iWeHnes'day, February 10, 1943
DAILY NEBRASKAN
iThompson Chosen Game Captain
'Huskers Must Continue
Top Olathe Performance
For Victory Over KIP
. . . Says Lewendowski
Whether Nebraska can whip
Kansas Saturday night to move
into second place in the Big Six
standings depends entirely on if
the Huskers can continue the
spirited play they exhibited last
week against the Olathe Clippers.
That was the opinion of Husker
coach, Adolph "Lew" Lewandow
pki, as he sent his squad thru a
brisk drill yesterday afternoon.
, "Johnny Thompson played the
best game of his college career
against the Clippers and his team
mates weren't far behind. If the
entire squad could catch the scor
ing fever Johnny had against the
Clippers, we may surprise Phog's
boys," commented Lew, whistle in
mouth.
Low Scoring.
"Our trouble," continued Lewan
dowski, "in the matches to date
has been lack of scoring punch.
We've only scored 39, 38, 37, 32
end 37 in our last five games and
oyr seasonal average is a mere
37.5."
Rolling along with 15 conquests
in their past 20 starts, the Jay
hawks boast a 47-point average.
Husker fans, however, haven't yet
forgotten the 1941 Husker-Jay-hawk
mix when the heavily-favored
invaders rolled onto the
Coliseum maples confident of an
easy win. Fitz, Held & Co. fought
the Allenites to the end, finally
losing 55-53 in the most thrilling
""tilt in the league that year.
jr "We're in the best condition
f since pre-exam games," added the
better shape than we were against
Oklahoma . when exams were in
full swing. I never saw such a
tired bunch of boys."
K-State Next.
Next Husker foe is K-State
Wednesday night then come
matches with Missouri and Iowa
State on the home maples. Le
wandowski will take his caeers to
KU, Feb. 23 for another crack at
the Jayhawks.
Johnny Thompson, high point
man in the last Scarlet start with
14 points, will captain the Husk
ers Saturday night.
UN Swimmers
Open Friday
. . . With Cyclones
Tho the nucleus of Mentor Bill
Edwards Cornhuskcr swim squad
belong to the Army Air Corps Re
serve, due for active call Feb. 28,
the team will have time to finish
a brief war-time slate.
Competition opens in the Coli
seum pool Friday when Iowa
State's splashers meet the Scarlet
aquatic squad. Next match is dated
for the home pool Feb. 20, when
Michigan State's strong team in
vades for a dual affair.
A two-meet trip Feb. 26-27 con
cludes the campaign. On the trip,
Edwards will guide his swimmers
into battle against Grinnell and
. jowa &iaie.
T Lrs Ohlfied, Big Six champion
I back btroke performer and one of
the nation's top performers in that
event, will lead the Husker squad.
Norm Coffin, second-place AAU
Midwest diver last year, heads the
divers. Lcs Buckley, a veteran, and
Jim Chatt, a promising soph, head
the pprint performers.
Cyclone-Panther
Match Shifted
AMES, la., Feb. 9. The date of
the Iowa State College wrestling
meet with Iowa Teachers has been
moved back to Feb. 22, it was
announced today by George F.
Vecnker, director of athletics. The
,mect waa orginally scheduled for
Feb. 20.
The shift was made to permit
the Iowa Teachers team to meet
Michigan State's tourine squad on
Feb. 20 at Cedar Falls. Michigan
-State will wrestle the Cyclones
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What a Leech!
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Courtesy Lincoln Journal.
Jim "Leech" Marteney, Okla
homa's little 150 pound senior
guard, is a long-armed defensive
specialist from Cherokee, Okl.,
who came into his own in the
Missouri and Iowa State games
last season. Marteney, who
ranks with Gerald Tucker as
finest student on the Oklahoma
team, is a senior in the College
of Business Administration and
will shortly get a commission
from the unievrsity R.O.T.C.
Field Artillery.
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Husker grid fans remember
Otto Schnellbacher as the glue
fingered end who snared a
goodly share of Ray Evans' ac
curate tosses. Now Otto returns
to the Husker court Saturday
night in the role of Kansas' prize
soph eager. A regular since the
opening game, Schnellbacher has
averaged over 10 points per
battle.
Handball Tourney
Entry Sheets Due
Handball players are now get
ting ready for the all-school tour
nament to be held soon. All en
tries must be in by February 12,
in both doubles and singles. Play
ers in the finals will be determined
by elimination and medals will be
given to the winners.
New equipment in the activity
buildings includes shuffle board
and badminton courts.
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Jayhawk
Team Built
From Scratch
... It Says Here
BY CHUCK EVANS.
(KU Publicity H-ad)
MOUNT OREAD, Kans., Feb. 9.
Coach Forrest C. "Phog" Allen
started his 26th year as head
basketball coach at the Univer
sity of Kansas with hopes none
too bright for an overly success
ful season. A goodly bunch of
lettermen returned for another
season of play but the squad was
sadly lacking in experience as well
as height.
From last year's crew which
tied with Oklahoma for the Big
Six championship and went ahead
to enter the Western N. C. A. A.
play-offs, five lettermen graduated
and five other lettermen weren't
available for competition.
Miller Missed.
Most serious loss was all-Big
Six forward, Ralph Miller, who
led the conference in scoring with
152 points. His brilliant passing,
shooting, and floor-play will be
missed considerably. T. P. Hun
ter, valuable reserve who started
several games at guard, was the
"insurance" man on the team for
he could play any position and
do a bang-up job. Other gradua
tion losses were Charlie Walker
and Bob Johnson, both three-year
men who could step into a tight
spot and not be rattled, and Hub
Ulrich, burly guard.
Undergraduate losses not count
ed upon previously were Vance
Hall, hot shooting forward who
is now in the Army Air Corps;
Marvin Sollenbereer. regular
guard who will graduate in Jan
uarq and is not out for the sport
this semester; and lettermen Dick
Miller, Warren Israel, and Don
Blair who did not report thi3
winter.
Hold-overs from last year's reg
ular quintet were Charlie Black,
forward: John Buescher, center;
and Ray Evans, guard. These
three formed the nucleus irom
which Allen had to mould another
chamDionshin five. Other return
ing lettermen are Jack Ballard,
forward-guard; Paul Turner, tor
ward; Max Kissell, center; Bob
Fitzpatrick, forward; and George
Dick, guard.
In Black the Jayhawks have one
of the outstanding scoring aces
of the nation. As a sophomore
last season, this 6'4" husky shared
offensive honors throughout the.
season with Ralph Miller and fin
ished second to the latter over
the 10-game Big Six route with
128 noints. When Charlie is hot
he is unstoppable for his great
variety of shots cannoi De
guarded.
Otto Shines.
At the other forward berth
Allen counts stronelv on sopho
more Otto Schnellbacher who
gained his intercollegiate spurs
this fall by nabbing Ray Evans'
passes from his end spot on the
gridiron. Snclly is counted upon
as the lad to fill Miller's shoes
and if anyone on the squad can
do it, he's the fellow. Pushing
him hard, however, will be letter
men Paul Turner and Jack Bal
lard, the latter a 6'6" giant who
needs just a little more experience
before he is ready for the 40
minute grind, and red-head Bob
Fitzpatrick who has a sure-fire
set shot.
At center Buescher handles all
duties with his superb ballhand
ling and court generalship. He
averaged 9.8 points a game last
year in the Big Six. If Allen
shifts Buescher to guard the new
center will be sophomore Armand
Dixon, a sweet floorplayer with a
red-hot one-hand shot.
At guard, the irrepressible Ray
Evans still holds forth. Hia de
fensive ability last winter made
him the Btandout guard of the
midwest and his scoring just
started to make itself felt at the
end of the season. He is the spark
of the team.
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RAY EVANS GUARD
. One of the greatest all-round athletes ever to come to the Universitj
of Kansas is Ray Evans, outstanding junior guard on the Jayhawk court
quintet. Not only an all-Big Six performer on the basketbaK court, Evana
led the nation this Fall in the number of completed passes on the pridiroo
and gained Ail-American recognition by the Associated Press.
Spring Series of Social
Dance Classes Start Next
Week in Union Ballroom
The new spring series of social
dancing classes will begin Feb. 17.
The first of the series of six will
be held in the Union ballroom at
7:30 p. m. The classes are free,
and open to all students. Mrs.
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