DAILY NEBRASKAN
Friday, April 8, 1942
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THIRTEEN members of the Husker N club are all sched
uled to meet the Japs in the next few months for they all have plans
formulated by Uncle Sam to guide them in their pursuit of adven
ture... The limit is two months of freedom until they wear the olive
drab of the U. S. service forces. .. Leading the boys into action will
be Kenny Simmons, football scamper-back, who is heading for the
navy blues... The other 12 will split up into the various branches.
LES LIVINGSTON," basketball; Theos Thompson, football;
George Yetter, football manager; Chet Bowers, rifle team: Kenneth
Husemoller. wrestling; John Hay, basketball; Bill Smutz. track; Byron
Adams, goh; Freddie Meier, football; George Abel, football; Lynn
Mvers. football: and Harry Ankeny. tennis compose the remainder of
the armv-bound athletes. . .John Hay is all set to get married dur
ing the latter part of this month and all of the felicitations of the
single are offered him... It says here.
BOB RAUGH, former Husker athlete, has taken on the head
coaching reins at Washburn college down in Topeka according to
the communique issued by college authorities. .. Raugh, 36, takes
over the job held until March 1 by Elmer "Gus" Holm, now Husker
line coach.!. The former signed a one year contract calling for a
salary of $2,700 with one month vacation per year... After com
peting at Nebraska, Raugh entered the coaching world by directing
high school athletics at Maxwell, la., Norfolk. Neb., and Colby. Kas.
ONE of the consequences of the Drake Relays was evidenced
down in Missouri. . .Don Walters, ace Tiger dash man who has tied
the 60 yard record on repeated occasions was one of the performers
who suffered an injury during the recent Relays due to the cold and
rain ... He pulled a muscle which doctors have said will not heal until
after the Big Six season ended. . .Walters. Missouri's 00 and 220 yard
dash mainstay, decided that altho he was a junior that he was handi
capped by the injury and so dropped out of school for the army air
corps... Jack Tracy, Tiger quartermiller also injured at the Drake
meet is still hobbling around. . .Nebraska thru the foresight of Coach
Ed Weir did not try during the poor weather, hence a bad showing
in points but a good showing in the lack of injuries. . .Don Morris,
sprinter and broad jumper, received a pulled muscle and has not been
able to compete since but no one else was hurt.
HIGH school athletics along with the second semester are
rapidly drawing to the final peak... This week end will be the state
high school baseball championships Then next week on Thursday
and Friday will be held the state championship track meet with four
classes. . .Omaha Tech is defending champion in Class A with Lin
coln and Fairbury given the best chance to dethrone them Along
with the track meet will be the finals in tennis and golf and then
another year of athletics will be compete.
BOB FITCH, Minnesota football and track star, is consistently
flirting with Archie Harris' world record in the discus event Up
at the Gopher institution they are afraid that they will have to in
crease the stadium size so that Fitch does not toss the platter into
unsuspecting spectators in the stands... A week ago he tossed the
round disc an even 174 feet which is but 834 inches off the NCAA
record held by Harris... He has been consistently getting the discus
out beyond the 160 foot mark but that has been his best effort to
date... Fitch was a standout end on the national champion .Minne
sota team last fall.
CY SHERMAN, veteran sports editor of the Lincoln Star,,
filed what we consider a just complaint in regard to the Husker spon
sorship of the annual B:g Six track and field championships. . .As Cy
sees it. the abser.ee of the Nebraska band from the east stands during
th-? Saturday finals will be very noticeable ar.d will reflect uf'on the
Nebraskans h'st abilities ..In our opir.ion the band's presence will
mike up for any inconvenience it may caue Wonder what can be
dne to s'-e the boys in action.
ADVANCE publicity rates Eugenie Baird of the Pastor band,
who will provide hedge-hopping for the N club jamboree a week
from Saturday, giving the songstress an... ahhhhhh 1 rating...
Her picture is a good proof of the publicity man's veracity .. .Watch
te front page of this sheet to see the six qjeens who were voted
upon as the typical queen of all queens for the dance for next few
days.
NU Tennis,
Golf Teams
Meet Sooners
Harry Ankeny Will Lead
Victorious Racquet Team
Against Tough Oklahoma
Led by veteran Harry Ankeny,
Nebraska's tennis team will swap
line smashes with Oklahoma here
today. Matches are slated to open
at 1:30.
Ankeny, two-year letterman,
was the main Husker winner in
the two wins to date. Keith How
ard, newcomer, is just a step be
hind the tow-headed veteran. Jack
I Fowler is slated to fill in for Leon
Davis, who recently dropped
school for a defense job.
Tucker Leads Foes.
Top Sooner netster is Gerald
Tucker, All-Big Six sophomore
center on the courts last winter.
Tucker and the lone letter win
ner, Bob Davis, have led the
Oklahomans to five match wins in
eight starts. Two other potent
sophs. Drew Putty and Bob
Faulkner, complete the invading
team.
Following the Husker dual. Dr.
Leslie Hewes will take his squad
to Ames Saturday to meet Iowa
State.
Site of today's match is the Lin
coln Tennis club at 37th street
AAU Records
Will Be Target
Of Cinder Aces
Cor.te.-tar.ts at the 11th annual
Gk'ahoir.a A.A.U. track and field
n e'-t at Norman. May 20. will
fcht at a fancy set cf records.
Five of the marks are t'-n years
cli the 200 meters dash, broad.
iv.t.n. shot put, l.VJ meters ar.d
Sunday, May 10
amp hii Orchestra
IHterl J mm Ch't Pure,
Chirm to
Beat the Clock C
Adm. before 5:24 J UC
Sat, May 9
VAL GRAYSON
Diane Paige
3.003 meters steep).- base.
Ahred H.ppo" Howell. 225
pounJ slate tax commissioner,
who was a I'r.iversitv of Okla-
' honia fch'.t-p'j'.ter 14 y'ars ago.
! holds the f.-,t put record of 49
feet 1'- inches, set in li?32. ar.d
: ar.r.uauy orr.es k ea h year to
id'fer.d his t:t'.. s without a hit of
j praetie-e.
La't y-ar at Shawnee. Howell
won th Gk'.ahori,a A.A.L". rr.e't
j d.vws throw s-.rA placed in the
l.'t put
Meet r'-'orl in events to be
j or.lcf-'.ed here May 20 are:
j Track.
I 100 meters- 10 4s by Peyton
J GiJs. Agg;ev "32. ai.d VVh.t Cox.
Soor.er.. ".'A.
j 200 m-ter - 20 . by Ira L.tt!'
i j'.r.n Aipx-h. '22.
400 meters -47 2s by lUroM
iCa;-!'-. Oklahoma Bapt.-t ur.ne.r
jfc.ty. '..
j 00 meters - !rr. 54.1 by Gran
vilfe Barrett. Sobers. '36.
l..00 meters - 3m .rA by G!en
D.wv.n. Tu:a Ske!!y t!:ib. '32.
110 meters hurdles - 1 4 T,n by
Hernian N'i-w;n. Sooner. '37, ar.d
R. V. Wr.ght. Aggif. '39.
200 raters h-irdW- 23.7 by
D'iane Jones. Sorer, 'Zh.
400 niters hurdle - 53 2d by
Bradley, Ejrbank. Okla., '3.
H.gh jun p 6 ft.. 5 in. by Don
Boyd -ten, Aggie. '41,
. Broad jir.'.p 24 ft., 5 in. by
Harold Morns, Sorer, '32.
Hop, step tTi jump --47 ft., 4'
in. by Ooral Hain-.ton, Conr.'-rs
Ageies, '40.
Pole va-m--13 ft., by Dick
Ilarkir. Murrav Agg:es, '34.
Shot put- 49 ft., 1', in. by Al
fred Howell. Sooner. '32.
D:cu 151 ft . 10 in. by John
Shirk. Sooner, '39.
Javelin-210 ft.. in by Robert
People. Oklahoma City Classen
high school, 'Zi.
Athletic Meet
Brings Along
The Unusual
... Sand-burrs etc.
NORMAN. May 7. A bare
footed third-baseman stole the
show at the 3Sth annual Okla
homa Interscholastic Athletic
meet last week end at Owen field
here.
The lad's name is Earl "Sand
Burr" Riggs. He played for the
! Bethany, Okla.. high school ba.ee-
' ball team in class B. He is a
Fwift-movir.g well-knit sophomore
i who wears spectacles.
Riggs Can See.
Riggs can see through the spec-
! tacles. He slashed 10 hits in 11
I times at bat during Bethany's
three games and ran the bases
daringly.
Riggs' feet are big and brown.
! H.s arches are practically flat but
j he generates wonderful speed off
. them. In Bethany's deteat to
Oklahoma City Foster, Riggs
fearlessly roamed the sandburr
infested center field and later
came in and plavcd infield so he
I could d:g his toes in the Bermuda
' around third base.
I jufct car.'t run with my shoes
1 on," he explains, simply.
Bud Connects.
; The track and field meet pro
duced one new record, a tremen-
' dous discus hurl of VA feet 8
inches by Jay "Bad" Arn.itage,
Bn.stow football player, that broke
the old record by nine feet.
j Sensation of the class A meet
was Lynn "Hobo" G.l.-trap. 5-fot
6-mrh Ardmore senior, who hitch-
, hiked to the meet ar.d wearing
j basketball trunks won the high
(jump at one inch under hix feet,
the bread jin.p at 23 f-t 2 ir.hes.
'and Lhe hop tep ami jimp at 45
feet 11' 2.
j Hit First Time.
I It was CiUtrap's first track
competition in three year in the
broad and hop ntep an i jump
j Iast week he won the high jump
' in a meet at Pauls Valley. He m
' a cousin of Orville Matte.
' Oklahoma's veteran ."printer and
feyAball hero,
j He ge,t h.s niekr.ame "Hobo"
bercau.se: at the tender age of three
j he could always be found down at
the railread track watching the
tramps come through at harvest
, time "on the leng freight trains,
j The h:g meet wa 25 percent off
! in entric this ftpnr.g. However,
baseball set a new all-time record
with 11 teams entered in class A
and 32 in class B, a total of 43
haehall teams.
Sooner Squad
Gets All Ready
For Huskers
Oklahoma Nine Must Win
Majority of Eight Games
To Keep Lead in Big Six
NORMAN, Okla. Playing only
eiht games in Big Six competi
tion this spring. Oklahoma's base
ball team doesn't dare let up in a
single contest.
Missouri's powerful club plays
nearly twice as many games as
the Sooners, consequently the
fewer defeats against the Okla
homa escutcheon before the Soon
ers and Tigers mingle at Colum
bia, the better.
Meet Husker.
Coach Jack Baer's Sooners meet
Nebraska here Friday and Satur
day and later travel to Columbia,
Mo., to meet Missouri May 11 and
12 in two games that will have a
vital bearing on the champion
ship. The only direct comparison be
tween Sooners and Tigers so far
this season is provided in their
respective series with Kansas
State.
K-State Split.
Kansas State divided two games
with Missouri at Columbia early
in the season. Pitcher Ed Doyen
losing a thrilling pitching battle
to Bobo Spencer of Missouri 0-1
and Huck Heath, Kansas State's
fire-balling sophomore, blanking
the Tigers 3-0 the following day.
A few days later Kansas State
came to Norman. The Sooners
beat Doyon 8-6 the first day and
knocked Heath out of the box to
take the second 11-4. However,
the Wildcats were playing with
out Shortstop Warren Hornsby
and Catcher Norbie Raemer at
Norman and were obviously a
weaker aggregation than they
were at Columbia.
Power Lies Far Out.
Oklahoma's power lies in her
great outfield. Dale Mitchell
sophomore clean-up hitter, leads
the club in hitting with .422 and
in runs batted in with 30. Lester
Layton, another sophomore, is hit
ting .403. Walter Stephenson, sen
ior center-fielder, is hitting .350.
This trio is exceptionally speedy,
throws well and runs the bases
daringly.
For example, in Oklahoma's 12
to 3 triumph over Iowa State at
Norman Monday, Layton hit three
for three, stole four bases and
made a running shoe string catch.
Stephenson whipped two singles
into right and Mitchell hit a triple
and homer, the latter drive chas
ing in three runs.
Prof Urges More
Courses on Radio
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (ACP).
Declaring that education of people
to be more discriminating radio
listeners is "highly imperative" in
a democracy, Raymond W. Tyson,
instructor in public speaking at
Pennsylvania State college, urges
that public schools and colleges
give more courses in radio.
Tyson is teaching a course in
radio appreciation at Penn State,
stressing program planning, rigid
adherence to professional stand
ards of timing and study of pro
duction technique.
Granted a 11.000 Roaevelt fel
lowship by the Institute of Inter
national Educatiem, Ronald Loren
zo Ma 1 1 .son of Houston. Tex., left
recently to study at the Univer
sity of Brazil.
University of Texas pharmacist
are studying methods of growing,
harvesting and curing Caxtilian
malva.
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