Thursday, February 5, 1942
DAILY NEBRASKAN
At Oklahoma
Tucker Joins Eligible Ranks
But Still Has Fight on Hands
For
NORMAN, Okl, Feb. 4 Bruce
Drake, Oklahoma's young profes
sor of basketball, is sparring with
a problem this week as he prac
tices his steadily improving Soon
era for Saturday night's battle
with rejuvenated Missouri here.
Gerald Tucker, the 200 pound
6 foot 4V4 Inch Sooner from Win
field, Kas., is now eligible. But
where is Tucker going to play?
A month ago the answer would
have been easy. Tucker was the
driving piston of a green Okla
homa team that nearly everybody
licked on an eastern road trip. In
spite of the Sooner defeats, the
big fellow averaged 16.4 points
per game and handled his pivot
post Job beautifully. The Sooner
then came pretty close to com
prising a one-man aggregation.
A Big Fight Raged.
But when somebody remem
bered, a few days before the Kan
sas game that Tucker might not
be eligible under the Big Six res
idence rule and the conference
faculty men suddenly barred the
Winfield phenomena for the re
mainder of the semester. Drake
had to start coaching in earnest
He had lost his star.
Four weeks have passed since
then. Oklahomans found them
surprising, pleasant weeks as the
crippled Sooner teem, needled by
the Tucker incident, found itself
and grimly began to play "assign
ment conscious" basketball. Four
consecutive victories were speared
by Drake's sophomore-junior ag
gregation. Instead of a one-man
team, Oklahoma without Tucker
had become a nine-man team.
And that's Drake's problem to-
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By Susan SJiau j
Flaying a large part in WAA's
physical fitness program, intra
murals will demonstrate a "pain
less" way to exercise this semes
ter. As well, a neophyte in the
club wofld will be the Outdoor
Club in which will be grouped
all those interested in hiking, bi
cycling, and roller-skating. The
Rifle club will go on as usual,
despite controversy. The govern
ment has always furnished shells
for such activities and will con
tinue to do so as it is deemed
necessary to teach women the
methods of shooting and caring
for guns during the present crisis.
WAA is to sponsor a training
course for girls desirous of becom
ing recreational leaders. This will
prove to be most worthwhile as
there has been a definite call from
Lincoln recreation centers for
trained students to help promote
programs. Included in the courses
will be groups of recreational ac
tivities leaders, game leaders, and
helpers in Cam pf ire and Girl Scout
work. The instruction, given by
trained leaders, will be done in a
six to eight week period, probably
two hours weekly. Further an
nouncements will be made next
week. All girls interested are
asked to sign up in the Student
Union office, and they will be notl
fied as to meetings. WAA will
issue certificates for satisfactory
completion of the course.
Girls desiring WAA scholar
ships for this semester must
have their names filed by next
Wednesday in the WAA office.
Three are to be given, one for
scholarship and the other two
for scholarship and participation
in WAA activities, the aware??
will be announced a week from
this Sunday.
Gymnastic Schedule
Teh. 5 Indiana there.
Feb. 6 Southern III. Normal
there. Feb. 7 Triangular Chicago.
Feb. 12 Minnesota here.
Feb. 14 Iowa there.
Feb. 19 Col. St. College there.
Feb. 20 Colorado there.
Feb. 21 Rocky Mt. AAU
there.
Feb.26 Carlton there.
Feb. 27 Minnesota there.
Feb. 28 Northwestern Gym
nastics Championship
Minnesota.
Mar. 7 Col. St College here.
First Team Assignment
day. Shall he risk breaking up a
winning combination to insert
even as fine a player as Tucker?
Tucker is believed sure to see
some action against Missouri here
Saturday. Basketball nowadays
is an eignt and nine-man squad
eame and Tucker is bound to havn
the ODDortunltv of sweating him
self against Coach George Ed
wards' Tigers some time during
the battle. But Drake may de
cide to start the combination that
screened so cleverly against Iowa
mate.
Tucker Rates High.
In workouts this week. Tucker
has held his own. The strapping
Winfielder is first of all a cork
ing team man. He will willingly
pass ana screen and his hearten
ing chatter in the thick of battle
rivals that of A. D. "Ug" Roberts,
noisy Sooner forward who is
known up and down the confer
ence for his oral jockeying.
The popular guess here is that
the versatile Tucker will fit so
smoothly into the new Sooner of
fensive that after a game or two,
nobody will notice he was gone.
Nebraska in Line.
And how Oklahoma will need
him! After the dangerous Mis
souri and Nebraska games, the
Sooners go to Ames, la., for a re
turn battle against Coach Louis
Menze's Cyclones. The Iowans are
virtually unbeatable on their own
court. Last year they over
whelmed Kansas there 41-29 and
also thrashed Oklahoma 44-30.
The only game Kansas has lost
this year was to Iowa State at
Ames.
And after the Iowa State en-
gagament, Dr. F. C. "Phog" Al
len's powerful Kansas Jayhawk
ers come to Norman Feb. 27 for
Oklahoma's final conference tilt
in a throbbing game that because
of its Tucker connection may draw
8,000 fans.
Wrestling Schedule
Feb. 7 Iowa here.
Feb. 13 Iowa State there.
Feb. 14 Cornell college there.
Feb. 16 Michigan there.
Feb. 17 Michigan State there.
Feb. 21 Iowa St Tchrs. here.
Feb. 24 Kansas State there.
Mar. 7 Minnesota here.
GARY'S ALL
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Freshly delightful comedy.
when ivlng, glamour-dish
'Sugar-puss' O'Shea moves
In on seven secluded pro
fessors to oid them in
research . . and Gary
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LtA , By Bob Miller
We dropped in for a chat with
our new head coach, Glenn Pres
nell, yesterday and found him in
a happy state... He had shifted
his office into the roomy quarters
previously occupied by Major Biff
Jones . . . Presnell, 36 years old and
looking like a grid candidate
rather than head coach, has a
personality, pleasing to everyone
with whom he comes in contact.
Plans Being Formulated.
In answer to our question of
whether he would instigate any
particular changes In the depart
ment, he said that things would
go along in pretty much the same
channels as previously Elmer
Holm, newly appointed line coach
is scheduled to put in an appear
ance at Lincoln next week and at
that time, he and Presnell will get
their heads together to discuss
plans for spring practice which
will begin on March 2 and will con
tinue for six weeks.
Holm's stay will be short bbut
it will provide for the two to get
the machinery for the spring
drills set up. . .Undoubtedly there
will be some changes in attack to
formulate along with the process
of issuing calls to desired foot
ball prospects. . .
The spring drill period will end
on April 11 giving way to out
door track and baseball.
No Curtailment.
When we asked him about pos
sible curtailment of spring sports,
"Press" had this to say, "As far
as everything is now, there will be
no curtailment of any of the spring
sports, at least on our part Our
schedules may be changed some
what due to other schools cutting
down on their programs. Kansas
and Kansas State have cut out
tennis and golf and this will neces
sitate making some additions and
changes in these two sports, but
we will definitely keep the sports
in operation."
Amen In Doubt.
Paul Amen, end coach on the
football team, head baseball men-
PERSONALLY ENDORSING 11)
Metioa Pietare It like eitninr per
gonal check! YOU have to he lire
(hat II il GOOD!
Bat we don't imitate to tell yon
that GARY COOPER AND BAR
BARA STANWYCK in "BALL OF
FIRE" will be the cranl comedy of
. . . The Management.
HOTSY - TOTSY C
SPOT QUEEN!
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Sportwriters Wanted
With the advent of a new se
mester, there are many more
athletic activities in progress on
the Husker campus. To insure
adequate coverage, more sports
writers are needed. A knowl
edge of news writing and an
Interest In sports are desired
qualities. Both men and women
are needed. Anyone interested
is asked to turn in his name
at the Daily office during the
afternoons.
tor and assistant basketball coach,
is very . much in doubt over his
draft status ... He is waiting for
a call since he is in good condition
and with no dependents. . .His
army call would mean several
changes would have to be made to
go thru spring sessions. . .Presnell
stated that next fall someone
would be added as an aide to the
staff, doing mostly scouting and
handling frosh gridders.
Outlook Isi't Bad.
..A bit ahead of time we asked
about the chances for next fall
Press pointed out that in addi
tion to the seven seniors that will
be lost three others have been
lost to the army Wayne Blue,
Howard Kelly and Wilmer Hansen
have joined the armed services
since the fall season was over
This leaves the center and full
back positions wide open and weak
...On the whole, however, Pres
nell was optimistic over the pros
pects and informed us that what
ever happened that the Huskers
would be able to hold up their
heads next fall right along with
the best of them And with that
our little interview was over
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Third Floor.
Six Gymnasts
To Compete
Coach Miller Heads East
To Engage Elite in Big Ten
Tuesday afternoon Charley Mil
ler and his sophomoric gymnastic
team embarked on a four day road
trip. Matches will include dual
meets with the University of In
diana, and Southern Illinois Nor
mal. The Huskers will conclude the
trip by participating in a trian
gular meet with the University of
Chicago and the University of Min
nesota. Coach Miller's chances for a
victory are dim because Illinois
holds the National A. A. U. and
Big Ten championships, Minnesota
was runnerup to Illinois in the Big
Ten, and Chicago took third place
in the 1941 Big Ten competition.
The folowing men made the
trip: Emil Pelcak-Side Horse and
Horizontal Bars, Bob Cooper
Tumbling, Collins McMaster- Hori
zontal and Parallel, George
Hodges-Side Horse and Tumbling,
Jim Griffith-Parallel Bars and
Side Horse, and Cecil Porter-Rings
and Tumbling.
The gymnastic team make their
first home appearance Feb. 12 with
Minnesota furnishing the opposition.
Girl Scouts Give
Training Course
Any university woman may take
a new girl scout training course,
which is being offered at the
Chamber of Commerce building.
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