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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1942)
Thursday, April '16, 1942 6 DAILY NEBRASKAN They Will Bid for Honors at K U Relays I . i iiiiiiiii u i.i i ... mpn'-M. ii-u.-'iimn..i mm. mtiwii J i na 1 L . . u i ... fI""' jm.. I . I' : fiit 1? -i J' , ' u p - fi-C'- ' HA i ; i i r v i ry E v if f j ' ' . i,.v 4 M - - r-v . !?..ftV , s A - I s . f I .y -t , I f .'. I !w (It Big Elmer Aussieker, Missouri' Big Six champion shot putter, pushes one out in preparing for the Kansas Relays at Lawrence. (2) Jack Defield, Minnesota vaulter, who finished second to Corne lius W'armerdam, world record holder, in the Mil rose games this spring, who will match leaps with (3 1 Harold Hunt, Nebraska's champion of the Big Six and winner of the Texas Relay's pole vault. (i Oklahoma's distance medley qartet, Texas Relay's winner, who will be out to repeat at Kansas. IWt to right: Smethcrs, Lyda, Burns and Sharpe. (.1) Bill Lyda, Oklahoma's middle distance ace. In Drake Track Competition UN Cindermen Rank Second Only to Illinois in Victories DES MOINES, la., April 13 With victories in eight of the ten ppecial events that have survived through the years, Illinois' 18 vic tories in the individual events lioicLs that division of the annual Drake relays, being held April 24 and 25 this year. failing to win only the 440 yard hurdles and the 2-mile rune, Illi nois outstripped second-place Ne braska by four victories, 18 to 14. Kansas has posted 12 victories, Wisconsin has nine and Oklahoma nl Iowa have eight apiece. Teams split up Of the six leading teams, three --Illinois. Wisconsin and Iowa re from the Big Ten conference, anil three - Oklahoma, Kansas and Ncbraaka are members of the I5i Six conference. Sine,' the first Drake relays vre devoted mainly to relay faces, no permanent individual event hit the record books until th 120 yiird high hurdles were established in 1917. From then on, Individual races and team events followed in rapid order. The 100 yard dash was placed n the program in 1918, followed Phi Gams Sweep Top I-F Honors In Alley Compete Phi Gamma Delta's bowling elub walked off with top intra fraternity laurels at the alley last night by defeating the Beta, Delt, and ZBT pinmen in the final play offs. With Bill Bomgardner rollirg successive games of 180 and 198, the Fiji team totaled 1,716 for the two game run. Runnerup Betas totaled 1.606, Delta were third and the ZBT's fourth. Remainder of the fraternities had been elimi nated in the prelims. V .. "Xif via. JAM HANOI Lincoln Journal, by the pole vault, broad jump, high jump, 440 yard hurdles, shot put, discus throw and javelin throw in 1922. Locke and Francis lead Big guns in Nebraska's 14 vic tories were Sprinter Roland Locke and Wcightman Sam Francis. Locke bullet- ed to successive victories in the 100 yard dash in 1925 and 1926, setting the :09.5 record in his latter ef fort. That has never been bro ken, tho tied by Ralph Met calf of Mar quette and Jesse Owens of Ohio State. After gaining fame as an All American full back on the gridiron. Southpaw Sam Francis won both the discus and shot put title at the relays in 1936 and 1937-the only years he appeared at Des Moines. Ne braska failed to bag victories in only the high jump and 2-mile run. Osborne Wins Jump. The first Illinois triumph went to Harold Osborne, who leaped 6 feet 6 inches to win the high jump in 1922. That record, the oldest on the Drake books, still sands. Latest of the Illinl to win an individual crown was Ken Diefen thaler, likewise a high jumper, who claimed titles in 1936 and 1939 with respective jumps of 6 feet 3i inches and 6 feet 5 inches. Kansas ranks next One of the dozen Kansas vic tors was Jim Bausch, decathlon champion at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, Calif. In his appear ance at Drake in 1930, Bausch threw the shot 49 feet li inches for the championship. Kansas bunched its triumphs in the pole vault, broad jump, high jump, shot put and discus throw. Other team leaders, according to victories, are: Louisiana State, 7; Minnesota, 7; Rice, 6; Marquette, 6; Indiana, 6; Texas, 6; Drake, 6. Drake, the host school, has Linn Philson, a high jumper, to thank for three of its victories. Philson won or shared the jump tiara in 1934-35-36. Herlzlcr, Ilcinlinnlt ' Attend Convention Professor J. O. Hertzler, chair man, and Professor J. M. Rein hardt of the sociology department will attend meetings of the Mid West Sociological society in Des Moines, April 16 to 18. Dr. Rein hardt will contribute to a discus sion on criminology and to a panel on "Sociology, Sociologists, and the War." Dr. Hertzler is chair man of the panel. Saylor Talks on Future Of Junior Colleges Professor Galen Saylor of Teach ers college addressed the Nebraska Junior College association at its spring meeting in Falrbury April 11. His subject was "What Should Be the Future of the Nebraska Junior College?" 'Queen of Queens' to be One of 6 of 20 of 3,000 ... Iii iV Club Election Choosing one from among six chosen from among 20 chosen from among nearly 3,000 Nebraska coedsythat's the job of the N Club members who will chose a "Queen of Queens" to reign at the annual dance May 16. Members have already selected six finalists from a list made up of 12 Cornhusker beauty queen candidates, the Typical Nebraska Coed, Pep Queen, Nebraska Sweet heart, Prom Girl, Pledge Sweet heart, Inteifraternity Sweetheart, Goddess of Agriculture, and two other candidates nominated at a meeting yesterday. The six coeds selected from the field of 20 (in one case a contest ant, in addition to being a bauty queen candidate, was also a "sweetheart") will be revealed in future issues of the Nebraskan, and one of the six will reign as "Queen of Queens" at the N Club dance. Virginia Ford, Typical Nebraska Coed; Betty Nichols, Phyllis Welch, Lynn Dale, Lois Drake, Lois Scofield, Shirley Johnson, Beldora Cochran, Harriette Cos tello, Becky Wait, Maryellen Robison, Jessie Moore and Ruth Iverson, all Beauty Queen con testants; Janet Hemphill, Pep Queen; Becky Wait, Nebraska Sweetheart; Ann Craft, Prom Girl; Hazel Abel, Pledge Sweet heart; Tonl McQuiston, Interfra ternity Sweetheart; Ben Alice Day, Goddess of Agriculture, and the two other nominees, Alice MocCampbell and Shirley McNeel from this list of 20, six have been chosen one of the six will be "Queen of Queens." Bill Smutz, chairman of the dance committee, has promised "a fair election, with discussion there'll be no politics here," and so, on May 16, the one-from-six-20-from-3,000 will be revealed. University of Wisconsin students who attended the 1942 junior prom went without corsages to. buy more than $500 worth of defense stamps. m Hey! The new Arrows are in! Such shirts! Such patterns! Such colors! And collars button-downs . . . short, wide-spread points . . . long, wide-spread points . , . every one a perfect fit. The new Arrows are here. In an assort ment wide enough to satisfy every man in town. But every Arrow has this in common: Sanforizcd-Laheled (will Mi rink less than 1) ... famed "Mitoga" figure-fit . . . buttons that are anchored on . . and tyled right I NOW! Strike up the Band! Gobs of Girls... Fun.,. Music rf-V iw Doro orothy William Jimmy LAMOUR IIOLDEN DORSE y Always a 30c Seat LINCOLN Now's the time to come in and see for yourself . . and stock yourself up. $2.23 up. GOLD'S Men's Store. PM1 "On