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jnrsSoy, December 17, 1942 DAILY NEBRASKAN 3 Fijis Defeat SAE Team In Aqua Tilt Defending Champs Fall In Water Polo as ATOs, Sig Chis Win Matches Probably the birrest news a hni li 3jv Jul One Way or Another If it isn't the army, navy or marines making inroads or .m I .mm - - . nuBKer coacnwg memoers, it is something else . . . uoacn Ad LewandowsM, Scarlet cage instructor, is convalescing at home from a "right good cold" and so the basket team is being ushered around the floor by Charles "Chili" Armstrong . . . Last eve the net men were busy trying to perfect a fast break to toss at their Saturday foes, Iowa U's Hawkeyes ... In the first two matches this season, the team has failed to show a concerted scoring drive almost duplicating the fault of the 1942 grid edition ... It is in the coachs' minds that by per fecting a fast break, there may be more red lights twinkling over the Husker goal ... All the spirit in the world fails to put a team on the black side of the ledger it takes adaptabil ity and also adeptibility. Sailors Cancel Cancellation of the January 8 appearance at the UN coliseum of the Great Lakes Naval Training station basket ball team has just been announced by the head coach of the cage sport . . . The Sailors it seems were all slated to head west to see the sights and drop all comers on the court when the transportation angle entered the picture . . . Hence no Sailors' come January 8. Gopher Cage Coaches Worry About Team's Lack of Height Uni Grad Named To U.S. Library Recently named to a prominent staff position in the Library of Congress was Dr. Benjamin A. Botkin, who took his doctorate in English at the university in 1931. While at Nebraska, Dr. Botkin wrote a book. The American Play Party Song, which waa published in the "University of Nebraska Studies" in 1937. Dr. Botkin's position Is that of assistant-in-charge of the Archive of Ameri can Folk Song. Arsenic . . (Continued from Page 1.) ance, was played by Roberta Bergess, the Rev. Dr. Harper, her father was Dick Putney, and Mr Witherspoon, the superintendent of Happy Dale Sanitarium was Bob Black and Mr. Gibbs, the boarder was Henry Buthman. Dr. Einstein, the assistant surgeon to Jonathan was portrayed by Bud Swartz, Officers Brophy and Klein were played by Bill Palmer ana bod Silverman, and Lieuten ant Rooney was played by Glenn Nelson. i t2S ,-, , A We'll do 1 Our Best at I u..,. MINNEAPOLIS. Dee 1Ao Minnesota's basketball team pre pares for the Big Ten campaign, the old problem of height fa the Gopher coaching staff once mure. Biff Don Mattson. vahn urn a in the University hosnital with the flu recently, is still not strong enougn 10 ao any hard playing and Dr. Carl Nordly doesn't exact ly know when he will he able tn count on him. Mattson. who sianas b feet 4 inrhpq ton ha. been replaced bv soDhnmnre nav Ruliffson, the spectacle-wearing lorwaru. Lack Versatility. Ruliffson has filled in mlmlnMi but the Gophers are still lacking me versatility of "Big Red," who is capable of slaving- either renter or forward. Without Maft.vm the burden of holding down the pivot jod iias ianen largely upon veteran Bill Lind. Dr. Nordly has been impressed by the excellent play of several nopnomores in the pre-season games and hones that thev u-ni hold up as well in the Bier Ten acneuuie as iney have in the non- conierence Datties. Soph Scorer. Sophomore Wesley Windmiller, a, epeeay forward from Fergus pftoiaat fi yor, lt'$ bcu$t wt'rt fcsijr Wff ffgosfe wartlm froif oroffo obf For many year Union Pacific Stagei' cm ployed have worked together at a team drlv. en, ticket agenu, mechanics depot agenti, porter all (triving to give you excellent but service. That' the goal everyone would like to hoot (or thi year but these day the No. I Job i to provide top-notch transportation for the war effort. So, If holiday travel Um't quite a pleasant a it uted to be, please remember the war effort must come first. Union Bus Depot 320 So. 13th St. rhone 2-7171 union pnciFic sTficES Cyclones Take Enforced Rest During Xmas AMES. Ia.. Dee. IS Conch Louis Menze and his Iowa Stat basketball squad started their ennstmas vacation today, de serting the gym floor until uec. i. The next game will be Jan. 1 with Iowa State Teachers col lege. Two and One. As the Cyclones stopped prac tice until after Christmas, their record showed two victories and one loss. Iowa State defeated Simpson, 42 to 30, and Drake 46 u a, .wnue losing to urinneu, 37 to 30. Roll in Kuebler. center from Carroll, is the leading scorer on the squad with 36 points. Kuebler has counted exactly 12 points in each of theh three games this year ana has a total of 11 field goals and 14 free throws. Wehde is Second. Second place in the scoring goes to Ray Wehde of Holstein with 28 points. Scoring got the first three games: wim nnrniiT, ... Jl 14 Sm Hay Hrhde, ( H Hob IIavpn. t a a a ia . - .! v m w Him Norman, g 7 J a Ouimaa, f 3 4 4 1 T rmme, 1 f S 4 Ortya FmrraaHi, f 1 4 4 EVubf fcllriirl. m 1 a a a . . ... m w m m "'aarHI. g 1 f ToUl 44 so 33 II Opponent.' 4lal 41 11 88 11 TWO MORE NIGHTS to tee Arsenic and Old Lace at the TEMPLE THEATRE 12th & R Sts. . . Against Big Ten Foes Falls, has proved himself to be Minnesota's No. 1 scorer. He is a deadly shot from almost any spot on the court and fits in perfectly with the Gophers' fast-breakinir offense. Ruliffson is a good all-around man while a third sophomore, Louie Brewster, who hails from Wahpeton, N. D., is putting up a strong fight for a starting guard pos.tion with veteran Dick Burk. Excells at Guard. hEh Windmillr and Ruliffson holding down the forwards, Lind at center, and either Burk or fifth position falls to clever Ken ny Exel, senior guard. Exel who seems to have taken over the Go- He is probably the best play maker on the Gopher squad and ms to be the quarterback of the Minnesota cagers. Play Sailors. Athletic Director Louis F. Kel ler has announced that a basket ball game with the Great Lakes Naval Training Sfof; u. t definitely scheduled for the Co rners on f"eD. 27. Evans Sparks KU's Current Cage Quintet uawkknce, Kas. Hailed as me greatest natural ofMf. Kansas university history, Ray Evans who packed iron togs and donned the lighter basketball clothes last week is ex pected to sparkDlue- the to another Big Six championship. Evans is counted on as the driving force of the currenr five admitted headman Phog Allen this week as the Javhawka hnro down to work for the campaign. cvnna averagea ten points game last year in conference nlav nnH 6.3 points for the season. Bate Favorite. Kansas. honstiner basketeerswith heicht ktmah ability rates the favorite this early in me year dui Alien in his 33rd year of coaching is being conserv ative and warn in c aninnt inot year's co-champs Oklahoma who uiani lose a regular. Last year the Kansas cage out fit swept thru the conference with a terrific offensive barrage and A.A.. m as . neea tnemseives a top average of 52.1 points. In summine up the current sea son Allen says: 'It'll be a two team race with Oklahoma and Kansas fighting down to the last game. Missouri won't be far be hind and Iowa's will be a danger ous aarK norse. Nebraska-Kansas State will battle it out for the cellar." the Tuesday evening Water Polo festivities was that the 1941 cham pions, Sigma Alpha Apsilon, fi nally tasted defeat. The giant killers were the Phi Gams who turned back the Sig Alphs 3-1 in a defensive minrteH tilt. All the scoring took place djiring the final period after both teams had played to a scoreless tie for the first half of the rnn. test. By virtue of this win the Phi Gams took over ' the undis puted lead in League Three play. Sigma Chi Wins. Sigma Chi increased its lend in League Four competition by eas ily downing the Sisr Eds 20-9 At the present time the Sig Chi's are uie oniy unaereated team in the league. Onlyone more victory is needed to clineh the league title. League One saw the ATO'b taUo over the leading position by down ing the Beta mermen 15-4 The men of Alpha Tau Omega turned on me neat aunng the final half and tallied 10 points whilA hniHino- the Betas scoreless. Other games saw the Sig Nu's easily down the ZBT's 21-5 and the Phi Psi's gain a win over the Sammies via the forfeit route. UNEB-1600 10:30 Campus Varieties. 11:00 Mystery Melodies. 11:15 Daily Nebraskan of the Air with Randall Pratt. 11:20 Sports Parade with Bob Hyde. 11:30 Music Depreciation. 11:45 Popular Melodies. 12.00 Graveyard Tales. Badminton Pairings Theta Xi vs. Delta Sigma Psi. Sigma Chi vs. Farm House. Phi Kappa Psi vs. Sigma Nu. Alpha Tau Omega vs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon. racked up their second straight win over a Big Six five as the Missouri Tigers fell before Ken Menke, Andy Phillips and com pany 51-30. Missouri gave a good account of themselves during the tro half by holding the "Llini" on even turns before bowing to the Big Ten team Attarir niin;. at intermission time 23-14. Iowa's Hawks Win Narrow Victory, 46-43 Missouri Falls to Illinois As Future Husker Foes Mix in Basket Matches Center Jim O'Brien caced three points during the final three and a half minutes to rive the Univer sity of Iowa Hawkeyes a 46-43 Win over the Carleton "Carls" laBt Monday evening. The Iowans trailed bv seven points with eight minutes to-go out staged a great rally to win their second game of the year. Carleton lod at the,, half 22-19. t Ben Trlckcv with 14 noint nd Theron Thompson with 12 were the scoring leaders for the Hawks. mizzou Losei. Over at Champaign, Illinois Coled Thci Loye SCANDAL? I - L ALEXANDER KOR0A presents VIVIEN UU5ENCI LEIGH OLIVIER THAT HAMILTON worn! Plunllit No. 1 . It'i Ilorrifir ! See it! . . . and ShuddYrt Belo Lugosi la BOWERY AT MIDNIGHT STATE ALWAYS 25e Serrlet Men SM