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DAILY NEBRASKAN
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Tiis is the 4rmy, Mr. . . .
This balmy spring Jay left us wishing that we were in
a hot spot some place where the girls send out their laundry
in tea hags.
A brief saunter over Coliseum way assured us Hint all is
not dull on the Cornhusker sport front these clays. "WVwere
greeted as we swung through the middle door by an ingoing
unit of army air corp laddies.
"That's my cue," spoke Rollie Horney, clad in coaching
attire. "This is my unit." So chubby Mr. Horney proceeded
to shoot the cadets through thirty minutes of calesthenics.
"They've been coming all day," grinned (Jlen Presnell.
"I had my bunch this morning. A lot of fine looking fellows.
I ran into a former coast diving champion this morning. A
good share of the group hail from the west coast."
Ad Lewandowski rushed into the office, unbuttoning his
shirt and slipping off his tie. lie was due for an instruction
stint at the swim pool. "Lew" and Bill Edwards have exclusive
control of swim instruction.
So goes the war at dear old Nebraska. . .
Word comes from Les Livingston, rrstwhile Cornhusker
courtstcr. to effect that Uncle Sam "treats us fine but we
have to study like the devil."
Les now is known as Private Livingston, A.A.F. 69th Col
lege, S. I. N. U. Anthony Hall, Southern Normal. He cur
rently is studying history, physics, math, "more physics" and
does seven miles cross country duty per day "during spare
moments."
"From all can gather at the moment, that proposed tri
angular meet with Oklahoma and Oklahoma A. & M. is nearly
settled. 1 heard from Oklahoma today and the thing is prac
tically assured. Better announce it as tentative, though."
It was Ed Weir, speaking of the first Cornhusker outdoor
track competition of. the campaign. Weir said that only first
place points will count, a move instigated by the general short
age of cinder manpower.
One brand of Cornhusker athletic prowess was started
cross country to New York today on jerk of the thumb of Newt
Copple, Big Six 145-pound wrestling champ.
Copple started hitch-hiking today for the scene of the na
tional collegiate grappling tourney, dated for execution April
10. Enroute to the affair, Copple will work ovt with college
squads at Iowa State, Michigan and Illinois.
Newt is still noted in local thumb-jerking circles for hitch
hiking to the Rose Bowl game in forty hours.
March Winds
Limit Action
Gridiron attendance con
tinued to dwindle Tuesday as
Mentor Presnell greeted an
other low turnout. High winds
again limited passing and punt
ing activity.
Part of Ed Weir's track and
field squad used the indoor cin
ders for conditioning. Vic
Schleich and Howard Debus,
Cornhusker entrants in the
Texas Relays Saturday, were
given special attention.
Of thirty-one Reds on the spring
roster, 28 are classified 3-A, 2 are
4-F, and one is 1-A . . . Al Lake
man, a reserve catcher, is the
lone native of Cincinnati now with
the Crosley Crew ... All 31 of
the Reds are married and only
seven have no children.
Physedders note: 93 percent of the
student body at Michigan feels
compulsory physical education
should continue after the war . . .
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Thirty Ames
Gridmen Out
. . . Opened Monday
AMES, la., March 30. Spring
football was underway at Iowa
State last night with 30 men re
porting to Coach Mike" Michalske.
"Every man in school, no matter
what his status, his classification
I his eligibility, is welcome to report
for spring football," Michalske told
the squad. "This game is a good
conditioner and can help any man
get into better condition for armed
service. He may never plan to play
college football but if he is inter
ested in the game then we'd like
to do what we can for him in
spring practice."
Michalske indicated the spring
drills would last about a month
and would end with the usual in-tra-squad
scrimmage.
Only two lettermen, Howard
Tippee of Des Moines, and Don
Seibold of Ackley are available for
spring workouta.
Handball,
PingPong
Complete
. . Track Next
Intramural activity moves to the
track front tonight when fraternity
teams collide on the indoor track.
Dale Bradley, Bob Cooper, Ran
dall Salisbury and Pete Durland
constituted the Sig Alph team that
romped to the handball title last
week. Sigma Chi's were the Sig
Alph victims in the final match.
Phi Gams , toppled Sigma Alpha
Mu for third place.
Led by stellar Al Jacobs, the
ZBT ping pong performers banged
their way to a victory over the Sig
Alpha for the title. Yale Gotsteiner,
Stewart Muskin and Julius Cohn
rounded out the ZBT swatters. A
victory over the Sigma Nu's gave
the ATO's consolation laurels.
Following the track meet, intra
mural teams will round down the
final stretch with baseball the next
major sport on the curriculum.
Cornhusker
Staff Aids
Air Training
Uncle Sam moved into the
Cornhusker sport picture Tues
day. Dr. R. G. Clapp, head of the Ne
braska physical education depart
ment, assured complete university
cooperation with the cadets by
assigning Cornhusker coaches to
different units.
Coaches Glen Presnell, Ed Weir,
Adolph Lewandowski, Charles
Armstrong, Wilbur Knight, John
Roberts, Bill Edwards, Jerry
Adam and Rollie Horney will
whip the cadets thru their daily
physical paces.
Dr. Clapp said that training will
range from the obstacle course to
swimming, competitive athletics,
gymnastic work, track, judo and
tumbling. Lewandowski and Ed
wards will instruct swimming.
Cadets were today being
oriented to their new surroundings
in Love Memorial library. Wed
nesday they will inaugurate their
physical training program.
Conference
Track Meet
Here May 8
. . . Needs Sanction
MANHATTAN, Kans., March
30. "The date for the Big Six out
door track and field meet has been
changed to May 8 at Lincoln, Ne
braska, subject to the approval of
the faculty representatives," said
Mike Ahearn, director of athletics
today.
The previous time and place waa
May 22 in Kansas City, but be
cause of early examinations at
some of the Big Six schools the
change was made.
There is still some disagreement
among the schools as to the date
of the meet, but the majority seem
to want it on the new date.
Washburn will probably be Kan
sas State's first track opponent.
Ahearn has not received an ac
ceptance from Washburn yet, but
he understands that they want the
meet to be in Topeka. It will be
on April 17 if Washburn officials
approve
The only other meet will be with
Kansas university on May 1, with
the approval of K. U. It will be
in Manhattan.
Iowans Have
Full Program
. And Nebraska?
AMES, Iowa, March 30. Mon
day, athletically speaking, was the
first day of spring and, all Iowa
State College sports squads took
advantage of the situation.
After being limited solely to in
door workouts the Cyclone base
ball, track, tennis, golf, and spring
football squad moved outdoors
Monday.
Now Shows
ill
1
Former intramural director, Rollie Homey now is husy
sending the new air corps cadets thrugh their physical educa
tion paces.
Minnesota Spring Grid Drills
Officially Inaugurate Monday
Minneapolis, Minn. March 30. 1
For the first time in many years
Minnesota football practice is set
to open on April 5, next Monday,
without the certainty of famous
backfield men, ends and linemen
being on hand from last years
squad and the firm knowledge
that among the sophomores there
will be all the way from half a
dozen up of new men who can
eventually step into the veterans
shoes and do as well.
Headcoach Dr. George Hauser
has sent out his annual call to
players who he thinks will return,
but until the squad shows up on
Northrop Field next week he is
saying little, and Red Dawson,
who will assist in spring parctice,
is saying even less.
In brief, the uncertainties of
war are multiplying the uncer
tainties of football. And every
one knows that while football will
be continued in the Wetern con
ference, as in many other Amer
ican playing groups, war is all-out
in first place and will stay there
while it endures.
At the moment, not even the
schedule of games for next fall
can be considered to a certainty,
with travel considerations still
somewhat befogging the outlook
for games with Pittsburgh and
Ohio State and minor difficulties
besetting at least one of the other
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games as originally scheduled.
Sure, however, is the tact mat
whatever men with football abil
ity and a yen to play happen to
be on the campus next fall will be
permitted to get into the game.
Tre freshman rule is off for the
duration, and the conference has
ruled that students temporarily on
the campus, for instance, army or
navy trainees, may play with the
home team if they can find the
time.
Men in reserve categories who
remain on the campus next fall
and many of the navy and marine
corps men probably will, although
all army enlisted reserve corps
fellows have already been called
up will be in a position to play.
As for students assigned here for
temporary training courses, either
ratings or men in training for
commissions, navy pronounce
ments have made it clear that they
may play if they can find the time
after completing their full pro
gram of daily training routine.
Some definite hope of squad mem
bers is held out from this quarter,
but its extent ia far from definite.
Incidentally, the army, whose
first declarations made it sound
as though its specialized trainees
could take no part in athletics, has
since interpreted the order so that
army trainees will be in about the
same position as those in the navy.