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DAILY NEBRASKAN milks IX Sunday, March 14, 1943 V 1 Benson Falls, 29-24 Before Last-Quarter Red and Black Rally . . . Unruly Crowd BY HENRY FISHBACK. Lincoln high's basketball em pire rocked and tottered but main tained its iron arm state rule last night before 5,000 screaming spec tators on the coliseum maples. Lyle Weyand's precision like Red and Black machine top pled Omaha Benson in a riotous affair, 29 to 24, to win the thirty third annual Class A State Basket ball Championship. Jake Hot. Speedy Bob Jaco'uson, Earl Eager, and Dick Lodge with su perb offensive and defensive ef forts swept the limelight away from General Douglas McArthur who was bottled throughout by a close O'Dogherty-Kinnick under the basket Omaha defense. A wild scoring second half Ben son rally followed snug first half play that found the Links in front by a 11 to 9 margin. Trailing. 20 to 13 with five minutes gone in the third canto as a result of Jacob son, Eager, and Krcmarik hoop savvy, Omaha's George Kinnick and Charles Mulvaney caught on fire and dunked in five consecu tive goals. Mulvaney hit from underneath the hoop and Kinnick pushed from deep out on the side three times, the Bunnies moving out in front by 22 to 20 margin at the third quarter whistle. Shifting into high gear the Lin coln machine piloted by Lodge, Jacobson, Kromerich and Mc Arthur, shattered Benson's lead, taking command with a 29 to 24 count. A Lodge push shot dead locked the issue at 22-22. Jacobson hit from the foul line, Kromericn southpats-ed from the side and Mc Arthur tipped one in from under the hoop to provide the punch as riotous doings took up. Lincoln Leads. Lodge and Eager sparked Link first half play, hitting from out side the foul circle when the Bun nie defense bunched for McArthur. Each whipped in a pair to spark the first half conquest. Withstanding a wild fourth-period Culbertson basket flurry, St. Francis High regained its Class B tourney crown after a year ab sence last night by whipping the gold-garbed lads 38 to 34. CLASS A. Lincoln fg Jacob ten f 2 Krcmarik f 2 McArthur c 2 Lodge g 3 ft pfptt 4-5 0-8 0- 1 1- 2 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Eager g 3 Williams f Gaiter f .. Cox c Swanson g Jacob g . . Totals 12 5-11 4 29 Omaha Benson f g ft pf pts Eckstrom f 2 0-0 0 4 Mulvaney f 3 1-4 1 7 Rose c 0 0-1 4 0 Burroughs g 0 0-0 4 0 Kinnick g 4 1-12 9 Wilkins g 10-0 0 2 Hansen c 1 0-0 0 2 Totals 11 2-6 11 24 Score by quarters: Lincoln 6 5 t 929 Benson 3 6 13 224 Officials: Huston and Barrett. IFShmiII Gast Captains L S. C, Mat Squad AMES, la. George Gast of Osage will be the captain of the Iowa state college wrestling team for 1944. Approval of his election was announced Friday by the athletic council. Gast, winner of two letters each in wrestling and football. KjDhASL By Norris Anderson (Sportg Editor) All Tourney Team On the freshet of increased emphasis on height, selection of the 1943 Daily Nebraskan all-tournament club was a task that became converged in the bottle-neck of grand finale as cendency. In short, our mythical five is composed three-fifths of Lincoln high and Benson performers. Tom Rice, Scottsbluff, forward Long-jointed Mr. Rice was the whole show for Scottsbluff in the Benson mix, scoring 12 points and limiting Mulvaney to 11 counters. His rebound work, defensive savvy and leadership made it understandable why he is to the Scottsbluff club what pork is to beans etc. Chuck Mulvaney, Benson, forwardStretching 6-4 into the ether, Mulvaney was just a shade under McArthur in under basket ability. His 25 points against Norfolk in the tourney opener qualified him alone for any all-meet five chosen. Long arms, plus adhesive fingers and a nice turn shot, provide Mul vaney 's scoring punch. Don McArthur, Lincoln, center McArthur 's widely-publicized "turn-and-hook" shot was the toughest offensive ges ture to check exhibited during three days plays. An all-state 1942 selection, McArthur has since added speed to his reper toire to rank as an all-time Nebraska prepster. Dan Duncan, Hastings, guard When carrot-thatched Danny drove in from backcourt for those foul ring one-handers, the scorekeeper generally moistened his pencil. Duncan led. all Tiger scoring from his rear court post, passed accurately and exploited as much defensive ability as any guard in the tourna ment. Cliff Rose, Benson, guard Remindful of John Fountain, colored Omaha South dazzler of the 1942 tourney, Rose employs a pair of springs he alls "legs" to grab every rebound in sight and defensively block either set or drive-in shots in mid air. To top description of this phenom, we might add that he's just 16 and never been past the tenth grade. Second team includes performers like Dale Livingston of Hastings, Lauren Morin of Wahoo and Farner of Norfolk all serious first team candidates. First Team Second Team Ht.Wt.Pos.Wt.Ht. Rice, Scottsbluff Mulvaney, Benson McArthur, Lincoln Duncan, Hastings Rose, Benson 6-3 150 6-4 165 6-4 163 6-0 158 6-0 169 IPanymmcKimil sm YaDmur 113)413$ (Cimlhimskeir IDane MlaDiniallsiy, Msm'dk 15 Spring Grid Play Starts Here Monday Familiar sound of toe meet ing leather will once again echo across the University of Ne braska campus Monday when Glen Presnell shoots his Corn husker grid squad thru their initial paces of the spring cam paign. Nod from the weatherman Sunday indicated Monday as "clear and warmer," so the Husker headmaster can count on favorable weather. Some sixty-odd aspirants are ex pected to report. Complete squad will be di vided into two teams with a regular game between teams dated for once a week. All new candidates are asked to report early Monday to get sized for uniforms. V I F 150 5-8 Jacobsen, Lincoln Farner, Norfolk Livingston, Hastings Eager, Lincoln Morin, Wahoo F 190 6-4 C 150 6-4 G 175 5-9 G 1G5 5-11 'Key-Bird t 9 Courtesy Lincoln Journal Exhibiting his plunging prowess here is Fullback Ki Eisenhart, alias the "key-bird." 200-pound Eisenhart will report for duty with the Cornhusker grid squad tomorrow. Phog's Squad Forgets Hurts; Comes Thru . . "Rambling Wrecks" LAWRENCE. March 13. When the University of Kansas basket ball team polished off the cagers irom Kansas State Saturday night to become the first Bie Six team to come thru the conference sea son undefeated since 1936, they alos established a new record in defeating all conference opponents oy an average oi io. points per game. This exceeded the average of 15.4 set up by K. U.'s famous team of 1936 which many Jay hawk followers contend was the greatest cage team of them all. in selling up the new offensive defensive ratio mark. Parh "Phog" Allen a "Rambling Wrecks rrom Mt. Oread" established a new high in team morale, and while Dr. Allen was hesitant in listing this year's aggregation as his greatest team of all time, he did not hesitate to sav that for sheor fight, team spirit and "do-or-die" aggressiveness they have had no equals. For literally they were the "rambling- wrecks." Charlie Rlarir one of the greatest forwards ever 10 wear a crimson and blue uni form, played in only three confer ence eames out of ten. The rest of the time he was incapacitated by an attack of pneumonia. Armand Dixon, brilliant sopho more guard and a member of the Rocks 'cm v A s ' - 1 .: ;' 1 .. , -f.,.4, & I - .... ..-: f.x f ..-o"'0. - : I 3 - If (,. x "Iron Five" was not present for the last three conference games. The only time during the season that the Allenmen presented their full strength was on the eastern tour when they startled the nation by a brililant series of victories and for the first three conference games. Kansas State Lists Future Sport Plans MANHATTAN, Kans., March 13. General hopes for contin uance of the Kansas State college intercollegiate program were ex pressed by the members of the athletic Council of the college, and approval for ten basketball letter awards was given at their meet ing held Wednesday. Basketball players who will re ceive letters for the 1942-43 sea son are Johnny Bortka, Kansas City; George Mendenhall, Belle ville; Dean Lill, Mt. Hope; Mailo Dirks, Moundridge; Bruce Hol man, Powhattan; Fred Kohl, Kan sas City, Mo.; Joe Ridgeway, Oberlin; Raymond Yelley, El Dorado; Dale Spencer, Oakley; Phil Sechler, Wichita. After a two-hour session Wed nesday afternoon, the Athletic Council reached a general deci sion which indicates that college athletics will be kept in its past status as nearly as possible, but than changing conditions such as transportation and the decisions of other schools would probably necessitate changes. l! i r I