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Friday, February. 13, 1942 DAILY, NEBRASKAN pirE Tomrop Husker Teams in Firing Position in Four Sports By Bob Miller. Firing of the athletic variety will be concentrated on four fronts this weekend with most of the fireworks occurring on foreign battlefields throughout the Big Six. Track is the one exception. Husker cindermen open their sea son at home by entertaining the Missouri track squad under the east stadium starting at 8 o'clock, tomorrow evening. Close Result in Track. The meet Is expected to pro duce close races in numbers due to the comparatively equal strength of the two squads. Top events appear to be the 60 yard dash, the half mile, mile and shot put. Next on the list of Nebraska teams to be doing heavy duty this week is the swimming team. The splashers are listed as migratory due to their meets. First of their appearances will be at Kansas State this evening. Yeo Main Swim Foe. Leo Yeo is the standout for the Aggie aggregation and will stage duels with Bill Edwards for su premacy in the sprints. Les Old- field will be on his mark defend ing his new conference record. The following night will see the Scarlet standard set up in the Oklahoma tank environs. The Oklahomans while not as aggressive as the K Staters promise to offer plenty in the way of aquatic skill. The Husk ers will return to home base on Sunday. Basketball, Too Basketball. Shifting our sights to another snort we also have to move to another Big Six station, Kansas U. There on Saturday night will be a "natural" due to the odds that are at stake. Kansas must take this tilt to assure themselves of a chance of the Big Six championship pie. The Nebraska cage quint will be bat tling to keep themselves in the running for a first division berth in the final standings. Black vs. Held. A personal feud will be renewed when Sid Held vies with sopho more Chaaley Black of the opposi tion for high 'scoring honors. Black stymied Held's basket as sault the last time that the two met and led his own mates to a 51-32 victory over down but not out Nebraska. If the Huskers do win, they Gymnasts Fall To Gophers Featuring Newt Loken, Big Ten all-star gymnast, Minne sota's powerful gym team swept to a 142.5-123 victory over a hapless Nebraska squad yesterday at the coliseum. The Big Ten champs captured every first place and the majority of second places In the five events: horizontal bar; side horse; flying rings; parallel bars and tumbling. will move once again into a tie for third place with Iowa State and Kansas will drop down to a distinct second spot. If the tide turns the other way, K. U. will be tied with Oklahoma for the conference lead. Wrestlers on Road. The last sport to gain mention is the approaching tussle between Scarlet wrestlers and their con ference foe, Iowa State. The Cy clones have a squad that has im pressed in previous meets and will be trying to win a title in loop play. This year due to the short age of Big Six teams competing there will be no conference meet. There will instead be a winner that will be picked by the per centage of matches that the teams win in conference matches. This makes every dual of utmost im portance to all concerned. Copple Is Awaited. The standout match on tap promises to be the one between so-far undefeated Newt Copple Midwest 145 pound champion, and Roy Repper, Reppert was the one with whom Copple wrestled in the finals of the midwest tourney. Head . . (Continued from Page 1.) evening at the Lincoln General hospital following a paralytic stroke. "Mrs. Humphrey was always wanting to do something for other people," said Miss Margaret Fedde, chairman of the home eco nomics deDartment. in tribute "She was always interested in her work and never failed to perform anv task asked of her. She was an inspiration to others." She had been employed in the house eco nomics department for almost 2 years. r i rw tm ma n : 'v " y STEP-UP youi smartness with this ACCORDION PLEAT BOW-decked Gabardina Pump that kept eyes anchored to youi 19 L Black onl Fourth Floor. mm- Defore Cage Contest . Victory Studded Kansas U Predicts Husker Downfall ... Means to Ericl LAWRENCE, Kan., Feb. 12 Returning to Big Six competition after an absence of three weeks, the University of Kansas Jayhawks tangle with Nebraska Co. .rnhuskers here, Saturday night. Last previous joust in the conference for the Jayhawks was their 46-44 overtime win from Kansas State, Jan. 24. Since then they have met five opponents outside the league, Iowa U., DePaui, Wichita Great Lakes and Creighton, losing only to the star-studded Navy team. K U Impressive. Ten victories and two defeats is the record K. U. will carry into the game with Nebraska. Trailing Oklahoma by half a game, Dr. F. C. Allen's team can move back into a tie for first place by downing the nuskers Saturday night. As goes Sid Held so goes Nebraska and the Jayhawks will be out to stop the big center as thoroly as they did at Lincoln earlier in the season. I ndefeating the Huskers 51-32 in that game, Kansas limited Held to one field goal and five free throws. Ceighton Fell Had. K. U. played supurb ball in defeating Creighton 53-48 Tuesday night and Doctor Allen is hopeful that his cagers have enough com petition under their belts now to maintain that pace. Scintillating passing which worked the ball thru the Creighton defense for one short shot after another was the feature of Kansas' play. 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