football
Prof. Shumate
Surveys State
Oil Situation
Dr. R. V. Shumate, professor of
political science and director of
research for the state legislative
council, last week completed the
first comprehensive survey of the
oil situation in Nebraska, in a spe
cial report to the state legislature.
By collecting facts and statis
tics and interviewing oil men, Dr.
Shumate has compiled a detailed
and complete study of the status
of Nebraska's "baby industry."
As to the future of Nebraska's
oil industry, Dr. Shumate avers
that optimism is not out of place
concerning the state's oil-producing
potentialities, but there is as
yet no justification in expecting
that Nebraska will rank high
among oil states, or that produc
tion will count for much of the
national output.
Ball Sponsors
Meet Thursday
Col. Charles A. Thuis re
quests that all coeds who serv
ed as sponsors at the Military
Ball meet In the Union ball
room Thursday at 5 p. m. to
have pictures taken for the
1942 Cornhusker. The sponsors
are asked to wear formals and
their sponsors caps.
CLASSIFIED
LOST Identification card and acMWtiei
ticket. Lora Ann Anderson, 640 No.
lath 8t.
FOUND Hchaef fer fountain pen between
801 and Teachera Friday. Ruaaell Leger,
2-4021.
Track and field.
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"B"
basketball
basketball
Softball
Volleyball
Number Number Games
Teams Men Played
40 '41 '40 '41 '40 '41
. 25 23 545 459 72 55
. 16 17 39 87 13 13
. 15 16 60 60 13 14
. 25 23 303 269 53 49
. 17 15 196 226 14 20
. 23 21 282 241 61 42
. 20 18 244 227 42 43
. 24 20 171 151 40 31
. 22 17 167 107 52 26
. 21 17 73 83 18 16
. 25 23 450 450 59 49
. 14 17 71 134 .. ..
.Barbs.
. 24 27 376 436 40 53
. 29 29 374 316 73 61
. 23 15 150 97 10 12
. 16 17 244 188 31 26
. .. 16 .. 97 .. 7
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By Bob Miller J
The lack of height that we have
been lamenting since fall cage
drills have started was certainly
emphasized at Indiana Monday
night. . .Whether or not it was the
height or the sophomoric Husker
team that was the cause, the dif
ficulty should be ironed out before
the regular Big Six season starts.
Plenty of Fight.
What they do lack in height
as a whole, the team makes up
for it by playiiig an unusual
amount of fight... A little ex
perience at the hands of the
masters like Indiana and they
will be all set... That Andy Zim
mer of the Hoosiers was a wiz
ard on making his shots... His
17 points were made on eight
baskets and a free throw.
We'll Look Funny.
After the way the Creighton
Hillhoppers manhandled an invad
ing U. C. L. A. quintet on the
Creighton court Monday evening
by a 34-18 count, we will look
funny if we don't duplicate the
feat when the Uclans play here on
Saturday night. . .Advance infor
mation tells us that the guests
will average around 6-3 in the
matter of height.
A Smash Up.
. .On their way to Pawnee City
an a grid banquet, Coach Ed Weir,
his wife and Bill Smutz, crack
hurdler, were involved in an ac
cident. . .Mrs. Weir was the most
seriously injured suffering a gash
in the forehead . . . Coach Weir and
Smutz received little more than
bruises.
Loss to California.
The switching of all the Bowl
games, the Tournament of Roses
and the Santa Anita race meet
from California puts that state
In sort of a momentary collapse
...Money pours in for all of
these affairs and it will mean a
lot to lose that amount of money
by just one stroke Besides the
Californians still have to worry
about the Jap air raid.
Undecided Right Now.
With the switch of the Shrine
contest to New Orleans on Jan. 3,
Major Jones, Vike Francis and
George Abel have some plans to
realter. . .Had the emergency not
come up, the three would have
left for the west coast the latter
part of this week. . .But now until
somthlng definite is announced
the trio will remain in Lincoln...
There is still a good trip in pros
pect for Vike and George and a
lot of work for the Major who will
have to shape the offense and de
fense for the west stars along with
Babe Hollingberry of Washington.
Guests Lead
16-15 at Half
Time Break
Nebraska Drops Second
Tilt in Row as Wildcats
Come from Rear to Win
LEXINGTON, Ky. Overcoming
a one point half time deficit, the
University of Kentucky Wildcats
finally forged into a lead, never
relinquished, as they thumped the
invading Nebraska Cornhuskers,
42-27, here Tuesday night.
The Huskers went to their dres
sing room with the 1 point lead by
virtue of the foul shot that John
ny Thompson sunk after the gun
had ended the first period. That
gave the eventual losers a doubt
ful 16-15 lead.
Kentucky Takes Over.
When the two teams resumed
the floor at the beginning of the
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Lincoln Journal
next period, the Wildcats took
over. They showed something of
the strength for which they are
noted as they ran up 27 points to
11 for Nebraska.
The game itself was a wild,
rough melee from start to finish
with 19 fouls being called on the
hosts and 11 on the Nebraska
cagers. Two of the Kentucky
starting quintet were eliminated
via the foul route as was Thomp
son for the Huskers.
Held Leads Scorers.
Sidney Held, elongated guard for
the guests, proved that the Wild
cat defense was vulnerable as he
managed to slip through 5 field
goals and a trio of extra points
to amass 13 points, giving him
scoring honors for the evening.
His exploits on the basket were
matched in part by center Mel
Brewer of Kentucky who was able
to salt away 11 tallies to rank
second in the scoring parade. Les
Livingston and Ken Elson man
aged 4 points apiece while in the
fray to cop second honors for Ne
braska. Huskers Due Home.
The Huskers entrained soon
Ticket Takers
Collect Five
Game Books
Nebraska's basketball team
opened their 1941-42 season
against South Dakota in the coli
seum Friday night and ticket
takers confiscated five student
athletic tickets, which were turned
over to the athletic department's
business manager, John K. Selleck.
"We are endeavoring to confine
the use of student book's to stu
dents; on most of the tickets taken
up, the signatures had been erased
and another one added," Selleck
stated.
If for any reason students have
secured new identification cards
since the purchase of their books,
they should have the cards prop
erly punched in the business office,
and the books should be endorsed
in ink, the business manager
warned.
Confiscated tickets will be re
turned to students at the business
office in the coliseum if legitimate
ownership can be established.
Corncobs Report
For Usher Duty
All corncob pledges and ac
tives are to report to the coli
seum in uniform at 10:50 this
morning in order to act as ush
ers at the war convocation.
after the game and are due to ar
rive home sometime Wednesday
evening. Coach Lewondowski's
proteges, with two losses and one
win under their care, will begin to
prepare to meet a fast U. C. L. A.
quint on Saturday night on the
home court. The box score:
KENTUCKY
fg fa fin pf tp
Allen f 2 10 4 4
White f 2 10 3 4
Tin . o 00 0 0
Splai.e f l 22 0 4
Ttscorn f 0 00 1 0
King c 1 00 1 2
Brewer c 4 33 2 11
Tander c 0 00 0 0
Stakera g 1 0 0 3 8
England g 0 6 3 0 3
Back g , 2 e 0 1 4
Totals 17 138 19 42
NEBRASKA. fg fa fm pf tp
Livingston t 1 42 0 4
Elson f 2 00 1 4
Dribble f 0 00 0 0
Bottorff t 0 21 1 1
Held c 5 93 1 13
Klngc 0 32 1 2
Young g 0 00 1 0
Thompson K 1 21 4 3
Goetz g 0 00 2 0
Total 9 209 11 27
Officials: Lane, Detroit, and Tehen,
Xavicr.
Alphs, ATO's
Swamp Foes
In Water Polo
Sigma Alpha Epsilon copned
the honors in last night's intra
murals as it took victories in both
water polo and badminton. Mean
while, the ATOs became the first
team to win two water polo
matches as they took the Betas
16 to 10.
Jerry Hooper fought his way
thru the entire Delta Tau Delta
team for two goals to lead his
SAE team to a 18 to 4 victory in
the water. The Phi Delts swam
thru the Fijis to gain a 21 to 5
verdict.
The second SAE victory of the
night came in a badminon match
with Theta Xi. Delta Upsilon gave
the Phi Delts a split in the night's
competition as the DUs won the
badminton match 2 to 1.
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