Thursday, March 25, 1943
DAILY NEBRASKAN
Warm Weather Break Brings
Huskers Outdoors for Track
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By Norri Anderson V
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Once every blue moon something happens in tliis business
Ihiit makes mortal enemies out, of rhyme and reason. Failure
of many varsity hands to report until official sanction of the
Missouri frame is realized has Mentor (Men I'resnell doing a
stint of fingernail nibbling these bright spring days.
If the game does fully materialize via string's which re
quire at least one more week pulling, only two weeks will re
main for pre-game conditioning prior to the match. Fact that
Missouri has completed two weeks conditioning means that Ne
braska's task is cut out. So, you non-reporting varsity gridders,
paste this on your bedsteads :
UNLESS KVKKY (JIM D.MAN STAKTS JiKPORTINV. IM
MEDIATELY, THE MISSOUIU CAME WILL HE QVV. COM
PLETE SQUAD ATTENDANCE IS WEOUINED IF l'KFS-
NELL IS TO (ilVE HIS STAMP OF APPKOYAL "WHEN AP-
PEA 1?I NT! KEFOKE TM K ATHLETIC.1 HOARD.
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Can you blame the Cornhusker tutor 7 lie would be stand
ing behind an eight-ball of enormous proportions if lie hnd to
lead an unconditioned squad into battle against Missouri.
Athey, Eisenhart, Lylcr, McNult all you " non-report ees"
you've indicated "your approval of the Missouri match, now
back your opinion by reporting. Don't wait for official sanc
tion. Ellis' is a gamble worth working for.
01' Sol finally beamed approvingly on the UN landscape
today and linally'Ed AYeir ami (Slop Presnell had opportunity
to shoo their proleges outdoors.
Sight of a smoke cloud over Memorial Stadium hinted to
us that Weir had his tracksters outdoors. We journeyed thru
the gates to find the Weir pipe puffing full steam. Runners
found the outdoor cinders still too moist, but Vic Schleich, How
ard Debus and the weight crew were tossing their wares on
stadium turf.
Debus winged a series of discus tosses across the turf while
we watched. If any heave measured less than 140 feet, we'd
have been surprised. Schleich continued to temper .'0 feet wilh
his shot heaves. No wonder weight evenls are the kev to Ne
braska's 104'? Hig Six track hopes.
Anon to fill lire navy reservisls: Woid arrived here today
lliat form or national champion Husker vaulter. Harold Hunt,
landed second place in a "slrcnglh" test, conducled among the
Y-7 en roll ees at Northwestern university.
To attain his goal, "Harry" had to negotiate 15 chin-ups,
25 push-ups and 83 back-levers all in 15 minutes ! It was hare
that a pair of sinewy arms, strengthened by lour years in the
vault pits, did our Harold proud.
Hunt also remarked that he might "add a purple letter to
his Scarlet numeral.'1 Seems that reservisls at Northwestern,
under a new Hig Ten rule, may be eligible there for regular co!
Igiate competition.
. . . Weightmen Perform
Vic Moves Vj
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Indiana Op
Spring Drills
... Bo Calls "Em
BLOOMIN'GTON. Ind., March
24. Altho the opening of the new
spring- footbill drill has been post
poned for a week because of
weather conditions. Coach Bo Mc
Millin said yesterday that the pro
gram definitely would begin Mon-
- -Courtesy Lincoln
A mere 16-pound iron pellet
can't argue when" 230 pounds
shove it forward, so Husker Vic
Schleich with several 50-foot
heaves to his credit rangs among
the nation's premier shot putters.
War Changes
Iowa Sports
. . . Intramural
AMES. Ia., March 24. The
spring intramural program has
been streamlined to meet the war
time changes at Iowa State. The
fraternity and fraternity fresh
man classes have been consoli
dated intq one and, with' the
wards, will constitute the two di
visions of competition.
Intramural Director H. J.
Schmidt has called two managers
meetings for this week at which
the spring schedule, will be formu
lated. The fraternity managers
will meet Wednesday at 5:10 p. m.
and a ward managers meeting has
been called for Thursday after
noon at the same time.
A 6-sport program will be in
operation during the quarter. Vol
leyball, horseshoe pitching, soft
ball, track, tennis and golf will be
offered. Volleyball will be In the
limelight until the weather al
lows the outdoor competition to
get under way.
BY HENRY FISHBACK.
Curnhusker track and field co-
horts shifted into the great out- ;
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door retreat yesterday for a brisk
drill in the Nebraska sunshine.
Major comment of track coach,
Ed Weir, tossed the spotlight on
his star distance runners, Jim
Brogan, Creighton Hale and Dean
Kratz, who whipped thru a trial
half mile race Tuesday
Upsetting the dope bucket, the
veteran Brogan subdued the dav whether the wcaHnr
touted "kid" distance men, Hale ated or not.
and Kratz, in the fair clocking of If the practice field is not in
2:02.1 in the 880-yard grind, ran : shape, which might easily be the
on the indoor boards. Weir caught i case, the bovs will work out in the
Hale in 2:02.3 and Kratz in 2:02.4 1 fieldhouse. "Bill Feldhouse, line
in a tight finish. j coach, suggested.
"The boys made pnenty of mis-' Tne nevv program will be syn
takes," said Ed, ."but I think ! chronized with that of the De
they'll be running better later in i Partment of Physical -Education
the season." I since those bovs who go out for
Working kinks from their shot-! S J?" J!"
jouma.'P'it arms, Vic Schleich and How- l"" u"t'?:. t"T.
aid Debus trw.k full arlvantoo f!""6'?"' " cvjr
the warm weather. Debus loos
ened up with the javelin, discus,
and shot with several fine efforts.
Debus, 1942 Big Six javelin cham
pion, propelled the spear with old
time skill, then shifted to the shot
put ling. Schleich's shot put
tosses continued to carry out to
the 50 foot mark.
Hurdle Crop Small.
..Nebraska, already thin in the
hurdles and two mile, seemed
farther weakened last night. Top
timber topper, Lee Christenson
two miler Paul Joehrde who ran
! who desires to play with th? aim'
j of aiding in the huge job of con
i ditioning America's fighting men.
Training plans include four
practices a week with intersquad
J games on Saturdays, Coach Mc
i Millin said.
Sooners Mav
Employ -Frosh
. . .For N.C.A.C.
NORMAN, Okla., March 24
Drafted by the N. C. A. A. com
mittee to represent the fifth dis
trict in the Western Regional
basketball tournament at Kansas
City Msfrch 26 and 27, Oklahoma's
Big Six conference runners-up will
try to ready a couple of freshmen
players for the big meet to bolster
their waning strength and replace
their totally departed sophomore
crop.
Coach Bruce Drake is striving
to polish, n the short time at his
command, Charles Pugsley and
Jim Mitclipll, two six-foot fresh
men who last year played on Okla
homa City Classen high school's
strong team.
Unlike Wyoming, Texas and
Washington, who have had access
to freshmen all year and thus have
had time to blend them into their
team plan, Oklahoma's freshmen
are just starting out, owing to theJ
Big Six conference s dilatory ac
tion of staying the date of fresh
man eligibility until March 1, 1943.
Meanwhile Big Six teams have
seen from first hand experience
how efficiently freshmen operate
on opponents' clubs. Kansas lost
to Creighton at Lawrence in De
cember when Bob Salem, Bluejay
freshman, broke up a close game
in the last three minutes.
Flash! Jacobs
Pulls Muscle
NORMAN, Okla., March 24
John Jacobs, Oklahoma's 4 9" year
old track coach and honorary
referee of the 1943 Texas Relays,
has officially accepted the chal
lenge for a special 20-yards hurdle
race issued by his rival of 30 years
ago, Clyde Littlefield, Texas track
coach and director of the Texas
Relays.
"I pulled a muscle last night
setting out cabbages, but my
trainer says I will be okay by
April 3, Jacobs told reporters
when they showed him Littlefield's
challenge.
The Oklahoma coach, a great
dirt track hurdler, broad-jumper
and high-jumper in his day, then
revealed how he defeated Little
field in the Texas-Oklahoma dual
track meet at Austin, Tex., back
in 1913.
"I worked out a defense for
Littlefield's style of hurdling,"
Jacobs recalled. "Watchmgr him
hurdle in 1912. I noticed that in
all his races, Littlefield would be
three or four ards down the track
when the starter's gun went off.
"So when I ran against him in
1913, I left with Littlefield. I don't
know what happened to the otrer
four boys in the race. I guess
they waited on the gun."
Jayhawk
Football
Cancelled
. . . No Spring Drills
MANHATTAN, Kans., March
24. Chances for football at Kan
sas State next fall were some
what dimmed yesterday with the
announcement from athletic direc
tor that, spring football practice
had been cancelled for the school
year because of the scanty turn
out of students for the team.
"This does not necessarily mean
there will be no varsity team next
fall," M. F. Ahearn, director said.
"With recent rulings passed by
the Big Six Council permitting
freshmen and transfer students to
compete in varsity athletics their
first year in; school, conditions in
September may justify having a
varsity football team.
Kansas university is also suf
fering from, an insufficient num
ber or candidates. Reports from
Lawrence have it that K. U. has
a stadium, and uniforms but lacks
a coach and players. They may
find it necessary to cancel their
Big Six schedule this fall but will
try to play Kansas State and
other schools in Kansas.
Oklahoma has completed their
spring football practice and had
32 men out for the team. Nebraska
reported 32 candidates for their
spring football practice.
Missouri and Iowa have not yet
started spring practice.
All Big Six schools reported
only about one-third of the- usual
turnout this spring.
up a third in the Big Six two
mile are in the school of en
gineering and can't find time to
drill, according to Weir. "I hope
they'll be in some kind of de
cent shape by the time the big
meets roll around," opined the
Husker mentor.
"I saw my first new
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Yep, Mr. Robin, vhrn the lada
begin to jxirt their oew Arrows,
it s a sure sign spring is here.
For lots of fellows know lhat Arrow
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lars and trim "Mitoga" figure fit..;
really make a big difference in a
guy's looks. And all fathi n-wise
men know that Arrow Ties, Shorts
and Handkerchiefs are perfect
match-mates for Arrow Shirts.
Soooo, now that spring has come,
vhy not step in and treat yourself
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